Voltes V Season 1 Episode 1 Invaders from Outer Space
- May 5, 1977
- 24 min
Voltes V season 1 episode 1, "Invaders from Outer Space," follows the story of the Prince Heinel, who wants to conquer the Earth with the help of his robot army. The Earth Defense Army is unable to stop them, and the people are in a state of panic due to the invasion. However, a scientist named Doctor Kentaro Gō and his five children come to the rescue with their own robot, Voltes V.
The episode opens with the destruction caused by the invading robot army. The Earth Defense Army is unable to defend the planet from their powerful weapons. People are running for their lives, and the army is struggling to maintain order. In this chaos, Doctor Kentaro Gō and his five kids arrive in the area in a jeep. They are on the run from a group of soldiers who are trying to capture them.
Doctor Kentaro is a genius scientist who has developed a powerful robot named Voltes V. He had to flee the laboratory where he made the robot, as it was being guarded by the Earth Defense Army. His five kids are Kenichi, Daijirō, Hiyoshi, Megumi, and Ippei, who are all skilled pilots. The robots they are flying, which combine to form Voltes V, are given code numbers that match their birth years.
The siblings are on a mission to find their father, who was captured by the Prince Heinel's minions. As they investigate, they find out about the invasion and decide to join the fight to save Earth. Doctor Kentaro receives a message from one of his colleagues, who is a prisoner of the invaders. The message contains the blueprints to a super weapon that can defeat the enemy army. Doctor Kentaro decides to build the weapon, and it would take three days to finish it.
The episode introduces the audience to the characters and sets the stage for an intense battle between the Earth Defense Army and the invading force. The audience gets to see the impressive capabilities of the robot army led by the Prince Heinel, who employs his robot's energy beam and melee attacks to take down the Earth Defense Army's vehicles.
As the kids search for their father, they come across a group of soldiers who are cornered by the robot army. They decide to intervene and help the soldiers escape, and the kids show off their aerial acrobatics skills as they take on the robot army. They are also able to demonstrate the awesome power of their robots, which can fire powerful missiles and cross their weapons to form an energy blade.
The audience is then introduced to the invader's base, where the Prince Heinel has set up his operations. He calls Doctor Kentaro and his children to confirm the blueprints of the super weapon's device. Doktor Kentaro meets with the Prince, who tells him to build the weapon and then deliver it to him. But the doctor suspects foul play, and he refuses to deliver it to the invaders.
After a tense standoff, Doctor Kentaro and his children are able to escape the base with the blueprints and head back to their lab to finish building the weapon. The invaders pursue them, but the children are able to fight them off and arrive safely at their headquarters.
In this exciting episode, the audience is introduced to the world of Voltes V, the heroic team of siblings who must use all their skills and the incredible powers of their robots to stop an invasion from outer space. The characters develop over the course of the episode, and their bond is strengthened as they work together to save the planet. The stunning action sequences and unique robot designs showcase the creativity and innovation of the show's creators.