Voltron: The Next Generation

Voltron: The Next Generation is an upcoming American 3D CGI animated streaming television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and , it is a direct sequel to the Voltron: Defender of Universe that ignores the events of Voltron: The Third Dimension (1998) and Voltron Force (2011)
The series will be streaming on and .
==Voice Cast==
*Neil Ross - Space Marshal Keith Kogane, Amalgamus
*B.J. Ward - Queen Allura
*Michael Bell - Lance McClain, King Alfor
==Development==
DreamWorks Animation Television and World Events Productions announced that they're developing another Voltron series that'll be a direct sequel to the 1984 series and strays from Voltron: The Third Dimension and Voltron Force. The show will be set 40+ years after the original series where Zarkon and Lotor finally defeated but at the cost of Pidge and Hunk's life, as well as the lions. Keith is a Space Marshal at Galaxy Alliance and the shell of his former self, Allura is Keith's wife and Queen of Arus, Lance is an instructor at the Garrison with a new protege who's an aspiring pilot and sharp shooter, like Voltron Force the also features a new generation of Lion pilots: a boy from a distant planet of machines based on Shiki Granbell and Taichi "Tai" Kamiya both original and reboot, a pink skinned alien mechanic based on Winry Rockbell and Mina Ashido, Lance's protege created from Taiju Oki and Mirio Togata, a swordswoman and assassin based on Homura Kōgetsu, Aiger Akabane, Tao Ren both original and reboot, and Storm Shadow and a short crocodile skinned brainy alien boy based on Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi from Digimon both the original and reboot. Characters original and created from anime like the Gundam franchise, DARLING in the FRANXX, , Mazinger, and Code Geass.
Characters from the previous shows including the reboot will appear, references and easter eggs to King Beast GoLion will be featured in the series. Gladiator Voltron will appear later on in the series as well as Stealth Voltron, Predator Robeast, Robeasts from the original will be reused and original ones will be developed too. Netflix was originally going to stream the series, but was later picked up by Peacock and Hulu for a 10 episode first season.
===Writers===
Marc Handler and Tim Hedrick will return as a writing consultants, writers from Legendary Defender have been confirmed to return along other writers from Transformers: Prime
=== Casting and voice direction===
Bell, Ross, and Ward will be reprising their roles from the original series voice director Kristi Reed was hired by DWATV and rehearsal held at Soundworks.
=== Animation and design===
Unlike The Third Dimension the series will not completely deviate from the original designs from the first series and GoLion, but the lions and Voltron will be given contemporary redesigns that's a cross between the designs from The Third Dimension and Legendary Defender, Amalgamous will be redesigned from a cheaply made robot to a expensive looking robot. Dinah Kalaha, Walter Gatus, and Augusto Barranco will be character designers, the Blazing Sword will be a mix of the original sword and the one from the reboot, the Voltron merging sequences will reuse the sequences from The Third Dimension, Voltron Force, and, Legendary Defender as homage, an original sequence will also be utilized. was chosen to animate the series, itself will be featured in cel-shaded anime influence style to reduce frame rate, which will make for better transformation and battle sequences.
===Music===
Contemporary renditions of John Petersen's music from original series and Stephen C. Marston's music from The Third Dimension will be used, DWATV hired Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, and to score the series with new music.
Category:Peacock (streaming service) original programming
Category:DreamWorks Animation Television
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Category:Anime-influenced animation
Category:English-language television programming
Category:Upcoming television series
Category:Voltron
Category:Computer-animated television series
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