| Ja Kanji: | 鋼殻のレギオス |
| Ja Romaji: | Kōkaku no Regiosu |
| Type: | light novel |
| Author: | Shūsuke Amagi |
| Illustrator: | Miyū |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic: | Male |
| Imprint: | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| First: | March 18, 2006 |
| Last: | September 25, 2013 |
| Volumes: | 25 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Shūsuke Amagi |
| Illustrator: | Miyū |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Dragon Age Pure |
| First: | April 2007 |
| Last: | December 7, 2011 |
| Volumes: | 3 |
| Type: | manga |
| Chrome Shelled Regios: Missing Mail | |
| Author: | Shūsuke Amagiike |
| Illustrator: | Nodoka Kiyose |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Monthly Dragon Age |
| First: | June 2007 |
| Last: | February 2013 |
| Volumes: | 8 |
| Type: | manga |
| Chrome Shelled Regios: Secret Side | |
| Author: | Shūsuke Amagi |
| Illustrator: | Watari |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine: | Beans Ace |
| First: | April 10, 2008 |
| Last: | May 22, 2009 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Type: | manga |
| Chrome Shelled Regios Four-Panel: Felli's Song | |
| Author: | Shūsuke Amagi |
| Illustrator: | Masumi Futaba |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Dragon Age Pure (former) Monthly Dragon Age |
| First: | November 8, 2008 |
| Last: | October 7, 2009 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Type: | light novel |
| Legend of Regios | |
| Author: | Shūsuke Amagi |
| Illustrator: | Miyū |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Imprint: | Style-F Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| First: | June 29, 2007 |
| Last: | September 20, 2008 |
| Volumes: | 3 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Itsuro Kawasaki |
| Producer: | Tomoko Kawasaki Tsuneo Takechi Seiichi Hachiya Tomoko Suzuki Yuka Harada Atsuyuki Okamoto |
| Music: | Daisuke Asakura |
| Studio: | Zexcs |
| Network: | SUN-TV, Tokyo MX |
| First: | January 11, 2009 |
| Last: | June 20, 2009 |
| Episodes: | 24 |
| Episode List: | List of Chrome Shelled Regios episodes |
| Type: | light novel |
| Regios Crusade | |
| Author: | Shūsuke Amagi |
| Illustrator: | Miyū |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Imprint: | Style-F Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| First: | March 16, 2009 |
| Last: | January 20, 2012 |
| Volumes: | 3 |
| Type: | light novel |
| The Journey of me and Regios | |
| Author: | Hideaki Kawamura |
| Illustrator: | Hayabusa Konno |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Imprint: | Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko |
| First: | June 15, 2009 |
| Last: | September 15, 2009 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Portal: | yes |
is a Japanese light novel 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 comic strip 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 Zexcs aired on January 11, 2009, to June 20, 2009, and is licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment. A spin-off light novel series titled Regios Crusade was published from 2009 to 2012. Another spin-off light novel series, Journey of me and Regios, was published in 2009.
See also: List of Chrome Shelled Regios characters. On an alternate reality Earth 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.
The series finished with 25 light novel 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 Japan.[1]
See also: List of Chrome Shelled Regios episodes. The anime adaptation started airing in January 2009 and was produced by Zexcs. At Anime Central 2010, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced that they have acquired the anime series.[2] [3]
The series made its North American television debut on September 19, 2011, on the Funimation Channel.[4]
The light novels have sold over 5,000,000 copies.