Raideen
| Brave Raideen | |
Promotional artwork by Tohokushinsha company
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勇者ライディーン (Yūsha Raidīn) |
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| Genre | Mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
Yoshiyuki Tomino (01-26) Tadao Nagahama (27-50) |
| Written by |
Masaki Tsuji Sōji Yoshikawa |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | April 4, 1975 – March 26, 1976 |
| Episodes | 50 |
| Anime television series | |
| Raideen the Superior | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Kawase |
| Written by |
Fumihiko Shimo Hideki Sonoda |
| Music by | Kenichi Sudo Kiyoshi Murakami Tom Keane |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 2, 1996 – June 25, 1997 |
| Episodes | 38 |
| Anime television series | |
| Reideen | |
| Directed by | Mitsuru Hongo |
| Written by | Masahiro Yokotani |
| Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
| Studio | Production I.G. |
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| Original network | WOWOW |
| Original run | March 3, 2007 – September 1, 2007 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Brave Raideen (勇者ライディーン Yūsha Raidīn?) is a super robot anime series. Produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Sunrise, it aired on NET (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a total of 50 episodes. The official name being Raideen the Brave, it is mainly known as "Brave Raideen" or "Heroic Raydeen". A series called Raideen the Superior (超者ライディーン?) was broadcast from 1996 to 1997 on TV Tokyo, and another series called Reideen was broadcast in 2007 on WOWOW.
After a slumber of twelve millennia, the Demon Empire awakens to seize control of the Earth. Raideen, the giant robot-like protector of the lost continent of Mu, senses the evil presence and awakens within its golden pyramid. A young Japanese boy, Akira Hibiki, is alerted about the Demon Empire by a mysterious voice and rushes to the pyramid. It is soon revealed that Akira is a descendant of the ancient people of Mu who must help Raideen save the Earth. Akira enters the robot by accelerating his motorcycle to a high speed and then throws himself upward, allowing a beam from the robot to pull him into the robot's head and into an internal cockpit from where he assumes control of Raideen. Akira is aided by Mari Sakurano, who happens to be the daughter of a prominent scientist, and his friends from the soccer club. Half way through the story the Demon Empire's master, Barao, is released from his statue prison and intends to finish what he started twelve thousand years earlier.
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