Armored Trooper VOTOMS (1983)

Original title

装甲騎兵ボトムズ

Genre

drama anime and manga, mecha, action anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 52 episodes

Rated

18

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A soldier is trapped in a brutal interplanetary war, piloting a heavily armored mech. He becomes a fugitive after uncovering a dangerous conspiracy that threatens his life.

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What happens

Armored Trooper VOTOMS (Japanese: 装甲騎兵ボトムズ, Hepburn: Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu) is a Japanese military science fiction mecha anime series produced by Nippon Sunrise, created and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi and featuring mecha 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. The series was supplemented by numerous original video animation releases and also inspired several 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, which has also released all OVAs other than Armor Hunter Merowlink. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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