Argevollen

Argevollen
Cover of the first Argevollen Blu-ray/DVD volume.
白銀の意思 アルジェヴォルン (Shirogane no Ishi Arujevorun)
Genre	Mecha, Action, Military
Anime television series
Directed by	Atsushi Ōtsuki
Written by	Tatsuo Satō
Music by	Kōtarō Nakagawa
Studio	Xebec
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, AT-X, BS11
Original run	July 3, 2014 – December 18, 2014
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Argevollen (白銀の意思 アルジェヴォルン, Shirogane no Ishi Arujevorun^?, lit. "Silver Will Argevollen") is a Japanese mecha anime television series by Xebec. The series began airing on July 3, 2014. The series was picked up by Crunchyroll for simulcast streaming with English subtitles. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.

The story takes place in a world where two countries, Arandas and Ingelmia, have been warring against each other for a very long time. Tokimune, a young man belonging to Independent Unit 8 of Arandas, saves a girl named Jamie when she is attacked by enemy forces. In order to survive, he pilots the new mech Argevollen and fights. The new mech Argevollen is defined by its U-Link system wherein the Argevollen molds to its pilot's mind and cannot be piloted by anyone else. This customization allows the pilot to envision what the mech will do in his mind to use it, rather than physically move and steer it.

The series' first opening theme is "Tough Intention" by Kotoko and the first ending theme is "Faith" by Sachika Misawa. The second opening theme is "ZoNE-iT" by Kotoko and the second ending theme is "Vivid Telepathy" by Nami Tamaki.

Jamie runs into Tokimune as he plants flowers near his sister's grave, stating that he became a Trail Krieger pilot in hopes that he would quickly rise through the ranks and find the truth behind his sister's death. Jamie composes a message to her company demanding that Tokimune be taken off the Argevollen before he gets himself and the robot killed, but can't bring herself to submit it. The 8th Independent Unit is then sent on another mission to help the Arandas Army's 3rd Cavalry break through an Ingelmian base protected by a row of artillery guns and situated next to a flat plain that makes a frontal assault almost impossible. Samonji comes up with a plan to use multiple flares and trick the enemy into thinking that Arandas units are all over the forest, spreading their counterattack thin and letting Arandas push through in one wedge. Before heading out, Tokimune directly asks Jamie if she loves him, to which she says "no."