Combattler V, Voltes V, and Daimos are also known as the "NAGAHAMA
Tadao Romance Robot Anime Trilogy". They were created by NAGAHAMA Tadao, one of the best super robot anime creators in my opinion.
Voltes V Animation Data Sheet
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| Title | : | Choudenji Machine Voltes V (超電磁マシーンボルテスＶ) |
| Media | : | TV Anime |
| Number of Episodes | : | 40 episodes |
| Broadcast Time | : | 04. June 1977 - 25. March 1978, every Saturday 18:00-18:30 |
| TV Station | : | TV Asahi (テレビ朝日) |
| Studio | : | Toei Animation Co., Ltd. (東映アニメーション株式会社) |
| Genre | : | Robot / Action |
| Director | : | NAGAHAMA Tadao (長浜忠夫) |
| Producer | : | YOKOYAMA Yuuichirou (横山裕一郎)
TERADA Kazuo (寺田和男)
TOMINO Yoshiyuki (とみの喜幸 / 富野由悠季)
YAMAZAKI Kazuo (山崎和男)
YOSHIDA Kenjirou (吉田健次郎)
HARADA Masuji (原田益次)
YOTSUJI Takao (四辻たかお) |
| Planner | : | USUI Yuushou (碓氷夕焼) - TV Asahi
IIJIMA Kei (飯島敬) - Toei Animation |
| Original Work | : | YATSUDE Saburou (八手三郎) |
| Script Writer | : | TSUJI Masaki (辻真先)
TAGUCHI Shouichi (田口章一)
GOBU Fuyunori (五武冬史)
SAKURAI Masaaki (桜井正明)
TSUKAMOTO Yumiko (塚本裕美子) |
| Character Concept | : | HIJIRI Yuki (聖悠紀) |
| Art Director | : | MIYANO Takashi (宮野隆) |
| Music | : | TSUTSUI Hiroshi (筒井広志) |
| Character Designer | : | SASAKADO Nobuyoshi (佐々門信芳)
KANEYAMA Akihiro (金山明博) |
| Mechanics Creator | : | MECHAMAN (メカマン) |
| Animation Supervisor | : | KANEYAMA Akihiro (金山明博)
SASAKADO Nobuyoshi (佐々門信芳)
SHIOYAMA Norio (塩山紀生)
SAKAMOTO Saburou (坂本三郎)
TAKAHASHI Shiyuu (高橋資祐)
SHA Toshiyou (謝明楊) |
| Song Performer | : | HORIE Mitsuko (堀江美都子) - Opening Theme
MIZUKI Ichirou (水木一郎) - Ending Theme
Columbia Yurikago-kai Choir (コロムビアゆりかご会) - Opening and Ending Themes
Koorogi'73 (こおろぎ'73) - Opening and Ending Themes
Columbia Orchestra (Background Music) |
The Duo :: Mr. MIZUKI Ichirou (Voltes' ending theme singer) and Ms. HORIE Mitsuko
(Voltes' opening theme singer) singing together in Super Robot Spirits Concert 2000.
The Author
|
Not so many recognize him because of his early
departure...he worked very closely with TOMINO Yoshiyuki, the creator of
Gundam, and other real robot anime like Ideon, Dunbine, and L-Gaim. NAGAHAMA
Tadao (born on 26. September 1932) worked with anime such as Kyojin No Hoshi, and the later half of Yuusha
Raideen (the first half was done by TOMINO Yoshiyuki), which lead him to create
the trilogy Combattler V, Voltes V and Daimos. |
Afterwards, he worked on the first half of Daltanias, and
later went into work on Rose of Versailles and Ulysses 33....he passed
away after completing the first episode of Ulysses 33 on 14. January 1980. His anime always
had a very dramatic effect..and of course, some of the heavy stuff concerning
slavery and prejudice between races...etc.
Also, I found a beautiful
quote from Mr. NAGAHAMA:
"Up
until now, when it came to robot anime, the battle scenes were its sales
point, and the story concluded in one episode. Voltes V was a creation
intended to go beyond that. I wanted to get behind the perspectives of
the enemy to express their psychological aspects to the audiences. I also
wanted to create some sort of blood relationship between the hero and its
enemy. Previous animes have never dealt with social themes but in Voltes,
I have presented a situation where there was prejudice between those who
had horns and those who didn't. And I wanted to integrate that situation
into this epic saga. This work delves into the lives of different people.
Since Prince Heinell's character was well written, it was possible for the
audience to see things from his perspective. But that is not enough, take
one step further. La Gour was enslaved because he did not have horns. What
would have happened if he didn't stand up for his cause? He risked his
own life to fight for his cause, believing that there should be no slavery
among their people. La Gour's agenda for life is just as worthy as that
of Prince Heinell's. This work requires a lot of thinking from the audience.
It would be grateful if this work be given some thoughts and applied to
your own lives."
--NAGAHAMA Tadao,
taken from Roman Album #14 Voltes V
The Artist
The artist who originally
designed the characters and Voltes V's mecha is HIJIRI Yuki. He
is very popular for the manga Choujin Rokku ("Locke, the Superman"), which he currently still has
been running on weekly manga magazines in Japan. He also designed for Combattler
V and Daimos. Here are some preliminary sketches of Voltes V characters and mecha.
Preliminary
Design of Voltes V Team
Preliminary
Design of the Boazanians
Preliminary
Design of Voltes V Robot
The Assembly Details of Voltes V Robot
Details of Voltes Bazooka
Details of Chain Knuckle and Choudenji String
Details of Choudenji Goma
Details of Grand Fire and Gatling Missiles
Details of Tenkuu-ken
Zillions thanks to Ike
Sato for submitting the info and the incredible pictures !
Last updated on 05. December 2004
