Armored Trooper Votoms

Armored Trooper VOTOMS
	Cover for the third DVD Box Set, with an illustration of the ATM-09-ST Scopedog done by Kunio Okawara.
装甲騎兵ボトムズ; (Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu)
Genre	Mecha; Military sci-fi;
Created by	Hajime Yatate; Ryōsuke Takahashi;
Anime television series
Directed by	Ryōsuke Takahashi
Written by	Sōji Yoshikawa; Jinzō Toriumi;
Music by	Hiroki Inui
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Central Park Media (former); Maiden Japan; ;
Original network	MegaTON (TV Tokyo)
Original run	April 1, 1983 – March 23, 1984
Episodes	52
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
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
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
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
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
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
Released	March 19, 1988
Runtime	60 minutes
Original video animation
Leechers Army Merowlink
Directed by	Takeyuki Kanda
Written by	Ryōsuke Takahashi (story); Hiroshi Yamaguchi (screenplay);
Music by	Hiroki Inui
Studio	Sunrise
Released	November 21, 1988 – April 28, 1989
Runtime	25 minutes (each)
Episodes	12
Original video animation
Brilliantly Shining Heresy
Directed by	Ryōsuke Takahashi
Written by	Sōji Yoshikawa
Music by	Hiroki Inui
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
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
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
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
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
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
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
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
Licensed by	NA: Maiden Japan;
Released	January 8, 2011
Runtime	50 minutes
Original video animation
	Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files (2007–08);
Games
	List of Armored Trooper Votoms games;
	Anime and manga portal

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.

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,^[3] which has also released all OVAs other than Leechers Army Merowlink.

^ Barder, Ollie (February 28, 2019). "'Armored Trooper VOTOMS' Blu-Ray Review: One Of The Most Influential Mecha Anime Ever Made". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ "The Top 7 Classic Anime on HIDIVE". HIDIVE. January 7, 2021. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 5, 2018). "Maiden Japan Licenses Maria Watches Over Us, Hataraki Man, Basquash!, Yumeiro Pâtissière, Votoms, Ideon, Xabungle, Human Crossing Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

[1] Barder, Ollie (February 28, 2019). "'Armored Trooper VOTOMS' Blu-Ray Review: One Of The Most Influential Mecha Anime Ever Made". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

[2] "The Top 7 Classic Anime on HIDIVE". HIDIVE. January 7, 2021. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

[3] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 5, 2018). "Maiden Japan Licenses Maria Watches Over Us, Hataraki Man, Basquash!, Yumeiro Pâtissière, Votoms, Ideon, Xabungle, Human Crossing Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

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