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When Tony Stark branches his company into Japan, he is opposed by the nefarious Zodiac organization. It's up to Stark's Iron Man to defeat the Zodiac, and defend Japan.

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episode image Going Nuclear
6.8/10 (66 votes)

#1 Going Nuclear

S1:E2

Tony Stark is accused by Defense Minister Kuroda of trying to avoid controversy by sneaking plutonium into Japan aboard an undefended cargo ship. This ship has been attacked and the plutonium stolen, posing a grave threat. Tony dons the Iron Man armor and vows to retrieve the plutonium and clear his name.

episode image A Twist of Memory, a Turn of the Mind
6.6/10 (56 votes)

#2 A Twist of Memory, a Turn of the Mind

S1:E4

Tony Stark is backing a charity racing event in order to burnish the image of Stark Industries. Meanwhile, Kawashima, a race car driver who's suffered career-threatening injuries, is won over by A.I.M./Zodiac who promise him they will heal his injuries if he takes out Tony Stark.

episode image At the Mercy of My Friends
6.6/10 (52 votes)

#3 At the Mercy of My Friends

S1:E7

Tony and Dr.Tanaka are wake up on an isolated island with no idea how they got there and no hope of getting off the island. Missing his life-saving arc reactor and without his Iron Man armor, how will Tony and Chika be able to escape? And, who put them there in the first place?

episode image Japan: Enter Iron Man
6.5/10 (78 votes)

#4 Japan: Enter Iron Man

S1:E1

Tony Stark arrives in Japan with the aim of setting up the Arc Station in the first step in his World Peace Initiative. In front of all of Japan, he announces his new Iron Man model, Iron Man Dio, with himself in the pilot's seat. But during the demo, Dio crashes after a mysterious bug in the operating system.

episode image Reap the Whirlwind
6.4/10 (59 votes)

#5 Reap the Whirlwind

S1:E3

Nanami is trying to get to the bottom of the rash of freak hurricanes that have killed two notable scientists. Her search takes her to Professor Sakamoto, and his former student, Dr. Tanaka. Sakamoto and Tanaka were once part of something called the Tesla Project, which was working to control the weather. Is the Tesla project a part of the weird weather attacking Japan, and even if they figure that out, how do they stop it? Can Iron Man defeat the weather?

episode image Outbreak
6.3/10 (55 votes)

#6 Outbreak

S1:E5

Dr. Tanaka informs Tony that a mysterious epidemic has broken out near the Arc Station. The rampant and deadly disease appears unstoppable, and Tony initiates his own investigation into the cause. Meanwhile, the Self Defense Forces reconnaissance satellites are acting up, and Nagato Sakurai visits Iron Man to ask for his help. Stark and Sakurai join forces, when they discover the Zodiac Mech Aquarius may be behind both.

episode image Daughter of the Zodiac
6.3/10 (53 votes)

#7 Daughter of the Zodiac

S1:E8

Tony Stark meets Aki, a mysterious young girl with strange powers. Tony is shocked when the girl tells him that she belongs to Zodiac and mentions that she needs Tony, as Iron Man to protect her from Zodiac. Is Aki who she says she is? And even if she is, how can Tony trust her?

episode image Casualties of War
6.3/10 (50 votes)

#8 Casualties of War

S1:E10

"Iron Man is dead!" Dr. Chika Tanaka hears these astounding words from Yinsen's own lips. Meanwhile, the seriously wounded Tony Stark survives with the help of Nagato Sakurai and must devise a way to defeat Dio once and for all. But what awaits the arrival of Iron Man is not only Dio, but also four Iron Man Sigma models as well. How will Tony Stark overcome the hopeless situation he finds himself in?

episode image Endgame
6.3/10 (52 votes)

#9 Endgame

S1:E12

Tony Stark learns the shocking truth behind Zodiac. Iron Man must muster all his remaining strength in order to stop the nefarious ambitions of his greatest adversary, the man behind Zodiac. But, when an familiar face enters the battlefield, will he be able to do what needs to be done?

episode image A Duel of Iron
6.2/10 (52 votes)

#10 A Duel of Iron

S1:E9

The plutonium needed to prime the Arc Station is stolen and Tony must don the Iron Man armor and fight against Dio. The two Iron Men must fight to the death, with the fate of Japan hanging in the balance.

episode image Beginning of the End
6.1/10 (50 votes)

#11 Beginning of the End

S1:E11

Held responsible for the event at the Arc Station, Tony Stark is arrested by the Japanese government. But while being transported, explosions rock the Diet parliament building, and suspicions are raised that Stark is behind it. Will Tony Stark be able to clear his name, and take out the real threat behind the Diet bombing?

episode image Technical Difficulties
6.0/10 (52 votes)

#12 Technical Difficulties

S1:E6

When the Arc Station has a series of malfunctions, Tony and Dr. Tanaka discover a Zodiac computer virus has infected the Station's operating systems. The virus spreads to the city's ATM banking computers, train navigation computers and traffic controls, causing chaos. Tony decides the only way to combat the virus is to draw it to another computer... his Iron Man onboard computer!

Cast & Chracters

character image Tony Stark / Iron Man (voice)

Tony Stark / Iron Man (voice)

Actor: Keiji Fujiwara
character image Dr. Chika Tanaka (voice)

Dr. Chika Tanaka (voice)

Actor: Takako Honda
character image Nanami Ota (voice)

Nanami Ota (voice)

Actor: Shizuka Itoh
character image Nagato Sakurai (voice)

Nagato Sakurai (voice)

Actor: Jin Yamanoi
character image Kuroda (voice)

Kuroda (voice)

Actor: Unsho Ishizuka
character image Pepper Potts (voice)

Pepper Potts (voice)

Actor: Hiroe Oka

The highest rated episode of Iron Man is "Going Nuclear" (S1E2) with a rating of 6.80.

This episode received 66 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Technical Difficulties" (S1E6) with a rating of 6.00.

This episode received 52 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Going Nuclear" (S1E2) with a rating of 6.80.

This episode received 66 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Technical Difficulties" (S1E6) with a rating of 6.00.

This episode received 52 votes.

Name Department Job
Hideyuki Ueno Art Art Direction
Shinji Sugiyama Art Art Designer
Hisashi Goseki Camera Director of Photography
Moon Seong-ho Crew Translator
Kenichi Kawamura Directing Assistant Director
Yuzo Sato Directing Series Director
Naoki Kawanishi Editing Editor
Satoshi Terauchi Editing Editor
Alan Fine Production Executive Producer
Cort Lane Production Producer
Eric S. Rollman Production Executive Producer
Fuminori Hara Production Producer
Jeph Loeb Production Executive Producer
Joe Quesada Production Co-Executive Producer
Megan Thomas Bradner Production Associate Producer
Simon Philips Production Executive Producer
Stan Lee Production Co-Executive Producer
Taro Morishima Production Producer
Masafumi Mima Sound Sound Director
Shizuo Kurahashi Sound Sound Effects
Tetsuya Takahashi Sound Original Music Composer
Yoshiyuki Hayashi Sound Sound Recordist
Harue Ohno Visual Effects Color Designer
Masahiko Harano Visual Effects 3D Modeller
Takahiro Umehara Visual Effects Character Designer
Takeshi Koike Visual Effects Mechanical Designer
Don Heck Writing Characters
Toshiki Inoue Writing Series Composition
Warren Ellis Writing Story

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