Majinga Z

Mazinger Z
マジンガーZ

Prequel

Mazinger Z - Mykene no Densetsu no Maki
マジンガーZ ミケーネの伝説の巻
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Mazinger Z: Mycenae no Densetsu no Maki is a prequel manga to the original series by Go Nagai given away with the first produced models of the special edition 40th Anniversary DX Chogokin Mazinger Z models. It shows the origins of the Mazinger Z and the influence of its creation. Due to its limited numbers, the booklets are considered valuable by collectors, even more so than the models they were released with.

Prequel

Mazinger Z: Alter Ignition
マジンガーZ アルターイグニッション
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A retelling of the origins of Mazinger Z.

Sequel

Great Mazinger
Dai Majinga· グレートマジンガー
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Great Mazinger starts after the defeat of Mazinger Z. Tetsuya Tsurugi is the new protagonist, piloting the powerful Great Mazinger, a creation of the once thought dead Kenzo Kabuto, the father of Koji Kabuto. This time the enemy is the Mycene Empire and its powerful robots.

Sequel

Atlas Ufo Robot
UFO Robo Grendizer· UFOロボグレンディザー
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A short manga version of the UFO Robo Grendizer anime. Released along the anime series, UFO Robot Grendizer follows the adventures of Duke Fleed, the Prince of Planet Fleed, whom disguised as Daisuke, a farm worker, fights against the forces that destroyed his planet, the Vegan Empire, also the creators of Grendizer that Duke stole to fight them. While not originaly considered part of the Mazinger series, Koji Kabuto and the Mazinger mechas appear in this series, making it sort of a sequel. Grendizer introduced the concept of a transformable Robot and a space Mecha, concepts that were later taken into other mecha series. It was extremely popular in Japan, Canada, France, Italy and the Arab World and has a strong following in those countries even today.

Parent Story

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An bonus chapter included with the final volume of Getter Robo Āḥ. Dr. Hell discovers a biomechanical lifeform known as "Kedora" in the depths of Bardos Island, and realises that he can use it to fight Mazinger Z. The story of this chapter was loosely adapted into the sixteenth episode of Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-Hen.

Parent Story

Gekiman! Z & Great Edition
Gekiman! Z & Great-hen· 激マン!Z&グレート編
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An autobiographical manga focusing on the creation of Great Mazinger.

Side Story

Shin-Mazinger The H Impact!
Shin Mazinger Shogeki! H-hen· 真マジンガー 衝撃!H編
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Shin Mazinger Shogeki! H Hen is a special one-shot sexy gag comedy done by Go Nagai and published in the October 2009 issue of Champion Red magazine (released on 19th August).

Spin-off

The Great UFO War
Super Robot Comic: Mazinger Anthology· スーパーロボットコミック マジンガーアンソロジー
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This book is one of a series of anthology comics published by Futabasha related to the long running Super Robot Wars series. Five different artists contribute a one-shot story: 1. Half God (Ashura) by Tomoshige Ishikawa 2. Rocket! Rocket! Punch punch punch!! by Takayuki Sakai 3. Great War of UFO Robot by Masahiro Fujii 4. Iron Cross Corps vs Mazin-Girls by Shinpei Ito 5. The last Space-Thunder by Tetsuya Kawaishi and Dynamic Production.

Spin-off

Mazin Kaiser
Mazinkaiser· マジンカイザー
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Slight retelling of the 2001-2002 Mazinkaiser OVA series.

Spin-off

Gekiman!: Mazinger Z no Shou
激マン!~マジンガーZの章~
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The autobiographical manga will reveal the untold story of the creation of Nagai's Mazinger Z mecha manga. (Source: Anime News Network)

Spin-off

Mazinger Destroying Hell
Hagoku no Mazinger· 破獄のマジンガー
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New Isekai inspired Mazinger serie by Dino Getter's Kazumi Hoshi.

Alternative

Mazinger Z
マジンガーZ
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Mazinger Z is an alternate telling manga made in collaboration with Gosaku Ōta and Go Nagai, compared to the original and TV Magazine manga by Nagai, this manga was made more in tune with the anime while adding its own original elements. The manga focuses on a plot more similar to the anime starting with Koji checking on his grandfather after Baron Ashura had activated a bomb. With his dying breath, Dr. Kabuto gives Koji the Super Robot Mazinger Z. With the threat of Dr. Hell looming, Koji fights against his Mechanical Beasts and lieutenants with help from Sayaka Yumi and to some degree Boss.

Alternative

Legend of Demon God
God Mazinger· ゴッドマジンガー
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Young sports enthusiast, Yamato Hino hears voices calling out to him and during a thunderstorm, he is brought to a parallel world. In this world is the Kingdom Mu, under attack by the evil Dorado of the Empire of Dinosaurs. Yamato was summoned from the prayers of queen Aila Mu to pilot a statue known as the God Mazinger. Joining the Mu army's ranks, Yamato fights against Dorado and his army. (Source: Mazinger Wikia)

Alternative

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Mazinger, later called Mazinger U.S.A. Version or Mazinger U.S. Version to avoid confusions with the rest of the Mazinger works, is a 58 pages long manga created by Go Nagai specifically for the US market. It features full-color graphics, text in English and left-to-right formatting. It is partially inspired by Gulliver's Travels. http://mazingerzgreatkaiser.wikia.com/wiki/Mazinger_U.S.A

Alternative

MazinSaga
Mazin Saga· マジンサーガ
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MazinSaga is a manga written and produced by Go Nagai between 1990 and 1998; currently on going again, it's the summa of Nagai's works, for the complexity of the plot and the treated thematic content. Mazinsaga tells the story of the young Koji Kabuto, university student who finds himself having to collect the fruit of the researches of his father, physicist of world-wide reputation who died in mysterious circumstances. The boy is thus given a powerful artefact, Mazinger Z, the Armor of God.

Alternative

Zeta Mazinger
Z Mazinger· Zマジンガ
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A retelling of Mazinger Z mixed with ancient Greek mythology with a modern touch.

Alternative

Shin Mazinger Zero
真マジンガーZERO
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An alternative take on Mazinger Z, in the future, the world was destroyed by the demon know as Mazinger Z and the only human that is left on earth is Kouji Kabuto, he is given the chances to save humanity, by sending him back in time by a mysterious Minerva X, in this take the history is for adults, with nudity and blood that may be too much for some fans of the original version.

Alternative

Mazinger Z 2022
マジンガーZ 2022
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A remake of the original Mazinger Z manga in celebration of its 50th anniversary. This manga is the in-universe story of the manga that Gekiman creates in the autobiography manga Gekiman! - Mazinger Z Chapter

Cameo

Violence Jack
バイオレンスジャック
manga

September 11, 197x, In the whole Kantou region a magnitude 8-9 violent earthquake occurred. Scholars called it the great destruction of the Showa Era, but the people called it the earthquake from hell! Volcanoes erupted, buildings crumbled, Tokyo became decimated in a single day. The government, after failing to recover the city, abandons Tokyo and moves the capital. The survivors form a society with no laws. In this harsh lawless world emerges Jack, a 10 foot giant who annihilates anyone and anything in his path. The manga details his journey. *Note: This was the serialization in the magazine Weekly Manga Goraku.*

Cameo

Dynamic Superobot Wars
Super Robot Retsuden· スーパーロボット列伝
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The ultimate cross over manga featuring Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Grendizer, Getter Robo, Getter Robo G and Jeeg! These all-stars band together in order to defend Earth from cosmic evil. This manga is in the same vein as all those old Toei cross over movies, and the self-parody gets pretty strong later on.

Cameo

Mazinger Angel
マジンガーエンジェル
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Mazinger Angels chronicles the adventures of four women who pilot giant robots in the Mazinger vein. The concept is a spoof on the late 70's and early 80's popular TV series Charlie's Angels. Three of the robots, Aphrodite A, Diana A and Minerva X are from the original Mazinger Z series, while Venus A is from the Great Mazinger series. Their pilots are also traditional characters from Go Nagai's universe, Sayaka Yumi and Jun Hono from Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger respectively, and Hikaru Makiba and Maria Fleed from Grendizer. The style of the manga highlights the sex appeal of both the characters and the mechas, sometimes similarly to the way Aika's female characters are shown. (Source: Wikipedia)

Cameo

Mazinger Angel Z
マジンガーエンジェルZ
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Cameo

Mazinger Otome Taisen
Mazinger Otome· マジンガー乙女
manga

Mazinger Otome depicts the mechas of the Mazinger franchise and Steel Jeeg series as androids where they fit into regular life. It follows the android girls that make up the cast as they deal with life in high school and from the school delinquents the Mechanical Beast Army. The main protagonist is Seto Magami, an android based on the Mazinger Z who is treated as the granddaughter of Juzo Magami. Later with the introduction of the New Mazinger Army, there are heated arguments and fights between them and the originals.

Cameo

Devilman VS. Hades
Devilman Tai Yami no Teiou: DEVILMAN vs HADES· デビルマン対闇の帝王 -DEVILMAN vs HADES-
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With the world destroyed after the summoning of Devilman, his human host Akira Fudo finds himself a tenant of Hell. Seeking the soul of his lost love Miki, Akira comes betweens a man’s search for vengeance and earns the ire of Hades. To save Miki and survive life after death, Akira will need to let his true demon out as Devilman faces off against the Devil himself! (Seven Seas Entertainment)