Nicktoons then revived it in 2011, and now it is Dreamworks turn to give it a modern-day-makeover.
#Voltron defender of the universe cast series
There was Voltron: The Third Dimension, a computer animated series in 1998, as well as an attempt around 2005 to create a live action movie. Since the 1980s, there have been several attempts to reinvigorate the Voltron franchise in every decade. This is actually one of several anime series that were merged together to form a supposed "complete story", and since the dialogue is redubbed in English, it gives opportunity for a lot of changes to be made. This second season features a Voltron that was made of several spaceships with an Air Team, Land Team, and Sea Team, and could also form into a giant robot. The original cartoon was actually two different series, the first involved the adaptation of Beast King GoLion, while the second season was a completely unrelated series known as Armored Fleet Dairugger XV. Showrunners Montgomery and Dos Santos had heard that Dreamworks had purchased the rights to Volton, and they jumped on to make this series, which appears to be exactly like the premise of the 1984 cartoon.
Evil) as Hunk, Steven Yeun ( The Walking Dead) as Keith, Kimberly Brooks ( Mass Effect) as Princess Allura, and Rhys Darby ( Flight of the Conchords) as Coran. The teaser video that you can see below which was shown off at the Wondercon convention, and it has their trademark style that can be seen on their other works like Justice League.Īccording to Nerdist, the cast for Voltron: Legendary Defender includes Jeremy Shada ( Adventure Time) as Lance, Bex Taylor-Klaus ( Arrow) as Pidge, Josh Keaton ( Green Lantern: The Animated Series) as Shiro, Taylor Labine ( Tucker and Dale vs. The show is headed by Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery, who are just off their last series with Avatar: The Legend of Korra. Naturally, anything from the eighties has to be rebooted, and Netflix as well as Dreamworks Animation are tackling it with Voltron: Legendary Defender, and this is the release date and news. At the time, the concept of a changing robot was popular with Transformers and Go Bots, and Voltron was turned into a toy line as well.
Voltron: Defender of the Universe was released to the States at the right time, as it featured a story about giant robot lions that can merge together into a humanoid robot. Also, 19 types of weapons can be conveniently stored inside the base at once.For those that remember the 80's, this was a time when anime starting to become really popular in the United States, and one of the most popular one was Voltron. This support can also be used to mount weapons when combined into the form of Voltron. The action base that is included enables you to display the five lions as if they are floating in the air using a support shaped as a trajectory of light representing each lion. Also, to ensure that you don't experience any stress when combining and transforming the figures, unnecessary structures have been boldly deleted, and various designs were attempted in order to improve the structure.Īs with other transforming robot series, alloy parts have been used in the right places to give the satisfying feeling of holding a heavy robot.Įach of the lion's eyes has an LED light to create an animated robot appearance, and the cover that hides unnecessary parts when the robots are combined achieves the appearance of Voltron with a higher degree of perfection. Various materials were considered in order to provide a little fun during the assembly process.
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