Archive for Mazinger Z

Aim for Surpassing God or Devil of the Heavens! Mazin Lagann Buster!

Posted in Gunbuster, Gurren Lagann, Mazinger, Super Robot Awesome, Super Robots, Videos with tags , , , , , on 2012/12/11 by OnePixelJumpMan

A little bit ago back in October, there was a new set Soul of Chogokin figure set of Gurren Lagann and Gunbuster. The best thing about these is that their parts were interchangeable with each other and with some older Chogokin figures, so you’d get awesome things like this.

Looks like the concept was in good hands because this Tamashii interview with Gurren Lagann animation director and key animator Akira Amemiya and another artist/designer for Bandai whose name I can’t translate to save my life shows that they’re interested in making a new figure and maybe a show based on that idea.

It’s a pretty good poster. A lot of the interview talks about design and and drawing, how drawing Gurren Lagann after so many years feels nostalgic, designing how Mazinger parts like the Scrander would be used, even at one point talking about a Mazinger Weapon Set. It’s really cool that this is getting considered because I’ve wanted a Gurren Lagann 70s style team up movie forever.

Yes, like this, but with the above robots and made during a time when studios had money.

If it gets off the ground, you can be sure we’re going to be all over this.

Koshiryoku Sunglasses! Mazinger and Devilman Anniversary Eyeware

Posted in Go Nagai, Mazinger, Super Robots, Text Articles with tags , , , , , , , , , , on 2012/12/01 by OnePixelJumpMan

People make the weirdest things. Fan things aside, even professionals make the weirdest things. So how do I react when ANN posts a story about Japanese sunglasses company Optical Coolens making sunglasses with Kouji Kabuto/Akira Fudo sideburns and Devilman eye lines and wings for the 40th anniversary of Mazinger Z and Devilman?

(Images © Go Nagai, Dynamic Planning, and Optical Coolens. From the Coolens Facebook page)

I have to react with a new Christmas gift idea for myself. So if any of you reading this are thinking about what to get us, Coolens is taking preorders starting on Monday. Of course, I wouldn’t expect that of anyone out there. These things are going for some really high prices. The Mazinger ones will be $218 and the Devilman ones will be $291. That’s a serious bill for some novelty eyeware. I’m guessing they’ll be a limited run item since it’s for the anniversary.

Scans of Sayaka Yumi’s sweet as- I mean Mazinger Angels.

Posted in Go Nagai, Mazinger, Super Robots with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 2012/10/05 by OnePixelJumpMan

So it turns out that we don’t know how time zones work and JoJo’s premiered a few hours ago, not a few hours from now. The response I’ve been able to gather so far is positive, so hopefully it’s going to be good when someone gets the chance to sub it. We’ll probably end up doing for that what we did for Aquarion EVOL and just talking about it every two episodes or so.

Until that time, keep yourself occupied with a little of Go Nagai’s sexy times because the recently opened Oppai-Missile Translations is scanlating Mazinger Angels, a re-imagining of Mazinger Z where Sayaka Yumi, Jun Hono and Hikaru Makiba fight off the forces threatening Japan as a Charlie’s Angels like team but with super robots instead of whatever that show had. They even have a Bosley to answer to and get assignment from.

It’s also totally hot. Sayaka is fully introduced with a panty shot and then proceeds to beat up a guy in such a way that she gets another panty shot. No I’m not putting that up on here. But don’t be put off. The manga still has that great robot fun. This first chapter has the girls fighting Baron Ashura who is two separate people this time.

Introducing Baron As and Baroness Hura.

And every Angel gets their own special breast missile based on the rocket punch of the series they came from.

Ultimate Boobie Barrage!

Yeah, I’m also a little weirded out by the idea of tits with drills, spinning knife drills, and axes in them, but robot fun is robot fun. If you’re into that goofy, not to serious, somewhat but not overly sexualized stuff that crazy Go Nagai does, Mazinger Angels may just be up your alley.

Oh, yeah, Diana A, show off that ass. That’s i- I need to stop writing this now.

Happy Birthday Go Nagai!

Posted in Go Nagai, Mazinger, Super Robots, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 2012/09/06 by OnePixelJumpMan

Today is the birthday of the man we all owe so much too when it comes to the robot genre, the magical girl genre, the… well, anime and manga in general. Go Nagai turned 67 today, so let’s take a little time to honor the man.

Young Go Nagai

Such an innocent face for the man who would go on to write Kekko Kamen.

We personally have a large amount of affection for Go Nagai and his company Dynamic Pro. If it wasn’t for him, anime would be a very different thing. Maoh Dante and Devilman were his first big contributions. It was violent, controversial, scary, and very influential for manga authors for years to come. They really opened up this idea that extreme violence can be shown in manga no matter how much the PTA wants to boycot your nonsensical demons that wear no pants.

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS

No. Pants. Either of them.

Then we have Cutie Honey. While it’s not the first ever magical girl story, it created a lot of the magical girl staples you see in modern works. Transformation sequences, powers by costume, lesbian overtones and many other things, maybe most importantly that Girly doesn’t mean weak.

Pink is Power.

Now, as sexy as Devilman and Cutie Honey are, Mazinger Z has a special place in our hearts and a very wide range of influence. Tetsujin-28 started the “Big Robot Super Hero” genre, but Mazinger helped define giant robot tropes that we’ve been using since. Mazinger Z was the first giant robot machine to be piloted from a cockpit and not by remote or it just being autonomous. Mazinger grew into Great, Grendizer, Kaiser, but that little seed blossomed into more than just a series. It blossomed into the modern robot genre

Oh fuck yes.

Someone, somewhere is totally fucked.

I know, I know, it’s what you’ve heard about Go Nagai every time he’s ever been brought up, but it’s his birthday and we wanted to show our respects since we can’t send him a cake. It not much, but Happy Birthday, Go Nagai!

Mazinger Z, now with sound!

Posted in Go Nagai, Mazinger, Super Robots with tags , , , , , , , , , on 2012/08/17 by OnePixelJumpMan

So, you know about the recent Mazinger Z DX Soul of Chogokin figure?

Image from the official DX Soul of Chogokin Mazinger Z site, so please give them all the credit.

Yeah, I’m not a figure collector and I think that’s one sexy beast. It’s the first Chogokin figure to feature light up and sound, including for the “Pilder On!” sequence, light up eyes for Photon Beam, light up fins with exchangeable translucent plates so you can see Breast Fire in action, Drill Missiles in the arms with exchangeable arms for a firing pose, joints for Rocket Punch, and, honestly, it’s just good looking in general.

It’s so good that Soul of Chogokin did an interview with Go Nagai getting his thoughts on Mazinger Z from creation until now and how the figures have grown with the franchise. Even now he continues to look to the future of figurines, lamenting the serious cost that a one meter figure would have. But back in the day, the light up and sounds were too much, so maybe one day, one day, we can all have a little waist high Mazinger.

Super Robot Awesome – Mazinkaiser: BOSS ATTACK

Posted in Mazinger, Super Robot Awesome, Super Robots, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 2012/06/05 by OnePixelJumpMan

Was away, so I’m a bit behind, but it’s a good one. Can’t forget one of my favorite robots of all time.

Episode 6 of Mazinkaiser.

Super Robot Awesome – Mazinkaiser: Jetpack > Battleship

Posted in Mazinger, Super Robot Awesome, Super Robots, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on 2012/05/17 by OnePixelJumpMan

No amount of battleships to the face will ever make my Mazin Power falter!

From Mazinkaiser vs. The Great General of Darkness.

Super Robot Awesome – Mazinkaiser: Kaiser Counter Attack

Posted in Mazinger, Super Robot Awesome, Super Robots, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 2012/05/09 by OnePixelJumpMan

The Mikene Empire has been wreaking havoc across the globe in the absence of Mazinkaiser. Kouji finally reunites with with it and shows the Empire’s soldiers that they can’t compete with the Demon God Emperor!

There’s more Kaiser ready, but I’m trying not to do the same robot twice in a row.

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