God Mazinger
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Template:Nihongo, also known as Template:Nihongo, is an anime, manga and novel series created by manga artist Go Nagai. The anime aired on Japanese TV from Template:Start date to Template:End date in the network Nippon Television with 23 episodes.<ref name="Mazinger series TV list">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="God Mazinger - allcinema">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is given the international title Space Adventure: The Deity on the official TMS website.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The manga was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes in 1984.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes.<ref name="God Mazinger - mazingerz.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.
PlotEdit
A Japanese teen named Yamato Hino, a young sports enthusiast, during a quiet and ordinary day begins to feel strange calls from an indefinite dimension. Frightened and confused, the boy thinks that he had hallucinations but during a thunderstorm a lightning bolt drags him into a parallel world: the ancient kingdom of Mu, ruled by King Muraji whose concern is to defend the capital of his kingdom, attacked by monsters commanded by the evil Dorado of the Empire of Dinosaurs.
In the kingdom of Mu, a legend tells of a titanic being that stands ready to defend the population from any threat and the king wants to awaken the giant statue of the god Mazinger; to do this he needs a brave boy whose name is Yamato, the only one capable of awakening the mighty giant. The devout prayers of the king and the princess are heard: the boy arrives to the dimension of Mu and the statue suddenly becomes alive. A luminous beam covers the boy that is absorbed into the body of the statue, which begins to move. When the monsters of Dorado broke through the defenses of the kingdom, God Mazinger defeats the dinosaurs and makes the enemy army flee. And thus the legend becomes a reality.
Yamato joins the court of newly crowned Queen Aira Mu, becoming the champion of the Kingdom of Mu, always ready to repel the attacks of the evil Dorado and his fearsome dinosaurs.
AnimeEdit
EpisodesEdit
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- The scheduled broadcast of August 19, 1984 was cut for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Of the originally planned 24 episodes, one episode was cut and the 24th episode Template:Nihongo was not aired.<ref name="Mazinger series TV list" />
MangaEdit
The manga, although it shares some similarities and the same premise, differs from the anime with a more mature tone and also has a different conclusion. It was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 1984. It was later re-printed by Kadokawa Shoten in 1986, Chuokoron-sha in 1995 and Daitosha in 1998.<ref name="God Mazinger - mazingerz.com" /><ref name="God Mazinger - Il manga">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was published by Shogakukan and Kadokawa Shoten under the title Mazin Legend and by Chuokoron-sha and Daitosha under the title God Mazinger.
- Shogakukan (Tentomushi Comics)
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- Kadokawa Shoten (Yamato Comics)
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- Chuokoron-sha (Chuko Aizoban)
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| September 25, 1995 | 1 | 978-4120024771 |
- Daitosha (St Comics)
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The manga has also been published in ebook format by ebookjapan.<ref name="God Mazinger, Nagai Go - eBOOK Initiative Japan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
NovelEdit
The novelization also expands the basic story and has several differences with both the anime and the manga. It was written by Yasutaka Nagai (volumes 1, 4, 7, 10), Tatsuhiko Dan (volumes 2, 5, 8) and Hideki Sonoda (volumes 3, 6, 9), with illustrations by Go Nagai.<ref name="God Mazinger - mazingerz.com" /><ref name="Nagai Go - Illustration book list">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was published by Kadokawa Shoten under the label Kadokawa Bunko.
| Date | Vol. | Subtitle | ISBN |
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| 1984-04 | 01 | 蘇る魔神 | 4041577012 |
| 1984-05 | 02 | ヤマト追放 | 4041577020 |
| 1984-06 | 03 | 妖魔都市ダイカン | 4041577039 |
| 1984-07 | 04 | ムー彷徨人 | 4041577047 |
| 1984-07 | 05 | 陰謀の王 | 4041577055 |
| 1984-07 | 06 | 秘められた神櫃の謎 | 4041577063 |
| 1984-08 | 07 | 謎の花姫 | 4041577071 |
| 1984-09 | 08 | 魔境の四聖獣 | 404157708X |
| 1984-11 | 09 | 破滅の迷宮 | 4041577098 |
| 1984-12 | 10 | 不死鳥大陸 | 4041577101 |
MediaEdit
Home videoEdit
In Japan, the anime series was released in home video format in the 1980s by the company VAP and it was also released in VHS by Maxam in 2000.<ref name="TV list - mazingerz.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The series has also been released in DVD format two times. The first time in Template:Start date by Pioneer LDC (standard number PIBA-3157) as a DVD-box set with the full series.<ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Pioneer) - 7 and Y">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Pioneer) - Amazon Japan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The second time, also as a DVD-Box, in Template:Start date by Columbia Music Entertainment (standard number XT-2387/90).<ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Columbia) - 7 and Y">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Columbia) - Amazon Japan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> US publisher Discotek Media will release the series with English subtitles on SD Blu-ray on Template:Start date.<ref name="God Mazinger Blu-Ray">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Additionally, the whole series is available in several video on demand internet services.<ref name="dmm.com - God Mazinger - Anime Channel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Yahoo! Video - anime - God Mazinger">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Video Animation: Tokyo Movie ONLINE: God Mazinger">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
SoundtracksEdit
Two vinyl records were released in Japan by VAP during the 1980s. The first was a single released in Template:Start date containing the opening and ending themes <ref name="God Mazinger single details">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The second was an LP album with the full soundtrack, released in Template:Start date.<ref name="God Mazinger Original Soundtrack">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Title | Company | Artist | Standard number | Release date |
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| God Mazinger | VAP | Shoko Suda Harumi Endo |
10137-07 | 1984-04 |
| God Mazinger Original Soundtrack | VAP | 30155-23 | September 1, 1984 |
Also, a compact cassette was released in Template:Start date by VAP.<ref name="Cassette - mazingerz.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Picture booksEdit
Besides the manga and the novel, some picture books targeted to children were also released in the 1980s. One was published by Hikari no Kuni,<ref name="God Mazinger 1 - Hikari no Kuni TV Ehon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> another by Shogakukan<ref name="God Mazinger Tanjo no Maki - Shogakukan no TV Ehon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the last one by Asahi Sonorama.<ref name="Ehon - mazingerz.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Appearances in other mediaEdit
Besides its related media, God Mazinger has appeared in other media. The most prominent is its appearance in the "Dynamic Super Robots Taisen" clips that were included at the end of the DVDs of Shin Getter Robot tai Neo Getter Robot. God Mazinger appears alongside Great Mazinger, Venus A, Getter Robot G, Kotetsu Jeeg, Govarian and Groizer X to rescue Mazinger Z and Aphrodite A, but are defeated and in turn saved by Shin Getter Robot and Grendizer just before the arrival of Mazinkaiser.
In the Mazinger Angels manga, there is a saga dedicated to God Mazinger, where Princess Aira appears controlling a female version of God Mazinger and with the help of Jun Hono defeats the enemies of the kingdom, after Jun and the professor accidentally end up in the Kingdom of Mu. It is later with the help of Aira that Venus A becomes Queen of Gold.
MerchandiseEdit
A few toys and action figures based in God Mazinger were released by manufacturer Mark.<ref name="God Mazinger / CollectionDX">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Relationship to the Mazinger seriesEdit
The series is considered as part of the Mazinger saga, if not only for the name of the title and that of his creator. In fact, a Japanese book called Mazinger Bible, released in 2002 for the 30th anniversary of the first Mazinger series, includes the God Mazinger, along with other Go Nagai's manga books that have not been made into anime, such as the adult-oriented MazinSaga, Z Mazinger, and First Comics' Mazinger comic book released exclusively for the U.S. market in 1988.
Also, the concept of God Mazinger was a candidate to be the sequel of the original Mazinger Z series but, in the end, the sequel was decided to be the concept of Great Mazinger, and later UFO Robot Grendizer.<ref name="TV list - mazingerz.com" />
See alsoEdit
- Daimajin, a Japanese Template:Transliteration franchise with potential influences on God Mazinger<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- God Mazinger Template:In lang at The World of Go Nagai webpage
- God Mazinger Template:In lang at the Enciclo'Robopedia website
- God Mazinger Template:In lang at d/visual
- God Mazinger Template:In lang at allcinema
- Template:Anime News Network