FullMetal*Panic!

Hi.
I'm a new fan to the FMP series and for the last 4 days I been seaching infromation about it.
so far I have seen all of the anime episodes. FMP, FMP TSR, and the Fumoffo series. (I have already purchased the entire series thru amazon)
but what keeps me searching is to find out wether the novel has ended or not. I mean has the story ended in japan already, is there a difinitive ending to this story.

I'm also very interested in buying the english novels, mainly the ones that take over where the TSR anime left off. if you could please provide a link to a site or where I can buy the english novels.

also I have to say that this anime is so far the best I've seen. mainly because of all the comedy mixed in with a romance story and action on the side. so what other animes keep this 3 genres together. what do you recommend I watch next.
thx.

You can get the novels from Amazon.

Volume 1: http://www.amazon.com/Full-Metal-Panic- ... 721&sr=8-1
Volume 2: http://www.amazon.com/Full-Metal-Panic- ... 721&sr=8-4
Volume 3: http://www.amazon.com/Full-Metal-Panic- ... 721&sr=8-2
Volume 4: http://www.amazon.com/Full-Metal-Panic- ... 721&sr=8-5

Its starting to wind down in Japan, but it hasn't quite ended yet.

Its been a while hasn't it?

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on the novels I would like to read from where TSR left and forward. which volume is that ?
I'm happy that is not over. I just hope for a new anime series.

and the TSR ending is awesome. sousuke and kaname ended together, but not all the way which makes it a great ending, also because it implies that the story continues.

The anime is a bit different than the novels, especially TSR where they took liberties with the new characters. Fumoffu is mostly based on the manga and short/side stories. So the novel "Into the blue" ends the first season anime. So the novel "End of day by day" is of the timeline in which TSR plays through.

But as I said, the novels, although they follow the general story and most of the major characters are the same, they are different enough to warrant starting from Volume 1. Just so you catch the little bits and pieces that are different, or don't appear in the anime.

For example Wrath is different, and the 2 female Chinese AS pilot antagonists do not exist in the novels at all.

So you are better off just starting from Volume 1 (besides, you need something to read while the novels are released... which unfortunately take 4-6 months between each volume).

Yes it was a good ending, but.... I cannot say more as it will be a spoiler. LOL

No, Wraith was pretty much the same, wasn't she?

Honestly, I don't remember exactly, but something was different about wraith and the how the story around her was presented because I remember noticing it in TSR.

Don't you hate that? you remember remembering but you don't remember what you were remembering at the time.
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