Launchers, or a large Rust Hurricane Backpack as weapons. Mazinger Z Appearing only in the novel version. This Mazinger Z appears severely damaged as it leads an army of mass-produced versions of itself called the Mazin Brothers in a losing battle against an enemy army. Despite its condition and the grim situation, Mazinger Z continues to battle until the arrival of Mazinkaizer SKL who provides the much needed reinforcement. The pilot of Mazinger Z is not named. Production Staff Original work: Go Nagai, Dynamic Planning Director: Jun Kawagoe Series organization/script: Tadashi Hayakawa Mazinkaizer SKL/Wingle design: Tsuyoshi Nonaka (PLEX) Character design: Takeshi Ito Mecha design: Munetaka Abe, Toshiyuki Horii, Hiroshi Ogawa Music work: Lantis Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami Animation work: Actas Theme songs: Opening: "The Eternal Soldiers" (performed by Loudness, lyrics by Minoru Niihara, composition by Akira Takasaki, arrangement by Loudness) Ending: "Juggernaut" (performed by Sadie, lyrics by Mao, composition by Sadie, arrangement by Sadie) Insert (Ep.03): LEGEND of KAISER (performed by Rey) Source(s) Media Anime The OVA was first screened at "Anime Fes. 'VS' presented by Bandai Visual", the first episode on November 27, 2010, the second episode on December 25, 2010, and the third episode on January 22, 2011. Episodes Home video The first OVA was released by Bandai Visual on in DVD (standard number BCBA-4002) and Blu-ray (standard number BCXA-0272). On December 1, 2010, North American anime distributor Media Blasters released it in May 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray and in 2013 on iTunes and Yekra after editing into an anime film. Manga Along the OVA series, the manga titled , authored by Kazumi Hoshi, is published in the magazine for mobile phones Shu 2 Comic Gekkin by Emotion (Bandai), starting on . The manga is published in printed format by the Kadokawa Group Publishing under the Emotion Comics brand. Novel A novelization of the series is also released on Dengeki Hobby Magazine. Notes References External links Mazinkaizer SKL official website Mazinkaizer SKL official manga website at Comic Gekkin 2010 manga 2010 anime OVAs Actas Anime Works Mazinger Shōnen manga Super robot anime and manga Japanese webcomics Webcomics in print Bandai Visual Media Blasters