Negative criticism has surfaced on the role of the Arm Slaves throughout the "Full Metal Panic!" series. For instance, Ender's review states that their mecha roles are confusing that the Arm Slaves are both "08th MS Team soldiers and Dragon Ball Z-type fighters, hurling energy balls at each other and going "Super Saiya-jin." Anime Database rated the "Full Metal Panic!" series 4 out of 5 because of the Arm Slaves battles since they start out from being good to being very unrealistic. GameSpot Union comments on the relationship between the Arm Slaves and the animation done on "Full Metal Panic!", saying both animation and camera views were bad.