Animated Series
Lion Voltron (Voltron of the Far Universe)

A foremost episodes, unremarkably a better remembered, were according to a 1981 series Hundred Beast King GoLion (百獣王ゴライオン - Hyakujūō Goraion), & featured the team of 5 immature pilots commanding 5 golem lions, which could be combined to form Voltron. Therearound era, a Voltron inflict was in charge of protecting a planet Arus (ruled by Princess Allura) from either a evil King Zarkon, his boy Lotor, & a witch Hagar, world health organization would produce vast Robeasts to terrorise a population of Arus. (This plot line is similar to victims of the Toei Very Sentai shows, which formed the basis for Mighty Morphing Power Rangers.)

Vehicle Voltron (Voltron of the Near Universe)
Late episodes were according to a 1982 series Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (機甲艦隊 ダイラガーXV - Kikō Kantai Dairagā XV), and changed a plot line substantially. Therein iteration of Voltron, a Galaxy Alliance's personal planets st& been overcrowded, and the fleet of Explorers keep around been sent to search fresh planets to colonise. Along a way, it attract a attention of a evil Drule, world health organization proceed to interfere using a explorers & the settler. Since the Voltron of Planet Arus was as well far away to help a explorers, a freshly Voltron is constructed applying tierce teams (L&, Sea and Air) composed of Cinque vehicles both, to battle a Drule threat.

Gladiator Voltron (Voltron of the Middle Universe)
There were plans for however a second Voltron, which would use at times been according to a series Weak Speed Electric God Albegas (光速電神アルベガス - Thousandōsoku Denjin Arubegasu). This of these would keep around been tierce little android golem that combined to form a single big golem. Due to a hard popularity of the Lion Voltron, the unenthusiastic response to the Vehicle Voltron & Albegas' existence a flop inside Japan, Globe Cases Productions, the St. Louis, Missouri-depending company world health organization owns a rights for each Voltron series, finally decided against an additional surrogate Voltron series. Matchbox freed the toy of Gladiator Voltron labeled Voltron II, additionally to Voltron I personally (Vehicle Voltron) & Voltron III (Lion Voltron).

To appease fans world health organization wanted to watch something spawned from either the Voltron II toy, Gladiator Voltron mass produced a brief, of these-panel appearance in the Devil's Due comical inside 2004.

New Projects
Voltron: A Fleet of Doom - Within 1986, World Cases got Toei Animation produce some extra footage to produce this crossover television favorite which was otherwise principally composed of recycled GoLion & Dairugger footage. Manufactured for the international markets, this favorite hwhen non been freed within Japan, as of this writing. Voltron in the Tertiary Dimension - When the select few initial interest, a computer-generated series was freed inside 1998 to a mixed response because of its departure from either a original Lion Voltron's anime look. Globe Cases Productions went back to a drafting board to respond with the supplementary traditionally alive series inside an attempt to recapture the spirit of the original. It served as a sequel to the Lion Voltron series. Producer Mark Gordon (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) is developing the eventually nameless Voltron picture show for release inside 2006.

Comic Books
In the early Fourscore's Modern Comics produced a series according to a TV indicate.

Lion Voltron recently was revived within print across the hit comic-book series from . Fallowing the vi issue process, Devils Due Publishing began to self publish Voltron. A series lasted some other eleven issues, besides when deuce trade paper-back book collecting Vol. Unity & Vol. Two Issues One-Five. A line was ended inside 2004.

Characters
Note: To the full list taken from either Devils Due Comic Series

According to a U.s. version of Voltron: Defender of the Universe: Commander Keith (Japanese title : Akira Kogane)- Commander and leader of the Voltron Force world health organization pilots the Black Lion & wears the red uniform. He is some 21-23 years aged. Keith occurs as quiet individual who lives good deal of his instance pondering his decisions, hatch recently strategies, & good existence the leader. He likewise has this hobby of reading a lot of books -- he can typically become obtained doing therefore either in the pilot's lounge or in his room.

Lance Charles McClain (Japanese Title : Isamu Kurogane)- 2nd around comm& of Voltron world health organization pilots the Red Lion and wears a blue uniform. He occurs as tall man, both wiry & wiley, astir 21-23 years aged. Lance is universally cracking jokes and teasing others whenever he gets a risk. He is the simply a single in the group who has the intestines to contest any of Keith's commands. He is besides the ladies' human, a great pilot, though a bit as well daring at days.

Sven Holgersson (Japanese Title : Takashi Shirogane)- Sven was the 2nd inside comm& world health organization piloted a Blue Lion and bore a melanise uniform in the super beginning of the series. Around episode Sestet, he was badly hurt in the period of an attack by Haggar & was sent away to exist as healed. Allura replaced him when a Blue Lion's pilot. His age is all about a equivalent when Keith's. Sven today lives on the Planet Pollux with Princess Romelle and Prince Bandor, both cousins of Allura. Sven was universally super quietly & spoke only he experienced something crucial to say. Though he might not look it, he occurs as super emotional person, and his heart is always leading his mind in any guide.

"Hunk" Garett (Japanese Title : Tsuyoshi Seido)- Hunk is the strong-man of the class action, piloting the Yellow Lion & wearing a yellow uniform. He is all about 22-2 dozen years old. He will look tough and mean, but he has the soft heart, especially when it comes to children. He is never late for the meal. Though his friends tease him just about his appetite, most of Hunk's bulk is muscle.

Darrell "Pidge" Stoker (Japanese Title : Hiroshi "Chibi" Suzuishi)- Pidge is the youngest and smallest of the group; he pilots the Green Lion & wears a green uniform. He is around 16-18 years old. Pidge graduated from either the academy at a immature age, & his specialty is science. Rather a others, he is easily-trained around martial arts and uses his size and agility to his advantage. Pidge is non afraid to speak his mind, especially to the bad guys, and his heart is typically around his words.

Princess Allura' (Japanese Name : Princess Farla)- Princess Allura of the planet Arus is the ruler of the Kingdom of Altaire (as well as the entire planet for the most part). She takes over for Sven as the pilot of the Blue Lion and wears a pink uniform. Her age is about 18-20. Though a bit naive, especially with matters of romance, Allura is a strong-willed person and is very capable of ruling her planet, though some like Coran and Nanny tend to disagree.

Princess Romelle (Japanese Name : Princess Omuvei)- Princess Romelle is Allura's cousin who lives on the planet Pollux, where she co-rules with her brother, Prince Bandor. She is a dead ringer to Princess Allura. Though once a slave of Lotor, Sven came to her rescue and together they fight for her people against the Drule empire. She is also in love with Sven, who returns her feelings.

Coran (Japanese Name : Raible)- Coran is Allura's royal advisor, and is in charge of the Castle Control. He also advises the Voltron Force and is very wise, though he can be very overprotective and opinionated sometimes.

Nanny (Japanese Name : Hisu)- Nanny is Allura's over-protective caregiver who always wants to make all of Allura's decisions for her. Like Coran, Nanny fusses over the Princess and is bent on keeping her away from all harm.

Prince Lotor (Japanese Name : Prince Sincline)- Prince Lotor is the evil son of the Drule King Zarkon. He dislikes his father greatly and wishes to rule in his place along with Princess Allura, to whom he's developed a strong and obsessive attraction. Lotor is a very sly, smart, smooth, powerful man who exudes force and emanates pure evil. In Go Lion, Sincline's obssession with Fahra is due to the fact that she resembles his mother, whom Emperor Daibazar (aka King Zarkon) had killed. In other words, this is basically an Oedipus complex.

King Zarkon (Japanese Name : Emperor Daibazar)- King Zarkon of the Planet Doom is one of the rulers of the Drule empire, though by no means the absolute ruler. He is constantly using others as scapegoats for his own failures, more often his son Lotor.

Haggar (Japanese Name : Honerva)- Haggar the witch is the one responsible for creating all of the Robeasts Voltron must go up against. She is also notorious for using her dark magic to cast hypnotizing spells over people. Though she was once good and beautiful, she is now evil and ugly.

King Alfor (Japanese Name : King Raimon)- King Alfor is Allura's deceased father and previous ruler of planet Arus. He returns to the world of the living every so often in a ghostly form to give advice to his daughter to help her in her struggles to maintain peace on Arus and the surrounding galaxy.

Differences between the Japanese and American Versions
Besides the name changes, and to conform to the stricter standards of American children's television, some modifications were made to both series.

General Modifications Shots of shooting/explicit torture (e.g. whipping) prisoners/civilians/slaves, shots of corpses removed. Grunts being shot (as infantry) or being blown up (when in ships/fighters) were referred to as "automaton", as are spacefleets. In the case of special characters, they ejected/were rescued and taken to treat their injuries, even though they died in the Japanese series.

Series specific changes:

Golion: Takashi's (Sven) character died when he battled Honerva (Hagar). His younger brother Sho was the one who fought Sincline (Lotor) at the siege of Planet Garla(Doom). Sho and Sincline fell to their deaths whereas in Voltron they fell into a pool and survived. It was a goddess not Honerva that split up Golion due to his arrogance (Golion is supposedly sentient, although this was subtly discarded in the series) The Merla arc never existed; World Events requested Toei for more episodes. The original series ended with the destruction of the giant Daibarzaal(Zarkon) robot which killed him.

Dairugger Manabu(Jeff) has a serious relationship with Haruka (Lisa) Chip was never Pidge's brother. All the Galaxy Alliance officers the episode focused on were killed, unless it was explicitly shown they survived (i.e. they are in suceeding episodes), likewise, this is also the condition for Drule officers and leaders. The series started with the Drules and the Galaxy Alliance having tense relations with the Drules attacking the Explorer on the grounds it violates their space. In the Japanese series, both powers were unaware of each other and there was no overcrowding for the Alliance, the Explorer is merely an exploratory vessel and the Drules are stretching their power, not looking for a new world.