Japan Synopsis
マジンガーZ対暗黒大将軍
“Deep beneath the earth, seven robots lay dormant: a human, a mammal, a bird, a fish, an insect, a reptile, a ghost… and the Great General of Darkness.”
Kouji and his friends have defeated Dr. Hell and are now enjoying a break, but suddenly a strange prophet appears and warns everyone of an oncoming danger, mechanical beasts never seen before start appearing all around the world wrecking havoc. Its up to Kouji and his Mazinger Z to stand up to this threat but it seems he is vastly outnumber and outmatched.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedGurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
★ 7.8 · Japan
4 sharedGurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End
★ 7.7 · Japan
4 sharedMazinger Z vs. Devilman
★ 5.6 · Japan
4 sharedUFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger
★ 5.9 · Japan
4 sharedGreat Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter
★ 5.8 · Japan
3 sharedGrendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Decisive Battle! The Great Sea Monster
★ 6.1 · Japan
Other Titles From Toei Animation
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General itself).
The 1973–1975 Japan Window
Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General holds position #27 of 71 Japan films in the 1973–1975 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
1974 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 27 titles released, including Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General. Bars below show how the 1970s stacked up year by year (197 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1974.
The 424th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
13 audience reviews — more than 20% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 40th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- super robot · 11
- mazinger · 6
- anime · 711
- mecha · 68
- based on anime · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,660 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (42nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,755 of 2,532 (top 69%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation, Dynamic Planning |
| Runtime | 43m |
| Release Date | July 25, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0345612 |