Votoms: The Grey Witch Theme Song Set For Mika Nakashima And Toshihiko Takamizawa
Takamizawa, who wrote the theme song, states in his comment that he is a fan of director Mamoru Oshii's work, making the pairing a deliberate creative match rather than a routine tie-in.
Key Facts
- Armored Trooper Votoms: The Grey Witch opens nationwide in Japan on November 20, 2026, as the first of two planned works.
- The theme song "Like a Nameless Poet" is performed by Mika Nakashima with music, lyrics, and arrangement by Toshihiko Takamizawa of THE ALFEE.
- The theme song CD single releases on November 25 at 1,450 yen, with streaming beginning November 20.
- A stage greeting on opening day at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku features director Mamoru Oshii, Miyuki Sawashiro, Asami Ando, Shinichiro Miki, and Yuki Kaji, hosted by Mafia Kajita.
- The advance trailer marks the first appearance of the Balarant army's AT Fatty in the film.
Reporting from 3 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Inside, Anime Anime.
Sunrise unveiled the main visual, advance trailer, and theme song trailer for Armored Trooper Votoms: The Grey Witch on October 23. The film opens nationwide in Japan on November 20, 2026, as a Sunrise 50th anniversary project. The theme song is "Like a Nameless Poet," performed by Mika Nakashima with music, lyrics, and arrangement by Toshihiko Takamizawa of THE ALFEE. The CD single releases November 25 at 1,450 yen, with streaming starting November 20. The advance trailer opens with Maki looking up at ATs in a maintenance factory and shows her investigating Ash, the soldier called the witch of the punishment unit who always survives. The enemy Balarant army's AT Fatty appears for the first time. A stage greeting is set for opening day at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku, with director Mamoru Oshii and cast members Miyuki Sawashiro, Asami Ando, Shinichiro Miki, and Yuki Kaji scheduled to appear.
The main visual is a new drawing by character designer Takashi Kojima. It shows protagonist Ash Vamps holding a gun and looking sharply from a cockpit, with a Scopedog behind. The advance trailer begins with Maki Stauffenberg at a maintenance factory and follows her investigation of Ash, including the line "The enemy isn't only in front of us." The trailer also marks the first appearance of the Balarant army's AT Fatty, a mid-class machine developed from captured Scopedogs.
Nakashima said she was drawn into the story from the moment she heard the intro of the demo. Takamizawa said he wrote the lyrics around the Hundred Years War and arranged strings against guitar riffs to convey battlefield tension, describing the strings as fate and the guitar as human will resisting it. The stage greeting on November 20 runs twice, after the 17:00 screening and before the 20:10 screening, hosted by Mafia Kajita, with tickets at a flat 3,000 yen.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.