Celebrated manga author Go Nagai has returned to the story that made him loved around the world in Mazinger Z, with a twist. In a new interview posted as part of the release of the forthcoming battery-powered "Soul of Chogokin DX Mazinger" Z figure next May, he has authored a new 20-page one-shot manga that explains the origins of Mazinger Z and serves as a prologue to the events of the first series.

With the new origin story now in place, the true beginnings of Mazinger Z will finally be known, although the price of the figure is sure to give many pause, as it retails for almost $380 at the current exchange rate and that's without batteries or the additional $98 Jet Scander attachment! Anyone willing to pony up that much for it?
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