BURN IT UP!
Mazinger!
The final judgment has been handed down,
the dark army is closing in
and the flames covering the sky scarlet, scarlet are BURNING!
BURNING THIS ANGER, BURNING THIS SUN.
Shone upon by a streak of lightning,
the steel guard rises and stands.
GOD'S ON THE GROUND, donning the armor of miracles.
The world is now engulfed in darkness
and waits for this power.
If it's with you, I can feel it, Knight.
You can do it.
ROCK ME!
You alone are the strongest knight.
You can do it.
ROCK ME!
BURN IT UP!
Legendary! Mechanical Beasts of Bardos Island!
Good. Atami’s energy transfer system seems to be safe.
However, the problem is…
Mazinger Z.
Dr. Kabuto hid himself for these last ten years and created it.
It truly is an amazing robot.
That’s why it is imperative that we find the hovercraft that acts as its control device.
Atami’s entire police force is out looking for it right now.
It’ll be fine, won’t it?
That’s right.
It’s just that…
Something is bothering me.
Something…
So, I keep telling you. I want to know where the Pilder is.
Spill it.
And I keep telling you that I don’t know.
You lying son of a bitch.
Who else could pilot that thing except you?
I don’t know!
When I woke up, I’d already been thrown down by Mazinger’s feet!
Just like you were!
There you go again.
More importantly, where’s Shiro? What happened to Shiro?!
Right, the kid brother.
He must have been pretty tired.
He ate, and then fell asleep again.
But… Oh, I know!
Hey, is anyone out there?
Bring that kid in here!
Roger!
What do you intend to do?!
Don’t worry. I won’t do anything to him.
I’m just going to ask him where the Pilder is.
Depending on his answer, I may have to hurt him a bit, though.
It’s already dark.
I wonder if Bro’s still going to need more time.
Hey! Is anyone out there? Anyone?
Jeez, the guard’s asleep.
I know it’s an emergency, but they sure have let their guard down.
Ow, ow…
Blood?
I see.
What does he intend to do with that Shiro brat?
Seems like he’s going to interrogate the kid instead of his older brother.
What if the little brother pretends that he’s clueless too?
If he does, I’ll let this do the talking.
I get it. If he sees his little brother get killed in front of him, he’ll get scared and spill everything.
I need to run!
I can’t!
Damn. It’s in the way.
Someone should take care of the corpses.
It’s in this room. Let’s take the brat.
Hide!
Um, Boss, why did we come to this place?
Yeah. There’s nothing we can do against that robot.
Shut up! Even I wouldn’t think to take that thing on!
Then, what?
Listen. They say Kabuto Kouji piloted that thing.
That means he’ll definitely pilot it again.
If we stay here, we can wait for that chance and challenge him to a fight again.
I get it!
Way to go, Boss!
So, you won’t leave Atami empty-handed, huh?
Of course not!
I’m going to beat the crap out of Kabuto and dominate all of Japan!
That sounds interesting, but you shouldn’t try for that right now.
Keep quiet.
They’ll find us.
What? The kid disappeared?
I didn’t think he’d jump from here. Find him!
I don’t care if he’s hurt in the process. Just bring him here!
The younger brother escaped!
Find him! Find him!
Those siblings really are a pain in the ass.
Shut up! We’re busy right now!
We’ll find him no matter what.
Is something the matter, Father?
I can’t get a hold of the Atami police.
It’s odd. Something is bothering me.
Look at how many there are.
Don’t you think there’re too many police for a town like Atami?
Oh, yes. They’ve already been to the hot springs inn, too.
Isn’t this enough already?
Quiet! We were ordered to thoroughly search all of Atami.
Jeez.
That customer is asleep!
Hey, wake up!
Don’t barge in without permission.
Y—You’re—
I have a bad feeling.
It would be terrible if Mechanical Beasts appeared now, while the Pilder is missing!
Right!
Aphrodite A, going out!
I’ll head toward Mazinger!
What?! Aphrodite A went out?
Let that piece of trash be.
It’ll just get beat, anyway.
More importantly, haven’t you found the Pilder yet?
First that brat, and now this. Where could it have gone?
But wait.
Don’t mess with me! You call yourself a cop?! Coward!
I’m not afraid of you!
You better not have run away!
Bro!
Shiro, you’re safe.
Yeah, I’m fine.
Everyone’s running around outside looking for me.
But man, this place is really weird. Everyone’s dead!
Don’t worry about me. Just run away from this place!
Who knows what will happen to you if you get caught!
But—
I didn’t expect you to run here.
Run, Shiro!
Don’t get in my way!
Mornin’.
Wh—Wh—Why are you here?
What was that?
You! Baron Ashura!
It’s too late now!
This town is already filled with my men.
Those are—
Wh—What’s this?
The town of Atami has been occupied by the Ashura Army once again.
What?
If you value your life, tell me where the Pilder is.
You should have just told me where you hid the Pilder!
It’s too late now. You will regret this.
Stop, Baron Ashura! Stop!
Sayaka, there’s big trouble. Those policemen were fakes.
This is…
You need to hurry to Mazinger Z.
Okay.
A—A Mechanical Beast!
You can’t escape now.
Now, tell me where you hid the Pilder.
I—I don’t know!
Enough! Tell me the truth!
You were on board Mazinger as well!
Still—
Shut up! Shut up! Don’t get cocky just because I went easy on you since you’re a child!
If you wish, I’ll make it so you can’t talk anymore even if you want to.
Now, what will you do?
You’re so persistent.
The child said he doesn’t know.
Who are you?
To you, the Grim Reaper.
What? Let go of me!
Wh—Who are you?
I remember you from—
Wh—Who the hell are you guys?
Who the hell are we?
That’s a little rude to say to the people who came to save you.
Save us? What do you intend to do now that you’re in the cell with me?
You have a point.
Mind if I…
It’s open.
H—Huh?
Now, let’s go.
W—Wow…
We’re getting the hell out of here.
H—How?
Stop! How did you escape?
Damn. I figured we wouldn’t be able to get out through the front door.
Of course not!
Wh—What’s that?
An intruder?
Shoot! Shoot!
Hey! Leave some for me!
Here!
Who are you guys?
Oh, where’s Shiro? What happened to Shiro?
He’s fine. See?
Shiro! And that’s Baron Ashura!
Stop, you brat!
You only just escaped!
I won’t forgive him.
I can’t forgive Baron Ashura!
He murdered Grandpa!
You make me laugh.
The Ankokuji who was supposed to be at our place is here interrogating kids?
Bastards! Don’t mess with me!
I thought it was odd that there were two Ankokujis.
Y—You bitch! Let me go!
W—Wow…
The guy who punched Mazinger can’t lift a finger against her.
Who’s scarier, me or him?
T—The one with the strange face, of course!
Indeed. That woman is quite fearsome.
The one person I fear.
That woman is my lifelong sworn enemy, and my only beloved pupil.
Y—You mean…
I shall tell you how terrible that woman is.
Follow me to my past of agony.
Dr. Hell.
That is what he called himself.
Yes, I’ve heard that name. He’s an authority in biology.
What does he want with a robotic engineer like me?
Several decades ago, Dr. Hell approached Kabuto Juuzo with a certain hypothesis,
along with a woman:
the Legend of Bardos Island from ancient Greek mythology.
Among those legends, a story of giant soldiers who wielded absolute power were found in the war records.
Kabuto Juuzo thought that these were a type of mechanical robot and accepted the invitation to the excavation.
The Aegean Sea, Greece.
The investigation was a rough and slow voyage to the past.
There were no traces of the legend on any islands of the Aegean Sea or any lands in Greece.
And so, one after another, their comrades left them.
They had begun to give up, believing a legend to be just a legend, and that the door would never welcome them.
That was when a clue revealed itself.
It was hiding deep beneath the sea, not on land.
We discovered the path to the past.
The legend revealed itself to us in its entirety.
I still have not forgotten the feeling of a fierce, indelible grudge in that place.
It was more than I had ever dreamed of discovering.
Why had this place been buried in history?
That did not matter.
I realized what was most important when I laid eyes upon them.
I could make the world mine by using these Mechanical Beasts.
That is my liege Dr. Hell’s dream.
Indeed it is.
I had attained the power that I had dreamed of. However—
She blew Bardos Island away
to prevent my plot!
Even as I remember it now, I cannot hold a strong enough grudge against her!
My ambition that had just sprouted after seeing those Mechanical Beasts…
She knew what I intended to do.
I didn’t…
I did not think I would be bitten by my own dog.
Nishikiori Tsubasa!
He is like a babe against her
because she is the one who created Baron Ashura!
Wait!
Let me kill him!
He… He killed Grandpa!
Idiot. That was unnecessary.
You little brat!
What?
That is correct,
but I will thank you, Kabuto Kouji.
I only needed a moment.
I only needed to be free of that woman just for a moment.
What?
That’s—
Now, come! Mechanical Beast Nonakago H2!
Next Episode The Birth of Baron Ashura!
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.