Mechanical Beasts



The Mechanical Beasts are the primary antagonistic force in Mazinger Z. In the manga, the Mechanical Beasts are found beneath the surface of the ground. In the anime, they are built by Dr. Hell from scratch from the remainder of the original models. This force consists of about 227 Mechanical Beasts.

History
The Mechanical Beasts were found in a journey led by Juzo Kabuto on Bardos. The scientists became aware that they built these large machines to defend the inhabitants against anyone who invades. The scientists rebuilt these large constructs to study them further. However, Dr. Hell was planning to use them to obtain control of the world. He deployed the machines as a means of achieving a result to deliberately kill the scientists, so that anyone would not stand against them. However, Professor Kabuto remained alive and used schematic diagrams from the machines to construct his own robot to oppose Dr. Hell in a combative battle.

General Design
The Mechanical Beasts were usually made from steel and powered by nuclear energy. While these giant monsters could easily overcome dangerous weapons with superior strength, they were little match for robots with actively aggressive weaponry. To get around this, Hell often had to use tricks intended to attract attention like aerial Mechanical Beasts and aquatic Mechanical Beasts to out best the Mazinger. That is before the Mazinger was provided with special equipment to make these weaknesses smaller.

In general, some Mechanical Beasts just use limited AI in battle. However, they can occasionally be piloted or controlled of an apparatus from a distance by means of signals transmitted from an electronic device. Furthermore, the Mechanical Beasts are occasionally shown to be autonomous, so they can refuse to fight or preserve honor. Mechanical Beasts are equipped with several weapons and necessary items for a particular purpose depending on how they were built and their circumstance.