Voltes V

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超電磁マシーン ボルテスＶ (Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V)
Genre	Mecha, Drama, Super Robot
Anime television series
Directed by	Tadao Nagahama
Written by	Yoshitake Suzuki Masaaki Sakurai Masaki Tsuji Katsuhiko Taguchi Yumiko Tsukamoto
Music by	Hiroshi Tsutsui
Studio	Toei Company, Nippon Sunrise
Original network	TV AsahiABS-CBN, PTV, IBC, RPN and GMA Network (Philippines)
Original run	4 June 1977 – 25 March 1978
Episodes	40

Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (Japanese: 超電磁マシーン ボルテスＶ, Hepburn: Chōdenji Mashīn Borutesu Faibu^?, lit. "Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V") is a Japanese anime television series which first aired on TV Asahi on June 4, 1977. It was created by Saburo Yatsude (a pseudonym referring to a committee within Toei Company) and directed by Tadao Nagahama. Voltes V is the second part of the Robot Romance Trilogy of the Super Robot genre which includes Chōdenji Robo Combattler V and Tōshō Daimos. Like Combattler V, the series was animated by Sunrise and produced by Toei Company. The series was animated by Sunrise on Toei's behalf. This super robot along with the other two aforementioned super robots first appeared the USA as a part of Mattel's Shogun Warriors line of import toys, released in the late 1970s.

An armada of horned humanoid aliens known as Boazanians invade earth and launch their "beast fighters" all over the world, defeating most of the world's armed forces including the US military. Their first humiliating defeat from the hands of Super Electromagnetic Machine, Voltes V brings the invaders to focus their attacks on Japan. Voltes V was designed by Professor Kentaro Gō (Doctor Ned Armstrong), his wife Professor Mitsuyo Gō (Doctor Mary Ann Armstrong) and their trusted colleague, Professor Hamaguchi (Doctor Richard Smith) and built by large scale construction effort backed by United Nations Earth Defense Force and General Oka (Commander Robinson). Voltes V is a robot composed of five "Volt Machines", and each are themselves formidable weapons. Each machine is piloted by Ken'ichi (Steve), Daijiro (Big Bert), and Hiyoshi (Little John): the three sons of Kentaro and Mitsuyo Gō, along with the only daughter of General Oka; Megumi (Jaime Robinson), and Ippei Mine (Mark Gordon), an orphan cowboy.