Robot Girls Z

After the Toei Robot Girls campaign done to promote the dvds of shows like Gaiking, Gakeen, Baratack and Danguard Ace, Toei Animation is now partnering with Dynamic Pro (since Cutey Honey F) to bring Robot Girls Z, a 9 episode anime, 10 mins each which will start airing on January 1st. An episode 0, which also works as a PV was posted yesterday.

https://youtu.be/1uM2BW6Y5cA

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-29/toei-robot-girls-z-episode-0-promo-streamed

As much as I've come to dislike anime centered around schoolgirls, I really can't wait to see this.  I find the characterizations curious, however.  Z is kinda like Kouji with a moe texture, so that's fine, but I don't get why Great is a kuudere gamer and Grendizer is a proper lady ("ojou-sama").

Tetsuya is less hot headed than Kouji which is why Great is kinda calm in this one. Duke Fleed is a prince in Grendizer, and he's usually very considerate and caring, especially for Kouji and company.

I understand Duke's case, but I recall Tetsuya being a bit more daring than Kouji. In Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo, he got pummeled and none of his weapons worked, so instead of retiring, he headbutted the monster and continued to fight.

I remember Tetsuya getting into a fight with the Getter Robo team for a very petty reason which I can't remember in one of the movies. However, in the tv series, while he's a jerk, he does remain a certain level of professionalism, considering he was trained like a soldier since his childhood. I think that's the kind of personality they're going for here.

Character designer, Tetsuya Kawakami on Robot Girls Z.

"To shake things up a bit I asked Mr. Kawakami about his work on the upcoming Robot Girls Z (you can see the promo episode here). I wanted to know what did he have to do to turn such classic robot designs into cute girls. I also asked him what his favorite mecha design was. At first he was surprised that anyone in America was aware of the show. But I assured him as a mecha aficionado it was a show I had my eye on. After that little revelation he said he had two major focuses when turning beloved mecha into bishoujo. First and foremost they should be cute. Beyond that he wanted the designs to help facilitate anyone being able to sit down and laugh at what was going on in the show. This sparked a bit of a conversation between Mr. Adachi and Mr. Kawakami about their favorite robots but sadly due to time constraints that part of the conversation could not be translated. Mr. Kawakami did mention his favorite mecha was actually the villainous Doublas M2 from Mazinger Z. He also said he would take word back to Japan that there were fans of Robot Girls Z in the states."

Source: http://reversethieves.com/2013/08/22/otakon-2013-shingo-adachi-and-tetsuya-kawakami/

Robot Girls Z official website updated with Jeeg and Getter characters.

Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLgtuXosgIs

PV of 1st episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRgqPx7p_w4

I found this image of all the girls on the Mazinger Wiki.  I can name Z, Great, Grendizer, Jeeg, Getter Robo, and Gavarian, but can anyone recognize the other three on the left?

There's no Govarian, since Govarian is a Dynamic Pro - Knack collab, not a Dynamic Pro - Toei collab.

http://animeshape.com/2013/11/21/video-toei-robot-girls-z-promote-release-of-classic-mecha-anime/

The videos here:
http://www.robot-girlsz.com/movie/index.html

More updates. Two new wallpapers (http://robot-girlsz.com/special/index.html#s06), and the character profiles section (http://robot-girlsz.com/character/index.html) has been updated, with more mechanical beasts.

New trailer posted:

December 6 Special ripped from Toei Channel.

It's 27 minutes long.

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=499697

Robot Girls Z manga announced!

http://mangalifewin.takeshobo.co.jp/gamma/

Robot Girls Z soundtrack announced!

1st chapter of the manga up for reading.

http://mangalifewin.takeshobo.co.jp/rensai/robotgirlsz/

concept art for General Juuma, General of Darkness and Archduke Gorgon just got put on the site.

Yeah I saw that.

I wonder if they'll ever do the 7 generals, as those are from Great Mazinger.

NagaiAgain wrote:

Yeah I saw that.

I wonder if they'll ever do the 7 generals, as those are from Great Mazinger.

Personally i want to see Count Brocken first, or maybe yet a Version of the TV Devilman.

Robot Girls PV1 was subbed by Kindergarten.

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=search&cats=0_0&filter=0&term=robot+girls

The first episode will be released in 2 days.

Raws are out for the first 3 mini episodes.

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=508337

Subbed version coming out soon by Kindergarten subs.

Episode translated:

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=509456

Episode 2 raw out:

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=518500

Episode 3 is out:

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=530027