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.