Newtype Submission by @migucast (Miguel Castaneda)

Update! As of today, November 16th, 2003, I can official confirm that this picture has been printed in Newtype USA Magazine, Volume 2, Number 11, November 2003 (Angelic Layer). On page 149, on the lower left hand corner. ;) An in terms of Mazinkaiser coverage given in Newtype after I originally posted this picture... The August 2003 (Sakura Wars) issue included episode one of Mazinkaiser as its sample DVD (MUCH better dub than Shin Getter, but did they have to mess with the attack names? :) and... The October 2003 (With Hunter Robin) issue had a story in it somewhere about Mazinkaiser... I don't have that issue so I can't tell you about it. :p

Well... This is my first submission to a print magazine... Ever. Well... Fanart submission... I had a letter printed in Animerica many years ago but that wasn't fanart... ^^;;; Though my chances of having this printed probably aren't good, at least I have on my side the uniqueness of this piece! ^^ I mean, the fanart in there is always the same... Inuyasha, Cowboy Bebop, Chobits, DBZ, Sailor Moon, and the occasional piece of Square fanart (Square... [SHUDDERS])... But this? Except for that the second issue where they were showing some of their Japanese fanart, there hasn't been any Super Robots in their fanart section yet! ;) And considering how they keep reusing Mazinkaiser images in their ads, I'd say someone over there is a fellow Mazinger fan! >:) And thus... We have... THIS! For those of you not in the know, that there is the first of anime's pilotted robots... Mazinger Z! Built to fight the ambitions of the evil Dr. Hell, with it's young and devil may care pilot, Kouji Kabuto at its helm, it fought for week after week on TV and in manga to save the World! And now as the fourth iteration of the Mazinger Saga, Mazinkaiser approaches its US release, I humbly submit this fanart to Newtype a lone voice representing those who still remember the thrill of super robot JUSTICE (!) and as a plea to them and ADV to PLEASE begin printing stories on Mazinkaiser and to begin putting trailers of it in their DVDs... 'Cause... Dr. Hell is coming...! And the time has come for the legend to return! MAZIIIIIIIIIN GO!!!! PILOTTEEEEEEER OOOOOOON!!!!!

P.S. BTW, the funny little building in the distance is the Photo-Atomic Research Institute, Mazinger's home, which lies at the foot of Mt. Fuji. :)