The communist terrorist group 'Red May' is based on a real-life terrorist group in Japan, the Red Army, who committed terrorist acts in Japan and Israel in the 1960s.
Based on the one shot manga by Taku Kitazaki.
When released in the US, the main market for anime sales was VHS tapes. R-rated tapes generally sold much better than PG and G-rated tapes. The US distributors were worried there wasn't enough gore, nudity, and profanity in the series to earn an R-rating, so they instructed the director and actors to spice up the English dub with liberal amounts of additional profanity. This resulted in an unintentionally hilarious variety and overage of profane words and lines, all to ensure an R-rating and higher US sales.
The US DVD and Blu-ray from Discotek Media includes two subtitle tracks - one from the censored Manga Entertainment subtitle script and the other is the uncut and uncensored subtitles telling the true Anti-Semitic plot.
Raiden's full name is Isamu Sakata.