Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid
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| ja_name = フルメタル パニック! The Second Raid
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| genre = [[Action film|Action]], [[Comedy]], [[Mecha]], [[Military]], [[Romantic love|Romance]]
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| director = [[Yasuhiro Takemoto]]
| studio = [[Kyoto Animation]]
| licensor = {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Madman Entertainment]]<br/> {{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Pictures USA]] <br/> {{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Proware Multimedia International]]
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| first = [[July 13]] [[2005]]
| last = [[October 19]] [[2005]]
| episodes = 13
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| director = [[Yasuhiro Takemoto]]
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| released = [[May 26]] [[2006]]
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{{nihongo|'''''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'''''|フルメタル パニック! The Second Raid}} is the second sequel to the [[anime]] TV series ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' after ''[[Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu]]''. It is produced by Full Metal Panic! Film Partners a joint effort between a number of companies with [[Kyoto Animation]] providing the animation and has a length of 13 episodes.
''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'' is based on ''The End of Day by Day'' novels, and continues the storyline of the first ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' series while including references to the ''[[Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu]]'' stories. The installment of the series was licensed for North American release in 2006 by [[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Pictures USA]].
==Synopsis==
This series takes place three months after the events occurred in the Tuatha de Danaan at the end of the ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' series. Mithril learns of a secret organization that has technology able to counter the ECS (Electronic Cloaking System) mode. This organization, known as Amalgam, also has "Black Technology", obtained from "[[Whispered]]" like Kaname Chidori, and like the other intelligence agencies, they intend to obtain more. However, when Sousuke's mission to protect Chidori is terminated by Mithril, all seems to be in place for Amalgam's plans.
==In-depth Plot==
The Second Raid follows the events of the Full Metal Panic novel “End of Day by Day”, with some minor changes and additions made. The anime begins with Mithril disrupting military attacks in a Baltic nation. The leader of the Baltic military has somehow acquired advanced weaponry, most notably anti-ECS missile (missile able to detect systems with ECS invisibility). Due to these setbacks Sousuke must use the Arbalest to destroy the missile installations to allow the helicopters filled with refugees to escape.<ref>Episode 1</ref> Since the end of the first series Sousuke has learned how to better control the Arbalest's Lambda Driver, but only slightly. In the following episode we are introduced to the main villain of the series, Gates.<ref>Episode 2</ref> We later learn he is an operative of Amalgam, a mysterious organization that seems to be an opposite of Mithril.<ref>Episode 6</ref> Causing terrorist acts, rather than preventing them. They are the organization that provided the Baltic army with these new weapons. We are also introduced to Xia Yu Fan and Xia Yu Lan, twin sisters who initially seem loyal to Gates.
Following this we are presented with a short school related side-story, and then Mithril begins it’s next mission in [[Nanjing]].<ref>Episode 3</ref> The purpose of the mission is to rescue hostages taken by Gates and are being held in a sewer-like facility. Due to communications problems transmitters will be used, which requires the help of one of Mithril’s scientists, Vincent Blueno. Before the operation Sousuke asks to use an M9 as opposed to the ARX-7 Arbalest. His proposal is denied as he is the only one able to pilot the Arbalest, this begins Sousuke’s hate for the Arbalest and it’s unreliable Lambda Driver. During the operation, Blueno leaks the radio transmissions to Gates who uses it to his advantage. During the mission, Kurz Weber struggles against Xia Yu Fan, piloting the only Zy-98 Shadow-type Arm Slave in the battle, while Melissa Mao and a team of Mithril's infantry deal with Xia Yu Lan, who posed as one of the hostages, and Sousuke is left to face Gates, who is operating a Venom-type Arm Slave. By using a quickly thought out plan after discovering they were being bugged, the De Danaan is able to use the radio information against Gates and lures him into a trap of their own. The terrorists are forced to flee when Gates's Arm Slave overheats, but the operation is still successful.
Following this, Vincent Blueno also escapes and is followed to [[Italy]], where he is brought in by Mao and Kurz, with help from Sousuke.<ref>Episode 5</ref> After being tortured, Blueno admits to being hired by Amalgam. It is here that Mithril first discovers the name, and even the existence, of the opposing organization.
For Sousuke to assist Mao and Kurz in their mission to capture Blueno, he leaves school yet again, adding to his string of absences. Kaname becomes worried about his grades, and Mao also worries over his future. Sousuke begins to reflect upon his life and begins to realizes he needs to start thinking ahead. It seems he decides he would like to remain a student. This is shown when Kyoko points out the fact that his hair has grown long and rather than cutting it himself he opts to go to a hair salon, like a normal high school student would. However, being his first time, his instincts again work against him and he ends up mistaking the haircut for another trap. This leads to Kaname offering to cut his hair for him and a touching scene is presented where Sousuke realizes how much Kaname is depending on him. The episode ends when Sousuke (who is beginning to realize his feelings for Kaname) is ordered to withdraw from guarding Kaname immediately, with all guard duties being entrusted to another agent, codenamed "Wraith."
After being called back, Sousuke falls into a slight depression, not wanting to pilot the Arbalest and wishing he were back at Jindai High. We are introduced to the new Uruz-1 (Urzu-1), Lieutenant Belfangan Groseaux. He tests Sousuke’s ability with the Arbalest, a test Sousuke fails miserably to the extent that Groseaux described Sousuke's moves as "Skilled but not artistic".<ref>Episode 8</ref> Meanwhile Kaname is becoming increasingly suspicious that someone is following her. She discovers that Sousuke has left for good and realizes she is now completely alone.<ref>Episode 7</ref> She decides to find out who is following her, and through a series of events discovers Wraith, who informs her that aside from himself, someone else seems to be following her. We discover this person is Xia Yu Lan, the younger twin. She shoots Wraith and then attacks Kaname. Kaname escapes, but is pursued and manages to surprise Yu Lan and shoot her with a Taser. After this she is met by Leonard Testarossa, Tessa’s brother and a fellow Whispered. He is an agent of Amalgam and has orders to suppress Yu Lang. She, however, refuses to comply, stating that she will continue her attempts to kill Kaname no matter what. She then tries to kill Leonard, but one of his bodyguards intercepts her. He then orders it (a miniature AS unit) to kill her. When this is done he expresses that he seems to have fallen in love with Kaname and steals her first kiss, which infuriates her. In exchange for her forgiveness, Leonard allows her to take back Wraith who seems to still be alive.<ref>Episode 9</ref>
Back at Mithril the next mission is under way. It seems that someone piloting an AS unit is wreaking havoc in [[Hong Kong]]. The AS is equipped with a Lambda Driver and ECS and is piloted by Xia Yu Fan. Acting apart from Amalgam, she has done this at the wish of her Sensei, who we later learn also orders Yu Lan to kill Kaname. These two actions are what prompted Amalgam to kill the younger twin. Due to the ECS, the Chinese are unable to discover the location of the AS. Sousuke, Mao, Yan, and Wu are sent in to find the AS, while the rest of the Uruz (Urzu) team stand by to destroy it when it is found. During the mission Sousuke cannot concentrate due to recurring thoughts of Kaname. These distraction eventually cause him to crash the vehicle he is driving. Mao tells him she won’t work with him unless he can focus. Sousuke realizes he can’t and abandons the mission.<ref>Episode 10</ref> Meanwhile tensions between North and South China force Mithril to order an assault on the enemy AS before it is found. While they battle the AS, Sousuke wanders through Hong Kong, eventually meeting a Chinese Woman who resembles Chidori. He goes with her to her apartment, most likely to have sex, but due to her appearance thoughts of Chidori constantly fill his mind. He decides to leave and eventually finds a newspaper that has a personal ad reading “To the son of Bdakshon’s Tiger. Meet Hamidra at Tsim Sha Tsui.” Essentially we learn that Sousuke was raised by a guerrilla fighter named Bdakshon’s Tiger, the rest leads Sousuke on a paper trail that brings him to the writer of the ad. This person turns out to be Gauron, who survived the self destruction of his AS at the end of the first series. We learn that he raised Yu Fan and Yu Lan long ago and they are carrying out his biding before he dies. He also tells Sousuke that Kaname is dead and pities him for becoming so weak. Sousuke ends up killing Gauron (for good this time), and feels as though he has no reason to live anymore.<ref>Episode 12</ref> When the battle with Yu Fan seems like it cannot be won, Tessa orders the Arbalest to be sent to Sousuke to pilot. When it arrives Sousuke has no intention of piloting it, viewing the AS as a piece of scrap metal. As he turns to leave the scene he is confronted with Kaname, who used Wraith to find Sousuke. After beating him up she tells him he needs to pilot the Arbalest and save everyone. Feeling renewed confidence at seeing Kaname alive Sousuke finally realizes that he is the only one who can pilot the Arbalest and works together with the Al to fully make use of the Lambda Driver.<ref>Episode 13</ref>
The final episode features the climax of the show with an AS battle between Sousuke and Gates. Gates, having been ordered to kill Yu Fan, decides to take out the Uruz (Urzu) team after his mission is complete. Sousuke arrives just in time and uses the Lambda Driver to its fullest potential.
The Second Raid ends with Sousuke finally understanding what he wants to do with his life: Pilot the Arbalest for Mithril and attend school with Kaname. He works out a deal with Mithril that allows him to do just that. We are left with both Kaname and Sousuke having realized their feelings for each other, but neither of them being able to admit it.
==Cast==
Below are those that play a primary role in The Second Raid, with information pertaining to that series alone. More information along with secondary characters can be found at the [[List of Full Metal Panic! characters]] page.
===Sousuke Sagara===
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Sousuke is the hero of the story. He is a Sergeant at Mithril. His call sign is Uruz 7 (Urzu 7). He is still unaccustomed to the "normal" life that he lives while protecting Kaname. When his bodyguard mission is terminated by Mithril, he begins to understand that Kaname is more important to him than the organization. He is the only one who can operate Mithril's ARX-7 Arbalest's Lambda Driver, but despises the unreliable machine because it makes him feel like a tool of the organization. He is constantly annoyed with Al's "personality", activated when Sousuke tells the AI in its "Free Speech Mode" that Bunny, another "whispered" who developed Mithril's Lambda Driver, the Arbalest and Al, is dead.
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===Kaname Chidori===
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The main female protagonist of the story, Kaname still has to keep an eye on Sousuke. After Sousuke leaves without notice, she gets very worried about him. She is sad because he is gone, but she gets more worried about that someone else from Mithril's Information Department is watching her. After an encounter with "Wraith", the code-name for the Mithril agent watching over her, an Assassin sent by Gauron tries to kill her, but it is stopped by Leonard Testarossa, who after ordering his ASs to kill the assassin and asks her to go with him, and kisses her. For that thing she hates him, because it was her first kiss. She finally finds Sousuke in Hong Kong with the help of "Wraith" and helps him tap the full power of the Arbalest's Lambda Driver when he faces off with several Codarl-M AS's. Amalgam's plans regarding "Whispered" is not very clear, but it is safe to say{{Fact|date=May 2008}} that it includes her given Leonard's determination.
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===Teletha “Tessa” Testarossa===
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Captain of the revered TDD-1 Tuatha De Danaan, known as the "Toy Box" to the submarine captains of the world. She is very intelligent, but fairly clumsy and with little athletic abilities. Like Kaname, she is a "Whispered". She is in love with Sousuke, and jealous of how he treats Kaname (with no hard feelings, however). Her parents are deceased, but what exactly happened is never revealed. It seems she had a crush on Bunny, the "Whispered" who developed Mithril's Lambda Driver installed in the Arbalest. She does not know the details regarding Bunny's death. She grew up under the shadow of her older brother's genius accomplishments and finds herself opposing him as he is affiliated with Amalgam.
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===Leonard Testarossa===
[[Image:Full Metal Panic The Second Raid Leonard.jpg|right|thumb|Leonard]]
He is the older brother of Tessa, and part of Amalgam. He is known in the organization as "Mr. Silver" and is accompanied by what it seems to be two men in coats, which in reality are man-sized AS's. After his AS's gets rid of the assassin sent by Gauron, he tries to convince Kaname to follow him, but when she refuses, he kisses her. He is also a "Whispered" and has a strange focus on Kaname. He thinks of Sousuke as nothing more than an obstacle to Kaname. Near the end of the series, Leonard confesses to Kaname that he was in love with her.
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===Gates===
[[Image:Full Metal Panic The Second Raid Gates.jpg|right|thumb|Gates]]
An agent of Amalgam (specifically, the leader of the organization's Execution Squad, according to Gauron in episode 12), Gates is the primary villain of The Second Raid. He's the general leader of the Amalgam forces in TSR, answering only to Leonard Testarossa. He has a disregard for human life. A continuing theme in the series is his constantly killing his subordinates, usually in casual, offhand ways. At one point, he breaks out into a rendition of ''[[Ave Maria (musical settings)|Ave Maria]]'' while his men slaughter a group of enemy soldiers. He has demonstrated tactical abillity; in the second episode of the series, he manages to deduce the Arbalest's solo battle in Balic City just by looking at its footprints. In addition, he's a competent tactician and AS pilot, and unlike Sousuke at the season’s beginning, he has the ability to fully utilize a Lambda Driver.
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==Credits==
===Japanese staff===
*'''Original creator''': [[Shikidouji]] [[Shouji Gatou]]
*'''Series Composition''': [[Shouji Gatou]]
*'''Character Conception''': [[Shikidouji]]
*'''Character design, Chief animation director''': [[Osamu Horiuchi]]
*'''Mechanical design''': [[Kanetake Ebikawa]] [[Toshiaki Ihara]]
*'''Art director''': [[Jouji Unoguchi]]
*'''Director of Photography''': [[Ryuuta Nakagami]]
*'''Animation producer''': [[Yoko Hatta]]
*'''Color design''': [[Rie Takagi]]
*'''Editing''': [[Kengo Shigemura]] (Studio GONG)
*'''Layout''': [[Hiroyuki Takahashi]]
*'''Music''': [[Toshihiko Sahashi]]
*'''Music Director''': [[Tomoko Shibuya]] (Scitron Digital Contents)
*'''Music producer''': [[Takashi Watabe]]
*'''Sound director''': [[Yota Tsuruoka]]
*'''Director''': [[Yasuhiro Takemoto]]
===Cast===
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'''Japanese Cast'''
* [[Kaname Chidori]] - [[Satsuki Yukino]]
* [[Sousuke Sagara]] - [[Tomokazu Seki]]
* [[Kurz Weber]] - [[Shinichiro Miki]]
* [[Melissa Mao]] - [[Michiko Neya]]
* [[Teletha Tessa Testarossa|Teletha "Tessa" Testerossa]] - [[Yukana Nogami|Yukana]]
* Andrew Kalinin - [[Akio Ohtsuka]]
* Leonard Testorossa - [[Daisuke Namikawa]]
* Kyoko Tokiwa - [[Ikue Kimura]]
* Shinji Kazama [[Mamiko Noto]]
* Gauron - [[Masahiko Tanaka]]
* Wraith - [[Sayaka Ohara]]
* Xia Yu Fan - [[Emi Shinohara]]
* Xia Yu Lan - [[Miyuki Sawashiro]]
* Gates - [[Houchu Ohtsuka]]
* Belfangan Grouseaux - [[Rikiya Koyama]]
* Richard Mardukas - [[Tomomichi Nishimura]]
* Vincent Brueno - [[Hozumi Gôda]]
* Kurz's AI - [[Yukari Tamura]]
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'''English Cast'''
* Kaname Chidori - [[Luci Christian]]
* Sousuke Sagara - [[Chris Patton]]
* Kurz Weber - [[Vic Mignogna]]
* Melissa Mao - [[Allison Keith]]
* Teletha "Tessa" Testerossa - [[Hilary Haag]]
* Andrei Kalinin - [[Mike Kleinhenz]]
* Kyoko Tokiwa - [[Monica Rial]]
* Shinji Kazama - [[Greg Ayres]]
* Gauron - [[Mike MacRae]]
* Leonard Testarossa - [[Blake Shepard]]
* Xia Yu Fan - [[Christine Auten]]
* Xia Yu Lan - [[Kira Vincent-Davis]]
* Gates - [[John Swasey]]
* Richard Mardukas - [[Andy McAvin]]
* Vincent Brueno - [[Jason Douglas]]
* Kurz's AI - [[Kelly Manison]]
* Belfangan Grouseaux - [[James Reed Faulkner]]
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==Episode and Sound Track Listing==
(''[[List of Full Metal Panic Media#Full Metal Panic.21 The Second Raid|Sound Track]] and [[List of Full Metal Panic Media#Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid|Episode Listing]] available on the [[List of Full Metal Panic Media]] page'')
==Cultural References==
[[Image:Death Note in Full Metal Panic.JPG|right|thumb|Death Note look-alikes.]]
*In the second episode for the English dub, Gates alludes to [[John Madden (American football)|John Madden]] and [[American football]] while flying in the helicopter surveying the previous episode's battle, exclaiming various commentator lines and ending with, "Oh! I'm a regular John Madman, aren't I?"
*Also later in the second episode, the "culprit" on the roof (who threatened to send images of Kaname over the Internet) performed a move similar to those of a [[Super Sentai|Sentai hero]] power-up right after Shinji Kazama spoke of Sousuke's talk about senselessness.
*The protagonist hero on the TV show Kaname was watching ("The Amazing Kumodoshin") at the beginning of episode 3 strongly references [[Spider-Man]] with a similar "web-shooting" grappling thread from his wrist as well as a mask very similar to that of Marvel Comic's own superhero. "Kumodoshin" roughly translates to "spider policeman" in English.
*During episode 4 in the confusion within the tunnel, one of the PRT (Primary Response Team) members responds to directions with the NATO Phonetic code 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' ([[wikt:WTF|WTF]]), another allusion to internet culture.
*In the TSR OVA ('Tessa's Eventful Day') the DVDs in Belfangan Groseaux's bag, which Kurtz brings to the lost and found, are titled 'Conyan: The Future Detective Boy'. Based on the short clip shown, 'Conyan' is an amalgam of [[Future Boy Conan]] plotwise and [[Detective Conan]] (American title: [[Case Closed]]) in regard to the main character's appearance. The footage that interrupts the show is also similar in style to [[Spirited Away]]. Both [[Future Boy Conan]] and [[Spirited Away]] were anime that were well known for being directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]]
*In the TSR OVA ('Tessa's Eventful Day'), after Belfangan Groseaux sees the part of the anime that was corrupted by Kurz, the sound bite that plays when Bel looks away from the screen is from the popular computer game by [[Blizzard]], [[Warcraft III]]. The sound is heard when a player kills a pig during gameplay.
*In the sixth episode, a 4 second sequence depicts some people who resemble characters from the manga [[Death Note]] (Light Yagami, Soichiro Yagami, and Misa Amane, with L riding past on a bike).
==Production Notes==
Kadokawa Pictures USA gave the dub production to [[ADV Films]], allowing the cast from ADV’s previous ''Full Metal Panic!'' dubs to return. Most other aspects of the North American release, however, such as post production, packaging, distribution, and marketing, were given to [[FUNimation]].
In the Japanese dub, the seiyū of three major characters did speak languages other than Japanese, they are, in the order of appearance: Gates ([[Hōchū Ōtsuka]]) speaking one line of Mandarin in Episode 3, Vincent Bruno ([[Hozumi Gôda]]) conversing with a mafia boss in Italian in Episode 5, Melissa Mao ([[Michiko Neya]]) conversing with Southern and Northern Chinese soldiers in Cantonese in Episode 10. This is almost the same in the English dub. Another interesting point to note is that Mandarin lines are mostly played by Chinese seiyū (Except Hōchū Ōtsuka who played Gates) where the Cantonese lines are mostly played by Japanese seiyū, except the two soldiers being teased by the Kaname-like prostitute in Episode 11, they are credited with Chinese seiyū.
==Trivia==
{{trivia|date=September 2007}}
*In episode 10 the [[Toyota Hiace]] that Sousuke drives in Hong Kong has the License Plate number [[leet|1337]], clearly an allusion to [[Leet]].
*When [[FUNimation]] released the first DVD of TSR, there was an error on the security sticker on top of the DVD. The sticker says [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Fullmetal '''Alchemist''']], a similarly-named but entirely unrelated series also released by FUNimation.
*TSR had many accurate and inaccurate depictions of places in Hong Kong. The ones that were accurately depicted mostly appeared in Episode 10, including:
:-The intersection of [[Seymour Road]] and [[Robinson Road]] in [[Mid-Levels]], Hong Kong Island
:-The Hong Kong Island side of the [[Cross Harbour Tunnel]] (TSR showed the Kowloon side had the right hand corner after the toll station inclined instead of being flat)
:-[[Garden Road]], Central
:-The intersection of Austin Road and Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, and the surrounding buildings (The [[Hong Kong Museum of History]] and [[The Hong Kong Polytechnic University]])
*In the final episode of TSR, the Arbalest's [[HUD]] is shown briefly. On the screen are coordinates (N022°18'35" E114°15'20") which designate an actual intersection in Hong Kong, the locale of the conflict.<ref>http://fmp.abstratica.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4824</ref>
==International Releases==
[[ADV Films]] and [[FUNimation Entertainment]] are currently handling the production and distribution of the series in America.
The series is to be released in the Italian-speaking market by [[Dynit]].
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fullmetalpanictsr.com/ Official FUNimation site] {{en icon}}
*[http://www.tdd-1.com Official site] {{ja icon}}
*[http://www.theanimeplace.com/database/detail/118/ The Anime Place FMP:TSR Entry]
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