Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Difference between revisions

''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]'' is a 52-episode [[Anime]] series that ran from April 1, 1983 to March 23, 1984, directed by Ryosuke Takahashi. It is divided up into four separate arcs, each one with their own unique mood and setting. Several additional VOTOMS [[OVA|OVAs]] have been created, such as the ''Pailsen Files'', set before the events of the main series, and the ''Heretic Saints/Shining Heresy'', set 32 years after the events of the series, as well as several other [[Short Anime Movie|one-shot OVAs]] detailing the life of Chirico Cuvie, the series protagonist. A spinoff, ''Armor Hunter Mellowlink'', was also created; it is set in the same universe as VOTOMS, but involves an entirely different cast of characters.

 

* [[Absent Aliens]] - Although we do see some subspecies of humans, like the Quentmen and the purple-skinned Nor Barcoff from Pailsen Files.

* [[Alien Sky]] - The planet Sunsa

* [[Anti-Hero]] - Chirico, to Byronic levels. Also, Mellowlink, a "hero" in name only.

* [[Born Lucky]] - Mellowlink. Although he has some pretty cunning tactics [[Batman Gambit|and prepares]] [[Crazy Prepared|for the worst]] when he can, many times he survives his fights simply because fortune favors him. {{spoiler|Also, one of the more important factors for Red Shoulders and Abnormal Survivors is luck, or at least Pailsen believes so.}}

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] - Coconna

** While it does indeed stand out when compared to the rest of the show's animation, at the same time the CG itself has some quite fluid animation for the Armored Troopers, especially in servo and joint manipulation.

* [[Cool Old Guy]] - Gotho, in spades.

* [[Expy]]: The Scopedog is modeled after [[Mook|mooks]] of ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise, Zakus.

* [[Faux Action Girl]] - Surprisingly, {{spoiler|Fyana, despite her being really tough in the first arc, she quickly descends into a [[Damsel in Distress]]. Later remedied somewhat, fighting alongside Chirico, but her dependance of Jijirium radiation often leaves her incapacitated}}

* [[Gambit Pileup]] - Much of the series, but the {{spoiler|final showdown of the Kummen arc in particular}}.

** Everyone having been manipulated by Wiseman.

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Mostly used as concentrated fire in the general direction. The effective use of different targets in different directions variant is restricted to the Super Soldiers. {{spoiler|1=Barcoff, already fatally wounded, stands in the open and keeps firing left and right to take as many Balarant ATs with him and to buy time for Chirico and Zaki.}}

* [[History Repeats]]: ''Phantom Arc''.

* [[Made of Explodium]] - Polymer Ringer's Solution. The fuel that allows the AT to move in a fluid human-like motion, but it's so volatile that the sufficiently hard impact and even the exposure to the wrong temperature will cause it to ignite without a warning,

* [[Mighty Glacier]] - Technically, Standing Tortoise is this to [[Jack of All Stats|Scopedog]]. It has thicker armor and can carries more missile. But it isn't as fast and also harder to control, notable for fact that it can't turn the head camera, the pilot must look sideview by sliding shutter on cockpit's side and look with his own eyes.

** The upgraded version of Blood Dog in Case; Irvine almost broke tradition.

* [[Morality Chain]] - Coconna, to Chirico and company.

* [[The Neidermeyer]] - Capt. Kan Yu of the Assemble EX-10 mercenaries. {{spoiler|While he actually is a fairly proficient soldier and AT pilot, he sucks as a team leader. He is short-tempered, refuses to listen to anything his subordinates say that isn't obsequious agreement, guns down civilians at the slightest provocation (real or imagined - half the time, the civvies die simply for breathing), and has compromised at least one covert op simply to show what big balls he has. Then, there's the little fact that he despises Chirico yet keeps getting his ass saved by him, which just adds fuel to the fire of his hate...}}

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - In Pailsen Files, {{spoiler|After Chirico, Godan and Zaki blow up an entire PRL tank deposit, the explosion created a massive dust cloud that completely blocks out the sunlight, causing the entire planet to turn from a hot desert into a snowy tundra, thrown in with an impending super cold air-mass as cold as minus 250 degrees}}.

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]] - Coconna wears a dress with [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|feathers on the sleeves]] in the Kunmen arc.

* [[The Power of Friendship]] - Gotho, Vanilla, and Coconna are somehow always there to save Chirico whether he wants their help or not. Early on Coconna had to somehow force Gotho and Vanilla to come along and help rather than leave Chirico to die.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Chirico gets a ''lot'' of these.

* [[Short Anime Movie]] - Over the years many [[OVA|OVAs]] have been released, expanding the storyline and character details and filling in some of the loose threads of the series. With no lack in efforts to sub the latest releases, the series holy grail that is Shining Heresy finally had subtitles released via a combined effort of the /m/ board in 2010.

* [[Sinister Minister]] - Borough. While the nature of religion in the Votoms universe is largely unexplained (until Shining Heresy), his garb is unmistakably that of a high religious official.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]] - Everything, from a lowly Scopedog to a mighty space battleship blows up ''very'' easily. And in droves. Taken to the limits in Pailsen Files where an entire armada and a fortress planet with garrison is destroyed.

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