Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019

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We've had Neon Genesis Evangelion x Transformers, now get ready for the crossover of a lifetime as Super Robot Mazinger Z meets everyones favourite Cybertronian! This information was picked up by fellow Seibertron user and News Staff member, D-Maximus_Primal. Fellow Seibertron users,
PrimalxConvoy and O.Supreme also shared this news with us.

The project will take the form of a single story manga, but with 6 artists providing 6 different covers to reference the American comics where single issues will sometimes have multiple covers to choose from. The tweet was from twitter account for [url=https://villagebooks.net/mztf_news/]VillageBooks.Net[\url], who are stocking the crossover manga.

Note the following tweet and website description are translated using Google so take information lightly till a better translated source becomes available.

The tweet is as follows:

【Special issue! 】 Drawing amazing full color crossover comic "Mazinger Z vs. Transformers" Decided to be released on March 22, 2019! The two big robot hero gets a big crash past the spacetime! Dream confrontation realized with a series of six popular cartoonists! Drawing down cover by Professor Nagai!

The description on VillageBooks website is as follows:

Draw down amazing full-color crossover comic
"Mazinger Z vs. Transformers"
Decided to release on March 28, 2019!
General
2019.02.08

"Iron castle" and "Super robot life form" collide heavily beyond the spacetime!

Magejger Z who leads Machine Beast Army and fights against Dr. Hell's ambition to contemplate world conquest!
Evil Transformers, Cybertron of Justice Challenging Destron!
A miracle crossover of world famous two big robot hero finally realized!

"Mazinger Z" which is the origin of Super Robot and
"Transformers" which caused a transformation robot boom to the world
go beyond the framework of the work and crash in the magazine!

In addition to the style of B5 size / full color, we adopted the American comics system where one story is repeated by six artists!

[Synopsis]
Cybertron and Destron both men sucked into space-time distortion appear in Japan where Mazinger Z is active beyond dimension. The battle of the four bombs that brought Dr. Hell and Ashura Baron here was cut off and dropped!

【STAFF】

Plot: Hiroto Ishikawa
Synopsis: Naoto Tsushima
Artist: Hayato Sakamoto Hayato Yoshioka Hidekazu Yoshiya Yoshiya Yoshioka Masayuki Fujisawa Makoto Tsushima
Cover: Akira Nagai
Gallery Art: Funazu Nonaka Go Oshima Yuki Isao Fumitaka

For fans unaware, Mazinger Z was created by legendary Manga Artist and storyteller, Go Nagai, he created the characters back in 1972, with an anime version debuting in the December of that year. The show was then succeeded by Great Mazinger in 1974, and then later by UFO Robot Grendizer. Mazinger has enjoyed massive popularity, in Japan and worldwide. Mazinger was also shown briefly under the name Tranzor Z in 1985. Recently Mazinger returned for an all new movie called Mazinger Infinity, which had a limited stateside theatre release.

For those interested, here is the original opening to the anime adaption of Mazinger Z and of its 2009 remake

What do you think about this crossover? What other Super Robot series do you think would work well with Transformers? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Credit(s): D-Maximus_Primal, PrimalxConvoy, and O.Supreme from Seibertron. VillageBooks

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Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008963)
Posted by o.supreme on February 8th, 2019 @ 12:10pm CST

Thanks for the referrence ;)^

. Yes ever since seeing Tranzor Z myself as a kid (along with of course Transformers, Voltron Robotech etc...) I have been just as big a fan of Super Robots as I am of Transformers. This is a crossover I never thought would happen, can't wait to get this amazing comic.

Here are also some links to R1 US. Licensed releases of the original Mazinger Z and some of it's sequels/remakes

https://www.amazon.com/Mazinger-Z-TV-Pa ... nger+z+dvd?tag=seibertron07-20&

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Mazinger-C ... nger+z+dvd?tag=seibertron07-20&

https://www.amazon.com/Mazinkaiser-Turb ... kaiser+dvd?tag=seibertron07-20&

https://www.amazon.com/Mazinger-Z-Impac ... zinger+dvd?tag=seibertron07-20&

and Just released on Blu Ray....

https://www.amazon.com/Mazinger-Z-Infin ... r+infinity?tag=seibertron07-20&

I missed this in the theater, but will definitely be picking up the BRD.

Also, this is my pesonal favorite Mazinger series/opening, though the classic and first one for Z Mazinger are pretty epic as well.

In any case, I can't wait to see how these two universes collide! ;)^

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008965)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 8th, 2019 @ 12:29pm CST

Fire Wars is my favourite opening as well ;)^

it was my get way drug into JAM Project :lol:

I didn't include it though as I just wanted to focus on Mazinger Z

You're right though, I never thought I would see a cross over like this, and I have to admit, as much of a long shot it is, I'm wondering if transformers will make it into Super Robot Wars :lol:

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008967)
Posted by o.supreme on February 8th, 2019 @ 12:45pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:You're right though, I never thought I would see a cross over like this, and I have to admit, as much of a long shot it is, I'm wondering if transformers will make it into Super Robot Wars

Well...Machine Robo-Revenge of Cronos made it in SRW...and although it's not truly "Go Bots" I still referred to them as such when playing SRW Impact & MX 8-)

. Also I recall, it may just have been an April Fools day thing (like with Hello Kitty a few years back), but I thought I saw a mock-up of Movieverse Prime in a SRW game once.... :-?

Also, looking forward to SRW T :DANCE:

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008975)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 8th, 2019 @ 1:05pm CST

I keep looking at the ps4 games but money is always tight for me

also I think it was just an April's Fool's joke about movie prime being in the game but there's always a chance, I mean think of the scenarios, like Starscream getting confused by seeing the macross valkyries

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008976)
Posted by o.supreme on February 8th, 2019 @ 1:10pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:I keep looking at the ps4 games but money is always tight for me also I think it was just an April's Fool's joke about movie prime being in the game but there's always a chance, I mean think of the scenarios, like Starscream getting confused by seeing the macross valkyries

Yeah I get it. I got "V" on a good deal, but decided to skip X since the roster didn't impress me (although Mazinkaiser is my favorite, that alone wasn't enough to sway me).... I may wait and see if i can get T for a good deal as well, yeah, almost $100 US to import a PS4 game form Asia, even if it is in English, is tough to justify.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008985)
Posted by Skritz on February 8th, 2019 @ 2:19pm CST

And yet we've yet to see (and most likely never will see) any incarnation of Transformers in Super Robot Wars.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008986)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on February 8th, 2019 @ 2:43pm CST

If they release it here as well in english, it'll be great. I'd read it.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008989)
Posted by Emerje on February 8th, 2019 @ 3:06pm CST

Optimus Prime drawn by Go Nagai. =P~

Skritz wrote:And yet we've yet to see (and most likely never will see) any incarnation of Transformers in Super Robot Wars.

It's a Bandai game, Takara Tomy would never let it happen.

Emerje

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008992)
Posted by o.supreme on February 8th, 2019 @ 3:16pm CST

Emerje wrote:Optimus Prime drawn by Go Nagai.

Skritz wrote:And yet we've yet to see (and most likely never will see) any incarnation of Transformers in Super Robot Wars.

It's a Bandai game, Takara Tomy would never let it happen.

Emerje

The Brave Series (also made by Takara) have appeared in SRW games...

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2008996)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 8th, 2019 @ 3:56pm CST

Isn't the brave series one of those complicated matters as it was made prior to sunrise being bought by Namco Bandai?

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2009008)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 8th, 2019 @ 5:36pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:Isn't the brave series one of those complicated matters as it was made prior to sunrise being bought by Namco Bandai?

Yes.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2009047)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on February 8th, 2019 @ 10:49pm CST

Did Floro Dery base Chromia's head on Diana A's? I always thought they looked too similar to be coincidence.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2009061)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 9th, 2019 @ 1:39am CST

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Isn't the brave series one of those complicated matters as it was made prior to sunrise being bought by Namco Bandai?
Yes.

Yup, but as it currently stands TakaraTomy has left anything relating to Brave to the stronger Bandai. The final nail in that coffin would be who handled the model kits: at first it was TakaraTomy-affiliated Kabaya, but now Bandai has released Super Mini-Pla kits for the GaoGaiGar series, in addition to the various Chogokin releases.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2009064)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 9th, 2019 @ 3:10am CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Isn't the brave series one of those complicated matters as it was made prior to sunrise being bought by Namco Bandai?
Yes.

Yup, but as it currently stands TakaraTomy has left anything relating to Brave to the stronger Bandai. The final nail in that coffin would be who handled the model kits: at first it was TakaraTomy-affiliated Kabaya, but now Bandai has released Super Mini-Pla kits for the GaoGaiGar series, in addition to the various Chogokin releases.

I really need some of those kits.

Still it would be nice if Takara and Bandai Namco could play nice just for the sake of one SRW game...that technically would stay in Japan anyway (god bless import shops)

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2009312)
Posted by DeceptiGojira on February 10th, 2019 @ 1:46am CST

This has put a smile on my face, never I would beleive such crossover will ever happen, hope ther's going to be a translated version of the story.

:-D

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2009931)
Posted by o.supreme on February 12th, 2019 @ 12:21pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:Still it would be nice if Takara and Bandai Namco could play nice just for the sake of one SRW game...that technically would stay in Japan anyway (god bless import shops)

Well the nice thing about the SRW series for Ps4 is that they have had official English translations for Asian markets outside of Japan. The audio is still all in Japanese, but the script & writing is all in English, also since the PS4 is not region locked, they play perfectly on NA PS4. The only disadvantage is that DLC is not accessible unless you open an additional PS4 online account for a different region. But still, I have SRW V, and it is amazing. I am skipping X because it really didn't interest me, but T, which comes out in a couple months looks pretty cool.

Admittedly, there will never be an official NA SRW release because licensing issues would be a nightmare (except for OG games which are occasionally released). But I figure, this *Asian Release* work around is the best way we will ever get English releases of these games.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2010104)
Posted by o.supreme on February 13th, 2019 @ 12:37pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:We've had Neon Genesis Evangelion x Transformers, we've had Godzilla x Transformers

Just curious...other than some fan art by Matt Frank, when has there been any official Godzilla x Transformers media? I definitely want to go back and revisit that as seemingly I missed it.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2011024)
Posted by Michael Alex Kawa on February 17th, 2019 @ 5:13am CST

o.supreme wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:We've had Neon Genesis Evangelion x Transformers, we've had Godzilla x Transformers

Just curious...other than some fan art by Matt Frank, when has there been any official Godzilla x Transformers media? I definitely want to go back and revisit that as seemingly I missed it.

I was going to ask the same thing.
I even checked TFwiki, and there is no mention of a Crossover with Godzilla.
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godzilla

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2011032)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 17th, 2019 @ 7:04am CST

Michael Alex Kawa wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:We've had Neon Genesis Evangelion x Transformers, we've had Godzilla x Transformers

Just curious...other than some fan art by Matt Frank, when has there been any official Godzilla x Transformers media? I definitely want to go back and revisit that as seemingly I missed it.

I was going to ask the same thing.
I even checked TFwiki, and there is no mention of a Crossover with Godzilla.
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godzilla

Well chalk that one down to my overactive imagination, I could have sworn it was a real thing but I've removed the text from the article, thanks for the correction.

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Posted by o.supreme on February 18th, 2019 @ 9:49am CST

No worries, those art pieces by Matt Frank are totally awesome! (I have them both signed by him, and framed) 8-)

Unfortunately Toho really has a death grip on Godzilla, and wont let him really "play" with anyone (I have no idea how the Godzilla vs NGE stuff happened, but again that's mostly just some official art, and a music concert IIRC)

IDW initially wanted to include Godzilla in their Infestation crossovers, but Toho gave them a big fat NO.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on February 18th, 2019 @ 10:06am CST

They also let Godzilla play with Pacific Rim (only in posters mind irc)

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Posted by Emerje on February 23rd, 2019 @ 8:45pm CST

We first heard about Mazinger Z x Transformers crossover book only two weeks ago, but thanks to Figure King magazine we have our first look at some of the pages of the comic. A scan posted to Facebook by Loopaza Mega Store show off some of the fights including Grimlock versus Boss Borot and Mazinger Z grappling with Devastator! This is turning into the clash we never knew we wanted, but sure are glad we're getting! The book will be out in Japan on March 28 the price of 2,138 JPY ($19.30) and can be ordered on Amazon Japan.

Thanks to Cyberpath for bringing this scan to our attention! Enjoy the preview and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub forums below.

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2012437)
Posted by o.supreme on February 26th, 2019 @ 9:20am CST

Mazinger Z taking on Devastator! is a natural match I was hoping would take place. Boss and Grimlock never thought of that, but that IS hilarious :lol:

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2014201)
Posted by Emerje on March 11th, 2019 @ 12:44am CDT

We're only a few weeks away from the March 28 release of Village Books' epic Mazinger Z vs Transformers comic crossover in Japan and we're finally getting our first look at the covers. When the book was first announced in early February we were promised a cover by the legend that is Go Nagai (Mazinger, Grendizer, Devilman) and he sure did deliver! The man hasn't missed a beat, still rocking his classic hand-drawn style that still manages to look fresh with that more modern looking Optimus Prime on the cover. I almost want a copy to frame!

But that's not all! As a surprise call back to the early days of the Transformers in the 1980s we've also got an Amazon Japan exclusive cover from mecha designer Tsuyoshi Nonaka. You may not know his name, but chances are you've seen his work as his art often appeared in Japan's TV Magazine while he was a member of freelance artist stable Studio OX. The cover art features the all too familiar super long and pointy Optimus Prime "ears" that were popular with OX's artists.

Clicking each image above will take you to their respective listing on Amazon Japan where each book can be bought for 1,980 JPY if shipped outside of Japan (shipping is about 950 JPY to the US). The book itself is 104 pages long and features the alternate covers in the back so if you go for the Amazon Japan cover you'll still get to enjoy the standard art. A small preview from Figure King can be seen here and be sure to let everyone know what you think in the Energon Pub forums below!

Re: Official Mazinger Z x Transformers Crossover Coming March 2019 (2014225)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 11th, 2019 @ 1:25pm CDT

I would love to see this translated, but what are the chances any of the companies here could or would license it.

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Posted by Emerje on March 11th, 2019 @ 3:06pm CDT

Rodimus Knight wrote:I would love to see this translated, but what are the chances any of the companies here could or would license it.

Slim to none, but I'd love to be surprised!

Emerje

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Posted by Sabrblade on March 11th, 2019 @ 4:51pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
Rodimus Knight wrote:I would love to see this translated, but what are the chances any of the companies here could or would license it.

Slim to none, but I'd love to be surprised!

Emerje

It's at least on Karyuudo Fansubs's extensively long suggestions list.

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Posted by DeceptiGojira on March 16th, 2019 @ 11:51pm CDT

What a time to live¡ :-D