Mazinger Angels

Mazinger Angels

cover of volume 01 of the Mazinger Angels manga
マジンガーエンジェル
(Majinga Enjeru)
Genre Adventure, Mecha
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Illustrated by Akihiko Niina
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Magazine Z
Original run 2004-06-262006-11-25
Volumes 4

Mazinger Angels (マジンガーエンジェル Majinga Enjeru) is a manga series which began in 2004 and chronicles the adventures of four women who pilot giant robots in the Mazinger vein. The concept is a spoof on the late 1970s and early 1980s popular TV series Charlie's Angels. It was originally published in Kodansha's Magazine Z, starting on 26 June 2004 (#2004-08) and ending on 25 November 2006 (#2007-01).[1] It was compiled in four tankōbon.

Three of the robots, Aphrodite A, Diana A and Minerva X are from the original Mazinger Z series, while Venus A is from the Great Mazinger series. Their pilots are also traditional characters from Go Nagai's universe, Sayaka Yumi and Jun Hono from Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger respectively, and Hikaru Makiba and Maria Fleed from Grendizer.

The style of the manga highlights the sex appeal of both the characters and the mechas, sometimes similarly to the way Aika's female characters are shown.

There is a sequel, released on 26 December 2007 in Magazine Z as well,[2] called Mazinger Angels Z (マジンガーエンジェルZ), which features the original design for Mazinger Z, called Energer Z, as well as Kikunosuke Abashiri from Abashiri Ikka.

Mecha Description and Pilots

Aphrodite, Diana, Venus and Minerva in their Mazinger Angels incarnations.

All four robots have a simplified color scheme compared to the older versions, usually reducing the number of colors to only two, but respecting the overall appearance of the robot. They sport heart shaped designs in different parts of their bodies as well as the Mazinger Angels symbol, a winged heart. They also become substantially more powerful and resistant, adding several weapons (many inspired by the Mazingers' ones) to their classic ones.

The mecha pilots wear their classic outfits plus the Mazinger Angels symbol.

Aphrodite, Diana and Venus also have swords called Mazinger Blades.

Enemies

Many classic enemies and Mechanical Beasts are featured in Mazinger Angels.

Media

Manga

No.Release date ISBN
1 February 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)ISBN 978-4-06-349196-8
2 August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)ISBN 978-4-06-349215-6
3 April 21, 2006 (2006-04-21)ISBN 978-4-06-349241-5
4 February 23, 2007 (2007-02-23)ISBN 978-4-06-349270-5

Releases outside Japan

The manga was also released in Hong Kong and Taiwan by d/visual taipei and in Italy by d/visual.

No.  Taiwan  Hong Kong  Italy
Release date ISBN Release date ISBN
1 November 10, 2006 9867184386 March 30, 2007 9784862371508
2 February 7, 2007 9867184394 January 11, 2008 9784862371515
3 April 21, 2007 9867184408 April 24, 2008 9784862371522
4 June 5, 2007 986718453X June 20, 2008 978-4862371584

Toys

Main article: Mazinger Toy Lines

Besides the manga, a series of toys from the Soul of Chogokin line from Bandai have been released. The main robots from Mazinger Angels are available as part of the GX prefix. They also have the extra prefix MA in the code.

Code Model Release date
GX-08MA Aphrodai A (Mazinger Angels) 2004
GX-08MAW Aphrodai A (Snow White Version) 2005
GX-09MA Minerva X (Mazinger Angels) 2004
GX-09MAB Minerva X (La Sirene do Noir) 2006
GX-11MA Dianan A (Mazinger Angels) 2004
GX-11MAM Dianan A (Marine Blue Mermaid) 2007
GX-12MA Venus A (Mazinger Angels) 2004
GX-12MAG Venus A (Queen of Gold) 2006

Music

Two original soundtracks were released as part of the series. They contain several new original melodies for the series, including a TV-sized main theme of Mazinger Angels, as well as several musical arrangements of melodies from several series of Go Nagai, including all the Mazinger related series and several other anime TV series such as Devilman and Dororon Enma-kun.

Date Title Label Standard number EAN
2006-03-22 Original BGM Collection: Tamashii Mazinger Angels Majin Tenshi (オリジナルBGMコレクション魂 マジンガーエンジェル 魔神天使) Columbia Music Entertainment COCX-33619 4988001902676
2007-04-18 Majin Tenshi Mazinger Angels 2: Listen Mazinger Angels (魔神天使 マジンガーエンジェル 2 リッスン·マジンガーエンジェル) Columbia Music Entertainment COCX-34239 4988001947783

References

  1. "Magazine Z #2007-01". Monthly Magazine Z Homepage (in Japanese). Japan: Kodansha. 2006-12-16. Archived from the original on 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  2. "Magazine Z #2008-02". Monthly Magazine Z official site (in Japanese). Japan: Kodansha. 2007-12-29. Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
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