Shikidouji, the illustrator of Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! light novel series, revealed that production has been green-lit on a "director's cut" version of the first Full Metal Panic!! television anime series from 2002. The director's cut will consist of three films. The announcement does not state if the film trilogy will add new footage.

-ADVERTISEMENT- The year is 2242. Humanity was forced to seek refuge deep underground due to the unprecedented calamity known as the "Tears of the New Moon," but following the collapse of the underground city-state of "Amasia," they begun to venture back towards the surface with hope of living there once more. Forming settlements called "Nests" scattered across the surface, adventurers known as "Drifters" continues to battle the lingering threat of the "Enders" and mine the "AO Crystals" which are an essential energy resource necessary for the operation of the nests. In the nest "Rock Town" where such Drifters gather, one wishing to become such a Drifter one day, "Kanata," alongside the skilled Drifter "Tokio," went to explore the ruins of an old museum where Kanata happens to discover a very beautiful sleeping "Magus." With the encounter of the mysterious Magus "Noir," a tale of destiny is slowly beginning to unfold.

Millie Nocturne has one great goal in life: to be the best in the universe - at absolutely everything! But when she tries her hand at being the "best detective," she ends up an unwilling partner with two people who will change her life forever: Kane Blueriver, the psi-blade-wielding master of the starship Swordbreaker, and Canal, the smart-mouthed holographic image of the ship's computer. Join this unlikely trio on their adventures as they hurtle through space facing off against intergalactic crime lords, rogue starships, and hijackers dressed as chickens... and that's just the tip of the asteroid!

Based on the autobiography of the singer Kawashima Ai. The name of the book is "Saigo no Kotoba" ("The Last Words") and it follows Kawashima Ai's life after her mother's death. The story chronicles her journey to make her dream come true to be a singer and, among other things, how she used to perform for free on Tokyo's streets.