Mazinger Z: Infinity
is a 2017 Japanese animated super robot film directed by Junji Shimizu. It serves as a sequel to the Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger anime series. The film takes place 10 years after the events of the original series. The film was produced to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the original Mazinger Z. It premiered worldwide in on October 28, 2017 at the 12th Rome Film Festival, and in Japan on January 13, 2018.
Plot
Ten years after the end of the war against Dr. Hell and his Mechanical Beasts (the events of Great Mazinger are not mentioned, however Tetsuya Tsurugi and Great Mazinger have a significant role in the film) world lives in an era of peace thanks to the development of photonic energy for peaceful purposes. Mazinger Z's pilot Koji Kabuto has become a distinguished scientist, after his father and grandfather, while Sayaka Yumi is now the director of the Photon Research Institute, after her father, Dr. Yumi, became the Prime Minister of Japan. Great Mazinger's pilot Tetsuya Tsurugi is still in the military and married to Jun Hono, who's expecting their first child. Koji's younger brother Shiro is also a military mecha pilot.
More details
author | Takahiro Ozawa |
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director | Junji Shimizu |
genre | animation |
keywords | 3d printer 3d printing alternate universe battle build bury capture end expect force great mazinger improvised married multiverse new building presumed dead prime minister prime minister of japan quantum mechanics quantum overlapping tetsuya tsurugi universe with another walk |
musicBy | Ichiro Mizuki |
productionCompany | Toei Animation |
publisher | Toei Company Viz Media |
theme | animated anime japanese |