God Mazinger (ゴッドマジンガー), also known as Mazin Legend (魔神伝説), is an anime, manga and novel series created by manga artist Go Nagai. The anime aired on Japanese TV from April 15, 1984 to September 30, 1984 in the network Nippon Television with 23 episodes.[3][4] It is given the international title Space Adventure: The Deity on the official TMS website.[5] The manga was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes in 1984.[6] The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes.[7] The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.