Mazinger

Long-running series of manga and anime Mazinger (マジンガー, Majingā) is a long-running series of manga and anime featuring giant robots or mecha created by Go Nagai in 1972. It introduced the concept of mecha as robots which are ridden by humans and controlled like vehicles to Japanese science fiction (previous depictions of human-controlled giant robots in Japan, such as in Tetsujin 28-go, depicted the robot as remote-controlled, rather than vehicle-like); it would thereby be a primary source of inspiration for the Super Robot sub-genre, particularly throughout the 1970s. Series The series in order: Mazinger Z(Tranzor Z in the U.S.)(1972) The first Mazinger, the story revolves around the antagonism between Kouji Kabuto piloting his robot Mazinger Z and Dr. Hell using Mechanical Beasts. Mazinger has two manga, one by Go Nagai himself, and the other by his assistant, Gosaku Ota both with different stories and direction. In 1993, a side-scrolling action video game titled Mazinger Z was released in Japan by Bandai for the Super Famicom gaming console. In 1994, Banpresto released a vertical shoot 'em up coin-op game titled Mazinger Z, which included Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, a