Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast

In this podcast, Marc and Greg interview Voltron Legendary Defender Line Producer Benjamin Kaltenecker. Benjamin, other than having his last name as the cow character in the second season episode, Space Mall, has a huge responsibility at DreamWorks Animation for making sure every episode of the show is on time and on budget. We learn more about his job and everything that goes into making episodes of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. Benjamin Kaltenecker has the distinction of graduating from the same University as Greg Tyler, the University of Dayton in Ohio. Small world! Beyond that, we learned so much more in this interview. Did you know you can have a job working on an animated TV show, and not have any skills in art or animation? Benjamin gives us the whole process from Pre-Production, Main Production and Post-Production for how an episode of Voltron Legendary Defender is made, as well as his own personal journey that brought him to where he is now at DreamWorks Animation. You may have to listen

Here's our special interview with Bex Taylor-Klaus, who plays Pidge on Voltron Legendary Defender. Marc and Greg talk with Bex about her career, her thoughts on playing Pidge, and everything that goes with being a part of this great show. Bex also answers questions sent in by the fans, who she appreciates very much. We want to thank all the Voltron fans who sent questions for Bex Taylor-Klaus to us at our email address. Please feel free to leave feedback with us at letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com anytime. We'd love to share your thoughts in a future podcast. Feel free to talk about anything. One of the newest Voltron Legendary Defender items available to fans today is the Android Sticker Pack, which is now available on the Google Play store. If you are an Android user, get your Voltron Legendary Defender Sticker Pack here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swyftmedia.android.Voltron&hl=en Voltron Legendary Defender Kids Meal Toys are still available at Burger King! Go get yours! We also

We are proud to present our 2nd Voltron Fan Artist Spotlight for 2017! Mel (A.K.A. that_meiko_girl) is an animator and character designer for The White Snake Chronicles series. She's a mega gamer, nerd, and a huge Voltron fan! Marc and Greg have a great discussion with Mel about where she got her start as an artist, and the influences she's had over the years, as well as all the love for Voltron Legendary Defender. We are excited to debut an exclusive piece that Mel created just for the podcast! To Voltron fans around the world, here is the premiere of "Chibi Celebration of Voltron" by Mel (that_meiko_girl): Mel is that_meiko_girl on Twitter, Tumblr, DeviantArt, YouTube, and Patreon. And she has a blog all about her. Here are a few more pieces from Mel's collection: It was a treat to share Mel's work with Voltron fans everywhere. If you are a Voltron Fan Artist, please send us a note at letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com, with some examples of your art, and you may get featured on the podcast someday

WonderCon attendee Nicole(Das_Hazel on Twitter) joins Marc and Greg to cover the Voltron Legendary Defender panel that occurred on Sat., April 1, 2017. You'll hear the complete audio from the panel, captured by our friend, Dani DeWald. There will be lots of commentary around everything that happened during the panel, and we'll conclude with a few things that happened at WonderCon, other than the panel, and give you info on how to enter to win a signed lithograph from all 8 participants of the panel. During the Voltron Legendary Defender panel, each of the voice actors, Tyler Labine (Hunk), Bex Taylor-Klaus (Pidge), Josh Keaton (Shiro), Kimberly Brooks (Allura), and Jeremy Shada (Lance), talked about their character's story arc and how it may have changed from Season 1 to Season 2, and all the panelists show clips from their favorite moments from Season 2. Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery (Executive Producers) announced that Season 3 is coming, but no specific date is set yet. There are two clip

Marc and Greg talk about their trip to WonderCon 2017, including a visit to a recording studio to see Andrea Romano directing a Voltron Legendary Defender recording session with Jeremy Shada and Kimberly Brooks. Cast and crew were signing autographs and we had interviews with all of them. Also, there was plenty of cosplay, Voltron art, and much, much more! We have lots of stories to tell and pictures to show from our trip to WonderCon 2017, and you'll get to hear most of it in THIS podcast! However, you won't hear the panel that took place on Saturday, April 1st, until our NEXT podcast, coming next week. For this podcast, you'll hear about our visit at the recording studio with Andrea Romano (Voice Director), Joaquim Dos Santos (Exec. Producer), Lauren Montgomery (Co-Exec Producer), Jeremy Shada (Lance), and Kimberly Brooks (Allura). That was a special treat! We'd like to thank Seth, Lexi, and Mac for helping to facilitate that visit for us! Here are some pictures from that visit: We met lots of Voltr

In this podcast, Marc, Greg and Dani DeWald review the third episode from Season 2 of Voltron Legendary Defender, Shiro's Escape. We also have the Voltron Fan Spotlight and Voltron News about Wondercon, Playmates Toys TV Commercials, Classic Voltron Episodes on Netflix, Pidge's Birthday and Voltron Legendary Defender Volume 2 Comic Books. Shiro's Escape is the 3rd episode of Season 2 of Voltron Legendary Defender, where Shiro learns about how he was able to escape from the Galra Ship just before he crash-landed on Earth. We meet Ulaz from The Blade of Marmora, a group of Galra people that oppose Emperor Zarkon and are secretly working to bring Zarkon down. Here are some screenshots from the episode: Our Voltron Fan Spotlight for this Podcast is None. She is on Twitter @nonixnil Thank you, None, for submitting your Voltron Voice Meme and sharing what you love about Voltron Legendary Defender with us. In this podcast, Marc and Greg go over some Voltron News items, starting with WonderCon. The DreamWorks An

At the suggestion of Donya Abramo, we are conducting a character study of Shiro from Voltron Legendary Defender. Our special guest, Dani DeWald, joins Marc and Greg to get to the heart of Shiro. Also, the Voltron Fan Spotlight comes from Nika, and we still have a Voltron Retro Commercial Sweepstakes running where you can win Voltron Playmates Toys. Greg also lets us know what's new at the Voltron Store. Our special guest, Dani DeWald, has been on the podcast a few times now, and has joined us in the front row of Voltron panels at WonderCon and San Diego Comic-Con. She's a huge Voltron fan and collector, and has probably seen the whole 2 seasons of Voltron Legendary Defender at least 30 times, so who better to help us do a character study of Takashi Shirogane (Shiro) than Dani. As we mention in this podcast, our Voltron Fan Spotlight is Nika Ravenscraft. Thank you, Nika, for sharing your Voltron Voice Meme with all the podcast listeners. Nika writes anime fanfics on Wattpad, AO3, and sometimes tumblr. Nika

New York Toy Fair (Feb 18-21, 2017) brought a new wave of Voltron Legendary Defender Playmates Toys to the forefront, and Let's Voltron Podcast is grateful to Grant Birchmeier and Sarah Fetter for joining us on this podcast to talk about their experience at NYTF and what they learned firsthand from Playmates Toys. Grant Birchmeier is a longtime giant cartoon robot fan who collects Voltron merchandise and has been a longtime contributor on Voltron forums, posting as GrantB. On twitter, you can follow him @GrantBirchmeier. Sarah Fetter was on our 3rd Anniversary Podcast and we met her at New York Comic Con. She travels around the world to many conventions and trade shows, year-round, as part of her job, where she handles relationships with licensors and promotes business development. She is also a huge Voltron fan, and has cosplayed as Shiro. Sarah is on twitter @SarahKFetter Both Sarah and Grant were able to get inside the Playmates Toys booth at NYTF to see the current Voltron Legendary Defender toys as well

Marc and Greg review Episode 2 of Season 2: The Depths. Plus, our Voltron Fan Spotlight is on Nami. And we preview New York Toy Fair, with some pictures taken by our on-the-spot-reporter, Sarah Fetter. More info on NYTF coming soon, but the big news concerns Season 3, and how many seasons we may get at a minimum. Let's keep going with New York Toy Fair, which took place in New York City, from February 18-21. We have some exclusive pics taken by Sarah Fetter, who was on our 3rd Anniversary podcast previously at LetsVoltron.com/82. These pics are directly from the Playmates Toys Booth at NYTF, which was showing prototypes of Wave 2 toys from the Voltron Legendary Defender line of toys, as well as the existing Wave 1 line. The key news takeaways from Sarah's visit involved what will be occurring later this year. A card on the wall gave important information about what's to come for Voltron Legendary Defender: 1. Voltron Legendary Defender is a key element of Netflix's push for original family content. Currently,

Marc and Greg review the 1st episode from Season 2 of Voltron Legendary Defender: Across the Universe. Also, Risa is our Voltron Fan Spotlight and we celebrate Valentines Day, Voltron Style, with Voltron Valentines you can print yourself, a Valentines Day 15% Off Sale, and details on how to enter the Voltron Retro Commercial Sweepstakes. You can win Voltron Playmates Toys! Across the Universe is the first episode of Season 2 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. It continues right where Season 1 left off, with all the lions split apart in the wormhole, heading to separate locations in the universe. In this episode, we see what happens to Keith and Shiro and their lions, Coran, Allura and the Space Mice on the Castleship, and Pidge and Green Lion. Here's a few screenshots from the episode: For this podcast, our Voltron Fan Spotlight is Risa. Risa can be found on Twitter @kayochins Thank you, Risa, for sharing your Voltron Voice Meme with all the Voltron Fans. Risa was 1 artist of many that came togeth

In this podcast, Marc and Greg interview Actor Tyler Labine, who plays Hunk in Voltron Legendary Defender. Also, our hosts review the Voltron Voice Meme from our Voltron Fan Spotlight, Faolan. And, a reminder that the Voltron Retro Commercial Sweepstakes is underway, for your chance to win Voltron Playmates Toys. Tyler Labine is an actor with a long list of movie, TV, and of course animation roles to his credit. We first met Tyler at WonderCon 2016, with the cast coming together like Voltron to announce Season 1 of Voltron Legendary Defender. Tyler is on Twitter @TyLabine, where he talks to fans, when he actually has a free moment from taking care of his 3 young children, and being Hunk, as well as other movie and TV roles. He also has his own website: http://thetylerlabine.com Our Voltron Fan Spotlight for this podcast is Faolan. We want to thank Faolan for recording the Voltron Voice Meme, and for the kind words about Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast. Faolan is on Twitter @faolanrain Our Voltr

In this podcast, Marc and Greg give their overall thoughts on Season 2 of Voltron Legendary Defender with much detail, but still leave plenty of room for individual episode reviews, coming in future podcasts. We also interviewed Mike Young, CEO/Chairman of Splash Entertainment, who was a Producer of Voltron: The Third Dimension in the late '90s. Spoiler Alert! Please be advised, if you haven't seen Season 2 yet, we have complete spoilers in this podcast, so don't listen to this yet if you don't want to hear what happens. Many Voltron fans were waiting for us to give our thoughts on Season 2 of Voltron Legendary Defender, with 13 new episodes available on Friday, January 20th. So, the wait is over! Marc and Greg talk about Season 2 as a whole, and in great detail. However, you will still be getting full episode reviews for all 13 episodes of Season 2 in future podcasts. Overall - we can't wait for Season 3! The second half of this podcast, we had a great interview with Mike Young, CEO/Chairman of Splash E

Hypable Writer and Podcaster Donya Abramo joins us from the UK as a guest co-host, and Exec. Producers Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery stop in to talk about Season 2 (Jan 20) of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. Also, Greg and Marc kick off the Voltron Retro Commercial Sweepstakes, where we're giving away Voltron Playmates Toys as prizes. We met Donya Abramo at New York Comic Con, where she was taking in all the Voltron Legendary Defender love from the show staff and the many Voltron fans in attendance. She remarks in this podcast that it was her best experience of 2016! Donya is the exclusive writer at Hypable for Voltron! We appreciate her enthusiasm in taking up the task of covering Voltron and everything that goes with it. Donya also participates as a podcast host for Resistance Radio and HeroHype Follow Donya on Twitter! Do you like hearing from the showrunners of Voltron Legendary Defender, Executive Producers Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery? There is a very special interview wit

In this podcast, Marc and Greg talk about Voltron Toys in the stores, the Season 2 Trailer, and the first 3 episodes of Voltron Legendary Defender, Season 2 (no spoilers). Kicking off 2017 is our new segment, the Voltron Fan Artist Spotlight, with our first Voltron Fan Artist, Cheetoy. Cheetoy has been an active artist her whole life, and we saw first hand at New York Comic Con that she is always doing something in her sketchpad. We are proud to announce Cheetoy's submission for this podcast, "5 Faces of Voltron", which was inspired by discussions we had over dinner at New York Comic Con. Cheetoy has many other pieces of art she created that were inspired by Let's Voltron Podcast over the years. Here are a few, including "Snowboarding Voltron" and "Arena Fight", her Valentine Voltron, "Form Blazing Heart", as well as some Christmas Cards she sent out to her friends. If you want to see more of Cheetoy's amazing Voltron Fan Art, go to her DeviantArt page at: http:/

Voltron Legendary Defender Prop and Background Design Supervisor Christine Bian joins Marc and Greg to talk about designing props and backgrounds, including Voltron and each of the 5 Lions. Marc and Greg also review Playmates Toys Voltron Legendary Defender toy line, which we now have in hand. And we conclude with a very special message from the Voltron Legendary Defender Voice Cast. Christine Bian had previously worked on The Legend of Korra with this same crew that now works on Voltron Legendary Defender. She tells us the story about reuniting with the Korra team to come together to design our favorite giant robot. Christine appeared on Super Fan Builds, which we talked about on our 68th episode. Custom Built Voltron Lion Bikes were built for a Voltron Super Fan and his son. You can catch our coverage of that HERE. Marc and Greg review several Voltron toys from the Playmates Toys Voltron Legendary Defender toy line which will appear on store shelves on January 1, 2017. Marc and Greg will be recording vide

December 16, 2016 is the 3rd Anniversary of Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast. Come celebrate 3 years of covering Voltron with Marc and Greg, along with our special guests, Zilla and Sarah! We talk about everything that happened this past year, including the debut of DreamWorks Animation's Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. We also read our Voltron Fan emails, where you've shared your personal highlights from 2016, and we look forward to 2017. We want to thank the faithful Let's Voltron listeners for following Voltron with us for the past 3 years, and we want to say, "Welcome!", to all the new listeners who have recently found out about our podcast. Special thanks to Zilla(@beanyzilla), who has now been on the podcast 3 times, and who designed this awesome 3rd Anniversary plaquard, which features our favorite Voltron Paladins, along with a special tribute to Rover, who we miss very much! AND... We want to Congratulate Zilla for making it to the FINALS of the Voltron Robeast Fan Art Co

Marc and Greg interview Jeff Trojan, VP of Marketing at Playmates Toys, who they met at the Voltron Collective Fan Experience at NYCC. Playmates Toys are releasing a full line of Voltron Toys, starting January 1, 2017 (Pre-Orders Dec. 1, 2016). Jeff Trojan has a long history with Playmates Toys, and he's very excited to help bring Voltron Toys back to retail shelves for the first time in 16 years! Several Voltron fans submitted questions for Jeff Trojan, and if you were expecting to hear your name, we will give out the names of those folks in our next podcast. Sorry for the delay. Here are some of the great Voltron Legendary Defender Toys that will be available for Pre-Order on December 1, 2016: Here are the Voltron Christmas Wish Lists that both Marc and Greg have outlined in this podcast, and please remember, these are just for fun, so please do not send us anything. Marc's Voltron Christmas List All 5 Combinable Legendary Lion Action Figures that combine to form the 16" electronic Vol

Neil Kaplan, who plays Emperor Zarkon in Voltron Legendary Defender, makes his triumphant return to the podcast to help Marc and Greg review the Season 1 Finale Episode 11: Black Paladin. Neil Kaplan is the quintessential fanboy turned voice actor, but remained a fanboy. A San Francisco Giants fan to the end, Neil is so proud of his pet dog, Buster, that he gave the canine his own Twitter account (@BusterKaplan). Neil has a plethora of possible theories about Voltron Legendary Defender, and you will hear them all, as well as pop culture references out the ying-yang, as Marc and Greg go deep and review Black Paladin, the Season 1 Finale of Voltron Legendary Defender with Zarkon himself. Neil produces all these possible theories about story plot, characters, and their backstories, without ever spoiling what may be ahead in our favorite Netflix series. After we talk to Neil, we are proud to present our first paired Voltron Fan Spotlight. This podcast's Voltron Voice Meme comes from Anna and Miko, who listen

In this podcast, Marc and Greg interview Actor Jeremy Shada, who plays Lance in Voltron Legendary Defender. Also, our hosts get some help reviewing Episode 10: Collection & Extraction from Zilla, Cody, and Cory. Plenty of Voltron Legendary Defender ahead! Jeremy Shada (Lance) is our guest in this podcast. He comes from a family of actors, and has been working since age 6. Other than Voltron Legendary Defender, most of you may know him from Adventure Time, where he plays Finn the Human. He has also done live-action work in Mr. Student Body President on Go90 and Incredible Crew on Cartoon Network. Greg recalled he was also on Team America World Police. Joining us for the Episode 10: Collection & Extraction review are Greg's nephews, Cody (11) and Cory (8), and a Voltron superfan we met at NYCC, Zilla. You may know her by her Twitter handle, @beanyzilla We also want to thank Kamila (@pidgeshiro), our Voltron Fan Spotlight, for her wonderful Voltron Voice Meme. Our newsletter is another way we comm

Shannon Muir and Todd Matthy join Marc and Greg to review Voltron Legendary Defender Episode 9: Crystal Venom. Both of our guests have been on the show before, so we spend some time catching up before we dive very deep into this episode review. Shannon will be at LOSCON 43, which will take place November 25-27th, 2016 (Thanksgiving weekend) at the LAX Marriott. She will be involved in several panels there, including: FAN CULTURE Title: Reboots, Reimagining and Fandom Description: In recent years, fan favorite properties such as STAR TREK, VOLTRON, and others have received revivals that re-envisioned the concepts to varying degrees. What are the impacts on fandom, old and new? Participants: Shannon Muir, Daryl Frazetti, Laurie Tom, Steve Frankel, Aviya Amir Title: Social Media and Fandom Description: What impact has the rapid explosion of social media outlets had on science fiction and fantasy fandom? Does it bring more fans together or scatter them into specialized groups? Are some forms of social media mor