Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast

Greg and Marc interview World Events Productions President Bob Koplar, where they talk about Voltron: Legendary Defender, WonderCon, DreamWorks Animation, LEGO, Stephen Colbert, Deadpool, Lion Forge Comics, answer fan questions, and much more. Bob Koplar has great things to say about the work that DreamWorks Animation has put into developing and launching Voltron: Legendary Defender, coming to Netflix on June 10, and what this means for WEP, the property owner of Voltron. In addition to answering fan questions about the new show, Bob talks about some other current events occurring with Voltron. First off, there's a new 5-issue comic book mini-series coming out in July from Lion Forge Comics, entitled Voltron: Legendary Defender, which is a story supplement to the DreamWorks Animation show, and it's written by Story Editor Tim Hedrick and episode writer Mitch Iverson. To read more about the launch of this comic book series, check out the exclusive story from Comic Book Resources (CBR): http://www.comicbookr

Marc and Greg welcome special guests Dani DeWald and Shannon Muir to the podcast to give their first-hand review of the Voltron: Legendary Defender Panel at WonderCon. With the excitement of the crowd and all of the panelists, DreamWorks Animation provided Voltron fans with an outstanding first look at Voltron: Legendary Defender at WonderCon. Dani DeWald and Shannon Muir were both panel attendees for an hour-long debut of the brand new DreamWorks Animation series coming to Netflix on June 10th, Voltron: Legendary Defender. Dani sat right next to Marc and his wife in the front row and recorded the whole panel on her camera, and then her phone. She has shared this video on YouTube, and has now provided captions for the words spoken by the panelists, which were sometimes hard to hear. You can see the video Dani uploaded to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5K5AwkwfBw Shannon Muir was also at the panel with her husband and just missed connecting with Marc before the panel. You might be able to fin

Marc takes Let's Voltron "on the road" to the worldwide debut of the Voltron: Legendary Defender cast and crew at WonderCon, with exclusive interviews. You get to listen to Greg's reactions to hearing these interviews for the very first time. Let's Voltron Host, Marc Morrell, took a trip to Los Angeles, California with his wife, Kim (official photographer/videographer), to capture the DreamWorks Animation panel and interviews for Voltron: Legendary Defender. In Part 1 of 2, you will hear Marc recall the experience of WonderCon, and the exuberance of Voltron fans that attended the panel that introduced the world to the cast and crew of Voltron: Legendary Defender, due to come out with an initial block of 13 episodes on June 10th on Netflix. For co-host, Greg Tyler, who is hearing all these interviews for the first time, this podcast gives his genuine reactions to what the cast and crew had to say at WonderCon, after the panel that just exploded like Voltron slicing through robeasts with Blazing Swor

Your hosts, Marc Morrell and Greg Tyler, welcome special guest Steven E Gordon (Supervising Director for Voltron Force), where we learn some things about what could have happened in Season 2 of Voltron Force. Our hosts also talk about the upcoming WonderCon panel for Voltron: Legendary Defender, and talk about the showrunners. Steven E Gordon, probably known best for his work on X-Men: Evolution, has a 30-year career of storyboards, character design and Directing to his credit. We talked to Steven about how he started with Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings in high school, with some detailed rotoscoping. His career took him to Disney, Filmation, Warner Bros, DreamWorks, and he is currently working on SpongeBob 3 for Paramount Animation. Of course, you all want to hear what he has to say about working on Voltron Force, and you'll hear plenty. Fans who submitted questions will get their answers as well. Steven knows more about what might have happened, had there been a second season of Voltron Force, than we hav

Original Series Voice Actor Jack Angel and Director Franklin Cofod are Marc and Greg's special guests for a fantastic podcast, where Jack talks about his amazing career, the books he wrote, and tons of stories from both Jack and Franklin about making the Original Voltron series. Franklin Cofod makes a special return engagement to Let's Voltron Podcast, and this time, he brought Original Series Voice Actor Jack Angel, who played King Zarkon, Commander Cossack, Hazar, and Commander Yurak in Voltron: Defender of the Universe and Fleet of Doom. Jack has many stories to tell because he wrote the book on voice acting, titled "How to Succeed in Voice-Overs without Ever Losing", along with his autobiography, titled "The Book of Jack". You can order both of these, and get them shipped to you in both the US and International, by going to: http://www.jackangel.com/?page_id=1579 As Jack mentioned near the end of the show, he has his 55th birthday present from Franklin in the picture below (behind h

Greg Tyler officially becomes the new co-host with Marc Morrell, as they welcome Jonathan Shykofsky to the podcast to talk about TRENDMASTERS Prototype Toys, especially the ones from Voltron: The Third Dimension. Before Marc and Greg interview Jonathan Shykofsky, they talk about a few current events happening with Voltron. 1 - Deadpool is a Voltron Fan! 2 - Voltron: Legendary Defender is the name of the Voltron series on Netflix, coming later this year. Nerdist broke with an exclusive story, including a poster that includes a logo for the show, and a silhouette of Voltron in the background. 3 - It was announced at New York Toy Fair 2016 that Playmates Toys would launch the toy line for Voltron: Legendary Defender in Spring 2017. Jonathan Shykofsky tells us about his background as an animator for Arthur and Caillou, before becoming a TRENDMASTERS Prototype Toy Collector, thanks to Slimer, Godzilla, Osmosis Jones and Iron Giant. Jonathan has great stories to tell about his passion for researching, finding and a

With the announcement that Netflix will be releasing a new "re-imagined" Voltron animated series in 2016, made by DreamWorks Animation, we gather together some Voltron superfans to talk about fan reaction to the announcement and try to figure out what would make the best show that would last and appeal to the most people around the world. Marc brings in Talley LaFlamme, Tara Scully, and Greg Tyler to have a roundtable discussion about how everyone reacted to the announcement of a new Voltron show. We talk about EVERYTHING. What are the best parts of Voltron that should be present in any Voltron show? What are we looking forward to the most that comes with a new show, like merchandise, toys, apps and video games? What will DreamWorks Animation and Netflix have to do to make this show last? Here is the announcement that was sent in email for subscribers to Voltron.com: **Today (Jan 5, 2016) our friends at DreamWorks Animation announced an all-new Voltron series coming to Netflix in 2016. This will be

Jeremy Corray returns to the show on the 2nd Anniversary to review the “state of the union” for Voltron in 2015. Marc and Jeremy cover what was released for Voltron in 2015, and they cover podcast listeners’ Voltron gift lists and wishes, as well as requests for podcast topics in 2016. Jeremy talks about his work at Coolfire Studios, including: Bearville Alive puppeteering show - Build-a-Bear Lion Forge Comics - Lion Forge Website Manblasters - Twitter account Marc introduced a new song that he wrote with his brother, Scott Morrell, and Produced by Mark Bolger for Rotation Records. “Reason to Try” was dedicated to Marc and Scott’s grandfather, and his dreams of flying. You can hear the song at the end of this podcast or you can go on Google Play, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, YouTube, Shazam, and many more digital music outlets. Here is the link for the Official YouTube Video for the song from the Rotation Records YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBDuRCItRoU Here is the link for the SNL ski

We continue our episode reviews of Voltron: Defender of the Universe with Episodes 25 – 28, where Marc and Author Dan Jolley make comparisons with Beast King GoLion. Marc starts by catching up with Dan as Dan tells us about his current comic books, novels, and video games he's writing. Dan is proud to announce some things he can actually talk about: For comic books, Dan co-wrote “LARP!” from Dark Horse Comics with Shawn deLoache. The first issue is available here: https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/24-368/LARP-Volume-1-TPB Dan is writing a 3-novel trilogy, all original, called The Gray Widow Trilogy. The first novel is called "Gray Widow's Walk", a grounded sci-fi horror story centering on an Atlanta-based female vigilante, which has just been accepted at Seventh Star Press and is planned as the first in a trilogy. Gunfire Games have hired Dan as lead writer to create a rich narrative that chronicles one hero's lifelong quest to save his homeland from an evil force. This unique adventure will allow pl

Giles Panton, who played Keith Kogane in Voltron Force, is Marc's special guest on Let's Voltron. The fans have been asking for their “Keith” to be on the podcast for awhile now. Here he is! Giles Panton talks about everything that went into his work on the cast of Voltron Force in 2011-12. He has fond memories of playing Keith, and wanted to do his best to honor the character that Neil Ross started back in 1984. Give us feedback at letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com if you liked this podcast and would like to have Giles Panton back again for a second interview sometime in 2016. In addition to the special interview with Giles Panton, Marc also mentioned several items that have become available for sale on Voltron.com. First up, the Voltron Pop Vinyl Figure from Funko: Go here to Pre-Order for December: http://store.voltron.com/products/funko The Altimite DX Transforming Voltron from Toynami is also available for Pre-Order for November: http://store.voltron.com/collections/voltron/products/the-altimite-dx-transfor

Another great season of comic book and fandom conventions is upon us, so Marc took advantage to have an interview with Voltron's Lance and Sven, Michael Bell, at RetroCon in Oaks, PA. Meanwhile, down in Atlanta, RetroBlasting presented a panel on "The History of Voltron" at DragonCon. There's plenty more Voltron in this episode, including some words from the fans. Kicking off the episode, Marc mentions that Voltron: From the Ashes - Issue #1 - was released on September 16th. Issue #2 will be released on October 21st. There are several positive reviews of the comic book from comic book blogs like: Bounding Into Comics - http://boundingintocomics.com/2015/09/15/comic-book-review-voltron-from-the-ashes-1/ Graphic Policy - [http://graphicpolicy.com/2015/09/07/review-voltron-from-the-ashes-1/][2] Comic Wow! - [https://www.comicwow.com/blogs/1/3390/voltron-from-the-ashes-1-comic][3] Marc will try to get the Alex Milne black and white variant cover at the Dynamite booth at New York Comic Con. Dynamite ha

Cullen Bunn (Writer) and Blacky Shepherd (Artist) join Marc to discuss the release of Voltron: From the Ashes, a new 6-issue comic book series from Dynamite Entertainment. The 1st Issue is being released on September 16th, and Cullen and Blacky tell us as much as they can without spoiling it for anyone. Cullen and Blacky seem to have come from the same mold, despite growing up in different areas, which makes them perfect collaborators for this Voltron comic book series. We talk about their love of giant robots, Micronauts, the horror genre, and classic japanese anime, as well as the influences that have brought them to where they are today. Obviously, you are going to get to hear more than you've ever heard before about Voltron: From the Ashes, without getting spoiled or upsetting the editors at Dynamite Entertainment. Keep this in mind: this is the same classic Voltron look, but a completely fresh take on Voltron with a new team, 200 years after the original team of Lance, Keith, Allura, Pidge and Hunk. Cu

Marc brings together three Voltron collectors, who all prefer to keep their Voltron collections rather than sell any of them. Joining Marc to talk about Voltron collecting are Mark Oliver, Greg Tyler, and Doug Snyder. Marc starts by talking about Voltron items found at the Toynami booth at San Diego Comic-Con, as well as a new prototype maquette statue of Voltron found at the Sideshow Collectibles booth. The rest of the podcast is all about collecting Voltron. Questions like: What are the favorite parts of your collection? What Voltron items would you like to see made that has never been made before? What is the future of collecting? … and more. Here are a few pictures from our guests collections: Feel free to check out Voltron.com for some new items, including a Voltron Blazing Sword Pendant: Voltron Pendant Thanks for listening!

Marc and Dan Jolley talk about the newest Dynamite Voltron Comic Series coming in September. “Voltron: From the Ashes” is the all-new six issue mini-series written by Cullen Bunn with artwork by Blacky Shepherd and covers by acclaimed “Transformers” artist Alex Milne. This series will take place 200 years after Dynamite’s previous “Voltron” series with an all-new cast of characters. The original pilots of the Voltron Force who guided the five mighty lions for years are gone and a new team arrives to take command of the lions and restore good to the galaxy. Marc and Dan also continue reviewing episodes from the original Voltron: Defender of the Universe series. Here is the lineup from this podcast: Episode 21 - Voltron - It'll Be a Cold Day - GoLion - Altea's Sister Planet Episode 22 - Voltron - The Deadly Flowers - GoLion - Phantom Space Flowers Episode 23 - Voltron - It Takes Real Lions - GoLion - Friday the 13th Episode 24 - Voltron - Raid of the Alien Mice - GoLion - Look for the Little Shadows Thanks for

With our special guests, Shannon Muir and Gregory Tyler, we continue our discussion about all of the 26 episodes that made up Voltron: The Third Dimension. We also talk about the full line of Trendmasters toys that supported the show in the retail outlets, and we finish by giving credit to all the talented people that worked on Voltron: The Third Dimension and paved the way for CGI animation in the late 90's. We want to thank Shannon Muir and Gregory Tyler for this comprehensive and detailed look at Voltron: The Third Dimension. Their insight into the story, background, characters, and mythology of Voltron really made this a unique look at Voltron: The Third Dimension that has never been heard before. You can reach Shannon Muir through her website at http://www.shannonmuir.com Gregory Tyler is on Facebook, where he's always willing to have a conversation about Voltron toys, mythos, characters, episodes or anything Sci-Fi as well. As always, Thanks for Listening!

Voltron: The Third Dimension was the first 3D animated show fully produced in the US. On this first part of 2 podcast episodes, Marc brings special guests Shannon Muir and Gregory Tyler together to discuss the show in detail. From Behind-the-scenes techniques to episode reviews, we cover this Emmy-winning show completely. Gregory Tyler was co-host with Marc on episodes 26 and 27 of Let's Voltron, when we discussed Vehicle Team Voltron in great detail. Now, we catch up on his 3D-printed Panosh Place style Vehicle Voltron project and learn some behind the scenes motion capture techniques that made the character movements so real. Thanks for joining us on the podcast again, Greg! Shannon Muir has been a Voltron Fan since Day 1 and credits Voltron for inspiring her career in writing and animation production, and she was the creator of the Denubian Star Map, that was actually used by WEP for helping make sense of the Voltron Universe. Here is a link to the Making of Voltron: The Third Dimension: https://www.youtub

In the 3rd episode that covers the Robotech/Voltron Crossover Comics, Marc has his first studio interview with Bill Spangler, writer for the Robotech/Voltron Comics Series, who, coincidentally, lives in Marc's hometown of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Bill answers questions about where he had his start in writing, comics, Robotech, and how he learned about the Robotech/Voltron Crossover Comics. Bill has written over 80 issues of Robotech Comics to date. Bill covers some of the areas of the 5-issue crossover comic series in detail, with some information we didn't hear from either Tommy or Elmer in the previous two podcast episodes. Bill wants everyone to know that a reprint of H.G. Wells' Time Machine adaptation that he wrote was just released on March 10th. You can see it here: http://pulp2ohpress.com/the-graphic-novels/the-time-machine/ Also, the Trade Paperback of Robotech/Voltron Crossover Comic Series will be available from Dynamite Comics later this year. As always, you can find the podcast on Twitter: @Lets

Marc reviews the entire Robotech/Voltron Crossover Comic Series with Tommy Yune (writer, cover art) and Elmer Damaso (artist). In this Part 2 of 2 episodes, Tommy acknowledges everyone who contributed to this Crossover Comic Series, we talk about the Robotech live-action movie deal with Sony Pictures, and we review Issues 2, 3, 4 and 5. Toward the end of the podcast, you have to hear what Marc learns from Tommy about the next guest we will have on Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast. As always, you can find the podcast on Twitter: @LetsVoltron The podcast also has a Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/letsvoltron Our voicemail number is 860-4-MULLET (860-468-5538) Our email address is letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com The podcast can be heard on LetsVoltron.com, iTunes, Stitcher, and RSS. Thanks for listening!

Marc reviews the entire Robotech/Voltron Crossover Comic Series with Tommy Yune (writer, cover art) and Elmer Damaso (artist). In this Part 1 of 2 episodes, Tommy and Elmer talk about making the comics, answer questions from the fans, and review Issue #1. If you want to see more of Elmer Damaso's art, please check out his DeviantArt site at: http://iq40.deviantart.com Part 2 will conclude next week with the review of issues 2-5. As always, you can find the podcast on Twitter: @LetsVoltron The podcast also has a Facebook Page at [https://www.facebook.com/letsvoltron][4] Our voicemail number is 860-4-MULLET (860-468-5538) Our email address is letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com The podcast can be heard on [LetsVoltron.com][5], iTunes, Stitcher, and RSS. Thanks for listening!

In this first podcast of 2015, we are reviewing episodes from the original series, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, including the comparison to the GoLion counterpart. Returning to the podcast as guest co-host is Dan Jolley. Marc and Dan review episodes 17-20. Here are the titles for these episodes: Episode 17 GoLion: Challenge from Space Voltron: My Brother is a Robeast Episode 18 GoLion: Footsteps in the Forest of Fear Voltron: Zarkon is Dying Episode 19 GoLion: The Mystery of Ghost Castle Voltron: The Buried Castle Episode 20 GoLion: Goodbye, Earth Voltron: Pidge's Home Planet In these epsiodes, we meet Princess Romelle and Prince Bandor for the first time, Lotor has to go to Arus to get some medicine for a very ill Zarkon, Haggar tries to hijack the Voltron Force to Planet Doom in a castle, and Pidge's Home Planet is brutally attacked by Zarkon's forces in an effort to defeat the Voltron Force. For those of you who have listened to the previous Let's Voltron episodes Dan Jolley has been a part o