New Voltron Coming To Netflix In 2016

[ZariusTwo]

http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/dreamworks-animation-guillermo-del-toro-trollhunters-voltron-netflix-1201672250/

Beginning this year, Netflix will launch several new DWA-produced series, including a reimagining of the Voltron franchise, and “Trollhunters,” shepherded by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. The studio said the latter series “will unleash a new, fantastical world wrapped around two best friends who make a startling discovery beneath their hometown.”

[drgon78]

Sounds interesting though I really don't like the term "reimagining"

[Allio]

these american versions of anime have been pretty bad, I don't have much hope for this one.

[sdp]

I almost feel bad for World Event Productions, the guys are very nice but the only success they've ever had is dubbing GoLion into Voltron and then buying the rights for GoLion. All their other shows had lukewarm success in the 80s and all their revivals of Voltron have failed. They've also been trying to get a Voltron movie for over ten years now.

Let's hope they learned from their failures of Voltron:The Next Dimension and Voltron Force. This being a re-imagining is good since the other two projects were sequels and faield terribly. I have a soft spot for Voltron so I hope it's good but we'll see.

[Cryomancer]

Voltron Force was really not all that awful. 3D is ugly as hell but they at least attempted to continue the story, I guess. I'm not really sure it was ever a story that needed continuing, but hey, they bought the whole damn thing so they are committed I suppose.

Hopefully it's good?

[Autbot_Benz]

First look at Voltron

http://i68.tinypic.com/2gy5ykw.jpg

[Autbot_Benz]

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[sdp]

Wow, so this is coming out in June?
How did we not know about this? I don't understand why Netflix sometimes just announces shows two years in advance and sometimes 2 months. The new Voltron looks like the Voltron Force version but I guess that's ok since that design was pretty cool. Wish we had more information.

Last year was the 30th anniversary and they released this video which was cool:

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Their youtube channel actually has all the Voltron shows uploaded but for some reason half of the episodes are private for whatever reason.

[Autbot_Benz]

The bad news is PLAYMATES is making the Voltron toys

[Commenter 42]

I've gone full Stan over the new trailer:

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I'm excited. They managed to get 42 excited.

[Cryomancer]

Yeah that looks pretty alright to me so far.

[Cure]

They look like Avatar characters.

[Powder]

Oh, neat, Jeremy Shada.

[drgon78]

Looks nice but can't stand the voice for the princess.

[Commenter 42]

Was that John Bailey subbing for Cullen at the end?

[PangolinFeets]

The animation looks super clean. I am pretty hype for this. Voltron is one of the only robot animes I ever liked.

Fingers crossed for a sick remake on his theme.

[TurtleTitan97]

Not really into Voltron (Though I have watched some of the Go Lion anime), but this looks pretty cool.

[plastroncafe]

I love Studio Mir's work.
Was never really into Voltron, but I'm going to give this one a try.

[Etsyturtle2]

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[Storm Eagle]

Well I can definitely add this to the list of shows I'll be checking out during the summer hiatus.

[ProactiveMan]

Looks great - if I had Netflix I'd watch this for sure.

If I had to nit-pick (I don't but I'm going to), I'd say that the CGI Voltron doesn't really gel with the limited animation. The characters move at the standard TV anime, zero frames per second, while the lions look like they've escaped from Transformers: Devastation. No big deal though - it still looks very attractive.

[myconius]

Shiro? .... SHIRO????

https://www.facebook.com/VoltronOfficial/videos/vb.120871391269685/1097714260252055/?type=2&theater

i really hope he turns out to be the new Sven or something?

anyway, i'll give it a try regardless.

[Cryomancer]

Wow they are actually going to at least temporarily be properly color coded for once? Haha.

[myconius]

Wow they are actually going to at least temporarily be properly color coded for once? Haha.

the more i've been looking into this, i've been reading that Sven was originally named Shiro in the Japanese version.

at least we thankfully won't have to listen to that accent anymore!

yump'eeng yee'meenny :lol:

[Storm Eagle]

Yesterday's Jeopardy! had a category called "Robot Check-In", that had a clue referring to how the reboot was coming this year. They even showed a clip.

Nobody got it. Nobody even made an attempt.

[myconius]

Yesterday's Jeopardy! had a category called "Robot Check-In", that had a clue referring to how the reboot was coming this year. They even showed a clip.

Nobody got it. Nobody even made an attempt.

sad really!

i think even one of the Nickelodeon Tmnt wiki pages originally had Super Robo Mecha Force Five listed as derived from The Power Rangers.
not that it didn't borrow from them, but at the time Voltron wasn't even mentioned.

[Commenter 42]

I'm going to watch the **** out of this.

[myconius]

i love the fact that it's going to Netflix so i can just watch one episode RIGHT after the other!!! :D

[NinjaPug]

Never watched the original but I thought the trailer looked pretty great. Plus it's from people that worked on Korra and Avatar so I'll definitely be watching.

[sdp]

Well I watched the pilot which is a little over an hour long and I enjoyed it. I had read a lot of overly positively and I disagree that it's as good as those reviews made it out to be. It's not bad and it's a good start but there's nothing that makes this outstanding. The show has potential so I'll be watching the 12 episodes that are left over the next week and report.

One thing that was definitely missed was the original Voltron theme, I hope it eventually show up. While I've watched Voltron before and like it I've never been a huge fan and have never been able to watch any series completely.

Wow they are actually going to at least temporarily be properly color coded for once? Haha.

They've been color coded for every incarnation sans the original.



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Finished watching it, all in one weekend :o. Overall I liked it but I don't love it.

I have to admit I had very high expectations. Voltron is a franchise I'm not really into but have always been interested in and this new show seemed to have all the right stuff to be amazing but it's definitely lacking to be that. I kind of got the feeling that the show was ashamed of being a Voltron show and you'll see some examples below. Maybe because the two previous Voltron reboots failed? I don't understand their distancing from the source material and yet still want to do Voltron.

Characters: I found all the good guys great. I'm ok with Allura looking more alien like and I'm ok with Pidge being a girl. Normally I don't like changes like these but it worked. I always liked Sven's name and character and while it's cool to see him the whole season I don't understand why they changed his name. The villains are usually shown as evil for the sake of being evil but there were indeed some stand out scenes for many of them. I like the way they use the lions and not make the separated forms useless like in Power Rangers but for a show called Voltron it doesn't really show up too often. Sure you can argue that makes it "special" but not really it just kind of transforms quickly, if they're going to tease they should do a nice reveal.

Music: It's very generic though I'll admit I some of the generic grew on me. Still the show needs themes for characters and action scenes. Of course the biggest offender is not using the classic theme which is perplexing.

Story: This is the biggest offender, the original show isn't very consistent with its mythology or motivations and I expected that to change here but for the most part nothing is really explained and even though we spend many episodes setting up the story some things that don't make sense like what exactly is Voltron and how does magic work here and what not is never even questioned. The last episode was awesome and something I expected out of the others. For a 13 episode show the pacing felt like it was a 26 episode show.

I look forward to season 2 and hope it fixes some of the mistakes.

[TurtleTitan97]

Pilot was excellent. 10/10 for me.

[myconius]

the pilot is already on Netflix?

i'll have to search for it!!!!

[drgon78]

If your going to reboot an anime that was much more popular in the US then in Japan then why use the Japanese names for many of the characters instead of there dub names.

[myconius]

If your going to reboot an anime that was much more popular in the US then in Japan then why use the Japanese names for many of the characters instead of there dub names.

i kinda like the Japanese names.

[drgon78]

I like the villain's dub names better. Don't care for the change of the heroes except for the princess's name really.

[TurtleTitan97]

Finished the season. It was perfect, best animated action show I've watched in a long time. Looking forward to Season 2.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

I'm about done with the first episode and I think it's really awesome. The lions look SUPER cool and just so dang vintage. OH how I wish they'd finish the new Thundercats on Netflix!

[Cryomancer]

They've been color coded for every incarnation sans the original.

You know, I watched all the later shows and I totally forgot the details. I'm dumb and forgetful, oops.

Put it on my queue, hopefully I can find time to check it out this week.

[drgon78]

That is disappointing to hear that they don't use the classic theme music.

[Autbot_Benz]

so Who is excited for Playmates Voltron Toys. ready for no paint apps and barley any articulation. :lol:

[M.O.D.O.K.]

There's going to be a comic book mini-series coming out in July that'll make the wait for the next batch of episodes a bit easier.

[myconius]

i really loved the Pilot episode!!
as the season progressed the story started to drag a bit, felt like it wasn't really progressing.
but when they got into the action it was pretty awesome!!
really looking forward to the next season.

[PangolinFeets]

This was more fun than I thought it was going to be.
They did a nice job focusing on the characters instead of just a MOTW formula.

Ands its pretty damn funny.

[Autbot_Benz]

Its an alright show The action scenes are cool. I just find the Hunk to be really an annoying Idiot.

I still love Voltron the 3rd dimension over this one so far.

[myconius]

Its an alright show The action scenes are cool. I just find the Hunk to be really an annoying Idiot.

I still love Voltron the 3rd dimension over this one so far.

yeah, Hunk really did get on my nerves after a while.

[NinjaPug]

@Voltron: Season 2 is coming late 2016! #Voltron #SDCC16

[myconius]

@Voltron: Season 2 is coming late 2016! #Voltron #SDCC16

i guess that's not too far off?

[M.O.D.O.K.]

Also, for those interested, the soundtrack is out now on iTunes.

[TurtleTitan97]

@voltron: Season 2 is coming late 2016! #voltron #sdcc16

Awesome!!!:D

[Autbot_Benz]

good for the fans but I find this show kinda slow and boring.

[TurtleTitan97]

Season 2 teaser trailer: http://screencrush.com/voltron-legendary-defender-season-2-trailer/

[sdp]

Jeeze, I don't remember much of what happened in the first season. I remember the characters but all those final episodes not at all and I guess that's not a good thing.

Hopefully they explain a few things more and go into more voltron lore and see more Voltron and hope for new movie. The trailer has cool music for what its worth. I really want to love this show but it's not letting me. The trailer has me intrigued at the very least. So we're getting all the episodes soonish?


Just finished the second season. Another 10/10.

Bring on season 3!!!

Is s2 a little more umm..voltron? In the first season you rarely saw Voltron and tons classic Voltron tropes were ignored including the main theme and tons of references to the Voltron universe they could've done. That was my main problem it almost felt ashamed of the source material.

it's going to be a while before I get to Voltron, but I guess it's only 13 episodes so maybe I can squeeze it in somehow.

[drgon78]

I can't wait for this to come out on Blu Ray...one day.

[TurtleTitan97]

Season 2 premieres on January 20, 2017: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/voltron-legendary-defender-season-2-release-date-a/1100-6444298/

[TurtleTitan97]

Season 2 is online.

[plastroncafe]

YES! Just what I needed today!

[saintsaucey]

Just finished the second season. Should probably rewatch it at some point as my attention is kinda pathetic. I spaced during the last episode. Episode 7 and 8 were really good though

[Autbot_Benz]

Decided to give Voltron a second chance I am still on season 1 and it did get better. I think Episodes 1-3 of Season one were just really slow and boring. Can't wait to finish season 1 and start the second season.

[TurtleTitan97]

Just finished the second season. Another 10/10.

Bring on season 3!!!

[TurtleTitan97]

Is s2 a little more umm..voltron? In the first season you rarely saw Voltron and tons classic Voltron tropes were ignored including the main theme and tons of references to the Voltron universe they could've done.


If by " a little more Voltron" you mean do they form the robot every episode, then no. Which is fine because it makes whenever it shows up all the more epic.

As for specific references to the original you're asking the wrong guy as I'm only somewhat familiar with the Beast King GoLion anime, not the edited Americanized version that was the original Voltron.

[sdp]

If by " a little more Voltron" you mean do they form the robot every episode, then no. Which is fine because it makes whenever it shows up all the more epic.

As for specific references to the original you're asking the wrong guy as I'm only somewhat familiar with the Beast King GoLion anime, not the edited Americanized version that was the original Voltron.

The show is called Voltron though, it doesn't need to appear in every episode but it barely even appeared and it's a show about a giant robot. The original theme never appeared and what made it worst is the music was super generic so you can't even say they replaced it with something better. The original show built a universe and this new show kind of went with their own thing which seems like a waste counting they had tons of stuff to work with that has been established in the mythos and just ignored for a blander version. I"m being negative but that's only because it disappointed me, it's fine but everyone called it the best thing ever and it wasn't and it wasn't Voltron.

Voltron isn't just an edited version of GoLion it really became its own thing and arguably much more interesting take than GoLion ever was. Sure the censorship hurts Voltron as GoLion was able to be a little more dramatic at points but then WEP ordered their own season in which many of the "edits" now became canon as we saw the soldiers being built as robots, etc. We saw the story continue with Vehicle Voltron and then having a team up with lion voltron. Not to mention it got two sequel series (Next Dimentsion & Force). So yeah more than a dub Voltron should be compared to Power Rangers and Samurai Pizza Cats were it took the source material from elsewhere but did its own thing entirely with it independent of what it was supposed to be.

[TurtleTitan97]

The show is called Voltron though, it doesn't need to appear in every episode but it barely even appeared and it's a show about a giant robot. The original theme never appeared and what made it worst is the music was super generic so you can't even say they replaced it with something better. The original show built a universe and this new show kind of went with their own thing which seems like a waste counting they had tons of stuff to work with that has been established in the mythos and just ignored for a blander version. I"m being negative but that's only because it disappointed me, it's fine but everyone called it the best thing ever and it wasn't and it wasn't Voltron.


We'll just have to agree to disagree.

[ColinStein]

Can anyone talk to me about season 2 yet?! I just finished it and want to discuss it!

[sdp]

I just finished s2 and it still hasn't won me over. Like I've mentioned before I really want to love this show, the animation is great, I love the character designs and the overall look of the revival. The story is so dull and generic, the twists it tries are not that interesting to me, the music lacks any emotion and I actually think the music is the worst part of the show as good music could've added a lot more to the generic drama, you'd think if they weren't going to reuse any oft he old music from past shows including the iconic theme was because they had a great composer with a new take but man is it bland . SO yeah the worst part is many of the thing it fails in could've been taken from previous Voltron shows, the plot of the old shows had potential even if not fully realized because cartoons had worse writing in the past and they could've fleshed those out and made a very compelling show, having an entirely new take would've been fine I don't have anything against trying to be original but it just hasn't gotten me interested at all and we're two seasons in now. I do think the lions and Voltron were better used this season but I still feel the producers of the show are ashamed of Voltron and are trying to do their own thing with the Voltron icense as an excuse to get funding.

I hope it gets renewed and the toys sell though as I'd love to see more animated things from Netflix like Voltron and I'll probably watch a season 3 which do we even know if it's been greenlit? I actually think the first 26 episodes were green lit and separated as two seasons to make the wait shorter ~6 months instead of a year which is nice actually. I probably come off as a huge Voltron fanboy/purists re-reading my posts but that couldn't be further from the truth, I've only watched a handful of Voltron but have never seen all the previous shows completely and it really wasn't part of my childhood outside of a few re-runs here and there. The Prince Lotor ending was a nice ending, I feel he should've been in the first two seasons instead of "saving him" for a season teaser but it was still nice.

[sdp]

No one has been watching the new season? I just finished it since it's only 7 episodes unlike the 13 episode S1 and 2. But apparently S4 is confirmed and airing in October which is only 2 months away so it's almost as if they just decided to split this season, I'm guessing the episodes in October will either be 6 or 7 again.

I'm going to sound like Cybercubed but with this season means that it already has more episodes than the two previous failed revivals V Third Dimension and V Force. Counting it seems to be a successful show, or at least at launch it was then maybe we can get past 52 episodes that the original show consisted of. getting to 72 will be tougher which is the extra 20 episodes of Lion Voltron made later but possible. Now getting to an episode count of the original Defender of the universe that includes the vehicle voltron episodes isn't likely possible but it'd be cool, WEP does own vehicle voltron so it could at least appear. Anyone know how the playmates toys are selling?


Anyway, I've been very critical of the show but this season was really enjoyable to me, I liked that it's trying to pay more homage to Voltron while before I felt like writers were doing their own show and just using Voltron to do it. We still don't see Voltron much but that was fine and we still don't have the original theme but whatever. I still think we'll get the theme for the series finale.

[Autbot_Benz]

I tried with this show I watched all of Season 1 and Some of Season 2 than I just lost interest. its more MEHtron than Voltron for me

[sdp]

It starts off really solid but it is "mehtron" in about 3 episodes of the 7.

Apparently netflix is comitted to a 78 episode show and I was right, this season was split in two so the next 6 episodes of "season 4" which were originally Season 3's. I like it like this better since it makes the wait easier.

I still feel like the lore of the original would've made a better show, the original Voltron was filled with plot holes and inconsistencies mostly because of its time and they just didn't care but it was possible to finally fix that here but we didn't get that. It mostly ignores many important aspects and cool aspects of classic Voltron. I want to love Legendary defender more since I love the art style but it gives us a lot of Voltron easter eggs while ignoring the heart. I did like this season more and will likely watch the entire run.

Wish list for future seasons before the 78 episode run finishes:
Vehicle Voltron episode
Voltrex
Stealth Voltron
Classic Theme
Sven to join the "real" universe
Robotic Prince Lothor

[Cryomancer]

I enjoyed the new episodes just fine. Show continues to be good. I'm not like, super in love with the pilot reshuffle but I get why they did it and I'm willing to get past it. I preferred the Princess as a starship captain but whatever.

Lotor is obviously going to end up with his own "evil voltron", the ship already looks like it / part of it and he has his own set of 4 teammates to pilot it too.

[drgon78]

Is this show ever going to be on DVD/Blu ray?

[Utrommaniac]

It wasn't as I expected it to be.

The season finale was the best episode for sure, with twists that were a little obvious, but made speculations make sense.

Lotor's Lady Team was awesome, and the gag with "Sven" in the alternate universe was great.

[sdp]

Well the second part of Season 3 is on Netflix or Season 4 as they call it which is only 6 episodes and it's not as good as the first half of Season 3 or I guess now all of season 3..that's confusing.

Some of the decisions they're making are so odd, I haven't kept up with any of the drama of this show but I think I remember reading that the fandom is a bit toxic? And they've bullied the creators to changing the story to fit what they want? ugh.

But yeah any of the progress we had seen is kind of gone and back to status quo when it comes to the characters, I'm guessing Tumblr like folk complained about Shiro leaving the team and also shippers.

So yeah overall the new episodes were boring for the most part, I liked that we've gotten more "voltron" more frequently because of the split seasons but it's also a problem for such a serialized show since I already forgot what happened hehe.

My broken record section of my thoguhts...I want to love the show, the animation, character designs, are all top notch and we have character development, ongoing arcs and a serious tone. But when they said they wanted to write the "Voltron show they remembered and not the Voltron show they watched", they're not doing that very well. They're writing the a show they want to write using the Voltron license and not the Voltron they watched.



Wish list for future seasons before the 78 episode run finishes:
Vehicle Voltron episode
Voltrex
Stealth Voltron
Classic Theme
Sven to join the "real" universe
Robotic Prince Lothor

I still want these, I'll add two more:
Blonde Princess Allura from another universe
The new recruits from V Force making an appearance

[M.O.D.O.K.]

Some of the decisions they're making are so odd, I haven't kept up with any of the drama of this show but I think I remember reading that the fandom is a bit toxic? And they've bullied the creators to changing the story to fit what they want? ugh.

But yeah any of the progress we had seen is kind of gone and back to status quo when it comes to the characters, I'm guessing Tumblr like folk complained about Shiro leaving the team and also shippers.

It was actually due to the higher-ups at Dreamworks. They want to push out toys, and they can't do that if one of the main characters is gone. So, they had to bring back Shiro much sooner than they wanted.

[plastroncafe]

Shows that don't produce toy sales don't remain shows for long.

[ZariusTwo]

Shows that don't produce toy sales don't remain shows for long.

Jackie Chan Adventures had a failed toyline yet ran for five years.

[M.O.D.O.K.]

Shows that don't produce toy sales don't remain shows for long.

It's weird, since the show already have a 78 episode order that's being worked on, no matter what. Why get pushy about stuff like that if the order is already guaranteed?

Jackie Chan Adventures had a failed toyline yet ran for five years.

I believe that was the case with Avatar: The Last Airbender as well. If only that was more common.

[plastroncafe]

The animation industry is vastly different today than it was when either of those shows were producing new content.

The powers-that-be cut episodes from Avatar's sequel, The Legend of Korra.

[CyberCubed]

Young Justice was flat out canceled by CN due to the failed toyline.

[sdp]

I was excited to discuss some voltron only to find toy sales talk :(

I will say that Voltron is definitely an experiment of sorts and something that hasn't been done, it's the first time we see Netflix commit not to a season but in this case 78 episodes.

It's the first time a digital release only show has a toyline, I don't understand Plastron's post, is the toyline bombing?

The episodes are not cheap to make and they're investing to see if kids prefer this style.

I know it has what appears to be a pretty active fandom and also one of the most Toxic ones, think Rick & Morty-tier.

So yeah Voltron is definitely something else, as you can see my posts in this thread I have mixed opinions on it but I can't deny that its high quality even if it's not exactly Voltron.

Netflix also experimented in with Kong King of the Apes which I reviewed (https://miscrave.com/articles/kong-king-apes/), that one by having an interactive game Within the season which I would've liked as a kid.

We also know that they use their data to see what kids are watching, the new Magic School Bus rides again show (that I also reviewed (https://miscrave.com/articles/magic-school-bus-rides-again/)) was chosen specifically because of kids watching the original a lot.

So yeah, Netflix is really trying hard to figure out what kids want, they're investing a lot of money as they see them as essential for their business, and they're likely afraid now that Disney is going to have their own streaming service. I hope the Voltron model is successful since it's the best out of the 3 I mentioned here.

[PApagreg]

I'm personally not feeling Seasons 3/4, not only do I feel like we are going back to the status quo but I feel as if the Galra are barely a threat now, I don't know I feel as if most of Voltron's problems are based on their personal goals versus fighting the Galra also I don't care how Hunk is put into the corner.

[sdp]

I didn't think about it like that but you're right, and yes Hunk has been ignored for a while and that sucks. I still feel the greatest problem is the writers don't want to write a Voltron cartoon but are using Voltron to write the story they wanted.j

I'm just not a fan of it even if the story isn't, I like enough to continue watching it and I will finish it though, season 4 or I guess Season 5 should come out around February even if its just only a few episodes.

[NinjaPug]

Season 5 is out on March 2nd

OYwreVlyc0g

[sdp]

Just watched the latest season, 6 episode and the new season comes out June 15th, I think I actually prefer this splitting up the seasons, we get new episodes every 3 1/2 months more or less.

This season was fine, there was a lot of action though it also had some slow parts, oddly enough there was no real threat for many episodes. Weird how the war just abruptly ended for the most part. Season ended without any real cliffhanger, I guess they still need to get rid of the factions but whatever.

The whole show is a mess, mostly because as I've stated it's ashamed of being Voltron and it wants to be something else and maybe if it were not Voltron the show could be far more interesting since it's basically holding it down at this point. So much could've been done with the original lore and the 76 episode order instead of this take which would've been better with a new IP.

Sucks that Shiro is still the leader, I loved when they got rid of him and shook things up but due to fan whining they went back to the original line up which was never meant to last this whole time.

[Shark_Blade]

I'm a new fan and just started watching Season 5 (I skipped all the other seasons before it).

I think Shiro is fine but I'm annoyed that he snapped at Lance (told him to shut up) and generally being an asshole to everyone else. I mean he's hot but being a crazy ass doesn't help his case.

https://i.imgur.com/1QCQQ2T.png

https://i.imgur.com/QjubmrW.png

https://i.imgur.com/DrEE5VG.png

I generally saw pics/arts of Lance and Keith together with the team, so to have him away from them is jarring. Hope the future season will put him back together where he belongs.

https://i.imgur.com/1TtRCK2.png

So I think I'll start Season 1 now that I'm catched up with the current season.

[PApagreg]

So after learning season 5 was just released I decided to like always binge watch it and man does splitting up the seasons in two kinda hurt the show imo. I mean I get what they are doing and trying to ape off the success of shows like Game of thrones and Walking dead by giving mid seasons finales but man is it a pain to endure. But you know despite all of that I did enjoy this season, Lotor being sort of a wild card is interesting, Shiro(or the being that looks like Shiro) being a plant to the high preistess and Allura interacting with Lotor. What I dislike is that muh boi Hunk being left into a corner again. But still good season

[Utrommaniac]

I was hoping Allura would actually get her own White Lion so the team can settle back to where they originally started.

Nice that we finally met Keith's mom.




But Fun Robot was the best part of this season. Especially the scene where it was launched into space while "Amazing Grace" was used for music :lol:

[Shark_Blade]

I don't see the significance in meeting Keith's mom in this season tbh. Or anyone's mom in any show - do we need to see April's mom? Goku's mom? Vegeta' mom? Batman's mom?

Nope. Such a meh side story tbh. I rather they focus on the main and supporting characters.

[PApagreg]

I don't see the significance in meeting Keith's mom in this season tbh. Or anyone's mom in any show - do we need to see April's mom? Goku's mom? Vegeta' mom? Batman's mom?

Nope. Such a meh side story tbh. I rather they focus on the main and supporting characters.

1.Keith's missing mom and his Galra ancestry has been a thing in this show since season 2 and his mom is part of the Blade of Marmora

2. The death of Batman's parents has been the his motivation since decades so bad example there.

[PApagreg]

You know I personally have sort of a love/hate relationship with this show and one of the things I don't like about it is that most of the Galra are too similar. I know there is a story behind it but when the 3 of the contenders for the crown are the same "Grrr strength is absolute" type personalities its kinda boring and the one character who isn't like that gets killed in the end.

[Storm Eagle]

There will be a DVD set for Voltron: Legendary Defender coming out on July 12th. It'll have the first two seasons, and no special features.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Voltron-Legendary-Defender-Seasons-1-and-2/24094

[Shark_Blade]

I rather watch it on Netflix in HD than spending money on the barren and SD dvd. Their marketing dept needs to be fired.

[Storm Eagle]

I rather watch it on Netflix in HD than spending money on the barren and SD dvd. Their marketing dept needs to be fired.

Well...there's a thought. Then again, we still don't have the 2012 TMNT series on Blu-ray.

[Shark_Blade]

I know right. Apparently these companies hate money... :(

[NinjaPug]

Season 6 trailer:

http://ew.com/tv/2018/06/05/voltron-season-6-trailer/amp/

[PApagreg]

You know after hearing Keith's dad talk I'm going to be beyond pissed if we don't hear Keith with a Southern accent.

[sdp]

Just finished season 6 and it's so lack luster, the season finale was hype but they just mishandle so many things that instead of it being an awesome show you think "well it had some cool moments" Slight spoilers for S6 ahead I guess.


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Most of my complains from the show are still on: Music is not memorable enough but at least I know now the classic music is not there because of copyright.

The Lotor heel turn did not work for me since he had already had a face-heel turn, what was the point of redoing it, in fact it almost feels like we're all the way back to S3 or 4 in terms of status quo, what was even the point of the last few seasons if everything is back to how things were?

The shiro reveal was weak but I'm glad he's gone for good now, reviving him because of fan backlash was a big mistake. Again we're back to the Status quo of a few seasons back which was far more interesting. I also like that Kieth is finally the leader we always hoped.

Not enough Voltron in the show named Voltron but that final fight almost made up for it, I wish we had more mech action in this show. They clearly still not have enough experience animating voltron even 6 seasons in because they barely ever feature him but I'm glad he got so much focus in that final episode.

That Galra blonde girl we see this season is such a better design for Princess Allura, brown allura is a cool design as well but that is not the princess. Speaking of Allura, I'm glad she's finally piloting a lion once again.

I continue to have a love/hate relationship with this show, so many cool things going for it only for them to waste them. Let's see where things go, since it's a new page I'll repost my wish list for the rest of the 78 confirmed episodes we'll be getting. We're at 52 now so that means we have 4 more "split" seasons or two more 13 episode seasons whichever way you want to take a look at how Netflix handled the show after season 2:
Vehicle Voltron episode (only 1 episode come on)
Voltrex/Stealth Voltron (both awesome designs)
Classic Theme (even if for the final episode only)
Sven to join the "real" universe (Maybe now that Shiro is gone for good)
Robotic Prince Lothor ( I guess it can happen now that he's "dead")
The Crew from the voltron revival in the early 2010s, even if just random characters we see one day.

[ranger_scout]

The series will end with its eighth season.

http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/07/20/voltron-finale-announcement/

Also,

Shiro has been confirmed to be an LGBTQ character. He was going to marry someone named Adam, but he broke things off to join the Kerebos mission instead.

http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/07/20/voltron-legendary-defender-shiro-boyfriend/

[sdp]

It really isn't big news, I don't know why everyone is only now reporting on it, look at this thread, I found out the Netflix deal was a 78 episode deal a long time ago. Getting excited over 13 episode seasons is dumb, I prefer the half seasons they were going for since it made the wait easier. The wait for Season 2 was too long and constantly getting episodes even if "half" of the 13 episodes was still better. Now we'll likely have to wait until next year before the last season instead of getting them released slowly.

Sorry for being a buzzkill.:lol:

Sad the show is ending but hope it was a success, Netflix doesn't release numbers, do we know how the toyline is doing? I have a lot of problems with Voltron but I want MORE stuff like it and to see it improved, less pandering to the tumblr crowd and more action but I loved the art, the animation, the serious setting, etc. I could just do with better writing.

[sdp]

Halfway through the latest season and it feels a bit slow, some nice moments but overall the show is doing the usual things. I liked the game show episode, not a bad season so far but without Zarkon/Lotor the Galra don't seem as big of a threat.

Edit: Finished the season, slight spoilers I guess I liked the Earth setting, the lion/voltron battles wish we had gotten more like those during the whole series, still drags plenty in other parts. The Galra without their leaders are now just boring villains, did they not plan this out? For a show that had 78 episodes from the start as a full run surely planned things very poorly. So is all the controversy over Shiro not being Gay enough or treated well? :lol: that fandom is so unlikable and unaware of themselves.

However, recent contreversy seems rather harsh. It seems that this season is practically disowned by the fandom, and not for many practical reasons. That, or, the minority acts as if it's flawless. I would like to present more moderate opinions here.


What is the fandom like? I was familiar with the Voltron fandom before Legendary Defender and it was fine, during the first season they all seemed super happy with the show but that was mostly a few 40 somethings who grew up with the original show and the new shows fandom is mostly newer generations. I do know this show is full of the worst of the Tumblr/DeviantArt fandoms that latched on to all the pandering the show went for and there's never pleasing that crowd no matter how much you pander.

Also, the final season will premiere this year. Speculation is because Dreamworks wants it over with because of the toxic fandom. I don't think that's the case, but I won't deny, I wouldn't be surprised.

Edit: oh, and the toys flopped.

When they announced this season would be 13 episodes and so soon since the previous season I knew something was up and that it was likely the final season would be released this year since the order was always 78 episodes. It seems rather odd for them to do this but I doubt the fandom is that toxic, I mean My Little Pony had no problem with its fandom despite the bad press.

Netflix keeps the viewership count to itself so we have no idea how popular the show really is and sucks about the toyline since this might seal the fate for other exclusive action cartoons on Netflix that need toylines but then again the bad tumblr/deviant art fans are all about their shipping/original art/creepy fanfics than buying toys. I thought the show was a success, why are they dumping it all this year? At least it got a full story to tell unlike the two previous Voltron revivals and revived the franchise that hadn't gotten a break since it premiered but if it bombed it might seal the fate for future ambitious animated projects on Netflix.

Edit: I did some digging and the theory seems to be that Lionsgate wants to finish Netflix's contract as quick as possible since they're moving to Hulu, apparently they've been doing the same for other of their Netflix shows.

[PApagreg]

Whelp just watched season 7 and man does it feel like the writers don't plan ahead. This is season 7 and we are just now getting Keith and Shiro's backstory and what happened to Keith's father. Another problem I have is that the Ty Lee alien is apparently a sadist, I may not have perfect memory of the show but has she always been like this and what happened to Adam is a waste. Also apparently Shiro has a disease where he won't perform in peak physical conditions but we saw him moving just fine in the earlier seasons. Despite that however the season is actually pretty good while the main antagonist were kinda weak(they feel like Zarkon-lite) I did enjoy the trip to Earth but the fight happening on Earth not only shakes up the status quo but also gives us more background to the characters. Its nice seeing Lance's and Hunk's families and I like how there was some internal conflict when Pidge's dad tried to inform the Earth populace. While fighting for a planet isn't really anything new we do get higher stakes on a emotional level what with the Paladins wanting to return home but only to find it war torn and under Galra control.Overall good season but my god do the writers need to work on their forethought.

[sdp]

Last season is out, crazy how we got 78 episodes constantly since its premier 2 years ago. Too bad they didn't take this 78 episode order to their advantage, so much more could've been done knowing they knew exactly how many episodes they had to work with.

I'm halfway through the last season and it's mostly the same problems the show has had in its entire run, I'd just like to comment that they made a great job in making Witch Haggar a threat so far. Apparently the tumblr crowd turned on the show becase it didn't do what their headcanons wanted them to, so the show sacrificed character development and story to pander to this crowd only for it to not be "enough" for them :lol:

I found why tumblr hates the seasonTumblr melting down over the entirety of season 8 is some of the best schadenfreude I've ever felt.

But at the same time, I feel sorry for everyone who worked on this show. Imagine having your entire project be ruthlessly shat on because insane bitches (who previously praised your show) built up a yaoi ship in their mind based on literally nothing and are mad that it didn't become canon. I'd never want to interact with fandom again if I were Montgomery or Joaquim.


Started the second half of the season, why are they spending so much time on these nobody supporting characters they've been bloating with since last season? There's enough main characters to deal with already. Pacing problems as always.

[Shark_Blade]

Klance is not even canon so I’m not supporting season 8. They can rot for queer baiting

[sdp]

Well I finished watching Voltron Legendary Defender, here is my full review (https://miscrave.com/articles/voltron-legendary-defender/) of all the seasons for anyone curious. I have the most posts on this thread :lol: The ending was alright, not amazing but the best it could do with what it had built.

To summarize my views which I've posted many times in this thread already since it hasn't changed much. The show had a lot of potential, the pacing is bad, animation and character designs were great, half of it is boring, half of it is interesting. They don't respect the Voltron legacy/lore a lot and this is for the worse, it almost feels like something unrelated to Voltron, but overall there's enough there to like it and at the end of the day it's the most successful Voltron has been in the public eye since the 80s. It wasn't the classic I wanted it to be but at least it was a successful reboot.

[ZariusTwo]

Netflix will be removing the show from it's service on December 7th.

While Henry Cavill has been cast in the live-action movie reboot from Amazon/MGM

https://deadline.com/2024/10/henry-cavill-voltron-1236112692/

[Storm Eagle]

Voltron: Legendary Defender will get a complete series set on DVD that starts shipping on the 31st of the month. It'll be a MOD release according to DeepDiscount, but Universal's MOD releases are pressed and not burned.

https://www.amazon.com/Voltron-Legendary-Defender-Complete-DVD/dp/B0GSH7ZF46/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30CN4HAUQT33H&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tltIMdpdlsUe8JmwUlB524rNs05m_NK4G Vb0dg3SLoN_m1r8OWKin9pUWKPcF0An-Xj3HW7Asi4etZK6P1xLrcgpYHh1iHEHFmSGCfqexbI.MBxDS29 BXBFjbcF_a5bss6syFZdR6br_Me9vl_IoArY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Voltron+Legendary+Defender&qid=1773537817&s=movies-tv&sprefix=voltron+legendary+defende%2Cmovies-tv%2C106&sr=1-1

https://store.voltron.com/products/voltron-legendary-defender-complete-dvd-set-seasons-1-8?_pos=1&_sid=cb2f67120&_ss=r

https://www.deepdiscount.com/voltron-legendary-defender-the-complete-series/840418342435