 Golion ran for 52 episodes and aired between March 1981 through  February 1982. Most of the male protagonists family names (except  Hiroshi Suzuishi) are references to metals: a) Kogane means "gold"  (literally, "yellow gold") b) Shirogane means "silver" (literally,  "white gold") c) Kurogane means "iron" (literally, "black gold") d)  Seidou means "bronze" (literally, "blue cooper" or "green cooper")  Around 1999, it was learned that World Events Productions, Inc.  (which owns the English adaptation of "Golion" under the name,  "Voltron: Defender of the Universe") bought the rights of Golion  from Toei Animation Co., the famous Japanese animation studio that  created. This means that World Events has both the rights to the  English adaptation and its original series, very unusual for a  non