Original subtitles

tatoe arashi ga futou tomo

Even as the storm blows

tatoe oonami areru tomo

Even as the huge waves crash

kogida sou tatakai no umi e

We'll fight against the sea of battle

tobikomou tatakai no uzu e

Dive into the whirlpool of battle

Staring eye to eye

mitsumeau hitomi to hitomi

nukumori wo shinjiau gonin no nakama

Five friends who believe in kindness

BORUTESU FAIBU ni subete wo kakete

Voltes Five, we bet everything on you.

yaru zo chikara no tsukiru made

We'll do it! Until our strength is used up.

chikyuu no yoake wa mou chikai

The dawning of the earth is near...

After Professor Hamaguchi died, Professor Sakunji took over as chief of Big Falcon.

Professor Sakunji immediately put the Voltes Team under rigid training.

This didn't sit well with the Voltes Team, as they didn't think it was needed.

"Forsake Love and Tears!!"

Launch the missiles!

Missiles!?

What!?

Professor! What's going on?

Those are heat seekers! Try to get away from them without using any weapons!

If you use weapons, I'll kick you out of the team!

That's unreasonable!

Dive to sea level and go straight towards the cliff.

Everyone! Drop altitude to sea level!

The missiles will catch up to you if you slow down, so maintain your current speed!

Break right or left just before you hit the cliff!

That's too hard!

If you turn too late, you'll hit the cliff, so exercise caution!

All right! Begin!

This is unreasonable!

Let's do as he says. Everyone! Let's go!

Shit! What the hell is he trying to do to us?

We could get killed doing what he says! Is he crazy?

Professor, isn't using the heat seekers dangerous? Why must we practice with them?

I don't have to explain that.

With this kind of drill, we could get killed.

Nonsense! Just do as I say! If any of you gets killed, it's because you were careless!

What's the matter with you, Professor?

I heard you're Professor Hamaguchi's protege and a friend of General Oka!

Do I fall short of your expectations? You surely fall short of mine!

I've had enough of this!

If you think we're done, you're wrong!

Only if you've mastered the spin technique can you go back to base!

Fly in V-formation at full speed! You've learned to accelerate, now it's time to spin!

Professor, please tell us the objective of this exercise.

Just do as I say and don't ask any questions. Nobody goes back until we're through!

That's unreasonable! We can't practice forever!

Just do as I instructed and do it now!

Shit. Listen to him. He orders us around like we're robots!

Whoever heard of practicing without any objectives?

Never mind that. Let's show Professor our maximum speed, and do his spin technique!

Mach 6...

Mach 7...

Mach 8... Mach 9... Mach 10... Mach 11...

Mach 12...

Mach 14...

Hiyoshi! Are you all right? Hiyoshi.

I'm okay, brother...

Hang on. Hang on, Hiyoshi.

Mach 16... Let's try the spin fly!

Now, Professor, tell the us the purpose of this technique?

Kenichi! You call that a spin fly?

Spin faster! Spin like tops!

Professor! We're at maximum speed! We can't spin any faster!

Shut up! Spin like tops! Master the technique! Otherwise, we won't finish the training!

Shit!

What the hell are we doing?

That's it! Faster! Spin faster! Spin like tops!

Hiyoshi!

Hiyoshi! Can you hear me? Hiyoshi!

Hiyoshi! Answer me! Hiyoshi!

Hiyoshi. Are you all right?

I'm okay.

Hiyoshi, return to base immediately.

Everyone else, continue practicing.

Hiyoshi, listen. To be a member of the Voltes Team, you have to pilot the Frigate well.

Get on that.

Yes sir.

From now on, we'll hold a one-on-one training session.

Now, we crank up the speed.

Hiyoshi. Hiyoshi. Are you all right? Hiyoshi.

Brother.

Professor, what are you trying to do to our brother?

Why are you all here? Who gave you permission to land?

You want to talk about permission? Who gave you permission to do what you did?

Hiyoshi is still a kid! His body can’t take the training you dish out! Heck, we surely can't!

That's very brotherly of you, but it means nothing! We need perfect pilots for Voltes V.

We need pilots who can control emotions, like machines!

Young or not, Hiyoshi must be trained to maximize his volt machine's capabilities!

We need to be able to push the volt machines to their limit!

You must be like machines, that can fight to the death!

Teamwork is also essential. We make up for Hiyoshi's weakness with teamwork.

Yes, you're right to some extent, but one day you’ll lose if you keep thinking like that.

Too much compassion weakens the team!

Do you want us to be heartless machines like the machines we pilot?

That's right. When we can have computers to control the volt machines, we won't need you!

The same goes for you! You'll be obsolete one day too!

So you're saying all this training is unnecessary?

BEAST FIGHTER SIGHTED! BEAST FIGHTER SIGHTED!

VOLTES TEAM, PREPARE TO LAUNCH!

Professor, now's our chance to show you our teamwork. Let's go!

Okay, team! Let's show Professor how good our teamwork is!

Okay!

V-TOGETHER!!!

Shit! Return to V-formation and accelerate speed!

It worked. It's too heavy! It can't catch up to us!

LET'S VOLT IN!!!

That's a slight drawback. At least I found out in time.

Jangal. What do you think? Is the new leader of Big Falcon an effective one?

Prince Heinel, I must ask that we change our plan of attack.

What?

I just found a weakness of Voltes V that we can exploit.

We must go back to base and make some modifications on our beast fighter Zairus.

Do you think with those modifications, Zairus will be victorious?

All right, you have my permission.

Zairus, return to base! We have a few modifications to make!

Kenichi! It's retreating!

Let's go after it!

Shit!

No readings on the sonar. It's gone!

What a coward. We scared it off!

You are pathetic! Kenichi! Volt out and practice the spin fly. Hiyoshi, back to the simulator!

What more do you want from us? We drove the enemy away! Our teamwork is great!

You're either naive or stupid if you think you drove it away!

By the way, I've checked your quarters and removed anything unnecessary to your work.

What?!

Don't act so surprised, you only need yourselves and your volt machines!

Anything that isn't work related will be taken away.

My model ship!

Don't touch my things!

Not that! That means a lot to me!

That's the gold medal I won from the shooting competition!

Get back to practice. Perfect the spin fly!

Brother!

Kenichi!

Shit!

Kenichi, where are you going? Wait up!

Brother! Kenichi! Please tell us where you're going, brother!

Kenichi, are you quitting the team?

Brother! What are you planning to do?

I'm leaving Big Falcon.

I'm going to General Oka. We can do our job even if we report to Earth Defense HQ.

That's a great idea, Kenichi!

Good idea, brother. That way we don't have to worry about Professor Sakunji.

That's right! Let's go to General Oka!

The beast fighter's back!

That's great. We'll defeat it and give it to General Oka as a gift!

Kenichi, be careful. I think the enemy's spotted your weaknesses.

Professor! Don't worry about us!

We aren't going back to Big Falcon. We don't need your advice!

What?!

Good Heavens!

GO!

PANZER KNUCKLE!!!

BOMBER BOMBS!!!

FRIGATE MISSILES!!!

Kenichi! The armor's too thick! Our missiles won't do!

Everyone! Accelerate! Once we're far from it, we'll volt in!

Mach 10... Mach 11... Mach 12.. Mach 13...

It's useless. It’s right behind us.

What!?

Brother! It's improved in power and speed!

Mach 16...

It’s useless. It's right behind us.

We don’t have a choice. We'll have to volt in at this speed.

LET'S VOLT IN!!!

Good news, Prince Heinel. Zairus' modifications have been proven effective!

That's great news indeed, Jangal. I didn't think a few minor tweaks would make it so effective!

Yes. I myself thought it was over for us when they made the V-formation. I was wrong.

Now we're superior in power and speed. They can't volt in. Victory is surely in our hands!

Yes sir. It's only a matter of time.

This is bad.

Kenichi! Kenichi! Use the spin fly! Use the spin fly technique!

Prepare to do the spin fly! Everyone get into their positions!

Trust me! I don't want you guys to die! I wouldn't make you do it if it would kill you!

You can still win this!

Good. Kenichi, extend the Crew Cutter.

All right, the rest of you maintain your position behind him and do the spin fly!

Faster, Voltes Team! Spin like tops!!!

Good! ATTACK!!!

Return to V-formation and volt in!

LET'S VOLT IN!!!

VOLTES V!!!

SWORD OF HEAVEN!!!

LET'S GO!!!

You're finished!

We did it!

Well done, Kenichi, Hiyoshi, great job.

Professor.

I admit, practice was kind of tough, but I needed to be sure that you will win.

To be a great Voltes Team, you need hard, rigid training.

And you also need teamwork. And I must say you have great teamwork!

Professor.

All right, practice isn't over yet! What are you sitting there for? GO PRACTICE!!!

Yes!

Professor Hamaguchi,

The enemy spotted a weakness but Voltes V's teamwork saved them.

Professor Go, I vow to guide and watch over your children.

oya ni hagureta hinadori mo

There will be a tomorrow

itsuka wa yasashii

when even this little bird

futokoro ni

that turned from his parents

aeru ashita mo aru darou

can someday return to their kind bosom, right?

Yet why can't I even meet father's shadow?

da no ni naze meguriaenu chichi no kage

naku mono ka boku wa otoko da

Am I going to cry? No way, I'm a man.

shinjite'ru shinjite'ru

I believe, I believe

sono hi no koto wo

in that day,

kono te de chichi wo dakishimeru hi no koto wo

the day I embrace my father in my arms.