Armed Girl's Machiavellism Anime's 2nd Promo Video Introduces Cast

The official website for the television anime of Karuna Kanzaki and Yūya Kurokami's Armed Girl's Machiavellism (Busō Shōjo Machiavellism) manga began streaming the show's second promotional video on Thursday. The video introduces the main cast.

The anime will premiere on AT-X on April 5 at 11:00 p.m., and will then air on the Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, and BS11 channels. The show will stream in Japan on the d Anime Store.

The show stars:
Tasuku Hatanaka as Fudō Nomura
Yūki Takada as Rin Onigawara
Sayaka Kitahara as Mary Kikakujō
Nozomi Nishida as Satori Tamaba
Rina Hidaka as Warabi Hanasaka
Natsumi Hioka as Tsukuyo Inaba
Eriko Matsui as Kirukiru Amō
Miku Itō as Nono Mozunono
Akane Kohinata as Chōka U Baragasaki
Miharu Hanai as Sassa Kurasaki
Shiori Mutō as Ui Migii
Miharu Sawada as Tsunemi Tōko
Yuki Yamada as Kinue Tanukihara
Natsumi Yamada as Nico Saruwatari
Saki Fujita as Kyōbō
Tetsuharu Ohta as Kusuo Masukodera

Hideki Tachibana (BlazBlue Alter Memory, Dragon Crisis!, H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~) is directing the anime at the studio SILVER LINK (Ange Vierge, Dusk maiden of Amnesia). Kento Shimoyama (Bleach, Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals, Servant × Service) is supervising the series scripts, and Shoko Takimoto (BONJOUR Sweet Love Patisserie, Chaos Dragon, Senran Kagura: Estival Versus - Festival Eve Full of Swimsuits) is designing the characters. Team-MAX's Hiromi Mizutani (Hell Girl, Non Non Biyori, Toriko) is composing the music at Nippon Columbia.

Miku Itō is performing the opening theme song "Shocking Blue." Five of the anime's cast members (Rin's Yūki Takada, Mary's Sayaka Kitahara, Satori's Nozomi Nishida, Warabi's Rina Hidaka, Tsukuyo's Natsumi Hioka) are performing the ending theme song "Decide" under the unit name "Tenka Goken" (Five Ruling Swords).

The "school rebellion battle action" story follows Fudō Nomura, who transfers to a school where girls carry weapons to rule mercilessly over the boys. Shortly after transferring he becomes a target of Rin Onigawara, a member of the Five Ruling Swords that commands the school. In order break free he must defeat the Five Ruling Swords.

Kanzaki began the series based on Kurokami's story in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in March 2014, and Kadokawa shipped the fifth compiled volume on July 26. The sixth compiled volume will ship on March 25.​