Original TV Anime 'Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen' Airing Summer 2014
Staff
Director: Atsushi Ootsuki
Series Composition: Tatsuo Satou
Character Design: Yuichi Ouka
Mecha Design: Hirame Kikuchi Kenji Teraoka
Prop Design: Oshinori Hara
Setting License*: Shigeru Morita
3D Model: OLM Digital
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Music: Koutaro Nakagawa
OP: KOTOKO
ED: Sachika Misawa
Studio: XEBEC
Cast
Suzumu Tokimura: Ryota Ohsaka
Jamie Hazaford: Saori Oonishi
Samonji Ukyou: Hiroshi Tsuchida
Suzushiro Saori: Sayaka Oohara
PV: http://youtu.be/uHpHFaKdNJU
Official site: http://www.argevollen.com/
Source: Nizigami
Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen on MAL
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Argevollen sounds like broken German. I did a google translate because I knew what vollen was, meaning Full in German but I didn't know what Arge was so google gave me "Argentina Full". LOL is all I have to say, still sounds interesting.
I'm Austrian, native German speaker - it actually does mean nothing in German, it just looks like a German word. With some moving around of the words you could get "voll arg", which would mean something like "totally crazy/weird". That's about it. An "ArGe" is also an economic term, it's an abbriviation for "Arbeitsgemeinschaft", meaning "working partnership" or "consortium". So yeah, they just made up something German-sounding there.
Feb 4, 2016 1:34 PM by resonator79
Mar 24, 2014 10:08 AM by Mr_Gutts
Mar 24, 2014 6:20 AM by lolw-a
Mecha is definitely coming back. Thank God.
Anime is indeed saved.
Mar 23, 2014 11:33 AM by Hatul
Mar 23, 2014 7:03 AM by terrablu2003
Mar 22, 2014 10:52 PM by busan
Xebec mecha, Ryota Ohsaka, I'm game.
Haruto Tokishima's VA + Valvrave vibe = THIS.
Mar 22, 2014 9:21 PM by JafriZin
I didn't mean to sound offensive. I apologize. I agree with your point about fan service though. I'm sure this series won't have as much ecchi as Dai Shogun(another mecha anime airing in Spring).
I wouldn't say I 'like' mecha yet since the ones I've seen so far have been disappointments(Valvrave, Buddy Complex, Nobunaga the Fool). No offense to those who watched those btw, it's just how I felt. I'm not trying to diss the shows.
This is why I'm hoping the new mecha from Urobuchi will change my view on mecha.
Mecha is the second home of ecchi, I mean take a look at Geass, Gunbuster, Break Blade amd Evangelion for starters.
I kind of see his point. It's obviously not every mecha series, but there's a lot of opportunities to exploit for writer and directors like skin tight body suits and the tendency towards Bishonen and Bishoujo character designs. That said I'm not seeing how it's a de facto second home, just that obviously there's areas where it can come into play. For example Gundam Unicorn has practically no fanservice whatsoever, but obviously something like Yamato 2199 does.
And as some others have mentioned, one scene does not an ecchi-constant show make.
Mar 22, 2014 5:56 PM by Ckan
Mar 22, 2014 5:52 PM by bloodiemonster
Mar 22, 2014 5:42 PM by AlexTheRiot
Mar 22, 2014 5:28 PM by srwgfan
The use of 3D looks really awkward, imo.
Also, that ass in face scene had me rolling my eyes. When a PV is already giving off negative vibes, that isn't a good sign.
Exactly how I felt about it.
Mar 22, 2014 4:38 PM by Eva1936
Mecha is the second home of ecchi, I mean take a look at Geass, Gunbuster, Break Blade amd Evangelion for starters.
IIRC in Break Blade there was an attractive blonde who had a tendency to not wear clothes in her bedroom.
But I didn't get that impression from THIS anime's video.
Mar 22, 2014 3:24 PM by Hahalollawl
Speaking of fan-service/echhi in mecha anime, Aquarion had a lot of it but that didn't make a show bad. It was a decent show in my opinion and the romance aspect was done well. Macross series has some in almost all their shows. Evangelion had plug suits. Victory had an uncensored bathing scene. Well bottom line is, depending in how it's presented echhi/fan-service doesn't make a show bad by default so stop fussing over something silly as this.
Mar 22, 2014 1:34 PM by Dragon_Slayer_X
Mecha is the second home of ecchi, I mean take a look at Geass, Gunbuster, Break Blade amd Evangelion for starters.
I kind of see his point. It's obviously not every mecha series, but there's a lot of opportunities to exploit for writer and directors like skin tight body suits and the tendency towards Bishonen and Bishoujo character designs. That said I'm not seeing how it's a de facto second home, just that obviously there's areas where it can come into play. For example Gundam Unicorn has practically no fanservice whatsoever, but obviously something like Yamato 2199 does.
Mar 22, 2014 1:17 PM by PeacingOut
Mecha is the second home of ecchi, I mean take a look at Geass, Gunbuster, Break Blade amd Evangelion for starters.
Mar 22, 2014 1:08 PM by Antanaru
Mar 22, 2014 12:48 PM by Mayuka
Mar 22, 2014 12:47 PM by Ahmer
Exciting!
Also can't wait for Fafner Exodus this autumn!
Mar 22, 2014 12:31 PM by Rucamilda
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