Robot Zantouhei

A sci-fi take on WW2 where Japan developes the technology to transform humans into robot soldiers.

I read this series a long time ago and still love it. Though the story is the overused “non-human must regain their humanity” plot the action is fantastic. It’s very nationalistic for Japan so I doubt it would ever get an official translation but Yokoo Kimitoshi’s art work is so stylized and unique it would definitely catch the eye of readers. His style actually reminds of Scud: The Disposable Assassin. I will say that it’s easy to see that the design of the robot soldiers were heavily inspired by the original Iron Man.

An old favorite of mine for sure!

~dakazu