You've seen and read this story many times before. Young mecha pilot and his support team fighting giant monsters to save the world. But RS Project: Rebirth Storage (stylized RS Project -Rebirth Storage) has an interesting twist on the familiar story. What if every time you piloted the mecha, you suffered memory loss? That's the principle conflict of the story as Rin Sagami (co-pilot) and Yuzuru Midō (pilot) team up to control the "Muttsu" and defeat the "Kikou" menace terrorizing an alternate Japan. The show will premiere in Japan on June 25 (June 26 in the West). No details yet on where the show will stream.
The winner of the "Bokutachi no Mitai Mecha Anime o Tsukurou Seisaku Iinkai" ('Let's make the mecha anime we want to see' production committee, or "MechaTsuku" for short) , Roll was victorious over 4 other finalists to have his story ideas become an anime. You can check out concepts for the other contenders below.
Key staff for RS Project - Rebirth Storage:
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Director: Osamu Kamei (Valvrave the Liberator)
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Script Supervisor: Miyuki Kishimoto (Kekkaishi)
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Story Concept: Roll
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Mecha design: Shūichirō Satō
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Character design: Tsubasa Masao (DeNA)
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Producer: Taku Matsuo (Fuji TV), Yuichiro Nogami (DeNA)
The voice cast for the anime features:
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Kouki Uchiyama as Rin Sagami (17)
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Sumire Uesaka as Yuzuru Midō (17)
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Satoshi Hino as George Muguruma (29)
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Takanori Hoshino as Yūichirō Sawatari (44)
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Mai Nakahara as Yuki Mishima (27)
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Ayane Sakura as Kaori Shimizu (23)
In the year 2025, automatons dubbed the Kikou suddenly appear and attack human beings, leaving many cities completely devastated. Human civilization is left in the ruin, but debris of a Kikou is then found in Japan. A research facility named Tokyo Kikou Institute (Toukigen) is established to investigate the Kikou's weaponry. Following the proverb "use poison to defeat poison," using Kikou to defeat Kikou appears to be mankind's last hope. Nine years later, a new weapon named the Muttsu is created from the research, and it is almost ready for use in live combat. A boy, Rin Sagami, and a girl, Yuzuru Midou, are chosen to ride the Muttsu. They are entrusted with the hopes for the future of mankind, but they face the mission with courage. However, what awaits the two is a cruel fate.