Aerial Fortress Gool
When Salude is destroyed is episode 39, Ashura finds himself without a proper vehicle to go into battle. Hell builds the Gool (Hikou Yousai Guuru), a flying fortress that first appears in episode 40, but despite Ashura's pleads to be in charge of it, Hell appoints Ashura's rival, Count Brocken as the commander. Brocken takes pride of his ship and mocks Ashura for not being allowed to guide it. Gool had all kinds of bombs, rays and projectiles, as well as the ability to generate clouds as a disguise. Due to its weapons and large size, it was also capable of bringing down large planes and even Mazinger. The ship had a lizard-like head and the monsters were released through the mouth. Count Brocken and Dr. Hell die on board when Mazinger destroys it in chapter 91. It appears in the Mazinger series and in the Mazinkaiser OVAs.
Surprisingly, Gool’s name was not changed in Tranzor Z, the American adaptation of Mazinger Z.
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