VOTOMS: Miki, Nakamura and Sugita Expand the Film Cast

“Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Gray Witch” has fleshed out its main cast: Shinichiro Miki, Yuki Kaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Tomokazu Sugita and other voice actors take on the roles surrounding Ash Vamps and Maki Stauffenberg. The first part of the two-part cinema project premieres on November 20, 2026 in Japan.

As Anime!Anime! reports, Miki voices the officer Alix Barak, while Kaji can be heard as Ignis Schweinsteiger. In Ash's so-called Vamps squad, Nakamura plays Fritz Gersdorf, Satoshi Tsuruoka plays Bernhard Müller, Sugita plays Adrian Deisler and Kenta Miyake plays Matt Hummels. Miyuki Sawashiro as Ash Vamps and Mabuki Ando as Maki Stauffenberg had already been confirmed earlier.

The wider ensemble includes Chafurin as base commander Soltig Van Gunnar, Hochu Otsuka as military police captain Vid Hildebrandt and Daisuke Ono as his adjutant Mateusz Julian Podolski. Takayuki Sugo, Takahiro Sakurai and Sumire Uesaka voice members of the maintenance unit.

Official Main Trailer Shows Oshii's War Anime

Alongside the cast breakdown, a 30-second version of the main trailer was also shown. The full main trailer is available through the official Bandai Namco Filmworks channels and shows Maki at the front as well as battles with the Armored Troopers.

Mamoru Oshii directs and co-writes the screenplay with Kei Yamamura. Kazuchika Kise provides the original character designs; Tetsuya Nishio, Takashi Kojima and Shingo Ogiso handle character design. Sunrise produces, with Production I.G supporting the production. More current work is available on aninew.de in the overview of Production I.G's new “Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi” series.

“The Gray Witch” is announced as a two-part cinema project. No date has yet been given for the second film. A German cinema release or streaming partner is not named in the information published so far. aninew.de also covers other current anime cinema projects, including the release of “SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT”.