Scripted series · Netflix
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jeremy Shada
Lance (voice)
76 eps
Tyler Labine
Hunk (voice)
76 eps
Bex Taylor-Klaus
Pidge Gunderson / Katie Holt (voice)
76 eps
Steven Yeun
Keith (voice)
76 eps
Rhys Darby
Coran (voice)
76 eps
Josh Keaton
Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane (voice)
76 eps
Kimberly Brooks
Princess Allura (voice)
76 eps
Neil Kaplan
Emperor Zarkon (voice)
76 eps
Cree Summer
Witch Haggar (voice)
76 eps
Keith Ferguson
King Alfor
1 eps
Blake Anderson
Matthew Holt
1 eps
Norman Reedus
Rolo (voice)
1 eps
Ike Amadi
Commander Branko (voice)
3 eps
Blake Michael
Atlas Crewmember (voice)
2 eps
Ana Gasteyer
Krolia
9 eps
Anna Graves
Ina Leifsdottir
7 eps
Mae Whitman
Plaxum (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Voltron: Legendary Defender actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Voltron: Legendary Defender reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Five unlikely teenage heroes and their flying robot lions unite to form the megapowerful Voltron and defend the universe from evil.
The run
Seasons
8 seasons · 76 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20177 episodes
Voltron Vlogs: From the Dreamworks Voltron Youtube Page
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201611 episodes
7.9IMDbFive space cadets learn that they have been called to defeat evil by piloting flying mechanical lions that combine to form an awe-inspiring robot.
Best episode · S01E10 Collection and Extraction
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201713 episodes
7.3IMDbAllura, Coran and the Paladins join allies old and new as they continue to fight the evil leader Zarkon with valor, ingenuity and humor.
Best episode · S02E01 Across the Universe
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20177 episodes
8.1IMDbShifting roles within the team cause internal challenges as the Paladins continue to fight the Galra, who are undergoing major changes of their own.
Best episode · S03E01 Changing of the Guard
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20176 episodes
6.3IMDbAs Voltron builds a coalition of rebel forces who are eager to battle the Galra, divisions within the evil empire further threaten its stability.
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20186 episodes
7.5IMDbIn an effort to take down the Galra, the Paladins enter into an uneasy alliance that could bring the peace they've long desired -- or doom them.
Best episode · S05E04 Kral Zera
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20187 episodes
8.1IMDbAs the lines between darkness and light continue to blur, shocking revelations and power struggles send Voltron hurtling toward another epic showdown.
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
201813 episodes
6.4IMDbAn epic showdown with new and old villains looms as the Paladins head toward Earth and soon come to realize that their home isn't like they left it.
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201813 episodes
5.1IMDbThough they've ushered in a new era of stability, the Voltron team must face down one final evil threat to bring everlasting peace to the universe.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Rise of Voltron
Overwhelmed but ready for action, five aspiring space explorers learn they have the power to create Voltron, the most powerful robot in the universe.
- Directed by Steve Ahn, Joaquim Dos Santos
- Written by Joshua Hamilton, Tim Hedrick
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S08E03
The Prisoner's Dilemma
S08E05
The Grudge
S08E01
Launch Date
- Directed by Michael Chang
- Written by Lauren Montgomery
S08E02
Shadows
S08E04
Battle Scars
S08E06
Genesis
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Robert KoplarExecutive Producer
- Yoo Jae-myungExecutive Producer
Writing
- Joshua HamiltonWriter
- Lauren MontgomeryWriter
- Tim HedrickWriter
- May ChanWriter
Direction
- Chris PalmerDirector
- Steve AhnDirector
- Joaquim Dos SantosDirector
- Lauren MontgomeryDirector
- Eugene LeeDirector
- Ki Hyun RyuDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Fandango At HomeBuy
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