Jangal Rui

For the character from the live action remake, see Draco (Voltes V: Legacy).

Jangal Rui (ルイ・ジャンギャル) is a major antagonist of the anime series Voltes V. He is a three-horned general of the Boazanian Empire who is sent to Earth alongside Prince Heinel and Katherine Rii in Skullrook. He is fiercely loyal to Heinel and a wise strategist. Jangal and Katherine have protected Heinel from Emperor Zu Zambajil's numerous attempts to have him killed.

He was voiced by the late Shozo Izuka.

In Voltes V: Legacy, he was adapted into the character Draco, who was portrayed by Carlo Gonzales.

Appearance[]

Jangal has red skin, broad shoulders and a beard. He has a scar across his right eye. He has three red horns that protrude from his head. Jangal's arms are well-toned, and he is a bit fat. His uniform is purple with a yellow rip inside and he has a blue cape.

Personality[]

Jangal is a wise strategist who is fiercely loyal to Prince Heinel, having provided many sinister strategies for him to fight against the Voltes V. At the same time, he and Ri Katherine also try to prevent Emperor Zu Zambajil's plan to kill the prince. He genuinely respects the Voltes team and would even make a great ally for them had it not been because they're on the opposing sides. When being surrounded by the Voltes team, he commits suicide and reveals the truth about Professor Kentaro Goh to them and pledges loyalty to Heinel, dying a honorable death.

Biography[]

At the start of the series, Emperor Zu Zambajil sends his nephew, Prince Heinel, to lead an invasion against Earth with legions of fleets. In truth, he wants to send Heinel away to remove a perceived threat for his rule. Aiding Heinel are Rui Jangal, Ri Katherine and Zuhl. To ensure Heinel's death, Zu Zambajil sends Duke Zaki and Zuhl to pretend aiding Heinel, but in truth to kill him if necessary. During the invasion, Rui Jangal has helped Heinel to scheme against the Voltes V, but they fail every time.

Throughout the war, Jangal and Katherine know of Emperor Zu Zambajil's plan to have Heinel killed, so they try to prevent it at all cost. When Jangal and Katherine expose another plot to betray Heinel, Zuhl is executed.

When the Voltes team is trying to find the Goh brothers' father, Professor Kentaro Goh, on Heinel's ship, they confront Jangal. Being surrounded, Jangal takes his sword and stabs himself, committing suicide, as a Boazanian general would rather die honorably than live as a coward. Before his death, he reveals to Kenichi Goh that Goh is imprisoned on Boazania and pledges his loyalty to Heinel. His death devastates Heinel and Katherine.

Relationships[]

Prince Heinel[]

While Jangal is loyal to Heinel, he does disagree with him at times and question his decisions. However, Jangal never objects his orders yto his face and carries them out despite how he feels. He is loyal to Heinel despite Heinel once arresting and torturing him for failing to defeat Voltes V.

Jangal had no qualms when Heinel told him to torture Zuhl, but when Heinel ordered the execution of Giligan, he was horrified. His tactics in war, while initially violent, shift from those that are strategic, like using germs of a certain disease to discover if the Go brothers are Boazanian (since Boazanians are immune). While Heinel dislikes this, he allows Jangal to carry out his plans nonetheless. When Jangal dies, he praises Heinel, and Heinel says he will never forget his dedication and calls him an excellent warrior.

Katherine Rii[]

Katherine and Jangal respect each other as co-workers. Apart from Heinel, they are the only ones each other trust. They both are protective of Heinel, and when they suspect that he is in danger, they often work together off-screen to save him. They also tend to gossip with each other about the Boazanians from Emperor Zu Zambajil's court, sharing their displeasure of Do Bergan. Katherine is also one of the few people that Jangal tells his plans to, though when he informed her of his plan to spread a disease to the Go brothers and prove their Boazanian heritage, Katherine was shocked and told Heinel. However, Heinel did end up giving him permission. The two were close friends and when he died, Katherine shed tears.

Quotes[]

“	Zuhl! Animals sometimes act like they know how to love! Humans are the same!	„
	~ Jangal when Zuhl says humans are capable of love

“	Boazan is 14,000 light years away from here. Could a Boazanian have made it that far?	„
	~ Jangal questioning Kenichi's claim of Boazanian heritage

“	Is this germ deadly? I only need a little. I'm going to find out if the Go brothers are really Boazanian.	„
	~ Jangal's plan to find out if Kenichi is telling the truth.

Skills[]

Commanding: Jangal usually gives orders to beast fighters to wound Voltes V, and has successfully damaged them in multiple occassions.
Swordfighting: He knows how to swordfight and has used his sword against Professor Hamaguchi, the Voltes team, Do Bergan and Zuhl.
Strategy: He set up a plan to discover if the Go brothers truly were half-Boazanians.
Intelligence: He is also the only one who managed to figure out that the hornless Boazanians and the humans had been working to counter the Boazanian invasion.

Episode Appearances[]

Episode	Air date	Episode name	Screenplay	Storyboard	Staging	Animation director	Does Jangal appear?
1	June 4, 1977	Invaders from Outer Space	Taguchi Shoichi	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
2	June 11, 1977	Advance to Struggle	Taguchi Shoichi	Takahashi Sukesuke	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
3	June 18, 1977	Tactics taught by Gravestones	Masaki Tsuji	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
4	June 25. 1977	Evil Shadow Super Sword	Gomu Fuyoshi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Sasamon Nobuyoshi	Yes
5	July 2, 1977	Battleship Mikasa Calls For Crisis	Taguchi Shoichi	Takahashi Sukesuke	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Takahashi Sukesuke	Yes
6	July 9, 1977	Inakake! Eiffel Horse	Masaaki Sakurai	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
7	July 16, 1977	New member Takko-chan	Taguchi Shoichi	Masakazu Higuchi	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Norio Shioyama	Yes
8	July 23, 1977	Conspiracy of the Underground Castle	Gomu Fuyushi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
9	July 30, 1977	A big pinch caused by a dream!	Masaaki Sakurai	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Sasamon Nobiyoshi	Yes
10	August 6, 1977	Cannot Combine with Voltes	Taguchi Shoichi	Takahashi Sukesuke	Takahashi Sukesuke	Takahashi Sukesuke	Yes
11	August 13, 1977	Revived Voltes V	Taguchi Shoichi	Hiromichi Yanagi	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Saburo Sakamoto	Yes
12	August 20, 1977	Voltes Resurrection	Gomu Fuyoshi	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
13	August 27, 1977	The Father of Conspiracy Calls For Crisis	Taguchi Shoichi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Norio Shiomiya	Yes
14	September 3, 1977	Father and son trap	Masaki Tsuji	Hiromichi Yanagi	Yuichiro Yokohama	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
15	September 10, 1977	Emperor's gift	Masaaki Sakurai	Takahashi Sukesuke	Kazuo Yamasaki	Takahashi Sukesuke	Yes
16	September 17, 1977	Falcon in danger of destruction	Gomu Fuyushi	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Saburo Sakamoto	Yes
17	September 24, 1977	Sprinkle love and tears	Gomu Fuyushi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Sasamon Nobuyoshi	Yes
18	October 1, 1977	Father! The Earth is Near!	Taguchi Shoichi	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
19	October 8, 1977	Cry in your father's chest	Taguchi Shoichi	Tomino Yoshiyuki	Kazuo Yamazaki	Norio Shioyama	Yes
20	October 15, 1977	The Mystery of Numbers Written in Blood	Masaki Tsuji	Takahashi Sukesuke	Kazuo Uehera	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
21	October 22, 1977	Secret Base of Intrigue	Gomu Fuyoshi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Saburo Sakamoto	Yes
22	October 29, 1977	Traitor's Plan	Taguchi Shoichi	Yuichiro Yokohama	Yuichiro Yokohama	Sasamon Nobuyoshi	Yes
23	November 5, 1977	Puppies, Walk to tomorrow!	Yumiko Tsukamoto	Takeshashi Sukesuke	Kazuo Yamazaki	Takehashi Sukesuke	No
24	November 12, 1977	New General's challenge	Taguchi Shoichi	Taro Isohama	Kazuo Yamazaki	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
25	November 19, 1977	Self destruct! Super elctromagnetic ball!	Gomu Fuyoshi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Norio Shioyama	Yes
26	November 26, 1977	A mysterious flying mecha	Gomu Fuyoshi	Yuichiro Yokohama	Yuichiro Yokohama	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
27	December 3, 1977	The identity of the mysterious hawk mecha	Taguchi Shoichi	Yanagi Hiromichi	Masuji Harada	Sasamon Nobayoshi	Yes
28	December 10, 1977	Kentaro Go's secret	Gomu Fuyoshi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Akihiro Kanayama	No
29	December 17, 1977	Hero of Boazania	Gomu Fuyoshi	Yuichiro Yokohama	Yuichiro Yokohama	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
30	December 24, 1977	One-on-one combat with the earth at stake	Masaaki Sakurai	Kazuo Yamazaki	Kazuo Yamazaki	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
31	December 31, 1977	Defense Minister Oka scatters into the sky!	Masaki Tsuji	Taro Isohama	Aoi Akira Kase Mitsuko	Sasamon Nobuyoshi	Yes
32	Jungle Chase	January 7, 1978	Gomu Fuyoshi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
33	February 4, 1978	Devil's Bacteria Attack	Gomu Fuyoshi	Taro Isohama	Yuichiro Yokohama	Norio Shioyama	Yes
34	January 28, 1978	The Fire of Hatred Calls For a Crisis	Taguchi Shoichi	Kazuo Yamazaki	Kazuo Yamazaki	Saburo Sakamoto	Yes
35	February 4, 1978	Requeim for star warrior!	Masaki Tsuji	Taro Isohama	Takao Yotsutsuji	Sasamon Nobuyoshi	Yes
36	February 18, 1978	Underground castle attack begins	Taguchi Shoichi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Akihiro Kanayama	Yes
37	February 25, 1978	Farewell! Enemy Commander Heinel!	Taguchi Shoichi	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Norio Shiomiya	Yes
38	March 11, 1978	Launch into the universe!	Masaki Tsuji	Taro Isohama	Takao Yotsutsuji	Saburo Sakamoto	No
39	March 18, 1978	Boazania's Great Offensive and Defensive Battle	Taguchi Shoichi	Kazuo Yamazaki	Kazuo Yamazaki	Akihiro Kanayama	No
40	March 25, 1978	The Crumbling Tower of Evil	Taguchi Shoichi	Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Terada	Akihiro Kanayama	No

In other media[]

According to his profile in the Encylopedia of Monsters 53rd edition (published by Keibunsha), Jangal's height is 205cm and his weight is 110 kilograms.^[1]

Trivia[]

For unknown reasons, Jangal resembles Satan. Unusually, he is the only red-skinned Boazanian seen in the entire show.
- However, he is radically different from Satan as he is loyal to his superior to the end.
Jangal's name was changed in various dubs of Voltes V:
- In the English dub, he was known as Draco.
- In the Italian dub, he was known as Gael.
Some translations (particularly those of Super Robot Wars) spell his name as Louis Jean-gall or Jangyal.
His voice actor, Shozo Izuka, has a tendency to play evil bosses/minions. Apart from Jangal himself, he also voiced Hakaider from Android Kakaider and Temujin from Himitsu Sentai Goranger. Izuka was nicknamed "the man who plotted to conquer the earth for 50 years" for this very reason.
His name may be a pun on Jingo, someone obsessed with warring.

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External Links[]

Rui Jangal on the Robot Romance Trilogy Wiki.

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