Galra Empire (Golion)

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The Galra Empire is the main antagonistic faction within the Golion anime. Ruled by the supreme Emperor Daibazaal it appears to have been modeled after various elements from Ancient Roman, Sumerian, German circa the first World War, and classic Japanese ideals. It does, however, have a tendency to preform juvenile and ridiculous that can only be described as "evil for the sake of evil". Not exactly the best developed cartoon antagonist group.

Millitary

Its a little difficult to get a clear image of how the Galra military is structured. Everyone seems to perform all tasks regardless of uniform or division. This would lead a viewer to conclude that the Galra military has no structure. Obviously, this cannot actually be the case because they did somehow manage to take over an entire galaxy and that just doesn't happen by accident.

"OMG! They're giving us guns! Now, how do I hold this again..."

The lowest rank and common grunt fighter of the Galra Empire appears to be the charcoal gray jumpsuit with steel gray over-vest (shown right). This uniform gives the soldier a robotic look and is no wonder why the American Voltron decided to just go ahead and make them robots. These flesh and blood soldiers appear to be the lowest of the low in the military preforming menial tasks like opening and closing doors, blowing trumpets and, of course, serving as cannon-fodder against Golion and the Allies there of. However, these same low level clots have also been seen filling the roles of command crew on Prince Imperial Sincline's flagship more than once. But perhaps they should be given the benefit of the doubt, they could have just been promoted and their new uniformed were just at the tailors that day. Right.

Next is the on

"I heard Chad got promoted, I give it a week."

e that most resembles a German World War I uniform prior to 1917, a navy blue tunic and trousers combination with gold fringe on the shoulders and buttons and, most iconic of all, a pickelhaube or "spiked helmet". These are the soldiers most often seen standing and cheering, but when they're not practicing for Bring It On: Mech Pom-Pom they seem to be actual officers. Ya know, the kind that usually have titles like Ensign, Lieutenant, Colonel, etc. These guys titles on the other hand all seem to be "attendant", "lackey", "soldier" and "Hey you!". On the brig

Kaiser Wilhelm II called. His army wants their hats back.

ht side, however, there's a high level of turn over in this level of the military, especially for one stationed under the Prince Imperial. Just remember to transfer to another command ship before you get slashed, your military career just might be cut short.

From that point on you have a few miscellaneous soldiers that quite honestly look more like goofs the studio might have made rather than actual members of the military. It has been said many a time that Golion was not the best planned anime ever made. It would not be out of the question to assume an intern misplaced one of the character models and an artist just had to 'wing it' for whatever scene they happened to be drawing.

But the question remains, how in the hack did such a messy and disorganized army like Galra manage to take over the galaxy? And, why are they such a threat? Their lousing streak is bigger than Prince Imperial Sincline's ego!

The Red Army

The Red Army is an elite sub-division of the larger Galra military and is lead by General Gibra. The Reds does not play a very large role in the anime until the later half of the final season when they align themselves with Sincline and help him stage his coup to over throw Daibazaal.

Planets

• Galra - Central planet, Imperial government seat.