A Pony Canyon started showing a new trailer for the anime series Mecha-Ude (Mechanical Arms) where we can hear the ending theme “karma” by Gokko the King who will also be responsible for the opening theme “VORTEX”.
Scheduled to premiere in October 2024, Okamoto and a “small group of production staff members” are working on the project, with Okamoto directing the anime at TriF Studio. She worked as an animator in Sushi Police, Danchi Tomoo It is Tenkai Knightsamong other titles. The current animation producer of the project is Shuichi Asou of TriF Studioand the producer of Pony Canyon, Tetsuya Kinoshitais also acting as a producer.
In the cast we have:
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga like Hikaru
- Tomokazu Sugita as Soul
- Yu Shimamura like Aki
- Romi Park like Kagami
- Yuichi Nakamura like Fist
- Kaito Ishikawa like Sinis and Dex
- Amatsuki like Tohdoh
- Hiroki Touchi like Aljis
The original Kickstarter campaign raised $67,918 between October and November 2016. A Japanese crowdfunding campaign by Campfire raised 4,849,500 yen ($44,000) of an initial goal of 2 million yen ($18,700) before ending on November 10, 2018.
Synopsis of Mecha-Ude
Long ago, alien life forms arrived on Earth and merged with the planet’s inhabitants. Due to their appearance, they were nicknamed “Mecha-ude”, as when merged they bore a striking resemblance to mechanized limbs. Through an unwitting association, high school student Hikaru Amatsuga works alongside the Mecha-ude Arma, an extremely rare and special existence. To protect Arma, the resistance group ARMS assigns Aki Murasame to follow him wherever he goes.
However, he is also searching for a mysterious snake-type Mecha-ude user who has put many of his comrades in critical condition. Behind the scenes, an organization known as the Kagami Group is searching for the mythical “Shooting Arm,” a Mecha-ude said to grant unlimited power. When Aki’s life is threatened by this group, Hikaru must team up with the Weapon to find the courage to fight back, and learn along the way that his life will never be normal again.
