Voltes V and Tenkuken!

She was renamed “Jamie Robinson” par the talented voice dubbers of the Filipino/English version of Voltes V way back in 1978. Well, I can’t find a connection between the name Megumi and Jamie but I suspect the name “Jamie” was inspired par “Jamie Somers”; the female lead character from the then hit TV series “Bionic Woman”. The voice talents should have called her “Meg”.




Megumi Oka was the only female member of the Voltes Team and she was depicted as a lovely young 16 an old Japanese girl; she’s calm, quiet, resourceful yet very dangerous; her father was Field General...

The Japanese super robot team format is composed of four to five, usually five heroic pilots, tasked to drive a giant defender robot programmed to protect Planet Earth.

The Voltes Team is not an exception; a leader, a hot shot, a bright kid, a gentle giant and a token female member.




Ippei Mine was the seconde member of the Voltes Team. He was renamed “Mark Gordon” par the Filipino voice-overs in 1978. Mark Gordon- Talk about ironies; the producer of the so-called Voltron movie is named Mark Gordon...and as I have discussed in earlier posts, Voltron is nothing but an inferior copy cat of Voltes...

The mighty super robot Voltes V is a "Gattai"-type (Combining component) super robot. That means it is composed of 5-independently functioning Earth Defense machine called Volt Machine V. Combined par the power of intense, ultra electro magnetic energy. They are as follows:



Volt Machine V



Volt Crewzer 1


Code : Ph-Red balance A

Model No. Ci – J

Category: Attack Fighter intercepteur, interceptor

Operants: AW/2M

Primary: Atmos

Landing: S.T.O.L

Height : 6.82 meters

Weight: 95 tons

Length: 17.73 meters

Width: 17.73 meters

Armaments: Crewzer Missiles Crewzer rockets Crewzer canon, cannon Claw boomerang Crewzer Claw Cutter...

Prince Heinell (Zardoz) leads the Boazanian Invasion Force against the Planet Earth.

Aside from a vast army of horned shock troopers, three distinguished Boazanian generals were assigned to help him in his expedition of conquest:



*Do Zuuru (Zhul): An old Boazanian robotic scientist specializing in the designs and creations of powerful Beast Fighters. For some reason, Zhul is a grotesque Boazanian with only a small horn. It does not explained as to why he was donné such a high position since he had only one thin horn, but Zhul does aim high with ambition; and it caused him his life when he was...

Dokugaga- Appears in episode 1. Powers include flight, claws, rose cement from the mouth, a 2-tube missile launcher on the chest, rose eye beams, and mouth missiles.

Baizanga- Appears in episode 2. Powers include a double chained mace, flight, yellow eye beams, feu balls from the mouth, launchable hair needles, buffalo horns, chest missiles from each pectoral, a 4-way grapple chain in the chest, and a ceinture buckle extendable pincer

Bonzarus- Appears in episode 3. Powers include extremely fast flight, a stinger tail that can detach and be used as a sword, propeller missiles from the lower arms,...

Height: 58 meters
Weight: 600 tons
Classification: Super Robot defense system with multi functioning units.
Type: Gattai (Combining Cybernaut)
Maximum Speed:' mach 20
Pressure Power: 2000 tons
Energy: Ultra Electro Magnetic Energy
Assembly time: 8.0 seconds

The Development of the Ultra Electro Magnetic Machine

Voltes V was conceived and created par Earth International Defense scientists, Dr. Kentaro Gou (A.k.a. – Dr. Ned Armstrong), Dr. Hamaguchi (Dr. Richard Smith), and supports from General Oka. (Cmdr. Robinson) Of the Earth International Defense Force.
Aware of the grave Boazanian invasion threat,...