Line #6 Trivia/CombattlerV


1	!!Tropes
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3	* ActingForTwo: Creator/MasakoNozawa provided the voice for [[RobotBuddy Ropet]], [[NonActionBigBad Oreana]], and [[PluckyComicRelief Kinta Ichinoki]]. Creator/OsamuIchikawa did so for [[ConqueringAlienPrince Garuda]] and [[TheDragon Warchimedes]], Sachiko Chijimatsu for [[TheSmartGuy Kosuke]] and [[MoralityPet Miia]], and Creator/KenichiOgata for [[TheStrategist Girua]] and [[TheBrute Dungele]].
4	* ChannelHop: In the Philippines, the [[https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combattler_V English dub]] of ''Combattler V'' channel-hopped from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choudenji_Robo_Combattler_V#:~:text=The%20show%20first%20aired%20on%20RPN%20in%201979 RPN-9 in 1979]], [[Creator/GMANetwork GMA-7]] in 1982, IBC-13 in 1986, RPN-9 again in 1989, SBN-21 in 1993, and [[Creator/{{ABSCBN}} ABS-CBN-2]] in 1996. The [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1991 Tagalog dub]], on the other hand, aired first on GMA-7 in 1999 then on Hero TV in 2006.
5	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
6	** '''Arabic:''' البطل خماسي (The Hero is A Pentagram)
7	* DuelingDubs:
8	** RPN-9's in-house dubbers responsible for the ''[[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Star Rangers]]'' dub making an [[CondemnedByHistory unknown English dub]] of ''Combattler V'' in TheSeventies versus GMA-7 making its own [[MorePopularSpinOff more famous Tagalog dub]] in 1999 care of Telesuccess Productions, which was also responsible for the ''Anime/VoltesV'' dub.
9	** ''Combattler V'' was also dubbed in other dialects aside from Tagalog, including [[https://manga.fandom.com/wiki/Chodenji_Robo_Combattler_V Cebuano and Hiligaynon]].
10	* FollowTheLeader:
11	** Being a SuperRobotGenre show, naturally it used ''Anime/MazingerZ'' as its template. Its FiveManBand twist comes from ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman]]'', though. Ironically, later SuperRobotGenre shows that used the Five-Man Band trope also used ''Combattler V'' as their template.
12	** Although ''Manga/GetterRobo'' was actually the [[TropeMaker first heroic combo-robot]], ''Combattler V'' [[TropeCodifier directly inspired]] not only similar giant robot anime[[note]](''Anime/GoLion'', better known as ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' in the U.S., is actually one of several offshoots of this series)[[/note]], but also the giant robots featured in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' Series[[note]](starting with ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' and most definitely with ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' and their sentai-first five-vehicle combiner robot)[[/note]].
13	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The English dub of ''Combattler'' that first aired on RPN-9 in 1979 has been [[MissingEpisode lost to time]], with not even a clip available online.
14	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros:
15	** Alongside ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'', ''Combattler'' was involved in a very bizarre instance of the trope. Creator/MarvelComics had indirectly licensed the "Combatra" [sic] name and likeness via Creator/{{Mattel}}'s North American toyline, so their ''ComicBook/ShogunWarriors'' comic book series couldn't use any characters, plots, or settings from the show and invented a whole new premise.
16	** Most Filipinos in the 1990s believed that the GMA-7 Tagalog dub of ''Combattler V'' was the first time it ever aired on Philippine television, alongside GMA-7's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llhD4UH0XfI 1990s anime block at the time]]. [[OlderthanTheyThink Unbeknownst to them]], there's an [[CondemnedByHistory obscure]] [[AdaptationDisplacement English dub]] that's been airing on Philippine television since the 1970s alongside ''[[MorePopularSpinOff Voltes V]]'', with it hopping [[ChannelHop from one channel to another]], including GMA-7.
17	* NoExportForYou: Not released outside of Asia and Europe until May 2020 when Discotek announced that they're handling retail for the show in Blu-Ray.
18	* UnfinishedDub: The Arabic dub only covered the first season. Middle Eastern fans who wanted to know what happened in the conclusion of the series had to resort to fansubs.
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
20	** During pre-production, the robot that eventually became ''Combattler V'' was initially conceived as being a nine-piece mecha. This would ultimately be reduced to five in the final product.
21	** Aoi Hyouma's name was originally meant to be Shun Nakajima.
22	** Juzo Naniwa's name was originally meant to be Yutaro Higashiyama.
23	** The Literature/RomanRoboAnimeClimaxSelection reveals that Chizuru's hair was originally permed, not straight.
24	* WorkingTitle: One of the proposed names was ''Magnes V''
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26	!!Trivia
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28	* The robot's name is a portmanteau of '''Combine, Combat, and Battle,''' and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for '''Victory''' and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot as well as its five pilots.
29	* The word ''[[MagnetismManipulation Choudenji]]'' [[HollywoodMagnetism (Super Electromagnetic)]] has been copyrighted by [[Creator/TadaoNagahama Tadao Nagahama's]] estate and can only be used in Japanese media with their permission.
30	* Unlike with its successor ''Voltes V'', where the letter "V" is regarded as a Roman numeral and pronounced as "five" (ファイブ) in English, the "V" in ''Combattler V'' is pronounced as "vee" (ブイ) instead.
31	* This anime series featured the first "realistically" combining giant robot. In this case, ''Combattler V'' was five vehicles that combined into one giant robot in a way that can be duplicated by its [[MerchandiseDriven toy merchandise]].
32	* The toys for this series (provided by [[Creator/BandaiEntertainment Bandai]]) were so successful that they were included in Mattel's phenomenal ''ComicBook/ShogunWarriors'' toy line as well as Bandai America's popular ''Godaikin'' line. In the ''Shogun Warriors'' collection, Combattler V is renamed "Combatra".
33	* The "Campbellians" from Planet "Campbell" mainly reference ScienceFiction writer Creator/JohnWCampbell, who helped invent the [[ScienceHero Space Hero]] genre. Every place in Planet Campbell is also a reference to famous sci-fi authors, from the [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov Continent]] to the [[Creator/PeterFHamilton Hamilton Ocean]] as well as [[Creator/MurrayLeinster Leinster]]-[[Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz Miller]] City and the [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein Sun]].
34	* This series is a staple of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise. It was introduced in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3''. It took a break from console games starting from the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Z]]'' series, only appearing in two [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL handheld games]] (and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDD one of them]] is only 'semi-traditional'), but returns full force on console games in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''.
35	** In ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars'', ''Combattler V'' first tag-teams with ''Voltes V'' and has done so ever since. It also appeared in the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha]]'' series, ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Advance]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Reversal]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Judgement]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL L]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDD DD]]''. Of all those games, Alphas 2 & 3 AND Advance are the only ones that had Combattler [[Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy teaming up]] with both Voltes and [[Anime/{{Daimos}} Daimos]]. Poor Daimos.

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