| Kotetsu Jeeg | |
 Kotetsu Jeeg DVD vol.5 | |
| 鋼鉄ジーグ (Kōtetsu Jīgu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mecha |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Tatsuya Yasuda |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | TV Magazine Otomodachi (extra chapters) |
| Original run | August 1975 – June 1976 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masayuki Akehi |
| Written by | Hiroyasu Yamaura Keisuke Fujikawa Toyohiro Ando |
| Music by | Michiaki Watanabe |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | NET (now TV Asahi) |
| Original run | October 5, 1975 – August 29, 1976 |
| Episodes | 46 |
Steel Jeeg (鋼鉄ジーグ, Kōtetsu Jīgu), also known as Kotetsu Jeeg or Koutetsu Jeeg, is a Japanese mecha anime series created by manga artists Go Nagai and Tatsuya Yasuda and produced by Toei Doga (now Toei Animation), directed by Masayuki Akehi. It was first broadcast on NET in Japan from October 5, 1975, to August 29, 1976, lasting for 46 episodes. Steel Jeeg also ran as a manga in several children's publications, with the original manga was first serialized in Kodansha's TV Magazine from August 1975 to June 1976.
The series is the first installment in Takara's Magne-Robo franchise, which later became its own series after the rights of the show were passed to Dynamic Productions. A sequel series called Kotetsushin Jeeg aired on the satellite network WOWOW, beginning April 5, 2007.[1]
- ^ Anime!Anime! Staff (2007). "鋼鉄ジーグ 30年ぶりに復活!4月からWOWOWで(1/26)". Anime!Anime!. Retrieved January 26, 2007.