Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23, 1981 to March 25, 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun, summarized the series.

U.C.（宇宙世纪）0079年，人类向宇宙发展并建立了多个巨大的卫星，让人类能够居住在宇宙中。卫星的居民们不堪忍受地球联邦政府对其剥削和压迫，遂宣布独立，更组建军队与地球联邦政府决一雌雄。在战争中双方先后开发了机动战士并投入战场。NEWTYPE少年阿姆罗·雷无意中驾驶上联邦军新开发的机动战士高达，卷入后来被称为“一年战争”中，并与其宿敌夏亚·阿兹纳布尔相遇。

早在远古时代，人类祖先刚出现于地球上没多久，坎贝尔星人奥蕾阿娜和大将军加鲁达便率军来到地球，正当他们准备支配控制地球之际，漫长的冰河时期来临了，他们只得潜入地下静候时机。
时间一转眼过去了三千多年，地球科学家南原猛博士在调查世界各地古代遗迹的过程中意外的发现了坎贝尔星人的足迹，并得知了他们妄图侵占地球的阴谋；为了应对随时可能到来的危机，他在国联协助创建的南原研究所中设计制造了超电磁机器人孔巴特拉V，挑选了五位青少年成为其驾驶员：自幼丧失双亲，在孤儿院“太阳学园”长大的暴走族——狂热机车爱好者葵豹马、奥运会射击鬼才浪花十三、九州阿苏地区出身的巨汉——柔道高手西川大作、自己的孙女南原千鹤以及IQ高达200以上的9岁天才小学生北小介；终于苏醒的奥蕾阿娜再次命加鲁达展开了对地球的侵攻行动，孔巴特拉V与坎贝尔星人奴隶兽、熔岩兽漫长而艰苦卓绝的死斗开始了……
本剧与长浜忠夫监督随后的《超电磁侠波鲁吉斯V》及《斗将戴莫斯》一起被合称为“长浜忠夫三部曲”，开创了日本机器人动画史上“合理合体”式超级机器人的先驱，而五机合体的设定构思也对后来的机器人动画及超级战队模式的特摄作品产生了极其深远的影响。

Ensign Shiro Amada is transferred to Southeast Asia to take command of the 08th MS Team. In their first guerilla operation, Shiro's team is tasked with distracting the Zeon forces while Federation ground troops locate a mysterious new Zeon weapon.

角の有無が階級を運命付けるボアザン星。ラ・ゴールは皇帝の甥（弟の長子）として皇位継承の資格を持ちながら、角が生まれつきなかった為失脚。妻・ロザリアとも引き裂かれて労奴に落とされるが、反乱を起こし、星から脱出。地球に落ち延びて科学者・剛光代に救われる。
ラ・ゴールは光代と結婚して剛健太郎と名乗り、3児を儲け、浜口博士や岡・防衛長官と共にボルテスや基地ビッグファルコンの建設に着手。
一方、ボアザンでラ・ゴールとロザリアとの間に生まれていた皇子ハイネルは、“裏切り者の子”と後ろ指を指され、皇帝ズ・ザンバジルへの忠誠を証明し実の父を倒すべく地球攻撃を決定した。
かくてボルテスとボアザンの獣士との壮絶な死闘が始まる。

Voltes V narrates the heroic exploits of the young robot pilots known as The Voltes Team and their trials against alien invaders from the planet Boazan. Armed with the Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V, the five pilots drive back the invaders one Beast Fighter at a time. The series is different from typical super robot anime of the time in that it illustrates human sentimentality and common values, with underlying themes such as the love of family, equality, selfless sacrifice, team work, and patriotism.

Voltes V is a work that has a heavy revolutionary undertone. The series ends with Voltes V's spectacular counterattack on planet Boazan to liberate the slaves from the oppression of a tyrannical ruler, Emperor Zu Zambojil. After Voltes V, Tadao Nagahama directed the TV anime version of Rose of Versailles, which leaves speculation that perhaps Voltes V was influenced by Nagahama's research on the French Revolution for his future project.[original research?] The theme of enslaved population rising up to overthrow an aristocracy lend support to theory.

Voltes V's arsenal consists of variety of missiles, a bazooka, beams, and weapons such as Chōdenji Top (Similar to the Chōdenji Yo-Yo of Combattler V) and Tenkūken (天空剣 Sky Sword, "Laser Sword" in the English dub, "Excalibur" in the Italian dub). With Tenkūken, Voltes V marks the enemy's final moments with a signature "V" slash. This established it as one of the first super robots to use a sword in its finishing attack.

Voltes V deviates from the robotic design of the Combattler V. Voltes V '​s plot has a more serious tone than the comedic storyline of Combattler V. Voltes V also follows a formula similar to that of Daimos.

Universal Century 0079. The One Year War rages on, and Shiro Amada and his unit, the 08th MS team, continue their struggle against Zeon forces in the jungles of Southeast Asia. But recent events have put them under close scrutiny by Federation leaders. Alice Miller, an officer of the Federation Intelligence Division, has been dispatched to ascertain the truth behind a series of events leading to the capture of a new enemy mobile armor. As she begins her investigation, the lines between Federation and Zeon become blurred. Is there really a spy among the 08th MS team?

Universal Century 0079. The One Year War rages on, and Shiro Amada and his unit, the 08th MS team, continue their struggle against Zeon forces in the jungles of Southeast Asia. But recent events have put them under close scrutiny by Federation leaders. Alice Miller, an officer of the Federation Intelligence Division, has been dispatched to ascertain the truth behind a series of events leading to the capture of a new enemy mobile armor. As she begins her investigation, the lines between Federation and Zeon become blurred. Is there really a spy among the 08th MS team?