Reideen (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese animated television series remake of the 1975 Super Robot anime Reideen The Brave. It was produced by Production I.G and directed by Mitsuru Hongo. It was originally broadcast on the satellite network Wowow in 2007. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime for North American release.[1]
The anime series has a two-volume manga counterpart, running in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace from November 25, 2006, to July 26, 2007.
The show is the only entry of the Reideen series to not be animated by Sunrise who previously animated the original 1975 Brave Reideen and the 1996 re-imagining Reideen the Superior.
Overview
Junki Saiga is a normal high school student with a gift in mathematics. His daily routine is disrupted when his family gets news that his father's remains have been discovered - a noted archaeologist and researcher who had gone missing while exploring a site many years before.