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    Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen

    Argevollen / 白銀の意思 アルジェヴォルン / Hakugin no Ishi: Argevollen / Silver Will Argevollen
    Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen
    Genres: Action, Mecha, Military
    Themes: Mecha, Military
    Studios: Xebec
    Producers: Bushiroad, KlockWorx, Showgate, Warner Bros. Japan
    Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
    Rating: 6.48 / 10
    Rank: #7334
    Popularity: #3625
    Users Listed: 45,431
    Users Scored: 18,891
    NSFW: No
    Last Updated: 06/09/2025
    Aired: July 3, 2014 – December 18, 2014 (Summer)
    Type: tv
    Source: original
    Age Rating: R
    Episodes: 24

    Synopsis:

    For generations, the Kingdom of Arandas and the unified nations of Ingelmia have been locked in a protracted conflict. The Great Wall, a symbol of separation, has long remained sealed. However, its recent opening signals a potential turning point. Susumu Tokimune, a newly enlisted soldier eager for his first combat experience, finds himself unexpectedly thrust into the heart of this ongoing war.

    A chance encounter with engineer Jamie Hazaford and the advanced combat unit, Argevollen, profoundly alters Tokimune's perspective. Set against a backdrop where warfare is commonplace, this meeting has unforeseen consequences for Tokimune’s platoon and the broader trajectory of the war. The story explores themes of duty, consequence, and how individual actions can reshape the course of larger conflicts within a world grappling with perpetual battle.

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    Episodes:

    • Episode 1: Encounter
    • Episode 2: Awakening
    • Episode 3: One Man Army
    • Episode 4: Return
    • Episode 5: Surprise Attack
    • ... and 19 more episodes

    Characters:

    • Hazaford, Jamie (Main) - Voice Actors: Oonishi, Saori
    • Samonji, Ukyou (Main) - Voice Actors: Tsuchida, Hiroshi
    • Susumu, Tokimune (Main) - Voice Actors: Oosaka, Ryouta
    • Suzushiro, Saori (Main) - Voice Actors: Ohara, Sayaka
    • Appleton, Silfy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Harumi
    • Cayenne, Toshikazu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Rikiya
    • Daniels, Conrad (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyake, Kenta
    • Gaap, Bernard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Tarou
    • Genshou, Nakatsukasa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuda, Eizou
    • Giuliano, Lorenz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hamada, Kenji
    • Gorzy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Kan
    • Hanchou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tezuka, Hideaki
    • Hikaru, Rikuru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aimi
    • Holmes, Arnold (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Atsushi
    • Iriki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Maeda, Issei
    • Iwao, Hyuuga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aoyama, Yutaka
    • Izumi, Shizuma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Susumu
    • Junios, Julius (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Show
    • Koshikawa, Shouhei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshino, Hiroyuki
    • Kutsuwada, Tsutomu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondou, Takayuki
    • Lintz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horibe, Ryuuichi
    • Maeda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shingaki, Tarusuke
    • Nanjou, Reika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hikasa, Youko
    • Okui, Masaru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okitsu, Kazuyuki
    • Portman, Namie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Maaya
    • Quasimodo, Eraldo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Mitsuru
    • Richthofen, Schlein (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Takahiro
    • Roderick, Liz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arai, Satomi
    • Rontaul (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asanuma, Shintaro
    • Seeker (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Shinobu
    • Shiono, Kaoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hashimoto, Chinami
    • Sorano, Akane (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akasaki, Chinatsu
    • Suguro, Youzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakano, Yutaka
    • Tanita, Kouji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamoto, Itaru
    • Tanizaki (Supporting)
    • Terai, Akino (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayama, Ikumi
    • Thomas (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tezuka, Hiromichi
    • Toulouse (Supporting)
    • Trolls (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Ryoukichi
    • Yamanami, Tsubasa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuusuke
    • Yuzuru, Kageyama (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Amada, Masuo
    • Zarl, Erich (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Umezu, Hideyuki

    Reviews:

    • User NamelessKing (Score: 10/10):
      Allow me to preface this by saying that I find the concept of reviewing anime to be laughable. If you do not like the anime by the summary enough to pick it up, chances are a person will not be able to sell the idea to you. Furthermore, there is always the 1/4 rule, where you watch the first quarter of an anime before deciding to drop it. The fact that I am making a review is a testament to how much this show caught my interest and became one of my favorite shows of the year. This show has often been accused of being 'generic,' whileit is anything but. While by all means a show that could be called a 'Real Robot' anime, it is best to not even consider it a mecha-- rather a military drama, that features giant robots. More than anything, we are watching the daily life of a platoon of troops as they move from place to place.nnWe see tactics of military combat, rather than brute forcing using the super-protype, the Argevollen. While strong, all of the advantages provided by it are primarily a combination of psychological effect (a powerful machine capable of destroying a machine with a kick, while moving far too quickly to seemingly be piloted by a human), as well as the element of the unknown (most of the people who encounter it die, or are captured). And even then, the show constantly needs to remind you in the early part, that what our protagonists are using, is a prototype.nnThey can't fix it properly due to not having the full manuals on its assembly. They can't equip it properly, as all of their weapons are meant for another model of mecha. They can't change pilots, due to how the OS and UI of the machine was set up, only able to register the MC and activate with the Heroine.nnThe fights in the early part feel sluggish, as though these machines are not meant to be lightning fast warrior that we are used to seeing mecha portrayed as. It's something new. Another thing that is new, is seeing how easily the machines are taken down-- even the titular mech. We see them shot and shut down/destroyed by artillery fire, or even infantry. Sometimes, they don't even get in their robots.nnCombining a refreshing concept for a show that is officially of the mecha genre, we have the character designer from To Love Ru: Darkness working on this, giving us something that is aesthetically pleasing. That is to say nothing of the soundtrack, which feels fitting of a military anime.nnCharacters all get their time to shine, but sadly for the life of me, I could not remember their names. Too many, but then I realized that most of the names that were memorable, were the nicknames that people gave the characters. This made sense, seeing as how in the military, giving nicknames to your juniors and other colleagues is something that the media loves to…
    • User Stark700 (Score: 6/10):
      It doesn’t take a genius to understand Argevollen. First thought that comes to mind is a generic mecha show with warfare and military concepts adapted into a struggle between nations in a world of dominance. The first episode doesn’t stride far from that as we learn the current state of affairs between the two nations – Arandas and Ingelmia. During on brief struggle, we find out that the main protagonist of the series, a young man from Arandas’ 8th unit named Tokimune Susumu is able to pilot a mysterious mecha suit. It’s known as the Argevollen and its potentials can change the course of thiswar forever.nnEssentially, Argevollen rides on the war theme quite a bit with its introductory episodes. As an original anime though, this show has a lot of unoriginal clichés. The military warfare between two sides, troubling pasts of the main characters, generic looking robots, and political affairs are just a few to name. In essence, you shouldn’t expect anything very unpredictable from the start of the show. In fact, the series sets itself up like a rock ready to be thrown. It has all the concepts and it’s just ready to bounce away at something in front of it.nnThe main protagonist Tokimune is your typical main guy with the skills to pilot the Argevollen. As the title stands for itself, the series bases off the mecha by its literal term - Silver-Willed Argevollen. This actually has a bit of a meaning besides just a flashy name. Apparently, the show plays around the idea that the pilot and the mecha can become a unit where it can only be piloted by those it accepts. While it doesn’t mold with Sentai tropes (as in the pilot actually transform into the mecha), the concept still feels peculiar. Nonetheless, the show preys on several developing routes for Tokimune. He becomes more confident in combat, improves his piloting skills, and even begins to form interpersonal connections with his other comrades. The most prominent of this is seen with a young woman he saved named Jamie. Although incompatible, there’s an innate connection between the two. The problem is that their relationship really suffers from development. The war drains most of the screen time for this series and leaves room for little else. There are a few breather episodes here and there but most of that is played off vaguely with its almost sarcastic-like atmosphere. Jamie herself isn’t exactly an interesting girl either as she is often worried about what she needs to do. Likewise, Tokimune is a character that I find to be monotonously dull as he is too much of a soldier on the battlefield and less so as a person. nnAs the series carries on, we learn more about who Tokimune is fighting including against ace pilot Schlein Richthofen. Take their relationship as a sort of archetype rivalry like a snake and mongoose. While Tokimune does have the skill to use Argevollen, Richthofen proves his skills in combat through his natural…
    • User Renegatz (Score: 5/10):
      Argevollen isn't as bad as people made it out to be after the first episodes rolled out. It was a rare and appealing experience to a military history fan in that the plot structure is often focused around the political and military dynamics of the conflict. Unlike in a lot of other anime, we're simultaneously privy to the strategic momentum of the war from both sides' perspectives, their internal divisions and agendas, as well as progress on the field involving a whole array of tactics and plans. This means that there's more to it than a screaming protagonist smashing bad guys. Unfortunately he just hasto be there in the first place.nnIndeed, to be blunt, none of the characters in this show were good. They had so much time in the quieter filler episodes to make things interesting, but the dialogue and artistic direction outside of action sequences really didn't hit the mark enough to create memorable character-based moments and foster genuine character development instead of empty sentences thrown back and forth between Tokimune and Jamie. There was a lot of time wasted on the numerous side-characters whom it's hard to really connect with except on a very basic level, such as the primordial charm of the two other pilots of the Independent 8th (though don't be expecting them to receive any development at all). This is especially true of Namie, who was simply a plot device from start to finish. Moreover, although it was supposed to be a story based in war, there's a distinct lack of tension and tribulation. Nobody ever seems to feel under pressure, everyone is always clean, laughing and comfy, dramatic emotional sequences are kept to a minimum, we're very rarely exposed to the grimmer sides of conflict, and throughout it feels like we're watching a bunch of kids pretending to fight a war for a school play rather than the real deal.nnTo be fair, however, it's an action and plot-driven show rather than one based around characters, and things were kept fairly interesting for me because apparently unlike a lot of other viewers I'm quite happy with a bread and butter of honest warfare between two sides and some background political/technological dynamics that keep you guessing how things will end up. There were sprinklings of good drama at odd points though perhaps not enough to warrant the wooden characters and attempted seriousness of the mood most of the time.nnEssentially it's the SAO of mecha to me - very fun and watchable when it sticks to its guns (literally) and gives us plenty of high-class action, but usually falls short when it tries to be deep or create interesting characters.nn5.5/10
    • ... and 5 more reviews

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