DragonCon 2015 History of Voltron RetroBlasting Panel - Part 1/2

RetroBlasting returns to DragonCon 2015 to delve into the hidden history of Voltron: Defender of the Universe!
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[jkdbuck]

I loved both versions. When I showed Voltron to my seven year old, he saw one episode and said it was stupid because it took far to long for the lions to form Voltron...which was plenty of time for a Robeast to destroy them all.

[DanyTV]

I just realized how lucky I were to watch Voltron Latinamerican-Spanish dubbed! At least I hear male and female voices all the time, mostly of the actors that dubbed very well all the movies.

[Triumph]

That was so good the 20 mins breezed past by, you guys really rock!  Now on to the second video.

[sixshotmark]

Excellent videos.  Really enjoyed them.

[investigator]

(LJ here) great video, as always great video! One of these days I gotta make one of those conventions. thanks for all the hard work.

[andrewtaylor]

Great video. Thank you for posting it. I'm so disappointed I did not get to go to Dragoncon this year. I was hoping to see the panel.

[Sharksleep]

It's funny, because I always used to bring up the fact that Voltron was really violent compared to other cartoons back in the day. Even when I was young, I would turn to my brother all confused after a monster ate people and we be like, "are they allowed to show that?"

[ripleygrimes]

I love the midnight uploads lol!
This is a treat....glad I'm still awake!

[hector]

Hey, glad you mentioned Mazinger Z. He was huge in Latin America. The creator (Go Nagai) also made Devilman which was very twisted. I never got into Voltron, but I enjoyed this episode. Great Work !

[ThatBrownBat]

Just finished watching part 1. Going to watch part 2...If I wind up in a loony bin, I blame you guys...lol

[batangbatugan]

You ruined a lot of people's childhood that day haha!
I like that you mentioned Gatchaman, it was one of my earliest favorite shows and when I was working on the comic books I was surprised to know it has been released in the US several different times in various levels of accuracy to the original show (Battle of the Planets, G-Force, Eagle Riders)

[jayfkncool]

u should have ur own tv network, love the videos from u guys, by the way im ready for the next video thanks for all the hard work if u guys ever visit california please let us know

[actionjackman]

Great panels this year guys, really enjoyed them. Nice work.

[RealKull]

Here in Italy we saw the original japanese GoLion version (first) and later the americanized Voltron (a few years later)...I recall there was one episode where the invading aliens were celebrating the conquest of a planet by having their most skilled troopers have a contest about who could decapitate most natives in a set time...the irksome thing was that I then discovered invading Japanese soldiers did the exact same thing in China during the late 30s...so perhaps it was a way to exorcise their past misdeeds...

[Reborn]

In the 80s Weekday animation as apposed to Saturday Morning cartoons was much more sophisticated and Violent it was amazing what they got away with

[aavenzor]

I don't think Voltron came out in my market either. At least I don't remember seeing it on TV. I remember seeing it by renting the first 5 episode "movie" from a video rental store.
Great video by the way!

[ranwolf]

I have to be honest, the first time I heard the intro to Voltron I thought it was the actor that played Decker from A-team that did the introduction narration

[Meihuar]

Great material! The death of Saturday morning cartoons is a shame. Though, I suppose, were I a kid today, I'd be more happy with being able to watch cartoons anytime I wanted... do you remember the desert that Saturday TV became around 10:30 AM? On the other hand... we had less reason to sit around "glued to the box" all day... by 11 AM on Saturday, I didn't need mom to tell me to the turn the TV off...

[MatthewFSmith]

i <3 RetroBlasting! awesome work as usual! hope you guys make it out to los angeles sometime, huge fan, keep up the great work!

[theodorecarter]

I loved watching Voltron on Boomerang when I was in the fifth grade. I am curious to watch Beast King GoLion, as it’s the original, uncut version of Voltron. So I’ve heard others talk and I thought because the Netflix reboot made the series popular again, is there any chance they’ll release an uncut dub of the series?