The official website for the upcoming two-part Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe anime movie film series has revealed the first film’s theme song and two new trailers. Mika Nakashiuma will perform the theme song “Na mo Naki Shijin no Yō ni (Like Some Nameless Poet), which was arranged, composed, and written by THE ALFEE vocalist Toshihiko Takamizawa.
Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe Part 1 will open in theaters in Japan on November 20.
Miyuki Sawashiro stars as Ash Vamps, who is a notorious and feared AT pilot called the Grey Witch. Mabuki Andou plays the role of Maki Stauffenberg, who is an officer secretly assigned to look into Ash’s past.
Additional cast members include:
- Shinichirō Miki as Alix Barrack
- Yūki Kaji as Ignis Schweinsteiger
- Yūichi Nakamura as Fritz Gersdorf
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as Brunhart Müller
- Tomokazu Sugita as Adrian Dysler
- Kenta Miyake as Matt Hummels
- Chafūrin as Soltig van Gunnar
- Hōchū Ōtsuka as Vid Hildebrandt
- Daisuke Ono as Meteusz Julian Podolsky
- Takayuki Sugō as Weissweiler
- Takahiro Sakurai as Oliver
- Sumire Uesaka as Maintenance Girl
Mamoru Oshii is directing the two films. Ryōsuke Takahashi, director and creator of the original concept for the original 1983 Armored Trooper Votoms anime, will supervise the film. Shinobu Tsuneki and manga artist Yoshiro Sōno are the mechanical designers. Kenji Kawai, who has worked with Oshii on various projects, will compose the music.
The other staff members include:
- Original Character Design Concepts: Kazuchika Kise
- Character Design: Shingo Ogiso, Takashi Kojima, Tetsuya Nishio
- Original Mechanical Designer: Kunio Ōkawara
- Mechanical Design: Jū Ishiguchi, Wataru Inada
- Costume Design Assistance: Katsuya Terada
- Art Design: Satoshi Takabatake, Yasumitsu Suetake, Kazushige Kanehira
- Art Director: Yūshi Honjō
- Color Key Artist: Nagisa Abe
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yūki Kawashita
- CG Directors: Yōta Tasaki, Toshihisa Yokoshima, Jō Nakajima
- Editing: Aya Hida
- Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
The original Armored Trooper Votoms anime is available to stream on HIDIVE.
