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Encyclopedia > Brave Raideen
Yūsha Raidīn
勇者ライディーン
(Brave Reideen)
Genre Mecha
TV anime
Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Tadao Nagahama
Studio Sunrise, Tohokushinsha
Network TV Asahi
Original run 4 April 1975 – 26 March 1976
No. of episodes 50

Brave Reideen (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. It has also been loosely translated to Heroic Rydeen. Image File history File links BraveReideen. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ... Television redirects here. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 由悠季 Tomino Yoshiyuki) (b. ... Tadao Nagahama (忠夫 長浜 Nagahama Tadao) (b. ... Sunrise logo Founded in 1972, Sunrise Inc. ... Tohokushinsha Film Corporation is a japanese company that produces anime. ... This article is about the television network in Japan. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Super Robot Mazinger Z. Super Robot is a term used in manga and anime to describe a giant robot or mecha, with an arsenal of fantastic super-powered weapons, sometimes transformable or combined from two or more robots and/or vehicles usually piloted by young, daring heroes, and often... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Tohokushinsha Film Corporation is a japanese company that produces anime. ... Sunrise logo Founded in 1972, Sunrise Inc. ... This article is about the television network in Japan. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Contents

Story

After a slumber of 12 millennia, the Demon Empire returns to seize control of the Earth. Reideen, the giant robot-like protector of the lost continent of Mu, senses the evil presence and awakens within its golden pyramid, revealing to young Japanese boy Akira Hibiki that he is the one descendant of the ancient Mu people who must help Reideen save Earth. Underwater structures controversially identified as remnants of Mu, near Yonaguni, Japan Mu is the name of a lost land, or hypothetical vanished continent, that was once located in the Pacific Ocean but is now (like Atlantis and Lemuria, with which it is sometimes identified) believed to have sunk beneath the...


He was assisted by his friends, token girl Mari Sakurano (daughter of a scientist fighting the Demon Empire) and several members of his high school soccer team.


Production notes

  • The Brave Reideen series is renowned in Japan as the first to include a giant machine of mysterious and mystical origins. Reideen is in fact portrayed as a sentient being. Also, the inclusion of the Mu myth would be imitated in other anime, such as Super Atragon, and more recently in RahXephon. It was also the first anime mecha work of anime director and writer Yoshiyuki Tomino, better known as the creator of Gundam. The latter half was directed by Tadao Nagahama, and may be seen as a predecessor to his famous Romantic Trilogy, consisting of Combattler V, Voltes V and Daimos.
  • This series was the second collaboration between writer/director Yoshiyuki Tomino and artist Yasuhiko Yoshikazu. The first work to feature both men was Wandering Sun (Sasurai no Taiyō) (1971). The two would later team up again for both Mobile Suit Gundam and Gundam F-91.
  • The series is also considered the first super robot anime to reach a large US audience directly. It was shown on the New York Japanese community channel 47 with subtitles produced by Hawaii's Kiku TV. [1]. The series first appeared on US television in June 1976, Sunday nights at 8:00 P.M. on San Francisco, CA's KEMO TV-20. Later in 1976, the series began running on KMUV TV-31 in Sacramento, CA (night and timeslot to be confirmed). The show was also distributed to Japanese-American television stations in Los Angeles and Chicago, and was sponsored by Honolulu-based Marukai Trading Company, who distributed Japanese-produced merchandise to local retailers in localities airing Raideen - according to author August Ragone.
  • In the 1990's the series was remade as Reideen the Superior (超者ライディーン; Chōja Raidīn), directed by Toshifumi Kawase.
  • According to RahXephon director Yutaka Izubuchi, the similarity of designs and powers of the title robots and the basic plots of RahXephon and Raideen are intentional.[2][3]

Original run 21 January 2002 – 10 September 2002 No. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ... Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 由悠季 Tomino Yoshiyuki) (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tadao Nagahama (忠夫 長浜 Nagahama Tadao) (b. ... Choudenji Robo Combattler V is the first of Tadao Nagahamas Romantic Trilogy Categories: | | ... Voltes V is a Japanese anime television series that was first aired on TV Asahi starting April 6, 1977. ... Tosshou Daimos (闘将ダイモス, Brave Leader (or Fighting King) Daimos) is a televised anime series produced by Nihon Sunrise. ... Wandering Sun ) was a televised anime series created, written and directed by Kaisuke Fujikawa, and which ran for 26 episodes in 1971. ... Mobile Suit Gundam ) is a televised anime series written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and made up of 43 episodes aired in 1979. ... The anime movie, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, was Gundam creator Tomino Yoshiyukis attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Chars Counterattack. ... NY redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... KIKU-TV is an independent television station based in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕, Izubuchi Yutaka, born 12 August 1958 in Tokyo, Japan) is an illustrator, anime designer and director. ...

Remake

Brave Raideen's remake will air in 2007


Staff

Chief Director for Episode 1-26: Yoshiyuki Tomino Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 由悠季 Tomino Yoshiyuki) (b. ...


Director for Episode 27-50: Tadao Nagahama Tadao Nagahama (忠夫 長浜 Nagahama Tadao) (b. ...


Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Tomino Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 由悠季 Tomino Yoshiyuki) (b. ...


Original creator: Yoshitake Suzuki


Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Yasuhiko Yoshikazu (安彦 良和) is a well-known man in the anime industry. ...


Animation director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Yasuhiko Yoshikazu (安彦 良和) is a well-known man in the anime industry. ...


Merchandise

The original toy figures of Reideen (renamed "Raydeen") were introduced to the U.S. market as part of the Shogun Warriors during late 1970s under the Mattel brand. For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Shogun Warriors were a line of toys, licensed by Mattel during the late 1970s that consisted of a series of imported Japanese robots all based on then-popular giant robot anime shows. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Mattel Inc. ...


Remakes

Brave Raideen has been re-created several times.

  • Reideen the Superior (Chōja Raideen) : A remake by Sunrise that aired October 2, 1996–June 25, 1997.
  • Production I.G. is currently producing a remake of Brave Reideen, entitled REIDEEN. Its debut is slated for spring 2007.

October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brave Raideen (勇者ライディーン - Yûsha Raidîn) is a Super Robot anime series. ...

References

  1. ^ Clements, Jonatha. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5
  2. ^ Broestl, Sean (2006). Anime Expo 2006 - Yutaka Izubuchi Focus Panel. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 11 July, 2006.
  3. ^ Wong, Amos (February 2003). "Interview with Yutaka Izubuchi". Newtype USA 2 (2): 14-15. 

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