Armor Hunter Mellowlink - Mellowlink vs Captain Dogman (1080p)

Mellowlink infiltrates a Gilgamesh military installation and forces Captain Dogman out of hiding to face him one on one for revenge. Dogman is a man who had a hand in betraying his battalion of friends.

[@kindlingking]

One thing I immediately noticed in this show is how much more powerful and imposing ATs were in this show. It's not something new, in the original Votoms a mini goal of the first couple of episodes is for Chiriko to find an AT and when he does, he completely decimates police forces and gangs attacking him at the same time. But this show is built upon the idea that, despite being nicknamed "bottoms", ATs are still incredibly dangerous, especially with capable driver inside. However by doing this, I think, it makes ATs feel more like Combat Armors from Dougram (Takahashi's other work), to the point of them even being deployed by small carrier choppers, just like Combat Armors are in Dougram.

[@Dizerfullpower]

> "bottoms" VOTOMS is an acronym for vertical one-man tank something something

[@tezereth]

Despite being called bottoms, they feel like real tops

[@princealbertz]

How come artists today don’t make aesthetic artwork anime like the 90s anymore. Every screenshot was a piece of artwork every second was pure art. You can pause the video, take a screenshot and it’s pure anime artwork.

[@ES21007]

@@Dizerfullpower Vertical One man Tank for Offense and ManeuverS.

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

Here's a drink for you 🍹 Don't mind it, it's free.

[@AreGeeBee]

Good thing he always gets a superficial wound on the same part of his face so he can do the cool blood smear thing

[@caav56]

Sometimes he does it with dirt or fuel

[@Adrius91]

Another anime would've had the armor go critical and have the hero run off while it dramatically explodes. Instead they go for this somber moment, with the armor standing there dead and defeated in silence. Love it.

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

Though I do dislike the dummy thicc amount of plot armor, that mobile suit not exploding is indeed a nice change of pace. Your comment immediately brought to mind Gundam Wing where Char snipes his sister who is sitting in a chair only for some consoles to explode like its a Star Trek bridge.

[@LeftMech]

@@MrDwarfpitcher I rather like that scene too. Just to clear it up, Char and the scene where he attacks the bridge of a ship with a Bazooka is from the original 1979 Gundam, not Wing. The woman he kills is not his sister, but is instead a member of the Zabi family who rule Zeon. Char kills her because she is among those he blames for his father's death- along with a few other reasons.

[@LeftMech]

There's a lot to be said for the atmospheric or mood element in both Votoms and Mellowlink. The combination of more contemplative moments, the music, and well-placed pauses in the action really adds weight to key moments like this one.

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

Throw a big bag of ramen at the studio that made this anime.

[@victorwidell9751]

And smooth jazz sax.

[@MJRSoap]

Alright new favourite fantasy weapon. A fucking Recoiless Bayonet

[@Dad_Lyon]

It's got some official name. Like Belt Buster from Dairy Queen

[@hemetsux]

It's the Pile Bunker

[@danielhaire6677]

I'll take two, please.

[@tomarmadiyer2698]

*sees it in action* Yeezees Crust.

[@JanusHoW]

Imagine the absolute force of nature Chirico Cuvie and Mellowlink could have been working together.

[@CarlosLopez-wb2qn]

Man... this guy plot armor is STRONG

[@jay_vng]

This anime is cool, but it’s also one of the most non-sensical I’ve seen in a while: the premise is completely absurd. Still, good fun!

[@CarlosLopez-wb2qn]

@@jay_vngThe premis has potential... but in scenes like this... it makes me feel like the just gave up and the protag wins "just because"

[@tezereth]

Not that much. Votoms are still armored vehicles in the end, and their heavy machine gun is much more inclined for combat against vehicles or other AT’s. When infantry is the target, accuracy becomes much more of a problem. That being said, there’s still some plot armor in there.

[@heymay724]

Unusual Survivor potential

[@CarlosLopez-wb2qn]

@@tezerethAye... your are right. There is *some* explanation, but in this particular fight it was pretty silly.

[@theusher2893]

As the hero, plot armor protects him from explosion splash damage

[@rabidsmurf2]

(death scene) Smooth jazz plays

[@bubble-r8b]

New anime should learn from this

[@buffnuffin]

@@bubble-r8b It made the moment. Whats the song ?

[@RyllenKriel]

After this battle. Mellowlink would be known as Mildlink. And eventually, after many victories, he would be known in history as Spicylink. Everyone forever after wanted Spicylink sausage for breakfast.

[@sergeigen1]

He named his son zesty

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

You have surpassed the title of Mellowlink itself. I hereby give you the title of Intenselink.

[@Franz0818]

@@SneedFeedAndSeed”Hiyaaah!!” - Intense-Link from the hit series Armored Trooper Zelda

[@madmacvengeance6131]

Theres an easter egg on that series if i remember correctly in episode 4 in prison you can see chirico cuvie one of the captured prisoners along with mellowlink

[@RichardPortis]

He shot through the hole. Legit.

[@DelishushSchrambleSchmeg]

I read this as "He shot through the hole, Luigi" in Lou Albano's voice

[@dcorbin5779]

He rode in on a URAL. Heck yah.

[@zachlong5427]

Good sir, you have robot-v-man anime fights. Thank you, subscribed, good day.

[@notjackiechansgrandma]

Thanks for everything you do!

[@matthewsteele8448]

Bro brought a gun knife to a mecha fight and won

[@shamancredible8632]

cause the guy piloting the mech was a cocky moron. Fell for every trap and couldn't even land his shots

[@esparda07]

I miss old-school sound effects and bgm.

[@not_so_weird]

How the heck do you have it in this quality? The only place I can find it is internet archive and it's significantly lower quality. I would really appreciate if you publicily released the high quality video for preservation efforts, it doesn't seem to be very publicly available

[@Rudeljaeger]

Lol its in HD on all the usual torrent sites like nyaa

[@himitsugawa4226]

This is diamond, please more!

[@theshadowreborn4778]

I mean I get it wanting revenge and rubbing it in their face of why you're doing this etc etc. But why must you stand in the open. Why not hide?

[@ES21007]

I think it's because he wanted him to specifically chase him in that direction where all the landmines are. If he hid, he might go all around the battlefield instead of beelining straight through the minefield. Could've picked a place with some rock cover though.

[@theshadowreborn4778]

I mean yes, but like the vehicle would've worked pretty well to draw him over to it no? Bah it's anime rule of cool comes first, I know this but just ahhhhhhhh.

[@leonardorossi998]

@@theshadowreborn4778 When you have that amount of plot armor, you don't need to worry about silly things like "cover" or "positioning" :P

[@ramblincapuchin9075]

A nutsack? Sometimes men want to be operative, which means putting oneself in harms way to get after it

[@krossbow789]

its a very good thing that the mech didn't come at him from another direction (360 degrees of approach after all)!@@ES21007

[@Gearsy]

Thanks for uploading this at such a high quality. Any plans to upload fights from other Votoms OVAs?

[@EpicBlargman]

Indeed i do, i still have other Votoms content i need to watch as well.

[@krossbow789]

>howitzer Artillery shells in real life: Kill radius is 50 meters. >kill radius of artillery size guns in anime If you don't get hit directly (even if its 2 feet from you) you are 100% undamaged, apart from a cool cut that you can smear!

[@keithsimpson2150]

I believe in votoms that is a 20 or 30 mm weapon. He from that has to be pretty close

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

Give a massage to every creator of this anime.

[@russellharris1299]

The music is so good in these

[@Garth2the2ndpower]

🎶Mellowlink, brave Mellowlink...

[@ismaelhall3990]

This a badass anime.

[@sergiogrox]

Y es por esto que amo los animes antiguos, tienen demasiado realismo, detalles y trama sublime. Cosa que los animes actuales no poseen. ¡En su mayoría, claro!

[@jackdoe552]

Did this start as a manga? I've only seen a few clips, but pretty cool so far. 👍

[@carpaccio45]

1:38 This is the scene in Pennsylvania..

[@user-jj9xj3ww7e]

this was one of my first anime)

[@Stormbreaker613UA]

The Plot armor is strong with that Hero. Surviving very close explosions of Autocannon shells is very stupidly unreal.

[@heymay724]

Unusual Survivor Potential

[@abinodattil6422]

Wow this would make a bad ass movie

[@alun7006]

It's an OVA series. Worth tracking down.

[@gusnunez1254]

3:31 FINISH HIM!!! Mellowlink wins! Merciless Victory! Bang-ality!! Fatality! ;b

[@jimihayes150]

Ok, im off to play armor core now

[@Metoollhead]

Fantastic

[@robertmiles1603]

kind of reminds me of votoms, heavy gear and original armored core

[@nerfheardingfuzzball]

It's a Votoms spin-off

[@wigwam5409]

this would make a fun video game

[@malcovichoverlord4353]

God damn thats bad ass

[@jamespaguip5913]

I have a question have you heard of Guyver biobooster armor OVA it’s really good so is the manga.

[@Hawthorne-Studios]

I saw that when it first came out on VHS. It ran for 12 episodes I think.

[@AlessandroSouza-kl9wj]

Alessandro de Souza Baeta Neves ❄️

[@strikezero01]

boom... headshot

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

HOLESHOT

[@miguelm5074]

Based

[@angry_zergling]

MARROWRINK! >=(

[@scottreynolds8501]

It kind of reminds me of robotech.

[@rafael357]

It seems Scopedogs have good mobility and firepower, but poor accuracy and armor protection.

[@EpicBlargman]

In the Universe they're basically treated like vehicles. To my knowledge of the lore they don't have any aim assisting so you have to manually aim, even then they weren't meant to shoot at smaller infantry targets. Their armor is made with cheap metals for mass production and a substance called Polymer Ringer liquid which powers them (highly flammable)

[@caav56]

@@EpicBlargman Their prototype models (used by Gilgamesh), Spending Wolves, had a bit better armor and automated fire suppression, but it got removed for better mobility and ease of mass production.

[@chesterpanda]

I don’t watch anime, not since I was a kid and idk why this Melowlink is recommended for me. It looks like Gundams, but smaller scale.

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

They were lazy to animate the mech moving its legs.

[@michaelkolano8686]

How much blood did that guy have make the mech itself bleed?

[@tarektechmarine8209]

I'm assuming that projectile was a very explosive replacement for what was supposed to be in the cockpit.

[@drallersouldust3054]

This is better than NARUTo

[@Rampageotron]

I think that bit at the end with the pile bunker shell being fired after it deployed was a mistake. In the other fights, it fires as the spike is being driven.

[@kadenfowler6068]

What main character in an anime doesn't have plot armor. If they didn't there would be no story. Duh 😮

[@theloweffortchannel7211]

999th like

[@JohnSmith-ef2rn]

I know it's a TV show and the villains are supposed to be inept in comparison to the hero, but if your opponent has taken cover behind a very large hillside, do you just waste shot after shot after shot, hitting a hill side? Your bullets aren't going to go through the hill - and if you're job is to suppress him, then you'd use that time to move - if you can't move and you don't know where your opponent is, expending your limited ammunition hitting the side of a hill is useless.

[@xXinslavedXx]

Cool stuff, but man, the music sucks. I havent seen the show (important), but I think it would've done wonders to have a more serious tone for this fight.

[@looksintolasers]

This. I felt like I was playing a city building game from the 90s

[@727Godfather]

trumpwaslookingforsomeonetoo

[@727Godfather]

residentevil4here

[@ramblincapuchin9075]

These battle suits seem impractical from a design standpoint. Having a mech suit with you in it is not going to bear the same muscle reflex as say a nanosuit that conforms Your mobility is almost entirely based on thrusters. I guess that's the pride aspect of things. As a gunman, you want to show out how much versatility you can pull off in tricky situations. I just feel that you would have the same effect using remote control in a holographic simulator. That way when a pothole effectively kills your traction you're not a sitting duck That was the whole angle to this program. The protagonist becoming master of arena through clever use of traps. Then baiting their ego by feining vulnerability Obviously some athleticism was in order in addition to having nerves of steel, but that's going to come of retribution. Given enough determination, the human will cannot be crushed

[@colbyboucher6391]

Something I've always loved about BattleTech is that it's heavily implied that literally the only thing keeping mechs at the top is that they make nobles look cool. They got all the fancy tech before anything else did because someone thought a walking tank seemed like a cool idea, and whenever someone actually challenges that momentum everyone freaks out like nobles in the 1500s freaking out about arquebuses. The only scenario where they're implied to be legitimately useful is for mercenary companies (meaning they're useful a LOT) because a mech can do a lot of "manual labor" that a fancy tank couldn't do.

[@d3bugged]

What are you talking about?

[@heymay724]

@@colbyboucher6391 stop shitting up discussion battletwerp

[@JeriDro]

I want to like this anime so bad but it's just too stupid and unreal.

[@ryanc9296]

Is that mech from Heavy Gear? Looks like it

[@lastditch7434]

I'm a fan of both, and no shame to Dream Pod for doing it, but I feel like you can draw a pretty straight line from Votoms to Heavy Gear in terms of inspiration.

[@heymay724]

Boy would you get a Kick over what Heavy Gear was supposed too be originally!