Linebarrels of Iron

About the story

Linebarrels of Iron (Kurogane no Linebarrels) is a robot manga by Japanese creators Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi. At the time of the report, it was serialized in Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine; an anime adaptation was decided in 2008, with GONZO producing the animation. Timid, cowardly teenager Koichi Hayase suffered an accident three years earlier while visiting the construction site of a marine city. Gravely injured and near death, he awoke after six months unconscious to find himself changed into an aggressive person with a violent streak—and possessed of an unknown, mysterious power within his body…