Linebarrels of Iron
Manga series Linebarrels of Iron by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi is a Japanese manga series. In2005, Akita Shoten's monthly shnen manga magazine, Champion Red, began serializing the series. There have been eleven tankobon compilations as of November 20, 2008. "Linebarrel" is the name of the robot that Kouichi Hayase pilots after an accident transforms him into a 14-year-old high school student. He meets a mystery female while piloting the "Linebarrel." As reported in Animage magazine's February issue, there will be an anime adaptation of the manga series in development. Masamitsu Hidaka is the director and Gonzo is the animator of the anime. The series aired in Japan on TBS on October3,2008, despite the fact that the first episode was premiered at the 2008 Anime Expo in Southern California. When the anime finished airing its final episode in 2009 (on March20), there were twenty-four total episodes. A one-shot manga was created by Shimizu and Shimoguchi to mark the anime's adaptation of the series, in which the plot departs greatly from the manga's beginning.
Released: 2008-10-03