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Box art by Yoshiyuki Takani (from the Votoms Roman Album) Back to main article

“Syura” is a form of the name “Ashura,” a god of battle Back to main article

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As with most Votoms merch, you have no idea how much of it there is until you seriously start digging, and before you know it your hands are full of gold. This is certainly true of the games, which break about evenly into analog and digital. Here’s everything I’ve found...

This artist’s name is not well-known outside Japan, but he’s got style for miles and it was on full display when he undertook his first two Votoms projects in 1987. His career expanded from there with character, mecha, and concept design for numerous anime productions. He continues today as a...

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Originally released 1983-84 in four package styles Package style 1 and 2 Package style 3 Package style 4 1. Red Shoulder Custom / 2. Diving Beetle / 3. Brutishdog 4. Standing Tortoise / 5. Scopedog with round mover / 6. Strikedog 7. Berserga / 8. Marshydog / 9. Snapping Turtle...

Originally released 1983-84 1. SCOPEDOG, 1983 version and 2007 reissue Limited edition 1988 reissue 2. BRUTISHDOG, 1983 version and 2007 reissue 3. SCOPEDOG, Melkia color with round mover and parachute sack / 1983 version and 2007 reissue 4. MARSHYDOG, 1983 version and 2007 reissue 5. SNAPPING TURTLE 6. STANDING TURTLE...

Originally released 1984-86 1. SCOPEDOG ROUND MOVER TYPE 2. RED SHOULDER CUSTOM 3. MARSHYDOG 4. SNAPPING TURTLE 5. STRIKEDOG 6. STANDING TORTOISE Mk II 7. BRUTISHDOG 8. BERSERGA DT (DESERT TRIP) 9. HAND WEAPONS / 10. SCOPEDOG WITH PARACHUTE SACK 11. RABIDLYDOG 12. FATTY 13. ZWERG 14. SCOPEDOG TURBO CUSTOM...

SAK 3D HOBBY pamphlet #3 with the first Votoms product announcements SAK 3D HOBBY catalog No. 2 Dual Magazine Monthly 3D Journal first issue, January 1984 Dual Magazine Monthly 3D Journal second issue, February 1984 Back to main article

Originally released 1983-84 1. STRONGBOX (“Bacchus” is a mistranslation) 2. SCOPEDOG 3. BRUTISHDOG 4. STANDING TORTOISE 5. SNAPPING TURTLE 6. MARSHYDOG 7. DIVING BEETLE 8. BERSERGA 9. STRIKEDOG 10. STANDING TURTLE 11. RED SHOULDER CUSTOM 12. SCOPEDOG ROUND MOVER TYPE Downform and Detail up Scopedogs, 1996 These kits were augmented...

When Armored Trooper Votoms arrived in April 1983, the anime plamo (plastic model) boom was in full bloom. Ignited by Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979/80, it took off like nothing seen before. Anime-based model kits weren’t new, but the “real robot” movement was a perfect storm of mecha design and...

by Kouji Akimoto In April 1988, a curious manga anthology titled Cyber Comix made its debut. 47 issues were published through November 1992 with a pedigree seen nowhere else. It was a potpourri of original SF/fantasy and spinoffs of anime that leaned heavily into mecha. Managed by Gainax and published...