Voltes V in Repair Center

The 123rd Boazanian Emperor had no wife, his only son is a mentally retardate. Thus there was no one to succeed him.
One day, his brother was blessed with the birth of the long awaited heir. The Nobility greeted this event with great joy.
But the child was born without horns, which is a symbol of Nobility. It is most likely that the child would never become emperor, even if his blood were the blood of royalty.
Worse, it was very possible that the child would drop to the position of a slave.
When the father learns about this malformation, he was filled with anger and despair that he aims to kill...

Daijiro was the largest teenage member of the Voltes Team.

He was called “Big Bert” by the Filipino voice talents who dubbed the series in 1978.

In Japanese, “Dai” means large, important and perhaps that’s where the “Big” in Big Bert must have come from.




Daijiro was the second of the Go brothers and to my relief; he was not depicted as an insatiable pig, prevalent among huge bodied characters. Daijiro was more of a martial artist who mastered exotic techniques in the skill of oriental combat. He was also called as a defense tactician and was said to have studied from an Eastern monk...

He was called “Steve Armstrong” by the Filipino dubbers from the 1978 anime series Chodenji Mashin Voltes V, a year where the Philippine public had no or limited knowledge about Japanese Animation.




I can’t reconcile any similarities, how minute they maybe between the name Kennichi and Steve. The dubbers should have named this character “Ken”. I suspect, the character’s name was derived from “Steve Austin” the hero from the hit series “The Six Million Dollar Man”. His family name “Armstrong” obviously came from the U.S. Astronaut who first landed on the moon.




Anyway, Kennichi...

Voltes V is manned by 5 young people, special Earth Defense Agents, trained harshly and dedicated in the defense of our home planet. These young people inspired many Voltes V fans from the courage and dedication they show in the series. They are called...THE VOLTES TEAM...


The Voltes Team
(More than just “Space Explorers”)
After the disappearance of Dr. Gou, (a.k.a. – Dr. Ned Armstrong) the Earth International Defense force trained five young people as highly skilled, Earth Defense Agents. Resolute and dedicated fighters, these agents will act as both special commando units and pilots of...