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Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General (1974)
Directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa
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Overview
Kouji and his friends have defeated Dr. Hell and are now enjoying a break, but suddenly a strange prophet appears and warns everyone of an oncoming danger, mechanical beasts never seen before start appearing all around the world wrecking havoc. Its up to Kouji and his Mazinger Z to stand up to this threat but it seems he is vastly outnumber and outmatched.
Length 43 minutes
Actors
Hiroya Ishimaru | Ryōichi Tanaka | Chikao Ohtsuka | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Jōji Yanami | Saiko Egawa | Hiroshi Ohtake | Isamu Tanonaka | Kazuko Sawada | Keiichi Noda | Kousei Tomita | Osamu Kato
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
DKUTV ran a bunch of giant robot movies and episodes for their Friday Theme Night, which was Shogun Warriors (all IPs that were later repurposed in the US as Shogun Warriors). I watched the entire 5 hour block on the rebroadcast starting around 11pm so some of these were well into Saturday morning.
This is a solid Mazinger flick featuring both Maziner-Z and Great Mazinger. They battle a huge group of monster robots which are all really cool. I kept wondering if there are diecast versions of them somewhere in Japan. There’s also a really funny moment when one of the evil giant robots says something to Mazinger-Z about destroying him and controlling the world and Mazinger-Z replies “FUCK OFF!” That’s how it was translated! So hilarious.
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