is a
Super Robot TV anime and manga created by
manga artist Go Nagai. It is the third entry in the
Mazinger trilogy. It was broadcast on
Japanese television from October 5, 1975, to February 27, 1977, and lasted 74 episodes. The robot's first appearance in the United States was as a part of the
Shogun Warriors line of super robot toys imported in the late 1970s by
Mattel, then in Jim Terry's
Force Five series, both under the title
Grandizer. It is still widely popular in the
Middle East, and it was especially popular in
France and
Quebec, as well as among
French speaking Canadians in the province of
New Brunswick, where it was aired under the title
Goldorak. In
Italy, the series was as popular and known as
Goldrake.