>>283398891
>>joke to a friend that they love Grendizer because it's a hero fighting off foreign invaders
>>a poli sci and international law professor published a literal paper talking about Grendizer's popularity
>>he posits that it's indeed related to middle-eastern conflicts, it came out in Lebanon during their civil fucking war
>>literally just 4 pages talking about Grendizer, from someone who's clearly watched and enjoyed the whole show
>>there was a fucking generation of Syrians redubbing Grendizer to protest against ISIS
Voltes V became a revolutionary symbol in the Philippines after it was banned, strangely.