Rodan: The Animated Series

Rodan: The Animated Series is a American cartoon series based off characters from the Godzilla franchise created by Toho. The show takes place half a century after the events of Rodan (1956) as well as taking place in a different timeline.

Plot
60 years after Japan was attacked by two giant pteranodon Kaiju 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
 * Alexa Kitolov: Ishiro's Russian wife

Antagonists

 * Mitsuo Katagiri - the head of government agency Crisis Control Intelligence, which seeks to eliminate all Kaiju, which they see as a threat to Japan.

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 known as Yggdrasil. These creatures also appeared in 1956, prior to the Rodan Incident.
 * Meganula - The adult form of Meganulon.
 * Maguma - A giant walrus, and one of earth's few naturally occuring Kaiju.
 * Gigan - A cyborg-enhanced alien from Space Hunters M, Yggdrasil's moon.
 * Zilla - A massive theropod-like mutated iguana, formerly mistaken for another Kaiju.
 * Crustaceous Rex - A terrestrial anomalocaridid desendant from Yggdrasil.
 * Hagane Squadron - Several large mecha
 * MOGUERA - A large humanoid mecha.
 * - A large flying mecha resembling a robotic bat armed with a large variety of sound-based weapons.
 * Anguirus - an anklyosaurid (though millions of years' worth of evolution makes it look and act more like a crocodilian) brought into our world by the same nuclear bomb that created Godzilla.
 * Godzilla - a giant radioactive dinosaur born from atomic radiation and the successor of the first creature that attacked Tokyo in 1954. He is nicknamed the King of the Monsters and the most destructive Kaiju on Earth.
 * Megaguirus - An extremely large Meganula that functions as a queen.

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)

Episode Four:

 * Air Date:

Episode Six: Salamander

 * Air Date:
 * (Japan)
 * Summary: When a giant
 * Summary: When a giant

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.