New VOTOMS Anime Is Out Later This Year And Directed By Mamoru Oshii

‘VOTOMS: The Gray Witch’ seems to be to maintain Kunio Okawara’s mecha designs of the unique Scopedog, albeit with some modifications.

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To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Dawn, we will likely be getting a new Armored Trooper VOTOMS anime directed by Mamoru Oshii.

Known as VOTOMS: The Gray Witch, this new anime will likely be made at Manufacturing I.G and directed by Mamoru Oshii, well-known for his work on Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell, amongst many others.

The selection of Oshii is an efficient one, as Patlabor can be very a lot within the “actual robotic” vein, so shifting over to VOTOMS is a logical alternative.

Other than that, not a lot else is thought concerning the anime, aside from the brand new trailer (proven under), which continues the 3D CG method for the mecha, beginning with The Pailsen Recordsdata.

The unique Armored Trooper VOTOMS was written and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi, with mecha designs by Kunio Okawara, again within the early 80s. It adopted the gritty, industrially themed pattern began by Fang of the Solar Dougram.

The identify VOTOMS is definitely an acronym and stands for “Vertical One-man Tank for Offense and Maneuvers”, and the armored trooper mecha have been at a a lot smaller scale in comparison with different mecha anime with wheels of their toes.

VOTOMS additionally helped to inspire the Heavy Gear series, so its gaming lineage is a vital and influential one.

Whereas it’s not identified but if Okawara is hooked up to deal with the mecha design, it’s clear that his authentic Scopedog designs are getting used as the idea for this new anime.

We additionally don’t know in what capability Takahashi will likely be concerned, as he’s been writing the continued VOTOMS narrative for over 40 years now.

In any case, now we have a model new VOTOMS anime to sit up for later this 12 months, and I genuinely can’t wait to see it.

Within the meantime, you need to undoubtedly try the unique anime, as that’s available on Blu-ray in nearly its entirety.

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