Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files
| Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files | |
| 装甲騎兵ボトムズ ペールゼン・ファイルズ | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Mecha, Science fiction |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
| Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
| Music by | Hiroki Inui Yasuaki Maejima |
| Studio | Sunrise Answer Studio |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | October 26, 2007 – August 22, 2008 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Sotsukasa Yoshikawa |
| Published by | Hobby Japan |
| Published | January 17, 2009 |
| Anime film | |
| Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Pailsen Files Movie | |
| Directed by | Ryosuke Takahashi |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | January 17, 2009 |
| Runtime | 118 minutes |
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files (装甲騎兵ボトムズ ペールゼン・ファイルズ, Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu Peruzen Fairuzu) is a 12-episode OVA series from the Armored Trooper Votoms franchise that was released from 2007 to 2008. Set after the 1988 OVA movie The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition and months before the events of the VOTOMS television series, Pailsen Files explores the origins of Chirico Cuvie as explained by the Red Shoulder Battalion's now-disgraced commander, Col Yoran Pailsen.
The series is also notable for its use of 3D computer graphics, which have never been done in the history of the franchise.