Voltron - Defender of the Universe - Collection One: Blue Lion
by Franklin Cofod
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Actor: B.J. Ward, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Neil Ross, Peter CullenDirector: Franklin Cofod
Brand: Defender
Producer: Franklin Cofod
Producer: John Teichman
Producer: Peter Keefe
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 375 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Anime Works
Movie Reviews of Voltron - Defender of the Universe - Collection One: Blue Lion
Movie Review: Awesome "Voltron" DVD and a classic in anime/cartoons!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a diehard "Voltron(Lion Voltron)" fan ever since I saw a rerun of it in the '90's when I was five years old and I love this boxset! It has my favorite "Voltron" characters, the very sneaky, Jawa-like witch, Haggar the Witch, her blue, horned cat, Coba/Cova, and King Zarkon, the evil fish-man king, the main villain of the series. This boxset has the entire Season One in it, from the first episode, where Zarkon captures the Voltron Force, to "The Witch Gets A Facelift", the first episode that I ever saw and my favorite episode of the entire series, where Haggar and Coba go to the Voltron Force's castle, after Haggar sneaks up to and disguises herself as Princess Allura's aunt, Queen Orla, and decides to try to kill Princess Allura and take over the castle, but the Voltron Force find out that Haggar is disguised as Queen Orla, they capture Cova, Haggar reveals who she is, attacks them and almost succeeds in getting rid of them, but King Alfor's ghost nullifies her magic, so she runs from them, the Voltron Force chases after her, she unleashes a Robeast Clawbeast, runs and hides in her flying coffin, and gets away from them after they're distracted by and then defeat the Clawbeast, to the ones where Zarkon, Haggar, and the other villains get rid of Yurak and trick the Voltron Force into thinking that Sven died. There are also a lot of special features, such as interviews/coments by the creators of and the animators of the show about their favorite characters and their favorite episodes, etc., and a few other special features, too. I love this boxset and I own it! They don't have as much of the fantastic cartoons that they used to have on TV like this, "Thundercats", "DragonBall Z", "Pokemon", "Digimon", and the many others that they had as reruns in the '90's and new shows then, too! This is a fantastic cartoon and I love and have all of the five boxsets of it!
Summary of Voltron - Defender of the Universe - Collection One: Blue Lion
From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend. The legend of Voltron: Defender of the Universe! A mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil. A force of space explorers, Kieth, Lance, Hunk, Pidge, and Sven are sent to find the last princess of planet Arus, Allura, and the keys to Voltron. Together they find the five robot lions that make up the legendary robot. King Zarkon, an evil warlord, rains down destruction across the universe. But our heroes form Voltron at the last moment, and begin a new war against his cruel empire.Like Robotech, Voltron is an anomaly: an anime series that never aired in Japan in this form. The program Americans know under that title is comprised of recut footage from Hyakujuo Go-Lion ("Hundred-Beast King Go-Lion") and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV ("Armored Fleet Dairugger XV"). Voltron debuted in syndication in the US in September, 1984, with a completely new storyline. Five young pilots from the Galaxy Alliance, Keith, Lance, Sven, Hunk, and Pidge, crash on the planet Arus when they're attacked by the minions of the evil King Zarkon. In the ruins of an ancient castle, they learn the secret of recreating Voltron, the ancient robot "loved by the good and hated by the evil." Each of them must pilot one of five lion-mecha that link to form Voltron. They also befriend Princess Allura, who pilots of one of the lions after Sven is wounded in battle. Together, they fight Zarkon's robots and "ro-beasts," the witch Haggar and Zarkon's son Lotor. Obviously pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle, Voltron reuses some footage over and over, but leaves out big chunks of the narrative. When the five pilots initially crash on Arus, they stand at the edge of vast desert; after the commercial break, they're wandering through a fog-shrouded forest. These problems won't phase Gen-X'ers who grew up with Voltron and want to revisit this relic of their childhoods. The extras include a rather stilted documentary on the restoration of the series. (Rated 7 and older: violence)--Charles Solomon
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