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Armored Trooper Votoms: The Heretic Saint (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Armored Trooper Votoms: Brilliantly Shining Heresy
Armored Trooper Votoms: Shining Heresy
Armored Trooper Votoms: The Defrost
Sōkō Kihei VOTOMS: Kakuyaku taru Itan (Japanese)
装甲騎兵ボトムズ 赫奕たる異端 (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, military
Plot Summary: Chirico is awoken from cold sleep and separated from Fyana. His attempts to find her come to the attention of a Nextant, the replacement for the Perfect Soldier program. At the same time, the new Pope is to be nominated, and Chirico is religiously considered to be "The Untouchable". With one of the nominees related to the Nextant, Chirico's actions will have far-reaching political ramifications.
User Ratings: 33 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Very good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 76 users, rank: #6018 (of 10152)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.970 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8827, rank: #4287 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 7.068 (Good), rank: #3397 (of 10321) (seen all: 7.07)
Bayesian estimate: 7.182 (Good+), rank: #2735 (of 7760)
Number of episodes: 5
Episode titles: We have 5
Vintage: 1994-03-21 to 1994-12-01
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Kaze ga Shitte iru (風が知っている; The Winds Knows)" by Shinya Iguchi
Ending Theme:
"Yume no Kagi (夢の鍵; Key of Dream)" by Shinya Iguchi
Official website:
Votoms Web (Japanese)
装甲騎兵ボトムズ 赫奕たる異端 @ Sunrise (Japanese)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Armored Trooper Votoms - OVA Collection 1 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2019-05-14
    Armored Trooper Votoms - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-08-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Ryōsuke Takahashi
Director: Takashi Imanishi
Screenplay:
Sōji Yoshikawa (eps 1-5)
Storyboard:
Takashi Imanishi (eps 1-5)
Episode Director:
Asahide Ookuma (eps 4-5)
Nana Harada (eps 1, 3-5)
Yorimichi Nakano (ep 2)
Music: Hiroki Inui
Original creator:
Hajime Yatate
Ryōsuke Takahashi
Character Design: Norio Shioyama
Animation Director:
Norio Shioyama (eps 1-5)
Tōru Yoshida (mechanical)
Mechanical design:
Kunio Ōkawara
Yoshinori Sayama (sub)
Yutaka Izubuchi (Erdspinne, Orderbuckler)
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi

Assistant Animation Checker: Yukiko Imai (eps 1-5) 
Assistant Animation Director:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (eps 1-5)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 1-2)
Assistant producer: Tamiyuki Tomita (ep 1)
Color design: Kiyoko Imanishi
Color setting:
Kiyoko Imanishi (eps 1-4)
Ritsuko Utagawa (ep 5)
Design: Yutaka Izubuchi
Editing: Tomoaki Tsurubuchi
In-Between Check: Zhi Xing Bao (eps 1-5)
Key Animation:
Akihiko Yamashita (ep 5)
Akitoshi Yokoyama (eps 2, 4-5)
Fumiko Kishi (ep 1)
Fumio Matsumoto (ep 1)
Hirokazu Hisayuki (ep 5)
Hisashi Nakayama (eps 1-3, 5)
Hitoshi Ehara (ep 4)
Isamu Imakake (ep 5)
Jirō Kanai (eps 2-3)
Kazuhisa Okada (ep 4)
Kunihiro Abe (ep 1)
Manami Hattori (eps 3-5)
Masahiko Kaneda (ep 5)
Masami Gotō (ep 5)
Masami Nagata (ep 3)
Masao Nakata (ep 4)
Miki Ukai (ep 4)
Misao Nakano (eps 1, 5)
Miyuki Ando (ep 2)
Norio Matsumoto (ep 1)
Norio Shioyama (eps 1-5)
Osamu Satō (ep 3)
Shigeru Katō (eps 1-3)
Takahiro Komori (eps 1, 5)
Takayo Nishimura (ep 5)
Tōru Yoshida (eps 1, 3-5)
Toshihide Masudate (ep 1)
Toshihiro Kawamoto (ep 4)
Toshiko Baba (eps 1, 4-5)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 3-4)
Tsutomu Suzuki (ep 5)
Yasuhiro Irie (ep 4)
Yasushi Muraki (ep 1)
Yasuzō Iino (ep 3)
Yōko Kadokami (eps 4-5)
Yoshitaka Katō (eps 4-5)
Yūji Ogata (ep 2)
Yukihiro Makino (eps 4-5)
Yutaka Nakamura (ep 3)
Layout Assistant: Hisashi Nakayama (eps 1-2, 4)
Literature Production: Yuichiro Takeda
Paint:
Chun Yuan Fang (ep 1)
Fo Wen Chu (ep 1)
Xue Xiang Jiao (ep 1)
Paint Check: Fumie Maebayashi (Studio OZ; ep 1)
Photography:
Isao Takahashi (T Nishimura; eps 1, 3, 5)
Kazuya Hoshi (T Nishimura; eps 1-5)
Masahide Okino (T Nishimura; eps 1-5)
Masao Ōnuki (T Nishimura; eps 2, 4)
Tomomi Maruyama (T Nishimura; eps 1-5)
Production Advancement:
Kazuya Nakagawa (ep 2)
Masakazu Obara (eps 1, 4-5)
Tōru Kitahata (eps 3-5)
Production Assistant: Kumi Tanaka (eps 2-5)
Production Desk:
Hiroyuki Akiyama (ep 1)
Shigeru Ikebe (eps 2-5)
Recording Adjustment: Takaaki Uchiyama
Setting Production:
Isao Takayama (eps 4-5)
Seiichi Abiru (eps 1-5)
Sound Effects: Akihiko Matsuda
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba
Theme Song Performance: Shinya Iguchi
Hozumi Gōda as Chirico Cuvie

Banjō Ginga as Jean Paul Rocchina
Kazuko Yanaga as Fyana (eps 4-5)
Masashi Ebara as Godiva
Masato Yamanouchi as Viachevlav da Montewells
Shigezō Sasaoka as Irin Noskowitz
Yōko Matsuoka as Teitania da Montewells

Aruno Tahara as Balarant Commander (ep 5)
Banjō Ginga as Narration
Chafūrin as Pilot A (ep 2)
Hajime Koseki as Shiresko
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Commander (ep 3)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Maori
Hiroshi Naka as Elder A
Ikuya Sawaki as Gilgamesh Commander (ep 5)
Katsumi Suzuki as Elder B (ep 3)
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as
Attendant (ep 2)
Elder D (ep 3)
Masashi Sugawara as Zullo Baldec
Minoru Inaba as Yantze
Naoki Bandō as
Elder C (ep 3)
Officer (ep 5)
Pope Theo VIII
Shinpachi Tsuji as Cardinal Guno
Takashi Taguchi as Rato
Takumi Yamazaki as
Doctor (ep 5)
Pilot B (ep 2)
Yū Shimaka as Larkin

Fumihiko Tachiki
Japanese companies
Animation Direction: Anime R (Mechanical; eps 1-5)
Background Art: Guanghua Zhaori Production (eps 1-5)
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Editing: Tsurubuchi Movie
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation: Guanghua Zhaori Production (eps 1-5)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 5)
Anime Roman (ep 2)
Guanghua Zhaori Production (eps 2-3, 5)
Kyoto Animation (ep 3)
Studio Dub (eps 1-2, 5)
Layout Assistance: Guanghua Zhaori Production (ep 4)
Paint: Guanghua Zhaori Production (eps 1-5)
Paint Check:
Studio Angel (eps 2-5)
Studio OZ (eps 1, 3-5)
Photography: T. Nishimura (eps 1-5)
Production: Sunrise
Production Assistance: Guanghua Zhaori Production (eps 1-5)
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
special effects: Marix
Titles: Maki Production
Video Editing:
Beam TV Center (ep 1)
Q-Tec (eps 2-5)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer:
Matt Greenfield
Toru Iwakami

Art Manager: Larry Koteff
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Joel McCray (OVA Collection 1 & Complete Collection)
Ryan Anthony (Complete Collection)
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production:
Crystal Ruiz
Janice Williams
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford
Andy Nguyen
E.W. Rector, III
Luke La Padula
Mariana Valverde
Natalie Jones
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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