Armor Hunter Mellowlink | Retcon_404 (Anime Retrospective)

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Ай бұрын

Armor Hunter Mellowlink tells the story of a man, a gun, and his quest to destroy everyone involved in a deadly conspiracy. As a standalone OVA sequel to Armored Trooper VOTOMS, Mellowlink provides enough heart-pumping action to stand on its own. But does the show still hold up 25 years later?
- THIS VIDEO CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ARMOR HUNTER MELLOWLINK-
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@fattiger6957 Ай бұрын

Mellowlink is the perfect spinoff of Votoms. It melds very well with the world established in Votoms, but Mellowlink isn't just a copy of Churico and the series is built around a unique premise. Too many spinoffs and sequels are just retreads of what the original already did.

@twelfthknight Ай бұрын

This really was the peak period of American action movies influence on anime/manga. Shades of Commando, First Blood, Predator, and so many more. Which reminds me, Desert Punk (2004) also does the "SF action hero who wins through planning and guile" quite well.

@jacobhamilton2473 24 күн бұрын

Desert Punk has one of my favorite endings. That I will not discuss because it's a great twist.

@kliffundersen2130 Ай бұрын

the power of the pile bunker

@Joseph----- Ай бұрын

unironically one of my favorite mech series. I've struggled to get into Votoms proper yet Mellowlink is my jam

@fattiger6957 Ай бұрын

Votoms starts off slow, but it is a great series. IMO, the epitome of Real Robot mecha.

@jackp492 26 күн бұрын

I watched this first too, votoms has peaks and troughs, but the highs are high

@DomVonDoom Ай бұрын

The bloody face tiger swipe is the equivalent to the police putting their gloves on, you know shit's gonna get real!!!

@andrewowens4421 Ай бұрын

The next retrospective you should do is _Crusher Joe._ It's obscure, but a really good OVA series.

@Cro-EYE Ай бұрын

the movie by Yasuhiko has some of the best animation i've ever seen

@TK-_-421 Ай бұрын

I think the obscureness depends. Western mecha fans who know about it probably know it as the other show besides Macross where a bunch of Battletech designs originate from.

@hawkticus_history_corner 28 күн бұрын

I remember watching a review of this OVA a long time ago that described the animation as "Mechanical pron" because of the immense detail they went into with his gun and its functionality. I just love that sort of stuff.

@HuckleisMyHoney 26 күн бұрын

Kenny Lauderdale's video! I remember it, good times.

@DomVonDoom Ай бұрын

I love Arity Mellowlink! This show is criminally underrated!

@sylvarogre5469 Ай бұрын

Mellow reminds me of Crinn from Dougram with that poncho.

@DamplyDoo Ай бұрын

For some reason I've gotten several clips of this show suggested to me on KZfaq. I really enjoyed watching them!

@michaellewis1545 Ай бұрын

This looks like a fine addition to the man with big gun shows.

@KOLOPCorps Ай бұрын

Finally! Only found the show last year but was very happy with it and made and AMV. I should check out the rest of the actual series however; Mellowlink is where I started

@fattiger6957 Ай бұрын

Votoms is great. IMO, one of the best series in the post-Gundam mecha boom of the 80s.

@GutsOfRivia 6 күн бұрын

Mellowlink is such a bad ass mecha protagnist that he dosent even use a mecha in his show.

@ZappaSlave 29 күн бұрын

Mellowlink is still the only piece of VOTOMS I've watched thus far

@ZappaSlave 29 күн бұрын

Ahh finally, at the bottom of the list where I belong

@Bill-uw1oo 29 күн бұрын

Merrowrink & Rurucy make an awesome 80's anime couple. Chef's kiss tier representation of the action theme in that era.

@Holesale00 Ай бұрын

This is one of my top OVAs to just watch on a whim, there's little filler and tons of action.

@negawan Ай бұрын

yess. I really enjoyed this seeries. Glad you made a vid on it.

@boxfoxscoot1614 Ай бұрын

votoms mentioned video upvoted

@danthelowblood2653 Ай бұрын

A mecha to surpass metal gear......

@exturkconner Ай бұрын

There are actually two other Votoms stories that don't follow Chirico. There's "Case : Irvine" and "Votoms Finder" which are both pretty excellent. Irvine is one of the later main universe titles to come out but didn't use CGI which is cool to see. Finder is an alternative universe but also entirely worth a watch.

@TheLotusEater725 29 күн бұрын

whoa, deep Ryosuke Takahashi cut

@ashharkausar413 Ай бұрын

This show looks so cool. It reminds of me of Trigun without the super powers.

@chriswriter9087 Ай бұрын

I never managed to get into Votoms but this looks like an easier entry point into the series. I might check this out.

@johnnygutierrez41 Ай бұрын

Never knew of this show looks I need to check it out

@Cheapstall Ай бұрын

You should check out Gundam Thunderbolt

@GutsOfRivia 6 күн бұрын

I hope you will cover the Macross: Do You Remember Love Movie. It just had its 40th anniversery

@Kurotaisa Ай бұрын

Ah the Votoms spinoff, nice

@bartome7o 28 күн бұрын

Mellow don’t care about the high ground 👌

@Rrgr5 Ай бұрын

For me, Mellowlink Armor Hunter is even better than the OG VOTOMS, the premise itself of a armor hunter is already unique enough to sets it as it's own thing, is also well done for the most part, most of his tactics feels real for the circumstances, the only other show I saw doing a similar stuff was the glorious 08 MS team in two episodes which Shiro went down to hunt MBS in a similar manner.

@spikmaster18 Ай бұрын

Hey can you please do Fafner Dead Agressor 404 Retrospective video please ?

@jehoiakimelidoronila5450 18 күн бұрын

Once thing I'm disappointed of is that mellow didn't go after the mastermind that lead to decimation of his squad. But hey, how is he able to do it if the mastermind is off-planet? And at least he took out almost all responsible for the scandal so, there's that

@bombomos Ай бұрын

Mellowlink, if Rambo was in a mech universe

@RedJoeTramp 10 күн бұрын

Would you ever consider doing a Retrospective of Mad Bull 34? Its pure 80s/90s grindhouse anime and a perfect example of that "be the American thay Japanese think you are" meme. Failing that, Aura Battler Dunbine

@elbraymundo Ай бұрын

A guy bare-handing a fucking PILE BUNKER is insane.

@SemiLobster Ай бұрын

Aw man! If you got an original Xbox PLEASE PLEASE play Metal Wolf Chaos if you want just the most insane parody of America ever written!

@JohnnyBurnes Ай бұрын

This needs a toy set.

@justincholos.balisang6884 Ай бұрын

Solid Snake

@lemniscatelogos7917 28 күн бұрын

P I L E B U N K E R

@jamespaguip5913 29 күн бұрын

Retcon_404 I have a question what are your thoughts on tekkaman blade?

@MK384 29 күн бұрын

Metal Gear of mecha anime.

@captainkaiju2273 26 күн бұрын

So uhhh....when's that video for the second season of Rayearth?

@MassiveSwordAndCards 29 күн бұрын

What if Fox crushed his head instead of torso? 🤦‍♂️

@ZannacrossG1 Ай бұрын

Did this series ever get a Blu Ray release? Also...this reminds me of the recent Ninja Kaumi, but shows how to do a revenge focused lead better...maybe having the fights not devolve into bland CGI ninja's helped to.

@fakesmile172 Ай бұрын

I think it just got a Blu-ray release in Japan a year or two ago, as the film masters were luckily found fairly recently.

@JustAnotherPest 29 күн бұрын

There was a big rerelease of the entirety of VOTOMS called the Perfect Soldier Collection but it was unholy expensive.

@ZannacrossG1 29 күн бұрын

@@JustAnotherPest I have that, I think, and it seems to have everything besides this...was it suppose to be in it?

@fakesmile172 29 күн бұрын

@@ZannacrossG1 Nah I think the collection the above poster is talking about is Japan-only for now, I saw it on a Japanese website. There was a VOTOMS collection released in English-speaking countries but it didn't include Mellowlink, and all the older entries were on DVD, though it looks like that's also true in Japan. I'd post a link, but comments with links get auto-deleted.