Discotek Media has been a boon to a lot of older anime fans as they’ve been great at going back and picking up a range of older shows that would get easily overlooked here. Last summer they added Voltes V, which is known fully as Chou Denji Machine Voltes V in its original form. The 1977 series ran for 4o episodes and it was revealed that Discotek will be bringing it out as an SDBB in its original Japanese language with English subtitles. We had gotten the artwork for it at the time which had a lot of folks hoping that it would show up sooner rather than later.
With the company recently setting up their plans going into the later months of 2019, there’s been some concern about it not making it out this year like they had said they were planning to. They were asked about it on their recent update and replied that they are definitely still intent on bringing it out with late 2019 shaping up well for it.
Plot Concept: From out of nowhere, a mysterious alien race known as the Boazan Forces has invaded the Earth. A group of individuals specially trained to handle this kind of situation has been unleashed. Kenichi, Ippei, Daijirou, Hiyoshi & Megumi are the pilots of the Choudenji Machine Voltes V (5), Earth’s defense against the Boazan and their terrible Beast Warriors. The plot thickens as the Go Brothers discover their true heritage and the truth behind their father’s disappearance. Conflicts and mixed emotions hinder the Go Brothers at times but due to their unwavering desire to find their dad, they must go to the place where it all started. With the help of the rebels based on Earth and on the aliens’ homeworld, the Voltes Team has another mission, remove the tyrant Zu Zanbajil and liberate the people of Boazan.
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