Z Mazinger

• Name — Ζ Mazinger • Ja Kanji — Ζマジンガー • Ja Romaji — Zēta Majingā • Genre — Adventure, Mecha

• Type — manga • Author — Go Nagai • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Magazine Special • First — September, 1998 • Last — November, 2000 • Volumes — 5 sometimes romanized as Zeta Mazinger is a retelling of the Mazinger Z story by Go Nagai, mixing it with ancient Greek mythology. Here, Greek myths are the human testimony of the epic battles between robots piloted by extraterrestrials. The appearance of the robot remains similar to the original Mazinger, but with a more modern look. Set in contemporary times, the battle of the Gods (extraterrestrials thought to be Gods by the ancient Greeks) continues. Hades (in mythology, the ruler of the underworld, embodied by Dr. Hell) has returned to attack the Earth and exterminate the human race, and to protect it Zeus sends a robot born from him, Zeta Mazinger. The robot is given by chance to a student called Koji Kabuto (the classic Mazinger hero) and together with Aphrodite (piloted by Sayaka) and other classic Mazinger characters such as Tetsuya he defends the planet. Many other gods are involved, and their relationships of love and envy are part of the plot. Some elements of Zeta Mazinger appear in Mazinger Z: The Impact!, the most prominent being the apparition of Zeus in his Zeta Mazinger form.

• Vol. — Release date — ISBN • 1 — 1999 03 17 • 2 — 1999 07 16 • 3 — 2000 01 17 • 4 — 2000 05 17 • 5 — 2000 12 15

• Vol. — Release date — ISBN • 1 — 2004 07 03 • 2 — 2004 10 15 • 3 — 2004 12 17 • 4 — 2005 02 18 • 5 — 2005 04 15