Best seat in the house.
This stuff is definitely old school five episodes in and the first battle is still not over though as a tech demonstration it works. It seems that the Mazinger Army is just full of hot shots who think they can amount to something but in the end it’s Mazinger Z that demolished Garada K7 and Doublas M2 while they were fafing about uselessly. While I understand Kouji’s little crisis while blood was oozing out of the rubble I didn’t particularly care much. Nevertheless I like out Old man Kabuto took things into his own hands and got Mazinger Z back in the fight. While the old man did not live long after that I did like how Kouji went batshit and was about to school the prima donnas of the Mazinger Army a thing or too about giving a proper ass kicking. It was funny how they were all just praising Aphrodite A which we all know is USELESS, I hope to see their faces after Mazinger Z kicks Blocken’s ass while they stare helplessly. I like the detective who was stopped Kouji from really going over the edge. No slap here, instead he used a gun and as much as I like the Bright Slap I confess I think a loaded gun is much more effective…that shut Kouji up real fast. I was rolling when Aphrodite A was declared as the imouto of Mazinger Z, pffft…I want a paternity test to validate this impudent assertion. I still find it hard to put into words how much I love this show, but with everything else it’s fairly easy only this is difficult. I want to follow this show but each time I am left over awed and with a burning urge to just punch something for fun. Well I wonder if the next episode will be more low key.
I want that job.
This is the story of the Hurricane…
Why do the twins need tinted cockpits?
Mazinger Z’s breath is just that fresh.
The Great Mazinger Z always means what he says.
The rust bucket is no match for the might of Mazinger Z.
I’d like to see you try…
You call this fighting?
Ah yes the old mafia trick of breaking some one’s knees.
Now that is fighting dirty.
Get back in the kitchen!
I dare say two heads are better than one.
Stealth systems are the heraldry of cowards, says Mazinger Z.
In Mazinger we Trust.
No pixie dust required.
Indeed somethings just have to sound funny.
At least you cannot argue with the results…
Because piloting Mazinger Z just does that to people.
He’s dead Jim Kouji.
Mazinger Z has proven it’s superiority once again.
I see that Mazinger Z’s fresh breath kills germs fast…
Unlike the sissy shows of today Mazinger Z is not afraid to kill animals. In fact while every modern show sucks up to PETA Mazinger Z loudly proclaims that animals were mercilessly slaughtered during production.
Unlike Hal Dark Kouji has yet to be defeated or forced to eat his words.
We must waterboard him!
I laughed pretty hard at this.
Back in ye olde days brandishing a gun was nothing at all, sadly these days people get shocked at a pitiful slap.
And you thought Bright was a mean bastard…
The monocle makes him a count…
I take it these two took a page from Nixon and Agnew .
That’s got to hurt coming from a severed head.
The good Baron is annoyed that Blocken has more of everything…
Wait didn’t you just drop it?
Are you Mazinger Z’s prophet?
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Awesome set of eps. The original series is nowhere near as fun, though it was definitely groundbreaking. What we have here is that as opposed to a ‘moster of the week’ format, we get a ‘special attack c/o mazinger’ of the week showcase. It’s not a bad thing by any stretch. I really am enjoying Imagawa’s handiwork.
I have a theory that Imagawa wasn’t able to implement his vision since Giant Robo didn’t get it’s final battle OVA, he’s using all his good stuff here with Mazinger. Mixed feelings.
yeah, these episodes were awesome. i haven’t been able to see 06 yet, hopefully they keep it up. Mazinger’s breath is impressively fresh!
The whole first battle gave me a Giant Robo vibe for some reason. Then again, Imagawa does seem to do his best work when he’s using a giant robot battle to actually tell a story beyond just a couple of robots banging heads. Clearly he feels that a first battle is a very important part of any mecha stories development. The slower pace allows the Mechanical Beasts to be more threatening than if they were eliminated in a single episode. Also, we get to see Kouji as a noob pilot and how tense this point in time is for all involved by actually letting the audience feel the tension without the safety net of knowing that things will be better as the episode ends. The battle also affects the next episode (6) as it is very much an episode that deals with the aftermath of the previous nights events.
That said, Imagawa also knows when it’s time to move on and the next episode moves the plot forward even more, letting us know more about the more interesting new additions to the Mazinger cast (and showing us that Ankokuji knows that everything works better with a gun).
P.S. Rusted horse is Imagawa saying that while Super Ashura is almost Master Asia level, its taste in horses leaves much to be desired (at least until it decides to have a horse pilot a mechanical beast).
I know what you mean about struggling to find the words . . . Shin Mazinger taps right into the kind of simple passions that defy description. It does make one want to punch something for fun, or go out and scale mountains and swim rivers. And if it can do that to me, it must be potent indeed.
@IKnight
It’s the kind of show you shouldn’t watch with an annoying kid brother, because you end up punching them in the face.