Koutetsushin Jeeg

Synopsis:

Episodes:

• Episode 1: Build Up, Koutetsu Jeeg! (Aired: 04/05/2007)
• Episode 2: Queen Himika Reborn! Revival of the Jama Empire (Aired: 04/12/2007)
• Episode 3: Tame the Crazy Horse! Explosion! Hell Slap! (Aired: 04/19/2007)
• Episode 4: Underwater Battle! Giga Shooter is Ready! (Aired: 04/26/2007)
• Episode 5: In a Trance?! The Dreadful Trap of the Jama Empire! (Aired: 05/10/2007)
• ... and 8 more episodes

Characters:

• Kusanagi, Kenji (Main) - Voice Actors: Ono, Daisuke, Triggiani, Massimo
• Misumi, Kyo (Main) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Susumu, Raffaeli, Daniele, Di Naccio, Guido
• Tamashiro, Tsubaki (Main) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Kana, Di Pisa, Loretta
• Mido, Tatsuko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okamura, Akemi, Serpelloni, Mattea
• Queen Himika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Akiko, Di Caccamo, Irene
• Saotome, Monko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mori, Natsuki, De Roberto, Roberta
• Shiba, Hiroshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suwabe, Junichi, Di Martino, Danilo
• Uzuki, Miwa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rossi, Emanuela
• Yagyuu, Mitsuko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noda, Junko, Marini, Vanina

Staff:

• Hosokawa, Osamu (Producer)
• Kitaura, Hiroyuki (Producer)
• Maruyama, Shunpei (Producer)
• Watanabe, Takashi (Producer)
• Kawagoe, Jun (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Iwanami, Yoshikazu (Sound Director)
• Igarashi, Shishou (Episode Director)
• Kawamura, Tomoyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director)
• Okajima, Kunitoshi (Episode Director)
• Oohira, Naoki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Kakihara, Yuuko (Script)
• Isako, Kiyotaka (Storyboard)
• Sano, Takashi (Storyboard)
• GRANRODEO (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
• JAM Project (Theme Song Performance)
• Abe, Munetaka (Key Animation, Animation Director, Principle Drawing)
• Abe, Yasuhiko (Director of Photography)
• Baba, Ryuuichi (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
• Ebara, Yasuyuki (Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director, Animation Director)
• Hayakawa, Tadashi (Series Composition)
• Hayama, Kenji (Animation Director, Character Design)
• Hirano, Yoshihisa (Music)
• Iguchi, Chuuichi (Animation Director)
• Itou, Takeshi (Principle Drawing, Key Animation, Animation Director)
• Itou, Kouji (Animation Director, Key Animation)
• Kamogawa, Takahiro (Key Animation)
• Kanetaka, Rika (Key Animation)
• Kikuchi, Akira (Animation Director, Key Animation, Character Design)
• Kishi, Tomohiro (Key Animation)
• Kobayashi, Yukihiro (Key Animation)
• Komine, Masatada (Animation Director)
• Koyama, Yasumasa (Sound Effects)
• Nagai, Go (Original Creator)
• Nagata, Masami (Animation Director)
• Nagura, Satoshi (2nd Key Animation)
• Nakamura, Ryouko (Key Animation)
• Okuno, Haruo (Key Animation)
• Saitou, Hisashi (Key Animation)
• Sakamoto, Nobuto (Art Director)
• Satou, Osamu (Animation Director)
• Suda, Masami (Key Animation)
• Taguma, Jun (Editing)
• Tanabe, Kenji (Key Animation)
• Yamane, Masahiro (Key Animation)
• Yamashita, Masahito (Animation Director, Key Animation)

Reviews:

• User MS06FZ (Score: 7/10):
  A good place to start here is with what Koutetsushin Jeeg does right. It has a good soundtrack. It has some genuinely funny moments. It has an awesome mech design. However, it's at its core a reboot of a super robot show that, while hugely popular apparently in Italy, is pretty obscure otherwise in the West. It unfortunately references the original a lot, and has appearances from the cast. It's also a little rushed at the end, being only 13 episodes. Some more episodes to flesh out the backstory, introduce the key plot elements of the ending arc and perhaps just to let some of Jeeg'sforms get more use would make it a lot better.nnIt's nice to have a super robot show that doesn't take itself seriously at all. The eyecatches are often funny, and very well drawn, and the basic premise of taking a loutish biker and telling him to save the world (while surrounding him with attractive women) is simple and effective. However, the villains are ultimately not particularly interesting, mainly because they don't do very much. Queen Himika is less memorable even than Lord Pasdar from GaoGaiGar, and that's something given she's 100% woman living in a volcano and he's a face attached to a chunk of metal. The enemy designs are interesting for the most part, although not very memorable or iconic compared to stuff like the Mechanical Beasts or the Dinosaur Empire.nnJAM Project did a brilliant job with the OP and insert song, one must say, and that's a strong point in the show's favour. The combination sequence (which, if too long or uninteresting, can make watching a super robot show tedious) is largely unobtrusive and used as part of a rather funny scene in one episode - so no complaints there.nnUltimately, Koutetsushin Jeeg is a rushed show. If it had been a full 26 episodes, there's a chance it could have been great on the level of Shin Mazinger, but as it is you feel it's just got going before it's all over. Watch it if you want a funny and exciting show, but be prepared to take its flaws with its strengths.

Forum Topics:

• Koutetsushin Jeeg Episode 13 Discussion
• Koutetsushin Jeeg Episode 2 Discussion
• Koutetsushin Jeeg Episode 6 Discussion

External Links:

• Official Site
• AniDB
• ANN
• Wikipedia

Related Anime/Manga:

• Koutetsu Jeeg (anime - Prequel)