Referenced By / Combattler V

Here are the references other works have made of Combattler V.

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Anime & Manga

• Voltes V:
  • Voltes is practically a robotic clone variant of Combattler V. Their respective teams of five pilots are also quite similar to one another. They even share the same plot of stopping aliens from invading Planet Earth with gigantic monsters on a weekly basis care of their giant Super Robot.
  • The "Spin Fly Technique" is clearly just the "Choudenji Spin" using the separated Volt Machines spinning like tops together versus Combattler V doing the same thing while its component parts are already combined.
  • There are cameo appearances in Voltes done by members of Combattler V. In episode 1, Juuzou Naniwa (or a lookalike of him) serves as one of several martial artists seen sparring with Daijirou. Meanwhile, Dr. Nanbara (the creator of Combattler) makes an appearance as a U.N. envoy in episode 31.
  • Voltes even has a similar villain line-up as Combattler, with a young prince as the main antagonist (Heinel/Garuda) and his three generals being a red-skinned war general (Jangal/Girua), a gnarled elderly scientist (Zuhl/Nirua) and a female love interest for the prince (Katherine/Miia).
  • The 37^th episode of Voltes V is similar to the Combattler V Grand Finale because both involve a planet-ending Doomsday Device that the heroes are helpless to stop but an outside force helps resolve the problem for them.
• Daimos:
  • Daimos also shares the same villain line-up as Combattler. Garuda is Richter, Miia is Raiza, Girua is Balbas, and Narua is Georiya. King Olban is also Daimos's equivalent of Oreana and Empress Janera.
  • There was also that one time when Combattler had to use Daimos-like motion controls instead of its normal controls (after Hyoma had to pilot the robot without his arms because they were blown off by Garuda).
  • Combattler's GranDasher mode also looks a lot like Daimos's Tranzer/Transer mode pre-transformation.
• Dragon Ball:
  • An angry Perfect Cell bloats in size and threatens to blow himself up and take the entire world with him, much to Son Gohan's chagrin. This is likely a shout-out to Combattler V's finale of facing off against a Doomsday Device that Empress Janera left after her defeat.
  • Son Goku teleporting the explosive Cell to Kaio's planet on Gohan's behalf is also reminiscent of the Deus ex Machina ending of Deus from Campbell removing Janera's Dead Man's Switch bomb from Earth on behalf of the Combattler Team.
• Genshiken: The gang go to a Karaoke Box to help Kugayama become more outgoing. Kugayama then ends up interrupting Madarame's performance of the Combattler V theme.
• Robot Girls Z: The show parodies Raideen, Combattler V, Daimos, and Voltes V as cute anime girls◊.^note Raideen is the light blue-haired girl at the top, Daimos is the black haired girl at the bottom, Combattler V is the cyan haired girl with the feather in her cap and Voltes V is the one on the left with green hair

Comic Books

• Shogun Warriors (Comics): The comic book references Combattler V (now known instead as "Combatra") along with "Raydeen" and "Dangard Ace", with the series giving the Super Robots completely different origin stories as part of the Marvel Comic continuity.

Series — Live-action

• Battle Fever J: Since taking over the timeslot of Daimos, Battle Fever J and its concept of five young people using a mecha to fight the forces of evil has technically been inherited from animated shows like Combattler V and Voltes V, but their mech mostly copies Leopardon from Spider-Man (Japan). In short, it's a live-action version of Combattler V mixed with the Super Sentai concept established by Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.
• Choudenshi Bioman:
  • Like with the Combattler V finale and a pivotal Voltes V event, Dr. Man also has a planet-annihilating Anti-Bio Bomb that was supposed to destroy the whole Earth and every living being on it like what happened to Planet Bio.
  • In this instance, the Deus ex Machina that saved the Biomen from certain defeat was Doctor Man's own biological son, Shuichi Kageyama.
  • Bioman is also reminiscent of Combattler with the appearance of Prince, the Mecha Clone version of Dr. Man's son, Shuichi. It harkens back to the reveal that General Garuda is actually one of many replaceable robot clones made by Oreana.
• Hikari Sentai Maskman:
  • The Aura Road Spark/Spurt by Galaxy Robo is a reference to Combattler V's GranDasher Wave.
  • Great Five is as much of a shout-out to Combattler V as it is to Voltes V, being Super Sentai's first five-component combiner robot.
  • Thief Knight Kiros's Crescent Screw Signature Move is highly reminiscent of Combattler's Choudenji Tatsumaki.
  • Both Combattler's Chizuru Nanbara (who also wears pink) and Maskman's Momoko/Pink Mask have a tendency to suffer a Heroic RRoD in one episode. In Chizuru's case, she has a valvular heart disease. In Momoko's case, she has the slight flaw of low constitution despite being a tough fighter on her own.
  • The Land Galaxy mode of the Galaxy Robo is a three-way reference to all the shows in the Robot Romance Trilogy by Tadao Nagahama.^note It's a shout-out to Combattler's tank mode that's used whenever it unleashes the "GranDasher" form and its "Grand Light Wave Rail" as well as Voltes V's unused tank mode and Daimos's wheeled Tranzer mode.
• Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger: The Dino Tanker mode of Daizyujin is also a three-way reference to Robot Romance Trilogy just like the Land Galaxy was for Maskman.
• Kamen Rider Ryuki: On the episode "The Battle Ends", a tokusatsu show and anime were shown on a nearby television screen. They were Moero!! Robocon and Super Electromagnetic Robot Combattler V respectively.
• Voltes V: Legacy:
  • The show referenced Combattler V by mentioning Tau Cetis as one of the planets that Emperor Zu Zambojil intends to occupy (the others being Baam/Brahmin, Cephir, Helios, and Gliese).
  • Also in Voltes V: Legacy, the tank mode of Voltes V is a shout-out to Combattler's tank mode that's used whenever it unleashes the "GranDasher" form and its "Grand Light Wave Rail".^note It also references Daimos's wheeled Tranzer mode. This tank mode was planned but ultimately cut from the original Voltes V anime but it's still available on its toy form.
  • Planet Campbell was also mentioned by Marquise Zaki, who intends to seek asylum there before Zandra/Katharine branded her as a traitor and personally shot her.

Toyline

• Shogun Warriors (Toyline): The complete Shogun Warriors toyline from Mattel again references Combattler V as "Combatra" along with "Raydeen" and "Dangard Ace". However, the toyline also includes other imported and localized Popy Super Robot toy designs such as "Voltus V", "Daimos", "Dragun", "Poseidon", and "Great Mazinga".

Video Games

• Street Fighter:
  • In Street Fighter II, the revelation of Cammy White's past as the brainwashed "Killer Bee", M. Bison's personal assassin and disposable puppet, leads her in a Roaring Rampage of Revenge akin to what happened to Garuda and Oreana.
    • In Street Fighter Alpha 3, it's further revealed that Cammy is one of M. Bison's multiple "dolls" and spare (female) clone bodies. The way these dolls are presented as Palette Swaps or Head Swaps of Cammy's sprite is reminiscent of the many different iterations of the Garuda clones in the big reveal of his true nature.
  • In Street Fighter IV, the reveal that Seth is just one (No. 15) of many replacement (male) bodies of M. Bison is reminiscent of the revelation that Garuda is one of many robotic clones built by Oreana to facilitate the invasion of Earth.
• SNK Games:
  • Princess or Goddess Athena from Athena by SNK looks like an Expy of Chizuru Nanbara in a bikini.
    • SNK then doubled-down on Athena's Chizuru-like appearance when she became one of two final bosses in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos and a playable character in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum.
  • In The King of Fighters '99, the reveal that Krizalid is actually the clone of K' and not the other way around, leading to him losing his mind is reminiscent of Garuda also having a mental breakdown when it was revealed he was a robotic clone himself.
• Super Robot Wars: In Alpha 2 & 3 and Advance, the elaborate Combination Attack shared by Voltes, Combattler, and Daimos in the games has Daimos in Tranzer mode traversing the "Grand Light Wave Rail" instead of Combattler V.
• Higurashi: When They Cry: In Chapter 2 Episode 3, during the curry cook-off, Keiichi and Rika play pretend with drawings. Rika states that Mr. Curry shoots missiles from his stomach, and Keiichi responds by blocking it with his "Super-Electromagnetic" (Choudenji) Barrier.
• Fate/Grand Order: Elizabeth Báthory or Brave Liz is a walking Combattler V reference.

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