Cartoons · 1984 to 1985

Voltron: Defender of the Universe

Episodes
124
Network
First-run syndication
Made by
World Events Productions with Toei
Adapted from
Beast King GoLion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV

The one everybody means. It runs to 124 episodes and it is assembled from two Japanese cartoons that have nothing to do with each other, plus twenty episodes with no Japanese source at all, which is why no two fans agree on how long it is.

Where the sources disagree

Wikipedia’s franchise-hub page gives Lion Force as 52 episodes; its series article and its episode list give 72. We publish 72 plus 52, because that is what the episode list, Anime News Network and the 2019 Universal complete-collection set all carry.

The three blocks

The numbering runs 1 to 124, but the blocks did not reach televisions in that order, and only two of the three have a Japanese original.

  • Lion Force, part one

    Episodes 1 to 52

    Beast King GoLion, dubbed and re-edited

    Aired 10 September to 27 November 1984

  • Vehicle Team

    Episodes 73 to 124

    Armored Fleet Dairugger XV

    Aired Winter 1984 into 1985, and the air dates are disputed

  • Lion Force, part two

    Episodes 53 to 72

    No Japanese source. Newly animated by Toei for World Events Productions

    Aired 21 October to 18 November 1985

Episode guide

124 of 124 written up so far. Broadcast order comes from the canonical table, never from an entry's own frontmatter.

  1. 1 Space Explorers Captured 1984-09-10
  2. 2 Escape to Another Planet 1984-09-11
  3. 3 A Ghost And Four Keys 1984-09-12
  4. 4 The Missing Key 1984-09-13
  5. 5 The Princess Joins Up 1984-09-14
  6. 6 The Right Arm of Voltron 1984-09-17
  7. 7 The Lion Has New Claws 1984-09-18
  8. 8 The Stolen Lion 1984-09-26
  9. 9 A Pretty Spy 1984-09-27
  10. 10 Secret of the White Lion 1984-09-28
  11. 11 Surrender 1984-10-01
  12. 12 Bad Birthday Party 1984-10-08
  13. 13 The Witch Gets a Face Lift 1984-10-12
  14. 14 Yurak Gets His Pink Slip 1984-10-02
  15. 15 Give Me Your Princess 1984-10-03
  16. 16 Bridge Over the River Chozzerai 1984-10-04
  17. 17 My Brother Is A Robeast 1984-11-19
  18. 18 Zarkon Is Dying 1984-10-05
  19. 19 The Buried Castle 1984-10-16
  20. 20 Pidge's Home Planet 1984-10-25
  21. 21 It'll Be a Cold Day 1984-11-21
  22. 22 The Deadly Flowers 1984-10-09
  23. 23 It Takes Real Lions 1984-10-17
  24. 24 Raid of the Alien Mice 1984-10-10
  25. 25 Short Run of the Centipede Express 1984-10-11
  26. 26 The Invisible Robeast 1984-10-26
  27. 27 The Green Medusa 1984-10-15
  28. 28 The Treasure of Planet Tyrus 1984-10-30
  29. 29 Magnetic Attraction 1984-11-06
  30. 30 The Sleeping Princess 1984-10-18
  31. 31 The Sincerest Form of Flattery 1984-10-31
  32. 32 A Transplant for the Blue Lion 1984-11-15
  33. 33 Attack of the Fierce Frogs 1984-11-08
  34. 34 Lotor Traps Pidge 1984-10-19
  35. 35 Doom Boycotts the Space Olympics 1984-10-29
  36. 36 Lotor's Clone 1984-11-07
  37. 37 Lotor's New Hitman 1984-11-14
  38. 38 Raid of the Red Berets 1984-11-16
  39. 39 The Captive Comet 1984-10-22
  40. 40 The Little Prince 1984-10-23
  41. 41 There Will Be A Royal Wedding 1984-10-24
  42. 42 The Sand People 1984-11-05
  43. 43 Voltron Frees the Slaves 1984-11-12
  44. 44 Voltron vs. Voltron 1984-11-09
  45. 45 One Princess To Another 1984-11-20
  46. 46 The Mighty Space Mouse 1984-11-13
  47. 47 Summit Meeting 1984-11-22
  48. 48 Return of Coran's Son 1984-11-01
  49. 49 Coran's Son Runs Amuck 1984-11-02
  50. 50 Zarkon Becomes a Robeast 1984-11-23
  51. 51 Lotor the King 1984-11-26
  52. 52 Final Victory 1984-11-27
  53. 73 In Search of New Worlds 1984-10-19
  54. 74 First Day on a New World 1984-10-27
  55. 75 Building a New World 1984-11-03
  56. 76 Goodbye, New World 1984-11-10
  57. 77 Try This World for Size 1984-11-17
  58. 78 A Storm of Meteors 1984-09-20
  59. 79 Help Not Wanted 1984-09-29
  60. 80 Ghost Fleet from Another Planet 1984-10-07
  61. 81 A Very Short Vacation 1985-01-14
  62. 82 Planet of the Bats 1984-09-21
  63. 83 A Temporary Truce 1984-12-14
  64. 84 Wolo's Lost World 1984-12-17
  65. 85 Planet Stop for Repairs 1984-12-24
  66. 86 A Curious Comet 1984-12-25
  67. 87 In the Enemy Camp 1985-03-05
  68. 88 Who's on First 1984-12-18
  69. 89 No, Who's on Second 1985-01-15
  70. 90 What's on First 1985-01-16
  71. 91 Great Stone Space Faces 1985-01-17
  72. 92 Defend the New World 1984-12-19
  73. 93 Meanwhile, Back at Galaxy Garrison 1984-12-28
  74. 94 Nerok Scores Big 1985-01-18
  75. 95 Hazar on the Carpet 1984-12-20
  76. 96 Hazar is Demoted 1984-12-26
  77. 97 Just Like Earth 1985-01-07
  78. 98 The Planet Trap 1984-12-31
  79. 99 Save the Space Station 1985-02-01
  80. 100 Planet of the Amazons 1985-01-02
  81. 101 Revolt of the Slaves 1985-01-11
  82. 102 Raid on Galaxy Garrison 1985-01-21
  83. 103 Smashing the Meteor Barrier 1985-01-01
  84. 104 A Man Made Sun 1985-01-03
  85. 105 Captain Newley Returns 1984-12-27
  86. 106 Hazar Bucks the Empire 1985-01-24
  87. 107 Letters from Home 1984-12-21
  88. 108 Peace - A Fish Story! 1985-01-25
  89. 109 The Red Moon People 1985-01-08
  90. 110 This World's for the Birds 1985-01-09
  91. 111 That's the Old Ball Game 1985-02-04
  92. 112 Red Moon Rises Again 1985-01-31
  93. 113 Another Solar System 1985-01-31
  94. 114 Whose World Is It 1985-01-30
  95. 115 It's Anybody's World 1985-02-05
  96. 116 Frozen Assets 1985-02-06
  97. 117 Coconuts 1985-02-07
  98. 118 It Could Be a Long War 1985-02-08
  99. 119 Color Me Invisible 1985-02-11
  100. 120 Time Running Out 1985-02-12
  101. 121 Zero Hour Approaches 1985-02-13
  102. 122 The Drules' World Cracks Up 1985-02-14
  103. 123 The Drules' Surrender 1985-02-15
  104. 124 The End of Hazar's World 1985-02-18
  105. 53 Dinner and a Show 1985-10-21
  106. 54 Envoy from Galaxy Garrison 1985-10-22
  107. 55 Mousemania 1985-10-23
  108. 56 The Shell Game 1985-10-24
  109. 57 The Traitor 1985-10-25
  110. 58 Voltron Meets Jungle Woman 1985-10-28
  111. 59 Little Buddies 1985-10-29
  112. 60 Who Was That Masked Man? 1985-10-30
  113. 61 Take a Robot to Lunch 1985-11-01
  114. 62 War and Peace... And Doom! 1985-11-04
  115. 63 Who's Flyin' Blue Lion? 1985-11-05
  116. 64 Enter Merla: Queen of Darkness 1985-11-06
  117. 65 A Ghost of a Chance 1985-11-07
  118. 66 To Soothe the Savage Robeast 1985-11-08
  119. 67 Doom Girls on the Prowl 1985-11-11
  120. 68 With Friends Like You 1985-11-12
  121. 69 Lotor - My Hero? 1985-11-13
  122. 70 No Muse Is Good Muse 1985-11-14
  123. 71 The Alliance Strikes Back! 1985-11-15
  124. 72 Breakin' up is Hard to Doom 1985-11-18

Sources

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