A couple of years ago I did a deep dive into the Voltron franchise, including posting episodes of Beast King GoLion, Voltron: Defender Of The Universe (both Lion seasons 1 & season 2 and Vehicle teams), the Fleet Of Doom movie, Voltron: The Third Dimension, and Voltron Force. (Unfortunately Legendary Defender‘s short-lived official post is long since removed and as of this writing I haven’t replaced the motion comic of the Devil’s Due run.) Only recently have I been able to fill in one of the gaps, with the official posting of the Voltron that wasn’t, Lightspeed Electroid Albegas, but still two other animes have alluded me. The Voltron that should have been, Future Robot Daltanious, still doesn’t seem to be available. Tonight however we fill one more hole in what became Vehicle Voltron, Armor Fleet Diarugger XV!
BanDai has created a YouTube channel called BanDai Spirits to host anime it’s releasing toys of and Diarugger happens to be one of their shows. This show follows a group of space explorers seeking new worlds for their overpopulated planets, but run into trouble when a highly territorial enemy shows up to block them. Their only hope are the Rugger Teams and their mighty robot Diarugger. Tonight I bring you the first episode, but make sure you turn on the closed captions unless you speak Japanese.
[UPDATE: 1/28/2021: For whatever reason Bandai Spirits opted to reupload them in clumps, so now it’s episodes 1 through 4. I only have the first episode of the Voltron Vehicle Team however because that would be too many videos.]
[UPDATE 10/16/2025: And now that’s gone as well, but I have this fan post for episode one…for however long it lasts.]
