August 9, 2023 • 28 mins
In this nostalgia-driven episode, Carmina and Patch revisit their favorite childhood cartoons. Top of the list is Voltes V, which Carmina and Patch didn’t realize was a political tinderbox and awakened a deeply buried rage. They also discuss favorite runners-up Paul In Fantasyland (but not so much for Patch) and Candy Candy (which they both adore), to round out their reminiscences. But during their research, they made a surprising discovery about the Philippines’ animation industry – so tune in next time for the fascinating sequel to this episode!
Learn more: Voltes V Full Opening Theme Song With Lyrics, Ferdinand Marcos angered ‘Voltes V generation, Voltes V Intro, Voltes V: A Look Into Its Popularity and Legacy, Where to Watch Full Episodes of GMA's "Voltes V: Legacy" Online, Voltes V & Martial Law In An Artist’s Memory, Revenge of A Martial Law Generation, 6 Robot Anime That Filipinos Grew Up Watching, ‘Voltes V’: What you need to know before watching ‘Legacy,’ PHILIPPINES’ “VOLTES V: LEGACY” TO DEBUT AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023, The Candy Candy Nightmare, and J-Pop Talk Show – Saturday Night Live.
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Carmina (00:06):
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Carmina (00:46):
Back to our show.
Today's trip is a culture tripwhen we explore Filipino
customs and way of life. Andtoday we're going back to our
childhood Patch, to talk aboutour favorite cartoons. Yay,
yay!
Patch (01:02):
It's funny you said Filipino customs, right?
. And then we'refinding out that our favorite
cartoons really, were notFilipino, but there are certain
backstories to at least one ofthem that we've discovered.
That's really intriguing to me.
But anyway, okay, where do webegin?
Carmina (01:21):
. Okay, we're
not gonna go into all that, but
, for those who wantthe nostalgia, we're going to
link a couple of videos for theintro of our favorite...
Patch & Carmina (01:41):
Voltes Five!
Patch (01:43):
. Shall we vault
in ?
Carmina (01:46):
Yes. Let's volt in.
Patch (01:47):
Oh God , that's cringe.
But ,
Carmina (01:51):
But so good cringey, right? .
Patch (01:54):
.
Carmina (01:55):
I found myself singing to YouTube videos of the intro
of the actual cartoon. And thenI found, of course, one
that only had the lyrics. Andyou better believe that I
played and followed along tothat multiple times. .
(02:16):
So this is going to be atotally self-indulgent and
nostalgia driven episode.
Patch (02:21):
Voltes V. It's really a Japanese anime that was popular
during the 1970s in thePhilippines, and it narrates
the heroic exploits of thepilots of this robot and their
trials against this alieninvaders from the planet
Boazan. Do I sound like, like anerd? ,
Carmina (02:45):
You're talking to a fellow Voltes V nerd, so that's
fine.
Patch (02:49):
Oh , it's so exciting.
But anyway,
Carmina (02:51):
Yeah. So this showed in Japan from June, 1977 and
ended in March of 1978, but itdidn't actually show in the
Philippines until May, 1978. Ithad 40 episodes. And what I
didn't realize is that it's asecond installment of what's
called the Robot RomanceTrilogy.
Patch (03:12):
Yes. I also just discovered that.
Carmina (03:14):
The first one is called Combattler V, the second
is Voltes V, and the third isTōshō Daimoso. Now I know
Daimos.
Patch (03:23):
Yes.
Carmina (03:23):
You remember? That's one of my favorites too. But I
don't know Combattler V.
Patch (03:28):
Did they even show it in the Philippines?
Carmina (03:30):
I don't think so.
Patch (03:31):
Mm -hmm .
Carmina (03:32):
What I read was the romance part really refers to
the pioneering nature of theseries because it tackled
complex and emotionalstorylines in comparison to the
other popular Japanese cartoonsat that time. What they called
the robot of the week genre.
Patch (03:50):
Yes, and also tackled issues with family identity and
all of that. That all is inwhat they say is the romance
part.
Carmina (04:01):
Out of these three, Daimos is the only one that
really had a very strongromantic plot, although didn't
I remember some kind of lovetriangle going on with,
you know, with Voltes V aswell?
Patch (04:15):
Uh , yes. Well, Steve, Jamie , and oh my God, who was
the other one?
Carmina (04:23):
. Aha . You're
not a true Voltes V nerd.
. Mark .
Patch (04:29):
Mark .
Carmina (04:31):
So let's go into the characters. This blew my mind.
Okay, so we know them as theArmstrongs, right?
Patch (04:38):
Correct.
Carmina (04:39):
The Armstrongs were actually originally the Ghos in
the original Japanese. Sothere's Steve Armstrong,
there's Big Bert, his brother,and Little John , also his
brother. And then there's Jamie, who's the female. And Mark,
who's the other guy who's notthe brother. So there's
(05:02):
five of them. Three of them arebrothers, and each of them have
a really very interestingbackstory. And there's this
father, Ned Armstrong, who waskind of the mastermind of the
group.
Patch (05:14):
And his original name was Kentaro Goh.
Carmina (05:17):
Steve was Ken'ichi Gō , Big Bert is Daijirō Gō,
Little John is Hiyoshi Gō.
Jamie is Megumi Oka and Mark isIppei Mine. And then the
villain, of course, PrinceZardoz. In the original is
Prince Heinel.
Patch (05:33):
A little description on each character.
Carmina (05:36):
Mm-hmm.
.
Patch (05:37):
Steve Armstrong is the team leader. He is a marksman,
a motocross champion..
Carmina (05:45):
Why are you laughing?
?
Patch (05:46):
Well, okay. He's a marksman and a motorcross
champion. Very important tobecome a team leader, an ace
pilot and the eldest of the Ghobrothers, right?
Carmina (05:59):
Mm -hmm .
.
Patch (05:59):
And then there's Big Bert. He's a defensive
tactician. Little John was verymuch interested in mechanics,
robotics, and electromagnetism.
Carmina (06:11):
He had that little octopus robot.
Patch (06:13):
Yes! Yes! He created that. That's right. And then
this interesting part for me,there's Mark who was a rodeo
champion. .
Carmina (06:24):
Hey, don't you remember one of the weapons?
Patch (06:28):
It's a laso? Okay. O kay.
Carmina (06:31):
That's right, very important.
Patch (06:32):
Right. I'm not saying he wasn't , I just would
never think now that that would.
Carmina (06:40):
Make sense.
Patch (06:40):
Very important skill set to become a pilot of a robot.
But, okay. And then alsothere's Jamie, who was a female
ninja.
Carmina (06:52):
That one I love.
Patch (06:54):
Yes. Heir to a very famous and respected ninja
clan.
Carmina (06:58):
So what's the backstory of why this family
came to be?
Patch (07:03):
The professor, Ned Armstrong and his wife, they
built this large scale effortthat was backed by United
Nations.
Carmina (07:13):
Their backstory, like before that, before they built
Camp Big Falcon, which I thinkis what you're talking about.
Yes . The fortress.
Patch (07:22):
. Are you
talking about the family
secret?
Carmina (07:25):
Yes.
Patch (07:26):
I mean, should we spoil?
Carmina (07:27):
Or not ? Not , I mean, it's all out there. Ah.
Patch (07:33):
I'm conflicted because this is what makes it so good,
.
Carmina (07:38):
I know, I really don't wanna spoil it for anyone who
wants to discover it.
Patch (07:42):
Maybe we can just do a little like case .
Carmina (07:45):
There's a big family secret behind Professor
Armstrong and his wife.
Patch (07:51):
Yes. Mm-hmm .
.
Carmina (07:51):
That is kind of the driving force behind the whole
series. And the reason whythere's so much conflict with
the Boazanians.
Patch (08:01):
And it drove a lot of this identity crisis on the
part of our Armstrong Brothers.
Carmina (08:09):
Mm-hmm..
Patch (08:09):
Mm-hmm. .
Carmina (08:11):
I love why we're so excited about this ,
but before we really spoil it,it still does follow that robot
of the week genre. Right? Everyweek when, you know, we would
rush to go home from school tofind out what big bad robot the
Baz Brazilian empire came upwith next. And the whole
(08:31):
episode really is about theVolti five team overcoming a
lot of challenges, fighting therobots. We were talking earlier
about why this romance trilogywas very unique. Volti five in
itself is very unique becauseof the themes that communicated
such as family equality,self-sacrifice, teamwork, and
(08:54):
most importantly for the time,patriotism.
Patch (08:58):
Mm-hmm. .
Carmina (08:59):
It was also notable for introducing villains with
depth and backstories thatalmost made them sympathetic,
which was also unusual for thattime because the common formula
at that time was evilappearance and evil laughter.
Patch (09:15):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (09:17):
. But do you
remember Prince Zardos?
Patch (09:21):
He was so cute.
Carmina (09:23):
As a little girl, you were like really conflicted
about him. Right?
Patch (09:28):
Or maybe this is what launched an era of girls who
like the bad boys..
Carmina (09:34):
Maybe . So I
didn't know this. Obviously it
was very popular in thePhilippines, but there were
other countries where it becamea phenomenon. It was biggest in
the Philippines, but it wasalso popular in Indonesia and
Cuba. But not Japan.
Ironically,
Patch (09:56):
.
Carmina (09:57):
So why these countries? You know, I
scratched my head for a littlebit, and then I was reminded
that these three countries weredictator led during that time.
Patch (10:08):
Mm-hmm. .
Carmina (10:08):
And since the show had those themes of socioeconomic
injustices, discrimination, andfreedom from oppression, it now
makes sense why these were thethree countries where it was
most popular. But I was justreally fascinated that it did
have that historicalsignificance because what were
we living under? We were undermartial law.
Patch (10:29):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (10:29):
Do you remember? We did not see the last five
episodes.
Patch (10:34):
Yeah. I , that was blocked out of my memory.
Carmina (10:37):
But because it was traumatic
Patch (10:39):
. Yeah. Yeah. So
when I was reading it , um, I
was emotional.
Carmina (10:45):
It really was a WTF moment, I think for all of us.
All of a sudden you don't seethe last five episodes and you
don't know how it ended. Andcan't you tell us why it was
blocked.
Patch (10:58):
Due to so-called violence of the content? That's
at least the official reason.
But like you mentioned, therewas these social issues
reflected in the series. Andbasically that is that Boznia
was under a dictatorial rule byan emperor who faced an
upprising from the Bozanianswho were discriminated against
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and enslaved simply becausethey had no horns.
Carmina (11:26):
And had those strong themes of rebellion, cries for
justce and revolution. And sothe government didn't really
want to inspire that in thecountry. And I was so
fascinated to learn that thistrauma was memorialized by a
sculptor Toym Imao.
Patch (11:44):
Right.
Carmina (11:45):
Through his creation called Last, Lost, Lust for
Four Forgotten Episodes. It's a13 foot sculpture that was
displayed at the University ofthe Philippines in 2014.
Patch (11:57):
It was then exhibited at the Ayala Museum from May to
June, 2015.
Carmina (12:04):
The artist describes it as a visual metaphor of the
anger he felt as that ten yearold who was deprived of the joy
of seeing the series end. Butas I was reading the article by
the sculptor, I couldn't helpbut also feel like it was a
coming of age for him, becauseit was a time when there was a
lot of political awakening inthe country, and his parents
(12:26):
were involved in the cause
Patch (12:28):
I saw pictures of the sculpture.
Carmina (12:31):
Did it not represent that anger??
Patch (12:35):
Yes.
Carmina (12:37):
I did not realize that it was still living deep within
.
Patch (12:41):
Um, I think for us Voltes V fans, we will
recognize some parts of thesculpture, but for people who
were not fans of the show, itmight be a little confusing
because for example, FerdinandMarcos's head. For some people
it would look like the devilbecause it had M16 rifle
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barrels coming out as horns.
And then there was a buildingthat looked like the Malacanang
Palace on its head. But forVoltes V fans, we understand
that really i t's reflective ofthat Bozanian Starship that
resembled a skull with hornscoming out. And then the Sky
Rook on that head.
Carmina (13:21):
The horns were, as you said, machine guns. And that
represented the guns that wasused by the government to
suppress the opposition. Andthen there were also wings,
which he meant to depict thehelicopters, the Torah tous
that was also used to gun downinsurgents. And Patch, you
mentioned the structures on hishead, there were four, you
(13:43):
mentioned Malacanang, on thesides are Batasang Pambansa and
the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
And then in the back is theCultural Center of the
Philippines, which were allsymbolisms for the Marcos
regime. And then right aboveMarcos's head was the
traditional image of theArchangel Michael slaying the
devil. Only, he's wearing theVoltes V helmets .
Patch (14:07):
. Yes .
Carmina (14:09):
And um, that whole imagery, apart from it being
inspired by the traditionalscene of the Archangel Michael
slaying the devil, it alsomeant to represent the Ginebra
San Miguel logo.
Patch (14:21):
Oh, why?
Carmina (14:22):
Maybe it represents how the Filipinos tried to
drown their sorrows.
Patch (14:27):
Oh.
Carmina (14:28):
Okay. Through that gin, you remember the quatro
cantos?
Patch (14:31):
Yes. Yes.
Carmina (14:32):
I, I think the more significant part of this
though, was the figure underthe angel was a four armed
monster that represented theriot police and constabulary.
The entire sculptural totemvisually suggests an altar
statuary composition. Similarto a Caroza, which we typically
use in H oly Week processions,lighted by an assemblage of
(14:57):
Molotov bombs. So the wholething incorporates the
characters from the Voltes Vseries as the representation of
the Philippine experience underMartial Law.
Patch (15:08):
Since we did say that we were all upset as a generation
that we didn't see the lastepisodes, we should mention, it
was shown, eventually shown asa complete movie in 1999, which
was two decades after itscancellation. And that was a
movie entitled Voltes V (15:26):
The Liberation.
Carmina (15:30):
I mean, we were already here by that time.
Right?
Patch (15:32):
Right. Mm-hmm.
.
Carmina (15:33):
So I still haven't seen the last five episodes,
and I am on a hunt to not justto see those last five, but to
actually revisit the wholething, although maybe I don't
have to, because there is nowVoltes V Legacy, which is a
(15:54):
live action adaptation of itthat's being shown in the
Philippines right now, createdby the GMA Network in the
Philippines in partnership withthe original animation company,
Toei Animation. I mean manytimes iteration of the
original, but it carries thesame name.
Patch (16:13):
It has good reviews. I was very relieved that they
didn't butcher thisbeloved childhood TV show, and
also was featured at Comic-Con.
There were a lot of FilipinoAmerican fans, at least who
showed up for the Comic-Con.
And it's all very exciting.
Carmina (16:32):
So apparently the reason why there's a lot of
Filipino American fans of theyounger generation who are into
this is because their parentsintroduced it to them.
Patch (16:42):
When I heard that they were doing this reboot, I
honestly, I got goosebumps. Iwas so excited.
Carmina (16:49):
Well, same here. And we're actually gonna link in
our show notes how people inthe US can watch.
Patch (16:55):
Is there a particular episode that you remember or
scenes from an episode that youcan remember?
Carmina (17:01):
I don't remember a particular episode, but I
always had this interest in alot of the family dynamics.
Patch (17:09):
Yeah, that family secret that we were referring to.
Carmina (17:11):
Right. And can't lie the love triangle
component. I mean, it neverreally got developed. Right?
That love triangle component,but it's always hinted at, how
about you? Any one?
Patch (17:24):
The image of the butterfly return technique? Do
you remember that??
Carmina (17:30):
Vaguely. But...
Patch (17:32):
I dunno why it's so memorable to me. It's the way
they were capturing the swordof the enemy.
Carmina (17:42):
Oh, right.
Patch (17:43):
And that was visually fascinating. But again, I think
that was one of my favoritefeatures of the show, is them
figuring out in the end how todefeat the enemy.
Carmina (17:54):
For whatever reason.
When you were talking aboutthis, what I do remember is the
tops.
Patch (18:00):
Yes.
Carmina (18:00):
When he would remove like what looked like belts.
Patch (18:03):
Right.
Carmina (18:05):
The tops would spin from his waist.
Patch (18:07):
We didn't mention that each pilot would fly an
aircraft that represents apiece of the robot that would
vault in or come together tobecome one huge robot.
Carmina (18:19):
Hence vault in, right?
Patch (18:22):
Correct. And the other thing that's distinct is they
eventually always defeat theenemy by slicing a V on the
enemy robot.
Carmina (18:32):
Oh right! That is so distinct in my memory too . Oh
my God. We have to find this
Patch (18:39):
.
Carmina (18:39):
Okay. So if we do find where people can watch the old
ones, the original ones, we'llalso link it on our show notes.
Patch (18:48):
I just wanted to also mention, there were other
robots also that were verypopular in the Philippines,
right?
Carmina (18:54):
Yes. Mazinger Z.
Patch (18:56):
. Yes .
Carmina (18:56):
There's a V , there's a Z. What happened to all the
letters in between though ?
,
Patch (19:02):
Or as we say sometimes in Filipino accent? Letter Z ,
Carmina (19:08):
. I wasn't
expecting that.
Patch (19:12):
.
Carmina (19:15):
Okay.
Patch (19:17):
Wait. So Mazinger Z for those who didn't know is
another robot. And I guess oneof his signature moves was the
rocket punch. So it turns hisfists into deadly, you know,
projectile weapons..
Carmina (19:31):
I remember this now .
Patch (19:33):
Yep. What ?
Carmina (19:34):
Like the fists would just all of a sudden eject from
his arms.
Patch (19:38):
It's based on Greek mythology.
Carmina (19:40):
What Greek mythology had arms?
Patch (19:43):
Good question. .
Well, maybe not so much theweapon, but wait , wait. Now
I'm curious what Greekmythology it was based on.
Carmina (19:55):
Yes. Please find out, because it's a huge mystery to
me now..
Patch (19:58):
Okay. Mazinger Z, instead of being a manmade
robot, it's a creation of Zeus.
And Zeus is an alien from spacewhom mankind has mistaken for a
God. So I guess that's wherethat a Greek mythology
connection comes from. Yep .
Carmina (20:18):
Ah-huh . Okay.
Patch (20:20):
. Okay,
. So wait , you also mentioned
Daimos.
Carmina (20:26):
Right? So Daimos, what I remember most about it is the
karate chops of the maincharacter. Jamie, remember
?
Patch (20:33):
Okay. < laugh>, yes. But what I remember most was the
two characters, Richard and Erica always calling for each
other. Richard? Erica?
Carmina (20:48):
Oh wait, is it Richard? Not Jamie,
Patch (20:50):
It's Richard.
Carmina (20:52):
No, . Okay . I
made a mistake. So they're
always like longing for eachother. running towards
each other.
Patch (21:00):
Yes. Kind of like , uh, yeah, Romeo and Juliet kind of
feel there. Yeah. So there wasthis alien life form the
Barmians who come to thePhilippines come to Earth
rather. Not the Philippines., specifically < laugh>.
Carmina (21:17):
I mean, in our minds it was the Philippines.
Patch (21:19):
Exactly. So they had the , a leader, King Leon, who was
assassinated. And so theBarmians become hostile and
they t urn against us. Andthen, so Daimos was created to
save us. And E rica is the,princess w as the daughter of
King Leon. And Richard is thepilot of Daimos. So that's
(21:41):
where the tragic story comesfrom., w ait. And now
there's, I remember there's arobot. Wasn't there a robot? A
female robot? The weapon wasthe boobs. Do you remember
this? < laugh>? Okay. Hopefullythat's a real thing. And not
just me with my weirdimagination. < laugh>.
Carmina (22:01):
Well, this might be a good segue to another favorite.
Patch (22:06):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (22:06):
Paul In Fantasy Land.
And this is where Italy comesin Patch.
Patch (22:10):
. Hmm . Okay.
Carmina (22:12):
Was very popular in Italy too,.
Patch (22:15):
Right?
Carmina (22:16):
Paul, the main character, received a teddy
bear as a gift from hisparents. But the teddy bear
named Pakkun turns out to bemagical. The bear is able to go
to alternate universes wherePaul and his BFF Nina are
transported. Unfortunately,Nina was kidnapped by the demon
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ruler in one of these alternateuniverses. So Paul and the
teddy bear eventually had toreturn to Earth without her.
And of course, like in the realworld, right? Nina is gone
because she's in that alternateuniverse. So the entire series
is about Paul's attempts tosave Nina.
Patch (22:56):
I remember images of it, but I, I don't think I was such
a fan, but I didn't realize,wow, this is very dark.
Carmina (23:03):
I t's right? Why did I love it so much?
Patch (23:07):
And also Carimina, the teddy bear didn't look like a
teddy bear to me.
Carmina (23:12):
Well, it kind of became full size in the fantasy
land, but it was like a teddybear, you know, a little teddy
bear in real life.
Patch (23:21):
Mm. Okay.
Carmina (23:22):
Okay. Since I can see you're so not excited about
Paul, let's talk aboutanother one that I know we both
love. Candy Candy ,you'll be mine tomorrow. So
that theme song should havegiven you a hint, right? Uh ,
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, it's kind of aCinderella story. Candy is an
orphan and lived in anorphanage called Pony's Home.
In that orphanage, she had agood friend called Annie. And
then she also had this chanceencounter with a character
called the Prince of the Hill,who lived behind the orphanage.
This Prince of the Hill waswearing a kilt when Candy ran
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into him. Do you remember?
Patch (24:09):
I just wanna mention that the orphanage was in Lake
Michigan.
Carmina (24:14):
.
Patch (24:14):
Yes.
Carmina (24:16):
So Candy was white, basically. Right?
Patch (24:20):
Well, we have to mention, for those who don't
know, Candy, Candy is a ,again, another Japanese series
that was very popular. So, butthat makes sense that Candy
Candy is white .
Carmina (24:32):
Well I mean, all of these characters were really
made in the fashion of likeWestern looks. Yes. Right?
Patch (24:39):
Yes.
Carmina (24:39):
So, But Candy, Candy was very specifically American.
Patch (24:44):
Blonde , right? Yes. But yes, yes . You mentioned Prince
on the Hill was wearing a kilt.
Carmina (24:51):
Somebody already had these Outlander fantasies back
then, I guess.
Patch (24:55):
.
Carmina (24:56):
So at that chance meeting Candy , Candy happened
upon the Prince of the Hillplaying the bagpipes.
Patch (25:03):
in Lake
Michigan.
Carmina (25:06):
And then why are we laughing? We loved this when we
were kids, . And thenafter that chance meeting the
prince, you know, in a reversalof roles disappeared.
Patch (25:16):
Yeah.
Carmina (25:18):
Did kind of a Cinderella disappearing act and
leaves behind a badge shapedinto a star that Candy kind of
keeps with her as her talisman.
Yes. So later in the story, shewas adopted by a family, which
of course had resident evilsiblings. It was a brother and
sister named Eliza and Neil .
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Then she meets a boy who may ormay not be the Prince of the
Hill. His name is Anthony. Andhe looks very much like the
Prince of the Hill.
Patch (25:50):
Well, tragically Anthony dies on a hunting accident.
Jeez .
Carmina (25:55):
Spoiler alert.
Patch (25:57):
. Oh, I'm sorry.
.
Carmina (25:59):
Oh , you are right. He dies. But this whole series
actually follows Candy from herchildhood to her adulthood,
right?
Patch (26:07):
Yes. Yes.
Carmina (26:08):
It was aired in Japan from 1976 to 1979 and had 115
episodes. But there was reallife drama Patch. There were
lawsuits, several of them,between 1998 and 2001, that
involved the original creatorof the series, Kyoko Mizuki,
the illustrator, who was alsoconsidered a co-creator. Yuko
(26:30):
Igarashi, and Toei Animation.
Again, t hey kind of corneredthe whole animation market.
I'm, I'm gathering. So Igarashiwas apparently selling Candy,
Candy merch without theknowledge of Mizuki and Toei.
So there was a whole saga aboutthat and, uh, o wnership
rights, which thankfully is resolved. And that allowed Ca
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ndy C a ndy t o be distributedworldwide.
Patch (26:57):
I just wanna say, I didn't realize this, apparently
in 2011, the series wasparodied in Saturday Night
Live.
Carmina (27:05):
I know. I was trying to find it.
Patch (27:07):
. Yeah.
Carmina (27:08):
It was popular even here then. Yep . This was
really something that I reallyfeel was, like I said in the
beginning, very self-indulgent.
Somehow there was a part of me that was very, very
satisfied. You know, that tenyear old part of me.
Patch (27:23):
Very cathartic.
Carmina (27:25):
Yes. So, I'm so glad that we tackled this episode.
Yes,
Patch (27:29):
Absolutely. Like what I mentioned, it's very cathartic,
but when I was researchingabout Voltes V and all these
animation series, back in theday, I kept coming across the
history of animation in thePhilippines. And I think it ,
it would be really interestingfor us to delve into for our
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next episode.
Carmina (27:51):
So with that patch, let's vote out for today,
.
Patch (27:56):
So that's our episode.
We hope you join us for ournext trip,
Carmina (28:01):
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Carmina (00:46):
Back to our show.
Today's trip is a culture tripwhen we explore Filipino
customs and way of life. Andtoday we're going back to our
childhood Patch, to talk aboutour favorite cartoons. Yay,
yay!
Patch (01:02):
It's funny you said Filipino customs, right?
cartoons really, were notFilipino, but there are certain
backstories to at least one ofthem that we've discovered.
That's really intriguing to me.
But anyway, okay, where do webegin?
Carmina (01:21):
link a couple of videos for theintro of our favorite...
Patch & Carmina (01:41):
Voltes Five!
Patch (01:43):
Carmina (01:46):
Yes. Let's volt in.
Patch (01:47):
Oh God , that's cringe.
But ,
Carmina (01:51):
But so good cringey, right?
Patch (01:54):
Carmina (01:55):
I found myself singing to YouTube videos of the intro
of the actual cartoon. And thenI found, of course,
that only had the lyrics. Andyou better believe that I
played and followed along tothat multiple times.
(02:16):
So this is going to be atotally self-indulgent and
nostalgia driven episode.
Patch (02:21):
Voltes V. It's really a Japanese anime that was popular
during the 1970s in thePhilippines, and it narrates
the heroic exploits of thepilots of this robot and their
trials against this alieninvaders from the planet
Boazan. Do I sound like, like anerd?
Carmina (02:45):
You're talking to a fellow Voltes V nerd, so that's
fine.
Patch (02:49):
Oh , it's so exciting.
But anyway,
Carmina (02:51):
Yeah. So this showed in Japan from June, 1977 and
ended in March of 1978, but itdidn't actually show in the
Philippines until May, 1978. Ithad 40 episodes. And what I
didn't realize is that it's asecond installment of what's
called the Robot RomanceTrilogy.
Patch (03:12):
Yes. I also just discovered that.
Carmina (03:14):
The first one is called Combattler V, the second
is Voltes V, and the third isTōshō Daimoso. Now I know
Daimos.
Patch (03:23):
Yes.
Carmina (03:23):
You remember? That's one of my favorites too. But I
don't know Combattler V.
Patch (03:28):
Did they even show it in the Philippines?
Carmina (03:30):
I don't think so.
Patch (03:31):
Mm -hmm .
Carmina (03:32):
What I read was the romance part really refers to
the pioneering nature of theseries because it tackled
complex and emotionalstorylines in comparison to the
other popular Japanese cartoonsat that time. What they called
the robot of the week genre.
Patch (03:50):
Yes, and also tackled issues with family identity and
all of that. That all is inwhat they say is the romance
part.
Carmina (04:01):
Out of these three, Daimos is the only one that
really had a very strongromantic plot, although didn't
I remember some kind of lovetriangle going on
you know, with Voltes V aswell?
Patch (04:15):
Uh , yes. Well, Steve, Jamie , and oh my God, who was
the other one?
Carmina (04:23):
Patch (04:29):
Mark .
Carmina (04:31):
So let's go into the characters. This blew my mind.
Okay, so we know them as theArmstrongs, right?
Patch (04:38):
Correct.
Carmina (04:39):
The Armstrongs were actually originally the Ghos in
the original Japanese. Sothere's Steve Armstrong,
there's Big Bert, his brother,and Little John , also his
brother. And then there's Jamie, who's the female. And Mark,
who's the other guy who's notthe brother
(05:02):
five of them. Three of them arebrothers, and each of them have
a really very interestingbackstory. And there's this
father, Ned Armstrong, who waskind of the mastermind of the
group.
Patch (05:14):
And his original name was Kentaro Goh.
Carmina (05:17):
Steve was Ken'ichi Gō , Big Bert is Daijirō Gō,
Little John is Hiyoshi Gō.
Jamie is Megumi Oka and Mark isIppei Mine. And then the
villain, of course, PrinceZardoz. In the original is
Prince Heinel.
Patch (05:33):
A little description on each character.
Carmina (05:36):
Mm-hmm.
Patch (05:37):
Steve Armstrong is the team leader. He is a marksman,
a motocross champion.
Carmina (05:45):
Why are you laughing?
Patch (05:46):
Well, okay. He's a marksman and a motorcross
champion. Very important tobecome a team leader, an ace
pilot and the eldest of the Ghobrothers, right?
Carmina (05:59):
Mm -hmm .
Patch (05:59):
And then there's Big Bert. He's a defensive
tactician. Little John was verymuch interested in mechanics,
robotics, and electromagnetism.
Carmina (06:11):
He had that little octopus robot.
Patch (06:13):
Yes! Yes! He created that. That's right. And then
this interesting part for me,there's Mark who was a rodeo
champion.
Carmina (06:24):
Hey, don't you remember one of the weapons?
Patch (06:28):
It's a laso? Okay. O kay.
Carmina (06:31):
That's right, very important.
Patch (06:32):
Right. I'm not saying he wasn't
never think now that that would
Carmina (06:40):
Make sense.
Patch (06:40):
Very important skill set to become a pilot of a robot.
But, okay. And then alsothere's Jamie, who was a female
ninja.
Carmina (06:52):
That one I love.
Patch (06:54):
Yes. Heir to a very famous and respected ninja
clan.
Carmina (06:58):
So what's the backstory of why this family
came to be?
Patch (07:03):
The professor, Ned Armstrong and his wife, they
built this large scale effortthat was backed by United
Nations.
Carmina (07:13):
Their backstory, like before that, before they built
Camp Big Falcon, which I thinkis what you're talking about.
Yes . The fortress.
Patch (07:22):
secret?
Carmina (07:25):
Yes.
Patch (07:26):
I mean, should we spoil?
Carmina (07:27):
Or not ? Not , I mean, it's all out there. Ah.
Patch (07:33):
I'm conflicted because this is what makes it so good,
Carmina (07:38):
I know, I really don't wanna spoil it for anyone who
wants to discover it.
Patch (07:42):
Maybe we can just do a little like case .
Carmina (07:45):
There's a big family secret behind Professor
Armstrong and his wife.
Patch (07:51):
Yes. Mm-hmm .
Carmina (07:51):
That is kind of the driving force behind the whole
series. And the reason whythere's so much conflict with
the Boazanians.
Patch (08:01):
And it drove a lot of this identity crisis on the
part of our Armstrong Brothers.
Carmina (08:09):
Mm-hmm.
Patch (08:09):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (08:11):
I love why we're so excited about this
but before we really spoil it,it still does follow that robot
of the week genre. Right? Everyweek when, you know, we would
rush to go home from school tofind out what big bad robot the
Baz Brazilian empire came upwith next. And the whole
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episode really is about theVolti five team overcoming a
lot of challenges, fighting therobots. We were talking earlier
about why this romance trilogywas very unique. Volti five in
itself is very unique becauseof the themes that communicated
such as family equality,self-sacrifice, teamwork, and
(08:54):
most importantly for the time,patriotism.
Patch (08:58):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (08:59):
It was also notable for introducing villains with
depth and backstories thatalmost made them sympathetic,
which was also unusual for thattime because the common formula
at that time was evilappearance and evil laughter.
Patch (09:15):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (09:17):
Patch (09:21):
He was so cute.
Carmina (09:23):
As a little girl, you were like really conflicted
about him. Right?
Patch (09:28):
Or maybe this is what launched an era of girls who
like the bad boys.
Carmina (09:34):
Maybe
was very popular in thePhilippines, but there were
other countries where it becamea phenomenon. It was biggest in
the Philippines, but it wasalso popular in Indonesia and
Cuba. But not Japan.
Ironically,
Patch (09:56):
Carmina (09:57):
So why these countries? You know, I
scratched my head for a littlebit, and then I was reminded
that these three countries weredictator led during that time.
Patch (10:08):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (10:08):
And since the show had those themes of socioeconomic
injustices, discrimination, andfreedom from oppression, it now
makes sense why these were thethree countries where it was
most popular. But I was justreally fascinated that it did
have that historicalsignificance because what were
we living under? We were undermartial law.
Patch (10:29):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (10:29):
Do you remember? We did not see the last five
episodes.
Patch (10:34):
Yeah. I , that was blocked out of my memory.
Carmina (10:37):
But because it was traumatic
Patch (10:39):
was emotional.
Carmina (10:45):
It really was a WTF moment, I think for all of us.
All of a sudden you don't seethe last five episodes and you
don't know how it ended. Andcan't you tell us why it was
blocked.
Patch (10:58):
Due to so-called violence of the content? That's
at least the official reason.
But like you mentioned, therewas these social issues
reflected in the series. Andbasically that is that Boznia
was under a dictatorial rule byan emperor who faced an
upprising from the Bozanianswho were discriminated against
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and enslaved simply becausethey had no horns.
Carmina (11:26):
And had those strong themes of rebellion, cries for
justce and revolution. And sothe government didn't really
want to inspire that in thecountry. And I was so
fascinated to learn that thistrauma was memorialized by a
sculptor Toym Imao.
Patch (11:44):
Right.
Carmina (11:45):
Through his creation called Last, Lost, Lust for
Four Forgotten Episodes. It's a13 foot sculpture that was
displayed at the University ofthe Philippines in 2014.
Patch (11:57):
It was then exhibited at the Ayala Museum from May to
June, 2015.
Carmina (12:04):
The artist describes it as a visual metaphor of the
anger he felt as that ten yearold who was deprived of the joy
of seeing the series end. Butas I was reading the article by
the sculptor, I couldn't helpbut also feel like it was a
coming of age for him, becauseit was a time when there was a
lot of political awakening inthe country, and his parents
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were involved in the cause
Patch (12:28):
I saw pictures of the sculpture.
Carmina (12:31):
Did it not represent that anger?
Patch (12:35):
Carmina (12:37):
I did not realize that it was still living deep within
Patch (12:41):
Um, I think for us Voltes V fans, we will
recognize some parts of thesculpture, but for people who
were not fans of the show, itmight be a little confusing
because for example, FerdinandMarcos's head. For some people
it would look like the devilbecause it had M16 rifle
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barrels coming out as horns.
And then there was a buildingthat looked like the Malacanang
Palace on its head. But forVoltes V fans, we understand
that really i t's reflective ofthat Bozanian Starship that
resembled a skull with hornscoming out. And then the Sky
Rook on that head.
Carmina (13:21):
The horns were, as you said, machine guns. And that
represented the guns that wasused by the government to
suppress the opposition. Andthen there were also wings,
which he meant to depict thehelicopters, the Torah tous
that was also used to gun downinsurgents. And Patch, you
mentioned the structures on hishead, there were four, you
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mentioned Malacanang, on thesides are Batasang Pambansa and
the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
And then in the back is theCultural Center of the
Philippines, which were allsymbolisms for the Marcos
regime. And then right aboveMarcos's head was the
traditional image of theArchangel Michael slaying the
devil. Only, he's wearing theVoltes V helmets
Patch (14:07):
Carmina (14:09):
And um, that whole imagery, apart from it being
inspired by the traditionalscene of the Archangel Michael
slaying the devil, it alsomeant to represent the Ginebra
San Miguel logo.
Patch (14:21):
Oh, why?
Carmina (14:22):
Maybe it represents how the Filipinos tried to
drown their sorrows.
Patch (14:27):
Oh.
Carmina (14:28):
Okay. Through that gin, you remember the quatro
cantos?
Patch (14:31):
Yes. Yes.
Carmina (14:32):
I, I think the more significant part of this
though, was the figure underthe angel was a four armed
monster that represented theriot police and constabulary.
The entire sculptural totemvisually suggests an altar
statuary composition. Similarto a Caroza, which we typically
use in H oly Week processions,lighted by an assemblage of
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Molotov bombs. So the wholething incorporates the
characters from the Voltes Vseries as the representation of
the Philippine experience underMartial Law.
Patch (15:08):
Since we did say that we were all upset as a generation
that we didn't see the lastepisodes, we should mention, it
was shown, eventually shown asa complete movie in 1999, which
was two decades after itscancellation. And that was a
movie entitled Voltes V (15:26):
The Liberation.
Carmina (15:30):
I mean, we were already here by that time.
Right?
Patch (15:32):
Right. Mm-hmm.
Carmina (15:33):
So I still haven't seen the last five episodes,
and I am on a hunt to not justto see those last five, but to
actually revisit the wholething, although maybe I don't
have to, because there is nowVoltes V Legacy, which is a
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live action adaptation of itthat's being shown in the
Philippines right now, createdby the GMA Network in the
Philippines in partnership withthe original animation company,
Toei Animation. I mean manytimes iteration of the
original, but it carries thesame name.
Patch (16:13):
It has good reviews. I was very relieved that they
didn't butcher
also was featured at Comic-Con.
There were a lot of FilipinoAmerican fans, at least who
showed up for the Comic-Con.
And it's all very exciting.
Carmina (16:32):
So apparently the reason why there's a lot of
Filipino American fans of theyounger generation who are into
this is because their parentsintroduced it to them.
Patch (16:42):
When I heard that they were doing this reboot, I
honestly, I got goosebumps. Iwas so excited.
Carmina (16:49):
Well, same here. And we're actually gonna link in
our show notes how people inthe US can watch.
Patch (16:55):
Is there a particular episode that you remember or
scenes from an episode that youcan remember?
Carmina (17:01):
I don't remember a particular episode, but I
always had this interest in alot of the family dynamics.
Patch (17:09):
Yeah, that family secret that we were referring to.
Carmina (17:11):
Right. And can't lie the love triangle
component. I mean, it neverreally got developed. Right?
That love triangle component,but it's always hinted at, how
about you? Any one?
Patch (17:24):
The image of the butterfly return technique? Do
you remember that?
Carmina (17:30):
Vaguely. But...
Patch (17:32):
I dunno why it's so memorable to me. It's the way
they were capturing the swordof the enemy.
Carmina (17:42):
Oh, right.
Patch (17:43):
And that was visually fascinating. But again, I think
that was one of my favoritefeatures of the show, is them
figuring out in the end how todefeat the enemy.
Carmina (17:54):
For whatever reason.
When you were talking aboutthis, what I do remember is the
tops.
Patch (18:00):
Yes.
Carmina (18:00):
When he would remove like what looked like belts.
Patch (18:03):
Right.
Carmina (18:05):
The tops would spin from his waist
Patch (18:07):
We didn't mention that each pilot would fly an
aircraft that represents apiece of the robot that would
vault in or come together tobecome one huge robot.
Carmina (18:19):
Hence vault in, right?
Patch (18:22):
Correct. And the other thing that's distinct is they
eventually always defeat theenemy by slicing a V on the
enemy robot.
Carmina (18:32):
Oh right! That is so distinct in my memory too . Oh
my God. We have to find this
Patch (18:39):
Carmina (18:39):
Okay. So if we do find where people can watch the old
ones, the original ones, we'llalso link it on our show notes.
Patch (18:48):
I just wanted to also mention, there were other
robots also that were verypopular in the Philippines,
right?
Carmina (18:54):
Yes. Mazinger Z.
Patch (18:56):
Carmina (18:56):
There's a V , there's a Z. What happened to all the
letters in between though ?
Patch (19:02):
Or as we say sometimes in Filipino accent? Letter Z ,
Carmina (19:08):
Patch (19:12):
Carmina (19:15):
Okay.
Patch (19:17):
Wait. So Mazinger Z for those who didn't know is
another robot. And I guess oneof his signature moves was the
rocket punch. So it turns hisfists into deadly, you know,
projectile weapons.
Carmina (19:31):
I remember this now .
Patch (19:33):
Yep. What ?
Carmina (19:34):
Like the fists would just all of a sudden eject from
his arms.
Patch (19:38):
It's based on Greek mythology.
Carmina (19:40):
What Greek mythology had arms
Patch (19:43):
Good question.
Well, maybe not so much theweapon, but wait , wait. Now
I'm curious what Greekmythology it was based on.
Carmina (19:55):
Yes. Please find out, because it's a huge mystery to
me now.
Patch (19:58):
Okay. Mazinger Z, instead of being a manmade
robot, it's a creation of Zeus.
And Zeus is an alien from spacewhom mankind has mistaken for a
God. So I guess that's wherethat a Greek mythology
connection comes from. Yep .
Carmina (20:18):
Ah-huh . Okay.
Patch (20:20):
Daimos.
Carmina (20:26):
Right? So Daimos, what I remember most about it is the
karate chops of the maincharacter. Jamie, remember
Patch (20:33):
Okay. < laugh>, yes. But what I remember most was the
two characters, Richard and Erica always calling for each
other. Richard? Erica?
Carmina (20:48):
Oh wait, is it Richard? Not Jamie,
Patch (20:50):
It's Richard.
Carmina (20:52):
No,
always like longing for eachother.
each other.
Patch (21:00):
Yes. Kind of like , uh, yeah, Romeo and Juliet kind of
feel there. Yeah. So there wasthis alien life form the
Barmians who come to thePhilippines come to Earth
rather. Not the Philippines.
Carmina (21:17):
I mean, in our minds it was the Philippines.
Patch (21:19):
Exactly. So they had the , a leader, King Leon, who was
assassinated. And so theBarmians become hostile and
they t urn against us. Andthen, so Daimos was created to
save us. And E rica is the,princess w as the daughter of
King Leon. And Richard is thepilot of Daimos. So that's
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where the tragic story comesfrom.
there's, I remember there's arobot. Wasn't there a robot? A
female robot? The weapon wasthe boobs. Do you remember
this? < laugh>? Okay. Hopefullythat's a real thing. And not
just me with my weirdimagination. < laugh>.
Carmina (22:01):
Well, this might be a good segue to another favorite.
Patch (22:06):
Mm-hmm.
Carmina (22:06):
Paul In Fantasy Land.
And this is where Italy comesin Patch.
Patch (22:10):
Carmina (22:12):
Was very popular in Italy too,.
Patch (22:15):
Right?
Carmina (22:16):
Paul, the main character, received a teddy
bear as a gift from hisparents. But the teddy bear
named Pakkun turns out to bemagical. The bear is able to go
to alternate universes wherePaul and his BFF Nina are
transported. Unfortunately,Nina was kidnapped by the demon
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ruler in one of these alternateuniverses. So Paul and the
teddy bear eventually had toreturn to Earth without her.
And of course, like in the realworld, right? Nina is gone
because she's in that alternateuniverse. So the entire series
is about Paul's attempts tosave Nina.
Patch (22:56):
I remember images of it, but I, I don't think I was such
a fan, but I didn't realize,wow, this is very dark
Carmina (23:03):
I t's right? Why did I love it so much?
Patch (23:07):
And also Carimina, the teddy bear didn't look like a
teddy bear to me.
Carmina (23:12):
Well, it kind of became full size in the fantasy
land, but it was like a teddybear, you know, a little teddy
bear in real life.
Patch (23:21):
Mm. Okay.
Carmina (23:22):
Okay. Since I can see you're so not excited about
Paul
love. Candy Candy
that theme song should havegiven you a hint, right? Uh ,
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orphan and lived in anorphanage called Pony's Home.
In that orphanage, she had agood friend called Annie. And
then she also had this chanceencounter with a character
called the Prince of the Hill,who lived behind the orphanage.
This Prince of the Hill waswearing a kilt when Candy ran
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into him. Do you remember
Patch (24:09):
I just wanna mention that the orphanage was in Lake
Michigan.
Carmina (24:14):
Patch (24:14):
Yes.
Carmina (24:16):
So Candy was white, basically. Right?
Patch (24:20):
Well, we have to mention, for those who don't
know, Candy, Candy is a ,again, another Japanese series
that was very popular. So, butthat makes sense that Candy
Candy is white
Carmina (24:32):
Well I mean, all of these characters were really
made in the fashion of likeWestern looks. Yes. Right?
Patch (24:39):
Yes.
Carmina (24:39):
So, But Candy, Candy was very specifically American.
Patch (24:44):
Blonde , right? Yes. But yes, yes . You mentioned Prince
on the Hill was wearing a kilt.
Carmina (24:51):
Somebody already had these Outlander fantasies back
then, I guess.
Patch (24:55):
Carmina (24:56):
So at that chance meeting Candy , Candy happened
upon the Prince of the Hillplaying the bagpipes.
Patch (25:03):
Carmina (25:06):
And then why are we laughing? We loved this when we
were kids,
prince, you know, in a reversalof roles disappeared.
Patch (25:16):
Yeah.
Carmina (25:18):
Did kind of a Cinderella disappearing act and
leaves behind a badge shapedinto a star that Candy kind of
keeps with her as her talisman.
Yes. So later in the story, shewas adopted by a family, which
of course had resident evilsiblings. It was a brother and
sister named Eliza and Neil .
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Then she meets a boy who may ormay not be the Prince of the
Hill. His name is Anthony. Andhe looks very much like the
Prince of the Hill.
Patch (25:50):
Well, tragically Anthony dies on a hunting accident.
Jeez .
Carmina (25:55):
Spoiler alert.
Patch (25:57):
Carmina (25:59):
Oh , you are right. He dies. But this whole series
actually follows Candy from herchildhood to her adulthood,
right?
Patch (26:07):
Yes. Yes.
Carmina (26:08):
It was aired in Japan from 1976 to 1979 and had 115
episodes. But there was reallife drama Patch. There were
lawsuits, several of them,between 1998 and 2001, that
involved the original creatorof the series, Kyoko Mizuki,
the illustrator, who was alsoconsidered a co-creator. Yuko
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Igarashi, and Toei Animation.
Again, t hey kind of corneredthe whole animation market.
I'm, I'm gathering. So Igarashiwas apparently selling Candy,
Candy merch without theknowledge of Mizuki and Toei.
So there was a whole saga aboutthat and, uh, o wnership
rights, which thankfully is resolved. And that allowed Ca
(26:54):
ndy C a ndy t o be distributedworldwide.
Patch (26:57):
I just wanna say, I didn't realize this, apparently
in 2011, the series wasparodied in Saturday Night
Live.
Carmina (27:05):
I know. I was trying to find it.
Patch (27:07):
Carmina (27:08):
It was popular even here then. Yep . This was
really something that I reallyfeel was, like I said in the
beginning, very self-indulgent.
Somehow there was a part of me
satisfied. You know, that tenyear old part of me.
Patch (27:23):
Very cathartic.
Carmina (27:25):
Yes. So, I'm so glad that we tackled this episode.
Yes,
Patch (27:29):
Absolutely. Like what I mentioned, it's very cathartic,
but when I was researchingabout Voltes V and all these
animation series, back in theday, I kept coming across the
history of animation in thePhilippines. And I think it ,
it would be really interestingfor us to delve into for our
(27:50):
next episode.
Carmina (27:51):
So with that patch, let's vote out for today,
Patch (27:56):
So that's our episode.
We hope you join us for ournext trip,
Carmina (28:01):
O siya, siya!
Patch (28:02):
Ingat! Thanks for listening to Filtrip with
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Carmina (28:21):
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