The action novel series was previously adapted into TV anime three times, the first Full Metal Panic! (2002) by GONZO, the second Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (2003) and third Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (2005) by Kyoto Animation.
A new TV anime adaption of Shoji Gatoh’s Full Metal Panic! light novel series is set to premiere in fall 2017, officially announced at the Fantasia Bunko Big Thanks Festival 2016 event held in Akihabara today.
Then the upcoming fourth TV anime, titled Full Metal Panic! IV, is animated by XEBEC (Fafner in the Azure, Space Battleship Yamato 2199).