Thread:Zeromaro/@comment-189.220.94.4-20140916005241/@comment-1809047-20140916021906

I'll give you the basics, Mazinger is pretty much an old superhero story told with a giant robot. The title robots (Z, Great, Grendizer) are made of a nearly indestructible metal (Super Alloy Z, Chogokin (it inspired a model line)) and powered by photons (are rather unused theme in most series is the robots giving the pilot the power of a God or a Devil). The pilots of those robots are usually hot heads (especially Koji, Tetsuya's mild, not sure about Duke) that are out for a fight with evil empires composed of giant robots (Mechanical Beasts (Kikaiju for traditionalists), Warrior (Battle, Combat, translation's all the same), UFO, and Vega Beasts) lead by some diabolical maniac (most notably Dr. Hell, Emperor Darkness, and King Vega). They're assisted by teammates including females (often love interests) that pilot support machines (most notably the ones that launch Breast Missiles, Grendizer just uses attachments).

My country (USA) doesn't have a huge fanbase in this franchise as much as other mecha shows like Gundam or Evangelion (for admittedly obvious reasons) but some material including the Mazinkaiser OVAs and the original anime has come in the form of DVDs and some streaming format.

I'll explain some must knows later.