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M3 the dark metal (TV)



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Alternative title:
M3 - Sono Kuroki Hagane (Japanese) 
M3 -ソノ黒キ鋼- (Japanese) 
Genres: psychological 
Themes: mecha 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: There is distorted, deep blackness everywhere. That place, in which blackness swallowed everything and took away everything, has become known as the Avidya Zone. Strange beings assume the very form of the despair and chaos of humanity. They are known by this name: Imashime. An expedition surveys the Avidya Zone which consumes human spirits. So, in the intricate intersection between the present in impending crisis and the destiny of the past... eight boys and girls, assembled to confront the Imashime, find the bright future that lies before the Avidya Zone. 
Ratings: 122 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:16, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 30 votes (sub:27, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 18 votes (sub:18)
 So-so: 23 votes (sub:22, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:16, others:1
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, raw:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 261 s, rank: #3347 (of 9998)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.902 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.7898, rank: #7934 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 5.896 (Decent), rank: #7897 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.06 / seen some: 5.61 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 6.048 (Decent), rank: #6644 (of 7635)
Number of episodes: 24 
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2014-04-21 
Opening Theme:
#1: "Re:" by May'n 
#2: "Replica" by Maaya Sakamoto 
Ending Theme:
#1: "ego-izm" by la la larks 
#2: "Sable" by nano 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Junichi Satō 
Series Composition: Mari Okada 
Script:
Hajime Kamoshida (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 18, 21
)
Mari Okada  (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 11, 15, 23-24
)
Shinsuke Ōnishi (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 14, 19
)
 
Storyboard:
Susumu Nishizawa (4 episodes
eps 14, 18, 20, 22
)
Tetsuya Wakano (ep 16) 
Episode Director:
Yasuo Iwamoto (eps 6, 12, 20) 
Unit Director:
Yoshimasa Hiraike (OP #1) 
Music: Hajime Sakita 
Original creator:
Mari Okada 
Original Manga: Ryūichi Sadamatsu (Mortal Metal; Mag Garden) 
Original Character Design: Onigunsō 
Character Design: Hideki Inoue 
Art Director: Yōko Komiya 
Chief Animation Director:
Hideki Inoue  (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 24
)
Kii Tanaka  (12 episodes
eps 2-16 even, 17, 19-20, 23
)
Tōru Imanishi  (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 18-19, 22
)
 
Animation Director:
Satoshi Hata (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 21, 24
)
Sayumi Yokoyama (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 17, 22
)
Shinobu Ōkōchi (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 21, 24
)
Shunta Sakamoto (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 21, 24
)
Takashi Shiokawa (7 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 18, 21, 24
)
Yoshihiro Takeda (ep 2) 
Mechanical design:
Toshiaki Ihara 
Art design:
Yōko Komiya 
Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano 
Cgi Director: Hironori Morino 
Director of Photography: Ayako Honma 
Executive producer:
Yuoh Sekita  (Satelight) 
Producer:
Shunsuke Matsumura (Mobcast) 

2D Monitor Graphics: Jirō Kageyama (T2studio; eps 7-10, 12-24) 
2D Work: Jirō Kageyama (T2 Studio) 
2nd Key Animation:
Chiyo Imamaki (11 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10-16 even, 17, 19-20, 22-23
)
Eriko Kotobuki (5 episodes
eps 8, 10, 17, 22, 24
)
Hiro Ōki (6 episodes
eps 8, 10, 14, 17, 20, 24
)
Hiromi Shimojō (4 episodes
eps 8, 10, 17, 19
)
Manami Itō (4 episodes
eps 9, 11, 13, 18
)
Mari Sugita (4 episodes
eps 13, 15, 18, 21
)
Miho Jinnai (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11, 18, 24
)
Nobuyuki Matsuo (4 episodes
eps 17, 19, 22, 24
)
Shunsuke Takarai (4 episodes
eps 17, 19, 22, 24
)
Tatsuya Kimishima (5 episodes
eps 10, 14, 17, 22, 24
)
Tomoya Takahashi (5 episodes
eps 17, 19-20, 22, 24
)
Yuji Aohara (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-11 odd, 21, 24
)
Yūji Gotō (4 episodes
eps 7, 9, 13, 21
)
Yuki Yokoyama (4 episodes
eps 17, 19, 22, 24
)
Yuta Hirayama (6 episodes
eps 8, 10, 14, 17, 22, 24
)
 
Animation Director Cooperation:
Takeshi Oda (ep 17) 
Assistant Animation Director:
Yoshihiro Takeda (ep 11) 
Assistant Art Director: Manami Koyama 
Assistant Chief Animation Director: Tōru Imanishi (ep 24) 
Assistant Director: Kenji Yasuda 
Assistant Director of Photography: Hitomi Fukuzawa 
Assistant Episode Director: Takumi Narita 
Assistant producer: Seira Takano 
Background Art:
Yukihiro Watanabe (Atelier Platz; OP1, ED1) 
Background art supervisor:
Seo Gu Lee (eps 5-8, 12-24) 
CG:
Toyokazu Hashimoto (ED1) 
CG Assistant Producer: Takashi Aotani 
CG Producer: Tomisaburou Hashimoto 
CG Production Advancement:
Tatsuya Tsuda (eps 18-24 even) 
Chief Producer:
Yoshitaka Goto (Namco Bandai Games) 
Color Check:
Masayuki Doshita (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20
)
Yukie Nakajima (Artemis; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 15, 21
)
Yūko Satō (ep 5) 
Color Check Assistant:
Masayuki Kusaka (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 21
)
Yūko Satō (ep 1) 
Color design: Chie Tanimoto 
Color setting:
Masayuki Doshita (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20
)
Yukie Nakajima (Artemis; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 15, 21
)
Yūko Satō (ep 5) 
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone (Real-T) 
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Ota (C2C; 5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 14, 19, 23
)
Daigo Furufuku (Satelight; 5 episodes
eps 1, 11, 13, 18, 24
)
Fumi Sato (C2C; 5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 16
)
Haruna Ukimura (Satelight; 4 episodes
eps 9, 11, 13, 18
)
Hatsune Hoshino (Satelight; 5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 13, 15, 24
)
Hirotaka Takaharu (C2C; 8 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 22
)
Hirotake Endō (C2C; 9 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 14, 16, 19, 22-23
)
Kana Tajima (C2C; 8 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 14, 16, 22-23
)
Kōki Tomiyoshi (C2C; 10 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 17, 20, 22
)
Makiko Miyaoka (C2C; 6 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 14, 20, 22
)
Mari Takenaka (C2C; 10 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 20, 22-23
)
Masae Tanba (C2C; 4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 14, 16
)
Nobuyuki Matsuo (C2C; 9 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 22-23
)
Rieko Saeki (C2C; 9 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 14, 16, 19-20, 23
)
Sakura Kawashima (C2C; 5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 14, 16
)
Sanae Takahashi (C2C; 6 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 14, 20, 22
)
Shunsuke Takarai (C2C; 7 episodes
eps 8-16 even, 22-23
)
Tomoya Takahashi (C2C; 11 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 17, 19, 22-23
)
Yuka Hattori (C2C; 9 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 17, 22
)
Yuka Masuoka (Satelight; 4 episodes
eps 9, 11, 13, 18
)
Yukako Futagami (C2C; 11 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 19-20, 22-23
)
Yuki Yokoyama (C2C; 9 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 19, 22
)
Yuta Hirayama (C2C; eps 4, 6) 
In-Between Check:
Akihiko Ota (6 episodes
eps 8, 10, 12, 16, 19, 22
)
Hatsune Hoshino (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-15 odd, 18, 21, 24
)
Kaori Hashimoto (5 episodes
eps 14, 17, 19-20, 23
)
Yoshiyuki Ōkubo (ED1) 
Key Animation:
Akane Imada (4 episodes
eps 14, 16, 22-23
)
Akihiro Taniguchi (ED2; 11 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-15 odd, 18, 21, 24
)
Atsuko Saitō (6 episodes
eps 8-16 even, 20
)
Daiki Matsuura (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 14, 22
)
Emi Kōno (9 episodes
eps 4-16 even, 20, 22
)
Hideki Sadai (4 episodes
eps 1, 9, 15, 18
)
Hideo Amemiya (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 21
)
Hiromi Shimojō (5 episodes
eps 14, 16, 20, 23-24
)
Hisateru Manabe (4 episodes
eps 14, 16, 22-23
)
Katsunori Tanaka (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10, 20, 23
)
Kazuki Baba (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12, 14
)
Koichi Morishima (10 episodes
eps 4-12 even, 16, 19-20, 22-23
)
Kōta Itō (4 episodes
eps 2, 11, 13, 24
)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 21
)
Mamie Takata (5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 11, 15, 21
)
Miki Yoshikawa (7 episodes
eps 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 21, 24
)
Mineko Yagihara (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 13, 18, 21
)
Rei Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 9, 11, 13, 24
)
Saki Hisamatsu (4 episodes
eps 6, 14, 17, 22
)
Shinya Yamada (9 episodes
eps 4-12 even, 16, 19-20, 23
)
Shōichi Funaki (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 13, 21
)
Shōko Yasuda (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 13, 21
)
Takeshi Oda (8 episodes
eps 8-16 even, 19-20, 23
)
Tomokazu Sugimura (ED1; 7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 13, 15, 21, 24
)
Yoshihiro Nagata (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 15, 24
)
Yoshihiro Takeda (6 episodes
eps 7, 11, 13, 15, 21, 24
)
Yuuta Takanami (ep 2) 
Manga Serialization: Kazuomi Minatogawa (Comic Blade/Mag Garden) 
Mechanical animation Director: Toshiaki Ihara 
Monitor Graphics: Hirotsugu Ishikawa 
Music Director: Yasuno Satō 
Music producer:
Masao Fukuda 
Offline Editing Assistant: Honami Yamagishi (REAL-T; eps 14-24) 
Photography Advancement:
Hidekazu Tanaka 
Photoraphy: Maki Ueda (ED1) 
Planning:
Takehiko Aoki (SOTSU) 
Production Advancement:
Keisuke Shiraiwa (4 episodes
eps 2, 11, 15, 24
)
Yōsuke Shimada (ep 19) 
Production Advancement Assistant:
Tomomi Satō (ep 24) 
Production Cooperation:
Takema Okamura (SOTSU) 
Production Desk: Yūsuke Watabe 
Program Image Editing: Hiroki Mine 
Prop Design:
Miyana Okita 
Prop Design Assistance: Hiromichi Ishida (ep 15) 
Publicity:
Yuuhei Yamashita 
Recording Adjustment: Hideaki Kizawa 
Recording Assistant: Shō Ogasawara 
Set Design: Kenichi Morioka (eps 4-24) 
Setting Production: Norihiro Masuda 
SF Design: Shinichi Miyazaki 
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa 
Sound Production Manager: Keisuke Naruse 
Special Effects: Tomomi Ishihara 
Special Thanks To: Ryōsuke Yamada (ep 24) 
Theme Song Performance:
Nano (ED #2) 
Video Editing:
Minami Sakai (Q-Tec; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 10-11, 20
)
Yurino Nishina (Q-Tec; eps 6-7, 16) 
Ayumu Murase as Heito Isaku 
Kotori Koiwai as Sasame Izuriha 
Misato Fukuen as Maamu Yuzuki 
Sayuri Yahagi as Raika Kasumi 
Tetsuya Kakihara as Minashi Maki 
Tomoaki Maeno as Iwato Namito 
Yōko Hikasa as Emiru Hazaki 
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Akashi Saginuma 

Ai Maeda as Kasane Agura 
Haruka Chisuga as Tazaki 
Kotori Koiwai as Tsugumi 
Marina Inoue as Suzaki 
Nobuo Tobita as Natsuiri 
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Aoshi Saginuma 
Shinpachi Tsuji as CEO 

Ari Ozawa as Girl A (ep 12) 
Arisa Suzuki as Girl B (ep 12) 
Ayaka Asai as Staff (ep 6) 
Ayaka Suwa as Female Student C (ep 1) 
Binbin Takaoka as Instructor Niegawa (eps 1-2) 
Chika Makihara as Akashi's Mother (eps 5, 11, 23) 
Chinami Hashimoto as Girl C (ep 12) 
Haruka Chisuga as
Female Operator (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 8-9, 11-13, 15
)
 
Mukuro (eps 6, 10) 
Haruki Ishiya as
Employee (ep 9) 
Male Student A (ep 2) 
Hideaki Tezuka as Military Official (eps 14, 20) 
Ikumi Hayama as Female Student A (ep 1) 
Itaru Yamamoto as
Attendant A (ep 5) 
Policeman B (ep 1) 
Junichi Yanagita as
istrative Official (ep 14) 
Policeman A (ep 1) 
Kanehira Yamamoto as
JSDF Commander (ep 16) 
JSDF Official B (ep 6) 
Official B (ep 4) 
Kenji Kitamura as Akashi's Father (eps 5, 11, 23) 
Kenta Matsumoto as
Driver (ep 3) 
General (ep 5) 
Islander D (ep 18) 
Male Operator (eps 2, 6) 
Researcher (ep 8) 
Scholar A (ep 19) 
SDF Personnel B (ep 16) 
Kenta Sasa as
Imashime (ep 15) 
Islander B (ep 18) 
Laborer (ep 8) 
Man (ep 5) 
Official A (ep 4) 
Scholar B (ep 19) 
SDF Personnel A (ep 16) 
Voice (ep 22) 
Kumiko Nakane as
Oba-san A (ep 9) 
Villager (ep 16) 
Voice (ep 22) 
Makoto Furukawa as
Islander C (ep 18) 
Male Student B (ep 1) 
Official C (ep 4) 
Marina Inoue as Akashi Saginuma (young; ep 1) 
Minami Tsuda as Minashi Maki (young; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 16-18, 24
)
 
Minoru Hirota as Principal (eps 1-3, 12) 
Misao as Oba-san B (ep 9) 
Mugihito as Government Official (eps 14, 20) 
Nana Hamasaki as Boy (ep 4) 
Naoko Komatsu as Oba-san  (ep 4) 
Rina Satō as
Iwato Namito (young; eps 1, 4, 16-17) 
Mimei Maki (eps 18-19)  (ep 21) 
Risa Taneda as Heito Isaku (young; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 16-17
)
 
Ryōsuke Kanemoto as Male Student A (ep 1) 
Seiichirō Yamashita as
Imashime (ep 20) 
Policeman A (ep 16) 
Voice (ep 22) 
Shinobu Matsumoto as Observer (ep 2) 
Tomo Muranaka as
Child's Voice (eps 3-4) 
Old Woman (ep 7) 
Toshiki Iwasawa as
Imashime (ep 17) 
Islander A (ep 18) 
JSDF Official A (ep 6) 
Official D (ep 4) 
Policeman B (ep 16) 
Voice (ep 22) 
Yuko Gibu as Obaba (4 episodes
eps 16, 18-19, 23
)
 
Yūko Iida as
Attendant B (ep 5) 
Female Student B (ep 1) 
Girl (ep 4) 
Yūma Uchida as Researcher A (ep 24) 
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Male Student B (ep 2) 
Yūya Murakami as Father (ep 9) 
Japanese companies
2D Works: T2 Studio 
2nd Key Animation:
Nakamura Production  (5 episodes
eps 5, 8, 12, 19-20
)
Namu Animation  (5 episodes
eps 6, 8, 10, 17, 19
)
Studio Mark  (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 15
)
TAP  (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 9-15 odd, 18, 21, 24
)
Triple A  (12 episodes
eps 2-4, 6, 8, 11-12, 14, 16, 19, 22-23
)
xenron  (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 9, 13, 15
)
 
Animation Production:
Satelight 
Background Supervision:
Studio RUFUS (eps 10, 15-24) 
Backgrounds:
Studio TENJIN (OP 2; ED 2) 
CG Design:
Wao World 
CG Modeling:
Wao World 
Color Setting: Artemis (ep 2) 
Finish Animation:
xenron 
Finish Check:
Triple A (ep 1) 
In-Between Animation:
Ace Company  (10 episodes
eps 2, 5-15 odd, 18, 21, 24
)
D-Motion  (9 episodes
eps 1, 5-15 odd, 18, 24
)
Namu Animation  (5 episodes
eps 8, 10, 16, 19-20
)
Reboot  (9 episodes
eps 12, 14, 16-17, 19-23
)
TAP  (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 21, 24
)
xenron  (12 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-15 odd, 18, 21, 24
)
 
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (ep 18) 
Monitor Works: T2 Studio 
Music Production: Flying Dog 
Music Production Cooperation:
Futucrest (9 episodes
eps 14-15, 18-24
)
Sotsu Music Publishing 
Offline Editing: REAL-T 
Original Creator:
Sotsu Co., Ltd. 
Photography:
T2 Studio (eps 4, 14, 18) 
Production:
Sotsu Co., Ltd. 
Production Cooperation: 8 bit (ep 3) 
Recording Studio: Studio T&T 
Sound Production: Magic Capsule 
Title Logo: MaliveU Co., Ltd. 
Video Editing: Q-Tec 
Website Production: ENTACL GRAPHICXXX 
English staff
English companies
Translation: Rika Takahashi 

Subtitling: Robby Huang 
Internet Streaming:
YouTube 
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network 
French cast
(none)

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