Full Metal Panic!- Mission 03
Director Koichi Chigira cranks up the action and the comedy as a new enemy  appears in this rambunctious adventure. The terrorist cell A21 has a murderous  pawn in Takuma, who uses the mysterious Lambda Drive to control a gargantuan  crimsonmecha. Sousuke defeats him in a dynamic duel, aided by Kaname and  Commander Teletha "Tess" Testarossa. But the effects-laden battle is just a  prelude to a more subtle but more dangerous conflict: Tess announces she's  fallen for Sgt. Sousuke, and "may the best girl win!" Fortunately, Sousuke is too  dense to notice. Assertive, independent, and capable of initiating action,  Kaname represents new breed of magical girl. She never whines, the way Hitomi does  inEscaflowne, and she's quite capable of braining Sousuke when he  sticks his foot in it for the umpteenth time. The result is an imaginative,  high-spirited entertainment. (Rated 15 and older: violence, brief nudity, risqué  humor)--Charles Solomon