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“Pioneering Super Robot manga introducing piloted mecha Mazinger Z, built to fight Dr. Hell's Mechanical Beasts.”
Mazinger Z
マジンガーZ
6.6
16,376 rank · 5,451 readers · 61 favorites
Shounen
Mecha
Action
Comedy
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Pioneering Super Robot manga introducing piloted mecha Mazinger Z, built to fight Dr. Hell's Mechanical Beasts.
One of the first Super Robot manga and the one that introduced most of the traits of the Mecha genre. Constructed with the Super-Alloy Z, Mazinger was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a weapon against the Mechanical Beasts of the evil Dr. Hell. Koji Kabuto, the grandson of Professor Kabuto, becomes the pilot of Mazinger Z when his grandfather is killed, and battles from there on against Dr. Hell and his allies. This is the first series that introduced the concept of a pilot inside a Mecha, which all series from then on have followed. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.43
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.43 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.75
Running avg · Sep 2017 → May 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Mazinger Z is a simple, yet bizarre and interesting manga, where Go Nagai's ability to clearly tell is a story is on full display, even if the overarching story is a little flat. His visuals are...”
- 7 “The most important thing to say about this manga is it sort of thinks of itself as a companion-work to its anime, which was being released at the same time. Occasionally things appear that the...”
- 7 “Mazinger Z is a good old mech story, a giant robot trying to protect the earth from a greater evil force, fighting monsters and with charismatic characters. However, this simplicity is what makes...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 75%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 33 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 24m approx
- Published Oct 1972 – Aug 1973
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6144 catalog