Bøger af Shouji Gatou

Proven appeal of subject: First printing of Full Metal Panic: Collector’s Edition 2 sold out at wholesale in four months and spurred a sell-out of Collector’s Edition 1, sending both into reprints! Four unique anime adaptations (plus a series of compilation movies) have been made, granting the franchise long-term visibility within fandom. Two manga adaptations were previously published in the early 2000’s. Genre staying power: A blockbuster action adventure series, the Full Metal Panic! short stories ramp up the fish-out-of-water comedy to 11! The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume! Artwork: Multiple full-page illustrations (including color frontmatter) add extra value and provide crossover appeal with the manga buying audience.

The adventures continue in a new collection of hilarious side stories - now available for the first time in English!Intriguing One-Man Band?Sagara Sousuke is an average Japanese high school student—totally not a war-addled military geek who mistakes love letters for bombs. He drives Chidori Kaname crazy, but even though he's agreed to date another girl, she just can't leave him alone!Unflinching Two-Out Inning?Sagara Sousuke is at it again, from turning a turf war into a hostage situation to sending a rugby team through boot camp. Meanwhile, he's growing closer with Chidori Kaname. Even when it looks like he might strike out, he never stops swinging!Unpolished Three-Ring Circus?Sagara Sousuke is here to yet again solve any problems that might befall Jindai High. With Chidori Kaname by his side, he'll seek out the truth behind a haunted hospital and lay a trap for a ponytail-obsessed villain, along with other misadventures!

Volumes 7-9, printed for the first time in English!The Pacific Chrysalis was Mithril's first true victory over Amalgam, but their success has only led to escalation. Between growing suspicion at school and cryptic warnings from Tessa's brother that everything is about to change, Sousuke begins to realize that his peaceful life in Tokyo might not last much longer. Before he can even prepare, though, Sousuke finds himself running a gauntlet beyond anything he could have imagined. He'll have to fight not just for his own life, but for the life of everyone he knows!

Proven appeal of subject: Four unique anime adaptations (plus a series of compilation movies) have been made, granting the franchise long-term visibility within fandom. Two manga adaptations were previously published in the early 2000¿s.Genre staying power: A blockbuster action adventure series, Full Metal Panic! starts with fish-out-of-water comedy amped to 11, endearing characters to the audience before ratcheting up the intensity to keep the reader coming back for more. The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume! Artwork: Multiple full-page illustrations (including color frontmatter) add extra value and provide crossover appeal with the manga buying audience.

Volumes 1-3, now in a collectors hardcover edition, and with a brand new translation!Sagara Sousuke isn't your typical high school student. He reads military enthusiast magazines; he responds to questions with "affirmative;" he brings grenades to school in his bag. Though everyone at school takes him for a hopeless military geek, Chidori Kaname thinks there might be something more to him. When their plane is hijacked in the middle of a field trip, Kaname's instincts will prove correct: Sousuke is an elite, mech-piloting mercenary... and he's here to protect her!