Given the way the first season of Voltron: Legendary Defender ended, it should come as no surprise that a 13-episode second season is in the works from Dreamworks Animation and Netflix. However, to everyone's surprise, it seems the second season will be dropping before the year is out. Executive producers Joaquim Dos Santos stated during the panel, "
We kept getting that question [about season 2] over and over and again and were forced to lie to a lot of people’s faces unfortunately when asked about it for quite a while."
Check out the official promo poster for season 2 below.
Voltron, was an American cartoon which premiered in 1985. It utilized footage from the 1981 Japanese anime series Hyaku Jūō Goraion (Beast King GoLion). The two shows have vastly different storylines but share the same battle footage (similar to how Power Rangers repackages Sūpā Sentai Shirīzu (the Super Sentai Series). The second season of Voltron, which forms the giant robot from vehicles instead of Lions, uses footage from Kikō Kantai Dairagā Fifutīn (Armored Fleet Dairugger XV). Dreamworks Animation purchased the rights to Voltron in 2012 and the animated Netflix series was announced in April 2016. Lauren Montgomery (Superman: Doomsday, Green Lantern: First Flight) and Joaquim Dos Santos (Justice League Unlimited, Avatar: The Last Airbender) serve as showrunners.