History Anime / MazingerZ

* ''Mazinger Z: Infinity'': A movie adaptation of the franchise meant to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the original manga and television anime series.

* ''Manga/ZMazinger'': In this version, Earth was invaded by a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens who were mistaken for 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/ShinMazinger'': A new series, ''[[Anime/ShinMazinger Shin Mazinger Impact! Z Chapter]]'', began airing in April 2009. It is sort of a reboot. Creator/GoNagai wrote a one-shot story set in that continuity.

Other than in all ''VideoGame/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 Anime/CBCharaGoNagaiWorld OVA.

Considered to be [[TropeMaker THE granddaddy]] of the SuperRobotGenre, ''Mazinger Z'' is the first entry of the ''Mazinger'' trilogy. The first manga version was serialized in ''Shueisha Weekly Magazine/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.

* ''Mazinger Z The Movie'': A movie adaptation of the franchise meant to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the original manga and television anime series.

* ''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 ''Anime/ShinMazinger'' (in spite of the similar names), but it is connected with the original anime, and in a nutshell is what you have when the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' original manga meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The manga is nine-volume-long and a sequel is being published.

* ''Anime/DynamicSuperRobotsSoushingekki'': Released in 2000 as a three-part special with episodes from [[Anime/GetterRobo Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]], this little special features every single Super Robot made by Go Nagai (more or less) teaming up to punch things and generally promote the upcoming ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' OVA.

* ''New Mazinger 2017'': A new incarnation of the franchise.

In the US, ''Mazinger Z'' was aired under the title ''Tranzor Z'' as a response to the popularity of ''Anime/{{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 Creator/DiscotekMedia that they will be releasing the full, uncut, subtitled 1970s anime series in 2013. The fans went completely insane.

* ''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 Creator/GoNagai version is two volumes long; the Creator/GosakuOta version is three volumes long; and the Creator/HidearuImamichi version is comprised of one single volume.

* ''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 the 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).

* ''New Mazinger 2017'': A new incarnation of the franchise. More info set to be announced at MIPCOM 2016.

* New Mazinger 2017: A new incarnation of the franchise. More info set to be announced at MIPCOM 2016.

* ''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 ''Anime/ShinMazinger'', but it is connected with the original anime, and in a nutshell is what you have when the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' original manga meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The manga is nine-volume-long and a sequel is being published.

->''[[ExpositoryThemeTune Koji can]]''
->''[[BraggingThemeTune swim in the sky]]''
->''[[IfItSwimsItFlies He can fly beneath the sea]]''
->''[[HumongousMecha In his robot-man]]''
->''[[TitleDrop Mazinger Z!]]''

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 Creator/DiscotekMedia that they will be releasing the full, uncut, subtitled 1970s anime series in 2013. The fans went completely insane.

* ''Anime/CBCharaGoNagaiWorld'': A {{Crossover}} between ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Manga/ViolenceJack'', featuring a ton of {{ShoutOut}}s to many Creator/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.

It must be stated that, due to the move from Shonen Jump to Kodansha TV Magazine, there are ''two'' different tankobon releases compiling the original Creator/GoNagai manga. The Sueisha release compiles chapters that are missing in the Kodansha edition and vice versa, and some chapters are not recompilated 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, recompilating ALL chapters and arranging them according to chronological order.

* ''Anime/ShinMazinger'': A new series, ''[[ShinMazinger Shin Mazinger Impact! Z Chapter]]'', began airing in April 2009. It is sort of a reboot. Creator/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 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 the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' original manga meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The manga is nine-volume-long and a sequel is being published.

* ''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 part of the original trilogy, ''Anime/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 Creator/NaotoTsushima.

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

* ''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 part of the original 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 Creator/NaotoTsushima.

Considered to be [[TropeMaker 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.

Considered to be [[TropeMaker 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 Creator/Gosaku Ota, which started and ended almost at the same time of the TV show.

* ''CBCharaGoNagaiWorld'': A {{Crossover}} between ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Manga/ViolenceJack'', featuring a ton of {{ShoutOut}}s to many Creator/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.

Other than in all ''VideoGame/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.

* ''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 Creator/GoNagai version is two volumes long; the GosakuOta version is three volumes long; and the HidearuImamichi version is comprised of one single volume.

* ''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 part of the original 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.

* ''Manga/MazingerAngels'': An alternate story and ''Series/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.

* ''Manga/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.

Considered to be [[TropeMaker 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.

* ''Anime/DynamicSuperRobotsSoushingekki'': Released in 2000 as a three-part special with episodes from [[Anime/Getter Robo Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]], this little special features every single Super Robot made by Go Nagai (more or less) teaming up to punch things and generally promote the upcoming ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' OVA.

* ''Anime/DynamicSuperRobotsSoushingekki'': Released as a three-part special with episodes from [[Anime/Getter Robo Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]], this little special features every single Super Robot made by Go Nagai (more or less) teaming up to punch things and generally promote the upcoming ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' OVA.