Hyakuju Ou Golion

Japanese name: Hyakuju Ou Golion Hyakuju Ou Golion TV Series image
Japanese name: 百獣王ゴライオン
English name: King of Hundred Beasts Golion; Voltron: Defender of the Universe (Lion Force episodes)
Italian name: Golion; Voltron, difensore dell'universo
Dates: March 4, 1981-February 24, 1982
September 10, 1984 (United States)
1982 (Italy)
Broadcast time: Wednesday, 19:30-20:00, 18:00-18:30 (7:30-8:00, 6:00-6:30 pm)
Number of episodes: 52
Animation Studio: Toei Doga
Production Company:
Broadcaster: Tokyo 12, later TV Tokyo (TX)
syndicated (World Events Productions) (United States)
Canale 5 (Italy)
Creator(s): Saburo Yatsude
Series Director: Katsuhiko Taguchi
Episode Director(s): Hiroshi Sasagawa, Katsuhiko Taguchi, Kazushi Nomura, Kazuyuki Okaseko
Producer(s):
Planning: Susumu Takaku (series composition)
Storyboard(s):
Layout:
Writer(s):
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
Art Design: Nigiriko Oikawa (color)
Character Designer(s): Kazuo Nakamura
Animator(s): Kazuo Nakamura (director), Tsuneo Ninomiya (director), Yoshinori Higuchi (director), Moriyasu Taniguchi (director), Hiroshi Iino (director)
Backgrounds:
Music: Masahisa Takeichi
Sound: Katsumi Oota (director)
Voice Actors
(regular characters):

Genre(s): adventure, science fiction, giant robots, planetary exploration, aliens, war
Home Video
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