# Episode 4 – *Leaning Tower*
**^^^Originally ^^^released ^^^December ^^^21st, ^^^1988**
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**Daily Trivia:**
> The planet-hopping and futuristic aspects of the *Armored Trooper Votoms* settings were purposely de-emphasized in this show in order to better evoke the filmic quality and classic hollywood feel that both Takeyuki Kanda and Ryosuke Takahashi wanted to bring to the work.
**Staff Highlight**
Shinji Takamatsu – Storyboards and Episode Direction
> A director, screenwriter, animation director, and storyboard artist best known for his work on mecha anime, particularly the *Braves* franchise. Takamatsu graduated from Tochigi Prefectural Utsunomiya Higashi High School and shortly thereafter dropped out of Hosei University. He was hired on by Studio Sunrise as a production assistant in 1983 and immediately was put to work under on the production of *Armored Trooper Votoms*, and was transferred to the production of *Round Vernian Vifam* upon *Votoms*’ completion. After working closely with Yoshiyuki Tomino on cultural setting research for *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam*, he was promoted to episode director for episode thirty-one of the show, and under Tomino’s tutelage came to direct episodes and draw storyboards for *Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ* as well. His first roles as chief director were on SD Gundam shorts in 1989, and his first credit directing a TV anime was on 1993s *Brave Express Might Gaine*. He left Sunrise in 1998 and joined Studio Gallop for some time before becoming a freelancer. Some of his director credits include *Brave Police J-Decker*, *Brave of Gold Goldran*, *School Rumble*, *Gintama*, *Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto*, *Robihachi*, *Grand Blue*, *Sora no Manimani*, *New Mobile Report Gundam Wing*, and *After War Gundam X*.
**Voice Actor Highlight**
Norio Wakamoto – voice of Golfy
> A voice actor, and actor with a long and storied career who is affiliated with the voice acting agency Sigma Seven. He graduated from Waseda University’s Faculty of Law and went on to work at the Nakano Police Academy of the Metropolitan Police Department before transferring to the Metropolitan Police Department Riot Police, where he worked for two years and was present for several student activism protests. He retired from police work and became a voice actor after attending Ryo Kurosawa’s Dubbing Classroom. His debut anime role was as Anago in *Sazae-san*. Wakamoto is characterized by a voice quality that has both astringency and sharpness, is often tasked with voicing villains, uses Noh and Kabuki —which he enjoyed as a hobby— as a reference for his acting, and really enjoys ad-libbing when allowed for. Among his most notable roles are Randou Hiro in *Makyou Densetsu Acrobunch*, Oskar von Reuenthal in *Legend of The Galactic Heroes*, Captain Kim Yongbi in *Ashita no Joe 2*, Chiyochichi in *Azumanga Daioh*, Chappii Eda in *Be-bop Highschool*, McCoy in *Burn Up*, Charles Zi Britannia in *Code Geass: Lelouch of The Rebellion*, Vicious in *Cowboy Bebop*, Juzo Hasegawa in *Cyber City Uedo 808*, Cell in the *Dragon Ball* franchise, Black Shadow in *F-Zero Falcon Densetsu*, The Narrator in *Aura Battler Dunbine*, Katakuriko Matsudaira in the *Gintama* franchise, Kōichirō Ōta in *Aim for the Top! Gunbuster!*, Master Cha Cha Maru in *Maison Ikkoku*, Woodchuck in *Record of Lodoss War*, and Ryuusaku Murasame in *Tetsujin 28-Gou (2004)*.
**Art Corner:**
Official Art
– [Finishing Move](https://i.imgur.com/9eRSdCq.png) – Source Unspecified
**Screenshot of the day**
– [Kerulyn-Class](https://i.imgur.com/DOQpNRd.png)
**Questions of the Day:**
1) What do you think of the unique battleground for today’s episode?
2) How well would you say Mellowlink fared in the role of the hunted, as opposed to hunter?
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**Mellowlink, you’ve got your own little god of death looking after you.**
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