Good morning old schoolers!
Here we are in the middle of a holiday weekend, one that looks very different than I'm sure many of us have seen before. Then again there was another holiday weekend of traditions that was very different this year to all of us - Fanime. Yet we're here, and we're moving along, and it's okay. Here's looking forward to when that holiday weekend at Fanime can resume once again.
Today's OP is from a favorite series of mine, top five easily, Armored Troopers VOTOMS. I've talked about it at length many times, including one year in our Vintage Anime panel, but this is a slow burn sci-fi war epic. What's different is that rather than being told from the perspective of a society, or an armed force, or a military detachment - it's told from the perspective of one person, Chirico Cuvie, as he unravels his past and comes to command his future. It's definitely not for everyone, and it sure has its goofy moments, but if you haven't seen it and you're looking for a mechanized war epic without all the wax and polish of some Gundam series, give it a try.
Sentai Filmworks online store actually has the entire series on Blu-ray right now on sale for $30. It is EVERYTHING VOTOMS with the exception of the rather excellent Armor Hunter Mellowlink OVA spinoff series. Some of the VOTOMS OVAs are really good while others are not but it's cool to be able to grab them all in one set, it also fixes some of the encoding issues with the previous Blu-ray releases. Looks like inventory is low though, so move quick.
Celebrating An Era - 1980's! Armored Trooper VOTOMS (1983)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjJt58geu9U