Mazinger Z returns! New movie announced!

[Vincent]

Thanks kind soul.

[yazi]

Its a pleasant surprise that there is more Mazinger media coming out, although its also because its the 45th anniversary. I'm still very sad there isn't a animated sequel to Shin Mazinger but there is at-least the Mazinger Zero manga which is close enough. This also corresponds well especially the new Devilman show being made for Netflix. Now if only there was a new Getter Robo anime, aside from the ongoing manga by the guy who did Linebarrels of Iron...

[Kicksville]

(03-26-2017, 11:17 PM)yazi Wrote: I'm still very sad there isn't a animated sequel to Shin Mazinger

Yeah, that's what dilutes news of Mazinger-anything these days for me - if it's not more Shin Mazinger and has nothing to do with Imagawa, then... ;_;

[yazi]

Yeah... Imagawa seems to have some kind of curse or bad luck on him, he's a excellent director but some of the things he worked on did not get a proper ending due to copyrights (Giant Robo) or lack of ratings (Shin Mazinger) or change of staff, (Getter Robo Armageddon which he did the 1st 3 eps which was a completely different plotline that was dropped for the most part)

[Vincent]

[ryoga316]

Trailer for Toei's MazInger Z movie to come in July in France
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/201...cy/.115006

[Garou]

Apparently, there will be two new Mazinger Z manga that will be released before the movie premieres: Interval Peace (debuting in Young Magazine) and Alter Ignition (might be a web manga; by the same artist of Amon: The Darkside of Devilman)

[ryoga316]

New Trailer from this year's Annecy. Sadly, the YT link was taken down, so this is the only working link for now.
http://tinyurl.com/y9u88rtg

[yazi]

Apparently someone who was there for the viewing of the trailer said this takes place 10 years after the show which doesn't make any sense considering all the villians died at the end of the show and Dr. Hell became the Grand Marshell of Hell in Great Mazinger. I'm going to wait for concrete info to see what this movie is, a reboot/retelling or a semi-sequel/retcon like Shin Jeeg to the original Jeeg...

[ryoga316]

I'm guessing it's because Sayaka was seen to appear much older, as though she's in her 20's. And the movie does appear Mazinger Z already has the Jet Scrander and thus all of its attacks early on, as well as the Hover Pilder now has the Jet Boosters. Also note Z's fight with Garada shows the former appears to be more agile than usual. This gave me the impression that this version of Z has a performance similar to that of Armageddon's Getter 1/Black Getter.

Now if they decide to throw in stuff from the Pachinko game where Z has the Scrander Rocket Punch, and the ability to transform into Zeus Mode and Destroy Mode,.....