Mazinger Z
03/12/1972
Mazinger Z, known briefly as Tranzor Z in the United States, is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. It was adapted into an anime television series which aired on Fuji TV from December 1972 to September 1974. A second manga series was released alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota, which started and ended almost at the same time of the TV show. Mazinger Z has spawned several sequels and spinoff series, among them UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinkaiser. It was a very popular cartoon in Mexico during the 1980s, where it was dubbed into Spanish directly from the Japanese version, keeping the Japanese character names and broadcasting all 92 episodes, unlike the version aired in the U.S.
TV Show Information
Joji Yanami
as Professor Gennosuke Yumi
Minori Matsushima
as Sayaka Yumi
Hiroya Ishimaru
as Kouji Kabuto
Haruko Kitahama
as Baron Ashura
Hidekatsu Shibata
as Baron Ashura
Hiroshi Otake
as Boss / Dr. Sewashi
Kosei Tomita
as Dr. Hell / Nuke
Isamu Tanonaka
as Mucha
Junpei Takiguchi
as Count Blocken
Koji Yada
as Dr. Morimori / Piguman
Nana Yamaguchi
as Misato
Osamu Kato
as Archduke Gorgon
Yonehiko Kitagawa
as Dr. Nossori
Tomoko Matsushima
as Sayaka Yumi
Kotoe Taichi
as Sayaka Yumi
Kazuko Sawada
as Shiro Kabuto
