Yo. I’m Kabuto Kouji.
I’m a normal boy, just like you.
What if, one day, you suddenly gained more power than a normal human?
How would you use it?
Would you become a demon who would destroy the world with that power?
Or would you become a hero who would save the world?
I, Kabuto Kouji, was given that power without warning,
and that power is
a giant robot with fearsome fighting power:
Mazinger Z!
Shocking! Z Chapter
True Mazinger
Th–That’s impossible.
This can’t be happening!
Serves you right!
Dr. Hell!
Lament! Regret!
That is now your fate.
Now everything is set
for your absolute defeat.
Now, suffer. Gasp. Wail.
I’ll enjoy watching your wretched state from the pits of Hell,
Kabuto Kouji!
Come, God Scrander!
Open Wing!
Let’s go, Mazinger Z!
Behold this power!
It rends the earth and splits the sea! This fist created all!
That’s it! That’s good, Kouji!
At this moment, you will surpass human beings!
Now, go!
Big Bang Punch!
Happy Ending
What in the world are these beasts?
That’s…
The shutters!
Close the shutters!
P–Professor, our final defensive line has been broken!
What?
Could that be Viscount Pigman?
This is an emergency!
Deploy all units!
Roger!
The Mazinger Army has successfully launched!
Commencing Bardos Island Capture Operation as planned.
I’m counting on you! All I care about is your safety!
We are prepared to sacrifice ourselves to take out the enemy!
But Father, Pigman is a powerful opponent!
Despite being small fries, you know your stuff.
However…
What? What is this?
Leave him to us, Sayaka.
No matter what he may be, he’s only as strong as a newborn to us.
Just watch. Photonic Power is about to light up with its true strength.
Look! The barrier is perfect!
Good work, Dr. San.
But I didn’t think we’d end up deploying without Mazinger.
Don’t worry. Kouji will come, along with Mazinger Z,
and he’ll put an end to all this fighting!
There’s no reason to rush to your deaths,
but now that you’ve already begun…
Mistress,
we have just received a report
saying the Photonic Power Laboratory has been assaulted by Viscount Pigman
and is still locked in combat.
That little boy is trying to fight against Photonic Power all on his own.
He’s grown up.
It should be fine.
We’ve already made our move as well.
More importantly…
Right now, we don’t move. We wait.
He will come,
and then we’ll settle our age-old battle.
That’s right, a final battle. The final battle!
I will say a requiem for those who oppose the king of the world, Dr. Hell!
Count Blocken!
One of Dr. Hell’s five great armies.
Take the Iron Crosses and the Flying Mechanical Beasts and begin combat!
Rise,
Submarine Fortress Bood!
The top Mechanical Beasts chosen from within Bardos Island.
No matter how many times I see them, I fall in love.
This is all thanks to the power of our master, Dr. Hell.
I, Baron Ashura, will return victorious from this battle!
Go, now, Ashura Army!
Now I can say farewell to this town of Atami I’ve faced for so long.
As I look back, the hardships I overcame to reach this point…
Still, when this fight is over,
what will be left to me?
After I lose my rival, Kabuto Kouji…
So pathetic.
You’re enjoying this foolish act without knowing anything.
Is that you, Mitsukiyori Tsubasa?
That’s right! The woman who’s going to give you the ultimate enjoyment!
What?
That’s a photon-powered bomb!
Since Atami is going to be wiped out anyway,
letting it be done in a half-assed way wouldn’t be any fun at all.
So…
We might as well go out with a bang, Men of the Kurogane House!
Have at them!
There’s a weird guy ahead!
Beat them to a pulp!
Fighting isn’t about numbers, it’s about skill!
The Ashura Army is nothing!
Wh–What a thing to happen.
I’ll use a missile! Fire a missile into them!
Being big isn’t everything!
Not bad.
What is he?
If you don’t know, I’ll tell you!
My name is Boss Borot!
Are you sure this hunk of junk is okay?
Hell if I know!
We did everything we could!
Th–That’s…
What a wretched sight.
You endured such humiliation,
and yet you’re still blindly loyal to Dr. Hell.
That voice! Is that you, Archduke Gorgon?
Yes! It is I, Archduke Gorgon!
What is this temple?
Something’s coming out!
Kedra!
You… Who are you?
Me?
I am all-knowing and all-powerful.
I am one who guides and protects you.
My name is Zeus,
but in reality, I am Z Mazinger!
A very long time ago, long before Christ,
the ancestors of the Greeks, the Mykenes, were protected by legendary giant soldiers.
At the height of their prosperity, they lived in their land, Bardos Island.
However, at some time, they disappeared along with their ultimate military power,
at the hand of a god named Zeus.
His name was Z Mazinger.
You know that, right?
Yes.
He is Ancient Mykene’s hero,
and the all-knowing, all-powerful god Zeus, who protected the world during the age of legends.
So, he has encountered Zeus.
What a troublesome bloodline that Kabuto family is.
Dr. Juuzo was also seduced by that being
through Dr. Hell’s temptations.
I couldn’t stop them
from opening the gate he once protected.
What was sleeping inside
was the legacy of wonderful legends.
That’s right! I haven’t seen anything. That’s why…
That’s probably why I’m living happily now.
Everything you say is true.
However, this child has no mother.
Throughout history, the one to protect a child has been its parent, but I…
I wonder why I can be my old self around this child.
At least, I feel like my old self.
But I am a traitor.
That won’t be enough this time.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Damn you!
Son of a…
What? Is this thing really an animal?
My name is Kedra,
a soldier of Mykene.
I am a fighting brain, created to annihilate other civilizations,
so I will destroy everything. Destroy. Destroy. Destroy.
You…
Take care of them. Destroy all the Kedras here.
Deal with them. They would destroy us as well.
You’ve been troublesome.
However, your life will now fall prey to my curses!
Father, watch out!
Don’t let her escape!
After her! After her!
Don’t underestimate Venus A!
Sayaka!
Nice, Lori!
Nice, Loru!
Loru!
Lori!
Father!
Father! Father!
Sayaka…
I’m sorry. The Mazinger Army is… The Mazinger Army is…
You did well. You all did well.
I’m proud of you.
Father!
Seems like you want to go to the netherworld as a family!
Very well, then!
We will not allow that!
What?
Sorry for being late.
As you know, I’m the agent of the nation, Inspector Ankokuji.
Kyu, Kyu, Kyu… Q!
No. I am Gamia Q3.
Gamia! You…
What did you shoot into me?
It’s something a little special.
Curse you!
What is that?
I won’t forget this!
C–Could you be…
Indeed! His name is Blade!
And this is…
What? Pigman has been…
He let his guard down!
Ashura is just one useless lieutenant too many!
Now I’ll have to bomb the Photonic Power Laboratory
with all the bombs and Mechanical Beasts I’ve got!
Everyone, gather together!
The target is the Photonic Power Laboratory!
What is that?
Big Bang Punch?
What’s going on?
Blocken!
How dare you! How dare you kill the Mazinger Army!
How dare you kill my comrades!
How dare you destroy the Photonic Power Laboratory!
How dare you… How dare you…
How dare you kill my mother!
Kabuto Kouji!
Blocken!
Very well!
I’ll blow you to smithereens here and now!
What?
Rise, Mechanical Beast Blocken V2 Schneider!
Eat this! Breast Fire!
That’s… Gool?
Wh–Why?
Why, Blocken?
Damn you. Damn you. Damn you!
You killed my precious Blocken and Ashura!
I, Dr. Hell, will risk my own life to take yours!
Go forth! Bardos Island, take off!
Stand, Mazinger Z!
We can’t lose! We can’t lose heart!
Sayaka! Boss! Everyone,
let’s fight!
Come at us if you dare, Dr. Hell!
Grandpa told me that, with Mazinger Z, I could do anything I wanted with this world.
I could become God or the Devil!
But there’s no way I could become God,
and I don’t want to become the Devil.
Still, I will fight with Mazinger Z to protect this world!
Next Episode Activate! Mazinger!
Repeating, revolving, innocent rules.
To lose, to be fruitful; can’t they be separated? An interval of an instant.
A negligent yesterday becomes an excuse.
The parts to form tomorrow’s blue sky are empty.
Brand new world.
I have to go. It will begin.
Break my world.
I have to go back. It can’t begin.
Get over your contented feelings now.
Walk towards your small freedom.
Turn that image into a shape.