Sunday, June 21, 2009

Shin Mazinger - Shin Mazinger Zero, the manga

The manga series 真マジンガーZERO (Shin Mazingâ ZERO) began its run on issue 7 of the monthly magazine 月刊チャンピオンRED (Monthly CHAMPION RED). Yoshiaki Tabata (田畑由秋) will be in charge of the script while Yuki Yogo (余湖裕輝) will be the artist. Even if the authors will base their plot on the original story by master Nagai, Shin Mazinger ZERO won't follow any of the manga or television stories published until now, and instead will offer a new version of the robot saga (however, it will stay close to the classic model designs). The official site provides us with a little synopsis of the first chapter: "Koji had a nightmare, but remembers nothing when waking up. He is requested to go with Sayaka to the Photonic Energy Research Institute immediately. It seems there has been an incident. What have they seen upon arrival?"

CHAMPION RED goes on sale each month on the 19th.

Oh, and it seems that with issue 8, on sale June 19, a special supplement will be given including illustrations by the three most popular Mazinger artists: Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa and Gosaku Ota. Don't miss it!

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