When requesting master tapes from Toei Animation for translation purposes, the World Events Productions producers requested ' ones with the lion.' Mistakenly, Toei then proceeded to ship World Events copies of Beast King GoLion, another 'combining-robot' cartoon which featured lion-shaped fighting robot starships. The Japanese series Future Robot Daltanious was originally planned to be adapted by World Events Productions as part of Voltron. The series was an immediate hit in the United States, topping the syndication market for children's programs in the mid-1980s. Since they had no means of translating the Japanese series into English, Keefe and Cofod surmised the plots, commissioned writer Jameson Brewer to write all-new dialogue, edited out the more violent scenes, and remixed the audio into stereo format. Peter Keefe was brought aboard as Executive Producer, with Franklin Cofod as the Director. Ted Koplar assembled a team in Los Angeles to transform GoLion into what would become Voltron. Lennie Weinrib as Hunk and Prince Lotor.Later episodes also use footage from the mecha anime Armored Fleet Dairugger XV. The series is an adaptation of the Japanese super robot anime series Beast King GoLion, which was dubbed into English and edited to create Voltron episodes. Voltron is a Japanese-American animated television series produced by World Events Productions for a total of 124 episodes. NBCUniversal Television Distribution (on behalf of DreamWorks Classics) Science fiction, Action Adventure, Mecha, Superhero

Voltron 1984 episodes