▁Month ly ▁Com ic ▁Dragon ▁by ▁R ets u ▁T ate o . ▁This ▁m anga ▁was ▁collected ▁in ▁nine ▁tank ō bon ▁volumes ▁published ▁from ▁August ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁to ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁Ann ounced ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Full ▁Metal ▁Pan ic ! ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁m anga ▁series ▁lic ensed ▁by ▁AD V ▁M anga . ▁They ▁released ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁volumes ▁between ▁November ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁April ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁▁ ▁A ▁parallel ▁series ▁titled ▁ ▁which ▁focused ▁more ▁on ▁the ▁com edic ▁elements ▁from ▁the ▁franch ise ▁was ▁also ▁written ▁by ▁R ets u ▁T ate o ▁and ▁ran ▁for ▁seven ▁volumes ▁between ▁November ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁▁ ▁was ▁a ▁spin - off ▁series ▁by ▁Tom oh iro ▁Nag ai . ▁Five ▁volumes ▁were ▁released ▁between ▁January ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁Over load ▁was ▁lic ensed ▁by ▁AD V ▁M anga ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁and ▁all ▁of ▁its ▁volumes ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁English ▁between ▁June ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁and ▁May ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 6