Mazinkaizer (2001)

[Xenorama ™]

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

Baron Ashler? Ashura!

anyway, i just watched this small series again, and it's a load of fun, despite some of the silliness in the middle. i mean, it's only 7 episodes and there's gotta be a whole episode about twins and near child molestation?

guess i'm just old fashioned.

still, i quite enjoy this show, not as much as the original, but it's good. i never want to see Baron Ashura even NEAR a shower again though, i must say.

wish Naomi was around so i could thank her again.

[RedKing]

This was a fun series. I really liked the drawing style with the thick lines, though the character designs, which are straight from Go Nagai's manga, are not as good as they versions from the original series. As much as I love Go Nagai, I have to say he is not the best artist , and Toei really streamlined and improved all of his designs! Alot of the stuff in this series comes straight from the Mazinger Z manga, including Baron Ashura's shower scene, which has to be the absolute most gratuitous nudity scene ever! I did love seeing so many monsters from the original series used, and that one huge monster that was a combination of Garada K-7 and Doublas M-2 was fantastic! I also particularly enjoyed the episode with the Gamia Q triplets(also from the manga) and their encounter with Boss on the highway ! I did miss Count Broken. I always liked him alot, and I loved the bickering between him and Ashura. That one episode with all the gratuitous Sayaka boob shots is definitely off the charts, even for Go Nagai! Those blonde twins that seem to like little boys are also from the manga and never appeared in the TV series. There was a group of robots introduced towards the end of the manga that were never in the series( they were pretty dumb looking) and these blonde girls piloted one of them. These robos do appear in the second Mazinkaiser OVA with general Dark. I always have to chuckle at the origin story of both Mazinkaiser and Mazinger Z with the archeological expedition where no one was suspicious of the huge purple German guy named Hell!!