This is a fan site that's run by a fan, for other fans. It's got info, but it's also got its share of opinions and humor. The goal is to fondly remember a childhood cartoon and have some fun!
This site's primary area of concern/coverage is the classic 80s Voltron TV series, and the original Japanese animes that inspired them. Newer series will be mentioned, but not covered in depth here.
Classic Voltron began in 1984 beginning with the lion series. This is the most popular version of Voltron that aired, and so is the version that got a short season two back in the day along with some more modern series and spin-offs.
The premise involved five space explorers from Galaxy Garrison that end up on the battered Planet Arus in the Denubian Galaxy, and together with the Princess of Arus, Allura, end up reviving the legendary Voltron. Comprised of five lion robots that can combine into Voltron, a giant mech that helps defend Arus and other planets in the solar system from the evil empire of Zarkon, King of Planet Doom.
Season one has 52 episodes and are edits of the 1981 TOEI Japanese anime, Beast King GoLion. They are not straight dubs of this series, as the storyline was changed and the violence of that original series heavily edited at times for the American audiences, in essence making it a separate series. World Events Productions (aka WEP) also added a 20 episode season two for Lion Voltron, which were not edits, but brand new episodes produced simply to further the story of the more popular Voltron.
Furthermore, WEP switched things up by also using yet another TOEI anime from 1982 - Armored Fleet Dairugger XV - and editing it into a related series we in America know as Vehicle Voltron. Originally, these two animes were unrelated series. WEP however tied the series together with story lines and elements that sometimes intersected, and by calling both combined giant mechs Voltron. WEP also made an animated movie in the 80s featuring both Voltrons working together to defeat the Drules called "Fleet of Doom". Vehicle Voltron, of course, never caught on as well as the Lion series and only got the single 52 episode run that aired in the 80s, never enjoying the revivals and reruns of later years. VV does sometimes get a mention in various comics or with some merchandising in the ensuing years.
This site however, and this confessed Vehicle Voltron fan, will cover this series (and its anime counterpart) in depth on the other "side" of Voltron Central.
I hope you enjoy exploring the nostalgia on this site, and take advantage of some fan features available as well.
