ABEMA to Air All of Mazinger Z and Devilman in Free Marathons
ABEMA is picking up two 1972 Showa-era hero series and running them back to back, a volume of licensed back catalog that streaming services have generally left to disc and nostalgia channels.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Anime Anime.
ABEMA will stream both Go Nagai series in full, free, in sequence. All 92 episodes of Mazinger Z run from 18:00 on October 16, and all 39 episodes of Devilman from 18:00 on October 23. Episodes stay free to watch for one week after airing. Both series began their TV anime broadcasts in 1972, and this is their first streaming on ABEMA.
The two runs sit on the Family Anime 3 channel and are packaged as a pair rather than as separate catalog additions: Mazinger Z first, Devilman immediately after. The marathon format means the whole series plays on a fixed schedule, with each episode free for one week once it airs.
The press release cites both shows as defining works of their era. Mazinger Z introduced the protagonist piloting a giant robot, creating a new origin for robot anime, while Devilman drew attention at the time as the first giant transforming hero in a TV anime. Both are based on works by Go Nagai.
- Mazinger Z: all 92 episodes, free marathon from 18:00 on October 16
- Devilman: all 39 episodes, free marathon from 18:00 on October 23
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.