Staff
Original Story, Supervision: Ryousuke Takahashi (Soukou Kihei Votoms)
Original Mechanical Design: Kunio Ookawara (Kidou Senshi Gundam mechanical design)
Mechanical Design: Shinobu Tsuneki (Kaijuu 8-gou), Yoshihiro Sono (Apocalypse Hotel)
Music: Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100)
Distribution: Bandai Namco Filmworks
Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor) is helming the anime at Sunrise, with Production I.G credited for production cooperation.
The original sci-fi drama television anime aired in 52 episodes from Spring 1983 to Winter 1984. The Red Shoulder Document – Yabou no Roots (Roots of Treachery) prequel OVA debuted in March 1988, followed by the 12-episode Pailsen Files OVA from October 2007 to August 2008. A Pailsen Files movie adaptation premiered in Japan in January 2009, featuring a new story.
The five-episode Kakuyaku taru Itan (Brilliantly Shining Heresy) sequel OVA was released from March to November in 1994, followed by the six-episode Genei-hen (Phantom Arc) OVA from March to October in 2010 and Koei Futatabi (Alone Again) OVA in 2011.
The latest spin-off installments in the franchise, Case;Irvine and Votoms Finder (Votoms Finder Armored Trooperoid), were released in November and December in 2010.
Teaser Trailer 2
Source: Comic Natalie
