Full Metal Panic! New Years News Roundup

1. Shoji Gatoh will work with Kyoto Animation once more. For Kyoto Animation's new series "Hyoka" Shoji Gatoh, the author of "Full Metal Panic!", is in charge of the series scripts. He previously wrote scripts for the Kyoto Animation tv series "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and "Lucky Star".

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-22/full-metal-panic-gatoh-writes-kyoto-animation-hyoka


2. Shoji Gatoh mentioned an anticipated project that he cannot talk about yet for 2013 or later. There will also be more "Another" light novels in the near future.



http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-01/shoji-gatoh-plans-new-comedy-novel-anticipated-works


3. The chinese translation for Full Metal Panic! Sigma chapter 74 is now available. View it online here:

http://www.dm5.com/m97189/

Full Metal Panic! Sigma Chapter 74

4. Hiroshi Ueda, the artist of "Full Metal Panic! Sigma", uploaded a scan of Chapter 76 which will be entitled "All For One"

http://twitpic.com/7uzh5a

Full Metal Panic! Sigma Chapter 76

5. Shikidouji, the illustrator of the "Full Metal Panic!" light novel series, uploaded a artwork in her new years post which looks amazingly close to Kaname Chidori ... but probably isn't related at all.

http://shikidoji.blog9.fc2.com/blog-entry-98.html