Mazinkaiser

Dr. Hell and his Mechanical Beasts are back, and they're more dangerous than ever before. Kouji Kabuto and Tetsuya Tsurugi fight a fierce battle against these hellish machines, which are under the command of Baron Ashura. Unfortunately, they are defeated, with Kouji's Mazinger Z being captured and Tetsuya's Great Mazinger seriously damaged by the enemy.

The devious Dr. Hell quickly converts the captured robot into Ashura Mazinger and uses it to attack the Photo Power Lab. At the same time, Kouji is missing in action, which leaves Testuya to defend the lab in the damaged Great Mazinger. But the forces of Dr. Hell are too strong, even for a brave pilot such as Tetsuya, and all seems to be lost.

The battle seems to be drawing to a close, until an overpowering blast fired by an unknown robot destroys the entire Mechanical Beast army. Could this mysterious robot be the legendary Mazinkaiser, and who is piloting it?

Kabuto, Kouji Main

Ishimaru, Hiroya Japanese

Baron Ashura Main

Shibata, Hidekatsu Japanese

Yumi, Sayaka Main

Uchikawa, Ai Japanese

Boss Supporting

Tachiki, Fumihiko Japanese

Tsurugi, Tetsuya Supporting

Yanaka, Hiroshi Japanese

Dr. Hell Supporting

Tomita, Kousei Japanese

Honoo, Jun Supporting

Saiga, Mitsuki Japanese

Gamia Q3 Supporting

Yuzuki, Ryouka Japanese

Kabuto, Shiro Supporting

Aida, Sayaka Japanese

Kabuto, Juzo Supporting

Naya, Gorou Japanese

Campbell, Charles Producer, Recording Engineer, ADR Director

Murata, Masahiko Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

Otani, Masahito Episode Director, Storyboard

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Apr 1, 2012

ramimanify

Recommended

Although it would strike anyone as another childish anime
It has been actually one of my big childhood favorites
and although it doesn't pack any seriousness behind its plot or drama (if there's any) it does have its own lustrous style

Mazinkaiser takes the viewer to the ultimate Mazinger Z form of robots, being an advanced form more even than the Great Mazinger, it provides amazing fight scenes and marvelous drawing, that will keep you excited and on edge throughout the whole series

I certainly loved it, and loved how they re-introduced the beloved characters (villains or heroes) of the Mazinger Z universe

If you're a fan of Mecha anime ... in general or Mazinger Z in particular you cannot miss this show, you can never go wrong when it is a Mazinkaiser show :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 8, 2010

Tuskus

Mixed Feelings

Mazinkaiser is based on one of the first super robot shows, Go Nagai's Mazinger Z. I'd heard a lot of good things about this seven episode OVA so I was excited to see it. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I was led to believe. Mazinkaiser is also the name of the main giant robot in this show. It was originally created for the Super Robot Wars video games and apparently the fan reaction was so good that they decided to make an OVA series based on it. It's set in the Mazinger Z universe with the same characters as Mazinger Z. The characters are ... pretty archetypal; there's the hero that solves everything with bravery and manly yelling, there's the silly comic relief character, there's the girl, there's the scientist guys that do maintenance on the robots, there's the evil nemesis that wants to destroy our heroes. Pretty basic, but it gets the job done. Anyway, Kabuto Kouji, the main good guy, finds Mazinkaiser, the ultimate unbeatable giant robot, and Dr. Hell decides that he must destroy Mazinkaiser because....he's the antagonist and he feels like it. The problem with the show is that there doesn't seem to be any overarching plot. Each episode stands alone. The last episode was actually really cool but it isn't worth watching six average episodes to get there. The art is based on Go Nagai's original designs so it has an old-school style, which I like. The animation changes style from episode to episode. The first one is done with cels, some are done with real thick lines, and some are just done with computers. The sound is nice. All the sound effects are fitting, you can hear the robots stomp as they walk around and the laser blasts are good. And it has an awesome opening done by JAM Project. I'm more disappointed than anything else. Mazinkaiser had everything going for it, but it still turned out mediocre.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 4, 2010

Foolness

Not Recommended

Although there is already a 5 review, I disagree with the reviewer on one aspect in that he concludes that it was the lack of over-arching plot that hurts this show.

I just can't view it that way because this is how it is for classic Super Robots and this remake could be considered as elevating the quality of these normally tedious Super Robot stories.

If anything had Mazinkaiser been further modernized as having an over-arching plot it will only worsen the depth of the characters involved in this series.

That said, Mazinkaiser primarily failed in my opinion because it wasn't able to elevate the same euphoric feeling ... the original SRW Mazinkaiser had which was a design that was so good that if you are just a bit interested in classic Super Robots could make up for everything else about the robot's premise.

The biggest weakness of Mazinkaiser was that it didn't build up enough of the justification for Mazinkaiser's appearance and instead of opting for a foreshadowing set of events, the scenes were more along the lines of trying to ride the appearance of Mazinkaiser and by doing so the series gives up many potential opportunities to build up both the characters and the mechs - opting instead to be more of a fanservice show that even if you know nothing about the original Mazinger still seems like a weak and not so exciting arc about a Super Robot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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