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46-396: Mazinger Z: Infinity , a theatrical film sequel, taking place 10 years after this series, was animated by Toei Animation and released in theaters on January 13, 2018. The story centers on Tetsuya Tsurugi ( 剣 鉄也 , Tsurugi Tetsuya ) , an orphan raised by Kenzo Kabuto ( 兜 剣造 , Kabuto Kenzō ) , who is the once thought dead father of Mazinger Z pilot Kouji Kabuto . Kenzo Kabuto is

92-576: A Mikene's Warrior is permanently placed and interfaced with the Battle Beast body that he can move like his own. In a way, the Battle Beasts are like giant cyborgs. As a result of this, most of them have a distinctive human head or face placed on the mechanical body, usually somewhere on the torso or on the head itself. They are far more powerful and thanks to their cyborg nature, they also have better reaction time, adaptability and skills than

138-681: A North American DVD release. Originally, Great Mazinger was to be included in Jim Terry 's Force Five series. However, it was eventually swapped out with Spaceketeers , and was never aired in the United States. As was in Mazinger Z , nevertheless, it was successfully broadcast in Italy, Mexico, and other Latin American countries, unedited. Although Great Mazinger did not achieve

184-561: A giant). Shin Mazinger Zero also includes guest stars from Nagai's more risqué works, such as the nude warrior Kekko Kamen , and as such, contains high-levels of gore and sexual content. It spawned a sequel entitled Shin Mazinger Zero vs. The Great General of Darkness ( 真マジンガーゼロVS暗黒大将軍 , Shin Mazingā Zero vs Ankoku Daishōgun ) , which focuses on Great Mazinger , with cameos from UFO Robo Grendizer and its cast. The sequel

230-466: A solution to the energy crisis plaguing the earth, when the nefarious Dr. Hell and his associate, Baron Ashura attack his lab. Along with this, the mysterious " Kurogane House " also has begun to become entwined with the affairs of these two parties. During all of this, Juzo's grandchildren, Kouji and Shiro, encounter one of Baron Ashura's robots on its way to attack Dr. Kabuto's mansion, where he has begun work on his greatest invention. Dr. Kabuto, seeing

276-587: Is available in CD. All of them have been published by Lantis . Although published along the anime series, the manga Shin Mazinger Zero ( 真マジンガーゼロ , Shin Mazingā Zero , lit. "True Mazinger Zero") is not an adaptation of its story. Written by Yoshiaki Tabata with art by Yuki Yogo , it is an original production which takes elements from several past versions of the Mazinger concept. The plot deals with Humanity being destroyed by an evil Mazinger Z. Koji Kabuto,

322-547: Is completed just in time to come to Kabuto's aid as the Mycenae Battle Beasts overwhelm Mazinger Z. With the original Mazinger destroyed, Kabuto went to America to study space travel and left Japan's defense in the hands of Tetsuya and the Fortress of Science. Nevertheless, Tetsuya won against his fight with the Mycenae Battle Beasts, led by their military leader, Ankoku Daishogun (Great General of Darkness) after

368-459: Is later revealed to be Tsubasa's lost brother and his ghost is summoned by Viscount Pygman to haunt her. In the first episode, "Blade", a mysterious figure with a bearing striking resemblance to Tetsuya in his pilot costume and face unseen, kills Pygman. A silhouette of Great Mazinger is seen behind Blade but before the narrator can introduce it, Detective Ankokuji interrupts him saying it is yet "another story". Great General of Darkness also appears in

414-585: Is seriously damaged during the initial battle in the series. Near the end of the OVA, Tetsuya returns with a new and much more powerful Great, which is discovered in Doctor Juzo Kabuto's laboratory. Great also returns in the 2003 movie Mazinkaiser: Deathmatch! Ankoku Daishogun , where Tetsuya once more fights the Mycenae Empire using the prototype Great Mazinger for unknown reasons. Speculation

460-679: Is that both Mazinkaiser and Shin Great Mazinger were being upgraded in the Photon Labs, forcing Tetsuya to use the prototype Great Mazinger. This time, however, Great is incapacitated rather quickly, surviving battle but unable to continue fighting. Nevertheless, the battle did display Tetsuya's skill, as he was the only member of the Mazinger Army (made up of Great, Venus A and three mass-produced and significantly weaker versions of Mazinger Z) to defeat his attackers and survive. In

506-566: The Soul of Chogokin toys line as Shin Mazinger Impact Z! , is a Mazinger anime series, directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa (of G Gundam , Giant Robo and Getter Robo Armageddon fame) which premiered in Japan on April 4, 2009. According to the production staff, it has no relation to the 1970s show and should not be described as a Mazinger Z remake. The series is a "retelling" of

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552-564: The shōnen manga Akumetsu , Yoshiaki Tabata and Yuki Yogo , write and illustrate the Shin Mazinger Zero manga. In 2010 a game based on the series was released for the PC. In the near future, a mineral known as "Japanium" is discovered under Mount Fuji . This ore is discovered to produce a powerful energy source known as "Photon Energy". Dr. Juzo Kabuto and his associates have begun researching Photon Energy, planning to use it as

598-499: The 1960s and particularly during the 1980s. In October 2021, Toei Animation announced that they had signed a strategic partnership with the South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM . On March 6, 2022, an incident occurred in which an unauthorized third party attempted to hack Toei Animation's network, which resulted in the company's online store and internal systems becoming temporarily suspended. The company investigated

644-452: The 60's, they primarily worked with Rankin/Bass, but beginning in the 80's, they worked with Marvel Productions and their list of clients grew, until the end of the decade. Toei didn't provide much outsourced animation work in the 90's and since the 2000s has only rarely worked with other companies outside Japan. Between 2008 and 2018, Toei Animation had copyright claimed TeamFourStar 's parody series, DragonBall Z Abridged . TFS stated that

690-585: The Great General of Darkness' defeat, Doctor Hell of Mazinger Z went into disguise as the Great Marshall of Hell and leads the Mycenae forces. Produced as a direct sequel to Mazinger Z , Great Mazinger also includes some cast members of the original series. This includes Shiro Kabuto (Kouji's little brother) and comic-relief robot Boss Borot . Discotek Media have licensed the series for

736-559: The Mechanical Beasts. Some of them are even capable of showing emotions or even speak. However, their cyborg nature is also a weakness: a direct hit on the human head or face can destroy or severely weaken the Warrior Beast. Throughout the series, there is a little information about them. In episode 2, the idea of imprisonment has been used on traitors; they have free will, but some might prove as psychotic. In episode 9,

782-531: The Witch ), Masami Kurumada ( Saint Seiya ), Akira Toriyama ( Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump ), Leiji Matsumoto ( Galaxy Express 999 ), and Naoko Takeuchi ( Sailor Moon ). The studio helped propel the popularity of the Magical Girl and Super Robot genres of anime; Toei's TV series include the first magical-girl anime series, Mahoutsukai Sally (an adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga of

828-628: The Witch , GeGeGe no Kitarō , Mazinger Z , Galaxy Express 999 , Cutie Honey , Dr. Slump , Dragon Ball , Saint Seiya , Sailor Moon , Slam Dunk , Digimon , One Piece , Toriko , World Trigger , The Transformers (between 1984 and 1990, including several Japanese exclusive productions), and the Pretty Cure series. The studio was founded by animators Kenzō Masaoka and Sanae Yamamoto in 1948 as Japan Animated Films ( 日本動画映画 , Nihon Dōga Eiga ) often shortened to Nichidō Eiga ( 日動映画 ) . In 1956, Toei purchased

874-591: The anime crossovers of the manga creations of Go Nagai. For example, Tetsuya pilots an earlier version of Mazinger Z called Energer Z . Along with Jun, Tetsuya and the Great Mazinger are also featured in the Mazinkaiser OVA and Mazinkaiser: Death match! Ankoku Daishogun movie. The characters have been also a mainstay in Banpresto 's Super Robot Wars , a popular battle-simulation/RPG series of video games based on many anime mecha shows. This includes

920-423: The basic story of Mazinger Z , featuring most of the same characters, mechanical beasts, and some general plots of the original series, plus some additional material. It keeps the original plot line of Mazinger Z , but makes references to other Go Nagai works, such as Z Mazinger , Devilman , Violence Jack , Mao Dante , Abashiri Family , and others. Elements from other related Mazinger works appear in

966-910: The company. Toei was a shareholder in the Japanese anime satellite television network Animax with other anime studios and production companies, such as Sunrise , TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems Inc . The company is headquartered in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima, Tokyo . Their mascot is the cat Pero, from the company's 1969 film adaptation of Puss in Boots . Toei Animation produced anime versions of works from manga series by manga artists, including Go Nagai ( Mazinger Z ), Eiichiro Oda ( One Piece ), Shotaro Ishinomori ( Cyborg 009 ), Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro ( Toriko ), Takehiko Inoue ( Slam Dunk ), Mitsuteru Yokoyama ( Sally

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1012-688: The creator of the new and improved version of Mazinger, which was based on his father's "Chogokin Z" (Super Alloy Z). The new version was designed with a stronger form to fight against humanity's new enemy, the Mycenae Empire , led by the Great General of Darkness and his army of Battle Beasts . Kabuto, then, gives the Great Mazinger to Tetsuya for him to use. Accompanying him is his female companion, Jun Hono , an orphaned half Japanese, half African-American girl, in her feminine robot, "Venus A (Venus Ace)". Tetsuya's training with Great Mazinger

1058-646: The danger at hand, sends out the Pilder to Kouji, allowing him to combine with the giant robot, Mazinger Z, to fight against Dr. Hell's forces. Along with the TV Tokyo broadcast, a web stream that uses the mms protocol is available in the Bandai Channel exclusively for Japanese users. The version available here, as with other anime, includes extended scenes not seen in the TV broadcast. The Bandai Channel logo of

1104-815: The end, the newly upgraded Mazinkaiser was launched in space to rendezvous with the Kaiser Pilder. Mazinkaiser defeated Ankoku Daishogun and in the ending credits, we can see Mazinkaiser carrying the damaged Great Mazinger and Venus Ace. In the 2009 Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen series, Tetsuya is an ace pilot noted for incredibly easy mastering control over Mazinger Z prototype, Energer Z. He has assisted Kabuto Kenzo and Juzo, Dr. Hell and Tsubasa Nishikiori in exploring Bardos Island. When Dr. Hell makes his first attempts for world domination, Tetsuya sacrifices his life, allowing Tsubasa to shoot Kenzo, who has been possessed by alien Kedora, killing them both. He

1150-738: The first and last episodes of the series. The Battle Beasts (or sentoujuu / Warrior Beasts), are the monsters and evil mecha from Great Mazinger . In the story, the Warrior Beasts are the secret super-weapons of the Mikene Empire , an ancient empire driven underground centuries in the past. Like their predecessors Mechanical Monsters ( kikaiju ), Battle Beasts are armed with a variety of weapons such as ray beams, missiles, bombs, swords, spears, axes, nets, acids and drills. However, they are made of mechanical parts combined with organic parts, and were controlled by human brains. For example,

1196-813: The hack was caused by a targeted ransomware attack. Yoshikata Nitta Osamu Kasai Shigeyasu Yamauchi Kunihiko Ikuhara (eps 14–43) Animated productions by foreign studios dubbed in Japanese by Toei are The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981 Russian film, dubbed in 2008); Les Maîtres du temps (1982 French-Hungarian film, dubbed in 2014), Alice's Birthday (2009 Russian film, dubbed in 2013) and Becca's Bunch (2018 television series, dubbed in 2021 to 2022). Toei has been commissioned to provide animation by Japanese and American studios such as Sunbow Entertainment , Marvel Productions , Hanna-Barbera , DIC Entertainment , Rankin/Bass Productions and World Events Productions ( DreamWorks Animation ). In

1242-536: The help of other studios such as hiring Academy Productions to produce the animation for Space Emperor God Sigma , rather than use their own studio. Toei Animation's anime which have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award are Galaxy Express 999 in 1981, Saint Seiya in 1987 and Sailor Moon in 1992. In addition to producing anime for release in Japan, Toei Animation began providing animation for American films and television series during

1288-484: The idea of personal relationships is known: Minister Argos claims that the warrior beast Cleo is his daughter. Although most of them have murderous personalities, few do not such as the battle beast Bruton in episode 10 and Kelvinius in episode 16. In episode 16, Kelvinius has flashbacks indicating that the original Mycenae Empire was once a peaceful nation with him as the prince. However, the Emperor of Darkness came into

1334-423: The incident and stated that the hack would affect the broadcast schedules of several anime series, including One Piece . In addition, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero was also rescheduled to June 11, 2022, due to the hack. On April 6, 2022, Toei Animation announced that it would resume broadcasting the anime series, including One Piece . The following day, the Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported that

1380-682: The issue. On January 26, 2022, Fitzpatrick had his videos reinstated after negotiations with YouTube. On January 20, 2021, two employees have accused Toei Animation of overworking their employees and discrimination towards sexual minorities. The company had inappropriately referred to employees who identifies as X-gender (a non-binary identity in Japan). Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! , known in Japan as True Mazinger Impact! Chapter Z ( 真マジンガー衝撃! Z編 , Shin Majingā Shōgeki! Zetto Hen ) , translated in

1426-502: The last man alive, is killed by a human-sized, human-looking Minerva X so his spirit can travel back in time to prevent the disaster—but it takes several tries. Ultimately, parallel universes become a theme in the story, enabling cameos from several different versions of Mazinger Z , including Gosaku Ota 's manga version of Koji (a cyborg) and Nagai's 1990 reimagining of Mazinger Z , Mazin Saga (a man wearing an armor that turns him into

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1472-673: The latter two also appear in Super Robot Wars 4 . All seven generals appear in their Mazinkaiser versions in Super Robots Wars Judgment and Super Robots Wars W , although only Draydou, Birdler, and Hadias are actual units. Toei Animation Toei Animation Co., Ltd. ( Japanese : 東映アニメーション株式会社 , Hepburn : Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha , / ˈ t oʊ . eɪ / ) is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company . It has produced numerous series, including Sally

1518-539: The original Mazinger Z, Getter Robo , the Gundam series, and Neon Genesis Evangelion among others. Moreover, Tetsuya appears in Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen . In the 2002 OVA Mazinkaiser , Tetsuya fights alongside Kouji against Doctor Hell's forces. The OVA version of Great Mazinger is physically identical to the original, but with black coloring on the arms and legs instead of blue. Great

1564-405: The parody series is protected under fair use . On December 7, 2021, Toei Animation copyright claimed over 150 videos by YouTuber Totally Not Mark, real name Mark Fitzpatrick. He uploaded a video addressing the issue, claiming that they were protected under fair use, and that nine of the videos do not include any Toei footage. He also outlined the appeal process on YouTube, and estimated having

1610-535: The picture and ordered human sized Talos units to take over the entire nation and convert everyone into battle beasts. In episode 52, the process of "fusion" between the human and the robot is hinted: Shinichiro Okida was merged by Marquis Janus with a robot to create the Battle Beast Jerunicas. The Battle Beasts could be grouped into one of 7 categories, as the entire Mikene Empire's forces could be divided into 7 armies. All seven armies are beneath

1656-419: The same astronomical ratings as Mazinger Z , it was still highly popular to run a very successful 56 weeks. In fact, it even spawned a line of best-selling toys and merchandise as did its predecessor, as well as several spin-off theatrical featurettes. For example, it paved way for the creation of UFO Robo Grendizer . In addition, footage from Great Mazinger's sole appearance in the final episode of Mazinger Z

1702-569: The same name), and Go Nagai's Mazinger Z , an adaptation of his manga which set the standard for Super Robot anime. Although the Toei Company usually contracts Toei Animation to handle its animation internally, they occasionally hire other companies to provide animation; although the Toei Company produced the Robot Romance Trilogy , Sunrise (then known as Nippon Sunrise) provided the animation. Toei Company would also enlist

1748-756: The series and Dante, Saraga, and Arsoth from Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness ; the Mazinkaiser version of Dante and Psychoveia are the only true battle beasts in Super Robot Wars Judgment and W with others being the seven generals of the Mikene Empire led by the Great General of Darkness. The generals Julicaeser, Birdler, Hadias, and Draydou have few appearances, the former two only having their original versions appear in Super Robot Wars Alpha 2 while

1794-593: The series does not have the "on television" legend that the TV Tokyo logo has. After episode 15, the contents of both version are the same, with no extra scenes in the Bandai Channel version. Source(s) Besides the several video on demand internet services that show the Bandai Channel stream freely in Japan, the series will be released in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. So far two DVDs and one Blu-ray box have been announced. Discotek Media has licensed

1840-407: The series, such as the story of Kedora (based on an original Mazinger Z story by Ken Ishikawa ) and the appearance of Energer Z , the original concept before Mazinger Z . Along with the TV series, a new manga, Shin Mazinger Zero started on April 18, 2009  ( 2009-04-18 ) ( cover date June 2009  ( 2009-06 ) ) in the magazine Champion Red . The pair responsible for

1886-553: The series, which was released on DVD in 2015. The series is also scheduled for a release on DVD and Blu-ray in Spain and México (only in DVD) as Mazinger Edición Z Impacto! . The series is available in both DVD and Blu-ray in Italy as "Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact!", by Yamato Video. Each one of the opening and ending themes have been released as EP CDs. Also the soundtrack

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1932-416: The seven normal armies. In addition, they share the same name as Minister Argos, implying the robotic factor of the beasts. Another title for them could have also been Indeterminate Battle Beasts. Various battle beasts have appeared in the majority of Super Robot Wars titles including Obeleus, Zugar, Psychoveia, Gracious, Tollukan, Dolark, Jerunicas, Jiran, Dukaider, Gogler, Gold Phoenix, and Vulcania from

1978-475: The studio and it was renamed Toei Doga Co., Ltd. ( 東映動画株式会社 , Tōei Dōga Kabushiki-gaisha , "dōga" is Japanese for "animation") , doing business as Toei Animation Co., Ltd. outside Japan. In 1998, the Japanese name was renamed to Toei Animation. It has created a number of TV series and movies and adapted Japanese comics as animated series, many popular worldwide. Hayao Miyazaki , Isao Takahata , Yasuji Mori , Leiji Matsumoto and Yōichi Kotabe have worked with

2024-533: The supreme command of the Great General of Darkness . After his defeat and death at the hands of Great Mazinger, the Great Marshall of Hell took over the supreme command. However, it can be noted that there is an unofficial eighth battle beast army; the Chouhou or Multicapable/Intelligence (or convenience) Battle Beasts. These are more robotic and mechanical in nature than other Battle Beasts and displayed characteristics that could not be easily classified into one of

2070-458: The videos reinstated could take over 37 years. He then goes on to announce that he would not be supporting new Toei releases until the issue had been resolved, and also called for a boycott on the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero film. The dispute sparked discussion on YouTube on the vulnerability of creators against the copyright system and lack of fair use laws in Japan, with YouTubers such as PewDiePie and The Anime Man speaking out on

2116-623: Was aired as part of the US version of Mazinger Z , known as Tranzor Z . At that time, however, Great Mazinger had already been introduced to millions of American children under the name of Mazinga . As one of the imported products, the 24-inch Jumbo Machinder toys were released in the US by Mattel as part of their Shogun Warriors line in 1976. Great Mazinger was also the star of the short theatrical "team-up movie features" released in Japan such as Great Mazinger versus Grendizer , and Great Mazinger versus Getter Robo G among others. They were based on

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