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[edit] Combattler V and Voltes V

Not being familiar with the show, the number of references to the above mentioned shows seem a bit excessive. I ended up reading, it felt, as much about Combattler V as I did about Golion. Can a fan of the show glance at the article and check if the shows are referenced too often? It felt like every other line was a reference to one of the two shows, especially Combattler V.

[edit] Needs clean up

The article seems to have information that contradicts information found on other sites on the net. For example, other sites say that the location first seen in Golion is actually Earth, but this article says Althea(sp) is Earth. Plus there are too many statements that say, "Which is typical of Super Robot shows", or "isn't anything new for Super Robot shows". It's redundant to say this over and over again. If anyone has seen golion, please clean this article up. When I see golion next year (if it comes out in USA as they promised), then maybe I can do it myself. Inforazer 17:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Done. Well, just enough to get rid of all the Combattler/Voltes/Daimos references.

It also has an awful lead section - far too short, and what is there is confusing. "Instead of Honerva being the one who split up the five lions" implies a level of knowledge that simply should not be assumed in a Wikipedia article, and is also a totally unmarked major spoiler. 86.143.51.11 03:34, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I've added {{Essay-entry}}, mostly because of editorial passages like "... a death long overdue in Voltron." I also fixed the lead so that it discusses Voltron from a GoLion perspective, and not vice versa, but the rest of the article still needs major work. --Fru1tbat 18:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Perspective

I'm removing some of the extra parenthetical references to Voltron equivalents of Golion names. Discussing an article on one subject from the perspective of another subject seems improper to me. That is to say, when writing an article on GoLion, we can't assume that the reader is familiar with Voltron, or reading this article in order to compare it to Voltron. The purpose of the article is not to compare to Voltron, either. It's to discuss, encyclopedically, the GoLion series, which exists independently of Voltron.

That being said, I have no problem putting the Voltron equivalent names in the proper places (e.g. the character list), but mentioning them without establishing why they're being mentioned, especially in the lead or introductory plot section, isn't appropriate.

--Fru1tbat 14:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 百獣 Hyakujū

百獣 (Hyakujū) doesn't really mean "hundred beasts". It means something akin to "all beasts". Check out Yahoo's great example: ライオンは百獣の王と言われる (The lion is called the king of beasts.)[1] So I suppose the English title should be something like "GoLion, King of Beasts". Evan1975 05:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Theme Songs

I found information on the theme songs, but it's all in Japanese.

ＯＰ「斗え！ゴライオン」（コロムビアレコードＣＫ-５９１）
作詞：千家　和也　　作曲：小林　亜星　　編曲：いちひさし
唄：水木　一郎　コロムビアゆりかご会　こおろぎ’７３
演奏：コロムビア・オーケストラ

ＥＤ「五人でひとつ」（コロムビアレコードＣＫ-５９１）
作詞：千家　和也　　作曲：小林　亜星　　編曲：いちひさし
唄：水木　一郎　こおろぎ’７３　フィーリング・フリー

Can anybody translate? Sarujo 11:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Popularity?

Was Voltron more popular in America, than Golion was in Japan? Malamockq (talk) 23:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)