Linebarrels of Iron

Linebarrels of Iron
Original Title	鉄のラインバレル (Kurogane no Rainbareru)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	FUNimation Entertainment
Voice Director 1	Caitlin Glass (eps. 1-24)
Voice Director 2	Mike McFarland (eps. 25-26)
Translation & Adaptation	Andrew Rye (eps. 1-2, 5, 21-26) Joel McDonald (eps. 4, 6-10, 12-19) Kevin M. Connolly (eps. 3, 11, 20) John Burgmeier (Head Writer) Shoko Oono (Translation)
ADR Production
Recorded	2010
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	26
Year	2008-2009

Linebarrels of Iron (鉄のラインバレル) is an anime based on the Japanese manga series created by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi. It's directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and animated by Gonzo. The series premiered in Japan on the television network TBS on October 3, 2008 and ended on March 20, 2009. The series consists of 26 episodes.

Synopsis Fourteen-year-old Kouichi Hayase’s life has always been a mediocre one, if not dismal. However, those days of being bullied by classmates and escaping to a fantasy of being a hero are put to an end when a certain “accident” bestows on him a girl and a gigantic humanoid robot called “LINEBARREL”. The extraordinary power that Kouichi obtains puts him and everything around him on a sudden rollercoaster ride of battles, intrigues and friendship! During the course of his adventure, the boy starts to learn what life has to offer; he meets new friends, bids farewell to the old ones, but most of all he now has considerable responsibilities and is forced to confront the world around him.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Emi Kizaki	Mamiko Noto	Alexis Tipton
	Kōichi Hayase	Tetsuya Kakihara	Jessie James Grelle
		Chiwa Saitō (young)
Secondary Characters
	Izuna Endō	Rie Kugimiya	Aaron Dismuke
	Shizuna Endō	Kana Ueda	Cherami Leigh
	Yurianne Faithful	Emi Shinohara	Michele Specht
	Hisataka Katō	Jun Fukuyama	Todd Haberkorn
	Sōbi Nakajima	Hirofumi Nojima	Ian Sinclair
	Gorō Maki	Hisanori Koyatsu	Chuck Huber
	Hideaki Yajima	Gō Shinomiya	Joel McDonald
	Eiji Kiriyama	Shō Hayami	Vic Mignogna
		Masayuki Shoji (teen)
		Yuka Nishigaki (child)
	Jack Smith	Biichi Satō	Bob Carter
	Takurō Sawatari	Tetsu Inada	Bryan Massey
	Risako Niiyama	Noriko Shitaya	Carrie Savage
	Rachel Calvin	Chiwa Saitō	Tia Ballard
	Miu Kōjō	Aya Hirano	Monica Rial
	Makoto Dōmyōji	Jun Konno	Jerry Jewell
	Reiji Moritsugu	Yūichi Nakamura	J. Michael Tatum
		Mitsuki Saiga (young)
	Satoru Yamashita	Miyuki Sawashiro	Mary Morgan
Minor Characters
	Yui Ogawa	Sayaka Ohara	Tiffany Grant
	Kunio Ishigami	Jōji Nakata	Barry Yandell
	Judy Brown	Masako Katsuki	Wendy Powell
	Demitri Magarov	Tomoyuki Shimura	Kent Williams
	Chisato Hayase	Masako Jō	Cynthia Cranz
	Mina Hayase	Yuka Okada	Kristin Sutton
	Jirō Aonuma	Yoto Kazama	Mike McFarland
	Saki Yajima	Hinako Sasaki	Trina Nishimura
	Masaki Sugawara	Susumu Chiba	Tony Patterson

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
	Hirata	¿?	Charles Campbell	1
	Kodama	Shin Aomori	¿?
	Captain Shinobu Igarashi	Shōzō Iizuka	Christopher Sabat
	Bystander A	¿?	Micah Solusod
	Amagatsu Kizaki	Masahiko Tanaka	John Swasey	1, 13
	Dōmyōji's Father	Tetsu Inada	¿?	5
	U.N. Representative	Mitsuru Ogata	R. Bruce Elliott	10
	Riku Ousei	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Sonny Strait	10-11
	Yajima's Mother	¿?	Linda Leonard
	Risako's Mother	¿?	Brina Palencia	13
	Base Commander	Yōhei Nishina	Charles Campbell	15
	Officer A	¿?	Chris Patton
	Officer B	¿?	Kyle Hebert
	Nancy Brown	Masako Katsuki	Wendy Powell	17
	Tsutomu Furuya	Yūichi Nakamura	Anthony Bowling	17-18
		Masako Jō (young)	¿?
	Boy	¿?	Greg Ayres	18
	Girl	¿?	Kara Edwards
	Mother	¿?	Melinda Wood Allen
	Kato Commander	¿?	Chris Patton	20-22
	Yuriko Moritsugu	Yōko Honna	Kara Edwards	21
	Aika Hasegawa	Yukana Nogami	Leah Clark	25
	Takoyaki Vendor	Yūichi Nakamura	Robert McCollum
	Noodle Buyer	¿?	Christopher Ayres

Additional Voices

Maeghan Albach Melinda Wood Allen Christopher Ayres Greg Ayres Christopher Bevins Duncan Brannan Bradley Campbell Charles Campbell Cynthia Cranz Aaron Dismuke Kara Edwards R. Bruce Elliott Scott Freeman Cris George Caitlin Glass Tiffany Grant Jenni Hassett Michael Hassett Brad Hawkins

Kyle Hebert Jerry Jewell Jeff Johnson Jamie Marchi Robert McCollum Mike McFarland Trina Nishimura Brina Palencia Chris Patton Phaedrus Wendy Powell Ejerjh Raj Ian Sinclair Micah Solusod John Swasey J. Michael Tatum Nick Trautner David Trosko Travis Willingham

External Links

• Linebarrels of Iron at the Internet Movie Database.
• Linebarrels of Iron (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
• Linebarrels of Iron on Behind The Voice Actors.