Voltron Beast King Golion Vol 2 [DVD]

It took me a bit to get used to the names, but I definitely like the unedited Go-Lion more than the American Voltron. The one complaint I have is that this collection was cheap or reasonably priced, whereas the other two are priced outrageously. Did the production of this set really outstrip production of the other two sets so much that such a price difference is warranted? I doubt it. There are too many people gouging in this day and age on this site and Ebay - once they only have a few available the prices sky rocket. A curse upon all of you who do this.

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 lions that combine into a giant robot still amaze even today.So if you've seen it during the 80s as Voltron, or if you just like 80s Anime, you'll enjoy. I still wouldn't recommend this to the average American viewer though.Although having 18 episodes per disk is great (compared to 4 or 5 for most other Anime) the lack of special features is a let down. No interviews? No design sketches? Older Anime series have limited appeal. I guess we're lucky to see this released at all.

I LOVE THINGS FROM MY CHILDHOOD&THIS WAS PART OF SOMETHING THAT CREATED ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS!!!!CAN'T SAY 1 THING BAD ABOUT IT!!!!IF U WERE A VOLTRON FAN BACK IN THE DAY,CHECK THIS OUT!!!IT'S VOLTRON FOR ADULTS!!!!!

This is great Japanese Anime! if you want a great classic. This is one of the finest ones. No Cuts, No Editing, No lost frames.everything is in its place. No stupid liberal PTA excuse to kill the story line. Your going to get blood and gore! This is a anime for adults. lets cut off some heads. All the adult jokes are there to please the Adult fans and teens as well.a must buy. Never buy Voltron The Defender of the Toilet Bowl then kill the Toilet..Golion is the Anime that the fans wanted it to be. UNCUT AND NO EDITS! NO BAD DUBBING, CRYSTAL CLEAR ENGLISH SUBS!NO CHINA KNOCK OFF!

The second volume of "Beast King GoLion" is quite entertaining but it is not as good as volume one. Volume one had many compelling and entertaining episodes. While there is not an episode in volume two that I would consider terrible, I just felt I was seeing a lot of filler episodes made to pad the story until the finale.Though the GoLion Team (The Voltron Force in "Voltron".) has scored major victories in their war with Emperor Daibazaal (King Zarkon in "Voltron".) and the Galra Empire, many of those victories have come at a cost. The male members of the team witness the destruction of their home planet Earth, many Altean citizens and soldiers have died in the numerous battles, the team has sustained serious injuries and the five robotic lions have been beaten and badly damaged in fights with Honerva's (Haggar in "Voltron".) Deathblack and Mechablack Beastmen (Robeasts in "Voltron".). Still the team continues to fight on.The standout episode of this volume is "Goodbye, Earth". In that episode the team sees a barrage of nuclear missiles strike Earth. Raible (Coran in "Voltron".) orders the team to not to go to Earth because doing so would leave Planet Altea (Arus in "Voltron".) vulnerable to a Galra attack. The team, without Blue Lion pilot Princess Fala (Alura in "Voltron".), defies Raible's orders and rushes to Earth to try to do anything they can to prevent the planet's destruction despite the fact the planet is now barren due to it's decimation by nuclear war. In the final scene, after defeating a Galra Attack Force and a Deathblack Beastman, the team leaves the planet just as it is about to explode. You can almost feel their sadness as they watch their home planet die. It's is truly a great episode.The weakest episode is "Protect the Soccer Field". The team is helping the people of Altea build a new soccer stadium when Honerva creates a Mechablack Beastman who takes control of a construction vehicle. The four male members of the team try to save three children trapped in the vehicle. They ultimately do, but soon the Mechablack Beastmen buries the four team members under well over one ton of dirt. They remain buried for at least a minute before Fala arrives in the Blue Lion and rescues them. They survive unharmed. That killed the episode for me completely. There is no way anybody could survive after having literally tons of dirt dumped on them. The team would have died instantly.Though it is not quite as good as its predecessor, volume two of "BeastKing GoLion" is entertaining and I do recommend it though not as much as volume one.

元々は日本の東映グループの映像作品が今はアメリカの映像作品扱いになった幻の名作「百獣王ゴライオン」。子供の頃、当時9800円もした未来獣合体セットを持つ程番組をリアルタイムで観てました。まさか日本では未発売となったDVDが北米で発売されたとは知らなかったので慌てて買いました。そしてDVDプレーヤーを再生した瞬間、当時のあの感動が一度に蘇りました。