Full Metal Panic!

Also known as FMP

Japanese light novel series

Key facts

Genre: Action Mecha Military
Written by: Shoji Gatoh
Illustrated by: Shikidouji
Published by: Fujimi Shobo
English publisher: NA : Tokyopop (former), J-Novel Club
Imprint: Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Magazine: Dragon Magazine
Original run: September 18, 1998 – August 20, 2011
Volumes: 23 ( List of volumes )
Directed by: Koichi Chigira
Produced by: Shigeaki Tomioka, Tsuneo Takechi, Masafumi Fukui, Toshihito Suzuki
Music by: Toshihiko Sahashi

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Article

Full Metal Panic! (Japanese: フルメタル・パニック!, Hepburn: Furumetaru Panikku!; often abbreviated to FMP!) is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shikidouji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a hot-headed Japanese high school girl born with strange abilities that attracts the attention of various antagonistic groups.

Individual chapters are published on Monthly Dragon Magazine, followed by a paperback compilation released by Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. The novels are split between stories focusing on Sousuke's mission as a soldier of Mithril and comedic side stories centered on his life at Jindai High School.