History Anime / ShiroganeNoIshiArgevollen

* AnimationBump: The show's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQGnASIOx80 second opening]] is noticeably more fluid and detailed. Shame the rest of the series wasn't like it.

* AnimationBump: The show's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuA0wZNodA second opening]] is noticeably more fluid and detailed. Shame the rest of the series wasn't like it.

* {{Expy}}: Lorenz Guiliano, of [[FullMetalPanic Kurz Weber]].

* Expy: Lorenz Guiliano, of [[FullMetalPanic Kurz Weber]].

A 24-episode anime-first production by Studio XEBEC, ''Shirogane Ishi no Argevollen'' (literally Silver-Willed Argevollen) aired during the Summer2014Anime season.

* AttackDrone: As revealed by episode 12, at its inception, the Argevollen project aimed to produce these, with the test-type remotely controlling unmanned Trail Kriegers to fight for it. Indeed, they're similar to the G-Bits from Gundam-X, given how they're controlled by the brainwaves of the pilot of the main unit. The project ended up seeing results in the form of the "Perfevollen" unmanned mechs.

** Once the Perphevollen units are deployed, the Kybernes Corporation ''discontinues software support'' for the Argevollen. Anybody who still uses older operating systems knows how Jamie and Tokimune feel...

* AttackDrone: As revealed by episode 12, at its inception, the Argevollen project aimed to produce these, with the test-type remotely controlling unmanned Trail Kriegers to fight for it. Indeed, they're similar to the G-Bits from Gundam-X, given how they're controlled by the brainwaves of the pilot of the main unit. The project ended up seeing results in the form of the "Perphevollen" unmanned mechs.
* BackFromTheBrink: General Cayenne ''wants'' to pull this off using the Perphevollen squad, and Arandas actually starts retaking some of their territory from Ingelmia in episode 20. However, the rest of the Arandas top brass is not happy with this since preliminary negotiations for a truce are underway, and Cayenne's string of victories threatens to throw this off.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: The Arandas military leadership has an overly familiar relationship with the Kybernes Corporation and thinks nothing of [[WeHaveReserves sacrificing troops for short-sighted reasons.]] The Ingelmian government's justification of their invasion of Arandas sounds suspiciously close to authoritarian propaganda, with constant proclamations of their "glorious mission" and urging citizens to give everything they have to the war effort, including buying war bonds. Apparently, some of the military top brass find the Ingelmian leadership grating, and rumors of a coup are in the air.

* AttackDrone: As revealed by episode 12, at its inception, the Argevollen project aimed to produce these, with the test-type remotely controlling unmanned Trail Kriegers to fight for it. Indeed, they're similar to the G-Bits from Gundam-X, given how they're controlled by the brainwaves of the pilot of the main unit.

* SubordinateExcuse: Suzushiro is very devoted to Samonji and accompanies him everywhere; unless he's on the frontline, it's quite rare to see the two of them apart from each other. This trope is actually [[DiscussedTrope brought up]] in episode 11 when General Cayenne outright asks Samonji if he's sleeping with her. He doesn't even bother to dignify such a {{Jerkass}} question with an answer.

* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the dozens of soldiers who get [[PGExplosives blown up and sent flying]] and the numerous tanks and mechs being destroyed, there has yet to be a drop of blood seen in the show.

* FallingIntoTheCockpit: The sequence is played pretty straight, except Susumu is already a trained soldier and pilot.

** Then it turns out [[spoiler: Kybernes, along with another arms company called Fordergrunt, are merely puppets of a larger conspiracy that transcends national borders.]]

* TheBerserker: A pilot who has gone beyond 75% Linkage Depth essentially becomes this, suffering the full effects of the N.R. Syndrome caused by the Link system. [[spoiler:Comes to NO surprise, as the "N.R." means Nanjou Reika, Tokimune's sister, the first pilot who experienced this.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Jamie, while on duty, though she leaves the glasses off whenever she's doing something unrelated to Argevollen's maintenance.

* InterserviceRivalry: Army vs Intelligence Service.

* MadeOfExplodium: Downplayed with the Trail Kriegers in the series. They will explode if shot with gunfire, but not if stabbed with an anti-armor knife. Probably justified in that the assault rifles utilized by TKs likely use high-explosive armor-piercing ammunition.

* MidSeasonUpgrade: As of episode 13, the 8th Independent Unit's pilots (minus Tokimune and the Argevollen) have upgraded to the new "Seiren" Trail Krieger. The Seiren boasts lightweight carbon nanomembrane armor, which allows it to [[LightningBruiser move faster than their old Trail Kriegers while being able to take the same amount of punishment.]]

* MsFanservice: Downplayed with Silfy, who's skintight piloting suit is nearly identical to Susumu's male one. That doesn't change the fact that it leaves little to the imagination, however.

* NewMeat: Namie Portman joins the 8th Independent Unit halfway through. She was also one of Tokimune's comrades when they were still in training. She's quite inexperienced, necessitating a training exercise to both test the new Seiren mech and to accustom her to working with the squad.

** The operational documentation for the new Trail Krieger model "Seiren" is so voluminous it has to be split up and organized across three cardboard boxes. Very much TruthInTelevision for military field manuals of advanced weapons and vehicles.

* SchizoTech: We have HumongousMecha but no aircraft. Cannons and mortars are used but missiles and rockets are absent.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: The Arandas military leadership has an overly familiar relationship with the Kybernes Corporation and thinks nothing of [[WeHaveReserves sacrificing troops for short-sighted reasons.]] The Ingelmian government's justification of their invasion of Arandas sounds suspiciously close to authoritarian propaganda, with constant proclamations of their "glorious mission" and urging citizens to give everything they have to the war effort.
** On the other hand, the individual soldiers of the respective sides are more or less decent people caught up in a bad situation. Schlief Richthofen may be a ruthless AcePilot, but he [[AFatherToHisMen greatly values the lives of the soldiers]] he fights with, and he is shown to be [[DrowningMySorrows heavily affected]] when a friend of his dies in the war. Susumu meanwhile joined the army because he wanted to [[spoiler: find out why his sister, an army officer, died under suspicious circumstances.]]

* RealRobotGenre: The Trail Kriegers, the most widespread war machine used by the two armies showcased in the series, are more or less walking tanks, and are treated as such. They also rely on heavy support from infantry, armored vehicles, and artillery.

The Kingdom of Arandas Alliance and the Countries Unification of Ingelmia have been at war for many years. The situation has been at a stalemate across the fortress of the Great Wall, which has never been penetrated since the foundation of Arandas--until now that is. Enter Susumu Tokimune, a rookie mecha pilot forced to fall back along with the rest of his squadron until Arnadas' reinforcements arrive at the border. Susumu finds himself plunged into the center of the war when he decides to dive in and save a civilian enclave from the attacking Ingelmian's. His actions force him to pilot the titular Argevollen, a powerful new SuperPrototype mecha.

* ClingyMacGuffin: The Argevollen is controlled by thought, and locks onto the brainwave patterns and vital signatures of the first person to pilot it. This means that Susumu can't leave the ''extremely'' physically and mentally taxing task of piloting it to a more experienced member of his squadron.

* NomDeMom: [[spoiler: Susumu's family name is from his mother's side, which is why Samonji did not realize that he was Reika Nanjou's brother.]]

** Happens again in episode 10, when Samonji shows up at the restaurant party in casual clothes. This is such an out of character moment for him that everyone immediately ceases what they were doing and is rendered speechless.
* SubordinateExcuse: Suzushiro is very devoted to Samonji and accompanies him everywhere; unless he's on the frontline, it's quite rare to see the two of them apart from each other. This trope is actually [[DiscussedTrope brought up]] in episode 11 when General Cayenne outright asks Samonji if he's sleeping with her. He doesn't even bother to dignify such a {{Jerkass}} questino with an answer.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ingelmian Major Conrad Daniels attempts to take on the Argevollen single-handedly, and very nearly manages to disable it, but is killed when the Susumu manages to grab the knife Daniels' Trail Krieger is holding and stabs him with it.

* {{Jerkass}}: Brigadier General Cowen of the Arandas military. He suddenly summons Samonji to his office back at headquarters for the sole reason of [[spoiler: disclosing to him that Susumu is Reika's brother.]] This summons is the reason why Samonji and Suzushiro were unavailable to command the defense of Whispe. But when Samonji arrives, he jerks him around and wastes his time with meaningless small talk, even offering him wine to drink when it is clearly in violation of military regulations due to Samonji still being on duty. He only says what he has to say once it's clear Samonji has [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere had enough of his BS]] and was about to leave. Then he tops everything he just did by having the ''audacity'' to ask Samonji "By the way, that woman waiting for you outside... have you fucked her yet?" '''Wow.'''