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Voltron (U.S. TV)

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Alternative title:
Go Lion
Hundred-Beast King Go Lion
King of Beasts Golion
Lion Force Voltron
Lion Voltron
Voltron - Obrońca Wszechświata (Polish)
Voltron - Verteidiger des Universums (German)
Voltron III
Voltron of the Far Universe
Voltron, difensore dell'universo (Italian)
Voltron, el defensor del universo (Spanish)
Voltron: Defender of the Universe
فولترون (Arabic)
Themes: gore, mecha, super robot
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: © World Events Productions Ltd.
Plot Summary: Golion, a powerful sentient robot, abuses his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. A divine space being punishes Golion for his arrogance and abuse by seperating him into 5 different lion robots. In the year 1999, a group of 5 young men return to Earth after a space voyage, only to find it ravaged by nuclear war. After encountering the alien race known as the Galra, the 5 youths end up on the planet Altea, and learn that the 5 lion robots that Golion was split into are in hibernation in various parts of Altea. Somehow, they must reunite the lions and form Golion, the only hope for the human race.
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 124
Vintage:
1982-09-22 (Italy)
1984-09-10 to 1984-10-22 (U.S.- Original 52 eps.)
1985 (México)
1985-10-22 to 1985-11-18 (U.S.- Additional 20 eps.)
1987 (Colombia - Cadena 2)
1988-09-07 (France Air Date)
1997-03-17 to 1997-05-29 (Cartoon Network's Toonami Air Date)
1998 to 1999 (Portugal - TVI)
2001-09-11 (Colombia - Canal RCN)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Go, go, it's time to go!" by Rocco Reitano [Italian version]
"Voltron" by ???? [Italian 2006 DVD version]
"Voltron" by Norbert Arias [French version]
"Voltron" by Santo Verduci [Italian Contactoons version]
Links: We have 42
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Hyakujū Ō Golion was licensed by World Events Productions as the first season of Voltron. The series was heavily edited and rewritten to remove its intensely dark and graphically violent nature. Voltron's popularity was so immense that WEP commissioned Toei Animation to produce 20 more episodes exclusively for the western audience.
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Artbook
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe Official Art Book (Artbook) 2010-12-29 (from $43.50)
DVD (Region 1)
    Voltron - Lion Force Part 1 (Dub.DVD) 2010-05-04 (from $11.74)
    Voltron - Lion Force Part 2 (Dub.DVD) 2010-05-04 (from $16.20)
    Voltron - The Legend Begins (Dub.DVD) 2011-08-16 (from $6.22)
    Voltron - The Final Battle (Dub.DVD) 2011-11-01 (from $8.55)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Lion Force (Dub.DVD) 2019-09-10 (from $26.90)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - The Complete Original Series (Dub.DVD) 2019-09-10 (from $29.96)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Vehicle Force (Dub.DVD) 2019-09-10 (from $39.99)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - The Complete Original Series [w/ Pins] (Dub.DVD) 2019-10-15
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Blue Lion (Dub.DVD 1) 2006-09-26
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Blue Lion [Tin] (Dub.DVD 1) 2006-09-26 (from $42.11)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Yellow Lion [Tin] (Dub.DVD 2) 2006-12-12 (from $14.50)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Green Lion [Tin] (Dub.DVD 3) 2007-02-27 (from $9.89)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Red Lion [Tin] (Dub.DVD 4) 2007-09-25 (from $11.99)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Black Lion [Tin] (Dub.DVD 5) 2007-12-11 (from $65.00)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Air Team (Dub.DVD 6) 2008-09-30 (from $45.99)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Land Team (Dub.DVD 7) 2009-01-13 (from $9.99)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Sea Team (Dub.DVD 8) 2009-07-21 (from $19.77)
    Voltron: Fleet of Doom (Dub.DVD) 2009-07-28 (from $17.95)
DVD (Region 2)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Collection One [Steelbook] (Dub.DVD) 2008-06-02
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe (Dub.DVD 1) 2004-09-20 (from $91.00)
DVD (Region 4)
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Lion & Vehicle Force Complete Collection (Dub.DVD) 2009-06-24
Fanbook
    Voltron: From Days of Long Ago - A Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration (Fanbook) 2014-10-28 (from $195.00)
LaserDisc
    Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Castle of Lions [Dub] (LD)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Katsuhiko Taguchi
Series Composition: Susumu Takaku
Script:
Akira Nakahara (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 30, 46
)

Akiyoshi Sakai (eps 15, 25)
Hirohisa Soda (ep 5)
Hiroshi Toda (5 episodes
eps 26, 29, 33, 37, 43
)

Jiro Yoshino (eps 51-52)
Katsuhiko Taguchi (ep 50)
Keiji Kubota (eps 47, 49)
Kinuyo Nozaki (ep 42)
Kōsuke Yoshida (eps 38, 41, 45)
Kumiko Hayashi (ep 27)
Masaaki Sakurai (12 episodes
eps 8, 10-11, 16, 18-20, 23-24, 31, 35, 48
)

Masaki Tsuji (eps 27, 36)
Norio Kozuka (ep 47)
Ryoh Nakahara (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 30, 46
)

Ryōko Takagi (Season 2)
Satoshi Suyama (7 episodes
eps 17, 21-22, 28, 32, 39-40
)

Sumiko Watanabe (ep 44)
Susumu Takaku (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 9, 13-14, 34
)

Takashi Iijima (eps 51-52)
Tatsuro Nagai (eps 3-4)
Storyboard:
Hideyoshi Oga (8 episodes
eps 11, 25, 28, 36, 40, 42, 47, 51
)

Hiromichi Matano (5 episodes
eps 16, 26, 35, 43, 48
)

Hiroshi Sasagawa (eps 14, 20, 22)
Hiroyuki Kamii (eps 7, 12, 23)
Jōhei Matsuura (ep 1)
Katsuhiko Taguchi (9 episodes
eps 1, 5, 30-34, 41, 52
)

Katsuhito Akiyama (eps 21, 50)
Kazufumi Nomura (ep 24)
Kazuo Nakamura (eps 37, 39)
Kazuya Miyazaki (5 episodes
eps 18, 29, 38, 45, 49
)

Kazuyuki Okasako (eps 3, 8, 13)
Keiji Namisato (ep 46)
Kenzō Koizumi (ep 9)
Masamune Ochiai (eps 2, 6, 10)
Satoshi Suyama (ep 17)
Tatsuya Kasahara (ep 44)
Toshihiko Nishikubo (ep 4)
Episode Director:
Hideo Watanabe (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Hideyoshi Oga (eps 12, 45)
Hiromichi Matano (eps 26, 35, 48)
Hiroyuki Kamii (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 15, 23
)

Jōhei Matsuura (eps 31, 51)
Katsuhito Akiyama (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 21
)

Kazufumi Nomura (6 episodes
eps 14, 16-17, 20, 22, 24
)

Kazuya Miyazaki (7 episodes
eps 18, 25, 29, 33, 38, 47, 49
)

Keiji Namisato (8 episodes
eps 28, 30, 34, 37, 41, 43, 46, 52
)

Makoto Nagao (ep 6)
Shohei Ishida (ep 2)
Tatsuya Kasahara (6 episodes
eps 19, 27, 32, 39, 44, 50
)

Original creator: Saburō Yatsude
Original story: Saburō Yatsude
Character Design: Kazuo Nakamura
Animation Director:
Akira Saijō (5 episodes
eps 17, 22, 28, 30, 37
)

Hiromi Muranaka (ep 15)
Hiromitsu Ōta (7 episodes
eps 9-10, 13, 19, 23, 27, 44
)

Hiroshi Iino (11 episodes
eps 12, 18, 25, 29, 36-42 even, 45, 47, 49
)

Kazuo Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8
)

Kenzō Koizumi (ep 24)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 21)
Osamu Kamijō (ep 11)
Tsuneo Ninomiya (eps 3, 5)
Yasuo Ishii (ep 50)
Yoshinori Higuchi (ep 7)
Yūki Kinoshita (eps 14, 20, 26)
Mechanical design:
Takayuki Masuo
Yoshirō Harada
Art design: Shigemi Ikeda
Director of Photography:
Nobuyuki Sugaya
Takeshi Fukuda
Executive producer: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Producer:
Itaru Orita
Katsuhiko Taguchi (Season 2)
Takashi Iijima (Season 2)

In-Between Animation:
Hiroyuki Kitakubo (uncredited)
Masaya Ōnishi (ep 37)
Planning Assistant: Momiji Akino
Recording Director: Katsumi Ōta
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
(none)
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Executive producer:
John Sirabella (Media Blasters)
Peter Keefe
Additional Sound Effects: Steve Means
Associate producer: John Teichmann
Audio Mixing: Mike Beiriger
Audio Recording: Gary Littell
Audio Supervisor: Cheryl Murphy
Editing: Harold McKenzie
Executive in Charge of Post Production: Mary Roscoe
Music Supervision: Dale Schacker
Stereo Sound Effects: Paul Vitello
Story Editor: Marc Handler
B.J. Ward as Princess Allura
Jack Angel as King Zarkon
Lennie Weinrib as
Hunk
Prince Lotor
Michael Bell as Lance
Neil Ross as
Keith
Pidge

B.J. Ward as
Haggar
Nanny
Michael Bell as Sven
Peter Cullen as
Coran
King Alfor

Jack Angel as
Cossack
Hazar
Peter Cullen as
Commander Hawkins
Narrator
Stride the Tiger
Tress MacNeille as Merla
English companies
Audio Recording: Sound Services, Inc.
Distributor:
Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK)
AnimeWorks (via Media Blasters)
Beyond Home Entertainment (Australia)
Classic Media
Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Madman Entertainment (Australia; expired)
Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland)
Media Blasters
Trimark Home Video (VHS)
Internet Streaming:
4Kids TV
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) iView (Australia & New Zealand)
Crackle (North America; Expired)
Crunchyroll
Hulu
Starz (USA)
YouTube
Post Production: Premore, Inc.
Recording: The Complex
Stereo Rerecording: Motown/Hitsville
Video Post Production: Bluth Video Systems
French staff
French cast
Theme Song Performance: Norbert Arias
Brigitte Lecordier as Pidge (1st voice)
Brigitte Morisan as Allura
Daniel Russo as
Hunk (2nd voice)
Prince Lotar (2nd voice)
Gérard Desalles as Lance 
Jackie Berger as Pidge (2nd voice)
Jean Claudio as King Zarkon
Jean-Philippe Puymartin as
Hunk (3rd voice)
Prince Lotar (3rd voice)
Patrick Messe as
Hunk (1st voice)
Prince Lotar (1st voice)
Régis Lang as Keith
Thierry Ragueneau as Hunk (4 eps)

Daniel Russo as Sven (2nd voice)
Jean Claudio as Koran
Jean-Philippe Puymartin as Sven (1st voice)
Lily Baron as
Haggar
Nanny

Anne Jolivet as Tulla (ep 9)
Gérard Desalles as Général Yurak 
Gérard Dessalles as Général Yurak
Vincent Ropion as Prince Bokar (ep 8)
French companies
Broadcaster: Antenne 2 France (from 1988-09-07)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Spanish cast
Alfredo Basurto as Hunk
Benjamin Rivera as Keith
Carlos Segundo as Prince Lotor
Eduardo Garza as Pidge
Gerardo Vazquez as King Zarkon
Monica Manjarrez as Princess Allura
Salvador Delgado as Prince Lotor

Alvaro Tarcicio as Alfor
Carmen Donna Dio as Hagar
Italian staff
Italian cast
Theme Song Composition: Walter Rodi (2006 Stormovie DVD)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Mauro Agnoli (2006 Stormovie DVD)
Salvatore Pinna (2006 Stormovie DVD)
Theme Song Performance: Santo Verduci
Andrea Ward as Lance (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Christian Iansante as Sven (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Giorgio Locuratolo as Principe Sincrayn
Monica Ward as Pidge (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Oreste Baldini as Keith (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Sergio Antonica as Huck (Americanized "Voltron" version)

Anna Teresa Eugeni as Strega Haggar (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Antonella Baldini as Syra (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Elio Zamuto as Consigliere Koran (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Fabrizio Vidale as Chip (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Franco Latini as Lotor (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Monica Ward as Principessa Aurora (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Contactoons (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Euro TV (Americanized "Voltron" version)
Odeon TV (Americanized "Voltron" version)
DVD Distribution: Stormovie (2006)
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Contactoons, Cancelled; ep 1)
German staff
German cast
Translation: Carsten Kurte
Producer: Ekkehard Holzer

Additional Dialogue Director: Timo Schouren
Dialogue Director:
René Dawn-Claude (eps 1-40)
Timo Schouren (eps 41-72)
Re-Recording Mixing:
Bernd Wittmann (eps 1-20)
Carl-Heinz Endres (eps 1-20)
Script Adaptation: Timo Schouren
Daniel Käser as Lance
Dennis Saemann as Keith
Dennis Sonntag as Pidge
Hans-Detlef Hüpgen as Erzähler / Voltron
Rieke Werner as Prinzessin Allura
Volker Wolf as Kumpel vom Ansager

Birte Baumgardt as Prinzessin Romelle
Cedric Seiler as Prinz Bandor
Edda Fischer as Haggar
Josef Tratnik as Coran
Karin Buchali as Nanny
Karlheinz Tafel as Coran (eps 1-20)
Reinhard Schulat as König Zarkon
Timo Schouren as Sven
Uwe Thomsen as Prinz Lotor
Volker Wolf as Yurak

Andreas Meese as Prinz Avok (ep 17)
Claus Thull-Emden as Prinz Bokar (ep 8)
Daniela Reidies as
Kir (ep 16)
Königin Orla (ep 13)
Fabian Körner as
Hazar
Romu (ep 47)
Sir Lorne (ep 44)
Gerhard Fehn as Kuro (ep 36)
Gerhard Piske as Marshal Graham
Gregor Höppner as
Captain Sorbo (ep 40)
Slugger (ep 35)
Hans Bayer as
König Kova (ep 17)
Zondra (ep 18)
Hans-Detlef Hüpgen as Dr. Gendo (ep 22)
Heinz Ostermann as Lei Long (ep 49)
Ilya Welter as Frau des Käpt'n (ep 33)
Jan-Christian Zeller as Tommy (ep 34)
Jülide Gülgec as
Denny (ep 35)
Morga (ep 19)
Jürg Löw as
General Steele
Grox
König Alfor
Katja Liebing as Krilan (ep 44)
Kirstin Hesse as
Suzie (ep 35)
Twyla (ep 9)
Zoe (ep 19)
Kordula Leiße as
Anga (ep 27)
Prinzessin Hebi (ep 30)
Lars Falinski as
Fry (ep 43)
Jai (ep 12)
Lars Schmidtke as Adam (ep 25)
Louisa Käser as
Tammy (ep 11)
Tochter des Käpt'n (ep 33)
Manuela Griesser as Sohn des Käpt'n (ep 33)
Marc Stenzel as
Milon (ep 47)
Pit (ep 43)
Maxi Häcke as Tal (ep 12)
Peter Harting as
Captain Ivan (ep 41)
General Steele
König Alfor
Petra Glunz-Grosch as Leyla (ep 11)
Phil Daub as Garrett (49; ep 48)
Renier Baaken as Prinz Tabor (ep 12)
Rolf Berg as
Hauptmann Rolfe (ep 28)
König Mag (ep 22)
Sarah Brückner as Faarla (ep 22)
Sascha Rotermund as Redmouth (ep 32)
Simon T. Roden as Rhodan (ep 32)
Stephan Schleberger as Arlo (ep 19)
Susanne Dobrusskin as
Lisa (ep 48)
Petico (ep 44)
Thomas Friebe as König Chappa (ep 44)
Thomas Lang as Käpt'n der Altea (ep 33)
Thomas Balou Martin as Graf Zada (ep 28)
Tobias Diakow as Tet (ep 43)
Ulrike Hoetzel as
Lara (ep 34)
Myris (ep 40)
Vittorio Alfieri as Keezor
Winnie Brandes as Yomi (ep 43)
Wolfram Fuchs as
König Langer (ep 47)
Professor Doubar (ep 42)

German companies
Broadcaster: RTL II (kotz)
Distributor: Anime House
Dubbing:
Euroarts (1st dub)
Sparking Entertainment
DVD-Authoring: Studio DarkSol
Re-Recording Mixing:
Matchville Studios
Wittmann + Endres (eps 1-20)
Recording: Matchville Studios
Standards Conversion & Encoding: KTV Studios
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: Bassima Jaghbeer
Executive producer: Adnan Al-Awamleh

Audio Recording: Muhammad Bdiwi Al-Omari
Composed & Arranged: Wael Abu Nawwar
OP Theme Song Performance: Nada Mirage
Supervision: Mousa Ammar
Anwar Khalil as
Cargill
Suran
Sven
Ghassan Al-Mashini as
General Yurak
Hunk
Muhammad Helmy as
King Zarkon
Lance
Nasr Anani as
Keith
Pidge
Reem Saadeh as
Degar
Princess Lura

Abd Al-Fattah Jibara as
King Algor
Prince Bandor
Mona Sulaiman as
Nani
Rommel
Mousa Ammar as Narrator

Abd Al-Latif Shamma as various characters
Asaad Khalifa as various characters
Lamia Shawashi as various characters
Maram Arif as various characters
Muhammad Khalil as various characters
Suheir Fahad as various characters (21 , 34-36)
Youssef Youssef as various characters (43 , 45 , 48)
Zahra Al-Masry as various characters
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Dubai TV (1993/1994)
Dubbing: Al-Markaz Al-Arabi Studios (Jordan)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Danny Mandia
Arnold Abad as King Zarkon
Bernie Malejana as Hunk
Jefferson Utanes as Pidge
Louie Paraboles as Keith
Ryan Ang as Lance
Teng Masilungan as Princess Allura

Benjie Dorango as Sven
Pocholo Gonzales as Coran
Teng Masilungan as Haggar

Arnold Abad as Yurak
Jefferson Utanes as Narrator
Louie Paraboles as King Alfor
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
IBC-13
RPN Network
Studio 23 (ABS-CBN Sports+Action)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Antônio Moreno as Zarcon
Eduardo Camarão as Keith
Ezio Ramos as Lance
Lúcia Helena as Allura
Márcia Gomes as Pidge
Mário Vilela as Hunk
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Canal Panda (Portugal)
TVI
Distributor: Look Video
Dubbing Studio: BKS (Brazil)
Internet Streaming: Netflix 

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