Scientists estimated that only one year remained before humanity's extinction. The oceans were evaporated, the air was polluted, and the survivors were forced to retreat to shelters deep underground. The planet bombs destroyed the space colonies and devastated Earth. The Gamillas established a forward base on Pluto, and launched planet bombs at Earth. The battle between Earthnoids and Spacenoids that began with the One Year War raged on through Char's Rebellion, giving way to the so-called 10 Year Void, a decade-long gap in recorded history.Ī century has passed since then, and after the end of the Jupiter War, the Earth Federation was invaded by an alien species known as the "Gamillas".
However, it was also said to be the beginning of a new era of war. This is due to the fact that Vic Mignogna, his English voice actor, prefers to avoid swearing unless absolutely necessary, and so most of the swearing was left out at his request.The creation of the first unified government over all humanity, the Earth Federation, marked the beginning of a new era, the New Correct Century, and the beginning of humanity's expansion into space.
In contrast to his usual laid-back personality, Kurz does have a more serious side. It is in this way, that he can be seen as the polar opposite of his teammate, Sousuke, who has absolutely no comprehension of romance or sex for most of the story. He also tricks Tessa into wearing a school swimsuit at Jindai High School during her stay in Japan and organises a trip to the hot spring during the same stay solely so he can peep on the girls, though he proves unsuccessful due to Sousuke setting traps everywhere. However, Kurz is also a huge pervert Melissa is constantly at odds with him due to his blatant sexual harassment against her, though he's not above harassing other girls either.
This is shown by the fact that he is very close friends with the withdrawn and professional Sousuke, with Kurz being initially the only person Sousuke consistently calls by his first name. Despite this, Kurz has a very energetic and friendly personality and as such befriends people easily. He often uses vulgar or flippant language in conversation (though this is toned down considerably in the dub). As he is commonly stationed on the Tuatha de Danaan, he usually wears the standard sage-green Mithril uniform with brown laced boots.Īn very outgoing person, Kurz can best be described as a ladies man.
He has long locks of blonde hair shaped into a mullet and blue eyes. Of German descent, he also displays Japanese features. He is voiced by Shin'ichirō Miki in the Japanese version of the anime and Vic Mignogna in the English version. He is a 19-year-old sergeant in the anti-terrorist organisation Mithril, and a member of the same squad as Sousuke Sagara, working under Melissa Mao.
Kurz Weber is one of the main protagonists of the light novel and anime series Full Metal Panic!. ~ Kurz chewing out Sousuke for his insensitivity towards Kaname. Just because you can't be perfect 100% of the time, you get all sulky and take it out on a woman! Y'know, it's people like you who grow up to be violent husbands and cause trouble for everyone around!