History Anime / Mazinkaiser

* BigBad: [[DragonInChief Baron Ashura]] serves as this, while Dr. Hell serves as the GreaterScopeVillain.

* DragonInChief: Although they are Dr. Hell's [[TheDragon Dragon]], Baron Ashura more or less behaves as the story's BigBad.

* DeathByAdaptation: As the OVA episodes do not share the same continuity with TheMovie, [[Dr. Morimori, Lori and Loru]] are taken out in the latter while more or less surviving in the former.

* AdaptedOut: Count Blocken, Hell's usual [[CoDragons second-in-command alongside Asura]], doesn't seem to exist at all.

* AdaptedOut: Count Blocken, Hell's usual CoDragon, doesn't seem to exist at all.

* AdaptationalWimp: In the original Mazinger manga, Venus was a huge step up from Aphrodai A, allowing Sayaka to destroy several RoboBeast and helping Mazinger fight Gordon Hell. In Mazinkaiser it being more powerful is nothing more than an InformedAttribute.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * AbusivePrecursors: The Mycenae Empire

The seven-episode OAV was followed up by the movie ''Mazinkaiser vs. [[Anime/GreatMazinger The Great General of Darkness]]'', a remake of the 1974 film ''Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness'', where the [[Anime/GreatMazinger Mycenae Empire]] invades while Kouji is vacationing in Paris, forcing him to fight his way back to Japan and take the Mazinkaiser into battle once more. Said movie does not share the continuity with the OVA, with it not even using the same version of the Mazinkaiser mecha, though ''Franchise/SuperRobotWars'' installments since ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' have used them together.

* AbusivePrecursors: The Mycenae Empire

* BroughtDownToBadass : For some reason, Tetsuya [[spoiler:switched back into old Great Mazinger in the movie.]] He still made the most [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] moments AND as kickass as ever.

The seven-episode OAV was followed up by the movie ''Mazinkaiser vs. [[Anime/GreatMazinger The Great General of Darkness]]'', a remake of the 1974 film ''Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness'', where the [[Anime/GreatMazinger Mycenae Empire]] invades while Kouji is vacationing in Paris, forcing him to fight his way back to Japan and take the Mazinkaiser into battle once more. Said movie does not share the continuity with the OVA, with it not even using the same version of the Mazinkaiser mecha, though ''Franchise/SuperRobotWars'' installments since ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgement'' have used them together.

The seven-episode OAV was followed up by the movie ''Mazinkaiser vs. [[Anime/GreatMazinger The Great General of Darkness]]'', a remake of the 1974 film ''Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness'', where the [[Anime/GreatMazinger Mycenae Empire]] invades while Kouji is vacationing in Paris, forcing him to fight his way back to Japan and take the Mazinkaiser into battle once more. Said movie does not share the continuity with the OVA, with it not even using the same version of the Mazinkaiser mecha.

The seven-episode OAV was followed up by the movie ''Mazinkaiser vs. [[Anime/GreatMazinger The Great General of Darkness]]'', a remake of the 1974 film ''Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness'', where the [[Anime/GreatMazinger Mycenae Empire]] invades while Kouji is vacationing in Paris, forcing him to fight his way back to Japan and take the Mazinkaiser into battle once more.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: In one episode, Mazinkaiser got dunked in lava. Since Mazinkaiser was MadeOfIndestructium, Kouji could survive for a short while in that enviroment, but all knew they had to get him out of the volcano QUICKLY, or he would die.

* MythologyGag: One episode title is "KABUTO KOUJI DIES IN MAGMA!", which is just as [[NeverTrustATitle inaccurate]] as when it was an original series title.

** TheMovie took it [[UpToEleven Even further]] by crushing Great, Venus, ''and'' the Mazinger Army. At lest half of them didn't survive.

* HotterAndSexier: This show has more fanservice than any adapation of ''Mazinger Z'', especially the episode 4 that has sexual humour and nudity.

* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: In one episode Mazinkaiser (with Kouji inside it) was tossed into the crater of Mount Fuji (paying homage to an episode of the original series). Kouji fainted due to the extreme heat and sheer pressure... and that was it. The characters pointed out not even Mazinkaiser could endure that for long and they had to get Kouji out of the magma RIGHT AWAY, though. The lava also seems less dangerous than it should be (it is too bright, too fluid and not viscous enough). However, given what kind of punishment Mazinkaiser shrugs off throughout the series, withstanding a lava bath seems almost trivial.
* LetsGetDangerous: Two twins Lorry and Roll are fanservicy, yeah. But when it's time to get serious, they show that they're more than just FanService: see episode 5, i.e.

** ChestBlaster: The Fire Blaster; notably, it's theorzied the Fire Blaster can punch a hole through to the Earth's core; it's [[WaveMotionGun so powerful]] that even though the main blast goes over a bunch of mechanical beasts, the sheer heat of it ''still'' melts them anyhow).

* {{Tsundere}}: Variation. Sayaka was a Type A (tsuntsun) in the original series, but she mellows out a bit and is mostly a Type B (deredere), like in the manga.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Apparently Baron Ashura's mooks can't tell the difference between Boss in a helmet and one of their co-workers. The mooks that were ''assigned to guard him and Kouji specifically, no less''.

* AllYourColorsCombined: In the first episode Mazinger-Z and Great Mazinger used their ChestBlaster weapons in combination to melt a Mechanical Beast to slag.
* BeachEpisode: Infamous for its brief, nude moment with Sayaka.

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Made in an EPIC way in Mazinkaiser vs Great General of Darkness.

* HotterAndSexier: Theis show has more fanservice than any adapation of ''Mazinger Z'', especially the episode 4 that has sexual humour and nudity.
* JAMProject: "Fire Wars", "The Gate of Hell", and "Mazin Kenzan".

* HotterAndSexier

* TheWorfEffect: Both Mazinger-Z and Great Mazinger suffered this within the first two episodes, with both machines falling to Dr. Hell's Mechanical Beasts' army. Also, Tetsuya had been established in both ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' like a highly-skilled AcePilot, CombatPragmatist BloodKnight and TheDeterminator, HotBlooded {{Badass}}. In ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' the animators showed a situation was dangerous and an enemy a real threat by severely injuring or incapaciting Tetsuya, or showing him struggling.

Mazinkaiser originally appeared in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4 Super Robot Wars F Final]]'', when developer Banpresto asked ''Mazinger'' creator GoNagai to design a new mecha for Kouji to use as a MidSeasonUpgrade. The idea was for Mazinger Z to be upgraded through exposure to [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Rays]] into a new monstrous form, later redubbing it the Mazinkaiser. ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'', the next "major" installment of the franchise, revamped the origin of the robot into being the ''original'' Mazinger SuperPrototype that ended up being too difficult to control, necessitating its sealing away until Kouji finds and tames it (this version also conveniently fills out the long-standing plot gap of "what was the accident that nearly killed Kenzo and his wife?" in ''Mazinger'' mythology). The idea was such a hit with fans that Nagai quickly [[CanonImmigrant incorporated it into canon]] in anime and manga form, using the ''Alpha'' version as its origin story.

* CanonImmigrant

* AscendedExtra : The blonde twins Lori and Loru. Back in the original manga, they were nothing but [[RedShirt Red Shirts]]who last for 2 chapters. [[spoiler:They fill the same role in the movie, but in a more glorious manner.]]

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Subverted when Sayaka's bikini top is pulled off; brief scene with very prominent nipples. Same for when the three androids from episode 3 are destroyed.

** Let's face it, that was probably the main reason this episode was made. Especially when you consider that when it happens, they play it up like someone just found the Ark of the Covenant.

* FanDisservice: A ''naked Baron Ashura''?! MY EYES!! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES!!!!
** Fortunately for us, it doesn't show the squicky bits at all. In fact, it's [[RuleOfFunny hilarious]] in context.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Lori and Roll do this plenty of times, as do the three androids.