Koutetsu Jeeg

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Steel Jeeg is yet another evolution in the Super Robot genre by the great Go Nagai. While there is less meat on Jeeg than there is on Mazinger, or Getter, Jeeg still offers a nice alternative inside the formula. While earlier introduced in Mazinger, the concept of animal robots in Jeeg begins to inch closer to what most western fans would be familiar with from Zoids. What particularly sets Jeeg apart from other in the genre isn't even the design, or story elemetns, but rather the choreography and fight combat differences. Jeeg is more of a Judo, or Jujutsu while other Super Robots operate on ... more of a fantasy combat continuum. This affords Jeeg a realism that Getter and Mazinger never had, and especially works well with the aforementioned animal-bots.

The art is not particular interesting but there is solid framing and quality pacing. Some other Nagai manga's of this era do have a tendency to get rushed, and while Jeegs ending is a little too soon (finishing right before teasing the next arc), the overall page to page drama is laidout in a higher quality.