Yuusha Raideen

Brave Raideen
Promotional artwork by Tohokushinsha company
勇者ライディーン (Yūsha Raidīn)
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.
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
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.

Raideen turns into an eagle-like jet for faster flight and often used for Raideen's finishing attacks.

A fighter that assists Raideen early into the series. It is armed with a variety of weapons.

First premiers in episode 21 and is piloted by Araiso and the children of the series. Powers include an extendable boxing glove (later two), claw hands for bashing, can be used as a submarine, a slingshot in the torso, and explosives attached to balloons.

The leader of the Demon Empire and appears in every episode starting with episode 2. He is an 800 meter tall demon from the Underworld that sought the power of the Star of Ra Mu and used his minions, primarily of dromes and demon robots, led by the demon brothers Gohrai and Gekido, and Baragon leading the fossil beasts and colossal monsters. If Kibango's origin in episode 24 indicates anything during these events it is that Barao had successfully kept at war with the Mu for at least two thousand years. Eventually the Mu managed to use the Star of Ra Mu to defeat Barao by imprisoning him in a statue until the events of the series and created Raideen to slay any future members of the Demon Empire that would eventually return; however, Raideen would require the control of someone half Mu and half human in order to operate to handle its power. Upon reawakening from his statue prison, Barao had lost his memories of Ra Mu, but still managed to recollect memories of his empire and those who served him. In episode 41 he begins to regain his memories due to the resurrection of Princess Lemuria (daughter of King Ra Mu and mother of Akira).