God Mazinger - The 1984 Go Nagai anime series
God Mazinger (ゴ ッ ド マ ジ ン ガ ー, Goddo Majingā), also known as Majin Densetsu (魔神 伝 説) is an anime, manga and novel series created by manga artist Go Nagai. The anime aired on Japanese TV from April 15, 1984 to September 30, 1984 on the Nippon Television network with 23 episodes. He is given the international title Space Adventure The Deity on the official website of TMS. The manga was originally released in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes in 1984. The novel was published in 1984 and ran for 10 volumes. The three share the same basic premise but have a different story.
History
A Japanese teenager named Yamato Hino, a young sports fan, begins to hear strange calls from an indefinite dimension during a quiet and ordinary day. Frightened and confused, the boy thinks he is hallucinating but during a thunderstorm a lightning bolt drags him into a parallel world: the ancient kingdom of Mu, ruled by King Muraji whose concern is to defend the capital of his kingdom, attacked by monsters commanded by the evil Dorado of the Dinosaur Empire.
In the kingdom of Mu, a legend tells of a titanic being ready to defend the population from any threat and the king wants to awaken the gigantic statue of the god Mazinger; to do this he needs a brave boy named Yamato, the only one capable of awakening the mighty giant. The devout prayers of the king and the princess are heard: the boy reaches the dimension of Mu and the statue suddenly comes alive. A beam of light covers the boy who is absorbed into the body of the statue, which begins to move. When Dorado's monsters break through the kingdom's defenses, God Mazinger defeats the dinosaurs and makes the enemy army flee. And so the legend becomes reality.
Yamato joins the court of the newly crowned Queen Aira Mu, becoming the champion of the Kingdom of Mu, always ready to repel the attacks of the evil Dorado and his fearsome dinosaurs.
Episodes
1 「蘇 り し 伝 説 の 巨 神」 - Yomigaerishi densetsu no kyojin - "The resurrection of the legendary giant God" April 15, 1984
2 「選 ば れ し 者 の 定 め」 - Erabareshi mono no sadame - "The destiny of the chosen one" April 22, 1984
3 「光 宿 り し も の の 謎」 - Hikari yadorishi mono no nazo - "The mystery of light Hadorishi Mono" April 29, 1984
4 「マ ジ ン ガ ー の 秘密」 - Mazinger no himitsu - "The secret of God Mazinger" May 6, 1984
5 「エ ル ド 王子 の 奇襲」 - Eldo ooji no kishū - "The surprise attack of Prince Erudo" May 13, 1984
6 「ア イ ラ を 救 え!」 - Aira or sukue! - “Salva Aira” May 20, 1984
7 「消 え た マ ジ ン ガ ー」 - Kieta mazinger - "The Mazinger has disappeared" May 27, 1984
8 「急 げ!戦 士 ヤ マ ト 」- Isoge! senshi yamato - “Hurry up, Yamato warrior” June 3, 1984
9 「恐 竜 工場 発 見!」 - Kyooryū koojoo hakken! - “The dinosaur factory was discovered” 10 June 1984
10 「恐 る べ き 秘密」 - Osorubeki himitsu - "The terrible secret" June 17, 1984
11 「と ら わ れ た ア イ ラ」 - Torawareta aira - "Aira was captured" June 24, 1984
12 「奪 わ れ た 手 が か り」 - Ubawareta tegakari - "Stolen clues" July 1, 1984
13 「危 う し マ ジ ン ガ ー」 - Ayaushi mazinger - "The Mazinger is in danger" July 8, 1984
14 「光 宿 り し も の の 恐怖」 - Hikari yadorishi mono no kyoofu - "Fear of the light Hadorishi Mono" July 15, 1984
15 「さ す ら う ム ー の 民」 - Sasurau mū no tami - "The wandering people of Mu" 22 July 1984
16 「ム ラ ジ の 最 期」 - Muraji no saigo - "The end of Muraji" 29 July 1984
17 「エ ル ド の 秘密 基地」 - Erudo no himitsu kichi - "The secret base of Erudo" 12 August 1984
18 「驚異 の 海底 空間」 - Kyooi no kaitei kūkan - "The incredible underwater space" 26 August 1984
19 「決死 の 湖底 探査」 - Kesshi no kotei tansa - "Exploration at the bottom of the lake" 2 September 1984
20 「ド ラ ド の 怒 り」 - Dorado no ikari - "The light of Dorado" 9 September 1984
21 「ヤ マ ト 対 ド ラ ド!」 - Yamato tai dorado! - "Yamato Vs Dorado" September 16, 1984
22 「ヤ マ ト が 死 ん だ!?」 - Yamato ga Shinda !? - “Yamato died” 23 September 1984
23 「ヤ マ ト 対 エ ル ド」 - Yamato tai erudo - "Yamato Vs Erudo" 30 September 1984
Technical data
Anime TV series
Producer Norio Hatsukawa, Shunzō Katō
Composition series Hiroyuki Onoda
Char. design Satoshi Hirayama
Artistic Dir Eiko Sudō, Hiroshi Ōno
Music Kentaro Haneda
Studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Network Nippon television
1st TV April 15 - September 30, 1984
Episodes 23 (complete)
Relationship 4:3
Duration ep. 22 min
Manga
Author Go Nagai
Editor Shogakukan
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Target shonen
1 edition May 15 - September 15, 1984
Periodicity weekly
Tankōbon 4 (complete)
Publisher it. BD - J-Pop editions
Series 1st ed. it. Go Nagai Collection
1st edition it. June - September 2015
Volumes it. 3 (complete)
