Voltron the 3rd Dimension.

[I.R Joey]

I was thinking about this show just today and I was curious about what other people thought. Among many Voltron fans this show is considered a sort of black sheep. I didn't watch it regularly but to me it seemed that this show had somewhat of a more interesting plot than the original (somewhat more mature). Anyway, does anyone who watched the show more regularly want to chime in?

[Master Moron]

I just don't like the fact that we got all these Voltron sequels and we STILL haven't gotten to see the original Go-Lion series uncut. The sequels tended to never be as good as the original anyway.

[Dudley]

I just don't like the fact that we got all these Voltron sequels and we STILL haven't gotten to see the original Go-Lion series uncut. The sequels tended to never be as good as the original anyway.There were more Voltron sequels I thought there were only two.

What company makes the show anyway?

[Treadwell]

Voltron is owned by World Events Productions. The Japanese source show was Go Lion, by Toei.

Dudley was speaking generally about sequels. The Lion Force version of Voltron only had one sequel, the 3rd Demention show. There was another Voltron show that ran concurrently at first, the vehicle team, which was an import of another unrelated Toei series called Dairugger XV. But that wasn't a sequel. Reporedly World Events, having run out of Go Lion episodes to adapt, commissioned a number of new episodes just for Voltron. I don't know who did the new animation. Originally there was going to be a third simultaneous show (yet another unrelated Toei series) but after dubbing one episode or so they decided to just stick with the other two. This is why the Mattel toys called the lion team "Voltron III", the vehicles "Voltron I", and the toys for the show that never was "Voltron II". Many of the toys were also imports/retools from the Japanese counterparts with firing missles and the like removed.

Anyway, what did I think of 3rd Demention?

Interesting that you thought it was more mature. I guess it was in a way, but they had nowhere to go but up! I thought the show had rather silly plotlines and characterizations, and the motion capture performers exaggerated their movements WAY too much. Very over-the-top body language.

A disappointing waste of an opportunity to do the show more "straight", imo.

[Juu-kuchi]

The idea was good, however the rather slipshod 3-d animation was not. It was like watching the Questworld sequences of the earlier 1996 Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episodes.

[ryuuseipro]

Voltron is owned by World Events Productions. The Japanese source show was Go Lion, by Toei.
Correct.


Dudley was speaking generally about sequels. The Lion Force version of Voltron only had one sequel, the 3rd Demention show. There was another Voltron show that ran concurrently at first, the vehicle team, which was an import of another unrelated Toei series called Dairugger XV. But that wasn't a sequel. Reporedly World Events, having run out of Go Lion episodes to adapt, commissioned a number of new episodes just for Voltron. I don't know who did the new animation. Originally there was going to be a third simultaneous show (yet another unrelated Toei series) but after dubbing one episode or so they decided to just stick with the other two. This is why the Mattel toys called the lion team "Voltron III", the vehicles "Voltron I", and the toys for the show that never was "Voltron II". Many of the toys were also imports/retools from the Japanese counterparts with firing missles and the like removed."Voltron II" was the 1983 Toei-Doga anime series Light Speed God AlBeGas, which had three robots (Alpha, Beta and Gamma) combine into the single robot AlBeGas. Unfortunately, this show flopped in Japan, the possible reason it was not included in the Voltron package.

Both Golion and Dairugger XV had definite endings. This was a strict taboo in America, so they wanted more new episodes. I've seen the first two episodes of Golion (in really poor condition), and it was pretty gruesome and violent! The theme song was really cool, too! The Japanese version is better, by all means. I hope it becomes available on DVD someday.

Incidentally, the pilot episode of Voltron used brief footage from an earlier show titled Dartanias (one of the first giant combo-robot anime shows with an animal theme).

[sag_2002]

The 3-D Voltron was ok, but I still hold a place in my heart for the original version.

[lostrune]

I was thinking about this show just today and I was curious about what other people thought. Among many Voltron fans this show is considered a sort of black sheep. I didn't watch it regularly but to me it seemed that this show had somewhat of a more interesting plot than the original (somewhat more mature). Anyway, does anyone who watched the show more regularly want to chime in?
I don't remember much what I said about Voltron 3D all those years ago, but I seem to recall about the jerky erratic movements of the charas and the inane loose scriptwriting that made characters' reactions unbelievable (especially concerning Prince Luthor and Zarkon).

[j32885]

Remember watching Voltron: 3D back in 1998, during the time when CN was airing Voltron on Toonami during the Motar/Tom1 Era. The story was a direct sequal to the Voltron: Defender Of The Universe. The animation was all in CGI and they brought back voice actors Michael Bell, Tress MacNeille, Neil Ross, & B.J. Ward from Voltron: DOTU. :cool:

[Master Moron]

I don't remember much what I said about Voltron 3D all those years ago, but I seem to recall about the jerky erratic movements of the charas and the inane loose scriptwriting that made characters' reactions unbelievable (especially concerning Prince Luthor and Zarkon).

You mean they're still alive? Ugh...they just don't know when to let characters stay dead...

[Treadwell]

Correct.
Incidentally, the pilot episode of Voltron used brief footage from an earlier show titled Dartanias (one of the first giant combo-robot anime shows with an animal theme).
I googled that name to try to find a pic (never did) but did discover it on the schedule of a spanish language network somewhere...couldn't discern which country, but there were a lot of spanish language forum hits on the name, so it seems to have developed a new following with these reruns.