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[Sou Da]

https://youtu.be/ChXy1Qtv9TE

From L-R: Shiro, Keith, Lance, Pidge, Hunk

Jeremy Shada (Adventure Time) as Lance
Bex Taylor-Klaus (Arrow) as Pidge
Josh Keaton (Green Lantern: The Animated Series) as Shiro
Tyler Labine (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) as Hunk
Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) as Keith
Kimberly Brooks (Mass Effect) as Princess Allura
Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) as Coran

Source http://nerdist.com/voltron-legendar...te-showrunner-interview-dreamworks-animation/
Comes out June 10, 2016

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

That art is hideous.

It has the look when an American studio tries to emulate anime.

 

[Squalor]

"Cast."

That art is hideous.

It has the look when an American studio tries to emulate anime.

The characters are quite generic, but the design isn't hideous.

Should have just thrown money at the Avatar group to create something new.

 

[robotrock]

That art is hideous.

It has the look when an American studio tries to emulate anime.

Looks like Korra

 

[MHWilliams]

That has to be the Korra character designer, right?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Trailer looked decent enough but that artwork is shit.

 

[Khezu]

You could at least reference Scream instead of Arrow, doing Bex no favors.

 

[ukas]

One of my favorite cartoons as a kid. I'm in!

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Middle guy kinda looks like Sokka.

 

[Toki767]

Looks like Korra

I hope that just means it's only a matter of time before Activision gets Platinum to do a Voltron game.

I'll watch it but I hope they keep that classic Voltron theme.

 

[TheFlow]

footage looks amazing

 

[Finaj]

No female main characters are disappointing.

But I'm glad to see Studio Mir doing more work.

 

[kulapik]

We knew Studio Mir was going to do 4 shows for DreamWorks, guess this is one of them?

 

[Sou Da]

Hate to double post but making a thread on mobile is hard but the show runners are Avatar guys and they plan to make the show more serialized.

 

[Seesaw15]

That art is hideous.

Haha, calm down. The designs are a bit bland but the art isn't hideous.

 

[xxracerxx]

No female main characters are disappointing.

But I'm glad to see Studio Mir doing more work.

Allura is right there on the voice cast list.

 

[WillyFive]

Looks a lot better than that Nicktoons(?) version that aired a while back.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Oh I wonder what the personality of the guy in the middle is.

Surely it isn't the guy who thinks he's above all of this and how immature the other guys is.

 

[MHWilliams]

Yep. Korra's Joaquim Dos Santos is the executive producer and co-showrunner of this series, alongside Wonder Woman/Green Lantern: First Flight/Superman/Batman: Apocalypse/Justice League: Doom director Lauren Montgomery.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

"Cast."

The characters are quite generic, but the design isn't hideous.

Should have just thrown money at the Avatar group to create something new.

This is the Avatar animation team. It's Studio Mir.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

To be honest, my biggest concern is gonna be the 2D animation style. You can see only brief snippets of it during that combination sequence, but... I dunno.

 

[Ashby]

I really liked the 90s CGI Voltron as a kid.

 

[super-famicom]

Keith looks kinda okay, everyone else looks like shit.

 

[injurai]

Yep. Korra's Joaquim Dos Santos is the executive producer and co-showrunner of this series, alongside Wonder Woman/Green Lantern: First Flight/Superman/Batman: Apocalypse/Justice League: Doom director Lauren Montgomery.

It doesn't look half as good though. Needs more focus groups.

 

[Parshias7]

Sweet Final Fusion, bro.

 

[Sou Da]

No female main characters are disappointing.

But I'm glad to see Studio Mir doing more work.

There are female main character(s), just not in that photo.

I like the footage though. Some good Gattai action

Panel pic

 

[Barkley's Justice]

I didnt even know this was happening!

 

[MRrogermoore]

I wish the face looked like the 80's one.

 

[Dark Ninja]

That art is hideous.

It has the look when an American studio tries to emulate anime.

Yep it looks like American Anime trash. Hopefully the 2D is limited I rather see more 3D Voltron if this its gonna look like.

They dropped the ball on the theme and no voice over saying who was becoming the arm or leg.

 

[dukeoflegs]

I'll watch it, being a kid from the 80's Voltron was one of my favorite shows. I'm just not a fan of the art for the pilots. They look flat...or generic... I don't know something just doesn't feel right about them.

 

[Sou Da]

Eh, I like the designs. Looks way better than anything Voltron in the last few years.

Neil Kaplan just announced he's voicing Zarkon.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Eh, not feeling the art. Why is it these days they go for the cheapest look possibly for animation? I'll check out the first episode I guess.

 

[meltingparappa]

That OP screenshot is 100% a Steve Ahn drawing, even if he's not the character designer.

He's a Korra vet and one of the best American action boarders alive. Regardless of how the total project turns out, I'm glad he's on the project.

 

[kess]

Looks like the Bakshi parody of Real Ghostbusters

 

[JonnyDBrit]

There are female main character(s), just not in that photo.

I like the footage though. Some good Gattai action

Panel pic

...someone was watching Turn A Gundam when they designed Allura.

 

[Squalor]

Allura is right there on the voice cast list.

How likely is it that she's just a cliché princess character?

 

[Cross-Section]

The black-haired dude stole Space Dandy's clothes!

 

[dukeoflegs]

I want to see art of Zarkon, the Witch, and some robeasts.

I wonder if the robeasts and voltron will be 3d for their fights?

 

[Sou Da]

How likely is it that she's just a cliché princess character?

According to Dos Santos, Allura “is way more than just the princess character, who’s just ‘I’m a fancy princess!’ And she was in the original series too. She absolutely took up the mantle of one of the pilots. I think she’s just got a lot more weighing on her and riding on her in this iteration. And all that stuff, all that back story stuff, will absolutely come to light, and play out, and we’ll get to know exactly what the origins were.

“She’s definitely got a bone to pick with Zarkon, [the villainous leader of the evil empire hunting down Voltron and conquering the universe],” explained Montgomery. “So we get to kind of see her personal journey. She’s holding on to a lot of anger, and you can’t really be a good leader when you’re so angry about something. So she’s got a lot of growing to do. She’s got all of her own personal arcs and stories that she’s going to go through. We just really want to make her cool.”

Also updated the OP with the release date.

 

[ZeroGravity]

Guy in the middle looks like Kyon from Haruhi.

 

[cruets]

I'm cool with this

 

[FTF]

Loved Voltron as a kid, so I'm down for this. Hope it's good.

 

[xxracerxx]

How likely is it that she's just a cliché princess character?

I fully expect Shiro to be injured or killed and the princess to take up the mantle.

 

[malfcn]

Sven?


One will probably be replaced with the Princess like the original.

 

[Squalor]

Also updated the OP with the release date.

I mean, I've heard that before and wound up with nothing.

What's the creator supposed to say? "We didn't bother to develop the one female character who has any screen time."

We shall see.

 

[MHWilliams]

Sven?

Shiro is Sven. Character's original name was Takashi Shirogane.

 

[Sou Da]

Shiro is Sven. Character's original name was Takashi Shirogane.

Or Sven was Shiro depending on how you look at it.

Beaten by an edit.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Count me in.

 

[jackdoe]

I'm really not getting the complaints about the art. I think it looks great.

 

[malfcn]

Shiro is Sven. Character's original name was Takashi Shirogane.

I thought it looked like Sven. His voice was over the top from memory.