Mecha-Ude (ONA)

Mecha-Ude, also known as Mechanical Arms, is a 2018 anime ONA pilot created by Sae Okamoto.

The series was originally announced as a Kickstarter-backed project on October 1, 2016, which met the goal it needed over a month later. A promo of the pilot was revealed in January 2018.

It was animated by TriF Studio, directed by Sae Okamoto, and it premiered on YouTube on May 10 2018 in Japanese, and then a day later in English on May 11, 2019. Then later streamed in Japan on Vimeo on October 1, 2018. The Japanese version of the pilot had a limited time length on YouTube, which was available until June 10. The English Dub of the ONA was produced in Miami by Universal Cinergia Dubbing.

On September 14, 2022, it was announced that the pilot will be getting a Full-Fledged anime series. It's slated to be airing in October 2024.

Synopsis

Hero was a high schooler living an ordinary life.

One day, he meets a very strong and intelligent mechanical arm named "Mecha-ude". After a strange turn of events, the "Mecha-ude" started living inside Hero's hoodie and the two's life full of trouble begins.

As the boy and his "Mecha-ude" fights together and strengthen their bonds, the two also meets new friends who also fights along with each of their own unique "Mecha-ude" partners.

Out of those, one of the heroine has two "Mecha-ude" which appears out of her skirt. An active girl with a totally opposite characteristics from hero himself, he gradually becomes attracted to her.

But the two are confronted with other "Mecha-ude" users who are in search of the secret of "Mecha-ude" relentlessly.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Hikaru Amatsuga	Toshiyuki Toyonaga	Rayner Garranchan
Alma	Tomokazu Sugita	Phil DuBois
Aki Murasame	Yū Shimamura	Reina Scully
Jun Kagami	Romi Park	Christian Vandepas
Tohdoh	Amatsuki	Donald Guzzi
Yoh Shirono	Eve	¿?
Dex	Kaito Ishikawa	Travis Roig
Cynis	Kaito Ishikawa	Travis Roig
Atsunori Imada	Hiroaki Tajiri	Phil DuBois
Fist	Yūichi Nakamura	Alex Alvarez
Elzis	Hiroki Tōchi	Clay Cartland
Joe	Tomohiro Tsuboi	Clay Cartland
Teacher	Tomohiro Tsuboi	¿?
Imada's Underlings	Haruka Jinya	¿?
	Daiki Kobayashi	¿?
	Hayato Kimura	¿?

Additional Voices[]

Notes[]

YouTuber Reina Scully makes a guest appearance since she was also the Assistant Global Producer for the project.

External Links[]

Mecha-Ude at the Internet Movie Database.
Mecha-Ude (ONA) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
Mecha-Ude on Behind The Voice Actors.