Mazinkaiser SKL [Blu-ray]

A tornado-guarded island is threatening the world. If the gravity engine on it isn't stopped and soon, all life on the planet will perish. Our only hope is in Mazinkaiser's two pilots, and the female military officer who crashlands on the island to support them.The plot is mostly an excuse to show nonstop mech battles, play metal music, and show manly men beating the crap out of each other. Turn your brain off, embrace your inner 12 year old, and enjoy the ride. The badassery gets to silly levels, and eventually a little monotonous, but its well animated, and never slows down once. It's not the best Mazinkaiser, and it comes across as a bit more edgelordy than even Mazinger usually does, but its fun. Just don't drink whenever someone says the word "hell." Mech designs are nice, but the Aphrodite and Minerva mechs mostly benefit from it.It's Japanese voices only on Prime with subs, but the voice cast is high quality and they mostly do hot blooded yelling anyways.

I fully enjoyed watching this for the action that was displayed. You definitely won't be watching this for the story; but instead for the amount of mechs that will be fighting on screen. The artwork was great and constantly on the move, and I loved seeing Mazinkaiser in action again; even though this isn't the same one that we have all grown to love. Some of the robots that are in this anime are ones from the older series while there are some new ones; but with so many on the screen, you will realize that there are actually only a few that are used. There is a lot of recycling between the mechs which is only a tad bothersome. I would have rated this 4 stars; but the reason Mazinger is one of my favorite series since the 80's was because the destruction of the mechs was very detailed, to the wiring that was involved and the cracks in the armor. When a robot is destroyed here, it is treated very organic; swords slice through metal like flesh and oil flows like blood. If your a fan of the series, then you will know what I mean. Overall, I would recommend this to any fan of anime, especially if your tired of watching them because of dialogue which bogs down so many of them nowadays.Side note: If you can find this at a store near you, then I would suggest buying through them. I ordered this through Amazon and when I received it, the DVD was sliding around in the case. When I opened it up, I saw that the DVD had a crack in the center which caused it to become unreadable at a point forcing me to skip 2 minutes. the part that holds the DVD in the case doesn't hold it very tight. Not saying that this will happen to you, just that it happened to me this once. I don't blame Amazon for this and has nothing to do with my review. It pisses me off when people review products on the delivery and not the product itself.

It was interesting and worth the purchase. The animation is good and it is action packed. I was not a huge fan of the story because there was no real character or plot development. These are the 2 dangerous good guys piloting Mazinkaiser, and they fight the bad guy megalomaniacs in giant robots.....and have to save the world in the process. There's your story. The action makes up for it though, but sometimes right as its getting good the characters start their rambling diatribes and it can kill a great moment in the show. It basically feels like what it is, a tv show on Bluray that never made it past episode 3. The character redesigns are pretty cool, Kaiser's skull Pilder is awesome. I hate hate hate the gun chestplate on Mazinkaiser though and the stupid wired nintendo lightguns he uses to control them. Oh well its different at least and he doesn't pull a giant sword magically out of his chest, so there is that. If you are a super Robot or Go Nagai fan this is a must purchase. Hope they make some new Getter Robo OVAs soon.

It was awesome :)

This is yet another take on the Mazinger Z character. The DVD is non stop action, LITERALLY! The show opens and WHAM ,action packed! The Heavy Metal influence and extreme robot on monster violence means little kids should stay away from this one. My only complaint is the movie is a little short but if you like Mazinger and super robots from Japan you will love this one.

I got this in the mail a week or two ago, and this DVD rocks my socks off.It's great to see Go Nagai, still keeps up the level. Of action and mecha ultraviolence, and the new skull design. On Mazinkaiser SKL looks badass, keep up the good work Mr.Nagai!

Good anime with a lot of action

Mazinkaisser SKL looks amazing on blu-ray. There is a story, its not complicated, that's not why you watch this. The robot design is badass, the animation superb and the music rocks, that is why you watch this.

¡Excelente animación e historia, no se podría esperar de los animadores de Mazinkaiser y del súper genio japonés Go Nagai!

国内プレイヤーで再生可能で（私の視聴環境はSONYのBDP S-1200）、英語字幕もタイトルで消す事が出来ます。マジンガー関係のアニメを見なくなって早数十年…。そんな、４０手前のおっさんの目についたのが本商品です。安価だったので、期待せずに鑑賞していたのですが、純粋にロボット同士がガチンコでバトルする良質アニメでした。本商品の内容としては、『マジンカイザースカル』の一部を切り取った感じだったので、全て鑑賞した後も、物語の始まりと締めくくりが、スッポリと抜け落ちているような印象を受けました。ですが、ほど良く謎を残し、今後の期待をも膨らませる締めくくり方は悪くはなかったです。続編が出ても良いような面白さだったのですが、今の所は音沙汰無しです。お子様と一緒の鑑賞目的でのご購入の場合、多少暴力描写が目立つ点と、ちょっぴりアダルティな部分をチェックしてからにしておいた方が良いですw。

最高でしたね。字幕は消せるしよくある海外版と違ってスタッフクレジットやタイトルが英語表記になってないしBDだから画質も申し分ないですなにより3話全て収録されてこの値段なのが素晴らしい。やっぱり1巻30分で6000円ほどは高過ぎましたし

スパロボシリーズで興味を持って是非とも作品自体を見たいと思いましたが、日本版はBlu-rayで3巻出ており、一本につき30分程度でなかなかかさばります^^;こちらの海外版なら3巻全て1本にまとめられており日本のBlu-rayプレーヤーで問題なく再生できますし、音声も日本版でもちろん字幕も消せます。手軽に地獄を一気見したい方は是非！

三菱RM-D30で試したら普通に見れました。倍速、早送り、チャプターも違和感なく利用できました。画面も良いです。