Full Metal Panic!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kaname Chidori is your average teen in modern Japan. At least, that's what she thought before a boy named Souske Sagara began following her around, acting like a totally paranoid military freak! Things start to be explained when her school trip is hijacked and taken to North Korea, where Kaname is kidnapped and told that she is a Whispered. the Whispered are genetic anomalies, beings born with vast amounts of incredibly advanced knowlegde of math, science, and technology. Souske comes to rescue her, revealing that he is a trained specialist in the secret military organization MITHRIL, sworn to protect the world and guard the Whispered from being misused by terrorists. Now with the knowledge of what she is and what Souske was sent to do, can she make her way through high school in one piece?

Series details

• Title: Full Metal Panic!
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2002-01-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-07-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: AT-X
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 8235
• IMDb ID: tt0328739
• TVDB ID: 78914

Cast and credited roles

• Tomokazu Seki — Sousuke Sagara
• Satsuki Yukino — Kaname Chidori
• Tomoko Kaneda — Bonta-kun

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-01-08; final listed air date 2002-06-18; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-08-25; final listed air date 2003-11-17.
• Season 3: premiered 2005-07-13; final listed air date 2005-10-19; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-04-13; final listed air date 2018-07-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Full Metal Panic! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.