Gosh… Haven’t been posting for a while. Definitely not good, as much as I hate to admit…
Been battling down with the colds and cough for the past couple of weeks (not that it’s got anything to do with swine flu, we’ve heard so much of as late, mind you!), so had taken plenty of vitamins C, oranges and what-nots. I could slip ‘panadol’ in as one of the important treatments I had so I can stay healthy to blog again, but I wouldn’t recommend highly as it contains a lot of drug chemicals that could potentially do more harm than good to you. So always remember to take them if you’re feeling unwell.
Anyway, I must digress…
I’ve been meaning to post this fantastic stuff about the new Mazinger z series and I understand up, to this point of time, it’s the last super robot series of the first decade of 2000. That’s right! We’re approaching the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Isn’t it incredible how those almost 10 years have passed since the clock ticked at midnight on 31st December 1999 and they went VERY FAST! Several super and real robot series came out in Japan over those years especially the remakes of the 70s/80s classic mecha anime for Go Nagai’s works and other Japan’s famous artists. Now we have the last mecha series here and that is Shin Mazinger Z (aka “Real” or “True” Mazinger Z) (it’s not a remake by the way). What a great way to have the ultimate retro classic to finish up this end of the 2000 era. Ironically, Mazinger Z was the first one that started the whole mecha genre from the very beginning and now I sense there’s a clear sense of deja vu’s presence going on with this.
In this link, you will find all great facts about the show that’s currenty running in Japan only (hence it’s a Japanese webpage). They mention where story is currently up to at the moment while it’s still airing, the introduction of the old and new characters, including our hero Kouji Kabuto, Sayaka Yumi, Dr Yumi, Dr Hell, Baron Ashura, etc, and the return of many of the recognizable mechanical monsters from the original TV 70s series, if you watched them that is.
Now you can also purchase the first DVD volume of the series which is on sale from 25th August onwards this year, selling for about Yen 2100 (USD $38). A cool Chogokin Mazinger toy model from Bandai is also on sale as well (see image below).
Shin Mazinger Z Chokogin GX45
According to this poster, they’re selling it for Yen 7140 (USD $143).
Source: Shin-mazinger.com
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