Shin Mazinger - The official website

The official website for the new Mazinger series started-off on March 23.

http://www.shin-mazinger.com

On the left part of the main image, you'll find a little menu with 4 options. From the top they are as follows:

-STORY Contains the main plot of the series and a little synopsis for all the chapters already broadcasted accompanied by a few images.

-登場人物&メカニック(Main characters and mechas) Divided in groups by affiliation, you'll find short pieces of information on the main characters and robots.

-スタッフ(Staff) Information on those who make your weekly enjoyment of the series possible. The man in the picture is none other that Go Nagai (永井 豪), the father of Mazinger.

-音楽(Music) This section will be updated as the CD's containing the music for the series are released.

Obviously, all the information you'll find on the page is written in Japanese, so I'll try, little by little, to summarize everything that appears there for you (as long as my Japanese language capabilities allow me so).

Just right above the aforementioned menu, you'll see a little blue window with スペシャル動画(special movie) written on it. This is actually the two short trailers for the series (a 15 second version and a 30 second one), but there's no point in trying to watch it unless you have a Japanese IP.

30 years later, new Mazinger anime series!

Under the Japanese title 真マジンガー　衝撃！Ｚ編 (Shin Majingaa Shôgeki! Z Hen) - True Mazinger, Impact! Z chapter -, the new series about the famous robot was first broadcasted on April 4 on Japanese TV (TV Tokyo and associated channels). The series is being broadcasted on the late night time slot, from 11.20pm to 11.50pm.

Those of you who remember the original 1972 Japanese series would probably think, upon seeing the image above this text, that the character design is quite different from the one you probably have on your mind. Actually, the new design for the series resembles the one on the original manga by master Go Nagai (永井 豪), also introduced in 1972. That's because it is not director Yasuhiro Imagawa 's (今川 泰宏) intention to make a continuation of the well-known seventies series, but to combine all the versions of the character as well as the mythology that's been created around him for the past 30 years. If I am to judge by what's been seen until now, Imagawa's version is on its way to become memorable.

My intention with this blog is for every visitor to enjoy this and all the versions of the character with all kinds of information that I will try to update as often as possible.

Lastly, I invite you all to leave your commentaries and by doing so making this blog one of the most dynamic and referential on the web.