AniWorthMazinger Z
Introduction
The villainous Dr. Hell has amassed an army of mechanical beasts in his secret hideaway, the island of Bardos located in the Aegean Sea. He is capable of controlling mechanized beasts with his cane, and instructs them to unleash devastating attacks. However, Dr. Hell doesn't do all the dirty work by himself; he has his loyal henchman Baron Ashura to carry out his devilish plans.
There are also those that will see to it that evil does not prevail. Kouji Kabuto is the young and feisty teenager with a score to settle: his goal is avenging the murder of his grandfather by Dr. Hell. And he might just be able to pull it off, as he is the pilot of Mazinger Z, a mighty giant robot made out of an indestructible metal known as Super-Alloy Z.
Mazinger Z boasts several powerful special attacks. By channeling Photonic Energy through its eyes, and unleashing the Koushiryoku Beam, it can cause great destruction. But things get really cool when Mazinger Z launches its Rocket Punch attack. Dr. Hell and his minions might have just found their match!
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 7.31/10 · 7717
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Audience reviews
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RealYRC
Ah , the 1972 Toei Mazinger Z anime , this show is good , but the few problems are the episodes are all Monster of the week , and the animation is very janky , also this show is very Mazinger heavy in the episodes, and yes the robot is important in this show , nothing wrong with that , Koji is really based in this show , his views on Women is so me , he the best part of Mazinger , the villains are cool but they don't hurt the heroes much , except for background characters, this show is a classic of the Super Robot Genre , is it good ? Yes , is it dated ? Yeah , but that wasn't the creators fault , also it's longer than the 5 volume manga , even the anime should have been 50 plus episodes long
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Unpopular opinion - I did not like this show. I watched the full thing so I can make a fair judgement but it's just not for me. Mecha fans? Definitely should watch. I just watched because I'm going on an old anime binge and wanted to see how much story they could put into a show that's only about robots. Surprise - not a lot. The main female character Sayaka makes me want to slap her; I know it's not unusual for male writers to be unable to really portray female characters in a good light, but wow, she is seriously one of the most incompetent characters I've ever seen. Her mecha can't even fight, and when she does get weapons, they're literally the most useless thing except maybe to distract the enemy for a few seconds.
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When it comes to monster of the week 70's mech series, this is pretty much about as simplistic and bare bones as you can possibly get both in characterization, stories, and animation. It had its somewhat great moments and I think what kept me invested was seeing Baron ashura and his many antics and conquests to try and take down mazinger.(But certainly not as great as "Berge Katse" from Gatchamon. ) Loved the episodes showcasing the many mazinger upgrades as well and some of the stories were inventive and quite interesting in early parts of the series. It then built up steam quite a bit around the mid portion of the show and things started to gradually become more intense how ever it lost alot of steam around the last 1/3 of the series which i felt that i just wanted things to move on to t…
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Mazinger Z is a classic of the mecha genre. This anime introduced many concepts which we see at any mecha anime, for example: The robot is the last hope of humanity, being piloted by a human (preferably teenagers), mad scientists trying to conquer the world, cronies incompetent or strange-looking people, a proud pilot woman (do you remember Asuka?).
In each episode is the same plot: Dr. Hell sends his Mechanical Beasts, Koji Kabuto runs to Mazinger, background music resounds, and the battle begins. Many emotions and feelings are mixed in the battle, but in the end, Mazinger is the winner.
I saw this anime in the 1980s as a kid and I still like it. If you like the mecha genre, you should see this anime.
I know these words are not enough to describe it and see it as an adult is not the sa…
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