25 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestThe beginning shows of Dr. Hell and Kenzo Kabuto arriving at the Mycenea hibernation place. Dr. Hell's King of Hell arises to defeat the numerous Mazinger army. The Mazinger army was defeated by Dr. Hell when the Million Squad and Venus A decides to use Photonic beam attack to Dr. Hell. Unknown to them, the King of Hell has a Photon absorber that will absorb all kinds of photon attacks thereby giving it more photon energy power. The Photon fortress attacks and the King of Hell absorbed all the photon beam attacks. The Photon fortress is now being sucked into Dr. Hell. It was revealed that Kenzo realized his mistake when he saw the arm of Zeus. Kenzo has built the King of Hell for Dr. Hell to absorb photon energy. Realizing his mistake, he reprogrammed Gamia Q3 to reverse the polarity of photon where the photon energy will be drained from the King of Hell's body. Gamia Q3 went into the Photon Fortress to reverse the flow of photon energy. Suddenly, inside the King of Hell's body, Dr.
Developed from Japanium ore is the super energy, Photon Power. Seeking this energy is Dr. Hell, a madman craving world domination who along with his subordinates Baron Ashura and Count Brocken, commands the Machine Beasts excavated from Bardos Island (believed to be Rhodes) to attack the Photon Power Lab and take it for himself. Meeting the attack head on is our hero, the hot-blooded teenager Kouji Kabuto who pilots the super robot Mazinger Z, constructed by his grandfather Juzo and made from the strongest metal Chogokin Z. But in this battle between Dr. Hell and the Kabuto family, many legends surrounding the Mycenaean Civilization and Bardos Island, as well as the secrets of Mazinger Z remain shrouded in mystery.
Visual Effects
Gloriously over-the-top robot animation that rejects subtlety entirely.
Direction
Go Nagai's unhinged vision finally gets modern budget treatment.
Score
Theme songs that demand you sing along badly.
Creator
Go Nagai
Ayumi Fujimura
Shiro Kabuto
Kenji Akabane
Kouji Kabuto
Kazuhiko Kishino
Dr. Hell (voice)
Atsushi Imaruoka
Ankokuji Keiji
Fumihiro Awano
Tetsuya Tsurugi
Hiroshi Naka
Yanosuke Yumi
Kaori Yamagata
Baron Ashura
Kenji Utsumi
Hades
Masaaki Yajima
Zeus
Masayuki Katou
Yasu the Weasel
Minoru Inaba
Count Blocken
Satsuki Yukino
Gamia Q
Seiko Tomoe
Kikunosuke
Tessyo Genda
Cross
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2009 reboot was produced for Mazinger Z's 40th anniversary, finally adapting plot threads Nagai never resolved in the 1972 original.
Mazinger Z essentially invented the 'pilot climbs into robot' trope; every Gundam, Evangelion, and Pacific Rim owes its existence to Kouji's cockpit.
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