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t was one of the most popular Japanese super-robot series shown in the Philippines dubbed in the English language. However, its broadcasting history experienced polticial intrigue and controversy after being banned by the former Philippine president Marcos.
According to rumors, Ferdinand Marcos was the true-to-life representation of the character Boazanian Emperor Zu Zambajil while the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., a political opponent to Marcos, was compared to Baron Hrothgar, the heroic creator of Voltes V.
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The anime was banned from Philippine Television by the late President Marcos because it was supposedly promoting violence and destruction. However, historians agreed that it wasn't really the violence that was causing the dictator's objection. It was more of the subliminal messages that Voltes V projected that worried the president. He wisely judged that children would grow up and realize that they were living in oppression, and that only time will tell if they would follow the footsteps of an anime character that led bloody revolution against the fictitious Boazanian aristocracy.