[ljacone]

Watched the first episode (Raw) of Brave Raideen (Yusha Raidin). I have had Super Robots on my mind lately after picking up the entire run of Marvel's Shogun Warriors comic, and Raideen has been the one which has fascinated me the most. The story is simple enough to follow, so the Raw is no big deal for me (and brings me back to college when Raws were easy to find for Super Sentai and Kamen Rider but fansubs were exceptionally rare).

Anyway, the first episode is fantastic, as Raideen is brought back to life with the help of a young man to battle the resurrected Demon Empire. His temple is in the middle of the ocean so there is plenty of dramatic imagery with Raideen surrounded by water. He has an awesome baritone voice and he knows how to work his sword, which comes out of his buckler shield and is pretty dang cool. No bow, nor Godbird form yet, but this episode made me glad I sought it out.