is a Japanese

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series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series was serialized in '' Dragon Magazine''. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū was serialized in the shōnen manga magazine '' Dragon Age Pure''. A second manga adaptation drawn by Nodoka Kiyose is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine '' Monthly Dragon Age''. A third manga adaptation drawn by Watari was serialized in ''Beans Ace'' magazine. A four-panel

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adaptation drawn by Masumi Futaba was serialied in '' Monthly Dragon Age'' magazine. A prequel light novel series titled ''Legend of Regios'' was published by Fujimi Shobo under its Style-F label. An anime adaptation produced by

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aired on January 11, 2009, to June 20, 2009, and is licensed in

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. A spin-off light novel series titled ''Regios Crusade'' was published from 2009 to 2012. Another spin-off light novel series, ''My Journey with Regios'', was published in 2009.

Plot

On an alternate reality

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overrun with mutated nano-machine-beasts called Filth Monsters (Contaminoids in Funimation's translation), humanity is forced to live in large mobile cities called Regios and learn to use weapons called DITE (pronounced Di-Te) and harnessing the power of Kei to defend themselves. The truth is that these are people lost in an alternative reality caught between struggling as pawns of the founders of this space and those trying to destroy it. Only upon its destruction can everything revert to the real world. However, many generations have passed since the creation of the world and naturally the citizens who inhabit it fight for their lives. In the Academic City of Zuellni, Layfon Alseif is hoping to start a new life without Martial/Military arts and forget his past. However, his past has caught the attention of Kalian Loss, the Student Council President and Nina Antalk, a Military Arts student and Captain of the 17th Platoon, who instantly recognizes his abilities and decides he's the perfect candidate to join her group. The series follow Layfon's life in Zuellni and occasionally has flashbacks of his life in Glenden as a Heaven's Blade.

Media

Novels

The series finished with 25

volumes - with 19 volumes of the main story-line and 6 being the side-story novels. The last 25th volume (which is an epilogue of the story) was published in September 2013 in

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Anime

The anime adaptation started airing in January 2009 and was produced by

. At

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2010, North American anime distributor

announced that they have acquired the anime series. The series made its North American television debut on September 19, 2011, on the

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Reception

The light novels have sold over five millon copies.

References

External links

*
''Chrome Shelled Regios''
at

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Chrome Shelled Regios - The Official Anime Website
from

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