''Voltron Force'' is a pseudo-sequel to the 1980s animated series ''
Voltron
''Voltron'' is an animated television series franchise that features a team of space explorers who pilot a giant Super Robot known as "Voltron". Produced by Peter Keefe (Executive Producer) and Ted Koplar through his production company World ...
'' that was originally scheduled for a release in autumn of 2010. Eventually, the show premiered on June 16, 2011, exclusively on the
Nicktoons
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television network to coincide with the premiere of the second season of ''
Iron Man: Armored Adventures''. It ended on April 25, 2012, with the episode "Black". Unlike the original ''Voltron'' series, the uniforms of the lions' pilots are of the same color scheme as their respective lions; the second ''Voltron'' series to do so after ''
Voltron: The Third Dimension''.
Premise
The series intro is narrated by Daniel (
Vincent Tong):
The show centers on the reunion of the original Voltron Force and the group of cadets training to follow in their footsteps. In battle, they pilot their five robot lions and, when necessary, combine them to form the mighty robot Voltron. Among the enemies they face are their old nemesis, Lotor, and a corrupt military head intent on destroying Voltron and assassinating the Voltron Force to stage a coup d'état and become president of Galaxy Garrison himself.
Cast
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Mark Hildreth as
King Lotor.
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Andrew Francis
Andrew Michael Scott Francis is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in many television shows and films including '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' as Shining Armor, '' MegaMan NT Warrior'' as MegaMan.EXE, '' Hero 108'' as Lin Chung, '' L ...
as
Lance McClain.
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Ty Olsson
Ty Olsson (born January 28, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Benny Lafitte in ''Supernatural'', real-life 9/11 victim Mark Bingham in the A&E television film ''Flight 93'', and Ord in the PBS Kids animated children's series ''D ...
as
Hunk Garrett.
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Garry Chalk
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as Sky Marshall Wade, Manset.
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Shannon Chan-Kent
Shannon Chan-Kent (born September 23, 1988) is a Canadian voice and stage actress. She is known for her roles as Silver Spoon and Smolder and the singing voice of Pinkie Pie in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', Misa Amane in the English ...
as Larmina.
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Ashleigh Ball
Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and musician, known for performing with the rock band Hey Ocean!, as well as voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the ''Barbie'' film ...
as
Allura,
Daigo.
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Sam Vincent
James Samuel Vincent (born May 18, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Vincent won the State of Michigan "Mr. Basketball" award in 1981, the first year the award was given. He attended Lansing's Eastern High Sch ...
as
Pidge,
King Alfor, Sypat, Dudley.
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Tabitha St. Germain as Kala.
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Giles Panton
Giles Panton (born September 13, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He has worked in television, film, stage, and web media, and is also known for his voiceover work.
Career
Giles Panton trained as an actor at the William Davis Centre of Vancouver's V ...
as
Keith Kogane.
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Doron Bell Jr.
Doron Bell Jr. (born December 8, 1973 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actor, musician, and singer. He is known for his music, acting and voice work; he voiced the character Waldo in the Netflix animated series ''Dinotrux'' as well as many other ...
as Vince.
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Vincent Tong as Daniel.
* Ron Halder as Maahox, Coran.
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Gabe Khouth
Gabriel Forest Khouth (November 22, 1972 – July 23, 2019) was a Canadian voice and television actor who worked for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Career
Khouth had played several roles in anime, most notably Nicol Amalfi in '' ...
as Chip (Pidge's brother).
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Alan Marriott as
Sven Holgersson
Development and marketing
On March 11, 2010, at the Nickelodeon Upfront Presentation, a new Voltron series entitled ''Voltron Panthera Force'' was announced and set for premiere in the fall on Nicktoons with an announced premise that "The series follows the exploits of a group of five young cadets brought together under trying circumstances to form a newly appointed Voltron Lion Squad dubbed the "Panthera Force". Voltron Panthera Force is a World Wide Events production in conjunction with Kick Start Production." On April 4, 2010, it was announced that the show's title had been changed from ''Voltron Panthera Force'' to ''Voltron Force''. On June 7, 2010, Variety announced WEP Productions, Classic Media and Kickstart Entertainment's plans to air a 26 episode season of ''Voltron Force'' in 2011 to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the original series as well as
Mattel
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's plans to release a toyline to tie-in with the 25th anniversary of the original series and the launch of the new series. In March 2011, it was announced that Emmy-nominated composer Hal Beckett and Gemini-nominated composer
Steffan Andrews, would score the show.
The ''Voltron Force'' logo and storyboards have been revealed on the official
Facebook
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profile for the show, which is run by World Events Productions. WEP and video game publisher
THQ
THQ Inc. was an American video game company based in Agoura Hills, California. It was founded in April 1990 by Jack Friedman, originally in Calabasas, and became a public company the following year through a reverse merger takeover. Initi ...
has announced a partnership to produce video games based on the classic ''Voltron'' series and ''Voltron Force'' in 2011 and 2012 respectively; However, only the game based on the classic series was released on
Xbox Live Arcade
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and
PlayStation Network in November 2011. Following the closure of THQ and its subsidiaries, the future and rights of the ''Voltron'' video games remain in question.
Cancellation
At the end of "Black", Daniel still has Haggarium in him and was shown briefly attacking the other members of the Voltron force in the black lion. There was supposed to be a second season which was briefly in the works, but due to complications with budget funding for the second season, it was never made and the show was canceled, ending it on a cliffhanger.
Episodes
References
External links
Nicktoons Voltron Force site– Archive Link from
Wayback Machine
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