The only effective defense against the Campbellians' giant bio-mechanical slave beasts is the super-electromagnetic robot, Combattler V and its pilots.

The entire series follows the then-standard monster-of-the-week format, with the first season featuring Garuda sending various mecha to defeat Combattler V. His tactics range from brute force to cunningness and taking hostages.

In the end, right at the point where creating the new program would have been at the last second, Nagahama rejected the continuation of Raideen and its staff finally went over to work on Combattler, putting pressure on their schedule.

[1] Getter Robo also largely influenced the design of Combattler V itself, as toys made of the former were unable to replicate its three-state combination abilities to an extent that satisfied consumers.

In addition, Combattler V and its storyline have appeared in many entries in the Super Robot Wars franchise of video games.

[5] All lyrics are credited to Saburou Yatsude (the pseudonym for the production studio), while the songs were composed by Asei Kobayashi and arranged by Hiroshi Tsutsui.

Nagahama's Romance Robo Series) were three Super Robot anime series created by Saburo Yatsude[7][8] (a collective name for the staff at Toei, similar to Hajime Yatate), directed by Tadao Nagahama, and aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from late 1976 through early 1979.

[9] The trilogy, consisting of Chōdenji Robo Combattler V, Chōdenji Machine Voltes V, and Tōshō Daimos,[8] was a co-production between Tohokushinsha Film, Nippon Sunrise (formerly Soeisha) and Toei Company with Nippon Sunrise providing the animation work on Toei's behalf.