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63-471: Gaiking ( 大空魔竜ガイキング , Daikū Maryū Gaikingu , lit. Sky Devilsaur Gaiking ) is a Japanese Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Dino Mech Gaiking . It ran from April 1976 through January 1977 and consisted of 44 episodes of 25 minutes each. Gaiking was notable for being one of the few super robot series to take place in real places outside Japan, and for being

126-523: A media franchise . It was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation , which aired on Fuji TV from December 1972 to September 1974. A second manga series was released alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota , which started and ended almost at the same time as the TV show. The series was followed by several sequels and spin-off , among them being Great Mazinger , UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinkaiser . Mazinger Z: Infinity ,

189-690: A "personal appearance" (a 10' electronic model) at the Pearlridge Shopping Center , as promoted in the Honolulu Advertiser . The first package of episodes debuted at the Pearlridge 4-Plex Theaters on Saturday, December 4, 1976 (according to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ). Unlike other English adaptations of various anime series at the time, Mazinger Z was left with its plot and character names unaltered. This English dub also aired in

252-418: A child and wanted to make his own robot anime. However, for the longest time he was unable to produce a concept that he felt did not borrow too heavily from those two shows. One day, Nagai observed a traffic jam and mused to himself that the drivers in the back of the traffic jam would love a way to bypass the cars in front of them. From that thought came the idea of a giant robot that could be controlled from

315-677: A helmet) because he controls Mazinger Z from its head. Mazinger Z is written and illustrated by Go Nagai . It began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump in October 1972. While the manga was being published in Weekly Shōnen Jump , Go Nagai made an agreement with Kodansha to have Mazinger Z also be published in TV Magazine  [ ja ] , in an effort to reach a younger audience. After Tadasu Nagano  [ ja ] ,

378-589: A large number of super robot anime had been created, including Brave Raideen and Danguard Ace . The market for super robot toys also grew, spawning metal die-cast toys such as the Chogokin series in Japan and the Shogun Warriors in the U.S., that were (and still are) very popular with children and collectors. The super robot genre became heavily commercialized and stagnant, creating an opening for innovation, which

441-422: A large scale for use in wars. The real robot genre also tends to feature more complex characters with moral conflicts and personal problems. The genre is therefore aimed primarily at young adults instead of children. The genre has been compared to hard science fiction by its fanbase, and is strongly associated with sales of popular toy models such as Gunpla . One of the "founding fathers" of real robot design

504-534: A play on the Japanese words ma ( 魔 , demon) and jin ( 神 , god) . The motif of the Hover Pilder docking itself into Mazinger's head also borrows from Nagai's 1971 manga Demon Lord Dante (the prototype for his more popular Devilman ), in which the titular giant demon has a human head (of Ryo Utsugi, the young man who merged with him) in his forehead. Koji Kabuto takes his surname (the Japanese word for

567-528: A theatrical film sequel, taking place ten years after the Great Mazinger series, was animated by Toei Animation and released in theaters on January 13, 2018. Although not exactly the first Mecha anime in history, the series has often been cited as being the first modern one. Mazinger Z is an enormous super robot, constructed with a fictional metal called Super-Alloy Z ( 超合金Z , Chōgokin Zetto ) , which

630-478: Is a popular pastime among mecha enthusiasts. Like other models such as cars or airplanes, more advanced kits require much more intricate assembly. Lego mecha construction can present unique engineering challenges; the balancing act between a high range of motion, good structural stability, and aesthetic appeal can be difficult to manage. In 2006, the Lego Group released their own somewhat manga-inspired mecha line with

693-524: Is forged from a new element ( Japanium ) mined from a reservoir found only in the sediment of Mt. Fuji , in Japan. Professor Juzo Kabuto built the mecha as a secret weapon against the forces of evil, represented in the series by the Mechanical Beasts of Dr. Hell. The latter was the German member of a Japanese archeological team that discovered ruins of a lost pre-Grecian civilization on an island named Bardos,

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756-861: Is most easily distinguished from other mecha by its skull-shaped golden torso formed from the head of the Daikū Maryū and its golden horns. The leader of the Dark Horror Army was a robot scientist named Darius The Great and all of their ships and mecha were fish -shaped, which most likely inspired the Darius series of video games. He uses four giant robotic leaders called the Death Cross Generals composed of Dr. Dankel , General Asimov , General Killer , and General Desmont . These generals used bomber-like spaceships called Grotectors to create artificial black hole vortexes to travel to Earth and back. Throughout

819-501: Is noteworthy for introducing many of the accepted stock features of super robot anime genres, including the first occurrence of mecha robots being piloted by a user from within a cockpit. In 2001, the Japanese magazine Animage elected Mazinger Z TV series the eleventh best anime production of all time. TV Asahi ran a series of four polls in 2005 and 2006 to determine Japan's 100 favorite anime, in which Mazinger Z placed 91st twice and 98th once. Guillermo del Toro has cited

882-567: Is operated by baseball star Sanshiro Tsuwabuki. A gigantic dragon-shaped robot that defends Earth from invaders from the planet Zela. It possesses numerous weapons and houses the sections of the Gaiking robot. Both Gaiking and the Daiku Maryu are composed of the super alloy Zolmanium Steel which was later reinforced with iron deposits from the Moon. A small tank-like robot resembling a Plesiosaur , Nesser

945-408: Is used for scouting missions in water. Its weaponry includes lasers emitting from its eyes, a flamethrower emitting from its mouth, and three mortar cannons located on its chest. A small jet-like robot resembling a Pterodactyl , Skylar is used for scouting missions in the air. Its weaponry includes machine guns and missiles. A small, but very fast, tank-like robot resembling a Triceratops , Bazolar

1008-525: Is used for scouting missions on land. Its weaponry includes laser canons, a drill, and a mortar cannon. Gaiking was Toei Animation's first super robot series not based on an existing manga (the company's previous super robot anime Mazinger Z , Getter Robo , etc. were based on manga series by manga artists and writers Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa respectively). The program was shown in English internationally as part of Jim Terry's Force Five lineup, and

1071-630: The Lego Exo-Force series. Mazinger Z Mazinger Z ( Japanese : マジンガーZ , Hepburn : Majingā Zetto , known as Tranzor Z in the United States) is a Japanese super robot manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai . It was originally serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973 and Kodansha 's TV Magazine  [ ja ] from October 1973 to September 1974. Mazinger Z has since spawned

1134-578: The Philippines ; it proved so popular there that additional episodes were locally dubbed. The series partially aired in Spain on TVE 1 at the same time. Rumors emerged that the series was pulled from broadcast because it reportedly induced violance to an underage viewer, but according to Claudio Biern Boyd in a 2021 interview, nothing happened at all. Discotek Media acquired the American home video rights to

1197-529: The Super Robot Gaiking invented by Dr. Daimonji against an invading race of aliens called the Dark Horror Army . This army hails from the planet Zela whose home planet is facing destruction by their star, Sigma, turning into a black hole as their population starts to become extinct. Notable aspects of the series include the dinosaur -based designs of the Daikū Maryū and its support machines and

1260-528: The editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen Jump , heard of this agreement, it was announced that the serialization of Mazinger Z in Weekly Shōnen Jump would be discontinued, as Shueisha thought it unacceptable to serialize the same manga as a rival company. The serialization of the manga in Weekly Shōnen Jump ended in August 1973, and it was serialized in TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. The manga

1323-633: The April 1989 issue of Newtype , about his views on the first Gundam anime that was not directed by him, he commented on the realism of the show, in which he sees the sponsors, Sunrise , as imaginary enemies of Gundam , since they did not accept a certain level of realism. Armored Trooper Votoms is viewed by Famitsu magazine as the peak of real-robot anime. The concepts behind "real robots" that set it apart from previous robot anime are such as: This ubiquitous subgenre features mecha piloted internally as vehicles. The first series to feature such mecha

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1386-699: The Ghastly. Only 65 out of the 92 episodes were dubbed into English, as 65 was the minimum number of episodes required for syndication. The final episode was not dubbed in English, instead the series ended with the defeat of Dr. Demon. The fate of Genghis was left up in the air. The shows spawned so-called "team-up movies" early on, which were like longer episodes that teamed up Mazinger Z with one of Go Nagai 's other creations, as in Mazinger Z vs. Devilman in 1973 as well as Mazinger Z Vs. Dr. Hell and Mazinger Z Vs. The Great General of Darkness both released in 1974. On

1449-541: The Mycéne Empire. One of their findings was that the Mycene used an army of steel titans about 20 meters in height. Finding prototypes of those titans underground that could be remote-controlled and realizing their immense power on the battlefield, Dr. Hell goes insane and kills all the other scientists on his research team except for Professor Kabuto, who manages to escape. The lone survivor goes back to Japan and attempts to warn

1512-851: The West. This refers to mecha that are powered exoskeletons rather than piloted as vehicles, such as in Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (1983), Bubblegum Crisis (1987) and Active Raid (2016); merge with the mecha, such as in Detonator Orgun (1991) & The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (1997); combine with the robots, such as in Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (1988); or become mechanical themselves, such as in Brave Command Dagwon (1996) and Fire Robo (2016). Assembling and painting mecha scale model kits

1575-595: The animation of Mazinger was only theirs and that they did not tolerate a Mazinger animated by others. As a consequence, the Daimajinga project was blocked. This wasn't helped by the fact that Nagai was in the middle of a court battle with Toei, suing them for not properly crediting him and not paying him royalties over the creation of Gaiking in 1976. However, since then, the relationship between Nagai and Toei has steadily improved. In 1976, Honolulu -based entertainment concern, Consolidated Amusement Co. , licensed

1638-414: The animation. The series ran for a total of 92 episodes from December 3, 1972 to September 1, 1974. In the 1980s, on behalf of Dynamic Planning , Masami Ōbari and other independent animators ( Toshiki Hirano ) not part of Toei Animation began work on a miniseries of Mazinger Z . The OVA (Original Video Animation) would have been called Dai-Mazinger (or Daimajinga , 大魔神我) and would have presented

1701-583: The dark avians with elite individuals becoming dark knights. A mecha defender robot consisting of three separate components: the Dino-Mecha's head, an arm unit, and a leg unit (the arm and leg units are stored inside the Dino-Mecha and exit from a gateway located below the Dragon's head). These three launch from the Dino-Mecha and combine, while in flight, to form Gaiking. Dino-Mecha's head forms Gaiking's core (i.e., chest and back) and contains Gaiking's own head. Gaiking

1764-896: The early 1980s, when he created the Diaclone toy line in 1980 and then the Macross anime franchise in 1982. Some of Kawamori's most iconic transforming mecha designs include the VF-1 Valkyrie from the Macross and Robotech franchises, and Optimus Prime (called Convoy in Japan) from the Transformers and Diaclone franchises. The concept later became more popular in the mid-1980s, with Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984) and Zeta Gundam (1985) in Japan, and with Transformers (1984 adaptation of Diaclone ) and Robotech (1985 adaptation of Macross ) in

1827-512: The first 52 episodes of the series from Toei, as reported by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin , and commissioned M&M Communications , a local sound studio, to produce an English language dub. Consolidated, which ran four of the biggest theater chains in Hawaii , packaged the episodes of Mazinger Z for weekend kiddie matinee screenings in their venues, starting with a big promotional push over Thanksgiving weekend (November 27 & 28) that same year with

1890-458: The first Super Robot series to have a mobile carrier for the chief robots. In the US, Gaiking was part of Mattel 's popular Shogun Warriors import toy line of the late 1970s and Jim Terry's Force Five anthology series. In 2005, a re-imagining titled Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu was produced. The story chronicled the battle between the crew of the semi-transformable carrier Daikū Maryū and

1953-687: The first mecha featured in manga and anime were "super robots" (スーパーロボット sūpā robotto ). The super robot genre features superhero -like giant robots that are often one-of-a-kind and the product of an ancient civilization, aliens or a mad genius . These robots are usually piloted by Japanese teenagers via voice command or neural uplink , and are often powered by mystical or exotic energy sources. Their abilities are described as "quasi-magical". The later real robot (リアルロボット riaru robotto ) genre features robots that do not have mythical superpowers, but rather use largely conventional, albeit futuristic weapons and power sources, and are often mass-produced on

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2016-598: The franchise's 45th anniversary, a sequel film titled Mazinger Z: Infinity was announced, taking place ten years after the events of the original series. It was released theatrically in Japan on January 13, 2018. Mazinger has also been successful in the video game area (at least in Japan) as one of the main stars in the acclaimed battle simulation game series Super Robot Wars , released by Banpresto , featuring characters and units from almost all Mazinger -related shows, alongside other anime franchises. In 1994, Banpresto released an arcade game called Mazinger Z which

2079-579: The inside, like a car. In its original concept, the Mazinger Z robot was named Energer Z and was controlled by a motorcycle that was driven up its back and into its head, an idea which was recycled for the Diana A robot. However, the recent popularity of Kamen Rider , in which the main characters frequently drive motorcycles, led to Nagai replacing the motorcycle with a hovercraft to make Mazinger Z stand out. Nagai later redesigned Energer Z, renaming it Mazinger Z as

2142-457: The manga and anime into a success. The series also was the genesis for different tropes of the genre, such as the idea of a robot as a "dynamic entity" that could join with other machines or humans to become unstoppable. Anime critic Fred Patten wrote that almost all mecha anime plots, such as monster of the week shows, were actually metaphors for re-fighting World War II, and defending Japan and its culture from Western encroachment. By 1977,

2205-492: The mecha genre and aesthetic in the West . Neon Genesis Evangelion , created by Hideaki Anno in 1995, was a major influence on the super robot genre, arriving when the real robot genre was dominant on television. A deconstruction of classic mecha anime tropes, it recast the "saintly" inventor/father as a sinister figure, and the enthusiastic teenage protagonist as a "vacillating" introvert. Due to its unusual psychological themes,

2268-562: The mecha genre was Mitsuteru Yokoyama 's 1956 manga Tetsujin 28 , which was also released as an anime in 1963. Yokoyama was inspired to become a manga creator by Osamu Tezuka , and began serializing the manga in Shonen , an iconic boy's magazine, in 1956. In this series, the robot, which was made as a last-ditch effort to win World War II by the Japanese military , was remote-controlled by

2331-513: The name Gaiking . In the late 1990s the whole series was released in Italy in dubbed DVD boxes. Two episodes from Jim Terry's Force Five Gaiking series would be redubbed as an episode of Robo Formers . Discotek Media acquired the rights for the entire television series and released it in a complete box set, in Japanese with English subtitles, in June 2016. Reception for the release was mostly positive, but

2394-452: The popularity of scale model robots . The 1940 short manga Electric Octopus ( デンキダコ , Denki Dako ) featured a powered, piloted, mechanical octopus. The 1943 Yokoyama Ryūichi's propaganda manga The Science Warrior Appears in New York ( 科学戦士ニューヨークに出現す , Kagaku Senshi New York ni Shutsugensu ) featured a sword-wielding, steam-powered, giant humanoid mecha. The first series in

2457-450: The protagonist Shotaro Kaneda, a twelve-year-old detective and "whiz kid". The story turned out to have immense mass appeal, and inspired generations of imitators. In 1972, Go Nagai defined the super robot genre with Mazinger Z , which was directly inspired by the former series. He had the idea to create a mecha that people could control like a car, while waiting to cross a busy street. The concept became "explosively popular", making

2520-524: The realm of merchandising, model kits, plastic and die-cast metal toys (the now famous Soul of Chogokin line), action figures and other collectibles. A 40-foot tall statue of Mazinger Z was built in a suburb called "Mas del Plata" in Tarragona ( Catalonia , Spain ) in the early 1980s, to serve as the suburb's entrance, yet the suburb was never completed and the statue remains there. The Mazinger Z anime consistently achieved high audience ratings while it

2583-460: The response to Gundam was lukewarm at first, efforts by dedicated fans led to it becoming a success. It created a massive market for mecha model robots, and became an industry that earned Bandai ¥42.8 billion in 2004. Many real robot series and other media were later created, such as Full Metal Panic! and the video game series Armored Core . 1990 saw the release of Patlabor , an animated movie directed by Mamoru Oshii that popularized

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2646-563: The robot and its use. Koji becomes the robot's pilot and, from that point on, battles both the continuous mechanical monsters and the sinister henchmen sent by Doctor Hell. The anime culminated in the destruction of the original robot by new enemies (after Doctor Hell's final defeat in the penultimate episode) and the immediate introduction of its successor, Great Mazinger , an improved version of Mazinger, along with its pilot, Tetsuya Tsurugi. In his Manga Works series, Go Nagai reveals that he had always loved Astro Boy and Tetsujin-28 as

2709-404: The same characters known to the general public, starting with the main protagonist Koji. The robot would be more realistic: for example, it would have exhaust pipes, and its rocket fists would not be able to return to its arms automatically. The news, initially protected by tight secrecy, managed to leak and was spread by the specialized press. Toei protested, saying to Dynamic that the rights of

2772-629: The sentient category, usually because of an AI system to assist and care for the pilot, as featured in Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985) and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013), or going berserk because the mecha has biological aspects, as featured in Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995). These are mecha that have the ability to be self-aware, think, and sometimes feel emotion. The source of sentience varies from aliens, such as

2835-415: The series the Death Cross Generals and Darius note that natives of Zela originally came to Earth for research purposes before slowly colonizing the planet and using it to hide various dark monsters with the rise of humanity, as far back as one million years before the start of the series until the twelfth century AD. For their military natives of Zela were brainwashed and genetically altered into birdmen called

2898-410: The show as being based on an original idea by Kunio Nakatani, Akio Sugino and Dan Kobayashi, but in reality the original idea was of Go Nagai . Toei deliberately took Nagai out of the credits in order to avoid the payment of royalties. Because of that, Nagai sued Toei and stopped further collaborations with Toei for a long time. The legal battle lasted more than 10 years. Nagai himself confirmed that he

2961-434: The show became a massive success, and further caused Japanese anime culture to spread widely and rapidly around the world. The mecha anime genre (as well as Japanese kaiju films) received a Western homage with the 2013 film Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro . Similarly the genre was inspirational for the 1998 first-person shooter Shogo: Mobile Armor Division developed by Monolith Productions . Some of

3024-633: The show. The result was a release of all 92 episodes of the original series in 2 volumes: Mazinger Z TV Series Vol 1, Ep. 1–46 and Mazinger Z TV Series Vol 2, Ep. 47–92. Discotek Media later released a double feature DVD on April 29, 2014. In the United States, Three B. Productions Ltd., a production company headed by Bunker Jenkins, developed Mazinger Z for American television by producing an English-dubbed version, which Jenkins retitled Tranzor Z . This adaptation aired in 1985 and was, like many English-dubbed anime shows that were on American TV at

3087-451: The time, re-edited for American audiences. Many of the Japanese names used in Mazinger Z were changed for its adaptation into Tranzor Z; for example, Koji Kabuto became Tommy Davis, Sayaka Yumi became Jessica Wells, Shiro became Toad, Professor Yumi became Dr. Wells, Dr. Hell became Dr. Demon, Baron Ashura became Devleen, Count Brocken became Count DeCapito, and Archduke Gorgon became Genghis

3150-418: The titular characters of American-produced and Japanese-animated series, The Transformers (1984), to artificial intelligence or synthetic intelligence , such as the robots of Dragon's Heaven (1988) & Brave Police J-Decker (1994) to magic, such as Da-Garn of The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (1992). The first series that featured a sentient giant robot, also the first mecha anime in color,

3213-413: The use of part of the carrier to form the main robot. The robot Gaiking was piloted by former baseball star named Sanshiro Tsuwabuki who was drafted for the job because his latent psychic powers made him the only one capable of doing so, all other similarly empowered candidates having been assassinated by alien agents with he himself having been injured in an attack that ended his sports career. Gaiking

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3276-530: The world of its imminent danger. Meanwhile, Dr. Hell establishes his headquarters on a mobile island, forms the new Underground Empire, and plans to use the Mechanical Monsters 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 person, Baron Ashura, a half-man, half-woman. As he lies dying, he manages to inform his grandson Koji Kabuto about

3339-406: Was Astroganger (1972). These are mecha that are controlled externally. The first mecha anime, Tetsujin 28-go (1966), and Giant Robo (1967) are famous examples. A transforming mech can transform between a standard vehicle (such as a fighter plane or transport truck) and a fighting mecha robot. The concept of transforming mecha was pioneered by Japanese mecha designer Shōji Kawamori in

3402-461: Was Kunio Okawara , who started out working on Gundam and continued on to other real robot series such as Armored Trooper Votoms . Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) is largely considered the first series to introduce the real robot concept and, along with The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982), would form the basis of what people would later call real robot anime. In an interview with Yoshiyuki Tomino and other production crew members in

3465-456: Was Go Nagai's Mazinger Z (1972). In a 2009 interview, Go Nagai claimed the idea came to mind when he was stuck in a traffic jam and wished his car could sprout arms and legs to walk over the cars in front. Other examples include Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1972), Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982), and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007). There are series that have piloted mecha that are also in

3528-515: Was a vertical shoot 'em up with three selectable characters: Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and Grendizer . Announced on December 3, 2022 by Hamster Corporation , Mazinger Z was eventually included in the Arcade Archives series on May 11, 2023 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 . Mazinger remains one of Go Nagai 's most enduring success stories, spawning many products in

3591-403: Was airing. Its period of greatest popularity lasted from roughly October 1973 to March 1974, during which time it regularly scored audience ratings in the high twenties. Episode 68, broadcast March 17, 1974, achieved the series' highest rating of 30.4%, making Mazinger Z one of the highest-rated anime series of all time. Mazinger Z helped to create the 1970s boom in mecha anime. The series

3654-635: Was also broadcast in Latin America as El Gladiador as part of a 4 anime mecha show called El Festival de los Robots (with the other 3 being Starzinger , Magne Robo Gakeen and Kotetsu Jeeg , known as El Galactico , Supermagnetron and El Vengador , respectively). The Jim Terry dub was released on video in the UK by Krypton Force under the name The Protectors , though the first volume of their Formators series actually contained Gaiking episodes instead of episodes from Jim Terry's Starvengers . Another dub

3717-443: Was collected into four tankōbon volumes by Shueisha in 1973 and five tankōbon volumes by Kodansha in 1975 and 1976. The manga was also collected into five tankōbon volumes by Asahi Sonorama in 1974, four volumes by Chuokoron-Shinsha in 1994 and 1995, and three volumes by Daitosha  [ ja ] in 1996. An anime adaption of Mazinger Z was produced by Dynamic Planning and Toei Animation , with Toei handling

3780-650: Was noted for minor translation issues with the word Ankoku , most notably renaming the Dark Horror Army and Dark Monsters to Black Horror Army and Black Monsters, respectively. In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced three all-new English dubbed film versions edited from the original series. William Winckler , known for Tekkaman the Space Knight , wrote, produced and directed the English films, which are seen on broadband in Japan and released on DVD in North America by Shout! Factory in 2013. Toei Animation credited

3843-450: Was produced in the late-70s by M&M Productions in Hawaii, who also dubbed Mazinger Z for Toei as a potential test for a US release. Isao Sasaki did the English versions of opening and ending songs for this dub. Of this dub, only the eleventh episode survives. The first 26 episodes of Gaiking were also aired in Italy during the Japanese super robot craze of the late 70s/early 80s, under

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3906-422: Was seized upon by Yoshiyuki Tomino in 1979 with the creation of Mobile Suit Gundam , a complex "space saga" that was called the " Star Wars of Japan" and birthed the real robot genre, which featured more realistic, gritty technology. Tomino did not like the formulaic storylines and overt advertising of the super robot shows he had worked on, and wanted to create a movie where robots were used as tools. While

3969-634: Was the creator of Gaiking at Comicon 2007 in Naples, Italy. The original Gaiking first appeared in Shin Super Robot Wars for the PlayStation and later in 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha and 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha , both for the PlayStation 2 . Super Robot Mecha series cover a wide variety of genres, from action to comedy to drama, and the genre has expanded into other media, such as video game adaptations. Mecha has also contributed to

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