"Well, I... If you want to know, I'll tell you. Mithril doesn't matter whatnot. I am in the fourth class of the second year of Tokyo Metropolitan High School... Student number 41, in charge of garbage sorting and umbrella sorting... Sosuke Sagara! ”
The boy eventually realizes that no matter what difficulties he encounters, he will stick to his beliefs and protect everything he loves.
What I recommend to you today is the story of a boy meeting a girl.
Picture Fourth season promotional illustration
13 years of waiting
Full Metal Frenzy is a light novel written by light novelist Shoji He Dong, illustrated by illustrator Shiki Koko, and owned by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. It was later adapted into an anime with a total of 4 seasons. The first season began airing on January 8, 2002; the second season of the anime, All Metal Frenzy Fumoffu, aired in August 2003; the third season, All Metal Frenzy TSR, aired in July 2005; and after 13 years, the fourth season of All Metal Frenzy! Invisible Victory aired in April 2018.
Figure Cover of the original light novel "Full Metal Frenzy"
In 2016, the Japanese media released news that the animation of the fourth season of "All Metal Frenzy" will be produced. For fans of the all-metal frenzy, it is the great news of the "lifetime".
In addition to looking forward to it, I can't help but feel a little nervous. After all, the last series of works has been separated by 13 years (the author has evolved from an ignorant teenager to a code word uncle QAQ). People's demand for works is constantly changing, not to mention the changes in animation production technology, the replacement of voice actors, and the change of main creative personnel, which invisibly increases the difficulty of many productions. A robot science fiction work from 13 years ago, from a commercial point of view, how many people will be willing to pay for it?
The ARX-7 crossbow has reappeared after 13 years
Animation design where details win
On the promotional poster of "All Gold", a blue-white-gray mech is always retained. For viewers who are not familiar with the original, the first impression of this work may be that it is another mech-hung machine combat animation.
When it comes to mecha and robots, the first thing we think of must be the Gundam series of royal battle animations with handsome mechs and high-burning battle scenes, in these animations, mecha is often the most eye-catching existence, all the settings revolve around the existence of mecha, and even in the end we can clearly remember the names and appearances of these handsome mechs, and then buy their models. (Manufacturers full of routines ah)
The ARX-8 Blazing Sword finally hit the screen in season four
Figure The popular mech ARX-7 crossbow is on sale
But "All Gold" is a work of "sword to the side". In the whole work, only the "ART-7 Crossbow" piloted by the protagonist Sosuke Sagara is eye-catching, and the rest of the mechs such as "Barbarian", "M9", and "Behmos" have their own characteristics, but they do not have such a high sense of existence. The anime breaks the conventional "machine warfare solves everything" setting, more often we see tactical execution and the use of conventional equipment (such as: saving hostages, destroying designated targets, etc.), such as the order of hostage rescue in the first season, Sosuke Sagara's search points and guns in the face of abnormal conditions, the judgment of ambush points, the calm handling of torpedoes, the negotiation with robbers in the second season, the use of psychological warfare to win more with less, the information warfare and counter-information warfare at the beginning of the third season, and the counter-reconnaissance of Chidori and so on. The rich details not only portray the character more vividly, but also add a sense of reality to the animation invisibly.
Figure Enter the room, rigorous storyboard design
The background of the story is set in the 1990s, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union has not yet ended, the world is divided into two major forces by two superpowers, AS (the name of the mech) as the most sophisticated combat weapon has become the main combat force of all countries, and in order to resolve armed conflicts everywhere, the armed peacekeeping mercenary organization "Mithril" was established. And our protagonist, Sosuke Sagara, is an ordinary non-commissioned officer of Mithril. This overhead but closely integrated setting creates a sense of reality that other mecha animations do not have.
Perfect is imperfect character design
The protagonist, Sosuke Sagara, is a young mercenary who entered the battlefield at the age of 8 and is active in wars around the world. In terms of combat, he was an outstanding soldier, an elite member of the Mithril unit of the armed peacekeeping mercenary group, operating the most advanced AS mechs. In terms of life, he is an idiot and has difficulty adapting to daily campus life. After accepting the task of protecting Chidori, he and his team members infiltrate the Tokyo campus and fall in love with the target as a bodyguard.
Figure: Sosuke Sagami
Chidori wants, a returned girl with outstanding looks, who seems gentle and considerate, but is actually stubborn and strong. Although unaware of it, she has mastered the talent of "black technology" since birth and is a secret person known as the Whisperer. This talent also made her math score almost perfect (author: I want it too). All kinds of institutions want to acquire this ability (of course, it's not just exam-level black technology that can make very powerful weapons).
Figure Chidori wants
Figure Tessa knocks cute !!!
Teresa Testa Rosa, affectionately known as Tessa. The 16-year-old was the commander of The Mithril's Western Pacific branch, attacking the captain of the Yanglu submarine "Son of Dannu". He is the boss of the protagonist, Sosuke Sagara, who is kind by nature and has a strong sense of responsibility and honor. He is a "whisperer" with a very high IQ, and at the age of 6 he solved the closest value of Einstein's ten-yuan joint nonlinear partial differential equation (author: I can't understand it).
Figure Tensioned character design (the character design of the four seasons of the child has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people)
Yet they are not perfect. Sagara Sosuke is essentially an incomplete person, and although the baptism of his youth on the battlefield has enabled him to gain a strong fighting ability, he has also lost his ordinary life, and he is full of thoughts about how to survive on the battlefield, so that he frequently causes accidents in the task of protecting the little one.
Chidori and Sosuke Sagara's growth is the most exciting part of the anime and the focus of this work. In the face of various threats to Minor, Sosuke Sagara showed his great combat ability as a soldier, but also exposed his own shortcomings. After experiencing several incidents, he gradually discovered that the small is not only the goal of the protection mission, but also a more important existence. For Sosuke, the task becomes an avoidance, a constraint to suppressing inner desires. After experiencing several life-and-death battles in the first season, Sosuke finally recognized Chidori's important position in his heart, and in the third season, parting accelerated Sosuke's inner torture, on the one hand, Sosuke had to obey orders, and on the other hand, Sosuke had feelings for Chidori.
Illustration Illustration of the original novel
Chidori's growth is very similar to Thato's, for Sosuke, obeying the task is an escape, and Chidori herself is eager to escape the sudden fate, but Sora and Tessa taught her what is called strong, and in the time alone with Tessa, Tessa's courage to face her emotions also makes Chidori begin to cherish the fate between Her and Sagara. Whether it's saving the entire ship at the end of the first season, or the anti-reconnaissance and one-on-one ambush in the third season, how can chidori, who is sometimes gentle and sometimes violent but so strong, not like it?
In the face of the enemy attack, the strong little one survived and called out Zongsuke's name
Kyoto Animation is the ultimate embodiment of the "funny" campus
The "All Metal Frenzy" series is a science fiction story, which is really insensitive to people who don't like science fiction themes. The Chinese people know the "All Gold" series, thanks to the second season of animation full of funny and comedy. Admittedly, the second season successfully promoted the audience of "All Gold".
In 2001, a large number of light novel works were adapted into animation, which became a fad, and "All Metal Frenzy" caught up with this opportunity and began production in 2001. After it was broadcast in 2002, it gained great popularity.
It is worth mentioning that the animation production company of "All Gold" has changed several times. The first season of the anime was produced by GONZO, a company that belonged to the "early conscience type", and the production period of the first season of "All Gold" coincided with the company's "conscience stage", and although the first season was full of shortcomings, it also successfully had a positive and widespread impact on the promotion of the "All Gold" series.
Illustration of the campus section
The second and third seasons of the anime were produced by the newcomer company of the year, kyoto animation (Kyo Ani), which we later became familiar with. The second season of the anime is based on the short story of the original work, which is a dull and profound story that deviates from the main line, and tells some interesting stories from sosuke and Kojo's campus. The second season is therefore collectively known as "All Metal Frenzy Campus Chapter".
The story of "Campus Chapter" can be said to be "a serious nonsense". As we all know, Sosuke Sagara is very unsuitable for campus life. In the animation of the second season, he used weapons on campus in a serious manner, blurted out some cold jokes, and fully demonstrated his funny talent from another perspective. The girl's confession letter was put into his locker, and he unswervingly used blasting; the rugby team was repeatedly defeated, he became the devil coach to train a group of rugby agents; the commissary bread was repeatedly damaged, he laid multiple traps; and even developed a small riot type AS - Bunting Taijun, to help the small town ass to maintain social order... The whole animation is full of laughter and is very distinctive.
Figure: The Bunting King (GIF), known as the ultimate weapon
Picture Sosuke-style beach watermelon (GIF)
Figure: Sumo Wrestler (GIF)
With the help of the old Japanese works similar to the Renaissance trend, after 13 years, "All Metal Frenzy" has once again returned to the fans' vision in the form of animation. Fifty years on earth is like a dream and an illusion. The children of that year became young people, the youth became fathers, and the students became social animals. The author has also become an uncle.
13 years of fan waiting, 13 years of love, in exchange for this work once again animated, once again on the screen.
"Full Metal Frenzy", a film in the name of machine warfare, full of the flavor of first love, tells the story of boys meet girls, boys and girls grow up together. It has wonderful aircraft combat pictures, funny campus comedies, sci-fi backgrounds in the alternate world, and innocent and cute boys and girls. Classic, highly recommended.
Figure Online Fan Comments Fourth Work In a Lifetime