Bandai Namco Filmworks announced a new Soukou Kihei Votoms (Armored Trooper Votoms) anime subtitled Haiiro no Hexe (Die Graue Hexe, alternatively Haiiro no Majo) on Thursday, scheduled for a 2026 release. The anime marks the first part of the Sunrise 50th Anniversary project.
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 between Spring 1983 and Winter 1984 (pictured right). 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 The Last Red Shoulder and Big Battle side story OVAs were shipped in August 1985 and July 1986, respectively. VAP released the 12-episode Kikou Ryouhei Merowlink (Armor Hunter Mellowlink) spin-off OVA between November 1988 and April 1989.
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.
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Soukou Kihei Votoms: Haiiro no Hexe on MAL
