New Votoms Films Trailer Reveals Cast, More Staff
The trailer confirms the voice cast and expanded staff for the two-film project, with Mamoru Oshii directing and original creator Ryosuke Takahashi supervising, signaling a major new entry in the long-running real robot franchise.
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Sunrise and Production I.G revealed the full trailer and character visual for the two new Armored Trooper Votoms films, Soko Kihei Votoms Haiiro no Hexe. The trailer introduces Miyuki Sawashiro as Ash Vamps, the feared AT pilot called the Grey Witch, and Mabuki Andou as Maki Stauffenberg, an officer investigating Ash's past. Additional cast and staff were also announced.
The two-film project, produced by Sunrise and Production I.G, now has its full trailer and a character visual. Miyuki Sawashiro voices Ash Vamps, a notorious AT pilot known as the Grey Witch, and Mabuki Andou plays Maki Stauffenberg, an officer secretly assigned to investigate Ash's past.
The cast also includes Shinichiro Miki, Yuki Kaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Satoshi Tsuruoka, Tomokazu Sugita, Kenta Miyake, Chafurin, Hochu Otsuka, Daisuke Ono, Takayuki Suga, Takahiro Sakurai, and Sumire Uesaka. New staff include Kazuchika Kise on original character design concepts, Shingo Ogiso, Takashi Kojima, and Tetsuya Nishio on character design, and Kunio Okawara as original mechanical designer.
Mamoru Oshii directs, with Ryosuke Takahashi, creator of the original 1983 series, supervising. Kenji Kawai composes the music.
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