Product Details

• Actors: Josh Grelle, Alexis Tipton, John Swasey, Anthony Bowling, Tia Ballard
• Directors: Caitlin Glass
• Format: Widescreen, Color, Box set, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Funimation
• DVD Release Date: March 29, 2011
• Run Time: 650 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B004GZZH8K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,041 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Kouichi dreams of being a hero, but in reality, he’s a punching bag for every bully on the block. His life flatlines when the mysteriously naked Emi crash lands on his pitiful existence, thrusting Kouichi into the middle of an intergalactic showdown between rival races of self-regenerating Machinas. Through his death-bed partnership with the Linebarrel mecha, Kouichi gains the strength to stand up to his tormentors and crush the alien invasion force that’s determined to conquer Earth. There’s just one problem. All this newfound power and special attention from nearly-naked babes is turning Kouichi into a jerk. His friends can’t stand him, he makes his dream girl sick, and those aliens want to kill him extra dead! Kouichi may have the mechanized muscle to save the world, but he has much to learn about being a true “Hero of Justice”.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Mecha Anime For What It Is, April 1, 2011

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This review is from: Linebarrels of Iron: The Complete Series (Seasons 1, 2 and OVA) (DVD)

If you like humorous action mecha animes like Full Metal Panic or Dai Guard than this series is a nice add on to those, but you have to take the series with a grain of salt if you're expecting some in depth strong serious storyline like with series Twelve Kingdoms, Moribito, or The Gundam universe series than you will be a little disappointed. The amazon editorial give pretty much the storyline of the series as again while you'll have the main enemy that wishes to enslave humanity and a group of mecha pilots who will stand up to the threat, of course you'll have the usual rivalry between the main character pilot and another pilot, the more than one girl who has feelings for the main character which causes friction between the infatuated females, and finally the twist that will cause our hero to doubt himself and someone to renew his self confidence again. Though the series characters are very endearing each with their own little quirks and hobbies that make them standout in the series, though some reviewers have said the main character pilot K'ichi Hayase becomes to egotistic from his power trip from becoming much stronger than he was I thought that he wasn't that to much of an egomaniac as written. At first Hayase does become a little drunk on his power but it doesn't reach the near narcissistic quality of the character of Light Yagami from Death Note. The series set was a nice price as you get the two added OVA's with this set unlike with the previous release as the OVA came separately from the two part series set, the animation and soundtrack fit nicely for the series and if you've seen or have another series called Fafner or Gundam Seed you'll see some similarities with the animation. The Japanese voice cast did a superb job and the cast that Funimation choose for the characters were picked very well too, the are little more extras with this set but all in all pretty much the usual so nothing to really shout about. So if you're a fan of Full metal Panic or just looking for an entertaining mecha series here's a pretty decent one to try out for your anime collection...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Giant Mecha, superb plot twists, great characters, September 4, 2011

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Richard C. Drew "Anaal Nathra/Uthe vas Bethod... (Oak Lawn, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linebarrels of Iron: The Complete Series (Seasons 1, 2 and OVA) (DVD)

This is one of those rare Anime (forgetting that it more high school kids!) that treats people like they are real. The main character, Kouichi Hayase has an unfortunate encounter with Linebarrel and becomes his "Factor" - basically his human operator. Saying more is spoiler city. He lets the power get to him, acts like a power crazed brat, and goes overboard with his hero of justice bit. Finally - a character who's not all pure and goody-goody. He has to grow into his power and we see him mature as the series continues.

The final episode, while containing enough twists and turns, gets too new-age metaphysical. The series theme song is the #1 most annoying, grating, nails-on-blackboard Anime theme I have ever heard.

The animation, English voice-overs, plots - all are top notch and perfect.

Giant robots? Check.
Typical scantily clad babes? Check.
Gravity defying, size DDD-FFF? Check.
Battles in space, sea land and air? Check.
Characters you'll enjoy and care about? Check.

This series really has everything for Anime fans. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strip R.P.S., July 27, 2011

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This review is from: Linebarrels of Iron: The Complete Series (Seasons 1, 2 and OVA) (DVD)

Great anime! Could not stop watching! This show seems like a combine of power rangers & gundam. There are twist & turns, a lot of F.S., little nudity, blood, mecha fights. Plan on watching this over and over again!