History Trivia / VoltesVLegacy

* RomanceOnTheSet:
** Miguel Tanfelix (who plays Steve) and Ysabel Ortega (who plays Jamie) are dating in real life. Amusingly enough, the two also starred in GMA's 2022 romance drama, ''What We Could Be'', where they play as a couple though Tanfelix and Ortega admitted they were just friends at that time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7vVj0BeCzI It's only on February 9, 2023,]] in Boy Abunda's ''Fast Talk'' that Tanfelix confessed he's been courting Ortega for quite some time. [[https://www.pep.ph/news/local/175604/miguel-tanfelix-ysabel-ortega-grilled-about-real-score-between-them-a746-20230902 Later on in his and Ortega's interview with PEP.ph]], Tanfelix admitted that his time with Ortega during the filming of ''Voltes V: Legacy'' for four years made them grow closer.
** Liezel Lopez [[https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/showbiz/chikaminute/881659/liezel-lopez-pays-tribute-to-her-character-in-voltes-v-legacy-after-finale/story/ admitted]] that after spending time with Martin del Rosario, she came to have a crush on him.

* RealitySubtext: Steve falling in love with Jamie is synonymous with Miguel Tanfelix courting Ysabel Ortega in real life.

* AscendedFanboy: Michael V., a fan of the original series who also cosplayed as Steve Armstrong in ''Pepito Manaloto'', becomes the voice actor of OCTO-1 in the titular episode.

* PromotedFanboy: Some of the older cast members such as Gabby Eigenmann, Neil Ryan Sese, and Epy Quizon are huge fans of the anime.

* {{Blooper}}: The production finally fixed the typo during the [[https://twitter.com/capricornikz/status/1669735177030086656 Voltes V ending credits]] for the composer of the ED. It went from "Kobayashi Aso" to "Kobayashi Asei".

** Shinichiro Shirakura or "Shirakura P"[[note]](Toei's Director of Planning and Production for both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series who is also credited as one of the show's executive producers)[[/note]][[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design. He also [[https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2263128/full/ positively comments]] on the [[https://twitter.com/NegiKitsu/status/1701340707838148711 popularity]] of ''Voltes V'' in the Philippines.[[note]]

** Shinichiro Shirakura (Shirakura P)--Toei's Director of Planning and Production for both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series who is also credited as one of the show's executive producers--[[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design. He also [[https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2263128/full/ positively comments]] on the [[https://twitter.com/NegiKitsu/status/1701340707838148711 popularity]] of ''Voltes V'' in the Philippines.[[note]]

** Shinichiro Shirakura--Toei's Director of Planning and Production for both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series who is also credited as one of the show's executive producers--[[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design. He also [[https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2263128/full/ positively comments]] on the popularity of ''Voltes V'' in the Philippines.[[note]]

** Creator/JunichiSuwabe has [[https://twitter.com/MY_MURMUR/status/1655926014441316352 tweeted out]] interest in doing the Japanese dub voice for the ''Voltes V: Legacy'' version of Prince Heinel/Zardoz, succeeding Osamu Ichikawa.

** Here's [[https://twitter.com/x_pacaud/status/1703005413212594192 Masahiro Inoue]] (Tsukasa Kadoya from ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'') singing the ''Voltes V'' theme song while clips from ''Voltes V: Legacy'' plays in the background at the 2023 Manila [=TokuSpirits=] Convention.

** Jamie Robinson is the daughter of an authority figure which goes the same with her actress, Ysabel Ortega, who is the daughter of Senator Lito Lapid.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Miguel Tanfelix (who plays Steve) and Ysabel Ortega (who plays Jamie) are dating in real life. Amusingly enough, the two also starred in GMA's 2022 romance drama, ''What We Could Be'', where they play as a couple though Tanfelix and Ortega admitted they were just friends at that time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7vVj0BeCzI It's only on February 9, 2023,]] in Boy Abunda's ''Fast Talk'' that Tanfelix confessed he's been courting Ortega for quite some time. [[https://www.pep.ph/news/local/175604/miguel-tanfelix-ysabel-ortega-grilled-about-real-score-between-them-a746-20230902 Later on in his and Ortega's interview with PEP.ph]], Tanfelix admitted that his time with Ortega during the filming of ''Voltes V: Legacy'' for four years made them grow closer.

* DuelingShows: With Creator/ABSCBN's ''Series/BatangQuiapo'' due to sharing the same timeslot. While the genres are different, both shows are remakes of popular '70s to '80s media in the Philippines.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Director Mark Reyes states that the series is eight years in the making, with the production of the series actually starting in January 2020. Then came the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which delayed both the production and the principal photography processes. Filming wrapped up on April 1, 2023.

* ActorSharedBackground: Like Mark Gordon, Radson Flores [[https://www.animeherald.com/interview/interview-with-voltes-v-legacy-director-mark-reyes/ has been riding horses]] since he was very young.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Reyes revealed that [[https://www.pep.ph/news/local/175604/miguel-tanfelix-ysabel-ortega-grilled-about-real-score-between-them-a746-20230902 there were a lot of changes in the cast]] before the official announcement in 2020 due to the age of the actors. For example, Dennis Trillo was his first choice to play Zardoz before he settled him to play Ned Armstrong. Dingdong Dantes and Kylie Padilla were also his first choices to play Steve Armstrong and Jamie Robinson. Ruru Madrid was also supposed to be part of the main cast.

* DevelopmentHell: Director Mark Reyes states that the series is eight years in the making, with the production of the series actually starting in January 2020. Then came the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which delayed both the production and the principal photography processes. Filming wrapped up on April 1, 2023.

* NoExportForYou: The official [=YouTube=] streams of the show from GMA's official channel are blocked off outside the Philippines, unless you are a GMA Pinoy TV (GMA's international channel) subscriber where the service is available. Justified as Toei has plans to make the show available outside the Philippines at a later time officially.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Miguel Tanfelix (who plays Steve) and Ysabel Ortega (who plays Jamie) are dating in real life. Amusingly enough, the two also starred in GMA's 2022 romance drama, ''What We Could Be'', where they play as a couple though Tanfelix and Ortega admitted they were just friends at that time. It's only in February 9, 2023, that Tanfelix confessed he's been courting Ortega for quite some time.