Line #17 Trivia/VoltesV


1	!!Tropes
2	[[index]]
3	* [[ActingForTwo/VoltesV Acting For Two]].
4	* [[TheOtherDarrin/VoltesV The Other Darrin]].
5	[[/index]]
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7	* AlmostFamousName: There actually is a Tokyo-based singer out there named [[https://www.instagram.com/megumioka_official/?hl=ja Megumi Oka]].[[note]]Her Wikipedia page even states that she's not to be confused with the ''Voltes V'' character.[[/note]] Her other names include [=Megu&ScottyD=], Megumi upper-slope, and TUGUMI.
8	* 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 [[UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos 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.
9	* ChannelHop:
10	** In the Philippines, ''Voltes V'' has [[https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Voltes_V channel-hopped]] from [[Creator/GMANetwork GMA 7]] in the late 1970s, PTV-4 and Creator/{{ABSCBN}} in 1986, RPN 9 in 1989, IBC-13 in 1989, GMA 7 again in 1999, and Hero TV in 2005.
11	** In Italy, the anime was originally broadcast on Italia TV, and then Junior TV.
12	** In Cuba, the anime was first broadcast on Canal 33, then Canal Palomitas and finally, Cubavisión.
13	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
14	** In Hong Kong, it's known as '''Polo Five (波羅五號)'''.
15	** In Italy and Greece, it's known as '''Vultus 5'''.
16	** In Brazil, it's known as '''O Ataque Voltes V'''.
17	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: IMDB's synopsis for the series states that the Boazanians are a "demonic race of aliens". The Boazanians are not demons, they just happen to be a race of {{Horned Humanoid}}s.
18	* CreatorsFavorite: According to ''Literature/TadaoNagahamaRobotRomanceAnimationChronicleInfobook'' page 228, Prince Heinel is Creator/OsamuIchikawa's favorite character he's ever voiced.
19	-->'''Interviewer:''' Which character do you have a particularly strong attachment to?
20	-->'''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.
21	* CrossDressingVoices: Hiyoshi is voiced by Creator/NorikoOhara, who also voices Katherine. Even the Greek and Italian dubs cast a female voice actress for him.
22	* TheDanza:
23	** In the Greek dub, Katherine's second voice actress was Katerina Petousi.
24	** In the American English dub, Kenichi's name was changed to Steve Armstrong. Coincidentally, his voice actor was John Armstrong.
25	* DescendedCreator:
26	** [[spoiler: When Heinel enters Godol, Creator/TadaoNagahama voices the message that automatically plays]].
27	--> [[spoiler: ''To save Boazania, Godol grants power to those with purity of intent. By their hand, the enemy shall be destroyed!'']]
28	** In the American English dub, Jangal and Professor Hamaguchi are voiced by William Ross, who founded the dubbing company behind ''Voltes V'', Frontier Enterprises.
29	* DuelingDubs:
30	** ''Voltes V'' was once [[https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Voltes_V partially dubbed and released in the U.S.]] as a single CompilationMovie titled ''[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4807 Voltus 5]]''. This version used the same name changes as the Filipino version, but suffered from horrible editing (combining episodes 1 to 3 and 9 and 18) and an English dub that was inferior to the Philippine English version.
31	** In the Philippines, ''Voltes V'' was re-dubbed twice over in Tagalog in the 2000s, after the old English dub from the 1970s returned to TV (again) in 1999. The [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1272#:~:text=Tagalog%20cast first such dub]] was also with Telesuccess Productions who had done the English dub, and the [[https://www.lionheartv.net/2021/09/look-dennis-trillo-sandara-park-among-others-once-donned-voltes-v-costumes-for-a-kapamilya-show/#:~:text=a%20version%20of%20Voltes%20V%20called%20Voltes%20V%20Evolution second dub]] was with [[CelebrityVoiceActor local celebrities]] for airing on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(TV_channel) Hero TV]] cable channel by rival network ABS-CBN.
32	* FandomNod:
33	** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'', the debut stage for Voltes V is, appropriately enough, the [[https://imgur.com/a/8NkmG2c Philippines]].
34	** 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 the aforementioned book]] (page 253), Nagahama acknowledges the similarities between the two anime.
35	* ForeignDubAsBasis: The Greek dub of ''Anime/VoltesV'' was based on the Italian dub. This led to the Italian {{Dub Name Change}}s being adapted into the Greek dub, for example Prince Heinel being called Prince Sirius.
36	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
37	** 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 [[Platform/CompactDisc VCD copies]] [[https://archive.org/details/voltes-v-volume-03 here]].[[/note]]
38	*** Also, the Philippine English [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHxTprfVMeY opening and ending themes]] have (almost) been lost to time. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMo-Ode5tEU opening]] is even rumored to have been sung by Filipino comedian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Inventor Nanette Inventor]].
39	** It's also hard to find the American English dub ''[[CompilationMovie Voltus 5]]'' online, since most of the Google search results refer to the Philippine English dub or ''Series/VoltesVLegacy'' instead. Or even [[FanSub English fansubs]] of the original anime.[[note]]Good thing it has been [[https://archive.org/details/VoltesVamericanEnglishDub archived too]].[[/note]]
40	* PromotedFanboy: [[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''.
41	* RuleThirtyFour:
42	** Do not look up Megumi Oka without your door locked.
43	** Heinel also gets a lot of shirtless fanart.
44	* ThoseTwoActors: Greek dub: Heinel is voiced by Ilias Plakidis and Katherine is voiced by Katerina Petousi, who would go on to become the respective voice actors for Shaggy Rogers and Daphne Blake in ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow''.
45	* {{Typecasting}}: ''Voltes V'' kicked off [[Creator/NorikoOhara Norika Ohara]]'s tendency to be cast as beautiful alien noblewomen, as after voicing [[BlueBlood Katherine Rii]] she would go on to voice [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Miime]] and [[Anime/UruseiYatsura Princess Oyuki]].
46	* TroubledProduction:
47	** The Filipino English dub from 1978-1979 was left incomplete for decades due to the abrupt banning of the anime by President Ferdinand Marcos, which left quite a number of episodes unaired at the time.[[note]]It was actually cut short after episode 26 when Marcos banned it in the late 1970s, but when it returned to TV in the 1980s, it only reached up to [[https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Voltes_V episode 35]].[[/note]]
48	** After the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution 1986 People Power Revolution]] that resulted in Marcos' removal from office, the same English dub was re-aired on Philippine television in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but the undubbed episodes still remained unaired.
49	** 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 theaters 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.
50	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/VoltesV A lot, actually]].
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52	!!General Trivia
53	* Although "5" is the series' main number, the magic number is "8." Episodes 8, 18, 28, 38 and 40 clearly explain the main plot without the need to watch the episodes around them.
54	* The word ''[[MagnetismManipulation Choudenji]]'' [[HollywoodMagnetism (Super Electromagnetic)]] has been copyrighted by Tadao Nagahama's estate and can only be used in Japanese media with their permission.
55	* Unlike ''Anime/CombattlerV'', where letter "V" is pronounced as "vee" (ブイ), the "V" in ''Voltes V'' is regarded as a Roman numeral and pronounced as "five" (ファイブ) in English.
56	* 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 give 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.
57	* ''Voltes V'' was widely popular in dictator-ruled countries. Although ''Voltes V'' saw moderate global success when it launched in the 1970s, it had [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular appeal]] in places like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}, UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}}, and the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. Cuba was ruled by UsefulNotes/FidelCastro from 1976 to 2008, while Indonesia was ruled by [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfIndonesia Suharto]] from 1968 to 1998. Meanwhile, UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
58	* 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 [[https://twitter.com/UkiyaSeed/status/1749773083739889989 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.
59	* The plot and tropes of the Go brothers' search for their father were inspired by Taiga dramas.

Context Trivia / VoltesV