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Great Mazinger (TV)

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Alternative title:
Gran Mazinger (Spanish) 
Gurêto Majingâ (Japanese) 
Il Grande Mazinga (Italian) 
グレートマジンガー (Japanese) 
그레이트 마징가 (Korean) 
Genres: action , science fiction 
Themes: mecha , super robot 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: After Koji Kabuto and Sayaka Yumi leave to the USA, it's up to the rash orphan Tetsuya Tsurugi to pilot the next Mazinger robot: the Great Mazinger. Under the direction of Dr. Kenzo Kabuto and helped by his adoptive sister Jun Honou, Tetsuya battles the Miccene Empire... 
User Ratings: 44 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (raw:1, ?:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:6, raw:1, dub:1, others:4
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:10, others:4
2 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian edited dub
)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:1, others:2
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 99 users, rank: #5363 (of 9903)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.591 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6141, rank: #5644 (of 10050)
Weighted mean: 6.614 (Good−), rank: #5437 (of 10050) (seen all: 6.79 / seen some: 6.29 / won't finish: 6.32)
Bayesian estimate: 6.811 (Good−), rank: #4326 (of 7615)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 56 
Episode titles: We have 56
Vintage:
1974-09-08 to 1975-09-28 
1978-10-21 to 1979-11-24 (South Korea, TBC) 
Opening Theme:
"Ore wa Great Mazinger" (おれはグレートマジンガー) by Ichirou Mizuki, Columbia Yurikago-kai 
Ending Theme:
"Yuusha wa Mazinger" (勇者はマジンガー) by Ichirou Mizuki, Columbia Yurikago-kai 
Insert song:
"Borot Ondo" (ボロット音頭) by Hiroshi Ōtake (ep 33) 
"Great Mazinger no Ballade" (グレートマジンガーのバラード) by Ichiro Mizuki (eps 46,49) 
"Great Mazinger Sanka" (グレートマジンガー賛歌) by Ichiro Mizuki (ep 33) 
"Jun no Uta" (ジュンの歌) by Mitsuko Horie (ep 19) 
"Kate Great Mazinger" (勝てグレートマジンガー) by Ichiro Mizuki (eps 26,47) 
"Tetsuya no Thema" (鉄也のテーマ) by Ichiro Mizuki (eps 1,7,8,10-15,18,22,23,28,31,35,38-41,45,48,54,56) 
"Venus Ace no Uta" (ビューナスＡの歌) by Mitsuko Horie (eps 3,6,25,36) 
"Z no Thema" (Zのテーマ) by Ichiro Mizuki (eps 53,55-56) 
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Great Mazinger - The Complete Series (Sub.Blu-ray) 2018-10-30 (from $59.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Great Mazinger - The Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2018-03-27 (from $377.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Script:
Keisuke Fujikawa  (37 episodes
eps 3-5, 7-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-23, 25-26, 28-31, 33-34, 37-43 odd, 44, 47, 49, 51-52, 54-56
) 
Susumu Takaku  (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 15, 18, 35, 40
) 
Toyohiro Andō  (11 episodes
eps 24, 27, 32, 36, 38, 42, 45-46, 48, 50, 53
) 
Episode Director:
Hidenori Yamaguchi (eps 41, 52) 
Masayuki Akehi  (7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 19, 26, 43, 55
) 
Nobuo Ōnuki  (4 episodes
eps 30, 44, 49, 54
) 
Nobutaka Nishizawa (4 episodes
eps 15, 27, 33, 40
) 
Takenori Kawada (ep 35) 
Takeshi Shirato (eps 7, 12) 
Takeshi Tamiya  (4 episodes
eps 20, 25, 31, 36
) 
Tetsuo Imazawa (5 episodes
eps 13, 18, 23, 34, 39
) 
Tomoharu Katsumata  (eps 1, 46, 50) 
Tsunekiyo Ōtani (9 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 22, 28, 38, 45, 48, 53
) 
Yasuo Yamayoshi (6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 24, 29, 56
) 
Yoshikatsu Kasai (9 episodes
eps 5, 8, 14, 21, 32, 37, 42, 47, 51
) 
Music: Michiaki Watanabe 
Original creator: Gō Nagai 
Character Design: Keisuke Morishita 
Animation Director:
Eiji Uemura (4 episodes
eps 38, 44, 49, 54
) 
Hiroshi Iino (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 15
) 
Hiroshi Wagatsuma (7 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 23, 28, 34, 39
) 
Hisashi Sakaguchi (eps 21, 30) 
Izumi Shiratori (eps 27, 45) 
Kazuo Nakamura (7 episodes
eps 19, 26, 32, 37, 43, 48, 53
) 
Keisuke Morishita (11 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47, 51, 55
) 
Kou Iino (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 15
) 
Saburō Masutani (eps 22, 40, 50) 
Takeshi Shirato (eps 7, 12) 
Toshio Mori (9 episodes
eps 4, 17, 24, 29, 35, 41, 46, 52, 56
)  (ep 10) 
Tsuneyasu Kashima (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 33
) 
Mechanical design:
Gō Nagai 
Ken Ishikawa 
Makoto Ono 
Masaru Irago 
Shigeru Takashima 
Shinobu Kaze 
Shunichi Takanashi 
Tatsuya Yasuda 
Art design:
Hidenobu Hata (10 episodes
eps 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, 26, 28, 33-34
) 
Hideo Chiba (ep 21) 
Makoto Yamazaki (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23
) 
Mataji Urata (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 36, 39, 42, 46, 50, 53
) 
Shigeyoshi Endō (9 episodes
eps 30-31, 38, 41, 44, 47, 49, 52, 54
) 
Tadami Shimokawa (eps 51, 55-56) 
Takao Tsuruoka (17 episodes
eps 3-4, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 32, 35, 37, 40, 43, 45, 48
) 

Background Art:
Geki Katsumata (eps 2, 11, 50) 
Junji Kasahara (ep 55) 
Kazuo Ebisawa (ep 47) 
Ken Kawai (6 episodes
eps 33, 36, 39, 42, 52, 56
) 
Kenji Matsumoto (7 episodes
eps 6, 10, 13-14, 18, 29, 45
) 
Nobuo Numai (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 17, 23
) 
Ryūichi Sugimoto (4 episodes
eps 7, 19-20, 22
) 
Shigeyoshi Endō (ep 21) 
Shōji Suyama (eps 28, 32, 35) 
Tadami Shimokawa (ep 31) 
Taizaburō Abe (eps 37, 40) 
Teiichi Akashi (4 episodes
eps 38, 44, 49, 54
) 
Toshikazu Yamaguchi (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 26, 46, 51, 53
) 
Toshiro Nozaki (5 episodes
eps 21, 38, 44, 49, 54
) 
Yasuyuki Chiba (8 episodes
eps 12, 15-16, 22, 25, 27, 32, 35
) 
Editing:
Osamu Motoyama (26 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 9, 13-14, 17-18, 20-26 even, 31-45 odd, 48-49, 52-53, 55
) 
Ryōichi Toba (29 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-12, 15-16, 19-27 odd, 28-30, 32-46 even, 50-51, 54, 56
) 
Finish Animation:
Akinori Matsubara (24 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18-20, 22-23, 25-26, 28, 31-33, 36, 39, 43, 47-48, 50, 55
) 
Chiaki Hirao (6 episodes
eps 14, 16, 19, 25, 36, 43
) 
Chizuko Masukawa (eps 7, 9) 
Fukie Hayashi (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 23, 26
) 
Hiroshi Morita (6 episodes
eps 2, 8, 13, 16, 34, 53
) 
Junko Furuya (ep 15) 
Kazuko Yoshimura (ep 42) 
Keitaro Hama (7 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 15, 32, 40, 48
) 
Kimiyo Okunishi (eps 7, 40) 
Kiyomi Fujihashi (eps 2, 5, 45) 
Masako Yamauchi (ep 34) 
Masatoyo Ogura (eps 5, 9, 14) 
Masayuki Nakajima (14 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 20, 24, 27, 29, 31, 35, 41, 46-47, 52, 56
) 
Mihoko Irie (4 episodes
eps 1, 12, 42, 53
) 
Mitsuko Gotō (ep 40) 
Noboru Sekiai (5 episodes
eps 22, 28, 34, 39, 51
) 
Norichika Iwakiri (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 24
) 
Reiko Igarashi (eps 9, 45) 
Reiko Suzuki (ep 6) 
Shōji Satō (8 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 33, 37, 42, 53, 55
) 
Sonoe Sakano (eps 5, 37) 
Takehiro Maeda (ep 18) 
Tatsuo Takahashi (ep 18) 
Yōko Sakamoto (8 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 15, 25, 31, 37, 40
) 
Yoshiaki Okada (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 45
) 
Yoshiko Sekiguchi (ep 13) 
Yukikou Ogawa (ep 28) 
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Murata 
Kiyoto Mizuma (10 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47, 51, 55
) 
Insert Song Performance: Mitsuko Horie (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 19, 25, 36
) 
Key Animation:
Akira Kawashima (ep 2) 
Akira Nakamura  (7 episodes
eps 19, 26, 32, 37, 43, 48, 53
) 
Akira Shinoda (11 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47, 51, 55
) 
Eiji Uemura (eps 21, 30) 
Fukuo Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 5, 13, 28, 34, 39
) 
Hisashi Sakaguchi (ep 21) 
Izumi Shiratori (7 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 22, 33, 40, 50
) 
Kanji Hara (11 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47, 51, 55
) 
Kazuhide Tomonaga (eps 7, 12) 
Kazuo Hayashi (eps 7, 12) 
Kazuyoshi Minato (4 episodes
eps 13, 28, 34, 39
) 
Keiko Muranaka  (7 episodes
eps 19, 26, 32, 37, 43, 48, 53
) 
Kinichirō Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 23, 28, 34, 39
) 
Kōji Katō (ep 6) 
Mamoru Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 15
) 
Mao Takahashi (10 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47, 51, 55
) 
Minoru Nakamura (eps 21, 30) 
Minoru Tajima (eps 21, 30) 
Noboru Suzuki (eps 3, 11, 15) 
Saburō Masutani (eps 2, 27, 45) 
Shizuo Goto (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 15
) 
Takeshi Tamazawa (ep 1) 
Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi (10 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 24, 29, 35, 41, 46, 52, 56
) 
Tetsuo Imazawa (ep 5) 
Tomeko Horikawa (11 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47, 51, 55
) 
Toshio Mori (10 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 24, 29, 35, 41, 46, 52, 56
) 
Toshio Nitta (4 episodes
eps 38, 44, 49, 54
) 
Tsuneyasu Kashima (6 episodes
eps 22, 27, 33, 40, 45, 50
) 
Yoshinobu Inano (eps 35, 41) 
Yutaka Kawasuji (eps 7, 12) 
Yutaka Tanizawa (4 episodes
eps 38, 44, 49, 54
) 
Layout:
Keisuke Fujikawa 
Toyohiro Andō 
Photography:
Hideo Sugaya (10 episodes
eps 5, 11-12, 18, 26, 30, 33, 36, 42-43
) 
Hideyuki Fujihashi (ep 47) 
Jiro Yoshimura (ep 53) 
Masaki Machida (ep 50) 
Michiyo Terao (9 episodes
eps 1, 6, 13, 15, 21, 28, 32, 44, 49
) 
Nobuyuki Sugaya (12 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9, 16, 20, 23, 25, 31, 38-39, 54
) 
Norio Ogata (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 24, 29
) 
Sadafumi Sano (5 episodes
eps 35, 41, 46, 52, 56
) 
Shigeyoshi Ikeda (ep 51) 
Takao Satō (9 episodes
eps 8, 14, 19, 22, 27, 34, 37, 40, 45
) 
Yoshihiro Yamada (eps 48, 55) 
Planning:
Azuma Kasuga 
Kenji Yokoyama 
Takaharu Bessho 
Production Advancement:
Shigeko Sato (9 episodes
eps 14, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 47, 51, 55
) 
Yasuyuki Tada (8 episodes
eps 17, 24, 29, 35, 41, 46, 52, 56
) 
Production manager: Yoshirō Sugawara 
Record Keeping: Marumi Ando (eps 47, 53) 
Recording:
Nobuteru Ikegami (41 episodes
eps 1-28, 30-46 even, 49, 52-53, 56
) 
Tanekichi Imaseki (15 episodes
eps 29-47 odd, 48, 50-51, 54-55
) 
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō 
Theme Song Performance:
Columbia Yurikago-kai 
Ichirō Mizuki 
Koorogi '73 (OP1 and ED1) 
Keiichi Noda as Tetsuya Tsurugi 

Eken Mine as Ligern 
Haruko Kitahama as Marquise Janus 
Hidekatsu Shibata as
Emperor of Darkness 
Kenzō Kabuto 
Hiromu Jin as Grand Marshall Hell 
Hiroshi Ōtake as
Argos 
Boss 
Ichirō Murakoshi as Julicaesar (eps 2-16) 
Ichirō Nagai as Hadias 
Jōji Yanami as Scarabeth 
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Draydo 
Kazuko Sawada as Shirō Kabuto 
Kenichi Ogata as
Ankoku Daishōgun (Great General of Darkness) 
Mucha 
Kōji Yada as
Angolas 
Bakarasu 
Osamu Katō as
Duke Gorgon 
Nuke 
Sachiko Chijimatsu as Haruna Shiradori 
Shunji Yamada as Birdaler 
Tetsuo Mizutori as Julicaesar (eps 21-53) 
Yumi Nakatani as Jun Honoo 

Akiko Tsuboi as Hairdresser (ep 19) 
Chiyoko Kawashima as Haruna's Mother (ep 17) 
Eiko Masuyama as Cleo (ep 9) 
Haruko Kitahama as Spy X (ep 3) 
Hiroshi Masuoka as Ligern (ep 39) 
Hiroya Ishimaru as Kōji Kabuto (eps 51, 53-56) 
Ichirō Nagai as Julicaesar (ep 33) 
Jōji Yanami as Prof. Gennosuke Yumi (eps 53-56) 
Kazuko Sugiyama as Karen (ep 37) 
Kazuya Tatekabe as Draydo (ep 19) 
Kenichi Ogata as Mycenaes 
Kōji Totani as Hiker (ep 18) 
Kōji Yada as
Julicaesar (eps 20, 32) 
Narration 
Makio Inoue as
Kerbinius (ep 16) 
Shinichirō Ikuta/Guernicus (ep 52) 
Nana Yamaguchi as Kaori's Mother (ep 36) 
Noriko Tsukase as Shinichi Namura (ep 7) 
Osamu Katō as
Dr. Hamakawa (ep 46) 
Mycenaes 
Pastor 
Rihoko Yoshida as
Helena (ep 37) 
Kaori (ep 36) 
Yūko Moriyama/Marigela (ep 50) 
Saiko Egawa as Sayaka Yumi (eps 48, 55-56) 
Shunji Yamada as
Dr. Tonda (eps 8-13) 
Mycenaes 
Sumiko Shirakawa as Yōichi Hamakawa (ep 46) 
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation: Elizabeth Ellis 

Blu-ray Production: Justin Sevakis 
Menu Design: Gary Swarer 
Subtitle Editing: Salvatore Marrone 
Subtitle Timing: Elizabeth Ellis 
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Discotek Media 
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Tongyang Broadcasting Company (from 21 October 1978) 
Korean cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau 
Broadcaster: Telecinco (Spain - from 1994) 
Distributor: Arait Multimedia (Spain - from 1988) 
Dubbing: ICAIC (Cuba - Arait dub) 
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain; 2014) 
Spanish cast
Frank González as Koji Kabuto 
Julio Alberto Casanova as Gran Señor 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Enrico Bomba 
Alessandro Sperli as Gen. Lord Drayato 
Anna Rita Pasanisi as Signorina Mary Ann 
Arturo Dominici as Gen. Angoras 
Daniele Tedeschi as Duca Gorgon 
Diego Michelotti as Gen. Gyrgler 
Francesca Guadagno as Shiro Kabuto 
Franco Odoardi as Gran Maresciallo 
Germana Dominici as
Agente X 
Marchesa Janus 
Gianfranco Bellini as Boss 
Gianni Marzocchi as Dott. Kenzo Kabuto (1st & 3rd voice) 
Gino Donato as Gen. Scarabeth 
Maria Grazia Dominici as Jun Hono 
Mario Lombardini as Imperatore Delle Tenebre (2nd voice) 
Mario Mastria as Gen. Yuri Caesar 
Massimo Giuliani as
Koji Kabuto 
Mucha (2nd voice) 
Piero Tiberi as
Prof. Tonda 
Tetsuya Tsuruji 
Renato Mori as Gran Signore Delle Tenebre/Generale Nero (1st voice) 
Romano Ghini as Gen. Hardias 
Sandro Acerbo as
Nucke 
Shinikiro Kida (ep.52) 
Sandro Iovino as
Dott. Kenzo Kabuto (2nd voice) 
Dott. Yumi 
Gran Signore Delle Tenebre/Generale Nero (2nd voice) 
Silvia Tognoloni as Sayaka Yumi 
Vittorio Di Prima as Gen. Rigan 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Amica Italia 8 
Antenna Nord 
Canale 5 (from 1979) 
Italia 7 
Junior TV 
RTV 38 
Super 3 
Tele Milano (from November 1979) 
Teleregione 
Dubbing: CD Cooperativa Doppiatori 

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