Post by whyofbladez on Oct 8, 2016 7:56:29 GMT
I've been doing research into "Mazinger Z"'s dubbing history for a submission to "Behind the Voice Actors", and the more I read about this dub, the more I want to see it. Only problem, can't find a trace of it online, apart from the intro/end. It's a more faithful dub compared to the bastardized "Tranzor Z" dub.
Intro/End Credits to Dub: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hgx65fB48
Apparently it wasn't always lost judging by forum posts linking YouTube Videos, but I'm guessing the difficulty in finding them now has to do with Toei sweeping rips of it out of existence from YouTube.
I found the cover of the aforementioned 'LP' online, and that itself may contain some material since it lists the cast of this dub on its cover.
www.snowrecords.com/soundtrack-english-version-mazinger-z-cz-7005-38807/
Intro/End Credits to Dub: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hgx65fB48
There was an earlier English dub of the show, commissioned by Toei Animation and produced by M.&M. Communications Inc. (a subsidiary of MK Company), according to the credits on the actual episode. The English dubbing was recorded at Commercial Recording in Honolulu, Hawaii and was produced by Seito "Tom" Ikeda and Dana Ikeda. The Technical Advisor was Koji Tomita and translation was handled by May Nozoe. This version was far more faithful to the original Japanese version, retaining the Japanese names for all of the characters (with slight variations in a few instances). The opening and ending themes and insert song "Z Theme" were translated into English by William Saylor and sung by veteran anime theme singer Isao Sasaki; these songs were released as a single in December 1977. According to some sources, only 29 episodes were dubbed by M.&M. Communications.
In addition to being aired on television in the Philippines, a few episodes of this English version of "Mazinger Z" were released on home video in the United Kingdom in 1983 (now out of print). Prior to the series' localization for U.S. TV syndication as "Tranzor Z," the Toei/M.&M. dub was also shown on U.S. television around 1979 on the Japan-themed series, Beyond the Horizon, which was produced by TeleJapan for PBS, and gave westerners a look as to what Japanese television offered (PBS also ran TeleJapan's Faces of Japan documentary series in the mid-1980s). Beyond the Horizon later ran on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
In addition to being aired on television in the Philippines, a few episodes of this English version of "Mazinger Z" were released on home video in the United Kingdom in 1983 (now out of print). Prior to the series' localization for U.S. TV syndication as "Tranzor Z," the Toei/M.&M. dub was also shown on U.S. television around 1979 on the Japan-themed series, Beyond the Horizon, which was produced by TeleJapan for PBS, and gave westerners a look as to what Japanese television offered (PBS also ran TeleJapan's Faces of Japan documentary series in the mid-1980s). Beyond the Horizon later ran on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Apparently it wasn't always lost judging by forum posts linking YouTube Videos, but I'm guessing the difficulty in finding them now has to do with Toei sweeping rips of it out of existence from YouTube.
I found the cover of the aforementioned 'LP' online, and that itself may contain some material since it lists the cast of this dub on its cover.
www.snowrecords.com/soundtrack-english-version-mazinger-z-cz-7005-38807/
