Rocket Punch

Great Mazinger's Atomic Punch with both arms.

The Rocket Punch is the signature technique of the Mazinger Z and later robot models. It basically is the fist and part of the forearm being launched by rocket propulsion to attack enemies, after the attack pulls through the fist flies back to the mech and docking below the elbow. There are several variations of the attack from rotating to armored and weapon equipped. After Mazinger Z, this technique appeared in several other works, mostly other mechas.

List of Users in the Mazinger metaseries

Mazinger Z's Rocket Punch

• Mazinger Z
  • Rocket Punch
  • Kyoukagata Rocket Punch
  • Iron Cutter
  • Daisharin Rocket Punch
• Minerva X
  • Rocket Punch
• Great Mazinger
  • Atomic Punch
  • Drill Pressure Punch
• Grendizer
  • Screw Crusher Punch
  • Screw Punch
  • Crusher Punch
  • Dizer Punch
• Boss Borot
  • Borot Pressure Punch
• Z
  • Rocket Punch
• Z Mazinger
  • Rocket Punch
• Mazinkaiser
  • Turbo Smasher Punch
• Great Mazinkaiser
  • Turbo Smasher Punch
• Minerva X (Angels)
  • Rocket Punch
• Iron Z
  • Rocket Punch
• Energer Z (Shin)
  • Rocket Punch
• Mazinger Z (Shin)
  • Big Bang Punch (w/ God Scrander)
  • One Hundred Rocket Punch
• Mazinkaiser SKL
  • Tornado Crusher Punch
• Iron Kaiser
  • Smasher Punch
• Seto Magami
  • Rocket Punch
  • Daisharin Rocket Punch Throw
  • Meteor Fall Punches 
• Necro Jinga
  • Bandage Rocket Punch
• Bui Jinga
  • Hammer Press Punch
• Mazinger Zero
  • Rocket Punch
  • Iron Cutter
  • Giant Iron Cutter
• Grendzier Giga
  • Screw Blow Crusher
• Mazin Emperor G
  • Great Smasher Punch

Video Gallery

Evolution of ROCKET PUNCH (1991-2015) ロケットパンチ SRW

Trivia

• Although Mazinger Z is the first and most notable instance of the attack in Mecha anime history; an earlier Toei tokusatsu series Giant Robo featured the mecha, GR-2 which used a rocket punch to take down the titular robot in combat.