Armored Trooper Votoms
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Armored Trooper VOTOMS (装甲騎兵ボトムズ, Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu) is a Japanese military science fiction mecha anime series produced by Nippon Sunrise, created and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi and featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. Following directly in the footsteps of Takahashi's previous series, Fang of the Sun Dougram, VOTOMS continued the trend towards hard science in the mecha anime subgenre.
Armored Trooper VOTOMS | |
装甲騎兵ボトムズ (Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu) | |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
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Music by | Hiroki Inui |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
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Original network | MegaTON (TV Tokyo) |
Original run | April 1, 1983 – March 23, 1984 |
Episodes | 52 (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Written by | Minoru Nonaka |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Comic BonBon |
Original run | May 1983 – April 1984 |
Volumes | 4 |
Original video animation | |
The Last Red Shoulder | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
Music by | Hiroki Inui |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
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Released | August 21, 1985 |
Runtime | 50 minutes |
Original video animation | |
The Big Battle | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Masanori Hama |
Music by | Hiroki Inui |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
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Released | July 5, 1986 |
Runtime | 60 minutes |
Original video animation | |
The Red Shoulder Document: Origin of Ambition | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
Music by | Hiroki Inui |
Studio | Sunrise |
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Released | March 19, 1988 |
Runtime | 60 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Armor Hunter Mellowlink | |
Directed by | Takeyuki Kanda |
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Music by | Hiroki Inui |
Studio | Sunrise |
Released | November 21, 1988 – April 28, 1989 |
Runtime | 25 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
Original video animation | |
Brilliantly Shining Heresy | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
Music by | Hiroki Inui |
Studio | Sunrise |
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Released | March 21, 1994 – December 21, 1994 |
Runtime | 25 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 5 |
Original video animation | |
Phantom Arc | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Fuyunori Gobu |
Music by | Yasuaki Maejima |
Studio | Sunrise |
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Released | March 26, 2010 – October 27, 2010 |
Runtime | 25 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 6 |
Original video animation | |
Case; Irvine | |
Directed by | Shishō Igarashi |
Written by | Takuya Satō |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
Studio | Sunrise |
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Released | November 6, 2010 |
Runtime | 50 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Votoms Finder | |
Directed by | Shigeta Atsushi |
Written by | Masafumi Nishida |
Music by | Kōtarō Nakagawa |
Studio | Sunrise |
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Released | December 4, 2010 |
Runtime | 50 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Alone Again | |
Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Written by | Masashi Ikeda |
Music by | Tetsuro Oda |
Studio | Sunrise |
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Released | January 8, 2011 |
Runtime | 50 minutes |
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The series was supplemented by numerous original video animation releases, and also inspired a number of spin-off works whose media ranges from serialized light novels to video games. The TV anime was originally licensed by the now-defunct Central Park Media, which released the series on DVD and VHS. Currently, it is licensed by Maiden Japan, a unit of Section23 Films,[3] which has also released all OVAs other than Armor Hunter Mellowlink.