History Trivia / VoltesVLegacy

** 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.

* DyeingForYourArt: [[https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2023/04/26/2261584/how-martin-del-rosario-got-iconic-voltes-v-role-prince-zardoz According to his interview with Philippine Star]], Martin Del Rosario, who played Prince Zardoz, had to lose weight and build up his physique for the role. He also watched the anime to get a better understanding of his character and changed his voice for a bit to make it similar to the character.

** Doctolero has been far more vocal about it, as ever since the show was announced and certain details came out[[note]](like the people behind it, its airing from Monday to Friday in a typical primetime evening slot, and having double the anime's episode count)[[/note]], some Filipino fans have voiced worries that the live-action series might end up [[AdaptationDecay veering off from the anime]] and becoming a typical cliched Filipino soap opera with a [[InNameOnly Voltes V skin]].

* DearNegativeReader: Both series head writer Suzette Doctolero and director Mark Reyes have dissed critics of the show on social media, to the point of calling them "bashers". The former has been far more vocal about it, as ever since the show was announced and certain details came out (like the people behind it, its airing from Monday to Friday in a typical primetime evening slot, and having double the anime's episode count), some Filipino fans of the anime (including Pol Medina Jr., author of the decades-long comic strip ''ComicStrip/PugadBaboy'') have voiced worries that the live-action series might end up [[AdaptationDecay veering off from the anime]] and becoming a typical cliched Filipino soap opera with a Voltes V skin, adding their well-worn melodrama tropes to an already dramatic story. In response to a ''Pugad Baboy'' strip joking about this, Doctolero shot back at Medina [[https://philstarlife.com/geeky/509407-voltes-v-legacy-head-writer-engages-in-word-war-against-satirical-cartoonists with personal insults]], which drew more preemptive mockery online. Ironically, said strip was a month old by then, and the next strip had Medina's AuthorAvatar characters concede that they would check out the show anyway for nostalgia reasons.

* DearNegativeReader: Both series head writer Suzette Doctolero and director Mark Reyes have dissed critics of the show on social media, to the point of calling them "bashers". The former has been far more vocal about it, as ever since the show was announced and certain details came out (like the people behind it, its airing from Monday to Friday in a typical primetime evening slot, and having double the episode count), some Filipino fans of the anime (including Pol Medina Jr., author of the decades-long comic strip ''ComicStrip/PugadBaboy'') have voiced worries that the live-action series might end up [[AdaptationDecay veering off from the anime]] and becoming a typical cliched Filipino soap opera with a Voltes V skin, adding their well-worn melodrama tropes to an already dramatic story. In response to a ''Pugad Baboy'' strip joking about this, Doctolero shot back at Medina [[https://philstarlife.com/geeky/509407-voltes-v-legacy-head-writer-engages-in-word-war-against-satirical-cartoonists with personal insults]], which drew more preemptive mockery online. Ironically, said strip was a month old by then, and the next strip had Medina's AuthorAvatar characters concede that they would check out the show anyway for nostalgia reasons.

* DearNegativeReader:
** Both director Mark Reyes and writer Suzette Doctolero dissed critics about the show to the point of calling them bashers. The latter is more vocal about it on social media and when some Filipino fans of the anime are worried that the live-action series might end up becoming a cliched soap opera, Doctolero calls them out for being too negative.
** Doctolero also [[https://philstarlife.com/geeky/509407-voltes-v-legacy-head-writer-engages-in-word-war-against-satirical-cartoonists shot back]] at the author of ComicStrip/PugadBaboy, Pol Medina Jr., for making a comic strip stating fears that ''Voltes V: Legacy'' would just be another vehicle for [[InNameOnly Filipino melodrama]] with [[AdaptationDecay mechs attached to it]].
** Tarantadong Kalbo weighs in on the drama by spoofing [[https://twitter.com/KevinKalbo/status/1360129043962552320 Medina's take]] and bringing up the fact that ''Voltes V'' was originally written as melodrama in the first place. Too bad Doctolero also [[https://twitter.com/KevinKalbo/status/1360419536814571521 snapped back]] at Mr. Kalbo as well despite him defending ''Legacy''.

** 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, also [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design.

** Tarantadong Kalbo weighs in on the drama by spoofing [[https://twitter.com/KevinKalbo/status/1360129043962552320 Medina's take]] and bringing up the fact that ''Voltes V'' was written as melodrama in the first place. Too bad Doctolero also [[https://twitter.com/KevinKalbo/status/1360419536814571521 snapped back]] at Mr. Kalbo as well despite defending ''Legacy''.

** Shinichiro Shirakura, Toei's Director of Planning and Production for both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, and is also credited as one of the show's executive producers, also [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design.

** Doctolero in particular [[https://philstarlife.com/geeky/509407-voltes-v-legacy-head-writer-engages-in-word-war-against-satirical-cartoonists shot back]] at the author of ComicStrip/PugadBaboy, Pol Medina Jr., for making a comic strip stating fears that ''Voltes V: Legacy'' would just be another vehicle for Filipino melodrama with mechs attached to it.

* DearNegativeReader: Both director Mark Reyes and writer Suzette Doctolero dissed critics about the show to the point of calling them bashers. The latter is more vocal about it on social media and when some Filipino fans of the anime are worried that the live-action series might end up becoming a cliched soap opera, Doctolero calls them out for being too negative.

** Shinichiro Shirakura, Toei's Director of Planning and Production for both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, also [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: As shown on [[https://twitter.com/JACOBshelter27/status/1650506253636911106?s=19 this poster]], '' Legacy'''s release date[[note]] May 8, 2023 [[/note]] is just 3 days past the 45th anniversary of the original air date of the anime on GMA.[[note]] May 5, 1978 [[/note]]

** The president and CEO of [[Creator/ToeiCompany Toei]] itself, Fumio Yoshimura, has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0q7vFWqDp0 congratulated]] the Philippines for a job well done.

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

* ApprovalOfGod: The president and CEO of [[Creator/ToeiCompany Toei]] itself, Fumio Yoshimura, has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0q7vFWqDp0 congratulated]] the Philippines for a job well done. Shinichiro Shirakura, Toei's Director of Planning and Production for both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design.

* DyeingForTheArt: [[https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2023/04/26/2261584/how-martin-del-rosario-got-iconic-voltes-v-role-prince-zardoz According to his interview with Philippine Star]], Martin Del Rosario, who played Prince Zardoz, had to lose weight and build up his physique for the role. He also watched the anime to get a better understanding of his character.

* ApprovalOfGod: The president and CEO of [[Creator/ToeiCompany Toei]] itself, Fumio Yoshimura, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0q7vFWqDp0 congratulates]] the Philippines for a job well done. Shinichiro Shirakura, Toei's Director of Planning and Production for both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-KEGt519M marveled]] at the quality of the robot design.

* AllStarCasr: The supporting characters (human and Boazanian) are played by big-time actors or had been active in the Philippine showbiz industry for a long time such as Dennis Trillo, Carla Abellana, Gabby Eigenmann, Epy Quizon among others. Meanwhile, two of the Voltes V team are played by Miguel Tanfelix and Ysabel Ortega.

* PropRecycling: Some costumes that were used in ''Series/{{Encantadia}}'' are reused for some members of the Boazanian nobility, as shown [[https://twitter.com/EncantadiaSAGA/status/1656993418701344768 here]].

* DevelopmentHell: Director Mark Reyes states that the series is eight years in the making, with 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.