Decades After Ban, Robot Anime Getting Live-Action Version In The Philippines Kotaku 1/18/2021 Robot anime Choudenji Machine Voltes V debuted on Japanese television in the late 1970s. Now, decades after being banned in the country, it is getting a live-action television show in the Philippines. Called Voltes V: Legacy, the series is directed by Mark A. Reyes, and if the teaser is anything to go on, it looks cool: Replay Video The program will air on the GMA Network. (No word on an international release.) Voltes V has an interesting history in the Philippines. President Ferdinand Marcos banned the anime in 1979, claiming it was violent and harmful to children. But there is speculation that the motivation rain deeper.