The franchise inspired the 24-episode Full Metal Panic! TV anime series in 2002, the 12-episode Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu TV anime in 2003, and the 13-episode Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid TV anime series in 2005.
The Full Metal Panic! franchise revealed in October that an anime project titled Full Metal Panic! IV was slated to premiere this fall.
The Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai event announced in 2015 that plans for a new anime adaptation of the Full Metal Panic! light novel series were underway.
Additionally, the light novels inspired the Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid video anime episode in 2006.