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“Kouji battles the mysterious Mikene Empire after defeating Dr. Hell, facing Mazinger Z's darkest hour.”
Shin Mazinger Zero vs Ankoku Daishougun
真マジンガーZERO vs 暗黒大将軍
7.78
1,556 rank · 940 readers · 36 favorites
Seinen
Mecha
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Kouji battles the mysterious Mikene Empire after defeating Dr. Hell, facing Mazinger Z's darkest hour.
After finally defeating Dr. Hell, Kabuto Kouji has to battle the forces of the Mikene Empire. Against an enemy unknown even to Minerva X, who has seen countless alternate timelines, Mazinger Z faces his most desperate moments!
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100%
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Score distribution
median 8
mode 6
σ 2.00
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σ 2.00 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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↓ 2.00
Running avg · Mar 2024 → Mar 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Shin Mazinger Zero vs Ankoku Daishougun the sequel to the regular Shin Mazinger Zero manga is a great part 2 for this Mazinger reimagining work , the art is great as ever , and that final battle...”
- 6 “tl;dr: A manga targeted at experienced Mazinger fans with not much to offer those who are not. This is a direct sequel to Shin Mazinger Zero. In fact, the first chapter is essentially an epilogue...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 36 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 48m approx
- Published Nov 2012 – Nov 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M23719 catalog