God Mazinger | |
ゴッドマジンガー (Goddo Majingā) | |
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Genre | Adventure, fantasy,[1] mecha[2] |
Novel series | |
Written by | Yasutaka Nagai (1, 4, 7, 10) Tatsuhiko Dan (2, 5, 8) Hideki Sonoda (3, 6, 9) |
Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Imprint | Kadokawa Bunko |
Original run | March 1984 – December 1984 |
Volumes | 10 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshio Hayakawa |
Written by | Hiroyuki Onoda |
Music by | Kentarō Haneda |
Studio | TMS Entertainment |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Nippon TV |
Original run | April 15, 1984 – September 30, 1984 |
Episodes | 23 |
Manga | |
Mazin Legend | |
Written by | Go Nagai |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Magazine | Shōnen Big Comic |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | May 1984 – February 1985 |
Volumes | 4 |
God Mazinger (ゴッドマジンガー, Goddo Majingā), also known as Mazin Legend (魔神伝説, Majin Densetsu), is an anime, manga and novel series created by manga artist Go Nagai. The anime aired on Japanese TV from April 15, 1984 to September 30, 1984 in the network Nippon Television with 23 episodes.[3][4] It is given the international title Space Adventure: The Deity on the official TMS website.[5] The manga was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes in 1984.[6] The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes.[7] The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.