On the second day of AnimeJapan, 2024 TV anime Mecha Ude: Mechanical Arms (Japanese name: メカウデ) released a new PV and the cast members. It is an original anime television series created and directed by Sae Okamoto. The story centres on the adventures and battles of ordinary junior high schooler Hikaru and “Ude (Arm)” shaped machine life form “Mecha-Ude” named Alma who can combine (derize) with humans.
Mecha UDe new pv
The cast for the anime includes
Hikaru：Toshiyuki Toyonaga Alma：Tomokazu Sugita Aki：Yu Shimamura Sinis・Dex：Kaito Ishikawa Kagami：Romi Park Tohdoh：Amatsuki Aljis：Hiroki Touchi Fist：Yuichi Nakamura
The staff of the anime includes:
Original Concept and Director： Okamoto
Series Composition： Yasuhiro Nakanishi / TriF
Character Design： Terumi Nishii / Yoko Uchida
Mecha-Ude Design & Concept Art： Nurikabe 3DCG
Director：Shota Kawamura
Sound Director： Takeshi Takadera
Music： Hiroyuki Sawano / KOHTA YAMAMOTO / DAIKI from AWSM.
General Supervisor： Hiroshi Matsuyama from CyberConnect2
Animation Production： TriF Studio
The “Mecha-Ude” Project began with a short PV on YouTube, then went on to run an internationally successful crowdfunding campaign to fund production. A main goal of the project from the outset, a full-length “Mecha-Ude” anime series has finally been confirmed! It will begin broadcast in October 2024 after attracting worldwide attention from fans!
Pony Canyon describes the story of the Mecha Ude as follows
One day in Kita-Kagami City, junior high schooler Hikaru Amatsuga meets a mysterious “Ude (Arm)” shaped machine life form “Mecha-Ude” named Alma. In order to obtain energy, Alma tried and failed to combine with Hikaru himself. Alma somehow combined with the hoodie he was wearing instead. Meanwhile, a large corporation that’s out to forcibly turn Mecha-Ude into weapons against their will called the Kagami Group is on the hunt for Alma. Aiming to liberate themselves from the Kagami Group, a group of Mecha-Ude known as “ARMS” is also searching for Alma. In the midst of everything, Hikaru can’t bring himself to abandon Alma, who can’t remember anything, and decides to put on the hoodie Alma combined with that will embroil him into the epic clash between Mecha-Ude users that’s about to unfold…
source: Official X Account
