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Unlike the Red Shoulder Document, The Last Red Shoulder feels like a totally necessary part of the Votoms series, and I can't imagine it not being a part of the story. Seriously, it's odd everything in this wasn't in the actual series, as it's pretty important. Regardless, watch Red Shoulder Document first, as this has an important connection to information only shown in that OVA. This OVA takes place between the Woodo and Kunmen arcs (after episode 13), and ideally should be watched between them.
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Japanese: 装甲騎兵ボトムズ ザ・ラストレッドショルダー
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Type:
OVA
Episodes:
1
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Aug 21, 1985
Producers:
None found, add some
Licensors:
Maiden Japan
Studios:
Sunrise
Source:
Original
Duration:
53 min.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories Mar 17, 2022
It was good to see Chirico meet up with his old squad from Unit X-1 of the Red Shoulders. His squad mates were pretty archetypal though but I guess Chirico himself is archetypal as well so it would make sense his squad mates would be. The story takes place between season 1 and season 2 of the original anime and there's almost no flashback scenes to their time as a unit.
They all join up to kill their commanding officer for sending them constantly on suicide missions (they all thought because they were hated which is why they were sent on these suicide missions and horrible ... Mar 29, 2022
As far as formatting is concerned, The Last Red Shoulder makes no attempt to produce something new for VOTOMS, going so far as to even include the OP from the original anime (albeit a different recording) to emphasise that this is pretty much just an ‘episode 53’, rather than something new to change any foundations. And in that regard, it does its job well, this OVA is pretty much just as good as any episode of VOTOMS was, and the 52 minute runtime gives them more breathing room to emphasise the episode’s B plot, albeit with mixed results.
Set some time after the Uoodo arc, the ... |


