Grendizer U is coming soon. A second trailer for the anime has been released, and it reveals that the show will begin airing this July, while also previewing the opening theme song “Kaishin no Ichigeki” by GLAY.
Grendizer began in the 70s with the Toei Animation-produced TV anime UFO Robot Grendizer Raids, which ran from 1975 to 1977 with 74 episodes. Co-created by Go Nagai and Dynamic Pro, it took place in the same setting as earlier Nagai co-creations Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger.
After its debut, the Grendizer robot also made appearances in titles like UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger and Grendizer, Getta Robot G., Great Mazinger: The Decisive Battle! Huge Sea Animal. While the original series was airing, a manga version was serialized from 1975 to 1977 in TV Magazine. Nagai was in charge of its first eight chapters, while Yuu Okazawa (Mobile Suit Gundam manga [Bouken Ou version]) was involved for chapters 9 to 18.
The Grendizer U website describes the plot as:
Staff
• Chief director: Mitsuo Fukuda (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
• Director: Shun Kudou (Kimi dake ni Motetainda.)
• Character designer: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Summer Wars, Great Pretender)
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Ichirou Ookouchi (Code Geass, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury)
• Scriptwriter: Tatsuto Higuchi (Fuuto PI series composer)
• Mechanical designer: Kou Inaba (Macross Delta Zettai Live!!! co-mechanical designer)
• Mechanical designer: AF_KURO (SHOJO-HATSUDOKI illustrator)
• Mechanical designer: Astray’s Junichi Akutsu (Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE co-mechanical designer)
• Main animator: Hiroyuki Taiga (Girly Air Force mechanical designer)
• Main animator: Takashi Hashimoto (Revue Starlight the Movie co-main animator)
• Main animator: Rihiro Yamane (Fuuto PI Kamen Rider Dopant co-animator)
• Main animator: Toru Yoshida (Gattai Robot Atranger director)
• Sub-character designer: Mari Araki
• Music composer: Kouhei Tanaka(One Piece co-composer, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team)
• Animation production: GAINA
Cast
• Miyu Irino as Duke Fleed
• Hiro Shimono as Koji Kabuto
• Sumire Uesaka as Sayaka Yumi
• Nao Touyama as Hikaru Makiba
• Minami Tanaka as Grace Maria Fleed (Duke’s daughter)
• Haruka Tomatsu as Telonna Aqua Vega and Rubina Aqua Vega
Source: Manga Productions YouTube channel