Kotetsushin Jeeg

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Kotetsushin Jeeg

鋼鉄神ジーグ (kōtetsushin jīgu)
Genre	Mecha
TV anime
Directed by	Jun Kawagoe
Studio	Dynamic Planning / Build Base
Network	WOWOW
Original run	April 5, 2007 –
No. of episodes	To be announced

Kotetsushin Jeeg (鋼鉄神ジーグ, kōtetsushin jīgu^?, or "Steel God Jeeg") is a Japanese animated television series and sequel to the 1975 Super Robot series Steel Jeeg, created by Go Nagai. It is directed by Jun Kawagoe (previously known for New Getter Robo and Innocent Venus). The show is slated to air on the satellite network WOWOW beginning on April 5, 2007 at 11:30 PM JST.

Press material describes the show as "A simple tale of 'Good versus Evil' while at the same time [being] a robot anime created for the sake of the adult core audience."

On February 19, 2007, it was announced that the JAM Project song "STORMBRINGER" would be the show's opening theme.

[edit] Plot

The story of Kotetsushin Jeeg takes place fifty years after the original and features a new cast of characters—primarily the new main character Kenji Kusanagi (voiced by Daisuke Ono), a high school student who becomes Kotetsushin Jeeg to fight the sudden reappearance of "Haniwa Genjin" ("Phantom Gods," or clay robots) from the Yamatai Kingdom ruled by Queen Himika. Other characters include Tsubaki Tamashiro (voiced by Kana Ueda) and Kyō Misumi (voiced by Susumu Chiba). New versions of the Build Base (commanded by Senjirō Shiba, whose relation to Steel Jeeg's "Machine Father" is unknown) and Big Shooter will also appear.

No further details have been disclosed.