The Boazanian Invasion Force

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 given 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 discovered doing treason against Prince Zardoz (Heinell)

*Catherine Lee (Zandra): A young and wealthy Boazanian officer who was secretly in loved with Prince Heinell (Zardoz). Many times did she offer to help fight and destroy the Voltes team by expressing her ready sacrifice; she even used her own “space wolf” pet and turned it into a beast fighter to defeat Voltes V. She is the very last Boazanian general to die and she dies in the arms of her beloved Prince Zardoz (Heinell)


*Jangal Rui (Draco): Another ugly-looking Boazanian; Huge bodied, wearing a Roman-centurion outfit and had a hellish red skin, Draco was a Boazanian general with large three horns. He was very loyal to Prince Heinell (Zardoz) and at one time, he even worked and competes with Zhul’s Beast fighter making. In the end, he killed himself when he was about to be captured by the Voltes team.


*General Do Bergan (General Ozlack): Zhul (Do Zuuru) was replaced by a mysterious Boazanian general named General Ozlack; another Boazanian scientist who blocked Camp. Big Falcon’s radar detectors in his arrival.
Haughty and boastful at first, Gen. Ozlack presents with pride his “Maxigold” armor: armor so strong, not even Voltes V’s “Den-Ku-Ken” sword could penetrate.
He is wearing a battle armor made of the same material. But his armor did have a weakness and finally it was discovered by Dr. Hook.After the defeat of his “Maxigold” armor, General Ozlack’s boastfulness had minimized.
Yet in the end, Gen. Ozlack abandoned Prince Zardoz (Heinell) and took-off with the emperor’s army.
He was killed in the battle for Boazania’s liberation.


Duke Zaki


Emperor Zambajil's Chief Inspector, and one of few who knew about Zamabajil's betrayal to Lagour and the Boazanian throne. He is well known to deliver bad news to the emperor from his scouting, thus many executions ordered by the Emperor was a result of his reports. Zambajil sent him to Earth to report on Heinel's progress, but discreetly wanted him to ensure Heinel's death at the hands of Voltes V. He plotted with Zuhl to have Heinel pilot a beast fighter, while at the same time leaked information to Big Falcon about the beast fighter's weak points. His plan backfired when Katharine overheard the plot. Heinel ordered Zuhl to reinforce the weak points, and in mid battle the beast fighter destroyed Zaki's nearby ship with him inside.

Coordinators of Camp.Big Falcon

The young Voltes Team is managed by seasoned elderly base commanders. Their specific task is to guide the Voltes Team and Voltes V to Victory!
Sure enough, their commanding presence lend to the human drama of each episode:

Dr. Kentaro Gou (Dr. Michael Armstrong):

Barron Hrothgar took the name Dr. Michael Armstrong when he joined the Earth International Defense Force and built Voltes V.
The Father of Steve (Kennichi), Big Bert (Daijiro) and Little John (Hiyoshi), Dr. Armstrong somehow believes that he can still reason with Emperor Zanbasil and his regime. After the construction of Voltes V, he returned back to Boazania hoping to stop their invasion forces. He never returned back to Earth.

Dr. Mitsuyo Gou (Dr. Mary Anne Collins-Armstrong):

A noted Earth Defense Scientist who became Barron Hrothgar’s second wife. Dr. Mary Anne Armstrong assisted in the development of the Voltes V Super robot defense system.
At first, she seemed cold and impersonal; Dr. Mary Anne Armstrong even sent her three children, Steve (Kennichi), Big Bert (Daijiro) and Little John (Hiyoshi) in a top secret training center that conducts harsh and rigid Earth Defense training and those who tries to escape will be shot!
But in the first second episode, she displayed her motherly love when a Boazanian Beast Fighter was able to pinned Voltes V helpless; wounded, Mrs. Armstrong boarded an attack jet and crashed this at the face of the Beast Fighter in a “kamikaze” manner that saved the team from certain doom.

Professor Hamaguchi (Dr. Richard Smith):

A colleague and friend of Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Smith was one of those who assisted in the development of the Voltes V Super Robot Defense System. A noted Earth Defense scientist, Dr. Smith became the civilian coordinator of Camp. Big Falcon. He lead the Voltes Team through many victories in the first episodes of the series, he was also responsible for the further improvement of the Voltes V Super Robot Defense System. (In regards to the super robot’s ultra-electro magnetic central device located in the giant robot’s forehead.)
Soon, he was captured by the Boazanians but he managed to escape and in the process, he died trying to tell the Voltes Team of the invaders’ further plans.

Major General Oka (Commander Robinson):

Chief Officer of the Earth International Defense Force: An excellent Ninjitsu expert and a friend of Dr. Michael Armstrong. Commander Robinson heeded and supported Dr. Armstrong’s warnings of the impending Boazanian Invasion. He was the father of Jamie Robinson (Megumi Oka) the only female member of the Voltes Team.

Dr. Sakunji (Dr.Hook):

After most of their coordinators eliminated, the Voltes Team was forced to deal with the management of Camp. Big Falcon. The Boazanians thought of this as an opportunity to defeat Planet Earth’s final defender so they unleashed their power against the ill-attended defense fortress.
In the midst of this crisis, a mysterious Earth Defense scientist took on Camp. Big Falcon’s helm and helped the defense fortress and Voltes V overcome the Boazanian onslaught.
His name is Dr. Hook; a scientist who claims to be Dr. Richard Smith’s former student.
A ruthless perfectionist, many times did Dr. Hook sent the Voltes Team on murderous trainings. He even threw out the Voltes Team’s personal effects so they could focus on their exercises.
He is also the one responsible for Voltes V’s “Spin Fly Technique”, and the development of the “Ultra-Electro Magnetic Ball.”
Harsh and ruthless he maybe, but Dr. Hook had hone down Voltes V’s fighting abilities more efficiently until the time they would have to venture into space and fight the Boazanians on their own turf.

Panty peeks in VOLTES V?

I remember when I was a kid, I used to watch Western type cartoons (mostly done by Hanna-Barberra).
But when “Voltes V” came marching in on Philippine Television, I was hooked beyond belief; there were elements in the show that’s totally different from U.S. cartoons: Sword fights, intense drama and human sufferings, real death and destruction stuff.

Another thing that I noticed was the fearless showing of female underwear in the cartoons.
I really don’t understand why most Japanese animes from Voltes V’s times (And even so in the present) had this fetish on girls panties (they’re predominantly “white”.)
But one thing is sure, American cartoons in those times never shows what their female characters wear beneath their skirts, the Japanese approach was more radical and I thought, this method was aimed at younger male viewers. (Or the “panty” thing in Japan is just as natural as placing scripts on the characters and was not even a big deal for the viewers…)
Voltes V was not exempted in this “panty showing rule”: There are episodes where the character Megumi has to dodge a whip attack from the Ippei character. Doing so, her skirt flares up, showing her undies.

Another episode (Jamie’s dream) shows Megumi in a hurry, and she starts to put on her boots. The frame camera is in an angle where
The viewers could have a scant look of her panty-covered pubic area.