It’s also clear that this new audience is keen for more Voltron. Voltron Legendary Defender has its second season released on January 20th on Netflix. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Like scads of kids in the mid-'80s, producer Joaquim Dos Santos was drawn to his local toy store by "Voltron: Defender of the Universe," imploring his favorite uncle to buy him the giant title robot.

There are a lot of changes in Legendary Defender, namely to Voltron’s roster. There’s ethnic diversity, much like in 2011’s Voltron Force, but now the pilots are all guys.