Mazinger Z

<p>Mazinger Z, briefly known as Tranzor Z in the United States, is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and later continued in Kodansha's TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. It was turned into an anime TV series that aired on Fuji TV from December 1972 to September 1974. A second manga series came out alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota, starting and ending at almost the same time as the show. Mazinger Z led to several sequels and spinoffs, including UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinkaiser. It was a very popular cartoon in Mexico during the 1980s, where it was dubbed into Spanish straight from the Japanese version, keeping the Japanese character names and airing all 92 episodes, unlike the version shown in the U.S.</p>