Mazinger Destroying Hell is the new Mazinger Z Manga Project

The Hobby Japan Web website announced on December 23 that Kazumi Hoshi will launch a new manga titled Mazinger Destroying Hell (Hagoku no Mazinger) on the website in March. The manga is based on Go Nagai‘s Mazinger Z manga. The announcement teases the new manga as “Mazinger vs. Mazinger” and “A new, deadly battle royale begins!” The project will also include plastic model kits, as well as a “photo story” in the Monthly Hobby Japan magazine.

Nagai launched the Mazinger Z manga in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1972, and the television anime series premiered at the same time. The anime ran for 92 episodes from 1972-1974, and the anime’s 68th episode garnered a 30.4% viewer rating when it aired on March 17, 1974.