Kessen
English title: Decisive Battle
Series title: らいでぃーん
- Studio
- Tôhoku Shinsha Film Corporation, Production I.G
- Animation studio
- Production I.G
- Distributor
- WOWOW
Characters
Junki Saiga, Akira Midorino, Taro Maedasaki, Hana Hoshikawa, Soji Terasaki, Shiori Kobayakawa, Kuraka Saiga, Ringo Saiga
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Yoshihisa Matsumoto
- Series Director
- Mitsuru Hongo
- Associate Director
- Shunsuke Tada
Writing
- Writer
- Toshimitsu Takeuchi
Animation
- Animator
- Megumi Kamiishi, Takashi Mukoda (Animation Director)
Voices
- Voice
- Masataka Azuma (Junki Saiga), Saeko Chiba (Akira Midorino), Shinichirô Miki (Taro Maedasaki), Takako Honda (Hana Hoshikawa), Keiji Fujiwara (Soji Terasaki), Yuka Okada (Shiori Kobayakawa), Kimiko Koyama (Kuraka Saiga), Sayuri (Ringo Saiga)
Music
- Music
- Yoshihiro Ike
Editing
Crew
- Series Supervisors
- Masahiro Yokotani, Mitsuru Hongo
- Art Director
- Masanobu Nomura (Studio Bihou)
- Color Design
- Yoko Watanabe
- Character Design
- Takuya Saito
- Mechanical Design
- Atsushi Takeuchi, Shinji Aramaki
- Prop Design
- Shinji Suetomi
- 3D Director
- Shigeki Hayashi
- Director of Photography
- Makoto Kogawa
- Music
- Yoshihiro Ike
- Sound Director
- Masafumi Mima
Production notes
Production I.G and Tohokushinsha Film Corporation teamed to produce the TV series "Reideen," inspired by the TV classic "Reideen The Brave" (original title: "Yusha Reideen").
When aired in Japan in 1975, "Reideen The Brave" undoubtedly represented a turning point in the history of super robot animation, and a few years later, director Yoshiyuki Tomino and character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko became the creative duo behind the success of "Mobile Suit Gundam."
While inheriting the DNA of Reideen The Brave, the new TV series was not a mere "remake," but, rather, a true "rebirth" of its glorious forebear, featuring lavishly detailed mechanical designs by Atsushi Takeuchi ("IGPX," "Innocence") and Shinji Aramaki ("Appleseed"), stylish character design by Takuya Saito ("Sakura Wars: The Movie"), and visually stunning 3D animation created with the knowhow that made "IGPX" a milestone in computer-generated animation. The music score was entrusted to Yoshihiro Ike, the composer of "Blood: The Last Vampire."
"Reideen" was directed by Mitsuru Hongo ("IGPX," "Outlaw Star").
When aired in Japan in 1975, "Reideen The Brave" undoubtedly represented a turning point in the history of super robot animation, and a few years later, director Yoshiyuki Tomino and character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko became the creative duo behind the success of "Mobile Suit Gundam."
While inheriting the DNA of Reideen The Brave, the new TV series was not a mere "remake," but, rather, a true "rebirth" of its glorious forebear, featuring lavishly detailed mechanical designs by Atsushi Takeuchi ("IGPX," "Innocence") and Shinji Aramaki ("Appleseed"), stylish character design by Takuya Saito ("Sakura Wars: The Movie"), and visually stunning 3D animation created with the knowhow that made "IGPX" a milestone in computer-generated animation. The music score was entrusted to Yoshihiro Ike, the composer of "Blood: The Last Vampire."
"Reideen" was directed by Mitsuru Hongo ("IGPX," "Outlaw Star").