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{{Infobox animanga/Header
|image           = GodMazCover.jpg
|caption         = Cover of ''God Mazinger'' volume 1 (1984)
|ja_kanji        = ゴッドマジンガー
|ja_romaji       = Goddo Majingā
|genre           = [[Adventure fiction|Adventure]], [[fantasy]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Toole|first=Michael|title=Super Robot Island: Dork of the Moon|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2011-07-17|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 9, 2019|date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> [[Mecha anime and manga|mecha]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴッドマジンガー（テレビアニメ）|url=https://akiba-souken.com/anime/2496/|website=akiba-souken.com|access-date=February 9, 2019|language=ja}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type        = novel series
| title       =
| author      = [[Yasutaka Nagai]] (1, 4, 7, 10)<br />Tatsuhiko Dan (2, 5, 8)<br />Hideki Sonoda (3, 6, 9)
| illustrator = [[Go Nagai]]
| publisher   = Kadokawa Shoten
| imprint     = Kadokawa Bunko
| magazine    = 
| first       = March 1984
| last        = December 1984
| volumes     = 10
| volume_list =  
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type            = tv series
|director        = Yoshio Hayakawa
|producer        = 
|writer          = Hiroyuki Onoda
|music           = [[Kentarō Haneda]]
|studio          = [[TMS Entertainment]]
|licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Discotek Media]]}}
|network         = [[Nippon TV]]
|first           = April 15, 1984
|last            = September 30, 1984
|episodes        = 23
|episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type        = manga
| title       = Mazin Legend
| author      = [[Go Nagai]]
| publisher   = [[Shogakukan]]
| magazine    = [[Shōnen Big Comic]]
| first       = May 1984
| last        = February 1985
| volumes     = 4
| volume_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''God Mazinger'''''|ゴッドマジンガー|Goddo Majingā}}, also known as {{nihongo|'''''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 {{Start date|1984|04|15}} to {{End date|1984|09|30}} in the network [[Nippon Television]] with 23 episodes.<ref name="Mazinger series TV list">{{cite web|url= http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/TVmazinger.html|title=God Mazinger|access-date=June 8, 2009|work=Mazinger series TV list|publisher=The world of Go Nagai|location=Japan|language=ja}}</ref><ref name="God Mazinger - allcinema">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89297|title=TV anime God Mazinger|access-date  =June 8, 2009|publisher=allcinema|location=Japan|language=ja}}</ref> It is given the international title '''''Space Adventure: The Deity''''' on the official TMS website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tms-e.co.jp/global/alltitles/1980s/049101.html|title=Space Adventure The Deity &#124; 1980s &#124; ALL TITLES|website=TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.}}</ref> The manga was originally published in [[tankōbon]] format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/104072 |title=ゴッドマジンガー(てんとう虫コミックス) |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232116/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/104072 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes.<ref name="God Mazinger - mazingerz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mazingerz.com/GOD/GOD.html|title=God Mazinger|access-date=June 8, 2009|publisher=The world of Go NagaI|location=Japan|language=ja}}</ref> The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.

==Plot==
A Japanese teen named Yamato Hino, a young sports enthusiast, during a quiet and ordinary day begins to feel strange calls from an indefinite dimension. Frightened and confused, the boy thinks that he had [[hallucinations]] but during a thunderstorm a lightning bolt drags him into a [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel world]]: the ancient kingdom of Mu, ruled by King Muraji whose concern is to defend the capital of his kingdom, attacked by monsters commanded by the evil Dorado of the Empire of Dinosaurs.

In the kingdom of Mu, a legend tells of a titanic being that stands ready to defend the population from any threat and the king wants to awaken the giant statue of the god Mazinger; to do this he needs a brave boy whose name is Yamato, the only one capable of awakening the mighty giant. The devout prayers of the king and the princess are heard: the boy arrives to the dimension of Mu and the statue suddenly becomes alive. A luminous beam covers the boy that is absorbed into the body of the statue, which begins to move. When the monsters of Dorado broke through the defenses of the kingdom, God Mazinger defeats the dinosaurs and makes the enemy army flee. And thus the legend becomes a reality.

Yamato joins the court of newly crowned Queen Aira Mu, becoming the champion of the Kingdom of Mu, always ready to repel the attacks of the evil Dorado and his fearsome dinosaurs.

==Anime==
===Episodes===
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|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid #CCF"
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|-
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 1
|Title               = Revival Of The Legendary Giant
|TranslitTitle       = yomigaerishi densetsu no kyojin
|NativeTitle         = 蘇りし伝説の巨神
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|04|15}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 2
|Title               = The Chosen One
|TranslitTitle       = erabareshi mono no sadame
|NativeTitle         = 選ばれし者の定め
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|04|22}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 3
|Title               = The Mystery Of The Light-Bearer
|TranslitTitle       = hikari yadorishi mono no nazo
|NativeTitle         = 光宿りしものの謎
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|04|29}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 4
|Title               = The Secrets Of Mazinger
|TranslitTitle       = mazinger no himitsu
|NativeTitle         = マジンガーの秘密
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|05|06}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 5
|Title               = Raid On Prince Eldo
|TranslitTitle       = eldo ooji no kishuu
|NativeTitle         = エルド王子の奇襲
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|05|13}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 6
|Title               = Save Aira!
|TranslitTitle       = aira o sukue!
|NativeTitle         = アイラを救え!
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|05|20}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 7
|Title               = Disappearing Mazinger
|TranslitTitle       = kieta mazinger
|NativeTitle         = 消えたマジンガー
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|05|27}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 8
|Title               = Hurry! Warrior Yamato
|TranslitTitle       = isoge! senshi yamato
|NativeTitle         = 急げ! 戦士ヤマト
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|06|03}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 9
|Title               = Dinosaur Factory Found!
|TranslitTitle       = kyooryuu koojoo hakken!
|NativeTitle         = 恐竜工場発見!
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|06|10}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 10
|Title               = The Amazing Secret
|TranslitTitle       = osorubeki himitsu
|NativeTitle         = 恐るべき秘密
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|06|17}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 11
|Title               = Aira Captured
|TranslitTitle       = torawareta aira
|NativeTitle         = とらわれたアイラ
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|06|24}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 12
|Title               = The Deprived Clues
|TranslitTitle       = ubawareta tegakari
|NativeTitle         = 奪われた手がかり
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|07|01}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 13
|Title               = The Ruined Mazinger
|TranslitTitle       = ayaushi mazinger
|NativeTitle         = 危うしマジンガー
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|07|08}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 14
|Title               = Fear of the Light-Bearers
|TranslitTitle       = hikari yadorishi mono no kyoofu
|NativeTitle         = 光宿りしものの恐怖
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|07|15}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 15
|Title               = The Wandering Muu People
|TranslitTitle       = sasurau muu no tami
|NativeTitle         = さすらうムーの民
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|07|22}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 16
|Title               = The Last Of Muraji
|TranslitTitle       = muraji no saigo
|NativeTitle         = ムラジの最期
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|07|29}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 17
|Title               = Erudo's Secret Base
|TranslitTitle       = erudo no himitsu kichi
|NativeTitle         = エルドの秘密基地
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|08|12}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 18
|Title               = The Marvelous Ocean Floor
|TranslitTitle       = kyooi no kaitei kuukan
|NativeTitle         = 驚異の海底空間
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|08|26}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 19
|Title               = The Deadly Ocean Exploration
|TranslitTitle       = kesshi no kotei tansa
|NativeTitle         = 決死の湖底探査
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|09|02}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 20
|Title               = The Wrath Of Dorado
|TranslitTitle       = dorado no ikari
|NativeTitle         = ドラドの怒り
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|09|09}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 21
|Title               = Yamato Vs Dorado
|TranslitTitle       = yamato tai dorado!
|NativeTitle         = ヤマト対ドラド!
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|09|16}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 22
|Title               = Yamato Dies?
|TranslitTitle       = yamato ga Shinda!?
|NativeTitle         = ヤマトが死んだ!?
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|09|23}}
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber       = 23
|Title               = Yamato Vs Erudo
|TranslitTitle       = yamato tai erudo
|NativeTitle         = ヤマト対エルド
|NativeTitleLangCode = ja 
|OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|1984|09|30}}
}}
|}
Source(s)<ref name="Mazinger series TV list" /><ref name="God Mazinger - I Titoli delle Puntate">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.encirobot.com/goma/goma-pun.asp
|title       = I Titoli delle Puntate
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|work        = God Mazinger
|publisher   = Enciclo'Robopedia
|location    = Italy
|language    = it
}}</ref>

*The scheduled broadcast of August 19, 1984 was cut for the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]. Of the originally planned 24 episodes, one episode was cut and the 24th episode {{nihongo|"Mazinger Disappears in the Sea"|海に消えたマジンガー|umi ni kieru Majingā}} was not aired.<ref name="Mazinger series TV list" />

==Manga==
The manga, although it shares some similarities and the same premise, differs from the anime with a more mature tone and also has a different conclusion. It was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 1984. It was later re-printed by Kadokawa Shoten in 1986, Chuokoron-sha in 1995 and Daitosha in 1998.<ref name="God Mazinger - mazingerz.com" /><ref name="God Mazinger - Il manga">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.encirobot.com/goma/goma-manga.asp
|title       = Il manga
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|work        = God Mazinger
|publisher   = Enciclo'Robopedia
|location    = Italy
|language    = it
}}</ref> It was published by Shogakukan and Kadokawa Shoten under the title ''Mazin Legend'' and by Chuokoron-sha and Daitosha under the title ''God Mazinger''.

*'''Shogakukan''' (''Tentomushi Comics'')
{|class="wikitable"
!Date||Vol.||ISBN
|-
|May 15, 1984<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221281 |title=ゴッドマジンガー(てんとう虫コミックス)1 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055213/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221281 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||1||4091490018
|-
|June 15, 1984<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221280 |title=ゴッドマジンガー(てんとう虫コミックス)2 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220452/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221280 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||2||4091490026
|-
|August 15, 1984<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221277 |title=ゴッドマジンガー(てんとう虫コミックス)3 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023221/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221277 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||3||4091490034
|-
|September 15, 1984<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221274 |title=ゴッドマジンガー(てんとう虫コミックス)4 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053550/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221274 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||4||4091490042
|}

*'''Kadokawa Shoten''' (''Yamato Comics'')
{|class="wikitable"
!Date||Vol.||ISBN
|-
|October 7, 1986<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1220956 |title=魔神伝説 改題ゴッドマジンガー(ヤマト・コミックス・スペシャル)1 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230430/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1220956 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||1||404921007X
|-
|November 7, 1986<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1220950 |title=魔神伝説 改題ゴッドマジンガー(ヤマト・コミックス・スペシャル)2 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234806/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1220950 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||2||4049210088
|-
|December 7, 1986<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1220948 |title=魔神伝説 改題ゴッドマジンガー(ヤマト・コミックス・スペシャル)3 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055048/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1220948 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||3||4049210096
|}

*'''Chuokoron-sha''' (''Chuko Aizoban'')
{|class="wikitable"
!Date||Vol.||ISBN
|-
|September 25, 1995||1||978-4120024771
|}

*'''Daitosha''' (''St Comics'')
{|class="wikitable"
!Date||Vol.||ISBN
|-
|January 5, 1998||1||978-4886531008<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221267 |title=ゴッドマジンガー(St Comics)1 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023216/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221267 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|January 5, 1998||2||978-4886531016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221265 |title=ゴッドマジンガー(St Comics)2 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232103/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1221265 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

The manga has also been published in [[ebook]] format by [[ebookjapan]].<ref name="God Mazinger, Nagai Go - eBOOK Initiative Japan">{{cite web
|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/shop/title.asp?titleid=8892
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111182904/http://www.ebookjapan.jp/shop/title.asp?titleid=8892
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=January 11, 2013
|title=God Mazinger, Nagai Go - eBOOK Initiative Japan 
|access-date=June 8, 2009 
|work=Nagai Go Special Corner 
|publisher=eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. 
|location=Japan 
|language=ja 
}}</ref>

==Novel==
The novelization also expands the basic story and has several differences with both the anime and the manga. It was written by [[Yasutaka Nagai]] (volumes 1, 4, 7, 10), [[Tatsuhiko Dan]] (volumes 2, 5, 8) and [[Hideki Sonoda]] (volumes 3, 6, 9), with illustrations by Go Nagai.<ref name="God Mazinger - mazingerz.com" /><ref name="Nagai Go - Illustration book list">{{cite web
|url          = http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~h-kazu/dynamic/nagai-illust1.htm
|title        = Nagai Go - Illustration book list (part 1)
|access-date   = June 8, 2009
|work         = Nagai Go
|publisher    = Dynamic Land
|location     = Japan
|language     = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090527181241/http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~h-kazu/dynamic/nagai-illust1.htm
|archive-date = May 27, 2009
|url-status     = dead
|df           = mdy-all
}}</ref> It was published by [[Kadokawa Shoten]] under the label ''Kadokawa Bunko''.

{|class="wikitable"
!Date||Vol.||Subtitle||ISBN
|-
|1984-04||01||蘇る魔神||4041577012
|-
|1984-05||02||ヤマト追放||4041577020
|-
|1984-06||03||妖魔都市ダイカン||4041577039
|-
|1984-07||04||ムー彷徨人||4041577047
|-
|1984-07||05||陰謀の王||4041577055
|-
|1984-07||06||秘められた神櫃の謎||4041577063
|-
|1984-08||07||謎の花姫||4041577071
|-
|1984-09||08||魔境の四聖獣||404157708X
|-
|1984-11||09||破滅の迷宮||4041577098
|-
|1984-12||10||不死鳥大陸||4041577101
|}

==Media==

===Home video===
In Japan, the anime series was released in home video format in the 1980s by the company [[VAP (company)|VAP]] and it was also released in VHS by Maxam in 2000.<ref name="TV list - mazingerz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/TV.html|title=TV list|access-date=June 8, 2009|publisher=The world of Go Nagai|location=Japan|language=ja}}</ref> The series has also been released in DVD format two times. The first time in {{Start date|2003|06|25}} by [[Pioneer LDC]] (standard number PIBA-3157) as a DVD-box set with the full series.<ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Pioneer) - 7 and Y">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.7andy.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/D0026694
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130111201611/http://www.7andy.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/D0026694
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-date = January 11, 2013
 |title       = God Mazinger DVD-Box (Pioneer) product description
 |access-date = June 8, 2009
 |publisher   = Seven and Y Corp.
 |location    = Japan
 |language    = ja
}}</ref><ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Pioneer) - Amazon Japan">{{cite web
|url         = https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00009NKEP
|title       = God Mazinger DVD-Box (Pioneer) product description
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = Amazon.com, Inc.
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104191117/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00009NKEP
|archive-date = 2012-11-04
|url-status    = dead
}}</ref> The second time, also as a DVD-Box, in {{Start date|2007|03|21}} by [[Columbia Music Entertainment]] (standard number XT-2387/90).<ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Columbia) - 7 and Y">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.7andy.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/D0150824
|title       = God Mazinger DVD-Box (Columbia) product description
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = Seven and Y Corp.
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
}}</ref><ref name="God Mazinger DVD-Box (Columbia) - Amazon Japan">{{cite web
|url         = https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000MGB94I
|title       = God Mazinger DVD-Box (Columbia) product description
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = Amazon.com, Inc.
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104191129/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000MGB94I
|archive-date = 2012-11-04
|url-status  = dead
}}</ref> US publisher [[Discotek Media]] will release the series with English subtitles on SD Blu-ray on {{Start date|2020|01|28}}.<ref name="God Mazinger Blu-Ray">{{cite web
|url         = https://www.rightstufanime.com/God-Mazinger-Blu-ray
|title       = God Mazinger Blu-ray
|access-date  = November 16, 2019
|author      = Right Stuf!
|location    = United States
|language    = en
}}</ref>

Additionally, the whole series is available in several [[video on demand]] internet services.<ref name="dmm.com - God Mazinger - Anime Channel">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.dmm.com/monthly/animate_godmazinger/
|title       = God Mazinger - Anime Channel
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = DMM
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081220204238/http://www.dmm.com/monthly/animate_godmazinger/
|archive-date = 2008-12-20
|url-status     = dead
}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo! Video - anime - God Mazinger">{{cite web
|url         = http://streaming.yahoo.co.jp/p/y/tms/10033/
|title       = Yahoo! Video - anime - God Mazinger
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = Yahoo Japan Corporation
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
}}</ref><ref name="Video Animation: Tokyo Movie ONLINE: God Mazinger">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.showtime.jp/special/animation/tokyo_online/godmazinger/
|title       = Video Animation: Tokyo Movie ONLINE: God Mazinger
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = ShowTime, Inc.
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090217205617/http://showtime.jp/special/animation/tokyo_online/godmazinger/
|archive-date = 2009-02-17
|url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

===Soundtracks===
Two [[vinyl records]] were released in Japan by [[VAP (company)|VAP]] during the 1980s. The first was a [[Single (music)|single]] released in {{Start date|1984|04}} containing the opening and ending themes <ref name="God Mazinger single details">{{cite web
|url          = http://koujun.hp.infoseek.co.jp/db/d32.html
|title        = God Mazinger details
|access-date   = June 8, 2009
|publisher    = Anison House
|location     = Japan
|language     = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224073457/http://koujun.hp.infoseek.co.jp/db/d32.html
|archive-date = February 24, 2012
|url-status   = dead
}}</ref> The second was an [[LP album]] with the full soundtrack, released in {{Start date|1984|09|01}}.<ref name="God Mazinger Original Soundtrack">{{cite web
|url          = http://koujun.hp.infoseek.co.jp/db/d899.html
|title        = God Mazinger Original Soundtrack
|access-date   = June 8, 2009
|publisher    = Anison House
|location     = Japan
|language     = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224073506/http://koujun.hp.infoseek.co.jp/db/d899.html
|archive-date = February 24, 2012
|url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Title !! Company !! Artist !! Standard number !! Release date
|-
|''God Mazinger''||VAP||Shoko Suda<br />Harumi Endo||10137-07||1984-04
|-
|''God Mazinger Original Soundtrack''||VAP||||30155-23||September 1, 1984
|}

Also, a [[compact cassette]] was released in {{Start date|1984|09}} by VAP.<ref name="Cassette - mazingerz.com">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.mazingerz.com/RECORDS/JACKET.html
|title       = Cassette
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = The world of Go Nagai
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
}}</ref>

===Picture books===
Besides the manga and the novel, some picture books targeted to children were also released in the 1980s. One was published by [[Hikari no Kuni]],<ref name="God Mazinger 1 - Hikari no Kuni TV Ehon">{{cite web
|url          = http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/ja/item-ehon-hkk02_218.html
|title        = God Mazinger 1 - Hikari no Kuni TV Ehon
|access-date   = June 8, 2009
|publisher    = Mandarake Inc.
|location     = Japan
|language     = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181051/http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/ja/item-ehon-hkk02_218.html
|archive-date = March 3, 2016
|url-status   = dead
}}</ref> another by [[Shogakukan]]<ref name="God Mazinger Tanjo no Maki - Shogakukan no TV Ehon">{{cite web
|url          = http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/ja/item_s-91178.html
|title        = God Mazinger Tanjo no Maki - Shogakukan no TV Ehon
|access-date   = June 8, 2009
|publisher    = Mandarake Inc.
|location     = Japan
|language     = ja
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182025/http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/ja/item_s-91178.html
|archive-date = March 3, 2016
|url-status   = dead
}}</ref> and the last one by [[Asahi Sonorama]].<ref name="Ehon - mazingerz.com">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.mazingerz.com/COMICLIST/EHON.html
|title       = God Mazinger
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|work        = Ehon
|publisher   = The world of Go Nagai
|location    = Japan
|language    = ja
}}</ref>

===Appearances in other media===
Besides its related media, ''God Mazinger'' has appeared in other media. The most prominent is its appearance in the "Dynamic Super Robots Taisen" clips that were included at the end of the DVDs of ''[[Shin Getter Robot tai Neo Getter Robot]]''. ''God Mazinger'' appears alongside ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', ''Venus A'', ''[[Getter Robot G]]'', ''[[Kotetsu Jeeg]]'', ''[[Govarian]]'' and ''[[Groizer X]]'' to rescue ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Aphrodite A]]'', but are defeated and in turn saved by ''[[Shin Getter Robot]]'' and ''[[Grendizer]]'' just before the arrival of ''[[Mazinkaiser]]''.

In the ''[[Mazinger Angels]]'' manga, there is a saga dedicated to ''God Mazinger'', where Princess Aira appears controlling a female version of God Mazinger and with the help of [[Jun Hono]] defeats the enemies of the kingdom, after Jun and the professor accidentally end up in the Kingdom of Mu. It is later with the help of Aira that Venus A becomes Queen of Gold.

==Merchandise==
A few toys and action figures based in ''God Mazinger'' were released by manufacturer Mark.<ref name="God Mazinger / CollectionDX">{{cite web
|url         = http://www.collectiondx.com/node/795
|title       = God mazinger / CollectionDX
|access-date  = June 8, 2009
|publisher   = CollectionDX.com
}}</ref>

==Relationship to the ''Mazinger'' series==
The series is considered as part of the ''[[Mazinger]]'' saga, if not only for the name of the title and that of his creator. In fact, a Japanese book called ''[[Mazinger Bible]]'', released in 2002 for the 30th anniversary of the first ''Mazinger'' series, includes the God Mazinger, along with other Go Nagai's manga books that have not been made into anime, such as the adult-oriented ''[[MazinSaga]]'', ''[[Z Mazinger]]'', and First Comics' ''[[Mazinger U.S.A. Version|Mazinger]]'' comic book   released exclusively for the U.S. market in 1988.

Also, the concept of ''God Mazinger'' was a candidate to be the sequel of the original ''Mazinger Z'' series but, in the end, the sequel was decided to be the concept of ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', and later ''[[UFO Robot Grendizer]]''.<ref name="TV list - mazingerz.com" />

==See also==
* ''[[Daimajin]]'', a Japanese {{Transliteration|ja|[[tokusatsu]]}} franchise with potential influences on ''God Mazinger''<ref>{{cite web|last=Sloss|first=Steven|title=Idol Threat: Daimajin's Colossal Cultural Footprint|url=https://www.arrowfilms.com/blog/features/idol-threat-daimajins-colossal-cultural-footprint/|publisher=[[Arrow Films]]|access-date=January 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516234703/https://www.arrowfilms.com/blog/features/idol-threat-daimajins-colossal-cultural-footprint/|archive-date=May 16, 2023|date=May 16, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mazingerz.com/GOD/GOD.html ''God Mazinger''] {{in lang|ja}} at ''The World of Go Nagai'' webpage
*[http://www.encirobot.com/goma/goma-ind.asp ''God Mazinger''] {{in lang|it}} at the Enciclo'Robopedia website
*[https://archive.today/20090208171735/http://www.d-world.jp/dv/gonagai.php?action=godmazinger ''God Mazinger''] {{in lang|it}} at [[d/visual]]
*[http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89297 ''God Mazinger''] {{in lang|ja}} at allcinema
*{{anime News Network|anime|1999}}

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