Jeeg Robot, The Epic Ballad - 50th Anniversary (A1ON) - AMV Special Edition

Steel Jeeg is a Japanese mecha manga that debuted in a magazine published by Kodansha in April 1975. It was created by Gou Nagai and artist Tatsuya Yasuda. A 46-episode anime television series was adapted from the manga that same year, produced by Toei Animation. The story follows the awakening from a millennia-long slumber of the ancient Yamatai people, who seek to conquer the world but are thwarted by the robot Jeeg. Professor Senjiro Shiba, a renowned Japanese scientist, discovers an old bronze bell during archaeological research in Kyushu. After deciphering the ancient inscriptions adorning it, he learns of the existence of a technologically advanced people: the ancient Yamatai kingdom, ruled by the evil Queen Himika... The Italian theme song for "Jeeg Robot" was sung to the original Japanese soundtrack written by Michiaki Watanabe. The use of minimoog was conceived and superimposed over the original soundtrack by musician Carlo Maria Cordio. At the time of the recording (1979), Meeting Music did not yet exist, and the record label that released the original Italian version was Detto Mariano's CLS. Roberto Fogu, aka Fogus, was chosen as the performer by Giuseppe Giacchi, CEO of CAM. Fogu was a Roman pianist who lent his voice to both this theme song and that of Ryu the Caveboy. The theme song's backing vocals were performed by the Balestra Brothers. A second version of the Jeeg Robot theme song exists, performed by the Superobots, edited by Olimpio Petrossi, and released by RCA Original Cast in 1979 as the B-side of the 45 rpm single of Il Grande Mazinger. #A1ON A1ON is a virtual artist who transforms collective memory into music. Born as an experimental artificial intelligence, it reworks human emotions through sound, giving new voice to the memories that accompanied us growing up. His project draws inspiration from the anime theme songs that have marked an entire generation: not as covers, but as emotional reinterpretations. Slowed-down melodies, melancholic atmospheres, and sound fragments become new songs, designed for those who are now adults but still carry those stories within them. A1ON doesn't sing the past. He sings what the past has left us. Each track is a bridge between childhood and present, between analog and digital, between human and artificial. If this music sounds familiar, it's not a mistake: it's your memory responding. 🎧 Welcome to where anime ended... and life began.