 | Voltes V | Jul 21, '06 9:14 AM
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 | Category: | Movies | | Genre: | Animation |
This classic Japanese robot animation was one of my childhood favorites.
Earth was attacked by the Boazanian Dark Invader and regular defense forces were no match against the Boazanian saucer fleet. Voltes V was invented by Prof. Hamaguchi, Prof. Kentaro and Mitsuyo Go to counter the Boazanian monsters.
Five pilots were trained: (1) Kenichi Go, an expert marksman and motorcyclist as the leader of the team; (2) Daijirou Go, a judo martial artist; (3) Hiyoshi Go, a boy genius; (4) Ippei Mine, North American Rodeo Champion; (5) Megumi Oka, an undefeatable ninja and daughter of General Oka, Head of the Earth Defense.
Voltes Five can be separated into five components, Volt Crewzer (a jet), Volt Bomber, Volt Panzer, Volt Frigate and Volt Lander. The weapons are: Chodenji Goma (top), Chodenji String (whip - from the belt), Chodenji Ray, Chain Knuckle, Voltes Bazooka, Grand Fire, Voltes Missile and the finishing move, the Tenkuken (Heaven's Firmament Sword), V no giri (slash of V), where Voltes uses a sword to slice up a letter V in the opponent's body, and the Chodenji Ball, a magnetic ball designed to immobilize the enemy with electromagnetic fields before the sushi slicing begins.
The enemy was led by Prince Heinel and assisted by Kuhl, Jangal, and Katherine (Not Christine...hehehe).
I didn't understand much of the plot since the first Japanese videos have no subtitles on it. But the expressive animation and lively soundtrack never fails to move me - from the excitement of the battle to the tragic death of a mother.
You can go to You Tube to watch: (Japanese language with English subtitles) - but the last I checked it's incomplete...
http://www.youtube.com/results?related=voltes%20voltus%20chogokin%20anime%20cartoon&sort=relevance&page=1
Alternatively, you can go to:
http://www.pinoycartoons.com/index.htm
It's in English (with pinoy accent)... it's kinda weird watching this version, after growing up with Japanese version... but... I was eager to relive my childhood fond memories... so I better not complain too much.
BTW, Voltes V became so popular in the Philippines since then President Ferdinand Marcos banned the broadcasting of this cartoon. Many have argued that the former dictator was annoyed with the parallel identification between the villain characters with his regimes. But some others explained that it was because Marcos' family owned television company could not compete with the popularity of the television company that broadcasted Voltes V (plus other shows), so Marcos had to intervene by banning the broadcast of Voltes V. Still, the first arguments were already widely speculated, thus at some point Voltes V was gaining a more political popularity... maybe I can get my friend Aries to write something about Voltes V and Democracy in the Philippines... hahaha...
Eniwe, enjoy...   | cyberlucky wrote on Aug 3, '06, edited on Aug 3, '06 Well both Aquila and I have the whole set! We both seven years old anyway.... it's normal to keep cartoon collections. |
| Voltes V was the title in the Philippines version, which naturally spreaded to California (as it was dubbed in English) and that name became the known name in the western world. |
 | If it's not you, Bimo, who else wudda known this !!! :o)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) |
| "Up until now, when it came to robot anime, the battle scenes were its sales point, and the story concluded in one episode. Voltes V was a creation intended to go beyond that. I wanted to get behind the perspectives of the enemy to express their psychological aspects to the audiences. I also wanted to create some sort of blood relationship between the hero and its enemy. Previous animes have never dealt with social themes but in Voltes, I have presented a situation where there was prejudice between those who had horns and those who didn't. And I wanted to integrate that situation into this epic saga. This work delves into the lives of different people. Since Prince Heinell's character was well written, it was possible for the audience to see things from his perspective. But that is not enough, take one step further. La Gour was enslaved because he did not have horns. What would have happened if he didn't stand up for his cause? He risked his own life to fight for his cause, believing that there should be no slavery among their people. La Gour's agenda for life is just as worthy as that of Prince Heinell's. This work requires a lot of thinking from the audience. It would be grateful if this work be given some thoughts and applied to your own lives."
--NAGAHAMA Tadao, taken from Roman Album #14 Voltes V |
| It is an art work and TOEI just announced the release of official DVD set of Voltus V! I am sooooo getting it..... (I hope they have subtitles) |
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 | Voltes V! Watch this rare video clip of the original Voltes V: Volt In Box toy advert that was aired in Japan, and most of Asia during the '70s and early '80s. STAY TUNED, MORE TO COME!
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 | In Indonesia it is called Voltus V, and when someone wants around 27 - 35 years of age wants to spell a word wth V, they will say V for Voltus V, not V for Voxtrot, that's how famous Voltus V in here in 1980...some kids club made a theatre of it..and never make the same for others..except when Gaban and Goggle V ( original ) came to Jakarta for 2 days show. |
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If I am not mistaken, the title when I was small wasn't Voltes V, it's Voltus V. 