History Trivia / VoltesV

* Although "5" is the series' main number, the magic number is "8." Episodes 8, 18, 28 and 38 clearly explain the main plot without the need to watch the episodes around them.

** In the American English dub, TheHero's younger brother's name was changed to Steve Armstrong. Coincidentally, his voice actor was John Armstrong.

** In the American English dub, the protagonist's name was changed to Steve Armstrong. Coincidentally, his voice actor was John Armstrong.

* BannedInChina: One of the more infamous examples in anime circles, and one that may well have ''led'' to its immortalization in the Philippines. The first time the show was broadcast there in the very late [=1970s=], President Ferdinand Marcos' government ordered the show taken off the air with more episodes to go, alongside ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'', with the official reason for the removal being cited as concern from [[MoralGuardians local Catholic parents' groups]] over the shows' "brutal violence". The final four episodes of ''Voltes V'', for the record, capped off with the overthrow of a dictatorship. The ban was lifted shortly after Marcos's own overthrow in 1986, but while ''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' came back, ''Mazinger Z'' has yet to, up to this day.

* When the anime boom of the late 1990s rolled around with the wider release and/or advent of stuff like ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and ''Anime/GundamWing'', etc. breaking into the global mainstream through primetime TV slots, ''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' came back on air again on Philippine TV to ride the wave, while ''Mazinger Z'' didn't or couldn't, despite being advertised as returning alongside them. This time around, the return of ''Voltes V'' was heavily hyped by GMA, the same network that had first aired the three shows in the 1970s. But GMA quietly ignored that ''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' had already returned through other networks. Milking it further, GMA even refitted the last four episodes of ''Voltes V'' into a CompilationMovie of sorts, subtitled "''The Liberation''" and released it in theaters before the episodes ever aired normally on their network.

* In the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series, it premiered in ''VideoGame/{{Shin|SuperRobotWars}}'' and tag-teamed with ''Combattler V'' ever since. It also appeared in the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha]]'' series, ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Advance]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Reversal]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Judgement]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL L]]'', [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30 30]] (With Voltes being part of the first DLC) and ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDD DD]]''. Of all those games, Alphas 2 & 3 AND Advance are the only ones that had Voltes teaming up with both Combattler and [[Anime/{{Daimos}} Daimos]] (But ''Alpha 2'' and ''Advance'' did not tive it a crossover attack with Combattler and Voltes unlike in ''Alpha 3'', where it does but it makes it looks like Daimos did all the work). Poor Daimos.

* CreatorsFavourite: According to ''Literature/TadaoNagahamaRobotRomanceAnimationChronicleInfobook'' page 228, Prince Heinel is Creator/OsamuIchikawa's favourite character he's ever voiced.
-->'''Interviewer:''' "Which character do you have a particularly strong attachment to?"
-->'''Osamu Ichikawa:''' "I think it's Heinel because his story has a lot of depth. [[spoiler: I remember, in the scene where Katherine was shot in the final episode, I cried out "Katherine!", without using any sound effects at all]]. The back of the studio usually modifies your voice, but for my take, they didn't have to do that. Director Nagahama was also surprised by this."

--> [[spoiler: ''"To save Boazania, Godol grants power to those with purity of intent. By their hand, the enemy shall be destroyed!"'']]

** The original Questor Philippine English dub from the 1970s has been seemingly replaced by the more recent Tagalog language version on Philippine broadcast TV.[[note]]Thankfully, there's a complete archive of that specific English dub derived from digitized [[UsefulNotes/CompactDisc VCD copies]] [[https://archive.org/details/voltes-v-volume-03 here]].[[/note]]

** When the anime returned in 1999 as part of the mainstream anime boom at the time, the remaining episodes were finally dubbed into English with [[https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Voltes_V a mix of old and new voice actors,]] but first released as a CompilationMovie for Philippine cinemas as ''[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5920 Voltes V: The Liberation]]''. The remaining dub work was handled by [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1272#:~:text=Philippine%20English%20Version%202 the original Telesuccess Productions]][[note]](formerly Questor International)[[/note]] from the 1970s who had handled the rest of the episodes.

* In the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series, it premiered in ''VideoGame/{{Shin|SuperRobotWars}}'' and tag-teamed with ''Combattler V'' 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 Voltes teaming up with both Combattler and [[Anime/{{Daimos}} Daimos]]. Poor Daimos.

** As stated in FanWank on the YMMV page, it's speculated that ''Anime/VoltesV'' was a test run for Nagahama's stint as an upcoming director for ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. In ''Literature/TadaoNagahamaRobotRomanceAnimationChronicleInfobook'' page 253, Nagahama acknowledges the similarities between the two anime.

** As stated in FanWank on the YMMV page, it's speculated that ''Anime/VoltesV'' was a test run for Nagahama's stint as an upcoming director for ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. In ''Literature/TadaoNagahamaRobotRomanceAnimation'' page 253, Nagahama acknowledges the similarities between the two anime.

* CreatorsFavourite: According to ''Literature/TadaoNagahamaRobotRomanceAnimation'' page 228, Prince Heinel is Creator/OsamuIchikawa's favourite character he's ever voiced.

* FandomNod: In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'', the debut stage for Voltes V is, appropriately enough, the [[https://imgur.com/a/8NkmG2c Philippines]].

* ActingForTwo: [[ActingForTwo/VoltesV Many such cases]].
* TheOtherDarrin: [[TheOtherDarrin/VoltesV Many such cases]].

* TheOtherDarrin:
** The Italian dub is [[https://www.encirobot.com/vult/vult-dop.asp full]] of this trope:
*** The Narrator was voiced by Valeriano Leo (episodes 01-26), Ribaudo Ermanno (episodes 27-37) and Cosolo Carlo (episodes 38-40).
*** Ippei Mine was voiced by Allegrini Carlo, then by Pannofino Francesco and then Ioannucci Marco.
*** Hiyoshi Go was voiced first by Andreini Gabriella, and then by Cadueri Monica.
*** Pescucci Gastone voiced Jangal Rui and Daijirou Go, but after he left, his voice roles were given to Cosolo Carlo.
*** Kentaro Go was voiced first by Valeriano Leo, and then by Santi Giulano.
** In an unusual case, the Philippine English dub of the first episode of ''Voltes V'' had Dodo Crisol (Prince Zardoz) end up as TheOtherDarrin to Joonee Gamboa's Dr. Smith ''in the same episode''.[[note]]For whatever reason, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1272#:~:text=Dodo%20Crisol%20as%20Dr.%20Smith Dodo replaces Joonee]] in voicing Dr. Smith midway into the episode. Joonee then proceeds to voice Dr. Smith [[TemporarySubstitute from episode 2 onwards]].[[/note]]
*** Although the Tagalog dub features some of the same voice actors as the English dub from the Philippines (because they were made by the same company), many of the voice actors have been replaced as well.
** In the Greek dub, Creator/MatinaKarras voiced Megumi, Hiyoshi and Katherine. These roles were then given to Katerina Petousi.
** In the Korean dub, Prince Heinel was voiced by Min Noh, and then Creator/SeonghoShin.

* ImageSource:
** Ippei and Eiffel serve as the image source for [[AmericansAreCowboys/AnimeAndManga Americans Are Cowboys]].
** Prince Heinel in Magazine/{{Animage}} is the page image for ThisIndexHasHorns.
** The titular robot makes an appearance on the page image for SuperRobotGenre, amongst others.
** Prince Heinel is one of the many characters featured on the ConqueringAlienPrince page.

** In the Korean dub, Prince Heinel was voiced by Min Noh, and then Creator/SeunghoShin.

*** Gepi Mine[[note]]Ippei Mine[[/note]] was voiced by Allegrini Carlo, then by Pannofino Francesco and then Ioannucci Marco.
*** Carl Go[[note]]Hiyoshi Go[[/note]] was voiced first by Andreini Gabriella, and then by Cadueri Monica.
*** Pescucci Gastone voiced Gael[[note]]Jangal Rui[[/note]] and Ivan Go[[note]]Daijirou Go[[/note]], but after he left, his voice roles were given to Cosolo Carlo.
*** Kentarus Go[[note]]Kentaro Go[[/note]] was voiced first by Valeriano Leo, and then by Santi Giulano.

** In the Greek dub, Matina Karras voiced Sonya[[note]]Megumi[[/note]], Carlos[[note]]Hiyoshi[[/note]] and Kazarine[[note]]Katherine[[/note]], but those roles later went to Katerina Petousi.

* The plot of the Go brothers' search for their father were inspired by Taiga dramas.

* {{Typecasting}}: Voltes V kicked off [[Creator/NorikoOhara Norika Ohara]]'s tendency to be cast as beautiful noblewomen, as after voicing Katherine she would go on to voice [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Miime]] and [[Anime/UruseiYatsura Princess Oyuki]].

* AscendedFanboy: [[https://twitter.com/kazuhiro_ochi Kazuhiro Ochi]][[note]]of ''Anime/MazingerZ'' fame[[/note]] was a newbie artist at the time this anime was produced and sent a [[https://edition88.com/blogs/news/interview-kazuhiro-ochi letter]] to Creator/TadaoNagahama telling him his dream was to be an animator. Nagahama invited him to work on ''Voltes V''.

** Prince Heinel in Magazine/{{Animage}} is the page image for ThisIndexHasHorns.

* ImageSource: Ippei and Eiffel serve as the image source for [[AmericansAreCowboys/AnimeAndManga Americans Are Cowboys]].