So the Full Metal Panic IV PV is officially released.
http://www.tdd-1.com/iv/news/img/170812.mp4
They added some scenes in from the first PV such as this one where the smoke comes towards the camera.
I thought the original looked kind of incomplete as it has some whiteout effect and comes to the smoke coming out of the building while this feels like a proper explosion effect now. It looks good. I still can't figure out whether that's Hashimoto or not.
The backgrounds also look a lot better than I initially thought. Apparently they were showing a version which had the sides cut off so there's more detail on the peripheral. There's also more backgrounds that are painted than I initially thought.
They added in this scene which makes me think the Arbalest is CGI in this sequence. If so then the base models look decent enough but I have to see how they look in motion.
This is also a new sequence or rather an altered one. I'm not sure if they got rid of the old one which just had a closeup of Mao while this one has her walking tilted forward.
It looks decent enough I suppose. I need to see the Arbalest in action but it seems fine. It also means they weren't done with episode 1 when AX came along. I'm wondering if the production schedule is still too tight even after the delay.