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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Media Blasters
EAN: 0631595086270
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Label: MEDIA BLASTERS, INC DVD
Manufacturer: MEDIA BLASTERS, INC DVD
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: MEDIA BLASTERS, INC DVD
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Running Time: 425 minutes
Sales Rank: 40947
Studio: MEDIA BLASTERS, INC DVD
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Product Description:
A mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil... Its home of Altea continues to be the one glimmering light in the darkness that is the Galra Empire's tyranny. Despite Daibazaal, Honerva, and Sincline's constant attacks and traps, the heroic team of five always seems to come out ahead. And no matter how many Deathblack Beastmen are sent to face them, Golion is always ready for battle with the Jyuohken blazing in hand. Golion is the original Japanese show cut to create the 80's cartoon classic Voltron.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - what we missed.
This isn't the kiddy version you all remeber. This is a lot darker, has a lot of deep themes and isn't for younger children. That said, the animation is a bit in need of a update. Still this is watchable and for grown fans of the show. I feel this is a must buy at a cheap rate however. It's worth it to own this if for no other reason than to learn what was cut out of certain eps. Some of the eps on the disks look a little low quality to be honest.
However as you get more into it the footage is far more crisp. Some of this can be blamed on the age of the footage used. The rest can be blamed on cheapness from the copyrights owners. No special features no comentary. no nothing extra. That is compleatly wrong and shame on those cheap punks.
I'm still going to get volume one and the other relases. But that is because I'm a very hardcore Voltron fan. I hope that they do more for the third vol. The best thing I can say about this volume. is that it reminded me of why I loved Voltron back in the day. And got me to get off my butt and start picking up the american volumes. Which are far better in quality.
This is a buy for fans of the show. But only if you can find it at a reasonable price. Not more than 15 if you were just short of into Voltron. And not more than 20 if you were very into the show. Still I did like the vol for what it was. even if it was short on extras and the footage in some of the eps was a little old looking.
Rating: - Not your daddy's Voltron....(Part II)
World Events Productions, Ltd., along with Anime Works and Media Blasters, presents Collection 2 of Hundred Beast King Golion. The Golion team serves up more action and adventures with episodes 19-36. This has proven to be the most lackluster bunch of episodes of the entire series.
The only few highlight episodes were:
-Goodbye, Earth
-The Prince Imperial's Dark Love
-Phantom Space Flowers
A lot of plot holes are explained a lot better in Golion, especially when it comes to the strong, emotional tension between Prince Sincline of the Galra Empire and Princess Fala of Altea. I don't want to spill the beans to anyone reading this review.
When it came to the story, World Events story editor Marc Handler explained it better when he said:
"We tried to stick with 90% of the story if we can."
....meaning, if the story was too graphic to explain, it was explained to lessen the impact of any unfortunate event (i.e. deaths, suicides, etc.)
Plus, with this set, the Golion opener is a little shorter than the original. Plus, I also noticed that, depending on the episode, the singer sings about a particular lion and its special weaponry within its bridge and chorus verses....usually, a recurring theme for some to most animated shows.
My rating is the same as the previous reviewer's. I also agree about their comments about having no special features included once again for Golion. How are you going ... Read More
Rating: - Did you see vol. 1? It's more of the same.
What's on the discs?
Episodes 19-36. Subtitled only. Three trailers on the last disk. No special features.
If you've seen volume 1, then you know what it's about. Five space travelers from Earth escape the clutches of the Galra empire. They land on the planet Altea, and fight the Galra empire with five robot lions that combine to form GoLion!
In the middle of this volume, Prince Sincle and the witch Horneva stop making giant beasts and start making 1960s looking giant robots. The first robot actually injures GoLion. But then GoLion learns a new move and everything goes back to the way it was. Sometimes The Simpsons seem less episodic than this.
This volume also has the episode where the princess loses her top in the lake :) Don't fret. They don't show any girl parts, so the kids can still watch it... as long as the kids don't mind frogs with fangs biting men's throats, images of children engulfed in flames, and a spa with a running stream of blood. And the Earth explodes. Everyone sleeps better after they've seen the Earth explode. It's not horribly offensive stuff, but Japanese children must have been very emotionally balanced to handle such dark concepts at an early age.
GoLion is very episodic, the characters are very one-dimensional, and the animation hasn't held up to well over the years. GoLion works, however, because it is simple. It's a fantasy on a grand scale with an exaggerated good versus and even more exaggerated evil. The five ... Read More
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