# Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General (1974)

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**Original title**: *マジンガーZ対暗黒大将軍*
**Runtime**: 43 min
**Genres**: Animation, Action, Adventure
**Directed by**: Nobutaka Nishizawa
**Written by**: Susumu Takaku
**Starring**: Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryoichi Tanaka, Kazuko Sawada, Chikao Ohtsuka, Hiroshi Otake, Kiyoshi Kobayashi

> *Deep beneath the earth, seven robots lay dormant: a human, a mammal, a bird, a fish, an insect, a reptile, a ghost... and the Great General of Darkness.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You climb out of war gear and into swim trunks when a hooded stranger in a Tokyo ruins square hands you a photo of living steel whales. Before you can read the warning the ocean bulges open and a school of new kaiju storms across continents. The Ministry sounds alarms but Mazinger Z’s cockpit hatch is already groaning shut. At 16 frames per second the tide rises and the hero’s silhouette stiffens.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, playful

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