Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen

The Kingdom of Arandas alliance and the Countries Unification of Ingelmia have been at war for many years. The fortress of the Great Wall has remained firmly closed, but when it creaks open, the complexion of the war starts to change dramatically.

A new recruit, Susumu Tokimune, is waiting for his first battle. He takes the lead without thinking of the possibility of being trapped, and has a fatal encounter with engineer Jamie Hazaford and the Silver Trailkrieger, Argevollen.

The encounter takes place in a corner of the world where fighting has become the norm. This small coincidence is going to change the future of Tokimune's Independent 8th platoon, as well as the course of the war.

(Source: Showgate)

Suzushiro, Saori Main

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Samonji, Ukyou Main

Tsuchida, Hiroshi Japanese

Susumu, Tokimune Main

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

Hazaford, Jamie Main

Oonishi, Saori Japanese

Quasimodo, Eraldo Supporting

Ogata, Mitsuru Japanese

Nanjou, Reika Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Appleton, Silfy Supporting

Sakurai, Harumi Japanese

Roderick, Liz Supporting

Arai, Satomi Japanese

Richthofen, Schlein Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Gaap, Bernard Supporting

Yamaguchi, Tarou Japanese

Nakayama, Nobuhiro Producer

Kawase, Kouhei Producer

Chino, Takatoshi Producer

Fukuda, Jun Producer

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May 14, 2019

RauLeCreuset

Recommended

This anime was really interesting, as I love mech anime because I am super obsessed with Gundams I found this to be absolutely amazing, I found that the rookie pilot used his fear of death, to initiate the Argevollen mech, he was rusty at first but he clearly understood the concept of the U-link system in order to survive, all of the characters were unique & had all of their own personality traits, even though I think in my opinion it had a little to much comedy for my liking, but it was still a great mech anime, it is too bad that it was ... short, it seems the ending made it seem it would be another season, in which I am very interested in seeing if it will or will not have one.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 2, 2021

WHITE_Vahit

Mixed Feelings

Overall:
For Mecha, it is a fair(6/10) one, but for general speaking (4-5/10). If the story was told in more depth(the big picture) and had more reasonable character reactions and progression, I would like it more.
Story:
There was good potential in the story, but in the end, it kind of disappoints you. I like the idea of having small and big pictures and they manage to put together these pieces in the story. However, it lacks the impact or necessary details in the story. The story is enough for you to keep watching, but through the ending, it did not satisfy you.
Art:
It has classic ... mecha art and is fine. The overall art design is standard.
Sound:
Standart. (nothing outstanding)
Character:
There was good potential. Some characters have nice thoughts backgrounds and motives. For the main character, I have mixed feelings. I really liked his motives, but I am not convinced of his progression after some breakpoints. They could have used it as a driving force. On the other hand, I like most of the characters, mostly because they serve the anime and they have a purpose in the story.
Enjoyment:
I enjoyed some parts of politics and actions, but at some points, I only wanted to finish the story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 7, 2023

ThatAnimeSnobRE

Not Recommended

The mecha genre is separated into giant robots which are rule of cool and real robots which are more about the war drama. Argevollen belongs to neither type, since its action is not cool and the war is boring. The cast is bland archetypes, the robots are all CGI, and you are never given any reason to care about who wins or who dies. And by the way, nobody important dies, not even amongst the secondary ones. What kind of a war is this?

A pretty dull one, that’s the kind it is. It’s just done for natural resources with no political aspect to it. Why ... would the audience care about such a trivial thing? Super robot series would have some megalomaniac bad guy who wants to take over the world. It’s cheesy but it’s fun. Real robots would expand to religion or humanism or something other than “we need more oil guys, let’s have a war.” That’s boring. And it doesn’t even feel like a war because it plays out like a cheesy fighting shonen, where the lead gets power ups and loses control a few times before going back to his happy-go-lucky bland archetype.

Just compare Argevollen with the original Gundam. In both shows a rookie ends ups piloting the new overpowered robot and is sent to stop the invaders. The difference is, in Gundam you see civilians being under attack and the pilots rush to protect them, half of which get killed, with the other half freaking out from all the devastation. In Argevollen, you only see soldiers fighting in the front. They are just doing their job, and they are pretty peachy about it. Is this a war or a playground?

We don’t even get much of a conflict since the plot is mostly stand alone skirmishes with a few sluggish bulky enemy units. The rest of it is slice of nothing happens amongst characters we are given no reason to care about. And they are all laughing and having a good time as if fighting for their lives is a game. They barely have any psychological pressure. It gets somewhat more interesting when the enemy levels up their mecha but even then there is no memorable villain. The only one who does something is a jerk and even he is completely bland and forgettable.

Even the pretty colors are not pretty enough. The CGI is not rendered well, the explosions have no punch to them, and the characters look and talk in such generic ways you can confuse them with the cast from a hundred other series. There’s nothing special in the way the show presents itself.

Even if for some reason you manage to finish this sorry excuse of a series, you won’t get any closure. The war is not over, they just have a short truce. The good guys leave on vacation as if nothing of importance happened throughout the whole series. You know, trivial stuff like half of them dying and the other half being scarred, or having a different perspective in life after all the mayhem they witnessed? Nothing happens, they are the exact same people as in the first episode. And that includes the romance which is constantly teased yet nothing comes out of it.

Argevollen is a dud. It doesn’t excel at anything and despite that making it better than trainwrecks it fails to be remotely interesting at what it aimed for. You can’t even laugh with how ridiculous it is, therefore it’s not recommended, it’s a complete waste of time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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