The first known "Transformer" robot in Japan. Raideen transforms into a birdlike ship called the God Bird.
The toys for this anime series were featured in Mattel's successful "Shogun Warriors" toy collection in America. Raideen was renamed "Raydeen".
San Francisco rock band The Tubes has a song called "God-Bird Change". A choreographed version of the song was performed on the 1977 Now tour in which Raideen makes an onstage appearance.
In 1975, a diecast toy version of Raideen, was released in Japan by the toy company Popy. It was the first transforming robot toy, creating a new trend in the toy market.
This was the first mecha anime to be directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, who went on to create the "Gundam" franchise.
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