The official website of the Soukou Kihei Votoms: Haiiro no Hexe (Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe) anime unveiled the cast members, additional staff, and main trailer on Friday. The anime will premiere as two movies, with the first one scheduled to open in theaters on November 20.
Cast
Ash Vamps: Miyuki Sawashiro (Hunter x Hunter (2011))
Maki Stauffenberg: Mabuki Andou (Seirei no Moribito)
Shinichiro Miki (Bleach)
Yuuki Kaji (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Yuuichi Nakamura (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Satoshi Tsuruoka (Fate/Zero)
Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama)
Kenta Miyake (Boku no Hero Academia)
Chafuurin (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
Houchuu Ootsuka (Naruto)
Daisuke Ono (Kuroshitsuji)
Takayuki Sugou (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Takahiro Sakurai (Mob Psycho 100)
Sumire Uesaka (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san)
Staff
Original Story: Hajime Yatate (Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers) Ryousuke Takahashi (Soukou Kihei Votoms)
Script: Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor), Kei Yamamura (Vlad Love)
Original Character Design: Kazuchika Kise (Made in Abyss)
Character Design: Tetsuya Nishio (Kaijuu 8-gou), Takashi Kojima (Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara), Shingo Ogiso (Arslan Senki (TV))
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
Mamoru Oshii is directing the anime at Sunrise, with Production I.G credited for production cooperation. Kenji Kawai (Koukaku Kidoutai) is composing the music.
The original sci-fi drama television anime aired in 52 episodes from Spring 1983 to Winter 1984. The Red Shoulder Document – Yabou no Roots (Roots of Treachery) prequel OVA debuted in March 1988, followed by the 12-episode Pailsen Files OVA from October 2007 to August 2008. A Pailsen Files movie adaptation premiered in Japan in January 2009, featuring a new story.
The five-episode Kakuyaku taru Itan (Brilliantly Shining Heresy) sequel OVA was released from March to November in 1994, followed by the six-episode Genei-hen (Phantom Arc) OVA from March to October in 2010 and Koei Futatabi (Alone Again) OVA in 2011.
The latest spin-off installments in the franchise, Case;Irvine and Votoms Finder (Votoms Finder Armored Trooperoid), were released in November and December in 2010.
Main Trailer
Source: Comic Natalie
