Voltron: Defender of the Universe Heads to DVD This Fall
You might think that by now just about every major cartoon or TV show from the 80’s has migrated over to DVD, but surprisingly there are at least a few that still haven’t received a proper DVD release up until now. Case in point: one of the most popular cartoons and toy lines from the 80’s, Voltron: Defender of the Universe. This show was one of the earliest examples of anime being successfully imported and adapted for a North American audience, and was also revived in the late 90’s with a CGI series called Voltron: The Third Dimension, and more recently with a comic book published by Devil’s Due. Clearly a DVD set of the original series is long overdue, and now we finally have confirmation that the wait is almost over. This September, World Events Productions will team up with distributor Media Blasters to release Volume 1 of what will be 8 separate Voltron DVD releases, each containing 3 discs and 15 episodes. The DVDs will include special edition packaging, digitally restored video and remixed 5.1 audio, plus as many extras as they can squeeze in. They also plan to release the “Vehicle Voltron” series (Armored Squadron Dairugger XV) on DVD sometime next year, uncut and with original Japanese dialogue and English subtitles. For more info visit VoltronDVD.com.
Comments (5)
Awesome!
I’d love to see a live action movie of this…yeah, it’ll involve CGI, but man, that would rock.
Posted by Bassmasta-Baychuk on March 30th, 2006i think it was called power rangers baychuck.
Posted by Chian on March 30th, 2006Never watched that….Power Rangers were 5 leotard wearing goofs. Voltron is all about technology and advancement in space travel and military warfare.
Posted by Bassmasta-Baychuk on March 30th, 2006There was news a while back about someone acquiring the rights to do a live action Voltron. Not too sure what the current status is, but if the Transformers movie is successful I’m sure it will happen!
Posted by Sean on March 30th, 2006when are The Smurfs coming to dvd. hehehe!!!
Posted by Chopper on March 31st, 2006Leave a Reply