Shippuu! Iron Leaguer

Synopsis:

Episodes:

• Episode 1: My Name is Ace! (Aired: 04/06/1993)
• Episode 2: Our First Victory! (Aired: 04/13/1993)
• Episode 3: Open Your Eyes Angry Bull (Aired: 04/20/1993)
• Episode 4: Episode 4 (Aired: 04/27/1993)
• Episode 5: Episode 5 (Aired: 05/04/1993)
• ... and 30 more episodes

Characters:

• Ace, Magnum (Main) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Yasunori
• Ginjou, Ruri (Main) - Voice Actors: Yokoyama, Chisa
• Ginjou, Edmond (Main) - Voice Actors: Genda, Tesshou
• Mach Windy (Main) - Voice Actors: Okiayu, Ryoutarou
• Alucard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wakamoto, Norio
• Amp (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takayama, Minami
• Announcer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamazaki, Takumi
• Arm, Gold (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanada, Kiyoyuki
• Armor, Bull (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chafurin
• Bezbez (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yokoyama, Chisa
• Destiny (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Keiji
• Dyke Dyson (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Kiyonobu
• Fighter Arrow (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Masamichi
• Fighter Spirits (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji
• Gerus (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mayama, Ako
• Gilloti (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugawara, Masashi
• Ginjou, Richard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arimoto, Kinryuu
• Gold Foot (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachiki, Fumihiko
• Gold Mask (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oota, Shinichirou
• Guevara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Houchuu
• GZ (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hori, Yukitoshi
• Haseman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuji, Shinpachi
• Hiroshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takano, Urara
• Island, Georgy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Yukari
• Kiai, Ryuuken (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horikawa, Ryo
• Kiwami, Juurouta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei
• Kris (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horimoto, Hitoshi
• Mariko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Yukari
• Meckel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bando, Naoki
• Pot (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Maruta, Mari
• Ritchie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Kazuhiro
• Rogashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bando, Naoki
• Seagull (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Isshin
• Silky (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugawara, Masashi
• Topjoy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kosugi, Juurouta
• Watt (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Adachi, Shinobu
• Wild Hawk (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Akio

Staff:

• Minami, Masahiko (Producer)
• Amino, Tetsurou (Director, Script, Storyboard)
• Oohata, Kiyotaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Satou, Ikurou (Episode Director)
• Watanabe, Shinichirou (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Yamamoto, Yasuichiro (Episode Director, Animation Director)
• Aikawa, Shou (Script)
• Inari, Akihiko (Script)
• Himaki, Yuji (Storyboard)
• Nishimura, Junji (Storyboard)
• Shinohara, Toshiya (Storyboard)
• Yamaguchi, Yuuji (Storyboard)
• Matsumoto, Yasunori (Theme Song Performance)
• Okiayu, Ryoutarou (Theme Song Performance)
• Yokoyama, Chisa (Theme Song Performance)
• Higashi, Junichi (Art Director)
• Ikai, Kazuyuki (Animation Director)
• Komori, Takahiro (Key Animation, Animation Director)
• Matsumoto, Norio (Key Animation)
• Motohashi, Hideyuki (Animation Director)
• Ninomiya, Tsuneo (Character Design)
• Ookubo, Hiroshi (Key Animation)
• Shigeta, Satoshi (Key Animation)
• Sugiura, Kouji (Animation Director)
• Tominaga, Mari (Key Animation)
• Wada, Kaoru (Music)
• Watabe, Keisuke (Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation)
• Yamaguchi, Ryota (Screenplay)
• Yatate, Hajime (Original Creator)
• Yoshinari, Kou (Key Animation)

Reviews:

• User zabovenaught (Score: 8/10):
  Shippu! Iron Leaguer is not an incredible show, and you should watch it. Especially if you like robots. This is one of my all-time favourites. It's probably fair to say that at no point in its life was this show a chart-topper. From its.. interesting robot designs and continually subpar animation to its repetitive and often limited soundtrack and aggressively corny plot beats, Iron Leaguer is clearly not the cream the of the crop. It never received an English release, so the vast majority of its English-speaking viewers have been given the opportunity to see it thanks to the efforts of fansubbers Alpha Numbers and SilverCastle. I think it's pretty telling, then, that most reviews here from those that have watched the whole show have given it a better score than those elements perhaps deserve.nnOn a surface level, this is a weird combination of a half-assed sports anime that's more about sportsmanship than actually playing sport, and a sentient mecha show that dips into the ethics of robotics. Kinda. If you like the talking, feeling kind of robots, this is going to be very up your alley. nnThe run-of-the-mill sports championship content of this show is underpinned by a deeper, weirdly darker narrative about old robots being retired and used for war. Perhaps inadvertently, this intrigue is coupled with a surprisingly effective framing of our enigmatic protagonist Magnum Ace that starts suspenseful, turns into something deeply interesting, and is concluded with an arc that breaks open the consequences of that mystery and interrogates his character, using him as a metaphor for the moral basis of the show. Iron Leaguer is not well written on a moment-to-moment basis, but over its 52-episode run this throughline is bewilderingly well-executed.nnThe rest of the main cast, for the most part, spend their focus episodes being interesting and endearing and then fade into the background as soon as they're over. The plots often alternate between being cheesy and outright ridiculous, and so much of this show is unintentionally funny that it makes an amazing drinking game.nnThe show sucks. But it has a driving plot that works, enough interesting characters at any given time to support it, and most of all - elevating it above other lackluster old animes, imo - it has heart. Give it a chance and if it's for you, you'll see what I mean.
• User betabeta (Score: 8/10):
  one of the things on the amazon jp site that caught my eye was somebody said I HAVE TO show this anime to my child. I totally agree!! good message and fun to watch. I feel that fans of this show are crazy fans even if they haven’t seen the show in years. I can only imagine the joy the Japanese fans felt when the show finally got released to DVD 10 years after airing. This is definitely a special anime. It’s so goood that you can tell in 1993 or 4 or whenever that they’re never going to make something this good again or ratheri wish they would! In other words, a true classic! I am calling this a classic because of the QUALITY not because it’s old or the first anime to do x. I wish people would stop calling boring old animes as classic because it’s old. I wish people would stop saying oh it’s the nostalgia or whatever to dismiss 90s/80s anime (it basically depends on the anime). For me i remember I loved watching a bunch of anime as a child and remember they were fun. But then i watched some of those again years later after I forget all the details and then after re-watching i went what ? that’s it? i realized at that point it’s ONLY really fun for children but not for me now. It’s not a bad thing necessarily. Some pass that test, some don’t. it’s pretty obvious whether it does or not. LET ME TELL you that this anime shines now and then. I would guess that when I was a child I wasn’t drawn to this anime… you know robots + sports screams shounen anime. I probably watched on a whim and then realized the show is actually REALLY good. I feel like there’s no such thing as I hate x genre in anime. I think it means you haven’t a seen a good anime in that genre. That’s another reason why I think it’s special. I hate shonen anime and this one is if you try to categorize it from the nature of the show but it’s so gooooooood. Whenever say ugh this anime went all shonen on me I mean that in the worst way possible lol… ie the end of kurenai. despite that there are “shonen” anime that I do like.nnI feel like this anime could only be done via anime and that too adds to the specialness of the anime. If it was 26 eps, it wouldn’t be as good, if it was live action that would be really difficult lol… For nodame cantabile I was thinking how the animation is not that anime and so it’s not as expressive as iron leaguer when it comes to facial expression or any type of expression.. they kept the instrument playing animation to a minimum? for obvious reasons. I was thinking what’s the point of making this into an anime?? I thought the drama was better……
• User luk4z (Score: 7/10):
  Hello, I am only the 1st person on MAL to write a review for the show “Shippuu! Iron Leaguer” and this is also my first review. I hope that my review can give people an idea of what kind of show iron leaguer is and if they want to give this series a chance. Story: 6 The story it takes place in a future where all the sports are played by a team of robots. in this context there is the Silver Castle the worst team in the soccer league, but the fate of the team changes drastically when Magnum Ace, a misterious leaguer, join the teamand recruites other strong leaguers to battle Dark Prince, the strongest team in the series.nnThe story sounds simple and cliché, the pace of the series is very unstable and one of the critics that i have is that 52 episodes is a lot for a simple plot. Aside this the plot have some of misteries that is revealed at bits, the story is divided in 3 arcs the inicial arc that introduces the world the teams and the characters, the second is the stray league arc that goes on another story that it gives the show a nice breath of fresh air and the third arc the world cup tournament.nnArt: 7nIts the typical 90's artstyle and for me its was good but it isn't anything groundbreaking. Some episodes is really good and others is fine at is best, in general there's consistency.nnSound: 5nThe sound is mediocre at is best, there just 2 or 3 song that i can say that i like aside from the opening, the rest is very forgetful.nnCharacters: 7nFirst the VA/Seiyuus the cast is really good, famous names and voices that are remarkable. saying that most of the characters have their own personality specially the main characters but there are a little to none development, this the classic what you see is what you get. All that aside every characters have their moments and their time to shine with all of then being likeable.nnEnjoyment: 7nI can say that i enjoy this anime, mostly because i feel attracted to this 80's/90's obscure animes. But i can pointed that this is a decent and well built show and if you want to watch a light, simple and fun anime this a excellent choice.nnOverall: 7nIron Leaguer is definitely not going to be a show for everyone. You have to be very open-minded to old-school animes. You have to be patient because some episodes don't advance much to the plot. The theme can represent what the 90's was for the anime industry (a decade very experimental for anime plots). It may get a bit repetitive and be far from perfect, but the solid characters and a fun and easygoing feeling can turn this show a very fun and pleasant gem.nnThis is my first review in the MAL so i expected to make a decent job.
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