{"rewrite":{"id":"r_12fa6fd3138c3a0d7e570c56","clusterId":"c_6ee23e7f9fe2842e363ecf91","slug":"full-metal-panic-family-vol-4-and-shouji-gatou-s-kidou-tensei-launch-same-day","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Full Metal Panic! Family Vol. 4 and Shouji Gatou's Kidou Tensei Launch Same Day","summary":"KADOKAWA's Fantasia Bunko releases Full Metal Panic! Family Vol. 4 and Shouji Gatou's new robot light novel Kidou Tensei Vol. 1 on August 20, 2026. Family Vol. 4 features Natsumi piloting the Azul Raven in a training exercise, while Kidou Tensei follows a salaryman reborn as a prototype mobile weapon.","whyItMatters":"The simultaneous release pairs the latest installment of Gatou's long-running Full Metal Panic! spin-off with his new mecha series, signaling a deliberate push to court both established fans and new readers on the same day.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBoth books arrive on August 20, 2026. Family Vol. 4 continues the Sagara family\u0026#39;s globe-trotting adventures, with Natsumi taking over for an injured Sousuke in an Azul Raven training exercise. A mysterious Arm Slave attacks the JSDF, and a new AS model appears.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKidou Tensei is a standalone B6-format novel with illustrations by BUNBUN and mecha designs by Kanetake Ebikawa and Toshiaki Ihara. The story follows a salaryman reborn as an 18-meter prototype mobile weapon named Raidas, who must fight an enemy force attacking a lunar colony while carrying a young pilot.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Shouji Gatou ships two mecha titles on the same day: Full Metal Panic! Family Vol. 4 and Kidou Tensei Vol. 1. The latter, about a salaryman reborn as a mobile weapon, reads as a direct test of the formula that made his name.","twitterPost":"Gatou's same-day double release pits his established Full Metal Panic! Family against Kidou Tensei's salaryman-turned-weapon premise.","threadsPost":"August 20, 2026, is a two-front day for Shouji Gatou: Full Metal Panic! Family Vol. 4 and Kidou Tensei Vol. 1. Family leans on Natsumi's Azur Raven training run; Kidou Tensei recycles the isekai hook into a robot body. One is a continuation, the other a pitch.","newsletterBlurb":"Two Shouji Gatou novels drop on the same day: Full Metal Panic! Family Vol. 4, with Natsumi stepping in for Sousuke, and Kidou Tensei, a new robot series about a salaryman reborn as a prototype mech.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Dengeki Hobby Web\",\"url\":\"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3123842/\",\"title\":\"プラスチックモデル発売迫る「アズール・レイヴン」大活躍！「フルメタル・パニック！Family」シリーズ第4巻と、まさかの最強機動兵器に転生!?賀東招二新作ロボットライトノベル「機動転生」第1巻が2026年8月20日（木）に同時発売！\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6402,"outputTokens":713,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787208987,"createdAt":"2026-08-20T06:39:06.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-20T06:46:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-20T06:39:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6ee23e7f9fe2842e363ecf91","canonicalTitle":"プラスチックモデル発売迫る「アズール・レイヴン」大活躍！「フルメタル・パニック！Family」シリーズ第4巻と、まさかの最強機動兵器に転生!?賀東招二新作ロボットライトノベル「機動転生」第1巻が2026年8月20日（木）に同時発売！","representativeArticleId":"a_4c816c49dfb2aab7ad229839","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Full Metal Panic! Family\",\"Kidou Tensei\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Azur Raven\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Shouji Gatou\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-19T21:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-19T21:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-20T06:46:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Dengeki Hobby Web","url":"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3123842/","title":"プラスチックモデル発売迫る「アズール・レイヴン」大活躍！「フルメタル・パニック！Family」シリーズ第4巻と、まさかの最強機動兵器に転生!?賀東招二新作ロボットライトノベル「機動転生」第1巻が2026年8月20日（木）に同時発売！"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Full Metal Panic! Family","Kidou Tensei"],"work_titles":["Azur Raven"],"studios":[],"people":["Shouji Gatou"],"type":"release","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}