| Reideen the Brave | |
 Promotional artwork by Tohokushinsha company | |
| 勇者ライディーン (Yūsha Raidīn) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mecha |
| Created by | Yoshitake Suzuki |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino (#01–25) Tadao Nagahama (#26–50)[1] |
| Written by | Masaki Tsuji Sōji Yoshikawa |
| Music by | Akihiro Komori |
| Studio | Soeisha |
| Original network | ANN (NET) |
| Original run | April 4, 1975 – March 26, 1976 |
| Episodes | 50 |
| Anime television series | |
| Reideen the Superior | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Kawase |
| Produced by | Yumi Murase Hirofumi Umeshita Toru Hasegawa |
| Written by | Fumihiko Shimo Hideki Sonoda Ritsuko Hayakawa Hiroaki Kitajima Nobuaki Kishima |
| Music by | Kenichi Sudo Kiyoshi Murakami Tom Keane |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 2, 1996 – June 25, 1997 |
| Episodes | 38 |
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Reideen the Brave[2] (勇者ライディーン, Yūsha Raidīn), also known as "Brave Reideen" or "Heroic Raydeen", is a super robot anime series created by Tohokushinsha and Produced by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise). It aired on Nihon Educational Television (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a total of 50 episodes. The series is marked as the first mecha anime series to introduce and popularize the concept of Transforming Mecha, which is also tied to its marketing gimmick in the 70's.
Two spiritual remakes based on the series were made later after the original aired: the first one titled Reideen the Superior (超者ライディーン, Chōja Raidīn) was broadcast from 1996 to 1997 on TV Tokyo, and another called Reideen was broadcast in 2007 on WOWOW.