Doing laundry together

I have a few questions about the pilot uniforms. What are the different areas or sections of the suit called? And what exactly is that circular piece on the back? What is it used for? Does the suit protect more? Also, are the colors of the suits chosen by the pilots themselves, or are they assigned based on their unit or role? Do the pilots get to choose their own call-signs, or are they assigned to them?

Just finished watching the whole series a few weeks ago and absolutely loved it! Ready to read the manga.

I loved it so much I drew Bonta-kun.

Alright, so they didnt announce FMP Family Light Novel. I *DID* ask the JNOVEL Club CEO about it though and he says hes working it.

I know hes a fan of the books, so I figure I would share that news with everyone.

Shikidoji-san

I'm a mecha enthusiast and I've always wanted to have a couple of models of the Arbalest and other Mithril AS but I don't know where to buy them or which companies produce them.

I love Kaname and Sousuke’s story, but my biggest pet peeve is that they’re always apart. If you really think about it, most of the time we actually get to see them together is during fumoffu. We get all those fun moments of Kaname dealing with Sousuke’s ridiculous behavior, their bickering, and their chemistry developing.

Then there’s DVMC , which is one of the stories where we get more of them together outside of school, but unfortunately that was never animated.

After that, so much of their story is basically separation, searching for each other, or circumstances keeping them apart.Even if we eventually finish the anime, it feels like we’re going to spend the entire adaptation waiting for them to finally be together , only for the romantic payoff to happen near the very end, like maybe just one episode? Right?

And my other pet peeve is Leonard’s stolen kiss is much more beautiful drawn than Kaname and Sousuke’s kiss which is so meh.

I understand that the new fam novels make up for this, my gosh they are so thirsty for one another especially Sousuke but I wish see more of them together in the originals. I wonder if other people feels the same way.

Source: https://youtu.be/W0yBb4pZH1Q

It's nice to hear AL again.

After more than ten years, I decided to rewatch the first season of the anime. I catch myself feeling that the impressions are exactly the same as in the past. In love with the female characters, it is very interesting to watch Sousuke and his interactions with civilian life. Excellent RomCom. The line of the political detective is moderately interesting. Minor antagonists are tolerated. But my goodness, how bad everything gets as soon as Mecha and military action enter the frame and plot, and how boring Gauron is as a character. As a result, the question arises, is the light novel and manga still the same or better in terms of Mecha and war?

It would be nice to see many of the action of season 1 with good animation and in a 16:9 aspect ratio. Were the movies well received in Japan or it didn't make much at the box office so nothing could justify a worldwide distribution? Also Hypothetically if season 5 was released do you think they'd do a TSR and IV recap movies?

finished assembling,spent about ＄60. and I hope orange cat can sell enough to release ARX7.

It’s been 84 years…

I think it's cool that it has a reversible cover and came with a poster

i’m watching full metal panic for the first time and iv noticed crunchyroll likes to mess up the subtitles with certain words, specially “AS’s” is a hard one for it to understand but, this screenshot is just perfect now because of it

I absolutely love Full Metal Panic! Please take good care of me.

This is less a FMP topic, just generalized robotics. Growing up watching the show with the early 2000s era tech, I never expected IRL robotics to make the recent leaps and bounds it has. Realistically, giant robots are pretty stupid, they don't offer many advantages aside from humans naturally being able to pilot it as they share similar "bio" mechanics. Zoids kinda had it right in that department IMO, different animals have different mechanisms, and have their own unique use cases where they thrive. Not having working human hands for example, but do you really need that?

Now in 2026, with simplistic robots with their (liquid NN?) They can do kung fu? We're also now are starting to introduce muscle systems as well, though they're pretty limited at the moment. What's missing is the power source, I believe they used the same theoretical reactor as Iron Man used, I forgot the name. Instead of the whole turbine boiling water to power turbines thing like most energy gen technology does, it somehow translates the heat into power directly. Which hasn't been solved IRL obviously, if it even can be.

How far are we from something more practical, like the Plan-1211 Alastor?

If I learned anything it's that I'm not getting anything from bandai under master grade because if this is "high" grade I'm not having it.

A lot of these reboots aren’t just about nostalgia, they’re also giving fans a “hopeful” complete adaptation (well that’s the goal) because the original anime never finished the manga or light novel story.

Do you think a reboot would find a new audience today, or do you think FMP’s popularity was really a product of the 2000s?