Armored Trooper Votoms OVA Roots of Ambition First Battle

[@ZeonicZaku1-Zeon_Grunt_Suit]

Got into VOTOMS in my sophomore year of high school, truly the start of a great journey. Probably one of the best anime franchises of all time.

[@TheDutchGhost]

Hope you still read this. I recently watched the Votoms series with exception of Pailsen files as I was a bit 'cooked' by then. What did you think of Shining Brilliant Heresy, Alone Again, and Phantom Arc? I bet that for people in the 80s who watched the original series , the OVAs, and Armor Hunter Mellowlink, it was great to see the main character and later the other characters again, but I can't help but feel that it was rather unnecessary and unsatisfying. Especially the Phantom arc which banked so much on nostalgia even if it was fun to see some of the locations of the 80s series again. A follow up to the Wiseman plot felt so unnecessary, especially as the plot itself was so ridiculous. (one group of nomads wants to kill a newborn child before it can be judged to be an Overman, while other tribes want to judge the child to be an Overman and then kill it). Personally I wish the writers would have explored ideas with new characters.

[@Nehfarius]

@@TheDutchGhost What would help this series is exploring the Baralant side of the war, honestly.

[@TheDutchGhost]

@@Nehfarius That would also be welcome, or from the sides of other characters, scavengers, battlers, criminal figures. Just characters different from Chirico. Enough of Chirico Cuvie already. He is already too much a dragged on story element. The final episode of the original Votoms should have been the ending of his storyline. Now we are stuck with the Shining Brilliant Heresy arc, Alone again, and the Phantom arc and we really did not need any of these even if I like the Nextoid concept before that was executed. I do want more Votoms but not more Chirco. I still hope we get a Blue Knight Berserga series.

[@hiroshinishida2712]

@@TheDutchGhost I am a guy who watched the first TV series on air in Japan. I love Shining Heresy cuz the fact that a Perfect Soldier can live only two years is really really realistic which matches the world of VOTOMS. That said, I know there are many fans that don't like Shining Heresy and don't wish to accept its ending. However, I also love new series including Phantom Arc and will love VOTOMS forever. The only thing I miss is the music composed by Hiroki Inui. He passed away long time ago and I wish I could listen to his new BGM again.

[@jerzyaheardz6939]

Love Votoms. A series ahead of its time

[@残り心]

やはりこの頃の作画が一番だなぁ

[@amuroray88]

I feel like this inspired the scene in Gundam the Origin where Char, Ramba Ral, and the Black Tri Stars dominate the 12 early pre-production gun cannons without a single loss or significant damage.

[@ねこさく50]

女性キャラと銀河さんの いないボトムズ。 これはこれで傑作。

[@genesicAura]

Man the way those Red Shoulders walk towards the camera with all the dust covering them, only showing the Red Shoulders on their Scopedog still haunts me

[@hyperiongm330]

Note that the Red Shoulders weren't aiming for killshots on the trucks even though it would've been piss-easy for them. They wanted to get them to stop and submit to inspection since these fuckos landed on their HQ planet seemingly without authorization, then the investigation troops Scopedogs came out with guns ready and that's when they started killing.

[@rafale-mdassault1119]

セル作画のボトムズ系作品の中ではメロウリンクと並んで最もAT戦の殺陣と作画が優れているのがこの作品。 冒頭、レッドショルダーに襲撃され四散する調査隊機もTVシリーズ辺りでは閃光・火炎・煙に包まれて終わりだったが、この作品ではPR液に引火→内部で爆発→装甲が内側から膨らんで爆発→四散のプロセスで作画されている。恐らく同様の作画演出を最初に行ったのは「マクロス」第1作だと思われるが、本作では非常に作画に手間のかかるであろうこの爆発プロセスを全編で採用している事が特徴。爆発させない＋流血演出のメロウリンクと並び発表当時のロボット物OVAではトップクラスの出来映え。

[@長澤颯-w7x]

見てるとこがマニアック過ぎるw

[@forgiveandforget764]

うーん、むせる書き込みだぜ❗ 文書の節々にPR液が充満してるぜこいつァ❗

[@shizzy7480]

The scene at 1:50 where they are slowly walking forward has to be the coldest shit ever

[@狩魔無礼]

実はＴＶ本編ではほんとんど出ないがえらく有名な（笑）レッドシュルダー部隊がどんだけヤバイかよく出来た作品です。 陸戦のロボットメカをセル画でこれだけ激しく動かしたスピード感は感動ものです、 そしてボトムズ全体に言えるのがＢＧＭがまた良い、戦闘シーンはゾクゾクします、とにかくシリアス＆ハード。 正式名称は、ギルガメス宇宙軍第１０師団メルキア方面軍第２４戦略機甲歩兵団特殊任務班Ｘ－１

[@dindon1969]

ほとんどつうか直接はただの一度も出て来ない、 キリコ以外の元隊員も正規の機体もね。 出て来るのは続編のOVA版 「ザ・ラストレッドショルダー」 と 「野望のルーツ」 だけ。

[@タナカタロウ-z4h]

同じ機体でこうも一方的に・・・まぁレッドショルダー部隊のはカスタムされてるんだろうけど、それでも、正に桁外れ。 本編に出て来ないからこそ、本編中で今でも恐怖をもって語り継がれてるのが納得できるです( ˘ω˘ )

[@Tomucchi3]

画面内で確認できる範囲でのキルレシオも0対24(30?)とレッドショルダーの強さがよくわかるシーンですよね

[@antihero9443]

@@dindon1969 プレステのゲームではRSはベルゼルガで安売りされたもののライトニングスラッシュで強キャラ化し、シミュレーションゲーム鋼鉄の軍勢では隠れボス的な立ち位置でした。

[@赤い水性-e8q]

青のベルゼルガのレッドショルダーはラスボスの前座のラドルフの他に、序盤にブラッドサッカー乗りが一人いるんよな、レッドショルダーマーチを聴くとブチキレる人 ブラッドサッカーなんて曰く付きの機体どこで手に入れたんだろう…

[@randywatson8347]

The best lowtech dark gritty anime ever. Dunno, but it seems that the 20mm rifle has two modes of fire, low velocity auto or single shot high velocity.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

the height of real robot anime.......I wish I had experienced this as a kid

[@mayanote_user]

野望のルーツの作画が最高だわ！ CGのスコープドッグってなんかコレじゃない感があるんだよなぁ

[@Tomucchi3]

分かります、なんか泥臭い使い捨ての兵器感がないんですよね～

[@dancho2780]

惑星オドン調査隊カラーのスコープドック、やられまくってたけど、カッコいい。

[@Probablyabox]

the jump in quality from the tv series is incredible

[@Joshua_N-A]

That's OVA for you. OVA production tend to give the staff somewhat more time to draw more frames and to paint a more vibrant cel colouring unlike tv series which they have a tight schedule especially during the pre-digital era.

[@riddhidev]

LRM assault, then closing in with autocannons....classic

[@omarkenoh]

Don't forget machine guns for that extra critical damage

[@Vulpine407]

MG ammo would explain why they blew up so easy... :))

[@watchm4ker]

Less BattleTech, more Heavy Gear.

[@TalkernateHistory]

This is my favorite of the Votoms OVAs

[@Ungantor]

1:43 In "the last red shoulder" OVA that side-gatling weapon doesn't even scratch the new model suits at point blank, yet here it mows down two scopedogs like a hot knife through butter... I guess they really are made of explodium, lol.

[@周生生-f1f]

Weren't the votoms loaded with some sort of hydraulic fluid that, while allowing the mech to move very fluidly, is extremely volatile and can explode even by friggin' temperature gradients?

[@randywatson8347]

I think the Red Shoulder ones are highly custom upgraded with decent ammo I guess to a point Chirico didn't penetrate much armor against his own at the last battle,

[@dark7element]

@@周生生-f1f Scopedog pilots look at TIE fighter pilots from the Star Wars universe and think "Lucky bastards..."

[@ディケイド-h3x]

吸血部隊の全容を垣間見る事が出来たストーリー…ＴＶ版のストーリーで戦艦Ｘの艦内で映像が流れましたねアレ見ただけでもヤバいと思ったんですが「野望のルーツ」は危険でヤバくて狂気じみたものを感じました😥😅

[@pinori1208]

「野望のルーツ」も「ペールゼンファイルズ」もヨラン・ペールゼンという男の狂気がプンプン臭う作品だよなぁ。ロマンアルバムだったと思うけど「ATとは鍛え抜かれた肉体の更なる延長である」というペールゼンの言葉があったのを思い出した。

[@脱走奴隷]

ボトムズオデッセイじゃないですかね。

[@StigmaNYC]

Yeah Votoms! Time to find some miniatures for the tabletop.

[@ナイツバロン]

最強にて最凶 敵からも味方からも 恐れられ民間人から 蛇蝎のごとく憎まれ 嫌われる。最低な 部隊は他にはいない のでは？

[@ViperEye]

Awesome series. Someday i would love to see something based on MechWarrior.

[@ORLY911]

Mechwarrior with sunrise style animation would be incredible.

[@crazytiger800]

There is already. It's called Fang of the Sun Dougram, made by the same creator no less.

[@nackskott12]

@@crazytiger800 Dougram is so good, its also really politically smart and true to real life. I like how the story is basically an analogy for how independence movements in South America and Africa were crushed by western intelligences agencies. It gets a bit repetitive in the middle but the story is so damn good that I don't mind.

[@OPJKNM]

名もなくありふれたメルキア動画視聴部隊兵士の生活が終わり、俺は書き込んでいた。高評価に向かって…

[@kazkim87]

これ見たら、ちょっとビデオ屋とプラモ屋に行ってくる。

[@石丸郁万]

最初に出てきたレッドショルダーのスコープドッグ三機っていつもの三人組だったりするのかな？

[@theshiftpattern8874]

Those red shoulders were some elite combatants!

[@gilbertopineda2229]

Basic training using live rounds. Go big or go home. Only if you fail you go home in a casket.

[@放送法違反箱行き核弾]

この作画レベルでクメン、クエント編のシーンも見てみたいです。

[@ベビ山ベビ雄-k6q]

ものすごくわかります😀

[@EbeeDeeby]

Those grey suits get owned more than Leos do, damn.

[@クルーゼさん]

突然の転属命令 俺は名もなくありふれたメルキア機甲兵団に別れを告げ新たなる任地に旅立っていた 地獄に向かって……

[@carlosrios8837]

Hardcore mecha show.

[@user-cc9ki4gc7c]

レッドショルダーの歩く音はアンドロ軍団が歩く音と同じ…

[@michitoshilsayama7792]

キャシャーンですか(笑)

[@user-cc9ki4gc7c]

@@michitoshilsayama7792 はい…

[@大饗進]

@@michitoshilsayama7792 そう言えば、「キャシャーン」のメカデザも確か、こちらの「ボトムズ」なんかと同じく、大河原さんが担当されてたっけなぁ。

[@michitoshilsayama7792]

@@大饗進 さん ガッチャマンもですよね！

[@大饗進]

@@michitoshilsayama7792 「ガッチャマン」や「キャシャーン」だけで無く他には、「ポリマー」や「テッカマン」、更には「ボカンシリーズ」などの往年のタツノコプロの人気アニメにも。

[@-_-_3076]

当時の技術でこの作画と精密な挙動を描けるってすごいよね

[@Fine_Tribute]

当時の技術でってどういう意味だよ

[@MultiNelson2]

@@Fine_Tribute 逆ですよね！ 当時だから出来たし、今の時代のポンコツ作画じゃ とてもとても‥こんな精巧な動きを再現出来るわけがない‥ 劇場版エリア88、オネアミスの翼、AKIRA… これらに並びますねー

[@lamia2779]

今のアニメは機械的なレベルでのクオリティが高い。それはあくまでコンピューターありきのため、今の半自動コンピューター作画時代では昔のような職人技は滅多に見られなくなってきた。

[@MultiNelson2]

@@lamia2779 おっしゃるとおりですね 例えば…TVシリーズであるボトムズの作話でもクメン編やサンサでの対イプシロン戦などでは、 ふんだんに弾光の跳躍や うねる軌道が描かれてました 35年以上前の昭和のセルアニメで これほど爆発、硝煙に拘った作画の作品も珍しい？かもしれませんね コンピュータではランダムな作画が出来ませんから どうしても単純で機械的な動きしか出来ません リアリティを追求すれば、手描きが必然です デジ画でも手描きで描けば理論上同じようにリアリティを再現出来るはずですが… もうメカを手描きで書く時代も終わりましたね ヴイオレットエヴァーガーデンとジブリなどの一部の作品だけはデジ画でも秀逸な作画ですが‥ 今後 3D CGがデフォルトになっていって欲しくないと願っております

[@muhammadazim3374]

I love how that robot look like Zaku

[@mrtyler603]

so idk if they took inspiration from armored trooper or which one came first but these mech remind me of the gears from an old computer game and tabletop game called heavy gear. not just in the appearance but also in the way the mechs move.

[@mrtyler603]

I myself am a battletech fan. IDK why but always prefered the big stompy mechs of BT over faster paced mechs.

[@casekocsk]

Heavy Gear: 1997 Armored Trooper Votoms: 1983 So it's already clear who rip-off who... and it's not like it is the only time US ripping off stuffs from Japan, legally or not. Another example would be Battletech.

[@dark7element]

@@mrtyler603 Well if you wanna get technical about it, Battlemechs are pretty darn fast. Even before the post-Clan power creep when everything got upgraded with XL engines and MASC and so on, an average 3025 era medium battlemech is about 50% faster than the offroad speed of modern day main battle tanks. Even the Atlas, the iconic "big stompy mech", is a fair bit faster than an M1A2 Abrams. It doesn't translate well to the videogames but in the tabletop, with advanced rules, mechs can jump, climb, crawl, crouch behind cover, and do most things a soldier could.

[@JackDandyHG]

Heavy Gear took direct inspiration from Votoms, they even had a dedication to the series' director in the RPG book. The HG series itself came to be when the creators couldn't get rights to Votoms from the animation studio.

[@ふのみみ]

プラモでガンダムじゃなくて、レッドショルダー作った20代女子って私くらいなんじゃ無いかなぁ笑 観るアニメなくてよくレーザーディスクで見てたなぁ笑

[@ちらロクくまこくま]

わし55歳、女房とオーラバトラー作ってマス😅。

[@poscanopink9020]

ATトランスポーターって、何機搭載できるんだろう。見たところ８機か？

[@blueliner1727]

ウェーブさん、素タコはよ出してくれ～い。

[@l34CoNCreepy]

im new to this, but i used to watch armor hunter mellowlink, is this the same universe? the mechs are identical and the style the same

[@antihero9443]

Yes, Mellowlink was during post war, while this took place during late war. It's a 1h short story of the main character during his period in the red shoulder squad. In this clip an investigation team was getting attacked by the red shoulder squad which are supposed to be allies.

[@l34CoNCreepy]

@@antihero9443 that is so cool, you see, im old, i used to watch anime in the old days before the internet so you would buy it at a comic book store as an import for 80$ plus and nobody had any backstories. so i had a bunch of armor hunter mellowlink and i loved it, but as far as the universe or other side stories go it was always a mystery to me

[@frankjaeger2565]

@@l34CoNCreepy You can find the original series and the other ovas on Hidive

[@DaSpineLessFish]

@@l34CoNCreepy Highly suggest watching the rest of VOTOMs, if you liked mellowlink you'll like this

[@とんかつソース-h8h]

癒しの作品

[@ジェガ衛門]

視界０で着陸できる調査隊も並じゃないねぇ

[@wataken8527]

殺られ捲った部隊もATのカラーリングは選抜隊仕様だというから、RSが殺戮専門というのが良く分かった。 吸血する間すら惜しんで鎮圧・進撃路啓開任務に当たる部隊なら、確かに配属された軍人たちは生き残っても廃兵院送りになるわ。

[@ネオンちゃん-w7v]

かっこいいなぁ

[@ご飯おかわりトンカツ定食]

出た‼悪名高きレッドショルダー‼

[@ナフスプレミンジャー]

吸血部隊

[@omiorahman6283]

Awesome

[@諸星かける]

30㍉弾で頭ぶち抜かれてたけど、ATの装甲越しでない生身に直撃したらパァァンて破裂しちゃうだろうな😱💦

[@Nekomomo]

30㍉弾が直接じゃなくて、 その破片やで。

[@antichrist7922]

I recognized that those red shoulder ATs weren't turbo custom models.

[@flipkiller8521]

Don't expect Gundam levels of customization in this anime. The mechs are cheap and easy to produce and the only custom unit is the MC's mech in the sequel and even then, it was no different from a run of the mill Scopedog aside from the extra guns and artillery added. Because the theme of Votoms is Military Sci-Fi not Space Opera and the battles focuses on the skill and ingenuity of the combatants. Not on OP hardware like Gundam or Macross.

[@antihero9443]

@@flipkiller8521 I meant red shoulders usually use turbo custom scopedogs(the ones with jet packs behind the legs) but here they are using normal types.

[@TheSADHU88]

i cant find a torrent for this anime, anyone can give me any pointers ? i would like to watch this ?

[@yuk1466]

なぜか感動...(ーvー。

[@genmeroyoko]

緑のロボットとグレーのロボットは違う機種なのですか？圧倒的じゃないですか！

[@antihero9443]

味方同士です。政治的対立で紫の正規軍が緑の特殊部隊本拠地に非公式で調査に向かった所壊滅させられました。 機種に関してはお互い同期機種で緑の方は特殊部隊仕様にカスタムされてます。

[@クルーゼさん]

練度もケタ違い

[@silentghoust]

So exactly what was the point of them attacking the convoy? I watched tell the ending of it, but never understood.

[@antihero9443]

Politics within the Merkia army.

[@genesicAura]

These convoys were sent in to find the main base of the Red Shoulders under orders from Melkia high command to expose the Red Shoulders leader Yoran Pailsen. As you can see once they land, they were utterly wiped out by the Red Shoulders VOTOMS unit to prevent info leak and possible sabotage or attack.

[@嘘は事実に勝てない]

全面装甲、特にコクピット前は装甲を厚くしたいね また左腕部に盾を付ければコクピットをカバー出来る 確か装甲を変えたバージョンは物語りに一度出て来てるはずだ

[@村山隆一朗]

その改造プランは、本編でキリコが否定してるよ。機動性が落ち良い的だと。

[@SonicPAJ]

Sounds like the same machine gun SFX from Gundam Wing.

[@MaximilianoAedo]

That's Fizz Sound Creation for you. They always make the most memorable sound effects.

[@PrinceSilvermane]

Is that the Hypnotoad sound at the start?

[@TJW-og4bg]

かわいい🍎

[@lanangganesa7828]

OST at 1:43 ?

[@darthwinsor]

I don’t think that track was released, I didn’t find it on the album of the OST.

[@terrancegriffin1046]

Can't tell who's who

[@Hypastpist]

they're like heavy gear

[@scoopedog]

当時、強烈な刺激描写！　女、子供が全く登場しない！・・クールだ！１：０２　目が怖い。１：２０　地獄の黙示録のヘリ連想。１：４６　ATから頭部がちぎれ出るし・・・

[@lucanystag619]

実際に戦闘があったら女の子ちゃんが吹っ飛んだり、バラバラ死体になっちゃう・・・という現実を知れば、戦争なんかやっちゃいけないし、ガルパンとか、艦これなんぞは、戦争の怖さと恐ろしさを伝えていないどーしょーもないモンだと思うよ。

[@ploog9983]

艦これはともかくガルパンはスポ根だからジャンルが違うような...

[@eponasong7469]

@@lucanystag619 なんという狭量さ・・・あなたはどうか知らんけど、世間の人は普通、世の事をアニメでお勉強する訳じゃないんですよ(;´･ω･)

[@lucanystag619]

アニメじゃなくて、書物や体験者などの証言でドンパチの実態を勉強したからこそ、ああいう作品は嫌いなんだよ。

[@eponasong7469]

@@lucanystag619 心配しなくてもガルパンや艦これ見てる層だってそんなもん知ってるってば。

[@christopherjackson2690]

THEY SENT 50 AT 3 TRUCKS: SHOT AT THEM BEFORE TALKING TO THEM TO SAY THEY WERE INTRUDING THEIR TERRITORY AND BEFORE THE ARMORED TROOPER UNITS COME OUT THE TRUCKS: I SEE 1 MOVIE 1 MAN SAY WHEN YOU GET OUT THE MILITARY YOU NOT WANT TO BE TRUCK DRIVER INSTEAD OF POLICE OFFICER: IF THE TRUCK DRIVER NOT OWN TRUCK HE DRIVING HE NOT KAUNT AS A TRUCKER:

[@VF1Skullangel]

Brutal

[@みっちゃん-f8u]

イカスぜ!!レッドショルダー

[@MoveTowardsTheLight]

This anime series started of so good then went downhill in the second half. Id take Blue comet SPT Layzner over this.

[@willyvereb]

Went downhill? The Quent arc was the best part of the series and as it explored the whole mystery of the setting.

[@viper22jc]

@@willyvereb tons of death on the Quent arc lol. ship loads of death, literally.

[@flipkiller8521]

The anime isn't for you then. Don't expect Modern Mecha trappings in this anime since Votoms is one of the grittiest and most realistic mecha anime ever. No fanservice. No harem shenanigans. No overdone screaming and shouting. This is Military Sci-Fi not Space Opera. And the MC's combat and piloting skills are more believable since he's been in combat since he was 15. That's more believable than your typical Mecha MC who just got chosen at random and got good because of pure BS luck.

[@Duothimir]

@@flipkiller8521 You realize that a *lot* of mecha pilots in anime start at that age or even younger, right? Also, saying Chirico doesn't have BS luck tells me you have literally never watched this series. The guy *breathes* BS luck, it's practically his superpower. Do we need to go over Shining Heresy's final battle, just as an example? Chirico gets completely wrecked, gets out of his cockpit, passes out, then drops his gun and it fires on impact with the ground at the perfect angle to penetrate a tiny hole in the enemy mech's cockpit, mortally wounding the pilot. Fucking what?

[@HaikalHaikal-sv6wp]

Kuantan 2023 Malaysia

[@powerist209]

Anybody came here for Titanfall?

[@heppoko3]

0:00 真っ先にコレが頭を過ぎったkzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpXYc5-OhJd1p5Ym

[@AgentSmartnumber86]

Gotta admit the robots look really outdated but it looks like a fun anime

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

Thats the point. This series is not power fantasy and "robots" are just military hardware used by soldiers.

[@kazuya-bi8lx]

視界0で着陸出来無いだろ。

[@ZaitomBintiMamat]

Kuantan 2023 Malaysia