Japanese name:	Mazinger Z
Japanese name:	マジンガー Z
English name:	TranZor Z
Italian name:	Mazinga Z
Dates:	December 3, 1972-September 1, 1974
Broadcast time:	Sunday, 19:00-19:30 (7:00-7:30 pm)
Number of episodes:	92
Animation Studio:	Toei Doga
Production Company:	Toei Doga, Asatsu Inc.
Broadcaster:	Fuji Television (CX)
Creator(s):	Go Nagai (manga)
Series Director:
Episode Director(s):	Yugo Serikawa, Toshio Katsuta, Tomohiro Katsumata, Bonjiri Nagaki, Nobuo Onuki
Producer(s):
Planning:	Azuma Kasuga (Asatsu), Koji Bessho (Fuji Television), Ken Ariga, Kenji Yokoyama (Toei Doga)
Storyboard(s):
Layout:	Susumu Takahisa, Keisuke Fujikawa
Writer(s):	Susumu Takaku, Keisuke Fujikawa
Art Director:
Art Design:	Tadano Tsuji, Fumihiro Uchikawa, Makoto Yamazaki
Character Designer(s):	Yoshiyuki Hane
Animator(s):	Yoshiyuki Hane (director), Masamune Ochiai (director), Kazuo Nakamura (director), Eiji Uemura (director)
Backgrounds:
Music:	Michiyaki Watanabe
Sound:
Voice Actors (regular characters):	Characters Japanese Italian Kouji Kabuto Hiroya Ishimaru Claudio Sorrentino (Ryo) Doctor Yumi Jouji Yanami Aldo Massasso Sayaka Yumi Minori Matsushima Liliana Sorrentino Boss Hiroshi Ohtake Gilfranco Baroni Mucha Isamu Tanonaka Doctor Hell Tomita Kousei Lino Troisi Baron Ashura Shibata Hidekatsu Antonio Colonnello (male version) Laura Gianola (female version) Count Brocken Takiguchi Junpei Shiro Fabrizio Manfredi
Genre(s):	science fiction, giant robots, adventure
Home Video information:	Japan: DVD (DSTD 6711-6718)
Note(s):	The sequel to this series was Great Mazinger. To see what other animated programs were out at the same time as Mazinger Z go to the Chronology of Animation.
Note on finding copies of programs:	Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of anime television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States, some other countries, and one Japanese store. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, VCDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Japanese Animation Information page for links to Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this List of Anime Television Series and would be happy to find sources for many of them. Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.

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