Russian Mockbusters are Awesome!

Apart from its legendary doorstoppers, most of Russia’s beloved literary classics are pretty goddamn old, as they predated home video by a few decades or more. 

Many of these literary legends initially were translative MockBusters, but became their own things as they have spawned adaptions and sequels. 

Doctor Aybolit originally was one to Doctor Doolittle, but it became its own thing. So was Buratino, the spiritual antithesis of Pinocchio, and Emerald City, itself inspired by the Land of Oz. There’s also a Winnie the Pooh variant called Vinni Pukh, who is primarily known (at least outside of his homeland) for appearing in a book based trilogy of short Soyuzmultfilm movies. 

There is a good case when what was at first a Russian Mockbuster became more internationally popular than the original, itself also quite popular in Russia during its modest heyday, even though the latter hasn’t been reprinted in its native France for a long while until recently. Said novel turns out to be The Amphibian Man, a literary legend which itself has inspired things as diverse as The Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Monster From Piedras Blancas, The Shape Of Water, and most infamously, the titular character of Go Nagai’s DevilMan. Funnily enough, its protagonist is himself inspired by Hictaner from The Man Who Can Live In Water, a story by Count Jean De La Hire. 

Following The Amphibian Man is Ariel The Flying Man, a story loosely inspired by Jean De La Hire’s Nyctalope series, which is otherwise better known in the former Eastern Bloc than elsewhere. 

I love watching Lost Media videos

Watching web documentaries on lost media is a cool thing to do. 

There are iceberg videos on the Simpsons, SpongeBob, One Piece, Kamen Rider, Mazinger Z, Pokémon, Dragon Ball and countless others.

I don’t really think the Mazinger Z iceberg is great at catching really lost stuff, mostly because the things that are reviewed are actually found for the most part. The rest is actually pretty decently filled with mistakenly attributed fan arts, plus shitloads of less commonly seen episodes and chapters. 

The Bots of Mazinger, Cirque Du Soleil Style! Part 4

Even More Bots coming soon! 

Bell Metal Homonoia: This gorgeous super robot pony is the much needed steed for the Great Mazinger.  

Ferronickel Palaestra: Palaestra is a very rustic robot. 

Florentine Bronze Discordia: Discordia is the number one super robot of choice for the local thugs of Mudpuppy street in Dimsville. 

Speculum Metal Thoosa: Thoosa is a super robot Seal, another companion to Tethys in need. 

Pig Iron Pertinacia: It is both a farming robot and a robot modelled loosely on a domestic farm sow. 

Electrum Continentia: A Robot with Phoenix pigtail wings. 

Al-Li Nox: Nox is defined as the number one super robot patroller of Dimsville city.  

Melchior Fraus: This super Robot is modelled loosely on the blue ringed octopus. 

Mangalloy Athena: Athena is the Robot mascot of Dimsville’s library. 

Ni-Ti-Al Angelos: Queer Robot Known for doing a Mohawk. 

Magnalium Persephone: Persephone is a gardener robot. 

Sterling Silver Anaideia: Another member of Nox’s robot patrolling team. 

Meteoric Iron Aphrodite: Aphrodite is a fashion Robot Known primarily as a statue.  

Carbon Steel Minerva: Minerva is an agricultural robot known for gardening the flowers.  

Titanium Gold Eirene: A Robot with amazing bombing powers. 

Ferromanganese Iris: Iris is a Beautiful Robot made with the same power sources as the Mazinkaiser Brothers. 

Ferrotitanium Brizo: A Robot whose pigtails are modelled on the wings of a Seagull. 

Silver Misericordia: A Purple Coloured Robot succubus. 

The Bots of Mazinger, Cirque Du Soleil Style! Part 3

More female robots coming soon. 

Asteria: Asteria is another cute super robot puppy, who is the companion of Aphaea. 

Auricupride Aphaea: Aphaea is the cuteness overload of the Mazinger Supporters. 

Zangyin Amphitrite: Amphitrite is a super robot with frog legs, which bounces onto ponds. 

White Bronze Luna: White Bronze Luna is a super robot with dragon wings. 

Lanthanum Selene: Selene is a rabbit shaped super robot who is the companion of Both White Bronze Luna and Zinc Eos. 

Bronze Leto: A Workforce IchiNana, Leto is Known for basically marking the territory in a quite animalistic way. 

Manganese Ceto: Ceto is a large super robot mermaid. 

Cupronickel Amphictyonis: A super robot Avian Siren, It is a beautiful nightmare. 

Brass Metis: Catty Metis is one of the many wholly non anthropomorphic super robots, being a robot cat. 

Tumbaga Rhapso: Rhapso is the winged harpy companion of Cupronickel Amphictyonis. 

Zinc Eos: Zinc Eos is a rather interesting super robot responsible for how many records it has broken.

Spring Steel Epione: Nicknamed the Springtime robot, this puppy shaped super robot is known as the team pet of the Mazinger army. 

Tin Aletheia: A Combat IchiNana, Tin Aletheia is Known as a multipurpose super robot aiding the team during attacks of behavioural concern. 

Styx: Styx is the arch rival of the X Bomber, with the colour of its body being a very dark mix of purple and green. 

Ebony Aisa: Ebony is one of the two Chessmaster Robots behind the great Robot War Forward. 

Ivory Alke: Alke is one of the Chessmaster Robots. 

The Junior Trainees

Elinvar Hygiaea: Hygiaea is a super robot dogface and the much petted smaller companion of local mob boss Tony Kamen. 

Invar Panacea: Panacea is a super robot dragon and the larger companion of Tony Kamen. 

Cymbal Alloy Eileithya: Being a super robot Syrian Golden furred hamster gives this cute beast a lot of advantages. It is the companion of Mazinger Z. 

Tantalum Enyo: A masculine looking red and green super robot. 

The Greater Antagonists

Dirtstone Amechania: Along with the two chessmaster bots, Aisa and Alke, Dirtstone Amechania has a large influence on the plot of the story. 

Morning Petulantia: A possible bright coloured antagonist. 

Evening Hybris: Hybris has the most powerful animal themed weapons out of all the super robots. 

HSLA Steel Iaso: Iaso is one of the more flatulent antagonists, as it is a super robot horse. 

Bulat Steel Furrina: This is a super robot wyvern designed to slam apartments. 

Britannia Silver Palatua: A super robot ferret, it is the companion of Bronze Leto. 

Spielgeleisen Pandia: This is a distinctive super robot Giant Panda, as it is the first bear robot in a whole team of friendly rivals. 

Wrought Iron Pasithea: A super robot red panda known as the companion of Spielgeleisen Pandia, as both of these characters are themselves robot zoo animals. 

Rose Gold Philotes: Philotes is another Super Robot Crone, albeit a pale coloured one. 

Nordic Gold Telete: A funky Robot With Fruit Bat wings. 

Niobium Eris: Eris is a female flying companion of Mazinger Sport.