[ANIME] Kotetsushin Jeeg [2007]

Title: Kotetsushin Jeeg (鋼鉄神ジーグ)
Other names: Koutetsushin Jeeg
Type: TV series
Genre: Action, mecha, comedy, romance
Studio: Build Base
Original run: 2007-04-05 ~ 2007-07-12
Episodes: 13
Length: 30 minutes
Network: Wowow
Airtime: Thursday, 23:30 ~ 24:00
Original work: Go Nagai
Director: Jun Kawagoe
Assistant director: Tomoyuki Kawamura
Series organization: Tadashi Hayakawa
Scenario: Tadashi Hayakawa (ep. 1,2,5,12,13), Shoji Tonoike (ep. 3,10), Natsuko Takahashi (ep. 4,8,9), Yuko Kakihara (ep. 6,7,11)
Character design: Akira Kikuchi
Mecha design: Toshiyuki Horii
Haniwa Genjin design: Hiroshi Ogawa
Storyboards: Jun Kawagoe (ep. 1,5,13), Naoki Ohira (ep. 2,12), Tomoyuki Kawamura (ep. 3,10), Atsuo Tobe (ep. 4), Kiyotaka Itani (ep. 6,7,9), Hidehito Ueda (ep. 8), Takashi Sano (ep. 11)
Episode direction: Jun Kawagoe (ep. 1,5), Naoki Ohira (ep. 2,12), Tomoyuki Kawamura (ep. 3,10,13), Susumu Tosaka (ep. 4,11), Kunitoshi Okajima (ep. 6), Junichi Fujise (ep. 7), Masami Furukawa (ep. 8), Tatsuya Igarashi (ep. 9)
Art director: Nobuto Sakamoto
Art: Bic Studio
Background artist: Ryu Sakamoto
Background supervisor: Lee Beom Seon
Colour design: Yukiko Harada
Director of photography: Yasuhiko Abe
Photography: Raretrick
CGI director: Kenji Kobayashi
CGI: Shift-R
Editor: Jun Takuma
Sound director: Miwa Iwanami
Sound work: Jinnan Studio
Music: Yoshihisa Hirano
Music producer: Shunji Inoue
Music work: Lantis
Animation work: Actas
Animation producer: Shunpei Maruyama
Planning: Atsushi Isoyama, Yashima Tokuhara, Yuichi Nakao, Kazuhiro Takenaka, Hiroshi Kato, Shunji Inoue, Minoru Ono, Yoshiro Minezaki
Producer: Takashi Watanabe, Kazuomi Nagai, Satoshi Okazaki, Yoshinaga Minami, Satsuki Mizuno, Kiyoko Matsumura, Osamu Hosokawa, Hiroyuki Kitaura (Wowow)
Production: Build Base
Cast:
Daisuke Ono - Kenji Kusanagi [草薙 剣児（くさなぎ けんじ）]
Kana Ueda - Tsubaki Tamashiro [珠城 つばき（たましろ つばき）]
Susumu Chiba - Kyo Misumi [美角 鏡（みすみ きょう）]
Mako Hyodo - Miwa Tamashiro [珠城 美和（たましろ みわ）]
Yoji Ueda - Senjiro Shiba [司馬 遷次郎（しば せんじろう）]
Junko Noda - Mitsuko Yagyu [柳生 充子（やぎゅう みつこ）] / (柳生隊長)
Natsuki Mori - Monko Saotome [早乙女 門子（さおとめ もんこ）] / (早乙女隊員)
Akemi Okamura - Tatsuko Mido [身堂 竜子（みどう たつこ）] / (身堂隊員)
Junichi Suwabe - Hiroshi Shiba [司馬 宙（しば ひろし）]
Mitsuo Senda - Dairi-hakase [大利博士（だいりはかせ）]
Akiko Kimura - Himika [妃魅禍（ヒミカ）]
Yuichi Ishigami - Ikima [壱鬼馬（イキマ）]
Daisuke Matsuoka - Mimashi [壬魔使（ミマシ）]
Nobuyuki Kobushi - Amaso [阿磨疎（アマソ）]

Theme songs:
-Opening-

·Stormbringer (STORMBRINGER) (vocals: JAM Project, lyrics: Hironobu Kageyama, composition: Hironobu Kageyama, arrangement: Try Force)
-Ending-

·Heaven (HEAVEN) (vocals: Granrodeo, lyrics: Kisho Taniyama, composition: Masaaki Iizuka, arrangement: Masaaki Iizuka)
-Insert song-

·Dead or Alive (vocals: JAM Project, lyrics: Hironobu Kageyama, composition: Hironobu Kageyama, arrangement: Try Force)

Home video:
-DVD-

2007-07-18; Kotetsushin Jeeg #1+box, 1 disc, Pony Canyon, PCBG-50911 (rental PCBG-70911), JAN:4988013314443
http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_SKH_1010&CMD=DSP&DSP_SKHBNG=200700000656&DSP_SKHKETSEQ=001
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http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3360470/s/
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000PTYR1Y

2007-08-17; Kotetsushin Jeeg #2, 1 disc, Pony Canyon, PCBG-50912 (rental PCBG-70912), JAN:4988013327245
http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_SKH_1010&CMD=DSP&DSP_SKHBNG=200700000739&DSP_SKHKETSEQ=001
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http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3377572/s/
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000QJLVDA

2007-09-19; Kotetsushin Jeeg #3, 1 disc, Pony Canyon, PCBG-50913 (rental PCBG-70913), JAN:4988013327443
http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_SKH_1010&CMD=DSP&DSP_SKHBNG=200700000903&DSP_SKHKETSEQ=001
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http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3389171/s/
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000QJLVDK

2007-10-17; Kotetsushin Jeeg #4, 1 disc, Pony Canyon, PCBG-50914 (rental PCBG-70914), JAN:4988013327641
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http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000QJLVDU

2007-11-21; Kotetsushin Jeeg #5, 1 disc, Pony Canyon, PCBG-50915 (rental PCBG-70915), JAN:4988013326842
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http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000QJLVD0

2007-12-19; Kotetsushin Jeeg #6, 1 disc, Pony Canyon, PCBG-50916 (rental PCBG-70916), JAN:4988013328044
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http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000QJLVE4

2008-01-16; Kotetsushin Jeeg #7, 1 disc, Pony Canyon, PCBG-50917 (rental PCBG-70917), JAN:4988013328242
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-BD-

2009-03-18; Kotetsushin Jeeg Blu-ray Disc Box, 4 discs, Pony Canyon, PCXG-60002, JAN:4988013762343
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Music:
-Singles-

2007-04-25; Stormbringer, 1 CD, Lantis, LACM-4360, JAN:4540774403608
http://www.lantis.jp/new-release/data.php?id=dafc5c8d6b7af0d503f6a77acc644098
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http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3318564/s/
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2007-05-23; Heaven, 1 CD, Lantis, LACM-4369, JAN:4540774403691
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http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3337671/s/
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000OYCMXA

-Album-

2007-06-27; Kotetsushin Jeeg Original Soundtrack, 1 CD, Lantis, LACA-5647, JAN:4540774506477
http://www.lantis.jp/new-release/data.php?id=3d797507fae81a22f021a27c8b30cf28
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Probably the best super robot anime of Go Nagai to integrate the orignal work. I (jfgslo) only rate Mazinkaiser: Shito! Ankoku Daishogun above this anime and Shin Mazinger at the same level, but Kotetsushin Jeeg has something that these two don't: a direct link to the original series within the story. The press material sums it up quite well: "A simple tale of 'Good versus Evil' while at the same time a robot anime created for the sake of the adult core audience." Simply put, you will appreciate this at its best if you have seen the original anime or manga. It is also quite a treat if you know about other works of Nagai like Denso-jin Baruber (or Barubar), Harenchi Gakuen or X Bomber. My favorite moment is when Micchi and Hiroshi meet again after 50 years. There is nothing confusing in the story and the plot points are resolved the way they should at the end. This is an excellent anime for fans of the original series. The origin of the new characters and the updated mythology behind the enemies are also great. It's too bad that it has not been released in other countries. An Italian release by d/visual was planned some years ago, but I don't know if the anime will still be released. I hope it does.

Links:
http://jeeg.tv/
http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/jeeg/
http://anidb.net/a5022
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/ei_koutetusinji-gu.html
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/鋼鉄神ジーグ
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=326994
http://www.anime.marumegane.com/2007/jeeg.html
http://anison.info/data/program/8917.html
http://www.encirobot.com/ksje/ksje-ind.asp
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7609
http://www.animeclick.it/anime.php?titolo=Kotetsushin+Jeeg
http://anisearch.de/index.php?page=anime&id=4143
http://www.animeka.com/animes/detail/kotetsushin-jeeg.html
http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=6355
http://www.anime-kun.net/animes/fiche-kotetsushin-jeeg-1580.html
http://www.anime-planet.com/anime/koutetsushin-jeeg

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