Mazinger Z Page

Welcome to my Mazinger Z Page, if you've searched for Mazinger on the net, you'll find that this page offers one of the most complete Mazinger information regarding his friends, his weapons, plus some other downloadable files like video, sound files and pictures. You will find that search engines yield more Mazinger Z results than if you search for Voltes V or some other puny tin can like Daimos.

Mazinger Z was created by Go Nagai, and this is an unofficial homepage. I humbly thank all the websites that I gathered Mazinger Z data from. No files were originally created nor scanned by me, only the data and layouting was done by yours truly.

Mazinger Z was introduced in the Philippines sometime in the late 70's, invading our television screens along with Voltes V and the rest of the robots via GMA 7. Before the series even ended, robot shows were banned here by the late dictator Marcos, allegedly for too much violence. We did not get to see how such an interesting robot went on to continue fighting battle as a beefed up Great Mazinger with a different pilot. Twenty years later, they've brought back Voltes V and the sucky robot Daimos, and was supposed to bring back Mazinger Z on its original Wednesday time slot but it did not push through for reasons unknown. Perhaps they felt sucky Daimos was more popular than our main man mazinger.

MAZINGER Z
	Height: 18 m Weight: 20 tons Neck: 5.6 m Chest measurement: 13.6 m Arm surroundings: 5.3 m Walk speed: 50 km/h Each Step6.8 m Alloy: Chougoukin Z (Super Alloy Z) Main Engine: Koushiryoku Energy Photoatomic Power: 65,000,000HP Running Speed: 360 km/h Flying Speed: Mach 3 Underwater speed: 20 Knots Jump power: 20 m Ceiling Height: 20,000 m Grip power: 150 T
	Mazinger Z was created with a new kind of element called Japanium, which can only be found near Mt. Fuji. After certain treatment, the Japanium becomes a new alloy called Super Metal Z. This is a very strong material, even stronger than iron. When Japanium is radiated, it can emit an abundant energy, which becomes Mazinger's main power. Japanium was discovered by Professor Kabuto, after he fled from Dr. Hell's island.

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Dr. Hell managed to control these mechas with an electric-telepathic type trident, and massacred most of his crew, all but Dr. Kabuto who escaped.When Dr.Hell realized how powerful those robots were, he had the idea to rule the world! Upon Dr.Kabuto's escape, he was still secretly working on two scientific projects at the Photoatomic Research Institute:

•a new alloy he called Super Alloy Z processed from Japanium (a new element found only in the stratum of Mount Fuji);
•a new powerful source of energy called Photo-Atomic Energy.

He decided to use his new discoveries to build Mazinger Z: a giant robot even more powerful than those mechas he found in Rhodes Island. He knew that Dr.Hell was a mad scientist and the only way to stop him was to destroy all the mechanical monsters he found before he could activate them. Mazinger Z was made with Super Alloy Z and activated by the Photo-Atomic Energy.


Koji Kabuto	Sayaka Yumi	Dr. Yumi	Dr. Iz	Dr. Biz	Dr. Diz

Koji used Mazinger Z to combat Dr.Hell and his henchmen. Dr. Yumi created Aphrodite A to help Mazinger and was piloted by his daughter, Sayaka. Later on, Boss Robot was unwillingly created by the doctors Iz, Biz, and Diz for the funny man Boss for additional help.

Mazinger- Z was created in 1972 by the famous Japanese animation artist Go Nagai. It appeared first as a manga or Japanese comic. It was quickly made into to a TV animated series that lasted 92 episodes.
	During a traffic jam, in april 1972, a young mangaka said "If a car had arms, and legs… There will be no problems such this !". He was called Go Nagai. He had already worked for his friend Ken ariga, a manager at Toei doga drawing "Devilman" (or better, I think it was Mao Dante) and his brothers worked for Dynamic Production. The were looking for something new, after a long, unlucky time. Go called this robot "Iron Z". It was created by professor Akagane for a special laboratory (inspired by Ultraman) to fight against Dr. Hell's creatures (You know this part of the story). His pilot (helped by Sayaka Yumi on Iron A) was called Susumu Kaze, wich was riding a motorcycle called the Pilder, and climbed the robot by riding on a kind of cape on the back of the robot.
After a short time Nagai thought to change his robot into a super robot, and he added two ideas, Japanium and Photo Atomic Energy (well, Iron A was created in this period, too). Fuji TV would have broadcasted this anime on sunday evenings, at 7.00 pm, helped in production by Asatsu Agency. But they wanted to call it "Energer Z". At last Go Nagai decided for Mazinger Z! They changed the Motorcycle with the Hover Pilder, too, to avoid any confusion with Kamen Rider. This changed Mazinger's head, too. They started publishing it on Shonen Jump, but before it they changed Susumu to Koji, and Akagane with Yumi, father of Sayaka. The robot was no more created by Yumi, but by Koji's grandfather, at first a kind of mad scientist with a deformed face, then a nice and peaceful old granny… They introduced also, for kids, Boss and Shiro. Iron A became a peaceful robot, Aphrodite A.
They still had to decide how to color these characters. (Manga was in Black & White). Here in Italy we say "then any color was seen", i.e. happened almost everything about it. At first, Mazinger had flat feets, a longer armour, eyes sublined by red stripes and, sometimes, a blue Pilder, or a Pilder with a yellow tail. Aphrodite's head was at first green, then brown and only at last red, and a bigger crane. Ashura's cape was pink and purple, and his face was all made of living, pink flesh. Boss Robot was at first green and blue, too, with brown and yellow arms. Koji wore a scarf, and Sayaka had only after a few weeks her yellow pants and jacket. On December 8th they started broadcasting, but still the toon was designed by a lot of different laboratories, because Toei doga's workers were on strike. So Laser Beams from the eyes were at first red, sometimes it had a kind of gas as Breast Fire, or white punches (sometimes, white or blue in different scenes of the same episode.), or square foots, or four holes in his mouth… This lasted for 13 episodes, but people already loved it…It had a share of 30% on episode 68, with duke Gorgon, one of the highest audiences of all times in Japan.

Dr. Hell sent his assistant, Baron Asler, to kill Dr. Kabuto. The attempt was a success but Dr. Kabuto was able to inform his grandson, Koji of Mazinger before he died.	Koji, along with his brother Shiro marvelling at Mazinger Z	Koji went to Dr. Yumi, his grandfather's assistant, and set upbase at the Photoatomic Research Institute.
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