Majinkaizâ (2001) (V)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Masahiko Murata

Writers:

Gô Nagai (comic) and
Elena Carrillo (English version)

Release Date:

26 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi | Short

Plot:

In one of their epic battles, the Mazinger Team suffers a crushing defeat at the hands of Dr. Hell and...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic

Cast

Hiroya Ishimaru	...	Kôji Kabuto
Ai Uchikawa	...	Sayaka Yumi
Hiroshi Yanaka	...	Tetsuya Tsurugi
Kousei Tomita	...	Doctor Hell
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Boss
Jôji Yanami	...	Professor Yumi
Haruko Kitahama	...	Baron Ashler (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata	...	Baron Ashler (voice)
Mitsuki Saiga	...	Jun
Sayaka Aida	...	Shiro Kabuto
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patrick Baker-Benfield	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jose Brown	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Martin Burke	...	Shiro Kabuto (voice: English version)
Jeff Catlin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Katherine Catmull	...	Gamia (voice: English version)
Shaneye Ferrell	...	Sayaka Yumi (voice: English version)
Robert Fisher	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lainie Frasier	...	Baron Ashler (voice: English version)
William Gambil	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sammy Harte	...	Additional Character (voice: English version) (as Samantha Inoue Harte)
Matt Hislope	...	Mucha (voice: English version)
Nathan James	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brian Jepson	...	Tetsuya Tsurugi (voice: English version)
Heather Kafka	...	Jun (voice: English version)
Monika Kappe	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Robert Kraft	...	Baron Ashler (voice: English version)
Mark Laskowski	...	Boss (voice: English version)
Taylor Maddux	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kôichi Nagano	...	Professor Sewashi
Edwin Neal	...	Professor Morimori (voice: English version) (as Ed Neal)
Robert Newell	...	Kouji Kabuto (voice: English version)
Jason S. Perry	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bill Pfuderer Jr.	...	Professor Sewashi (voice: English version)
Kevin Remington	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Arthur Ripley	...	Kazumasa (voice: English version)
Beto Rodriguez	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Homero Sanchez	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Paul Shepard	...	Doctor Hell (voice: English version)
Jessica Smolins	...	Roll, Lorry (voice: English version)
D.J. Spankus	...	Professor Nossori (voice: English version)
Adam Sultan	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Hidenari Ugaki	...	Professor Morimori
Hideyuki Umezu	...	Professor Nossori
Chilimbwe Washington	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ken Webster	...	Professor Yumi (voice: English version)
Ryôka Yuzuki	...	Gamia-Q

Also Known As:

Mazinkaiser (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (7 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) (DVD/video rating) | UK:12 (part 2) | UK:15 (part 1)

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Majingâ Zetto" (1972)

Soundtrack:

FIRE WARS

The great legendary anime MazingerZ is back in a new OVA!!!!

Nearly thirty years have gone by since the original MazingerZ debuted in Japan. Mazinger is without a doubt one of the most popular Anime's that inspired Mobile Suit Gundam, Robotech and another other Robo Anime's.

This OVA is perhaps the last actual original Mazinger Z piece youll see. My God is this Anime cool. The Anime is composed of about six episodes, and Mazinger is back revamped with all new look.

The characters from the series, Koji Kabuto, Sayaka, Dr. Hell, and the robots are all back.

Story deals with Mazinger now labeled "MAZINKAISER" fighting Dr. Hell again who has composed several new robots to destroy earth.

Some interesting twists add great suspense to this OVA for instance Dr. Hell now invents a parasites that can manipulate and corrupt robots as seen in the long battle scene where VENUS A the robot piloted by Sayaka, takes of and now destroys the secret laboratory with Koji. The robot now has a life of it's own.

Several great new twists and a big budget as evidence by the awesome special effects make "MAZINKAISER", a keeper. If this is the last we'll see of MAZINGERZ at least he has gone in a blaze of glory!!!

By the way, be sure to check out "GREAT MAZINGER" (Gran Mazinger in Spanish) is the second series based on "Mazinger Z" although it's not listed on IMDB it exists, definitely check it out, only 50 + episodes were produced compared to the 92 of Mazinger but it's also a classic.