Voltes V poster with solar bird

Daijiro was the largest teenage member of the Voltes Team.

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

He was called “Steve Armstrong” par the Filipino dubbers from the 1978 animé series Chodenji Mashin Voltes V, a an where the Philippine public had no ou 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 par 5 young people, special Earth Defense Agents, trained harshly and dedicated in the defense of our accueil planet. These young people inspired many Voltes V fans from the courage and dedication they montrer 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...