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Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984)

Adventure · Animation · Family

Five lion robots and their pilots defend the planet Arus and the galaxy from evil King Zarkon.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (5,711 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

7.83 avg 52 episodes 7.4 → 8.3 24 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Space Explorers Captured	7.4	73
2	Escape to Another Planet	7.3	67
3	A Ghost and Four Keys	7.5	60
4	The Missing Key	7.5	57
5	Princess Joins Up	7.7	54
6	The Right Arm of Voltron	7.9	47
7	The Lion Has New Claws	7.6	46
8	The Stolen Lion	7.8	47
9	A Pretty Spy	7.9	46
10	Secret of the White Lion	7.8	44
11	Surrender	7.9	41
12	Bad Birthday Party	8.1	42
13	The Witch Gets a Facelift	7.7	39
14	Yurak Gets His Pink Slip	8.1	37
15	Give Me Your Princess	8.0	39
16	Bridge Over the River Chozzerai	7.8	36
17	My Brother Is a Robeast	7.9	37
18	Zarkon is Dying	7.8	36
19	The Buried Castle	7.5	33
20	Pidge's Home Planet	7.4	35
21	It'll be a Cold Day	8.3	33
22	The Deadly Flowers	7.9	36
23	It Takes Real Lions	8.1	32
24	Raid of the Alien Mice	7.7	30
25	Short Run of the Centipede Express	7.5	30
26	The Invisible Robeast	7.7	30
27	The Green Medusa	7.7	30
28	The Treasure of Planet Tyrus	7.9	30
29	Magnetic Attraction	7.4	30
30	The Sleeping Princess	8.2	34
31	The Sincerest Form of Flattery	8.3	28
32	A Transplant for Blue Lion	6.8	32
33	Attack of the Fierce Frogs	8.2	33
34	Lotor Traps Pidge	7.8	30
35	Doom Boycotts the Space Olympics	7.9	31
36	Lotor's Clone	7.8	30
37	Lotor's New Hit Man	7.8	29
38	Raid of the Red Berets	7.6	29
39	The Captive Comet	8.4	29
40	The Little Prince	7.8	29
41	There Will Be a Royal Wedding	8.4	29
42	The Sand People	7.9	28
43	Voltron Frees the Slaves	8.3	27
44	Voltron Versus Voltron	8.4	37
45	One Princess to Another	8.0	29
46	The Mighty Space Mouse	7.5	28
47	Summit Meeting	7.6	28
48	Return of Coran's Son	7.5	28
49	Coran's Son Runs Amok	8.0	29
50	Zarkon Becomes a Robeast	8.4	28
51	Lotor the King	7.6	28
52	Final Victory	8.3	28

Season 2 (1984)

7.82 avg 38 episodes 7.1 → 8.0 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In Search of New Worlds	7.1	28
2	First Day on a New World	7.8	25
3	Building a New World	8.0	25
4	Goodbye, New World	7.9	25
5	Try This World for Size	7.6	27
6	A Storm of Meteors	7.3	24
7	Help Not Wanted	7.2	24
8	Ghost Fleet from Another Planet	7.5	24
9	A Very Short Vacation	7.8	23
10	Planet of the Bats	7.8	23
11	A Temporary Truce	8.1	23
12	Wolo's Lost World	8.0	23
13	Planet Stop for Repairs	8.0	22
14	A Curious Comet	7.9	22
15	In the Enemy Camp	7.8	22
16	Who's on First	7.6	23
17	No, Who's on Second	7.9	21
18	What's on First	7.8	21
19	Great Stone Space Faces	7.6	20
20	Defend the New World	7.8	21
21	Meanwhile Back at Galaxy Garrison	7.6	21
22	Nerok Scores Big	7.7	22
23	Hazar on the Carpet	8.0	21
24	Hazar Is Demoted	8.0	21
25	Just Like Earth	7.8	21
26	The Planet Trap	7.9	20
27	Save the Space Station	7.9	20
28	Planet of the Amazons	7.9	20
29	Revolt of the Slaves	7.7	20
30	Raid on Galaxy Garrison	7.9	20
31	Smashing the Meteor Barrier	8.0	19
32	A Man Made Sun	8.0	19
33	Captain Newley Returns	8.0	19
34	Hazar Bucks the Empire	8.2	19
35	Letters from Home	8.2	19
36	Peace: A Fish Story!	8.0	19
37	The Red Moon People	8.0	19
38	This World's for the Birds	8.0	19

Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984)

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