New IM@S Anime Info!

The IM@S anime website updated today with brand new info on the the series! We now know who some of the staff are besides the voice actors. They are:

• Original Creator: Namco Bandai Games (That was a given)
• Original Character Design: Toshiyuki Kubooka (Another given)
• Director and Character Design: Atsushi Nishigori
• Nishigori's Former Works:
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Main Character Design, Animation Director)
• Gurren Lagann (Character Design)
• Series Composition: Touko Machida and Atsushi Nishigori
• Machida's Former Works:
• Lucky Star (Series Composition, Screenplay)
• Tears to Tiara (Series Composition, Screenplay)
• Series Director: Noriko Takao
• Takao's Former Works:
• K-ON! and K-ON!! (Storyboard Direction for several episodes)
• CLANNAD (Storyboard Direction for several episodes)
• Lead Art Directors: Haruko Iizuka and Akira Takata
• Iizuka's Former Works:
• WORKING!! (Art Director)
• A Certain Magical Index II (Art Director, Key Animator for the Opening)
• Takata's Former Works:
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society (Key Animator)
• Durarara!! (Overall Art Director)
• Production: A-1 Pictures
• A-1's Former Works:
• Valkyria Chronicles
• Welcome to the Space Show

As many have assumed, it seems the new show will in fact be set in the world of the IM@S games, so I'd guess that we aren't getting giant robots this time. Unless they're introducing giant robots in IM@S 2. That would be pretty crazy.