Armor Hunter Mellowlink - Shuepps Platoon vs Fattie Unit (Mellowlink's Past)

Near the end of the 100 year war an operation takes place where the the Shuepps platoon are forced to act as an infantry anti-armor squad to take out a Balarant Fattie unit without AT's of their own.
It is revealed they are being used as scapegoats for embezzlement of Gilgamesh military resources. The operation leaves mellowlink the only survivor.

[@JanusHoW]

I've said before and I'll say it again - if Mellowlink and Chirico Cuvie teamed up, they'd be a veritable force of nature. And it could have happened, since Armor Hunter Mellowlink and Armored Trooper Votoms are the same universe.

[@BeyondDaX]

He is good on the ground but who knows if he is any good in piloting like Chirico is.

[@CtrlAltRetreat]

@@BeyondDaX Mellolink was specifically an AT pilot as well in a unit that went up to company level. That's largely irrelevant in the face of Chirico's literal in universe plot armor which puts him at an entirely different power level than any other entity in the setting.

[@alanwestmoreland6152]

Blue haired bro got slowed down because of those balls of titanium dragging trying to fight power armor with a PTRS

[@Joshua_N-A]

For an OVA (direct-to-video) from 1988, the animation quality is what the mid to late 90's television animes had. Not to mention the way the ATs moving kind of reminds me of the grunt Knightmare Frames from Code Geass, another Sunrise production. They're similar in size even.

[@zeterzero4356]

In SRW you can even have them fight alongside and against each other. In 30 Kallen from Code Geass and Chirico actually get along really well along with Van from GunXSword.

[@CtrlAltRetreat]

The ending credits shell juggling is amazingly animated, far beyond most of its contemporaries of the time. Watching this on release cemented this as the best of the votoms series for me. I actually watched it first and was more disappointed by chirico's escapades as I felt it far less realistic to me.

[@himitsugawa4226]

Damn I love it. The infantry's design is awesome. Like some sort of guerillas, equipped with an AT Rifle, combined with goggles/visors that count or calculate the distance and accuracy to the target. And it looks like one part together. I love it. Amazing look.

[@Hawthorne-Studios]

It explains why they can hip-fire very accurately too.

[@keithsimpson2685]

Their look is half AT pilot too though. Normal infantry may not have had those goggles.

[@anuvisraa5786]

@@keithsimpson2685 they are not normal infantry they are anti tank infantry

[@h.a.9880]

Love that the caption at 0:15 specifies that it's June in the year 7213 AD lol.

[@zacharyjohnson598]

Gotta dig the oversized battle rifles.

[@kamewantor4594]

People used rifles like this IRL long ago when tanks had thin armor. But you couldn't fire one from the hip

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@kamewantor4594Tankgewehr M1918?

[@gusnunez1254]

And also have big cartridge to hold the anti tank rifles.

[@brentwhite7150]

​@@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling more like the ptrs 41

[@wysoft]

when they got reassigned to be an anti-armor unit, they actually gave them anti-armor rifles. love the detail in this series

[@madmacvengeance6131]

Damn this one is a masterpiece even if ive watch many times never tired of it im stuck of the part of defiction of realism of that story you know power struggle and retaliation that leads to chaos

[@derpanzermacher9094]

If nothing else it sure gets one thing right: the higher-ups don't give a damn about casualties or 'rules of war', they'll sacrifice soldiers as long as it 'gets the job done'. Hell even the enemies felt slightly bad for them since they realised they were essentially pawns left to die.

[@zuntata7860]

man i love Mellowlink, i still the remember the debacle about the original master of this OVA was lost in a fire or something

[@aaronblyth345]

Absolutely loved watching mellowlink thankyou for the recommendation bro

[@wickedcomet9340]

Thank you for this video. It gives me and I imagine many others the courage to keep fighting whatever we may face.

[@randomdude8202]

I still remember people looking at stuff like this, seeing trenches, and claiming it was unrealistic. They were so wrong. Edit: typo

[@alvinbonny1562]

I don't think trenches will disappear even if we invent gundam

[@oompalumpus699]

Yep. The same for 40k. We had nerds screeching about how trenches will not be used anymore in the future. How wrong they were.

[@dylans0630]

Weren’t they ever? Some things just never change

[@Shadowkey392]

Ummm…i don’t think they were talking about the trenches.

[@ryneagheilim9782]

Russo Ukrainian War

[@sandhiwistara9128]

From Fantasy to reality looking at Boeing case this hit harder then it should

[@kamewantor4594]

How Boeing case is related to this?

[@sandhiwistara9128]

A higher up decision that doom people Life

[@sandhiwistara9128]

Whistle blower who appear to suddenly "Off Himself" and a Platoon who object to be send to suicide mission

[@StoicNatsoc]

Those resident evil door sounds are soo good

[@slaughterchainsaw]

The audio quality gives me nostalgia

[@arihukoku8224]

The thumbnails really remind me of Red Eyes manga. One of the best military manga.

[@JozMkII]

It reminded me of Metal Robotnik from Sonic OVA. There’s a scene that looks just like this where Metal Robotnik has Sonic and Tails at gunpoint at the end of a blown-out bridge. The gun even looks the same, side-handle look and all. I think Sonic OVA copied it from this anime.

[@user-ekyyetyeydu-bvmbmvb-ff4]

I wish this wonderful military anime could be made in a real movie version in Hollywood.

[@steffen19k]

No you don't.

[@mercuryredstone2235]

Please don't, Hollywood will fuck it up so badly! A Japanese live action VOTOMs movie on the other hand could be awesome, if the guy who did Godzilla Minus One directs it.

[@KaygeeFromNanotrasen]

All due respect, nothing is safe in the hands of Holywood execs

[@Marinealver]

Hollywood will ruin it

[@gusnunez1254]

So he and his unit got removed of their mechs and weapons to become an "anti mech squadron"...

[@allopez8563]

So is this a spin off of Votoms?

[@EpicBlargman]

Yes

[@cali-zior]

█ The music you played is GREAT Thank you in the video description •Analogue Signal SoundCloud•

[@bang128058]

7:07 GUNDAM BEAM RIFLE sound.

[@theunknown2343]

That's what happen when your mecha anime is animated by Sunrise.

[@besnikzogaj9887]

That evil army bastards! What a brutal

[@somerandomguyfromtheintern480]

Where's the air support

[@caav56]

They were left to die on purpose

[@angryzergling7832]

Marrowriiiiiink!

[@bojansmeh4395]

Schweppes platoon. Refreshing

[@GModBMXer]

Fire

[@protennis365]

7:53 That guy is suppose to be Spaghetti and losing limbs.

[@MasterDecoy1W]

Yeah, and the mounted gun in the jeep didn't penetrate the captain's body. But what can you expect when most Japanese get their knowledge of guns from Hollywood?

[@Matt-md5yt]

sweet

[@arutohiden396]

Dude, can you leave the books to download?

[@goodwinter6017]

this looks its out of the early 80s

[@EpicBlargman]

1988 to be exact

[@CtrlAltRetreat]

I'd like to rewatch mellolink, does anyone know who owns the rights these days and who's streaming it?

[@ElGreco15]

Type it into KZbin

[@theemaleelanusman1299]

Where is this from? Can't find it in the 12 episode OVA

[@cristianelveintiuno5252]

Pure Stress post traumatic.

[@viperleader001]

What is the name of this show?

[@jeremylindsey94]

Can you dub some of the voices for us. Use your best voice acting skills, please.

[@heymay724]

no

[@simonm8221]

Not required

[@jeremylindsey94]

You guys are such purists!

[@simonm8221]

@@jeremylindsey94 not really a matter for purists, it’s just taste. There is a tad more emotions in these voices whereas on average English speaking dubbers fall flat (except brilliant exceptions like the dubbers of mark hamill’s caliber)

[@Kawasatan]

taisho translated with "captain" mmmh. no

[@Wolfen443]

That was terrible for them, so much like the war in the Ukraine now, at least they do not have Mech suits deployed there yet.

[@Pumpkyria]

Tons of bad rolls, that mission can be way too hard. It’s not worth sending most the maxed out troops

[@Omega-lc3ge]

there was a big reason why this happened this way, want me to spoil you or watch it yourself?

[@vaill.7807]

@@Omega-lc3ge They were making an RTS joke. It's okay, friend.

[@tetros2064]

lol amongus

[@gasfrommyanusi0i594]

dont wear bright orange for your combat fatigues.

[@SnkHetz]

jijirium is the good booze or what?

[@john-lenin]

The 80s - when men were men - and they all showered together.