New VOTOMS films name a cast, and our robot shelf holds none of it
Two new Armored Trooper VOTOMS films have named performers. Across the 738 entries our index tags real robot or super robot, 24 state a free episode count, and not one of them is VOTOMS.
By Theo Grange · AnimeSphere staff · September 5, 2026
Anime News Network reports that cast members have been named for two new Armored Trooper VOTOMS films, including Yuki Kaji, Tomokazu Sugita, Yuichi Nakamura, Satoshi Tsuruoka and Shinichiro Miki, with more performers named besides.
Our index holds 15 entries in the VOTOMS franchise. We fetched all 15 pages from animesphere.app today and all 15 returned HTTP 200. Not one states a free episode count, and our database holds no YouTube episode rows for any of them. That includes the 1983 television series, recorded here with 52 episodes, and the announced film itself, which we record as Soukou Kihei Votoms: Haiiro no Hexe.
Both of those entries carry the "Real Robot" tag. On the 1983 series it sits at rank 91 of 100. On the new film it is the only tag the entry carries at all.
What each tag actually offers
We swept every entry carrying AniList's "Real Robot" tag, its "Super Robot" tag, or both: 738 in all, split 299 real robot only, 353 super robot only, and 86 carrying both. All 738 returned HTTP 200 on two separate passes, and not one changed its count or its language note between them.
Twenty-four of the 738 state a free episode count, 413 episodes together. Nine of the 299 real robot entries state a count, 61 episodes between them. Twelve of the 353 super robot entries state a count, 338 episodes between them. Three of the 86 carrying both tags state a count, 14 episodes. Those first two rates are close, and the gap between them is small.
The volume is not close. 182 of the super robot side's 338 episodes belong to one entry, Pokemon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, and another 64 to God Mars, leaving 92 across the remaining ten. Twelve of the 24 state exactly one episode.
Full Metal Panic! is one of the entries our index tags "Real Robot". Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagann are among those it tags "Super Robot". All three were in the sweep, and all three state no free episode count.
Two complete runs
GOD MAZINGER is a 1984 television series, recorded here with 23 episodes at 24 minutes. Its page states 23 free, so the run reaches the last recorded episode. The channel is Anime! on TMS Official Channel, which carries a YouTube verified badge. We fetched episodes 1, 12 and 23 today; all three played from a United States request, titled EP01, EP12 and EP23, running 1,451, 1,450 and 1,421 seconds. Those three pages report only an automatic Japanese caption track, which is evidence the audio is Japanese. The words "English Sub" are the channel's own label on the uploads, not a subtitle track we detected.
Ambassador Magma, a 1993 release, is recorded with 13 episodes at 24 minutes, and its page states 13 free. The channel is Tezuka Productions Offical, which carries no verified badge. Episodes 1, 7 and 13 played today from a United States request at 1,474, 1,474 and 1,460 seconds, titled Ep1, Ep7 and Ep13. Each of those three reports an automatic English caption track, evidence of English audio, and the titles read "ENGLISH DUB". Those rows carry no country restriction at all. Neither series shows a duplicate episode identity or a retired row still marked playable.