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Philippines' Live-Action Voltes V Legacy Series' Trailer Reveals April 19 Advance Theatrical Screening
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Philippine television network remake, last Friday. The trailer reveals that the series' first three episodes will have a compiled advance screening in select branches of Philippine cinema chain SM Cinema beginning on April 19.
The show will premiere on GMA-7 sometime later this year.
The previously announced cast includes:
- Radson Flores as Mark Gordon / Ippei Mine
- Matt Lozano as Robert "Big Bert" Armstrong / Daijirō Gō
- Raphael Landicho as "Little" Jon Armstrong / Hiyoshi Gō
- Ysabel Ortega as Jamie Robinson / Megumi Oka
- Miguel Tanfelix as Steve Armstrong / Kenichi Gō
- Martin del Rosario as antagonist Prince Zardoz (Prince Heinel)
- Liezel Lopez as Zandra (Katherine Rii)
- Epy Quizon as Zuhl
Telesuccess Productions, Inc. for the series.
The original anime series follows five young pilots, each in command of a machine that can combine together to form the titular fighting mecha Voltes V. Using the robot, the pilots slowly beat back the alien invasion of Earth by the Boazanians, who are led by the mighty Prince Heinell.
Voltes V (aired a redubbed version in 2017. Telesuccess Productions holds the Philippine license to Voltes V.
Chō Denji Machine Voltes V is the second part of director Tōshō Daimos is the third part). Voltes V originally aired in Japan in 1977.
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