Go Nagai, the Legend!

September 6th, 1945 the Earth shook and Wakjima, Ishikawa became the birth place of a legend among men, Go Nagai. I mean shit man, haivng the name Go makes you instantly badass. Nagai made his debut in 1967 with works such as Devilman, Cutie Honey, and, of course, Mazinger Z in the 70's. Dynamic Productions came alive in 1970, which was a company Nagai started himself to help fund his manga and anime productions. Mazinger Z was then created which led to Great Mazinger and UFO Robo Grendizer. These stories created the genre for giant mecha. Mazinger Z is considered the first successful "Super Robot" anime show when people think it was Getter Robo. The reason I say he is a legend because every time you finish one of his shows or manga then you want to jump to the next show or sequal orginally created by him.

About two years ago I had just got into the mecha and super robot genre of anime after watching shows in the space genre including Infinite Ryvius, Cowboy Bebop, and Outlaw Star. This motivated me to go back in time and see the oldies that incluenced these great series. I came across a show called, "Getter Robo Armageddon." I started renting it from netflix and hot damn it was amazing. Heroes in giant fucking robots yelling and screaming attacks while fighting aliens was just amazing. I then looked up the director and noticed Go Nagai was the original creator. I knew I just had to see more of his works since they all seemed so hot blooded.

I watched more and more shows such as Mazinkaiser, the Devilman OVA's, and Black Lion. Then I pursued manga series such as Getter Robo, Devilman, and Shin Getter Robo. As a result to all this I then started getting into 80's mecha series. I had finally found my favorite genre and set a long term goal that I would do my best to watch all the old giant robo and mecha series I could, along with spreading the shows existence.

I encourage you all to give out some mecha shows a chance since all people watch now a days is moe and fanservice shows that are cute and make you feel good inside. If you really want to feel awesome inside then watch/read some Getter Robo, Mazinger Z, and Devilman. Soon you'll be yelling, "GETTER TOMAHAWK," and "FIRE BLASTER." I thank Nagai for giving us such great shows to watch and amazing stores to read. Go Nagai will always have the biggest imagination I've ever seen.