Mazinger Angels


Mazinger Angels 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 and ending on 25 November 2006. 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, called Mazinger Angels Z, which features the original design for Mazinger Z, called Energer Z, as well as Kikunosuke Abashiri from Abashiri Ikka.

Mecha Description and Pilots

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

Manga

Releases outside Japan

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

Toys

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.
CodeModelRelease date
GX-08MAAphrodai A 2004
GX-08MAWAphrodai A 2005
GX-09MAMinerva X 2004
GX-09MABMinerva X 2006
GX-11MADianan A 2004
GX-11MAMDianan A 2007
GX-12MAVenus A 2004
GX-12MAGVenus A 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 television series such as Devilman and Dororon Enma-kun.
DateTitleLabelStandard numberEAN
2006-03-22Original BGM Collection: Tamashii Mazinger Angels Majin Tenshi Columbia Music EntertainmentCOCX-336194988001902676
2007-04-18Majin Tenshi Mazinger Angels 2: Listen Mazinger Angels Columbia Music EntertainmentCOCX-342394988001947783