![]() While many basic storylines are similar, Voltron is vastly different from the original GoLion program, which contained too much violence for a kids show and too much Japanese culture for audiences of the early eighties. What most people know as Voltron was originally planned to be a trilogy of programs which included the less popular "vehicle" Voltron and a third Voltron that never made US airwaves. World Event Productions was searching for Japanese animated shows they could reedit for the US children's show market when they stumbled upon the GoLion program. What was released in America as Voltron was better known in its home country of Japan as Hundred Beast King GoLion. Media Blasters and Anime Works have begun releasing Voltron: Defender of the Universe on DVD in a series of eight three-disc releases with 15 episodes each. ![]() Despite all odds, however, Voltron quickly became the top kids show in the country and a heavy stream of merchandise flooded toy store shelves everywhere. ![]() Taking on the likes of He-Man and The Transformers in the battle for the attention spans of American children was a large gamble for the fledging WEP and their reworked Japanese program. In 1984 World Event Productions released Voltron: Defender of the Universe into an already crowded children's programming market.
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