The series Dark Machine the Animation has announced its release date of October 13, along with three new cast members and mecha designs. They make up the idol team Stellatus, which Kairi’s Carbuncle team will go up against when the anime streams on Fuji TV in Japan.
The new cast members are:
- Nao Tōyama as Ark
- Nonoka Ōbuchi as Denebora
- Rei Nakashima as Spica
The newly revealed mecha designs are:
- Kenshō Ono as Kairi
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Rudora
- Kōki Uchiyama as Shinn
- Riho Sugiyama as Bran
- Saya Aizawa as Isana
- Yūichi Nakamura as Ajima
Kazumi Terada directs Dark Machine the Animation at Production +h. Gorō Taniguchi is the creative producer, and Hidetaka Tenjin is the chief mechanical designer. Keiichi Yano is the project’s creator. Satohito Sata and “Team Carbuncle,” consisting of Takaaki Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Urahata, and Atsuo Ishino, is in charge of the series scripts.
Additional staff members include:
- Main Character Designer: Kō Yoshinari
- Sub-Character Designer: Akira Mitani
- Costume Design: Mebachi
- Chief Animation Directors: Yumi Kuroiwa, Hideki Itō
- Storyboard: Masatsugu Arakawa
- Color Key Artist: niko＊miko
- Art Setting: Hiromi Tateiwa, Engawa,Nariyuki Ogi
- Art Directors: Hiromi Tateiwa, Yusuke Ikeda
- CG Director: Akira Inami
- CG Action Director: Ryou Kimura
- Compositing Director of Photography: Naoko Tanaka
- Photography Supervision: Kentarō Waki
- Editing: Yuki Honda
- Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
- Sound Effects: Tomoko Ohtsuka
- Music: SUGIZO
- Music Production: Flying Dog
The anime is based on the Dark Machine game, which is described as a “asynchronous big team arena shooter.” Lastly, here’s an overview of the game, via its website:
A New-Generation Project Where Game and Anime Resonate
DARK MACHINE is a cross-media project where the player’s in-game experience and the story of its anime adaptation intertwine. The anime, DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION, features Goro Taniguchi as Creative Producer and Hidetaka Tenjin as Lead Mechanical Designer. Together, they fuse the immersive intensity of the game with the dramatic storytelling of animation to create a next-generation IP. A new era of entertainment begins here.
