Originally broadcast on television in 1984

Keith, Lance, Hunk, Pidge, and Sven are an elite team of space explorers sent to find the last princess of planet Arus, Allura, and the keys to Voltron. Together they discover the five lions that make up the legendary robot, buried in the smoking ruins of planet Arus. However, the evil warlord King Zarkon appears and rains down destruction across the universe. When things seem darkest, our heroes form Voltron and begin a new struggle against his cruel empire!

Anime works: AWDVD-0645 (discs 1-2), AWDVD-0661 (disc 3), AWDVD-0662 (discs 4-6), AWDVD-0710 (disc 7), AWDVD-0933 (container)

Special features: original pilot: The Voltron trilogy; exclusive staff interviews; making of the DVDs featurette; international Voltron featurette; TV ads; Buckethead music video; "You've been robo served" from Adult Swim's Robot chicken

Voices: Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Peter Cullen, Tress MacNeille, Neil Ross, B.J. Ward, Lennie Weinrib

Ages 7 and older

DVD, region 1; full screen (1.33:1); remastered film transfer; Dolby digital 2.0 and 5.1 surround mix; NTSC

In English, translated from Japanese

disc 1.

Space explorers captured ; Escape to another planet ;

A

Ghost and four keys ;

The

Missing key ; Princess joins up ;

The

Right arm of Volton --

disc 2. The

Lion has new claws ;

The

Stolen Lion ;

A

Pretty spy ; Secret of the White Lion ; Surrender ; Bad birthday party --

disc 3. The

Witch gets a facelift ; Yurak gets his pink slip ; Give me your princess --

disc 4.

Bridge over the River Chozzerai ; My brother is a robeast ; Zarkon is dying ;

The

Curied castle ; Pidge's home planet ; It'll be a cold day --

disc 5. The

Deadly flowers ; It takes real lions ; Raid of the alien mice ; Short run of the Centipede Express ;

The

Invisible robeast ;

The

Green medusa --

disc 6. The

Treasure of Planet Tyrus ; Magnetic attraction ;

The

Sleeping princess --

disc 7. The

Sincerest form of flattery ;

A

Transplant for the Blue Lion ; Attack of the Fierce Frogs ; Lotor traps Pidge ; Doom boycotts the Space Olympics ; Lotor's clone