Hyakujû-ô Goraion (1981– )

5 former Earth slaves make a brazen escape from the evil Galran Empire to the peaceful planet of Altea. There they are asked to pilot the legendary Golion robot, and defend Altea from the vile Galran Emperor Daibazaal and his vast forces.

Creator:

Saburo Yatsude

Stars:

Kazuhiko Inoue, Yû Mizushima, Tesshô Genda

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kazuhiko Inoue	...	Akira 'Chief' Kogane (52 episodes, 1981-1982)
Yû Mizushima	...	Isamu 'Moody' Kurogane (52 episodes, 1981-1982)
Tesshô Genda	...	Tsuyoshi 'Hothead' Seidô (52 episodes, 1981-1982)
Masako Nozawa	...	Hiroshi 'Shorty' Suzuishi (52 episodes, 1981-1982)
Kôsei Tomita	...	Emperor Daibazaal (52 episodes, 1981-1982)
Rumiko Ukai	...	Princess Fala (52 episodes, 1981-1982)
Yûji Fujishiro	...	Raible the Strategist (52 episodes, 1981-1982)
Kazuyo Aoki	...	Hys the Senior Court Lady (42 episodes, 1981-1982)
Akira Kamiya	...	Imperial Prince Sincline (39 episodes, 1981-1982)
Minoru Inaba	...	Sub-Commander Gobra (36 episodes, 1981-1982)

Storyline

5 former Earth slaves make a brazen escape from the evil Galran Empire to the peaceful planet of Altea. There they are asked to pilot the legendary Golion robot, and defend Altea from the vile Galran Emperor Daibazaal and his vast forces.

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Plot Keywords:

piloted giant robot | anime | robot | giant robot | combined giant robot

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Voltron.com

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

3 March 1981 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Beast King GoLion

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Hyakujuuou" part of the series' name literally means, "king of a hundred beasts", but putting into context it really means "king of beasts". Golion's name is a Japanese and English combination that literally means, "Five Lion" - "Go" is the Japanese word for "five".

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Goofs

In order to activate the Lions, each team member had to insert a special key. In many instances when Chief is starting the Golion forming sequence, his key can still be seen on his tunic, but then is also seen on the panel of his lion, and then moves in the same way - left to right - as it already did when first being used to activate the Black Lion.

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Soundtracks

"Tatakae! Goraion (Fight! Golion)"
Opening Theme Song
Lyrics by Kazuya Senke
Music Composed by Asei Kobayashi
Music Arranged by Hisashi Ichi
Vocals by Ichirô Mizuki, Koorogi '73, and Columbia Cradle Society
Music Performed by The Columbia Orchestra
Courtesy of Columbia Records

User Reviews

the original version of Lion Voltron

Hyakuju O Go-Lion is the original anime series that Lion Voltron was dubbed from. In Voltron, there were quite a few changes from Golion though, such as violent scenes removed, character names changed, different voice actors, etc.

Golion is certainly quite violent at times, but it's an enjoyable series, even if I couldn't understand what was being said, lol.

Finding Golion episodes are hard to find, so if you do come across some, don't hesitate to pick it up.