M3: The Dark Metal

Synopsis

In a dark void known as the Lightless Realm, a group of children meet and bond, but are then separated and returned to their own dimension. Years later, these children reunite to fight "Admonitions," monsters that originate from the same void, using robots known as "Vess." However, their efforts only slow the ever-encroaching and expanding Lightless Realm from infecting their world. Their lives take a drastic turn when a new foe appears in the form of a "Corpse," whose song is rumored to kill any who hear it within nine days. The "Corpse Song" is heard by the group, and with this, they each begin to pull away and become caught up in their own personal problems—ultimately threatening the fate of humanity.

Trailer

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Cast

Yoko Hikasa

Emiru Hazaki (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Heito Isaku (voice)

Kotori Koiwai

Sasame Izuriha (voice)

Sayuri Yahagi

Raika Kasumi (voice)

Tetsuya Kakihara

Minashi Maki (voice)

Tomoaki Maeno

Iwato Namito (voice)

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Akashi Saginuma (voice)

Misato Fukuen

Maamu Yuzuki (voice)

Crew

Art

• Yoko Komiya Art Direction
• Yoko Komiya Art Designer
• Manami Koyama Art Designer
• Masaki Yoshizaki Art Designer
• Yasumitsu Suetake Art Designer
• Miyana Okita Prop Designer
• Hiyori Denforword Akishino Prop Designer

Camera

• Ayako Honma Director of Photography

Directing

• Junichi Sato Director

Editing

• Kentaro Tsubone Editor

Production

• Shunsuke Matsumura Producer
• Kensuke Tsukanaka Producer
• Kento Yoshida Producer

Sound

• Hajime Sakita Original Music Composer
• Masao Fukuda Music Producer
• Takatoshi Hamano Sound Director

Visual Effects

• Tooru Imanishi Supervising Animation Director
• Chie Tanimoto Color Designer
• Toshiaki Ihara Animation Director
• Shoji Kawamori Mechanical Designer
• Stanislas Brunet Mechanical Designer
• Shinichi Miyazaki Mechanical Designer
• Toshiaki Ihara Mechanical Designer
• Masahisa Suzuki Mechanical Designer
• Tomohiro Kawahara Mechanical Designer
• Hideki Inoue Character Designer

Writing

• Mari Okada Series Composition
• Junichi Sato Original Story
• Mari Okada Original Story

Seasons & episodes