After the long wait, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation finally announced the "Voltron Legendary Defender" Season 2 air date that will premiere on Netflix on January 20, 2017. The good news was revealed on Friday at the New York Comic-Con together with the screening of new episodes as well as the cast and crew Q&A.
"Voltron Legendary Defender" Season 2 consists of 13 episodes. The program's official plot synopsis emphasizes on the paladins that are spread across the universe in the aftermath of a hard-hitting battle with Zarkon, Haggar, as well as the Galra Empire. The group will run into new challenges as they bring the powerful Voltron back together and devise to totally beat Zarkon, GameSpot reported.
The new "Voltron Legendary Defender" is the reboot of the all-time favorite 1980's animated show "Voltron". It was a co-production between Japanese and American that ran the show for three seasons which started 1984 and ended 1986. The sequel was initially produced from two Japanese programs, the "Beast King GoLion" and "Armored Fleet Dairugger XV". Fresh narrative and dialogues were produced for the American market. Evidently, "Voltron" is largely famous, producing spinoff shows, video games as well as comic books.
In fact, in 1986 the TV Special "Voltron: Fleet of Doom" was launched with a computer animated series followed by "Voltron: The Third Dimension" in 1998. The latter was of short duration showing only 26 episodes. In 2011, another reboot came up with "Voltron Force" on Nickelodeon; however, it only lasted 26 episodes as well, Super Hero Hype reported.
"Voltron Legendary Defender" Season 2 casts the voices of Kimberly Brooks (Princess Allura); Rhys Darby (Coran); Josh Keaton (Shiro, Black Lion); Tyler Labine (Hunk, Yellow Lion); Jeremy Shada (Lance, Blue Lion); Bex Taylor-Klaus (Pidge, Green Lion;) and Steven Yeun (Keith, Red Lion).
