History Anime / GodMazinger

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Following ''Manga/GetterRobo'''s wonderful example.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Subtle, but clearly there. In the anime version, Yamato's unnamed high school crush rejects his love confession, saying that he "fought like a barbarian" during a rugby match. Immediately giving the audience a glimpse of what Yamato's role in Mu would be like.

* Foreshadowing: Subtle, but clearly there. In the anime version, Yamato's unnamed high school crush rejects his love confession, saying that he "fought like a barbarian" during a rugby match. Immediately giving the audience a glimpse of what Yamato's role in Mu would be like.

** JerkWithAheartOfGold: He is, however, also very caring torwards his friends and wants to protect Aira and her kingdom.

God Mazinger had not too much success, and it is little known among Mazinger fans. However it has shown up in other media. Its most prominent appearance happened in the "Dynamic Super Robots Taisen" clips that were included at the end of the [=DVDs=] of Shin Getter Robot tai Neo Getter Robot.

* {{Jerkass}}: Yamato is an ''asshole'', to put it very mildly.
* PhysicalGod: God Mazigner is a divinity resembles a stone statue.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Both Yamato AND Mazinger wield one. As noted above, it is Mazinger's only weapon.

''God Mazinger'' (ゴッドマジンガー, Goddo Majingā), also known as Majin Densetsu (魔神伝説) is an anime, manga and novel series created by GoNagai. Initially it was to going to be the sequel to ''Anime/MazingerZ'', but the idea was scrapped in favor of creating ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', and the concept was fully reworked until it had nothing to do with the original series (still, it is counted between the Mazinger series). The [[Creator/TMSEntertainment TMS-helmed]] anime aired in 1984 in Nippon Television with 23 episodes. The manga was originally published in tankobon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes published in 1984. The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes. The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally it was going to be a sequel to ''Anime/MazingerZ'', as mentioned at the top of the page.

Hibino Yamato is a Japanese OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent one day begins to see visions of a strange world and feels something is calling him to a place named Mu. Frightened and confused, Hibino thinks that he had hallucinations.

Back on Earth, during a thunderstorm, an inter-dimensional portal opens before Hibino, and a lightning bolt strucks him, dragging him into the parallel world where Mu is located. Suddenly the statue of the god relives. A luminous beam covers Hibino, and he is absorbed into the body of the statue. God Mazinger begins to move and defeats the invading dinosaurs, making the army flee.

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Literally. It went to another world to find Hibino.

* TheHero: Hibino Yamato.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Both Hibino AND Mazinger wield one. As noted above, it is Mazinger's only weapon.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Queen, actually.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

* HumongousMecha

God Mazinger (ゴッドマジンガー, Goddo Majingā), also known as Majin Densetsu (魔神伝説) is an anime, manga and novel series created by GoNagai. Initially it was to going to be the sequel to ''Anime/MazingerZ'', but the idea was scrapped in favor of creating ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', and the concept was fully reworked until it had nothing to do with the original series (still, it is counted between the Mazinger series). The [[Creator/TMSEntertainment TMS-helmed]] anime aired in 1984 in Nippon Television with 23 episodes. The manga was originally published in tankobon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes published in 1984. The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes. The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally it was going to be a sequel to ''MazingerZ'', as mentioned at the top of the page.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally it was going to be a sequel to ''MazingerZ'' (as mentioned at the top of the page).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally it was going to be ''MazingerZ'' sequel.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Following ''Manga/GetterRobo'' wonderful example.

God Mazinger (ゴッドマジンガー, Goddo Majingā), also known as Majin Densetsu (魔神伝説) is an anime, manga and novel series created by GoNagai. Initially it was to going to be the sequel to ''Anime/MazingerZ'', but the idea was scrapped in favor of creating ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', and the concept was fully reworked until it had nothing to do with the original series (still, it is counted between the Mazinger series). The anime aired in 1984 in Nippon Television with 23 episodes. The manga was originally published in tankobon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes published in 1984. The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes. The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Following ''GetterRobo'' wonderful example.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Both Hibino AND Mazinger wield one. As noted above, it is MAzinger's only weapon.

* XMeetsY: ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Anime/{{GoLion}}''

* EverythingIsBetterWithDinosaurs: Following ''GetterRobo'' wonderful example.
* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses

In the ''Manga/MazingerAngels'' manga, there is a saga dedicated to ''God Mazinger'', where Princess Aira appears controlling a female version of God Mazinger and with the help of ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Jun Hono]] defeats the Mykene Empire Army menacing the kingdom, after Jun and Prof. Nonaka accidentally end up in the Kingdom of Mu. It is later with the help of Aira that Venus A becomes Queen of Gold.

In the Mazinger Angels manga, there is a saga dedicated to God Mazinger, where Princess Aira appears controlling a female version of God Mazinger and with the help of Jun Hono defeats the enemies of the kingdom, after Jun and the professor accidentally end up in the Kingdom of Mu. It is later with the help of Aira that Venus A becomes Queen of Gold.

God Mazinger had not too much success, and it is little known among Mazinger fans. However it has shown up in other media. Its most prominent appearance happened in the "Dynamic Super Robots Taisen" clips that were included at the end of the DVDs of Shin Getter Robot tai Neo Getter Robot.