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iFlix Hints at Voltes V Debut on September 16

Southeast Asian streaming service iflix hinted on Thursday that it will debut the Voltes V anime on its service on September 16.

iflix previously announced that it will also add Daimos to its service along with Voltes V, but has not yet announced a debut date for Daimos. iflix country manager for the Philippines Sherwin dela Cruz clarified that the service has not yet decided if it will use the Philippine-made English-dubbed version of Voltes V that originally aired on GMA-7 in 1978, or the 2005 Tagalog-dubbed version by HERO TV.

Voltes V (Chō Denji Machine Voltes V) and Daimos (Tōshō Daimos) 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, Daimos, and other anime airing on television due to "excessive violence." In 1986, after Marcos was ousted, PTV-4 began airing both series again. Voltes V also aired on ABS-CBN in 1986, and on IBC-13 in 1989 (which dubbed the first 11 episodes in Tagalog). GMA-7 aired Voltes V again in 1999 with a Tagalog dub. Most recently, HERO TV also aired a Tagalog re-dub of Voltes V in 2005. Telesuccess Productions holds the Philippine licenses to both shows.

GMA-7 revealed in September 2015 that it was producing a new dub of both shows. Various Filipino actors revealed that they had been cast for roles within the dubs, including Ken Chan as Prince Zardoz (Prince Heinell in the original Japanese). GMA actor and singer Alden Richards hinted that he would be part of the dub for Daimos, and Louise delos Reyes revealed that she will voice the Daimos character Erika.

Chō Denji Machine Voltes V and Tōshō Daimos form the second and third part of director Tadao Nagahama's "Romance Super Robot Trilogy" (Chō Denji Robo Combattler V forms the first part). Voltes V originally aired in Japan in 1977, and Daimos originally aired in 1978.