Mech Profile: Kurogane No Shiro
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
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Name | TranZor Z | Mazinger | ![]() |
Alias | Kurogane No Shiro ("The Fortress of Iron") | ||
Type | Humoid robotic vehicle | ||
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Height | About 59 feet | 18 meters | |
Weight | 50 metric tons | 50 metric tons | |
Capacity | 1 pilot | 1 pilot | |
Created | 2012-07-19 | 2012-07-19 | |
Status | Piloted by Tommy | Piloted by Kouji | |
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Anime | TranZor Z | Mazinger Z |
Mech Description: Kurogane No Shiro
Created by Dr. Yumi, Mazinger Z is a powerful robot designed to defend Japan from the evil Dr. Hell and his minions. Its body hides a variety of weapons-- it can fire missiles from its elbows and fingertips, use its fists as a projectile with and without blades (Rocket Punch and Iron Cutter respectively), fire Photon Beams from its eyes, and unleash a powerful blast of energy called the Breast Fire. While normally bound to the ground, Mazinger can dock with a rocket pack called the Jet Scrander to take to the skies.
Eventually, Dr. Hell builds a female counterpart to destroy it, named Minerva X; it looks like Mazinger in many aspects, although its very feminine in body. The robot-- showing signs of having its own mind-- ends up falling in love with Minerva X, and even mourning it when it must be killed for trying to kill Kouji's friend Sayaka in her Diana A.
TranZor Z serves Kouji well, defeating the forces of Dr. Hell quite handily. Its defeat finally comes at the hands of the forces of Great Mazinger's arch-nemesis, the Great General of Darkness, only to be saved by Great Mazinger in a rather famous scene in Japanese fandom.