Xebec Makes Robot Anime Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen

A website opened on Saturday to announce Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen (Silver Will Argevollen), a new robot television anime premiering this summer.

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The cast includes:

Ryota Ohsaka as Susumu Tokimune
Saori Ōnishi as Jamie Hazaford
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Samonji Ukō
Sayaka Ohara as Suzushiro Saori

Atsushi Ootsuki (Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox, To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness, Wagnaria!! Season 2) is directing the anime at Xebec. Tatsuo Sato (Basquash!, Bodacious Space Pirates, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars) is in charge of the series scripts. Yuichi Ouka (To Love-Ru, Softenni) is designing the characters, while Hirame Kikuchi (The Pilot's Love Song) and Kenji Teraoka (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Mobile Suit Gundam 0) are designing the mecha. Yoshinori Hara is the prop designer, and Shigeru Morita (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Turn A Gundam, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2) is a setting consultant. OLM Digital handled the 3D models.

Jin Aketagawa is the sound director, and Kotaro Nakagawa (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Hayate the Combat Butler, Zettai Karen Children) is composing the music. KOTOKO and voice actress Sachika Misawa are contributing the opening and ending theme songs, respectively.