The official website of the Soukou Kihei Votomos: Haiiro no Hexe (Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe) anime announced supporting cast and additional staff members on Friday. The anime will premiere as two movies, with the first one scheduled to open in theaters on November 20.
CastAlix Ballack: Shinichiro Miki (Bleach)
Ignis Schweinsteiger: Yuuki Kaji (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Fritz Gersdorf: Yuuichi Nakamura (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Brunhard Müller: Satoshi Tsuruoka (Fate/Zero)
Adrian Deisler: Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama)
Matt Hummels: Kenta Miyake (Boku no Hero Academia)
Soltig van Gunnar: Chafuurin (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
Wid Hildebrandt: Houchuu Ootsuka (Naruto)
Meteusz Julian Podolski: Daisuke Ono (Kuroshitsuji)
Weissweiler: Takayuki Sugou (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Oliver: Takahiro Sakurai (Mob Psycho 100)
Mechanic girl: Sumire Uesaka (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san)
Staff
Original Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara (Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Freedom)
Mechanical Design: Shinobu Tsuneki (Kaijuu 8-gou), Yoshihiro Sono (Urusei Yatsura (2022)), Juu Ishiguchi (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online), Wataru Inata (Reincarnation no Kaben)
Costume Design: Katsuya Terada (Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia original character design)
Art Design: Satoshi Takabatake (Hello World). Yasumitsu Suetake (Guilty Crown), Kazushige Kanehira (Steins;Gate)
Art Director: Yuuji Honjou (Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl)
Color Design: Nagisa Abe (86)
Director of Photography: Yuuki Kawashita (Vinland Saga)
CG Director: Yohta Tasaki, Toshihisa Yokoshima (Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru storyboard), Takeshi Nakajima
Editing: Aya Hida (Fruits Basket)
Mamoru Oshii is directing the anime at Sunrise, with Production I.G credited for production cooperation. Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor), and Kei Yamamura (Vlad Love) are penning the script. Tetsuya Nishio (Kaijuu 8-gou), Takashi Kojima (Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara), and Shingo Ogiso (Arslan Senki (TV)) are designing the characters. Kenji Kawai (Koukaku Kidoutai) is composing the music. Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) is serving as the sound director.
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.
Source: Official Site
