Sunrise studios announced that Valrave: The Liberator an original mecha anime will be hitting the airwaves this April.

Valrave the Liberator tells the story of Haruto Tokishima, set in the year True Calendar 71, with the development of space cities, 70% of humanity now lives in outer space. Between two major powers, the Dorushia Military Pact Federation and the Atlantic Ring United States or ARUS there exists a small neutral nation-Jirou, which has prospered. Haruto encounters the Valrave, a forbidden humanoid weapon during an invasion by the Dorushia Army.

Kou Matsuo will be directing while Ichiro okuchi will be in charge of series composition, mechanical designs will be handled by Kunio Okawara. The first opening theme “Preserved Roses” will be a preformed by Mizuki Nana and â„¢ Revoluti n. “Boku Jansai”, the series ending theme will be sung by Angela.

The rest of the series’s cast include:

Ryota Ohsaka as Haruto Tokishima
Ryohei Kimura as L-elf
Asami Seto as Shoko Sashinami
Haruka Tomatsu as Saki Rukino

Yuuki Ono as Kyuma Inazuka
Ai Kayano as Aina Sakurai
Misato Fuukuen as Marie Nobi
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Yusuke Otamaya
Yuichi Nakamura as Raizo Yamada
Daisuke Namikawa as Satomi Renbokoji
Minako Kotobuki as Takahi Ninomiya
Aoi Yuki as Akira
Wataru Hatano as Takumi Kibakawa
Yui Horie as Rion Nanami

 It looks like a series of model kits/action figures from Bandai is also in the works, as seen by this resin prototype of the Valrave itself.