Chrome Shelled Regios

Chrome Shelled Regios (鋼殻のレギオス, Kōkaku no Regiosu) is a Japanese light novel series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series was serialized in Dragon Magazine. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Dragon Age Pure. A second manga adaptation drawn by Nodoka Kiyose is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age. A third manga adaptation drawn by Watari is serialized in Beans Ace magazine. A four-panel comic strip adaptation drawn by Masumi Futaba started serialization in Monthly Dragon Age on November 8, 2008. A science fiction light novel series titled Legend of Regios is set in the past world of Chrome Shelled Regios series, and published by Fujimi Shobo under its Style-F label. An anime adaptation produced by Zexcs aired on January 11, 2009 to June 20, 2009 and is licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment.

Chrome Shelled Regios
Cover of Chrome Shelled Regios volume 1 as published by Fujimi Shobo
鋼殻のレギオス (Kōkaku no Regiosu)
Light novel
Written by	Shūsuke Amagi
Illustrated by	Miyū
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Magazine	Dragon Magazine (short stories only)
Demographic	Male
Original run	March 18, 2006 – September 25, 2013
Volumes	25
Further information Manga Written by Shūsuke Amagi Illustrated by Miyū Published by Fujimi Shobo Magazine Dragon Age Pure Demographic Shōnen Original run April 2007 – December 7, 2011 Volumes 3 Manga Chrome Shelled Regios: Missing Mail Written by Shūsuke Amagiike Illustrated by Nodoka Kiyose Published by Fujimi Shobo Magazine Monthly Dragon Age Demographic Shōnen Original run June 2007 – February 2013 Volumes 8 Manga Chrome Shelled Regios: Secret Side Written by Shūsuke Amagi Illustrated by Watari Published by Kadokawa Shoten Magazine Beans Ace Original run April 10, 2008 – May 22, 2009 Volumes 2 Manga Chrome Shelled Regios Four-Panel: Felli's Song Written by Shūsuke Amagi Illustrated by Masumi Futaba Published by Fujimi Shobo Magazine Dragon Age Pure (former) Monthly Dragon Age Demographic Shōnen Original run November 8, 2008 – October 7, 2009 Volumes 2 Light novel Legend of Regios Written by Shūsuke Amagi Illustrated by Miyū Published by Fujimi Shobo Original run June 29, 2007 – September 20, 2008 Volumes 3 Anime television series Directed by Itsuro Kawasaki Produced by Tomoko Kawasaki Tsuneo Takechi Seiichi Hachiya Tomoko Suzuki Yuka Harada Atsuyuki Okamoto Written by Mamiko Ikeda Music by Daisuke Asakura Studio Zexcs Licensed by ^AUS Madman Entertainment ^NA Funimation Entertainment ^UK MVM Films Original network SUN-TV, Tokyo MX English network ^SEA Animax Asia ^US Funimation Channel Original run January 11, 2009 – June 20, 2009 Episodes 24 (List of episodes) Light novel Regios Crusade Written by Shūsuke Amagi Illustrated by Miyū Published by Fujimi Shobo Original run March 16, 2009 – January 20, 2012 Volumes 3

Plot

See also: List of Chrome Shelled Regios characters

On an alternate reality Earth overrun with mutated nano-machine-beasts called Filth Monsters (Contaminoids in Funimation's translation), humanity is forced to live in large mobile cities called Regios and learn to use weapons called DITE (pronounced Di-Te) and harnessing the power of Kei to defend themselves. The truth is that these are people lost in an alternative reality caught between struggling as pawns of the founders of this space and those trying to destroy it. Only upon its destruction can everything revert to the real world. However, many generations have passed since the creation of the world and naturally the citizens who inhabit it fight for their lives. In the Academic City of Zuellni, Layfon Alseif is hoping to start a new life without Martial/Military arts and forget his past. However, his past has caught the attention of Kalian Loss, the Student Council President and Nina Antalk, a Military Arts student and Captain of the 17th Platoon, who instantly recognizes his abilities and decides he's the perfect candidate to join her group. The series follow Layfon's life in Zuellni and occasionally has flashbacks of his life in Glenden as a Heaven's Blade.

Media

Novels

The series finished with 25 light novel volumes - with 19 volumes of the main story-line and 6 being the side-story novels. The last 25th volume (which is an epilogue of the story) was published in September 2013 in Japan.^[1]

Anime

See also: List of Chrome Shelled Regios episodes

The anime adaptation started airing in January 2009 and was produced by Zexcs. At Anime Central 2010, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced that they have acquired the anime series.^[2][3]

The series made its North American television debut on September 19, 2011 on the Funimation Channel.^[4]

Reception

The light novels have sold over 5,000,000 copies.

References

1. According to the Publisher's (Fujimi Shobo's) Official "Koukaku no Regios" Page.
2. "Funimation Adds Rosario+Vampire Anime And More". Anime News Network. 2010-05-15.
3. "MVM Entertainment Acquires UK 'Chrome Shelled Regios' Anime Rights". The Fandom Post. January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
4. "Funimation Week 39 of 2011". Funimation.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Chrome Shelled Regios at Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese)
• Chrome Shelled Regios - The Official Anime Website 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine from FUNimation
• Chrome Shelled Regios (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia