Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files

After 1994's Shining Heresy more or less failed, the Votoms franchise went quiet for over a decade. It's return further explores the familiar grounds of Chirico Cuvie's past, and serves as somewhat of a sequel to Red shoulder document: Roots of ambition. If this sound a little inaccessible that's because it absolutely…

VOTOMS director Ryosuke Takahashi’s career is uncharacteristic in that, of the many series he has authored or directed, VOTOMS is the only one to ever receive sequels of any sort, and it was not until the release of Pailsen Files in the 2000s that it managed to receive a full 12-episode anime rather than sporadic OVA…

The CGI in this is disgusting lets get out of the way first. The models are way too undetailed and the frame rate is too low (and this was advertised as having the latest CGI (it's like between a PS1 game and a PS2 game). But this anime was extremely funny with all the ridiculous ways the military tried to kill…