VOLTES V and the other super robots over at Channel 7 might have been more popular, but Channel 9 also had its own armada of armored heroes. One of these robots was Balatack (or Balatak). Remember him? And do you remember exactly on which days Channel 9’s robots appeared? Like on which day did they show Dangard Ace?
Here’s the Balatack intro from tawess.
ARE you a fan of Mazinger Z? In my case, Mazinger Z was second only to Voltes V as my favorite super robot anime show.
In fact, one of my biggest gripes against UFO Grendaizer (UFO Robo Grendizer, also called Grandizer) was that it demoted Koji Kabuto, the pilot of Mazinger Z, to a second-string character. Grr… OK, I’ll stop thinking about it now before I get bitter, heh 
In the US, they called the show Tranzor Z, but do yourself a favor and don’t watch this version.
Mazinger Z was of course also famous for including a female robot, Aphrodite A, which was piloted by Sayaka. You can imagine how many jokes were spawned then and now by the fact that Aphrodite A’s weapons were her, uh, boobs
THIS anime series was known as Hana no Ko Lunlun, which translates to The Flower Child Lunlun, but in the Philippines we knew her as Ronron the Flower Girl (or Ronron the Flower Angel).
Here’s a clip of the opening sequence from blaiseliddell.
And here’s a video of the ending song from aiiro969.
HERE’S a video of Mitsuko Horie singing “Borutesu Faibu no Uta” (”Voltes V” theme) during a concert in Japan.
She’s the singer behind the theme songs for a number of anime shows, including another one that was also very popular in the Philippines back in the day, “Candy Candy.”
Here’s a video of the “Candy Candy” opening theme.
