Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files
The series is also notable for its use of 3D computer graphics, which have never been done in the history of the franchise. Premise. A few weeks after the Gilgamesh Confederation's victory over the Balarant Union at the desert planet Sunsa, the Melkian Space Force High Command arrests Red Shoulder Battalion commander Col Yoran Pailsen. He undergoes a court-martial over his management of the now-disbanded unit and his obsession with the supposed Perfect Soldier, Chirico Cuvie. After being the only survivor in a botched operation, Cuvie is evacuated and reassigned to a  five-man team of AT pilots that are seemingly as invulnerable as him. Releases. Home media. The episodes were released on six DVDs starting from October 26, 2007 until August 22, 2008. Each DVD package contains two episodes. Movie version. Released on January 17, 2009, "Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie" is a feature-length version of the OVA series. The movie contains many of the series' important moments, plus new footage: Toys/Models. TakaraTomy produced ATs from the series as part of its Actic Gear line of three-inch action figures. The Berkhoff squad Scopedogs are pre-packaged  with the first five "Pailsen Files" DVDs while the sixth DVD contains a special Scopedog Turbo Custom painted in the dull gray colors of the Melkian Information Ministry's ISS special operations command. The other figures in the line include two-pack reissues of previously released units (such as the Scopedog, Fatty, and Diving Beetle with Spring Bobbin carpet track system), Wapp's Standing Tortoise, and the Berkhoff squad Scopedog Turbo Customs in ISS and arctic camouflage colors, plus an ISS Dog Carrier transport with free ISS Scopedog Turbo Custom. Each figure comes with a file card. The arctic camouflage  units also have special snowshoe attachments. Model kit companies Wave and Bandai also released kits of ATs as they appeared in the series. Theme songs. Opening: "Lullaby of Iron" Ending: "Bye-Bye Brother" Reception. Chris Guanche of Mecha and Anime HQ rated the movie at 4/5, stating that the absence of several scenes, including those of Yugunt and Fuller, improved the movie's pacing. He added that the concentration of important scenes can also be lessons for future "Gundam" compilation films