ShinRPGamer
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After 10+ years we finally get a new Full Metal Panic anime series.
Details are coming in now but here's what we do know.
It continues the story after The Second Raid (So expect it to be similar to TSR tonality wise). The studio is in Tokyo so it could be Gonzo but it is not Kyoto Animation
The main staff is composed of people familiar with the franchise. Who specifically (aside from Gatoh below) is not known at the moment.
The same Japanese VA cast is coming back.
Shouji Gatoh (The writer of the Light Novels) is in charge of writing the new anime.
All of the remaining Light Novels will be adapted! This means the series will be adapted to it's entirety!
I'll update the OP as more info comes out.
Edit: So it's come up that Vertical Shaft is apparently a rejected name for the new series. At the time I thought it was the actual subtitle but that is not the case. I've updated the OP and PM'd a mod to change the title.
Edit 2: ANN article is up. Here's a snippet:
Fujimi Shobo announced at the "Fantasia Bunko Big Thanksgiving 2015" event on Saturday that plans for a new anime adaptation of Shoji Gatoh and Shikidouji's Full Metal Panic! light novel series are underway. The announcement did not give any further details about the anime project.
Fujimi Shobo's Dragon Magazine had published a feature on Full Metal Panic! in September 2014 with art that teased "Coming Soon." Shikidouji replied to a fan on Twitter about the illustration at the time saying, "Something is moving along. Please look forward to it."