Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory" to begin airing today; information on arm slaves revealed! Jacket image of the theme song collection is also released.

Invisible Victory," a TV anime that will begin airing today, April 13 (Friday), has released information on the two arm slaves that will appear in the film.

Full Metal Panic! is based on the popular light novel "Full Metal Panic! (Fujimi Fantasia Bunko).

The original story is set in a parallel world where the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continues and the mystery and battle over "Whispered," a special human who brings advanced science and technology called "Black Technology," is depicted in "Feature Story," as well as in "Side Arms," an episode that complements the feature story. Side Arms," an episode that complements the feature story, and "Short Story," which comically depicts the commotion caused by the main character, Sosuke Sagara, in a peaceful Japanese society, a far cry from the hard and serious feature story.

The first TV anime, "Full Metal Panic! from January to June 2002, and the second season, "Full Metal Panic? Fumofu" from August to November 2003, and the third season "Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid" was broadcast from July to October 2005, and in May 2006, the OVA "Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Special Edition OVA" was released in May 2006. And at the "Fantasia Bunko Grand Thanksgiving Festival 2015" held in October 2015, it was announced that a plan for a new anime, the fourth season, was underway. Check out the synopsis and advance cut of the first episode "Zero Hour," which airs today, here.
⇒ Spring 2018 Anime

Information on two arms and slaves, "Arbalest," the aircraft that the main character will be flying, and "Levatein," the aircraft derived from a magical sword that appears in Norse mythology, has been released.

■Arbalest

The newest AS model created by Black Technology based on the Gernsback (M9) prototype, model number ARX-7, is the main character machine piloted by Sousuke Sagara. It is the only "Mithril" machine equipped with a "lambda driver" that generates a repulsive force to repel physical attacks. The main difference from M9 is its head. The main difference between M9 and M9 is the head, which has a ninja-like appearance with a scroll added to the mouth.

Levatein


Although not official, the model number is "ARX-8.
The name comes from "Levatein," a magical sword that appears in Norse mythology. It is similar in appearance to the Arbalest, but is white with red coloring while the Arbalest is white with dark blue coloring.
It is a third-generation AS like Gernsback and Arbalest, but its performance is immeasurable.

In addition, the jacket image of the theme song collection, which includes the OP theme and ED theme sung by Tamaru Yamada, has also been released.




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Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory

＜Invisible Victory" Broadcast Information
AT-X: From April 13, every Friday at 20:30
＜AT-X repeat broadcasts: Every Sunday at 21:30 starting April 15 Every Monday at 12:30 starting April 16 Every Wednesday at 28:30 starting April 18
TOKYO MX: From April 13 every Friday at 22:30
＜TOKYO MX: From April 16, every Monday at 10:00 p.m.
Sun TV: From April 13, every Friday at 23:30～ ・ BS11: From April 13, every Friday at 23:30
BS11: From April 13, every Friday at 27:00~.

Broadcast schedule is subject to change.

<Distribution information
Special advance distribution will start on AbemaTV!
AbemaTV: Every Friday from April 13th at 23:00~.
AbemaTV: From 23:00 on Fridays starting April 13.
Details will be announced at a later date.

<Staff> Original Story
Original story: Shiki Doji (Fantasia Bunko) / Original illustration: Shiki Doji (Fantasia Bunko)
Director: Katsuichi Nakayama
Series Composition/Screenplay: Shoji Gato
Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Osamu Horiuchi
Sub-character Design: Aya Yamamoto
Mechanical Director: Masanori Nishii
Mechanical Design: Kanetake Ebikawa, Toshiaki Iihara
Set Design: Takayuki Yanase
Firearms Design: Takeshi Yoshioka
Prop Design: Takuya Matsumura
Art Set Design: Toshitaka Amada
Color Design: Chiaki Kitabayashi
Art Director: Ryoka Kinoshita
3DCG Director: Masasuke Kamiji
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Inoue
Special Effects: Inouye Shin
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Music: Toshihiko Sahashi
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Production Company: XEBEC
Production Company: FMP!4

＜Production Company: FMP!4 Cast
Sousuke Sagara: Tomokazu Seki
Chidori Kaname: Yukino Satsuki
Kyoko Tokiwa: Ikue Kimura
Atsunobu Hayashimizu: Tomoyuki Morikawa
Eri Kagurazaka: Rio Natsuki
Teresa Testarossa: Yukana
Kurtz Weber: Shinichiro Miki
Melissa Mao: Michiko Neya
Andrei Kalinin: Akio Otsuka
Richard Madukas: Tomomichi Nishimura
Leonard Testarossa: Daisuke Namikawa
Krama: Kazuhiro Yamaji and others


(c) Shiki Doji, Shikidoji, KADOKAWA, FMP!4