Line #1 Awesome/VoltesV


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3	* The introduction sequences of the individual Voltes Team members as special agents in training during episode 1 are quite awesome to witness as well.
4	** [[TheLeader Ken'ichi]] is shown avoiding chain hooks and firing at stationary and moving targets while riding a motorcycle.
5	** There's also [[TheBigGuy Daigoro]] beating up a whole host of weapon-bearing agents with his bo staff to demonstrate his martial arts skill.
6	** [[KidAppealCharacter Little Hiyoshi]], meanwhile, is underwater in scuba gear battling and wounding a live shark with a knife.
7	** [[TheLancer Ippei]], on the other hand, is riding a wild horse as a bronco buster while whipping apart clay pigeons at the same time.
8	** [[TheHeart Megumi]] then gets to show off her lady ninja prowess as a [[GratuitousNinja kunoichi or onmitsu]], with her flying from branch to branch in the forest in order to avoid traps and take out machine gun fire.
9	* While Professor Mitsuyo Go's sacrifice in episode 2 could count for both awesome and [[TearJerker sadness]], the [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown rampage beating]] the Voltes Team gives [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0I0JCixVg Beast Knight Baizanga]] makes you want to cheer as Ken'ichi, Daijiro, Hiyoshi, Ippei, and Megumi [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge avenge]] the matriarch of Go Family, blood or otherwise.
10	* In episode 4, Ken'ichi learning the Butterfly Return (''Kōchō Gaeshi'', a type of ''[[BareHandedBladeBlock Shinken Shirahadori]]'') by training to do it using the [[ComplexityAddiction arguably more]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill difficult task]] of blocking an [[ParryingBullets incoming bullet]] with two stones. This somehow works and when Ken'ichi pilots Voltes V once more, he applies his knowledge in blocking the blade of the [[{{Robeast}} Beast Knight]] barehanded with their giant robot.
11	* In episode 5, the Voltes Team surviving a sheer [[RunTheGauntlet gauntlet of escalating attacks]] from [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Daiga]] and [[TheGreatSerpent Neegu]][[note]]like dealing with their [[CommonTacticalGameplayElements pincer attack]] despite missing Hiyoshi's Volt Frigate, facing their own [[DarkReprise combinination sequence]] to form [[{{Portmanteau}} Daineegu]] in response to the Voltes Team forming Voltes V, and enduring the brutal body stapler attack that kept Voltes V grounded and nearly flattened by Daineegu's Roller Form[[/note]] showcased Voltes V's resiliency in the face of overwhelming odds.
12	** Voltes V even escaped [[DeathTrap almost certain doom]] with a [[IndyPloy timely "Chain Knuckle"]] from out of nowhere followed by the [[FiveMovesOfDoom "Choudenji Goma"]] and [[FinishingMove "Tenkuu Ken"]] for good measure, which showcased the team's quick thinking and grace under fire.
13	* In episode 8 and 40, [[EvilPrince Prince]] [[RankScalesWithAsskicking Heinel]] demonstrates his [[BloodKnight unmatched skill]] in piloting mecha as though he were a prototypical Char Aznable.
14	** He comes close to destroying Voltes V for good while piloting Galgo the purple Bengal tiger or leopard Beast Knight, and only lost because the Voltes Team exploited [[AchillesHeel a flaw]] in Galgo's creation.
15	** He's also an absolute beast while piloting the final Beast Knight, Shugoshin Godol, though Voltes V manages to get the upper hand in the end.
16	* In episode 10, using intel gathered by a decoy Beast Knight, [[EliteMook Namazungo]] became arguably the first [[BossInMookClothing Beast Knight]] to give Voltes V [[NearVillainVictory serious trouble]] by averting TransformationIsAFreeAction with a special [[BroughtDownToNormal Anti-Choudenji Device]] and keeping the Voltes Team's Volt Machines from forming Voltes V.
17	** Namazungo's [[DividedWeFall Anti-Choudenji Device]] and assistance from [[VillainTeamUp Gamenza]] without them combining together also further builds upon the Voltes Team's previously established weak points exposed by Daineegu[[note]](the Volt Machines are weaker apart compared to Voltes V and they have problems dealing with more than one Beast Knight at the same time)[[/note]].
18	** Their alien invader enemies demonstrate that they do gradually [[NotSoHarmlessVillain learn more]] [[EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce about them]] after each fateful encounter instead of doing the [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin same thing over and over again]], expecting [[HarmlessVillain different results]] [[WeWillMeetAgain every time]].
19	* [=YouTuber=] "Super Robot Blueprint" brings up a great point about ''Voltes V'' in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6MOz2M_Gvs video about the show]]. From episode 1 to 13 (Prof. Hamaguchi's death), ''Voltes'' has proven itself as one of the first SuperRobot or even mecha anime series to bring arc-based [[SlidingScaleOfContinuity narrative continuity]] to their episodes, even more so than its predecessor ''Anime/CombattlerV''.
20	** Every major event in ''Voltes'' has [[RationalFic lasting consequences]] felt in the succeeding episodes versus the more self-contained episodes of ''Combattler'', making it feel more like modern mecha shows nowadays for a [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] show made in the 1970s.
21	* In episode 17, Prof. Sakunji helps the Voltes Team partially solve one of their weak points[[note]]of having mostly vulnerable Volt Machines prior to volting in as Voltes V[[/note]] by mastering the kaiju-defeating "Spin Fly Formation", which resembles the FinishingMove of Voltes V's "big brother", Combattler V.
22	* There was that one time when Voltes V actually [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu took on]] a [[TheMothership Boazan Skullrook]][[note]](the horned skull mothership)[[/note]] by itself. In episode 18, the Voltes Team almost destroyed the grisly FaceShip, even after [[LooksLikeOrlok Zuhl]] brought out the long-lost [[SacrificialLion Kentaro Go]] as a [[HumanShield live hostage]] of sorts in desperation.
23	** Voltes V fought on, its pilots thinking "Kentaro" was [[DecoyGetaway another]] [[RobotMe android]] [[ActuallyADoombot imposter]] or RedHerring[[note]](they've been previously deceived by a robot infiltrator pretending to be their father)[[/note]]. Ironically, it took Kentaro's [[ManlyTears proud tears]][[note]](he was proud of their [[MistakenForAnImposter willingness]] to [[AchievementsInIgnorance sacrifice him]] to destroy the Boazan invaders)[[/note]] for the Voltes Team to realize he's the real deal and hesitate in their assault.
24	** This climactic scene is regularly referenced in many a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' entry featuring the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRzE6_5Husc Skullrook]], particularly its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Xpvvpo4vg drill]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b44Li-pSGV4 attack]] that's only really seen in this one scene.
25	* Episode 22 demonstrates how Heinel [[{{Understatement}} greatly despises traitors]].
26	** When the [[ObviousJudas traitorous]] [[LooksLikeOrlok Zuhl]] tried to have him disposed, Heinel set up [[BatmanGambit multiple schemes]] to have him executed, from ordering him to go on a SuicideMission with a [[StrappedToABomb ball and chain bomb]] to kill the Voltes Team to secretly [[SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb planting another bomb]] in his [[TimeForPlanB gnarled staff]] to ordering a [[PublicExecution firing squad]] to execute him, on top of burning [[{{Unperson}} all memories and records]] of him.
27	** It just goes to show that the prince really is a big fan of ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, just like his [[HotBlooded hot-blooded]] [[InTheBlood half-brother]] Ken'ichi.
28	* The first appearance of [[KnightOfCerebus Do Bergan/Belgan]] in episode 24 involves him demonstrating the great strength of [[FantasyMetals maxingal metal]] with his own [[ArmorOfInvincibility maxingal armor]], with it able to withstand flamethrowers and the force of an iron wrecking ball. Soon after, the newest Armored Beast Fighters ended up giving Voltes V a [[SoLastSeason hard time]] with their new maxingal metal upgrades.
29	** This also prompted the Voltes Team to get the MidSeasonUpgrade of using [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique a new technique]], the "Choudenji Ball", to soften the maxingal metal enough to get cut with the Tenkuu Ken's "V-Slash".
30	** The [[MysteriousProtector Mechanical Eagle]] plane also delivered a MechaExpansionPack of the EquipmentUpgrade variety unto Voltes that allowed it to do the "Choudenji Ball" without draining all of its power every time in episode 26.[[note]]This is incidentally the last episode aired before ''Voltes V'' was originally [[BannedInChina banned from Philippine television]] by [[TheDictatorship President Ferdinand Marcos]] in the late 1970s.[[/note]]
31	** In episode 28, a dying [[DeathbedConfession General Dange]] then [[DroppingTheBombshell drops the major bombshell]] that the Gou Brothers are [[HumanAlienDiscovery half-Boazanian]] because their [[DefectorFromDecadence father]] is an [[AlienAmongUs alien from another planet]] ''and'' the [[YouAreWhatYouHate same race as the]] [[AliensAreBastards invaders]] they've been [[{{Irony}} fighting]] all this time.
32	* The first sword duel between Ken'ichi and Heinel in episode 30, with both jumping at each other in a SingleStrokeBattle and both losing in a draw, with Ken'ichi getting a body wound and Heinel getting a face wound.
33	** They even reprise the fight after Voltes V's battle with the final juushi piloted by Heinel in episode 40, just minutes before Kentaro Gou reveals that they are half-brothers all along.
34	* [[https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Voltes_V Episode 35]] is the ultimate cliffhanger for many Filipino children back in the 1980s. This was the episode when [[DistressedDude Prof. Kentaro Gou]] gets kidnapped (again) by General Gurul, who then leads Voltes V to the [[ElaborateUndergroundBase Boazanian Underground Castle]] of Prince Heinel and company to [[DivideAndConquer kill two birds with one stone]].
35	** Voltes V then ends up [[StormTheCastle battling the fully fortified weapons systems]] of the EvilLair as Prince Heinel has his (at the time, seemingly) [[TheSiege last stand]] against the Voltes Team, his most hated rivals.
36	** Although the previously banned ''Voltes V'' did get [[BackFromTheDead re-aired on Philippine TV]] in the 1980s, it only reached up until episode 35 [[YankTheDogsChain this time around]] on ABS-CBN Channel 2. Later, RPN-9 and IBC-13 would air Episode 36. Most Filipinos wouldn't get to see the last four episodes of the show until the Year 1999, when the CompilationMovie was released by Creator/GMANetwork[[note]]or before that, in case they were able to buy [[NoExportForYou bootleg, fan subtitled, or raw]] [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes tapes and laser discs]] of the show[[/note]].
37	* Episodes 36 to 37, the episodes most Filipino children missed, involve quite a lot of major events.
38	** Voltes V gets creative in taking on Heinel's [[EvilLair formidable fortress]] by having Megumi's Volt Lander volt out and save it from another incapacitating [[BoundAndGagged staple attack]]. They then fully volt out and have the [[DrillTank Lander dig their way]] further undeground into the heart of the base.
39	** [[SmugSnake Do Bergan]] then joins forces with [[OmnicidalManiac General Gurul]] in betraying Heinel, announcing that the [[CavalryRefusal Earth Invasion has been canceled]] by the emperor himself and [[TacticalWithdrawal all forces have been withdrawn]], thus Heinel and his most trusted generals were on their own [[TrappedBehindEnemyLines in facing Voltes]].
40	** The [[BigDamnHeroes Voltes Team]] then arrives and takes out Heinel's personal guard. [[TheDragon Rui Jangal]] commits {{Seppuku}} rather than get caught. Katharine uses a TranquillizerDart on Heinel and escapes with him to Boazan on an EscapePod.
41	** The base is rigged to explode with a [[DoomsdayDevice Magmite Bomb]] that's then thrown away into space by La Gour's [[CoolStarship Solar Bird starship]] before it could [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the earth]].
42	* [[HomeBase Camp Big Falcon]] ending up having a [[MileLongShip spaceship form]] when combined with the Boazanian starship [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/coolmel/113301797 Solar Bird]][[note]]long before something similar happened in ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''[[/note]] was appropriately revealed near the end of the series (episode 38), thus allowing Earth forces to finally launch their counter-offensive along with the [[FantasticRacism enslaved hornless class]] of Boazanians against the [[AlienInvasion invading Boazan Empire]] right in their [[StormingTheCastle home planet]].
43	** This on top of the Solar Bird ''literally'' saving Planet Earth from doom by picking up a Boazan DoomsdayDevice and flinging it into outer space before it could [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up the planet]] on episode 37.
44	* The penultimate episode 39 might pale in comparison to episode 40 in terms of the JustForFun/HolyShitQuotient, but it does feature the Gou brothers finally reuniting with their father Kentaro Gou and Voltes V fighting off an entire fleet of saucers and the Boazan starship [[PreFinalBoss Zartan/Zoltan]] with the "Tenkuu Ken" [[BeginWithAFinisher right off the bat]] after the combination sequence. They then destroy the starship, resulting in the deaths of Do Bergan and General Gurul as well as the awakening of a nearby Prince Heinel (who was put into [[HumanPopsicle cryo-sleep]] by Katharine to protect him from the ensuing revolution).

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