Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 1

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Voltron: Legendary Defender

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: June 10, 2016

Starring: Cree Summer, Josh Keaton, Neil Kaplan

Summary: The reboot of the 1984 series Voltron: Defender of the Universe, introduces Keith (Steven Yeun), Lance (Jeremy Shada), Pidge (Bex Taylor-Klaus), Hunk (Tyler Labine ), and Shiro (Josh Keaton) as they discover their ties to Voltron and protect the universe from the Galra Empire.

Genre(s): Animation, Action & Adventure

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E11. The Black Paladin
Air Date: June 10, 2016
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S1:E10. Collection and Extraction
Air Date: June 10, 2016
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S1:E9. Crystal Venom
Air Date: June 10, 2016

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Collider Dave Trumbore

Jun 10, 2016

Voltron Legendary Defender is a worthy successor to the original series that stays true to its roots, though its ambition is tempered by its adherence to tradition. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Jun 10, 2016

Is it good? Sure it is. Does it better its predecessor? Your cherished memories aside, that is a bar set low. So, yes, it does better them--by quite a lot and, at the same time significantly, not by too much. That is to say, for all its improvements in form and content, it has not sacrificed fundamental candy-colored cheesiness for fashionable dark modernity. Read full review

Oliver Sava

Jun 10, 2016

The series succeeds as an action cartoon for kids, but there’s not much here for adults who don’t have a nostalgic attachment to the original series. Read full review

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Animaniac01

Feb 18, 2018

This show was so great. It has all that is needed to catch an audience's attention and keep them interested for the entire season. I definitely recommend.

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electronicoffee

Jul 23, 2016

The last reboot was pretty good, definitely watchable and really fun voice acting, characters, so I was worried this one wouldn't be as good, but surprisingly- IT's BETTER. I mean, definitely on par with something like Young Justice or The Thundercats reboot (which it's **** CRIMINAL did notThe last reboot was pretty good, definitely watchable and really fun voice acting, characters, so I was worried this one wouldn't be as good, but surprisingly- IT's BETTER. I mean, definitely on par with something like Young Justice or The Thundercats reboot (which it's **** CRIMINAL did not get a second season, hey netflix, why don't you reboot that too!)… Expand

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dibngle

Jun 22, 2016

Better than the original. Unlike the cobbled together original, this show has a coherent plot, interesting characters/good character development, and good plot setup for hopefully many more seasons.

The animation, sound design, and acting are all top notch. It's a great update to theBetter than the original. Unlike the cobbled together original, this show has a coherent plot, interesting characters/good character development, and good plot setup for hopefully many more seasons.

The animation, sound design, and acting are all top notch.

It's a great update to the show that still pays homage to the original, while modernizing the narrative structure and (thankfully) gets rid of some of the cringier things from the original like the intro narration (love Peter Cullen, but listening to that intro as an adult really cements in my head how corny and juvenile the words in it are - "loved by good, feared by evil"....ehhh), and the terrible trumpet theme (I'm aware there are some vocal fans who think that theme was written by god himself).

If I had one complaint, it's that the season ends far too suddenly, but if other Netflix shows are an indicator, there will be another group of episodes that actually complete this season so I won't dock a point since I believe the end to be more the middle of the season and not the actual season end. If there are no more episodes in like a year, I'll amend my review.… Expand

5 of 8 users found this helpful53

PenDrag0n

Jun 14, 2016

I really tried to like this show but found it too childish.

A show from the creators of Avatar and Korra, which tackled mature themes, had an interesting plot with complex characters. This show, unfortunately, incorporates none of those. Instead, we are left with bland , cliched andI really tried to like this show but found it too childish.

A show from the creators of Avatar and Korra, which tackled mature themes, had an interesting plot with complex characters. This show, unfortunately, incorporates none of those.

Instead, we are left with bland , cliched and annoying characters and villains. not to mention the number of plot holes and plot points we just have to go with because the script said so.

It's a real shame for a show that tries to capitalize on the nostalgia does nothing to entertain its older fans only seems to cater to children.… Expand

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Tatotemi

Dec 16, 2018

It's like a team of really talented horses being run by really bad carriage drivers. Looks great, sounds great, seems great on the surface. But the plot just doesn't hold up to scrutiny. I kept watching, hoping and assuming that everything would be brought together and cleverly ended. ItIt's like a team of really talented horses being run by really bad carriage drivers. Looks great, sounds great, seems great on the surface. But the plot just doesn't hold up to scrutiny. I kept watching, hoping and assuming that everything would be brought together and cleverly ended. It didn't.
It's tough to distinguish how much I enjoyed it, and how much was just me rationalizing and trying to justify why I was still watching.… Expand

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Hippie629

Apr 2, 2017

This is an ok kind of bland scifi series, but it's a bad Voltron series.
This show was made by some of the same people who made The Legend Korra and Young Justice, with some of the same problems as those shows.
The show felt like it was trying too hard to be its own thing and in the endThis is an ok kind of bland scifi series, but it's a bad Voltron series.
This show was made by some of the same people who made The Legend Korra and Young Justice, with some of the same problems as those shows.
The show felt like it was trying too hard to be its own thing and in the end lost any feeling of a Voltron series. It felt more like Star Fox than Voltron.
The tone felt too Dramatic at times for a giant robot show, and at other times had too much comedic relief with annoying sounds effects. and it had a reliance on characters having secrets being reveled instead of growth.
All of the characters had the same type of comedic relief which took away their chemistry, the jokes were bad and became worst the more they went on, any good humor is wasted because the bad jokes would put me in a sour mood.
The Voltron theme is missing and is replace generic scifi music that doesn't get me excited for the monster fights and makes scene that should be grand, just kind of there.
The story has some the most cliché character developments that if you have seen any anime then you will spot these clichés a mile away.
Some of the characters were over redesigned Alura look like a Dark Elf, and Coran is eccentric and quirky to annoying levels. Hunk is the Cowardly fat guy, Keith is no longer the leader and is just sort of there, Lance is the comedic relief turn up to 11, Shiro uses his Japanese dub name for some reason, Pidge has a lame "I'm keeping a secret" plot. Zarkon is some generic evil guy in black armor and not the lordly ruler he was.
Even the castle and Voltron have too much of a future tech aesthetic added to them. The castle is more ship like than castle like, to the point it could have been a random ship.
The animation goes from pretty good, to so awful it doesn't seem like it was made by the same people that made Avatar.
The show just makes me angry when ever they make a reference to the old Voltron show. It just reminds me what was missing from this one or does something that was a staple from the old show, wrong.… Expand

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Erithionis

Aug 10, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show is homophobic as it practices the bury your gays trope. They promised their watchers that the paladin Takashi Shirogane was gay and in a relationship with the character Adam. This is extremely lightly implied at in roughly three minutes of screen time that could be at best described as a "close friendship" and then they killed off Adam. This practice is extremely homophobic and ruins the entire show. Do not watch this if you consider yourself an ally of the queer community.

They additionally imply two of the amoral villains to be lesbians and imply that Shiro is romantically interested in a paladin who is seven years younger than him, a boy he met when the boy was a teenager. This is homophobic and portrays queer people as evil and pedophiles.… Expand

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Season 8

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  Air Date: December 14, 2018
Season 7

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  Air Date: August 10, 2018
Season 6

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  Air Date: June 15, 2018
Season 5

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  Air Date: March 2, 2018
Season 4

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  Air Date: October 13, 2017
Season 3

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  Air Date: August 4, 2017
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 20, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E11. The Black Paladin
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E10. Collection and Extraction
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E9. Crystal Venom
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E8. Rebirth
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E7. Return to the Balmera
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E6. Taking Flight
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E5. Tears of the Balmera
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E4. Fall of the Castle of Lions
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E3. Return of the Gladiator
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E2. Some Assembly Required
  Air Date: June 10, 2016
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  S1:E1. The Rise of Voltron
  Air Date: June 10, 2016