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Armored Trooper Votoms: Big Battle (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Armored Trooper Votoms: Battle of the Heterogenous Species
Soukou Kihei VOTOMS: Big Battle (Japanese)
装甲騎兵ボトムズ ビッグバトル (Japanese)
Themes: military
Plot Summary: In the neutral city A'koba the Baralant military uses robot gladiator fights to test battle robots before they are used in real wars. Chirico Cuvie a previous Red Shoulder from the Melkia military and some friends are trying to steal jijirium from Karman Tomus a former technological officer from the Melkia military. Chirico needs it to save his woman, Fyana who is a Gilgamesh PS. Karman Tomus is also looking for the PS Fyana. When Fyana is kidnapped Chirico is forced to fight the local robot battle champion, Niva and the Balarant military who is trying to create their own PS. Niva has a personal grudge against Red Shoulders because he was beaten by them at the fields of Orom. Niva was tried turned into a PS, and thus also hates Fyana. Niva turns Fyana against Chirico and the fight gets much more difficult, since Fyana must not be harmed.
Ratings: 49 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Very good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Good: 16 votes (sub:16)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 97 s, rank: #5441 (of 9997)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.837 (Good), std. dev.: 1.4477, rank: #4722 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.810 (Good−), rank: #4691 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.91 / seen some: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.949 (Good), rank: #3735 (of 7635)
Running time: 60 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1986-07-05
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Honō no Sadame" (炎のさだめ) by Tetsuro Oda
Ending Theme:
"Itsumo Anata ga" (いつもあなたが) by Tetsuro Oda
Official website:
Votoms Web (Japanese)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Armored Trooper Votoms - OVA Collection 1 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2019-05-14 (from $86.00)
    Armored Trooper Votoms - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-08-11 (from $399.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay: Masanori Hama
Storyboard: Toshifumi Takizawa
Episode Director: Toshifumi Takizawa
Music: Hiroki Inui
Original creator:
Ryōsuke Takahashi
Character Design: Norio Shioyama
Art Director: Kazuo Okada
Animation Director: Norio Shioyama
Mechanical design: Kunio Ōkawara
Sound Director: Yasuo Urakami
Producer: Toru Hasegawa

Assistant Director: Mihiro Yamaguchi
Background Art:
Tsunehito Nonomiya (Production AI)
Color setting: Ritsuko Utagawa
Finish Animation:
Yukiko Nunomoto
In-Between Animation:
Yūko Takahashi
In-Between Check: Kyōko Fukui
Key Animation:
Yoshitaka Katō (Studio Dub)
Photography:
Yuko Tsuchiya (Studio Wood)
Production Advancement:
Seiichi Abiru
Production Affairs: Yuriko Akaiwa
Production Desk: Yukifumi Yamamoto
Recording Adjustment: Tsuguo Nakatogawa
Sound Effects: Akihiko Matsuda
Special Effects:
Yutaka Hoshiba
Theme Song Performance: Tetsuro Oda
Hozumi Gōda as Chirico Cuvie

Issei Masamune as Ru Shako
Kan Tokumaru as Cap. Jel Boson
Kazuko Yanaga as Fyana
Kōichi Kitamura as Cherokee Chief
Kōsei Tomita as Bouleuse Gotho
Mahito Tsujimura as Dr. Garuman Thomas
Masashi Hirose as Lada Niva
Shigeru Chiba as Vanilla Vartla
Yōko Kawanami as Coconna

Banjō Ginga as Col. Jean-Paul Rochina
Bin Shimada as Technician A
Hideki Fukushi as Man B
Issei Futamata as Officer
Kazuaki Koide as Man C
Minoru Inaba as Man A
Takashi Taguchi as Technician B
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Production ai
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Sunrise Studio
In-Between Animation:
Studio Koa
Key Animation: Studio Dub
Photography: Studio Wood
Production: Sunrise
Recording: APU Studio
Title Design: Maki Production
VTR Editing: Yokohama Cinema Lab
English staff
English cast
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer:
Toru Iwakami

Art Manager: Larry Koteff
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Ryan Anthony (Complete Collection)
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production:
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Ned Gayle
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz
Subtitling: Neal Barnes
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Maiden Japan
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil and Portugal)
Licensed by: Maiden Japan (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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