"Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen" News & Talkback

...So Aphrodite A DOES still have the oppai missiles? Sorta? Have to say this iteration is a bit more realistic then the older 'rapid firing' versions.
 
I hope this comes to America so bad. We need another awesome mecha anime. Personally I would love to see Bandai dub this and have it air on Sci-Fi or AS.
 
Episode 11 aired last saturday, what a rollercoaster ride!

And for the first time in the series:

Mazinger's ChoGokin Z armor has been broken through:
 
What's with all the fan-desservice in this series? I mean, I'd rather see Kouji naked than the Detective, Shiro, or Prof. Kabuto. Yuck.

Thank God for the Gamia Q.
 
I'll be honest, I never really cared much about Mazinger, but the look of this has me pretty worked up. The potential to work a significant "cool factor" into the show has me very hopeful. I'm just hoping it'll erabrace classic super robot greatness while mostly avoiding the really cheesy stuff that just screams "this was made in the 70's!" I'm hoping that it says a lot that they don't want this viewed as a simple remake of the old Mazinger.
 
My familiarity with the Mazinger franchise only comes from the Super Robot Wars games and the Mazinkaiser OVAs, but in my opinion the director, Imagawa, is up to the task and his presence increases my interest in this project.

He did a splendid job re-imagining classic properties with Giant Robo even while respecting their traditional retro designs, so I'm fine with that at least on principle.

Naturally, there's also the fact he directed G Gundam, which is awesome enough if not very Gundam-esque on the surface, and while I haven't seen his version of Tetsujin-28...I've heard it's pretty good if not particularly innovative.

I think things should be good on the action front, if the staff is given enough of an animation budget, but with some additional luck and creative freedom this new Mazinger could be able to give the characters a certain amount of depth. Nothing outstanding, perhaps expecting this to be another Giant Robo in each and every way would be premature, just a bit more compelling than the usual formula for Super Robot shows.
 
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