Voltron: Legendary Defender
| Voltron: Legendary Defender | |
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| Genre |
Action-Adventure Science Fiction |
| Based on |
Beast King GoLion by Toei Animation Voltron: Defender of the Universe by World Events Productions |
| Voices of |
Steven Yeun Jeremy Shada Bex Taylor-Klaus Josh Keaton Tyler Labine Kimberly Brooks Rhys Darby Neil Kaplan Cree Summer |
| Opening theme | Alex Geringas |
| Composer(s) | Brad Breeck |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Joaquim Dos Santos Lauren Montgomery Ted Koplar Bob Koplar Yoo Jae Myung |
| Producer(s) | Choi Goun Kim Young Hyun Kim Seul Ki Lee Soo Kyung |
| Running time | 69 minutes (first episode) 23 minutes (all other episodes) |
| Production company(s) |
DreamWorks Animation World Events Productions Studio Mir |
| Distributor | Netflix |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netflix |
| Original release | June 10, 2016 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
Voltron Voltron: Fleet of Doom Voltron: The Third Dimension Voltron Force |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Voltron: Legendary Defender is an American animated web television series produced by DreamWorks Animation and World Events Productions and animated by Studio Mir. It is a reboot of both the Beast King GoLion anime series and the Voltron franchise, and its animation is a mix of anime-influenced traditional animation for characters and background and CGI for Voltron action sequences. The first season premiered on Netflix on June 10, 2016 and consisted of 11 episodes. It was released globally in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Benelux Union and Latin America. A second season premiered on Netflix on January 20, 2017.
For millennia, the evil Galra empire has plagued the universe by destroying other civilizations and enslaving various races. The only known threat strong enough against the empire's power and plans is the legendary "Defender of the Universe" Voltron, a 100 meter tall robot warrior composed of five lion mechas whose pilots are known as the Paladins. At the crux of the war that ended with the destruction of planet Altea, Voltron was separated by King Alfor of Altea in order to protect Voltron from falling into the Galran Emperor Zarkon's possession. King Alfor bonded the five lion's energies to his daughter Allura's life force and sent them across the universe to different locations until the time for the next generation of Paladins to appear and pilot Voltron arrived. Princess Allura, her retainer Coran, and the Altean Castle of Lions were hidden on planet Arus along with the Black Lion.
In the present, the Galra Empire's path of conquest and search for Voltron has led them to Earth's solar system. A group of space pilots – Shiro, Keith, Lance, Pidge, and Hunk – discover the Blue Lion and immediately get swept up into the Galran War. They meet Princess Allura, become the next Paladins, and reunite the five lions to form Voltron and combat Emperor Zarkon's nefarious schemes, with the hopes of ultimately defeating the entire Galra Empire.
On January 5, 2016, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation announced a new original animated Voltron series to debut in 2016 as an expansion of their existing multi-year agreement.Voltron is one of several series planned for initial development and debut in 2016, including Guillermo del Toro's animated Trollhunters.Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos, both known for their work on the Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel The Legend of Korra, served as showrunners while fellow crew member Tim Hedrick served as head writer. On March 25, 2016 at WonderCon it was announced that the voice cast would consist of Steven Yeun as Keith, Jeremy Shada as Lance, Bex Taylor-Klaus as Pidge, Josh Keaton as Shiro, Tyler Labine as Hunk, Kimberly Brooks as Princess Allura; and Rhys Darby as Coran and Neil Kaplan as King Zarkon.Cree Summer later confirmed that she would be voicing Witch Haggar.
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