“Arrogant robot Golion split into five lions; five youths must reunite them to save post-apocalyptic Earth.”
Voltron: Defender of the Universe
百獣王ゴライオン
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Synopsis
Arrogant robot Golion split into five lions; five youths must reunite them to save post-apocalyptic Earth.
Golion, a powerful sentient robot, abuses his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. A divine space being punishes Golion for his arrogance and abuse by seperating him into 5 different lion robots. In the year 1999, a group of 5 young men return to Earth after a space voyage, only to find it ravaged by nuclear war. After encountering the alien race known as the Galra, the 5 youths end up on the planet Altea, and learn that the 5 lion robots that Golion was split into are in hibernation in various parts of Altea. Somehow, they must reunite the lions and form Golion, the only hope for the human race. (Source: ANN) About Voltron (U.S.)
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What 3 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
5.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 2.0
↑ 2.67
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Dec 2023
- 7 “SPOILER FREE PROS: *Unique art style: Loved Golion's horror/gothic vibes with witches, black magic, space ships with skulls, flying coffins, organic architecture. *Action: dynamic fights ranging...”
- 2 “Go Lion, localized in English as Voltron, is a bottom tier imitation of Mobile Suit Gundam, Robotech, and Space Battleship Yamato that somehow became a hoot among the science fiction community in...”
- 5 “GoLion is the subbed verison of what would be later localized into 80s Voltron. I'll keep this spoiler free. Story: The overarching story is okay, but nothing super original or anything to write...”
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A Tv Production · Spring 1981
Toei Animation.- Format 52 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 19h 56m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1981 – Feb 1982 Spring 1981
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1316 catalog
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- Media Blasters Licensor