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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 00:46:15 UTC Bernie

   It's time to remind everyone that...

   Super robot
   Mazinger Z
   Invincible power
   Fighting for us!
   Heart of justice
   PILDER ON!

   スーパー ロボット
   マジンガーＺ
   無敵の力は
   僕らのために！
   正義の心を
   パイルダーオン！

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAITNbQ-hk&list=PLXQ8NiE4kFlCX_Z3gTtwye5rmn1QObYCk&index=27
   #anime #retroanime #mazinger #mazingerz

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 01:07:46 UTC Bernie

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     Original 1972 opening with its beautiful analog synthesizer effects and fully hand-drawn mecha animation 🤩

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR7xA2JbNCQ&list=PLXQ8NiE4kFlCX_Z3gTtwye5rmn1QObYCk&index=1
     #synth #anime #retroanime #mazingerz #mazinger

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 01:25:28 UTC Bernie

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     I had to ask ChatGPT what the heck is a "Pilder" (Pairudā), and it said:

     «It's the hovercraft that docks into the head of Mazinger Z to control it. "Pileder On" refers to the action of the Pileder connecting with Mazinger Z, essentially "turning on" the robot.»

     In the Italian adaption, this weird hybrid aircraft was renamed to Aliante Slittante (sliding gllider), which is both cringy and wrong.

     Evidently, the dubbers weren't aerospace engineers.

     https://mazinger.fandom.com/wiki/Pilders
     #anime #mazingerz

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 01:44:05 UTC Bernie

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     Go Nagai kept rehashing and refining the Pilder concept in following Mazinger seires.

     My favorite was the Brain Condor (pronounced Brian Condor by the Italian dubbers 🤦♂️), for which I can't find any good still images.

     https://mazinger.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Mazinger_(TV_Mecha)#Brain_Condor
     #mazinger #greatmazinger #anime

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 02:08:57 UTC Bernie

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     The only Brain Condor docking sequence I could find on YouTube is in Italian, and even if you can't understand the rest, you should clearly hear the pilot Koji Kabuto yelling "Brian Condor, via!"

     After a comedic interlude with the Battle Beast kicking around Boss Borot, at 1:00 the Great Mazinger emerges from its submarine launch system and the docking sequence begins.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GN6wBVTrvw
     #greatmazinger #mazinger #anime #retroanime

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 02:36:15 UTC Bernie

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     In the previous scene, for no apparent reason the Mazinger heads the wrong way! Surprised, Tetsuya says: "ma dove va?" (where the heck is it going?) and chases after it.

     From this point on, the sequence resumes with a nominal "agganciamento!" (docking) and "pronti al combattimento!" (ready to fight).

     You might be wondering whether this high-speed maneuver is 100% safe.

     And indeed, it could fail quite badly, but the Brain Condor is made of super resistant alloys: