ARE you a fan of Mazinger Z? In my case, Mazinger Z was second only to Voltes V as my favorite super robot anime show.
In fact, one of my biggest gripes against UFO Grendaizer (UFO Robo Grendizer, also called Grandizer) was that it demoted Koji Kabuto, the pilot of Mazinger Z, to a second-string character. Grr... OK, I'll stop thinking about it now before I get bitter, heh :)
In the US, they called the show Tranzor Z, but do yourself a favor and don't watch this version.
Mazinger Z was of course also famous for including a female robot, Aphrodite A, which was piloted by Sayaka. You can imagine how many jokes were spawned then and now by the fact that Aphrodite A's weapons were her, uh, boobs :)
Here's a clip of the Mazinger Z opening from javeln.
This clip from Natasha8119 is in Spanish, but it's from one of my favorite episodes -- the one with Minerva X.
And this clip from mcmxc4 shows the final episode of Mazinger Z, which I haven't seen yet (though I've seen "UFO Robo Grendizer vs Great Mazinger"). Mazinger Z was no match for the battle beasts unleashed by the General of Darkness, so it's time for Great Mazinger to save the day.
Mazinger Z forever
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Mazinger Z is the first of the super robots and your article was just in time! October 2007 marks the 35th anniversary of the Mazinger Z manga or comic book, with the TV series debuting on December 3, 1972.
I couldn't agree more. Seeing these clips in youtube makes me feel like an 8-year old again. :-)
I've viewed all the Mazinger Z clips on YouTube, and now I'm trying to get my hands on the themesong. Man, the Japanese sure know how to whip up good music themes for their animation. Dig that strong bass on both Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger's intro song.
:) Yay for Mazinger Z!
well... I got me the entire Mazinger Z DVD collection - unfortunately... the subtitles are in mangled english (what do you expect?... translated to chinese from the original japanese... THEN... re-translated and subtitled in mangled english).
I also reccommend the Mazinkaiser OAV... it's a refurbished version of the Mazinger titles- a mindless... albeit fun romp ^_^
I remember having difficulty renting betamax of mazinger z from my local video store because nauunahan ako palagi hehe..