Armored Troopers VOTOMS (TV series)
A 1983 52-episode anime television series.
Cast
- Hozumi Gōda as Chirico Cuvie
- Kazuko Yanaga as Fyana
- Kōsei Tomita as Bouleuse Gotho
- Yōko Kawanami as Coconna
- Shigeru Chiba as Vanilla Vartla
- Issei Masamune as Ru Shako
- Kyonosuke Kami as Ypsilon
- Yūsaku Yara as Maj. Gimual Iskui
- Kenichi Ogata as Maj. Serge Borough, Albert Killy
- Akio Nojima as Aaron Schmittel
- Issei Futamata as Gurran Schmittel
- Shunji Yamada as 2nd Lt. Kudal Conin
- Banjō Ginga as Cap. Jean-Paul Rochina
Cast
- Hozumi Gōda as Chirico Cuvie
- Kazuko Yanaga as Fyana
- Kōsei Tomita as Bouleuse Gotho
- Yōko Kawanami as Coconna
- Shigeru Chiba as Vanilla Vartla
- Issei Masamune as Ru Shako
- Kyonosuke Kami as Ypsilon
- Yūsaku Yara as Maj. Gimual Iskui
- Kenichi Ogata as Maj. Serge Borough, Albert Killy
- Akio Nojima as Aaron Schmittel
- Issei Futamata as Gurran Schmittel
- Shunji Yamada as 2nd Lt. Kudal Conin
- Banjō Ginga as Cap. Jean-Paul Rochina
The Last Red Shoulder
Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder (装甲騎兵ボトムズ ザ・ラストレッドショルダー) is a 50-minute OVA released on August 21, 1985.[7] The storyline takes place after the Woodo storyline in the TV series.[5] It details Chirico meeting with his old comrades in his old military unit, and their plan to get revenge on General Pailsen.
The Big Battle
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Big Battle (装甲騎兵ボトムズ ビッグバトル), released as The Big Battle by Maiden Japan, is a 1986 60-minute OVA. Takes place near the end of the series. The storyline features Chirico and his comrades participating in a mecha gladiatorial match.
Red Shoulder Document - Origin of Ambition
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Red Shoulder Document - Origin of Ambition (装甲騎兵ボトムズ レッドショルダードキュメント 野望のルーツ), released as just Origin of Ambition by Maiden Japan, is a 60-minute OVA released in 1988.[8] The storyline serves as a prequel to the main series and especially The Last Red Shoulder. It details Chirico's time in the Red Shoulder elite military unit and his encounters with General Pailsen.
Armor Hunter Merowlink
Armor Hunter Merowlink (機甲猟兵メロウリンク) is a twelve episode anime science fiction action OVA series spinoff of Armored Trooper Votoms. It premiered on November 21, 1988.[9] It takes place in the same universe (and time, and in some episodes, almost the same places) as Votoms, but the two stories are entirely independent of each other.
Merowlink is the story of a soldier whose unit is sacrificed on the battlefield for reasons unknown. Although he was not meant to survive, the main character, Merowlink Ality, manages to survive only to be framed for a crime he did not commit. Merowlink escapes his captors and begins hunting down his former commanding officers, both to avenge his dead platoon members and to find out the nature of the conspiracy that led to their deaths.
While the official English title of the series is Leechers Army Merowlink according to the text seen on multiple video and music software releases, it is commonly referred to as Armor Hunter Mellowlink in English. This translation dates from the now-defunct English-language anime magazine Animag[10] and has been repeated in various fan sources over the years. However, the Mellowlink spelling is contradicted by text appearing in the animation itself. The meaning of "Leechers Army" is explained by how the armor hunters depicted in the series are soldiers who have lost their Armored Trooper combat vehicles and must depend on traps and tricks in order to survive, even going so far as to boobytrap the corpses of their own comrades. For this reason, they're considered "leeches of the battlefield", sucking on the blood of soldiers.
Brilliantly Shining Heresy
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Brilliantly Shining Heresy (装甲騎兵ボトムズ 赫奕たる異端) is a 5-episode OVA series released in 1994.[11] It is a sequel to the original TV series.
Pailsen Files
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files (装甲騎兵ボトムズ ペールゼン・ファイルズ) is a 12-episode OVA series that was released from October 26, 2007, to August 22, 2008.[12] It was also released as a feature film on January 17, 2009.[13] It is a prequel to the main series and a sequel to Origin of Ambition.
Phantom Arc
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Phantom Arc (装甲騎兵ボトムズ 幻影篇), released as Genei ~ Phantom Arc by Maiden Japan, is a six-part OVA series that was released from March 26, 2010, to October 27, 2010. It is a sequel to the original TV series and Shining Heresy.
Case; Irvine
Armored Trooper VOTOMS Case;Irvine (装甲騎兵ボトムズ Case;IRVINE), an OVA that follows the story of Irvine Lester, a repairer of the tank-like robotic Armored Trooper (AT) mecha in the VOTOMS story world.
Votoms Finder
Votoms Finder (ボトムズファインダー), an "alternate universe" OVA that centers around Aki Tesuno, a Bottoms guard for scrap salvagers and a pilot of a robotic mecha called an At or Altro (as opposed to VOTOMS' trademark Armored Trooper mecha).
Alone Again
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Alone Again (装甲騎兵ボトムズ 孤影再び), released as Chirico's Return by Maiden Japan, is a 2011 50-minute OVA that serves as a sequel to Brilliantly Shining Heresy and a prequel to Phantom Arc.
Die Graue Hexe
In January 2026, Bandai Namco Filmworks announced a new anime project titled Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe (装甲騎兵ボトムズ灰色の魔女) (The Grey Witch). The director was announced to be Mamoru Oshii. It is set premiere in 2026 in commemoration of Sunrise's 50th anniversary and will be produced by Sunrise with production assistance by Production I.G, and will be part of a series of projects commemorating the studio's 50th anniversary to be released between 2026 and 2028.[14][15]
