Rodan: The Animated Series

Rodan: The Animated Series is a Japanese/American animated tokusatsu Kaiju series that airs on Cartoon Network. The show takes place half a century after the events of Rodan (1956) as well as it takes place in a different timeline.

Plot
60 years after Japan was attacked by two giant pteranodons nicknamed Rodan, a nest was found near Mount Aso as when other giant monsters and aliens appear to wreak havoc as this new Rodan emerges from his egg and spreads his wings as he protects Japan from other threats.

Protagonists

 * Dr. Ishiro Kawamura

Monsters

 * Rodan - A giant irradiated pteranodon and the offspring of the very two Rodans that attacked Japan in 1956.
 * Meganulon - Giant prehistoric insects from another dimension. These creatures also appeared in 1956. Meganula - The adult form of Meganulon.
 * Hibagon - a Bigfoot like creature that has been sighted near Hiroshima since 1973.
 * Maguma - a giant walrus.
 * Gigan: a cyborg-enhanced species of alien.
 * Zilla
 * Godzilla - a giant radioactive dinosaur and the successor of the first creature that attacked Tokyo in 1954.
 * Megaguirus - a prehistoric dragonfly and queen of the meganula.

Episodes

 * Episode One: The Monster of the Skies
 * Air Date:
 * December 26, 2015 (Japan)
 * January, 7, 2016 (USA/Canada)
 * Monsters: Rodan
 * Summary: 60 years after the 'Rodan Incident' in 1956, mysterious mutilations and sightings of a flying creature have occurred around the very place where it first happened: Mount Aso. A team of scientists lead by Dr. Kawamura of the University of Tokyo travels to the volcano around the same time to explore the deep caverns of Mt. Aso, not explored since 1993.

Episode Two: A Swarm in the Night

 * Air Date
 * January 13, 2016 (Japan)
 * February 18, 2016 (USA/Canada)
 * Monsters: Rodan, Meganulon, Meganula
 * Summary:

Episode Three:

 * Air Date:
 * (Japan)
 * (USA/Canada)

Trivia

 * Since the show takes place in a different universe, Rodan's appearance in Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster never occurred.
 * Toho has confirmed that Godzilla will appear on the show due to his popularity and to promote Godzilla: Resurgence.