History Anime / MazinkaiserSKL

'''''{{Mazinkaiser}} SKL''''' was a 3-episode OVA series based on the ''MazingerZ'' mythos, released over a period between January 28th and March 25th of 2011. It's directed by Jun Kawagoe, director of ''[[GetterRobo New Getter Robo]]'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration - The Animation (OVA)''.

* ActorAllusion: May be accidental, but this is not the first time SatoshiHino [[VideoGame/CrossEdge voiced a character]] who knows GunKata.

** NobuyukiHiyama: (Aka. [[GaoGaiGar Guy Shishioh]]... Though, most Westerners remember him as [[GurrenLagann Viral]]) voices Kiba, one of the series' antagonists.
** SatoshiHino voices Ryo Magami which is a PlayingAgainstType. Oh, and to people who have played ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'', they may get reminded of Yuuto/York.

** Ken, after [[spoiler: waking up Ryo from his unconsciousness]] says "If we died this easily, [[{{Dororon Enma-Kun}} Great King Enma]] would be pissed!"

'''''{{Mazinkaiser}} SKL''''' was a 3-episode OVA series based on the ''MazingerZ'' mythos, released over a period between January 28th and March 25th of 2011. It's directed by Jun Kawagoe, director of ''[[GetterRobo New Getter Robo]]'' and ''[[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation - The Animation (OVA)]]''.

* SuperRobotWars: Debuts in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX UX]]'', in which Kaidou and Magami actually ''replace Kouji''!

** Ken and Ryo's codenames, Amon and Lucifer, are obviously shout-outs to the protagonist and antagonist, respectively, of Go Nagai's other big work, ''{{Devilman}}''.

* CatchPhrase: "We are...HELL!"[[hottip:*:''Ore-tachi wa...Jigoku da!'']]. See also BadassBoast.

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* NoExportForYou: Averted as MediaBlasters has, as of 10/2011, released the [=OVAs=] on DVD and is planning to release a BluRay of the [=OVAs=] in 12/2011.

** Alternatively, ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''GetterRobo''

* BlueEyes: Unlike every other Mazinger-related machine, the SKL has these. [[spoiler:After it gets its wings and reactivates the old weapon systems, they turn back into the classic yellow.]]

* NoExportForYou: Averted as MediaBlasters has, as of 10/2011, released the OVAs on DVD and is planning to release a BluRay of the OVAs in 12/2011.

* SuperRobotWars: Debuts in ''[=UX=]'', in which Kaidou and Magami actually ''replace Kouji''!

** Nor the Octagon warriors! for once in Mazinger, {{FemBot}}s are shown to be useful!

** ChestBlaster: Breast Inferno.

** Since when did [[NyanKoi Junpei]] become so HotBlooded?

* SuperRobot: Obviously, being of the same mythos as the [[TropeCodifer Trope]] [[MazingerZ Codifer]].

** In the English dub, it's not the [[{{Bleach}} first time]] that [[spoiler:Galen's leader was a kick-ass fighter.]]

** Ken, after [[spoiler: waking up Ryo from his unconsciousness]] says "If we died this easily, [[{{Dororon Emna-Kun}} Great King Emna]] would be pissed!"

* HateDumb: The announcement of this OVA has triggered a lot of flack from the fans of ''ShinMazinger'', who see it as an irrefutable proof that there won't be a sequel to it.
** Of course, this may be completely undeserved hatred, [[spoiler: given the rumours that SKL ''IS'' the sequel to Shin...]]
* HeroicSociopath: And how!

** When Yuuki tries to identify the mystery mecha ([[spoiler:Iron Kaiser]]) in the final episode, Wingle's computer compares its silhouette to the mecha from this show and several RoBeasts from the original ''MazingerZ''.

** Nor the Octagon warriors! for once in Mazinger, FemBots are shown to be useful!

** Ken and Ryo's codenames, Amon and Lucifer, are obviously shout-outs to the protagonist and antagonist, respectively, of Go nagai's other big work, ''{{Devilman}}.

* {{Gynoid}} The Wingle & the [[HotAmazon Hachiryokaku/Aira Army mooks.]]

* {{Hatedumb}} / RuinedForever: The announcement of this OVA has triggered a lot of flack from the fans of ''ShinMazinger'', who see it as an irrefutable proof that there won't be a sequel to it.

* XMeetsY: ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Film/HeavyMetal''.

* CoolHorse: [[spoiler: In the ending of the final OVA, Mazinkaiser [[DualWielding dual wields]] [[BladeOnAStick a spear]] and its signature {{BFS}} ''while riding on a mecha horse that transforms into a mecha motorcycle'']].

** NobuyukiHiyama (Aka. [[GaoGaiGar Guy Shishioh]]... Though, most Westerners remind him as [[GurrenLagann Viral]]) voices Kiba, one of the series' antagonists.

* KnifeNut: Ken Kaido, which favors all sort of blades, including SKL's CoolSword.
* MythologyGag: There's a fair share to previous ''MazingerZ'' incarnations and to other GoNagai's works...
** Two [[CannonFodder mass-produced mechas]] among the bad guy's army, GRK-7 and DBM-2, are based in Garada K7 and Doublas M2, the first [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beasts]] that Mazinger Z ever faced, and two [[MascotMook recurring adversaries]] that had shown up in almost every adaptation of its mythos.

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: Magami loses it when Galen finds his BerserkButton, costing MazinkaiserSKL on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle.]]

* {{BFS}} (SKL's Sword, ''Ganzantou'', which is even bigger and more fearsome looking than Mazinkaiser's ''Kaiser Blade''. Its hilt can also extent to become a massive [[BladeOnAStick polearm-like weapon]])

'''''{{Mazinkaiser}} SKL''''' is an OVA series based on the ''MazingerZ'' mythos. It's directed by Jun Kawagoe, director of ''[[GetterRobo New Getter Robo]]'' and ''[[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation - The Animation (OVA)]]''.

Three Armies, led by Garan, Kiba and Aira, occupy an island hidden under a Gravity Curtain and fight to seize control over it. When the world government of WSO finds out that in next sixty-six hours the Gravity Curtain is going to overload and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt blow up the entire planet]], they send the Skull Force - a special team of Super Robot pilots - to destroy three devices mantaining it. Among them are Ken "Amon-6" Kaido and Ryo "Lucifer-4" Magami, pilots of Mazinkaiser SKL.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bhhjFASuk There's a preview available online]], which already lets us see a insightful glimpse of the tropes that will be in play when it's finally released.

* Ken and Ryo's codenames, Amon and Lucifer, are obviously shout-outs to the protagonist and antagonist, respectively, of Go nagai's other big work, ''{{Devilman}}.

* XMeetsY: ''{{Mazinger}}'' meets ''Film/HeavyMetal''.

* EvilKnockoff: [[spoiler:Iron Kaiser has nearly the same attacks as Mazinkaiser SKL.]]

* XMeetsY: ''{{Mazinger}}'' meets ''HeavyMetal''.