Line #22 YMMV/VoltesV


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2	!!YMMV tropes with their own pages
3	[[index]]
4	* [[CommonKnowledge/VoltesV Common Knowledge]]
5	* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/VoltesV Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]
6	* [[Woobie/VoltesV Woobie]]
7	* [[Memes/VoltesV Memes]]
8	[[/index]]
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12	* AccidentalInnuendo:
13	-->'''Ippei''': ''Megumi, I'd like to rest. You're welcome to stare if you'd like. (slaps his shirtless, bare chest)''
14	-->'''Megumi''': ''I'm more interested in hearing about your mother! ''[[labelnote:Context]]Megumi wanted to know why Ippei hated his mother so much.[[/labelnote]]
15	** Gohl's father is called ''Oral''.
16	** Modern audiences may giggle at hearing the word [[HaveAGayOldTime "Sodom"]][[note]]Slang for anal sex[[/note]]. To make it even better, in the anime it refers to one half of two balls.
17	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
18	** The opening theme's melody is so versatile that it can be arranged in various ways (fast for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wpipSyYsTE epic ass-kicking]]; and slow, melodramatic strings for TearJerker moments) and still sound as fitting to the scene as can be. And awesome.
19	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmOBk-Obml4 "Looking for Father"]] by Creator/IchiroMizuki. Cue ManlyTears.
20	* BrokenBase: The sequel manga, ''Manga/VictoryFive''. Some fans love it for the [[spoiler: [[AliveAllAlong renewal of Heinel]] as a [[TheAtoner reformed villain]] [[SixthRanger who helps the Voltes team]]]], while others despise it for the excessive amounts of fanservice (i.e. many naked girls and [[spoiler: [[AdaptationalWimp Megumi]] being reduced to a DamselInDistress who needs the male characters to save her). Heinel being AliveAllAlong is also considered fanservice, as he's a fan favorite character depicted as ridiculously cool compared to the other members of the cast. ''Another'' portion of the fandom didn't like how even though he was alive again, his body was plagued by an unknown disease after he was revived, meaning that he spends most of his existence suffering.]] As a result, a large portion of the fandom would rather [[FanonDiscontinuity pretend it doesn't exist]].
21	* CommonKnowledge: [[CommonKnowledge/VoltesV Has it's own page]].
22	* CompleteMonster: [[PlanetBaron Emperor Zu Zambajil]] is the ruler of [[Characters/VoltesVTheBoazanianEmpire the Boazanian Empire]], where the horned upper classes are the rulers and the hornless are little better than slaves. Zambajil engineered the overthrow of good-hearted cousin La Gohl when he discovered the latter was actually hornless, and proceeded to hold Boazan in his grip with the FantasticCasteSystem, manipulating his cousin's son [[Characters/VoltesVPrinceHeinel Prince Heinel]] into becoming his pawn and puppet. By manipulating Heinel, Zambajil is responsible for his actions, including his war of conquest on Earth with all the atrocities and death that resulted, all so that the Boazan Empire could gain more slaves. Eventually fearing Heinel's potential, Zambajil tried to have him killed. When Boazan is taken in the war and the hornless have won their revolt, Zambajil tries to flee and when confronted by [[Characters/VoltesVBigFalconAndAssociates the Voltes team]], he tries to pin everything on Heinel and let his nephew take the fall for his own war crimes.
23	* DracoInLeatherPants: [[ConqueringAlienPrince Prince Heinel]] is this big-time. In spite of his long list of heinous actions[[note]]animal abuse for religious rituals, attacking un-armed civilians, attacking refugees, blackmail, capital punishment, colonialism, conspiracy, forced imprisonment, forced labor, killing children, maltreating prisoners of war, slavery, taking hostages, torture and unethical experimentation, attacking and imprisoning his own comrades, and [[TheUnfettered fighting to uphold]] a FantasticCasteSystem where anyone who isn't a {{Horned\|Humanoid}} [[AliensAreBastards Boazanian]] is meant to live as a slave[[/note]], {{Fanon}} highlights his [[TheWoobie Woobie]] and PrettyBoy status, and many fanfictions and fanart portray him in a positive manner. The GrandFinale also elicited a huge amount of CryForTheDevil for him, furthering this trope.
24	* FandomRivalry: With ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''. Particularly infamous in some corners of fandom, where ''Voltes V'' proponents will slam it as a rip-off and dedicate fanfiction and videos to the characters being slaughtered or [[RonTheDeathEater made out to be villains]] threatening the ''Voltes V'' team. Flamewars will spark over which giant robot would wipe the floor with the other, and whether or not the "Voltron" title plagiarized the "Volt" in ''Voltes'' (fans who point out that the original title was ''Anime/GoLion'' tend to get ignored in the shuffle). The arguments all boil down to which FiveManBand series is the legitimate and superior title, whether or not the latter was plagiarism, and if it's possible for fans of either to enjoy both. Not helping matters is the fact that Voltes V was released first and enjoys more popularity in Japan than ''Anime/GoLion'', furthering the TheyCopiedItSoItSucks allegations.
25	* FanficFuel:
26	** [[spoiler: Many fics explore the idea of Kenichi, Daijiro and Hiyoshi being born with horns due to their Boazanian heritage. A common theme is that Kentaro and Mitsuyo had them cut off to hide it.]]
27	** [[spoiler: How was Heinel's life like growing up in Boazania as Lozaria and the Prince's son?]]
28	* FanPreferredCouple:
29	** Heinel/Katherine was popular long before it became canon, mainly because many enjoyed Katherine's status as a MoralityPet bringing out another side of Heinel.
30	** Kenichi/Megumi has a lot of fanart and fanfiction despite the two not showing any romantic interest in each other. The Philippine [[Series/VoltesVLegacy live action adaptation]] indulges this and makes it canon.
31	* FanNickname:
32	** To the surprise of no one, Boazania is nicknamed [[JustForFun/InSpace Space]] [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} France]].
33	** In Japan, Heinel is often called "美形悪役" (beautiful villain).
34	* FanonDiscontinuity: Good luck finding a ''Voltes V'' fan who acknowledges, or even likes, the [[Manga/VictoryFive sequel manga]]. There's a reason why most prefer the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' endings to it. However, this could be a case of AmericansHateTingle as in Japan, the manga was received rather positively, despite being loathed worldwide.
35	* FanWank:
36	** As noted in Website/{{Wikipedia}}, there has been speculation among fan circles that possible research prior to [[Creator/TadaoNagahama Nagahama]]'s then-upcoming stint as director of the ''Anime/TheRoseOfVersailles'' anime may have influenced some themes and plot ideas for this show, such as those of revolution, social class upheaval, the medieval-esque setting of Boazan, the dramatic approach and the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking frilly dresses]]. Some SuperRobotGenre fans, who watched this show expecting pure HotBlooded action and are openly put-off with what they deem as excessive {{melodrama}} and {{angst}}, took things further by holding this theory to be the only explanation on why Nagahama would dare try to write "[[ShoujoDemographic shojo sensibilities]]" into a super robot show that's supposed to be for young boys.
37	** And also, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3234823/1/Voltes_V_versus_Voltron_The_Godaikin_Wars this]] [[Fanfic/VoltesVVersusVoltronTheGodaikinWars fanfic]]. The only English language fanfic involving ''Voltes V'' that features one of the worst UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny style fan wanks ever.
38	* FriendlyFandoms:
39	** Many fans of ''Voltes V'' are also fans of ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''.
40	** In UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}, many children of The70s who grew up watching ''Voltes V'' are also fans of ''Anime/HelloSandybell'' because they aired around the same time slots on the channel Cubavisión.
41	* GeniusBonus:
42	** For those familiar with Japanese naval history, it's Hiyoshi naming his battleship [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa Mikasa]].
43	** When Katherine deconstructs the inner workings of the Mechanical Eagle to Heinel and his aides, she explains the process behind the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster Ion thruster]], a RealLife plasma application used to propel spacecraft.
44	** In episode 30, the team perform the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_formation Missing Man Formation]] in honor of [[spoiler: Dange and Girion's deaths]].
45	* HarsherInHindsight:
46	** Look closely in the first episode where the Boazanian invasion armada was laying waste to the world's military forces and key cities... among the casualties and damage is a pair of conspicuously familiar twin towers. What's more disturbing is that this image was flashed right after the montage of the Statue of Liberty getting blown up.
47	** The plot of Episode 5, ''Battleship Mikasa Calls For Crisis''. While the episode originally aired on July 2, 1977, it has uncanny similarities with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Titan_submersible_incident#Incident The 2023 Titan submersible incident]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]In the start of the episode, Kenichi and Hiyoshi are arguing because Hiyoshi wants to go the annual ship racing competition but Kenichi orders him to stay in case the Boazanians attack again. Despite being warned of the risk, Hiyoshi attends the competition anyway. Coincidentally, a Beast Knight attacks during the race, which results in Hiyoshi's vehicle sinking into the ocean after taking heavy damage, while the Big Falcon personnel desperately try to regain contact with it. Luckily, Ippei finds Hiyoshi and sends him underwater so that he can repair the Volt Frigate.[[/labelnote]]
48	** In episode 13, [[spoiler: Heinel, Jangal, and Katherine burst out laughing when Zuhl tells them humans are capable of love. Even though they don't believe him at first, Zuhl insists that they can use humans' ability to love against them. In the next episode, Heinel holds a little girl hostage and threatens to kill her if her father doesn't pose as a slave and sabotage Voltes V. It turns out he ''did'' comprehend that humans are capable of love]].
49	* HilariousInHindsight:
50	** The Beast Knight from the second episode is called ''[[Series/TheBigBangTheory Baizanga]]''.[[note]][[https://youtu.be/qH1VOy7HKRs?t=73 laugh track]][[/note]]
51	** In episode 13, the Boazanians attempt to trick the Go brothers by creating "A voice-changing machine", a device that can imitate the voice of anyone they desire. The idea may have seemed whimsical in the 1970s, but with the rise of deepfake AI technology in the 2020s, it's not that far out there.
52	** The events of episodes 8, 22, and 24 involve Katherine trying to [[{{Pun}} suss]] [[VideoGame/AmongUs out a potential assassin]] from her allies within the [[EldritchStarship spaceship]].
53	** Katherine's [[https://imgur.com/a/mSDH1H2 "disguise"]] as Jane. Notice anything [[Film/{{Coneheads}} familiar]]?[[note]]This becomes even funnier when you know the context is that Katherine is trying to blend in with the humans, just like the titular Coneheads.[[/note]]
54	** Kenichi/Megumi being the FanPreferredCouple of the ''Voltes V'' fanbase, after [[https://ibb.co/7xhvrJY this]] piece of dialogue from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''.
55	** [[spoiler: TheReveal regarding Prince Heinel in the final episode]] becomes even funnier when you remember that in the Korean dub, he has the same [[Creator/SeonghoShin voice actor]] as [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].
56	* MisaimedFandom: Not a few people who watched this show are in it mainly for the back-stabbing and high drama of the Boazan nobility, going as far as to say that Heinel and the other villains own the story and not the boring goody-two shoes heroes and the Earthlings; conveniently ignoring the fact that the Earthlings aren't exactly portrayed idealistically either, as they were just as predisposed to prejudice and petty bickering as the villains.
57	* MoralEventHorizon:
58	** You will see the incident where Heinel [[spoiler: takes a little girl hostage so her father would be forced to cooperate in his schemes against the Voltes Team; only to find out later that he has already killed off the said girl afterward]] as the former if you think that the said action cements his status as a [[CardCarryingVillain villain that is NOT to be liked]]; or the latter for simply being a way of the authors of telling the audience to be wary of how [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain screwed up]] [[SocietyIsToBlame he became]] from the culture that he has been brought up in.
59	** Zambajil crosses it when [[spoiler: he has Gohl exposed, humiliated and enslaved, all while laughing maniacally has he has him separated from his wife. His orchestration of these events were why Heinel grew up to be a sad, broken man filled with endless pain [[SinsOfOurFathers over something that wasn't his fault.]]]]
60	** For many, Dr. Sakonji crossed it when he threw out the Voltes team's belongings and maintained a general DrillSergeantNasty attitude towards them even though their previous mentor, [[spoiler: Professor Hamaguchi, had just died]]. Sakonji was received as cruel and callous, with many fans favoring Hamaguchi over him.
61	** Belgan broke it when he showed Nakamura his parents' corpses to stoke the flames of hatred towards the Go brothers. He broke it again when he had Bernard tortured, with the poor man succumbing to his injuries afterwards. Him and Gurul really jump over it when [[spoiler: they use a Magmite Bomb to blow up the Earth]].
62	* MovementMascot: The series is big in the Philippines not only due to nostalgia, but also because [[BannedInChina it was banned there by the since-ousted dictator president]] UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos, who is often claimed to have found its themes threatening - Website/{{Wikipedia}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltes_V#Influence_and_legacy_in_the_Philippines has more details]]. Thus after Marcos was ousted, the anime and especially the mecha itself were later unofficially adopted as symbols for life under the dictatorship period, particularly the sociopolitical resistance/dissent that led to his ousting, and the continuing legacy of that period. Emphasis on "symbolic", since the ban of the anime may not have ''directly'' led to the increase in protests and the eventual ousting of the dictator some years later, but it was one way the generation of Filipino kids growing up then felt the impact of the times.
63	** The sudden ban, when the anime was in its last few episodes with the heroes about to liberate Boazan, naturally led to speculation that it was because the situation had hit too close to home for Marcos. Both Marcos's son and one of the Filipino dub actors have since claimed that it was actually [[ThinkOfTheChildren parents' groups]] or a [[MoralGuardians Catholic women's group]] that pressured him to ban the show. But to this day, many find the timing suspicious. And regardless of motive, the point remains that the show was banned by and in context of the Marcos dictatorship in any case.
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67	* NarmCharm:
68	** The Filipino-made English dub. For anyone who probably hasn't grown up watching this in the Philippines, first you'll be like, "Wha...?" after watching one episode in English and then you'll be tolerating it the next instance.
69	--->And I shall die [[{{Mondegreen}} eating beans]]!
70	** Heinel's [[DubNameChange name in the said dub]] however, is straight-up cheese: Prince '''Zardoz'''. Other Filipino fans better not get their hands on the [[Film/{{Zardoz}} movie]] where the dubbers/translators got the name from if they want to save their sanity and/or not die from laughing. (Really, try picturing Heinel saying "The gun is good! The penis is evil!" and you'll get the context.)
71	* OneTrueThreesome: There is a small (emphasis: ''small'') minority of the ''Voltes V'' fandom that ships Kenichi x Megumi x Ippei.
72	* PortmanteauCoupleName:
73	** Ippegumi for Ippei/Megumi. However, many fanart pieces of Ippei and Megumi also use the tag "#Mamie", combining their names from the English dub, '''Ma'''rk Gordon and Ja'''mie''' Robinson.
74	** In a similar vein, fanart of Kenichi and Megumi often use the tag "#Stemie". Those who prefer to use their original names call the ship Kengumi/Kenigumi.
75	** Heinel/Katherine is known as "Heinkath" or "Heinarine". Their dub names Zardoz and Zandra have fans know it as "Zarzan".
76	* RetroactiveRecognition:
77	** Amongst the main cast, one of them had staying power throughout the years. And it's not Kenichi, it's Daijirou, voiced by Creator/TesshoGenda, nowadays known as the dub voice of [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]]. To Filipinos, he's known as the voice of [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Younger]] [[AntiVillain Toguro]]. Indeed, Tessho is [[PigeonholedVoiceActor the go-to guy]] to voice anime [[TheBigGuy big guys]] (mostly older ones).
78	** Ippei is voiced by Creator/KazuyukiSogabe, a.k.a. [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Psycho Mantis]].
79	** Hiyoshi and Katherine are voiced by Creator/NorikoOhara; who went to play her most iconic and longest role, Nobita in the second ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' anime, the following year after this series ended.
80	** Jangal is voiced by Creator/ShozoIizuka, who voiced Nappa from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Hilariously, both are hulking brutes who serve a much shorter ConqueringAlienPrince.
81	* SacredCow: Do not disparage this show, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Ab7zbEI0o unless]] you are ready to fight World War 3 with UsefulNotes/FilipinosWithFirearms.
82	* SpecialEffectsFailure: The show has quite a few animation errors and OffModel moments that result in unintentional amusement:
83	** Episode 4: After Gardo pledges allegiance to the Boazanian Empire, Prince Heinel grants him two horns. However in the episode's first shot, he already has two horns, which suddenly disappeared during his duel with Gladiator.
84	** Episode 8: Someone in the animation team forgot to shade [[{{Acrofatic}} Jangal]] [[FanDisservice Rui]]'s body, resulting in [[https://imgur.com/a/UoItmyt this shot]], which makes him look like he's naked from the upper half.
85	** The ending theme and credits sequence has Kenichi running towards his brothers and... [[MindScrew himself]]. It's likely meant to be Kentaro, but the animation directors didn't bother to correct the error.
86	* UnconventionalLearningExperience: In some episodes, the characters go into detail about physics-related concepts including Warp Theory.
87	* ValuesResonance: Two times.
88	** As the [[Trivia/VoltesV Trivia]] page notes, the anime was widely popular in dictator-ruled countries, likely due to the main story being about the toppling of the corrupt PlanetBaron [[HateSink Emperor]] [[BastardBastard Zambajil]].
89	** In the modern day, the themes of anti-racial prejudice and anti-war hold up well. Impressive for an anime from The70s.
90	* TheWoobie: [[TheWoobie/VoltesV Enough woobies to warrant its own page]].
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