Official logo
Netflix and DreamWorks Animation (DWA) have announced a new original animated Voltron series to debut in 2016 as an expansion of their existing multi-year agreement.
The official logo was released on February 8, 2016,[1] while the entire first season was released on June 10, 2016 [2]. The second season is expected to be released on January 20, 2017.
Characters
Defenders of the Universe
Paladins
The pilots of Voltron, also known as the Paladins:[3]
- Shiro (voiced by Josh Keaton) - Pilot of the Black Lion
- Keith (voiced by Steven Yeun) - Pilot of the Red Lion
- Pidge (voiced by Bex Taylor-Klaus): Pilot of the Green Lion
- Lance (voiced by Jeremy Shada) - Pilot of the Blue Lion
- Hunk (voiced by Tyler Labine) - Pilot of the Yellow Lion
Alteans
The last survivors of Planet Altea:
- Princess Allura (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) - Princess of Altea and commander / pilot of the Castle of Lions
- Coran (voiced by Rhys Darby) - Allura's royal advisor and operator/mechanic of the Castle of Lions
- King Alfor (voiced by Keith Ferguson) - Allura's father and previous king of Altea, responsible for sending the lions to the far corners of the universe for protection, who died in the Altean Genocide
Galra Empire
- Emperor Zarkon (voiced by Neil Kaplan) - Leader of the forces of Galra and conquerer of most of the known universe.
- Witch Haggar (voiced by Cree Summer) - Head of the Druids, a group of witches in the service of Zarkon who gather the quintessence as a power source and create the robeasts to fight Voltron.
- Commander Sendak (voiced by Jake Eberle) - A Galran commander tasked with capturing or destroying the lions along with Allura's castle. He is the first major enemy fought by the Paladins.
- Nexus
Voltron
Episodes
- Main article: Voltron: Legendary Defender/Episodes
Notes
- In an interview, Tim Hedrick, Voltrons story editor, was asked "...Will we be seeing any LGBT content in Voltron?" to which he responded, "I think I'll just let that play out..."