They Changed It Now It Sucks / Voltes V: Legacy

• A lot of fans are not happy with the portrayal of Zardoz and Zandra as being overly desiring of one another, finding the live action incarnations "too horny" (no pun intended). In the anime, Heinel (Zardoz) and Katherine (Zandra) had a mostly unrequited love for one another that they never get to express until the end.
  • On a similar note, Steve here is more emotional and romance-oriented, unlike his anime counterpart that was more Hot-Blooded and prioritized his mission over everything else.
• The turtle-like Beast Fighter Gamera appears far later in the series and is easily dispatched by a few missiles. A lot of fans received this negatively due to both taking away the tag-team of Namazuka^note "Namazungo" in the original anime and Gamera^note "Gamenza" in the original attacking at the same time, and the fact that Gamera never even gets to battle Voltes V in its combined form.
• Some fans are displeased with Dr. Smith's death being done by the Android Ned as opposed to dying by Heroic Sacrifice during another dual tag-team between Gonguru and Kuragenyara. These two Beast Fighters were omitted from the series, disappointing some fans who liked Kuragenyara for its unusual and unconventional appearance and Gonguru for its comedic, slapstick-like mannerisms.
• The Beast Fighters Daiand, Dorion and Giron are omitted from the series, but their story arcs are still referenced: Daiand's mind control is replaced by a ring worn by Jamie, Dorion's plague germs are replaced by a fleet of flying saucers that spray the pathogen in the air, and Giron is replaced by two human-sized Boazanian gladiators Takeo and Arisa. Many were disappointed that they included these at all, and would rather have preferred to see the Beast Fighters themselves than just being referenced.
  • Similarly, the way some story arcs were reused but omitted their episode's Beast Fighter were also a point of issue. Zoldier's second form ends up taking up the subplot of Tobiurago (the flying fish) with Big Bert breaking off from the team and finding Hrothgar in prison at Zuhl's base, and Desler appears a second time with a shield weapon that leads to the Mechanical Eagles assistance, replacing the twin beetle Beast Fighters Saimon and Daimon.
• Marquise Zaki being gender-swapped into a woman received some controversy, with some okay with the change and others finding it unnecessary and making her mock flirtiness to Zardoz add unneeded romantic tension between her and Zandra. Zaki was also involved with the tiger Beast Fighter Gargo, which was omitted in the remake.
• Although they did love the epic visuals of two rivals dueling on the literal Hand of the God of Shugoshin Godor, some Japanese fans have complained about how in episode 90, the desperate Zardoz/Heinel was still using his ring device during his duel with Ken'ichi/Steve, making him less honorable at this stage of his character development compared to his anime counterpart.
• A common criticism amongst Japanese commenters was the change of Heinel's hair colour from blonde to brunette, as his blonde look was considered iconic.