The WORST episodes of Mazinger Z

Every episode of Mazinger Z ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Mazinger Z!

Mazinger Z is a gigantic Super Robot, constructed with a fictitious metal called Super-Alloy Z, which is forged from a new element (Japanium) mined from a reservoir found only in the sediment of Japan's Mt. Fuji. The mecha was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a secret weapon against the forces of evil, represented in the series by the Mechanical Beasts (mecha used for evil purposes) of Dr. Hell. The latter was the German member of a Japanese archeological team, which discovered ruins of a lost pre-Grecian civilization on an island named Bardos (or Birdos, although some inconsistent translations have identified the island as being the actual Greek island of Rhodes); the civilization was loosely based on the ancient Mycenae, and was called the Mycéne Empire in the series. One of their findings was that the Mycene used an army of steel titans about 20 meters in height (compare with the Greek legend of Talos). Finding prototypes of those titans underground which could be remote-controlled and realizing their immense power on the battlefield, Dr. Hell goes insane and has all the other scientists of his research team killed except for Professor Kabuto, who manages to escape. The lone survivor goes back to Japan and attempts to warn the world of its imminent danger. Meanwhile, Dr. Hell establishes his headquarters on a mobile island, and plans to use the Mechanical Beasts to become the new ruler of the world. To counter this, Kabuto constructs Mazinger Z and manages to finish it just before being killed by a bomb planted by Hell’s right-hand 'man', Baron Ashura, a half-man, half-woman being. As he is dying, he manages to inform his grandson Kouji Kabuto about the robot and its use. Kouji becomes the robot’s pilot, and from that point on battles both the continuous mechanical monsters, and the sinister henchmen sent by Doctor Hell in every episode.

Last Updated: 1/13/2024Network: Fuji TVStatus: Ended
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The Devil’s Great Rolling Attack!!
star
6.11
9 votes

#1 - The Devil’s Great Rolling Attack!!

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/25/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
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Great Devil Abdullah’s True Colors!!
star
6.18
11 votes

#2 - Great Devil Abdullah’s True Colors!!

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Get Angry, Shiro!! Shoot Your Mother’s Vestige!!
star
6.25
4 votes

#3 - Get Angry, Shiro!! Shoot Your Mother’s Vestige!!

Season 1 - Episode 90 - Aired 8/18/1974

Orders to Assassinate Koji Kabuto!
star
6.38
8 votes

#4 - Orders to Assassinate Koji Kabuto!

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/18/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
The Wind Carries Balloon Bombs!!
star
6.40
5 votes

#5 - The Wind Carries Balloon Bombs!!

Season 1 - Episode 65 - Aired 2/24/1974

The Great Schuss Operation of Mt. Fuji
star
6.57
7 votes

#6 - The Great Schuss Operation of Mt. Fuji

Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 12/16/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Bodyguard From Hell, Archduke Gorgon
star
6.60
5 votes

#7 - Bodyguard From Hell, Archduke Gorgon

Season 1 - Episode 68 - Aired 3/17/1974

Lady 007 vs. Brocken’s Hit Men
star
6.60
5 votes

#8 - Lady 007 vs. Brocken’s Hit Men

Season 1 - Episode 64 - Aired 2/17/1974

Heroic!! The End of Aphrodite A!!
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6.60
5 votes

#9 - Heroic!! The End of Aphrodite A!!

Season 1 - Episode 74 - Aired 4/28/1974

Messenger From the Dark – The Deadly Scrander
star
6.63
8 votes

#10 - Messenger From the Dark – The Deadly Scrander

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 8/12/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Mazinger Z Fires Its Secret Weapon!!
star
6.67
6 votes

#11 - Mazinger Z Fires Its Secret Weapon!!

Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 1/20/1974

Showdown in a Ghost Town
star
6.75
8 votes

#12 - Showdown in a Ghost Town

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
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Officer at Death’s Door: Count Brocken
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6.75
4 votes

#13 - Officer at Death’s Door: Count Brocken

Season 1 - Episode 77 - Aired 5/19/1974

The Underground Mechanical Beast, Holzon V3
star
6.80
10 votes

#14 - The Underground Mechanical Beast, Holzon V3

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Crisis Relief!! Go New Pilder!!
star
6.80
5 votes

#15 - Crisis Relief!! Go New Pilder!!

Season 1 - Episode 71 - Aired 4/7/1974

Great Charge!! The New Underwater Fortress, Bood
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6.86
7 votes

#16 - Great Charge!! The New Underwater Fortress, Bood

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/30/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
The Devil’s Target – The Photon Light Institute!!
star
6.86
7 votes

#17 - The Devil’s Target – The Photon Light Institute!!

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 10/7/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Mechanical Beast Dam-Dam – The Great Wheel Plan
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6.87
8 votes

#18 - Mechanical Beast Dam-Dam – The Great Wheel Plan

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Shoot It Down!! Jet Scrander
star
6.88
8 votes

#19 - Shoot It Down!! Jet Scrander

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 11/11/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Suicide Challenge! Salude in the Scarlet Ocean
star
6.89
9 votes

#20 - Suicide Challenge! Salude in the Scarlet Ocean

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 8/26/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
The Flying Metal Arm, Dyan
star
6.89
9 votes

#21 - The Flying Metal Arm, Dyan

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Rage! The Sleeping Giant, Spartan!
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7.00
8 votes

#22 - Rage! The Sleeping Giant, Spartan!

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
Robot of Destiny, the Song of Rhine X
star
7.00
5 votes

#23 - Robot of Destiny, the Song of Rhine X

Season 1 - Episode 61 - Aired 1/27/1974

Hell’s Assassins: The Skull Army
star
7.00
8 votes

#24 - Hell’s Assassins: The Skull Army

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 11/18/1973

Writer: Go Nagai
The Hostage-Taking Mechanical Beast and the Em Wave Plot
star
7.00
8 votes

#25 - The Hostage-Taking Mechanical Beast and the Em Wave Plot

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 7/1/1973

Writer: Go Nagai