UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER is a robot created by the MANGA creator (MANGA KA), Go Nagai, during the 70s. Creator of many successful series, Go Nagai is best known for his work on a saga of super robots, including MAZINGER, GETTA ROBO, GREAT MAZINGER, KOTESTU JEEG. With an elaborated storyline, more mature and complex characters for a cartoon of this era its success was immediate. GRENDIZER became a milestone in Japanese animation, it influenced a whole generation in many countries and created a wave of passion for Japanese animation and Japanese culture all around the world.