Only 86 ratings by IMDB users as of May 2024... are you kidding me? This has got to be the best anime OVA series that nobody has ever heard of. I only discovered it myself because its theme song made into some top 50 list on YouTube.
Armor Hunter Mellowlink is a spinoff of the Armor Troopers VOTOMS series, but the stories are completely independent of each other. You can thoroughly enjoy Mellowlink without having watched a single minute of VOTOMS - I know I did.
Plot: Not much plot here to be honest. Mellowlink Arity is an infantry soldier whose unit is sacrificed by corrupt army top brass. He miraculously survives, gets framed, and goes on the lam to exact revenge on his corrupt commanding officers one by one. No spoilers there, this story is basically told during the theme song.
What you get is twelve short episodes packed with violent revenge action drawn in great late 1980s cell animation.
Since the main character is an infrantry man with a massive gun hunting down bad guys who (usually) drive mechas, I found it MUCH easier to relate to than the usual fare of mecha vs mecha.
Light on plot for sure, but great fun to watch. Highly recommended.
Armor Hunter Mellowlink is a spinoff of the Armor Troopers VOTOMS series, but the stories are completely independent of each other. You can thoroughly enjoy Mellowlink without having watched a single minute of VOTOMS - I know I did.
Plot: Not much plot here to be honest. Mellowlink Arity is an infantry soldier whose unit is sacrificed by corrupt army top brass. He miraculously survives, gets framed, and goes on the lam to exact revenge on his corrupt commanding officers one by one. No spoilers there, this story is basically told during the theme song.
What you get is twelve short episodes packed with violent revenge action drawn in great late 1980s cell animation.
Since the main character is an infrantry man with a massive gun hunting down bad guys who (usually) drive mechas, I found it MUCH easier to relate to than the usual fare of mecha vs mecha.
Light on plot for sure, but great fun to watch. Highly recommended.
