Philippines' GMA Network Reveals Live-Action Voltes V Legacy Series - Former president Ferdinand Marcos is spinning in his grave

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Philippines' GMA Network Reveals Live-Action Voltes V Legacy Series

Teaser trailer for new live-action Filipino series also unveiled

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Teaser trailer for new live-action Filipino series also unveiled


Philippine television network GMA-7 announced on Wednesday that it is producing a live-action series remake of the classic Voltes Vmecha anime. GMA-7revealed a teaser trailer, but did not reveal a premiere date for the series. GMA-7 acquired the license through Telesuccess Productions, Toei's Philippine-based licensing company.

The below video is region-locked and viewable only in the Philippines

The original anime series follows five young pilots, each in command of a machine that can combine together to form the titular fighting mecha Voltes V. Using the robot, the pilots slowly beat back the alien invasion of Earth by the Boazanians, who are led by the mighty Prince Heinell.
Voltes V (Chō Denji Machine Voltes V) first aired in the Philippines on GMA-7 with an English dub in 1978. With only five episodes left in the Voltes V airing, then-Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos banned Voltes V and other anime airing on television due to "excessive violence." In 1986, after Marcos was ousted, PTV-4 began airing both series again. Voltes Valso aired on ABS-CBN in 1986, and on IBC-13 in 1989 (which dubbed the first 11 episodes in Tagalog). GMA-7aired Voltes V again in 1999 with a Tagalog dub. HERO TValso aired a Tagalog re-dub of Voltes V in 2005. GMA-7 most recently aired a redubbed version in 2017. Telesuccess Productions holds the Philippine license to Voltes V.


Chō Denji Machine Voltes V is the second part of director Tadao Nagahama's "Romance Super Robot Trilogy" (Chō Denji Robo Combattler Vforms the first part, and Tōshō Daimos is the third part). Voltes V originally aired in Japan in 1977.
Thanks to Tyrell Landsberg and Ian Pete Titular for the news tip.
Sources: GMA Network's Facebook page, GMA News Online (Margaret Claire Layug)

Here’s the teaser for you

 

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Voltes V (Chō Denji Machine Voltes V) first aired in the Philippines on GMA-7 with an English dub in 1978. With only five episodes left in the Voltes V airing, then-Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos banned Voltes V and other anime airing on television due to "excessive violence." In 1986, after Marcos was ousted, PTV-4 began airing both series again.

Wasn't Voltes V also used as a symbol by a protest movement against the Marcos regime?

 

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Wasn't Voltes V also used as a symbol by a protest movement against the Marcos regime?

Yes it was

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this makes me miss the days when Zaido was on youtube

 

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Here’s a subtitled version of the teaser

And in a related story

A few years ago in a toy convention in the Philippines there was a Voltes V statue made

 

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It's not the same without half the dialog being people yelling STEEEEEEEVE

 

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A year later, I guess they still wanna move forward with it. Since we're not getting Evangelion, we'll settle for this?