History Anime / MazingerZ

It must be stated that, due to the move from Shonen Jump to Kodansha TV Magazine, there ''two'' different tankobon releases compiling the original Creator/GoNagai manga. The Sueisha release compiles chapters are missing in the Kodansha edition and vice versa, and some chapters are not recopilated in any of them. And neither of them has the chapters chronologically arranged. Nonetheless, an Italian publishing house published an "edizione integrale" (comprehensive compilation) several years ago, recopilating ALL chapters and arranging them according chronological order.

* ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': The first sequel, narrating the rise of the Mykene Empire after the FinalBattle against Dr. Hell, and the battles between them and Tetsuya Tsurugi, Great Mazinger's pilot. The anime was produced by {{Toei}} and Dynamic Planning, and it was broadcast for first time by Fuji TV in 1974. Two manga versions were produced in 1975. One of them was written by Creator/GoNagai and is two volumes long, and the second was written by GosakuOta and is four volumes long (and it features a pretty different ending).

* ''Anime/GodMazinger'': It has nothing to do with the original series, but was originally meant to be its sequel. However the idea was discarded, and the other two series were made instead. Hibino Yamato, a Japanese OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent is led to another dimension to reanimate a giant god stone and together fight an invading empire. It was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Dynamic Planning, and aired by Nippon TV in 1984. A manga based on it was produced in 1984: ten volumes were published by Kadokawa Shoten and four volumes by Shogakukan.
* ''Manga/NewMazinger'': It was going to be a Mazinger series especifically made for the American market, but only one single volume was published in 1988 by First Publishing.

* ''Manga/ZMazinger'': In this version, Earth was invaded by a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens who were mistaken by gods. However, the most powerful alien warrior -named Zeus- rebelled against them and defeated them. Several centuries later they return and attack Japan, but Kouji Kabuto finds Zeus' robot, and he accepts fighting on Zeus' stead, renaming his robot to Z-Mazinger. Creator/GoNagai wrote it in 1998, and it lasted five volumes.
* ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'': Following the success of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', and the Mazinger Z upgrade Mazinkaiser created for the series, this anime received a retelling in 2001 as an OVA series, ''{{Mazinkaiser}}'', which introduces said mecha into the Mazinger canon. The OVA also featured the characters from the second of the trilogy, ''GreatMazinger''. Creator/GoNagai published an alternate one-shot in 2001, but in 2003, one volume was published adapting the OVA story, written by Creator/GoNagai and drawn by NaotoTsushima.

* ''ShinMazingerZero'': Shin Mazinger Zero is a manga that was released in 2009 in the magazine Champion Red, created by Creator/GoNagai and YoshiakiTabata. It has no connection with ''ShinMazinger'', but it is connected with the original anime, and in a nutshell is what you have when ''Anime/MazingerZ'' original manga meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The manga is nine-volume-long and a sequel is being published.

* ''Manga/MazingerAngels'': An alternate story and ''CharliesAngels'' spoof: Sayaka, Jun, Hikaru and Maria form the Mazinger Angels team, a group that uses giant robots to investigate odd crimes and happenings. Written by Creator/GoNagai and drawn by AkihikoNiina, it was published in 2004 and it lasted four volumes. A two-volume-long sequel -''Mazinger Angels Z''- was published in 2008.

* ''MazingerOtome'': A digital comic published in 2009 by Creator/GoNagai and MikioTachibana. In this alternate story, Creator/GoNagai classic Super Robots (Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Grendizer, ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'') are {{Robot Girl}}s.

* ''RobotGirlsZ'': A possible SpiritualSuccessor to ''MazingerOtome'' that first aired in January 2014. Features a super-powered PowerTrio of [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe girls dressed up as Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and Grendizer]] that are able to use all of the originals' attacks.

[[caption-width-right:350:Take a HotBlooded hero, a HumongousMecha fitted with a RocketPunch, an army of {{Robeast}}s, stir all ingredients together and you have the birth of a genre.]]

* ''Super Robot Girls Z'': A possible SpiritualSuccessor to ''MazingerOtome'' due out January 2014. Features a PowerTrio of [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe girls dressed up as Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and Grendizer]], yet somehow also possess the originals' attacks. There are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PwiM-KQScY two]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRgqPx7p_w4&fmt=18 previews]] floating around.

* ''Super Robot Girls Z'': A possible SpiritualSuccessor to ''MazingerOtome'' due out January 2014. Features a PowerTrio of [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe girls dressed up as Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and Grendizer]], yet somehow also possess the originals' attacks. There's a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PwiM-KQScY preview]] floating around.

* ''Anime/MazinkaiserSKL'': Made in 2011, it has nothing to do with the former series. A digital manga based on this story was made by Creator/GoNagai and KazumiHoshi.

It must be stated that, due to the move from Shonen Jump to Kodansha TV Magazine, there ''two'' different tankobon releases compiling the original GoNagai manga. The Sueisha release compiles chapters are missing in the Kodansha edition and vice versa, and some chapters are not recopilated in any of them. And neither of them has the chapters chronologically arranged. Nonetheless, an Italian publishing house published an "edizione integrale" (comprehensive compilation) several years ago, recopilating ALL chapters and arranging them according chronological order.

* ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': The first sequel, narrating the rise of the Mykene Empire after the FinalBattle against Dr. Hell, and the battles between them and Tetsuya Tsurugi, Great Mazinger's pilot. The anime was produced by {{Toei}} and Dynamic Planning, and it was broadcast for first time by Fuji TV in 1974. Two manga versions were produced in 1975. One of them was written by GoNagai and is two volumes long, and the second was written by GosakuOta and is four volumes long (and it features a pretty different ending).
* ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': The last series of the original trilogy, it narrates how Kouji Kabuto found Duke Fleed and Grendizer, and how they fought together against the AlienInvasion from the planet Vega. The anime was produced by {{Toei}} and Dynamic Planning, and it premiered in Fuji TV in 1975. Grendizer had THREE manga versions in 1976: the GoNagai version is two volumes long; the GosakuOta version is three volumes long; and the HidearuImamichi version is comprised of one single volume.

* ''CBCharaGoNagaiWorld'': A {{Crossover}} between ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Manga/ViolenceJack'', featuring a ton of {{ShoutOut}}s to many GoNagai series. The {{Devilman}} main characters find themselves suddenly chibi-fied and trapped into a strange world, and they set off on a quest to ascertain what is happening and get their real bodies back. It was made in 1991, and a manga version was published in 1992.
* ''Manga/ZMazinger'': In this version, Earth was invaded by a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens who were mistaken by gods. However, the most powerful alien warrior -named Zeus- rebelled against them and defeated them. Several centuries later they return and attack Japan, but Kouji Kabuto finds Zeus' robot, and he accepts fighting on Zeus' stead, renaming his robot to Z-Mazinger. GoNagai wrote it in 1998, and it lasted five volumes.
* ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'': Following the success of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', and the Mazinger Z upgrade Mazinkaiser created for the series, this anime received a retelling in 2001 as an OVA series, ''{{Mazinkaiser}}'', which introduces said mecha into the Mazinger canon. The OVA also featured the characters from the second of the trilogy, ''GreatMazinger''. GoNagai published an alternate one-shot in 2001, but in 2003, one volume was published adapting the OVA story, written by GoNagai and drawn by NaotoTsushima.

* ''Manga/MazingerAngels'': An alternate story and ''CharliesAngels'' spoof: Sayaka, Jun, Hikaru and Maria form the Mazinger Angels team, a group that uses giant robots to investigate odd crimes and happenings. Written by GoNagai and drawn by AkihikoNiina, it was published in 2004 and it lasted four volumes. A two-volume-long sequel -''Mazinger Angels Z''- was published in 2008.

* ''Anime/ShinMazinger'': A new series, ''[[ShinMazinger Shin Mazinger Impact! Z Chapter]]'', began airing in April 2009. It is sort of a reboot. GoNagai wrote a one-shot story set in that continuity.
* ''ShinMazingerZero'': Shin Mazinger Zero is a manga that was released in 2009 in the magazine Champion Red, created by GoNagai and YoshiakiTabata. It has no connection with ''ShinMazinger'', but it is connected with the original anime, and in a nutshell is what you have when ''Anime/MazingerZ'' original manga meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The manga is nine-volume-long and a sequel is being published.
* ''MazingerOtome'': A digital comic published in 2009 by GoNagai and MikioTachibana. In this alternate story, GoNagai classic Super Robots (Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Grendizer, ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'') are {{Robot Girl}}s.

* ''Anime/MazinkaiserSKL'': Made in 2011, it has nothing to do with the former series. A digital manga based on this story was made by GoNagai and KazumiHoshi.

Made by GoNagai, who would later inspire the creation of (but not, as common misconceptions would have you believe, actually create) ANOTHER granddaddy of [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot]] anime: ''Manga/GetterRobo''.

* ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'': Following the success of ''SuperRobotWars'', and the Mazinger Z upgrade Mazinkaiser created for the series, this anime received a retelling in 2001 as an OVA series, ''{{Mazinkaiser}}'', which introduces said mecha into the Mazinger canon. The OVA also featured the characters from the second of the trilogy, ''GreatMazinger''. GoNagai published an alternate one-shot in 2001, but in 2003, one volume was published adapting the OVA story, written by GoNagai and drawn by NaotoTsushima.

Other than in all SuperRobotWars games (before [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX UX]], that is), ''Mazinger Z'' also appears in several videogames: Mazinger Z, a Beat'-Em-Up for SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem; Mazinger Z, an arcade Shoot'-Em-Up featuring all robots in the trilogy; Mazin Saga Mutant Fighter, a Beat'-Em-Up for Genesis based on the MazinSaga manga; and CB Chara Wars, an action game based on the CBCharaGoNagaiWorld OVA.

In the US, ''Mazinger Z'' was aired under the title ''Tranzor Z'' as a response to the popularity of ''{{Voltron}}''. In this dub, Koji became "Tommy" and Sayaka was "Jessica." It was later given a shorter, but more faithful dub run commissioned by {{Toei}}. The Toei dub was hugely popular in the Philippines before Ferdinand Marcos ordered it off the air, and some episodes were released on VHS in the U.K.; before ''Tranzor Z'', snippets of this dub had been aired in the U.S. on a Christian Broadcasting Network public-affairs program about Japan. And finally, in 2012, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-06/discotek-adds-mazinger-z-super-robot-tv-anime it was announced by Discotek Media]] that they will be releasing the full, uncut, subtitled 1970s anime series in 2013. The fans went completely insane.

** ''Super Robot Girls Z'': A possible SpiritualSuccessor to ''MazingerOtome'' due out January 2014. Features a PowerTrio of {{MoeAnthropomorphism moe girls dressed up as Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and Grendizer}}, yet somehow also possess the originals' attacks. There's a {{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PwiM-KQScY preview}} floating around.

[[caption-width-right:350:Take a HotBlooded hero, a HumongousMecha fitted with a RocketPunch, an army of {{Robeast}}s, stirs all ingredients together and you have the birth of a genre.]]

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* MazingerZ/TropesAToH
* MazingerZ/TropesIToP
* MazingerZ/TropesQToZ

* MazingerZ/TropesAToC
* MazingerZ/TropesDToF
* MazingerZ/TropesGToI

* MazingerZ/{{Tropes A-C}}
* MazingerZ/{{Tropes D-F}}
* MazingerZ/{{Tropes G-I}}

* MazingerZ/TropesAToH

->"RocketPunch!"

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* ''ShinMazingerZero'': Shin Mazinger Zero is a manga that was released in 2009 in the magazine Champion Red, created by GoNagai and YoshiakiTabata. It has no connection with ''ShinMazinger'', but it is connected with the original anime. Seven volumes have been published so far.

Other than in all SuperRobotWars games, ''Mazinger Z'' also appears in several videogames: Mazinger Z, a Beat'-Em-Up for SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem; Mazinger Z, an arcade Shoot'-Em-Up featuring all robots in the trilogy; Mazin Saga Mutant Fighter, a Beat'-Em-Up for Genesis based on the MazinSaga manga; and CB Chara Wars, an action game based on the CBCharaGoNagaiWorld OVA.

Considered to be [[TropeCodifier THE granddaddy]] of the SuperRobotGenre, ''Mazinger Z'' is the first entry of the ''Mazinger'' trilogy. The first manga version was serialized in ''Shueisha Weekly ShonenJump'' from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in ''Kodansha'' TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. In December 1972, the anime version premiered on Fuji Television. The TV series ended September 1, 1974. A second manga series was released alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota, which started and ended almost at the same time of the TV show.

In the US, ''Mazinger Z'' was aired under the title ''Tranzor Z'' as a response to the popularity of ''{{Voltron}}''. In this dub, Koji became "Tommy" and Sayaka was "Jessica." It was later given a shorter, but more faithful dub run commissioned by {{Toei}}. The Toei dub was hugely popular in the Philippines before Ferdinand Marcos ordered it off the air, and some episodes were released on VHS in the U.K.; before ''Tranzor Z'', snippets of this dub had been aired in the U.S. on a Christian Broadcasting Network public-affairs program about Japan. And finally, in 2012, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-06/discotek-adds-mazinger-z-super-robot-tv-anime it was announced by Discotek Media]] that they will be releasing the full, uncut, subtitled 1970s anime series in 2013. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced The fans went completely insane.]]

In the US, ''Mazinger Z'' was aired under the title ''Tranzor Z'' as a response to the popularity of ''{{Voltron}}''. In this dub, Koji became "Tommy" and Sayaka was "Jessica." It was later given a shorter, but more faithful dub run commissioned by {{Toei}}. The Toei dub was hugely popular in the Philippines before Ferdinand Marcos ordered it off the air, and some episodes were released on VHS in the U.K.; before ''Tranzor Z'', snippets of this dub had been aired in the U.S. on a Christian Broadcasting Network public-affairs program about Japan.

* ''ShinMazingerZero'': Shin Mazinger Zero is a manga that was released in 2009 in the magazine Champion Red, created by GoNagai and YoshiakiTabata. It has no connection with ''ShinMazinger'', but it is connected with the original anime. Three volumes have been published so far.

''Mazinger Z'' was followed by ''GreatMazinger'' and ''UFORoboGrendizer''. However, being a forty-years-old LongRunner, it has got many sequels, spin-offs and remakes throughout four decades:

[[folder:List of Mazinger-related series]]
!!List of Mazinger-related series:

* ''Anime/GodMazinger'': It has nothing to do with the original series, but was originally meant to be its sequel. However the idea was discarded, and the other two series were made instead. Hibino Yamato, a Japanese OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent has frequent hallucinations about a weird world: the Kingdom of Mu, a world that resembles ancient Greece. Suddenly he is forcefully thrown into that world through a dimensional portal to revive God Mazinger, a giant stone statue inhabited by a PhysicalGod who only can be awoken by the chosen one. Hibino is led to its presence to wake up the giant, fuse with it spiritually and together fight a threat invading the kingdom. It was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Dynamic Planning, and aired by Nippon TV in 1984. A manga based on it was produced in 1984: ten volumes were published by Kadokawa Shoten and four volumes by Shogakukan.
* ''Manga/NewMazinger'': It was going to be a Mazinger series especifically made for the American market, but only one single volume was published in 1988 by First Publishing. The setting is an post-apocalyptic Earth after one hundred fifty years of constant war. Every army use gigantic {{Power Armor}}s to battle. One of them -called Mazinger- is piloted by Mayor Kabuto. In one battle he is transported to a parallel world inhabited by giants.

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