RE: [Noise] About Reideen...
Califf, Jennifer (jcaliff@nsai-petro.com)
Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:58:44 -0500
>>REAALLLY ? Is Reideen a TV anime or OVA ? What is it about ? I want
>>to know about it. Please enlighten me !
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>>Ondine
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>Reideen the Superior is a TV show still running in Japan- it's basically
>about... well, sorta sentai warriors, I guess. I can't really explain...
>don't really wanna explain... ^^;; Jennifer? Do you want to?
>
>Monica
Okay, I'll do what I can.
Reideen at its heart is a sentai show about five cute guys who call upon
the powers of God-Reideen and turn into armored bird-like warriors. In
fact, they have a second stage transformation "God Bird Change" where
they turn into mechanical brids. It's an update of an old show that was
on years ago. A lot of people don't like Reideen because it seems like
a formula sentai show trying to capitalize on the Gundam Wing - five
cute guys - phenominon. However, the show , to me at least, has a
quirky sense of humor. Our main hero, Hishou, is terminally depressed
at first because his girlfriend took a dive off the top of the school
and ends up in the hospital in the first episode. Just watching the
first episode, the show seems to drag a little. Then in the second
episode they start to introduce the other characters (1st five eps =
each of the five guys). One of the guys, Ace is the token blonde
Amercian former gang member whose shirt is always unbuttoned. I can
never remember the names of most of the characters when I'm not watching
it, so forgive me. Anyway, most people can't see the heros or the
monsters they're fighting(why I still don't know), but a few people can.
One is this woman (name?) who showed up in episode two with Ace and
who decided to take these five guys and turn them into an idol group
called the Angels. A lot of the early stories had to do with them tring
to find ways to break into showbiz. Another who can see them is a girl
named Kirari (?) who is a popular idol star. Coincidentally?, she looks
exactly like Hishou's girlfriend!
The most unique thing about Reideen though is what we touched on
earlier. See, when the guys go through their transformations sequences,
they rip their clothes off. Okay, they end up with battle armor. But,
when the fighting is over and they change back, the clothes don't
magically reappear! Instead, we have five cute naked guys! Usually,
their manager shows up with clothes for them. It can be a really funny
show at times.
Incidentally, the main plot has something to do with an ancient alien
who was sealed by Reideen way back when has returned to conquer/destroy?
the earth, and so he's collecting these crystals that are hidden all
over Japan. He send his youma out to get the crystals, never sets foot
in battle, and even though the youma are always destroyed by Reideen, he
always (at least for the 1st however many episodes) gets the crystals.
I am very behind in watching the show and haven't seen most of the
recent stuff, so I don't know how that part of the story turns out yet.
I do know that later on there is another idol group called the Hearts
who also transform, but I haven't watched enough recently to comment.
It's a cute show, and the most recent episode I've watched seems much
more serious than most of the early stuff. I'm going to go back and
watch the rest of the episodes this weekend.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer
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