Count Blocken
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| Mazinger character | |
| Count Blocken | |
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| Romaji | Brokken Hakushaku |
| Other Name(s) |  Conde Brocken Count Decapito |
| First Appearance |
Chapter 39 (anime version) |
| Appearances | Manga, TV Anime series |
| Relationships | Dr. Hell Baron Ashura Kouji Kabuto Archduke Gorgon Viscount Pigman |
| List of Mazinger Characters - Category | |
Count Blocken was a villain from the fictional robot story Mazinger Z. He was a cyborg whose head was hewn from his body during a car accident, and he carried it around with him. He sometimes carried it under his arm, but it had the ability to float on its own.
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[edit] History
He was a new lieutenant brought in to oversee the plans of the story's main villain, Dr. Hell, after repeated failures on the part of Hell's other officer, Baron Ashura, to destroy the heroic robot Mazinger Z. Competition between the two villains was fierce, Ashura to regain Hell's favor and Blocken to prove himself the better commander. He was given Gool to attack as well as a loyal army of soldiers, the Iron Crosses. However, Blocken was also unable to gain the advantage over Mazinger Z despite repeated tries. He died in the story's finale when Mazinger Z blew up his airship while attempting to escape.
[edit] Relationship with Ashura
Blocken appears as a direct competition to Ashura, demoting him as Hell's main servant and forcing him to work as a team in a number of occasions, mostly with terrible results, to the point of ordering their respective mechanical beasts to fight each other to prevent each other from defeating Mazinger. Nevertheless, it's because of their collaboration that Dr. Hell finally achieves one of his goals: to obtain Super Alloy Z and build a mechanical monster with it, Balmos Q7. His plans are spoiled when Ashura disobeys his orders out of jealousy and leaves Mazinger unwatched, who manages to scape from Fortress Bood and destroys Dr. Hell's monster.
Before his death, Ashura faces a group of Iron Crosses, loyal to Blocken, that had planned to kill him without Blocken's knowledge. When he finds out about this, he rushes to stop them, although Ashura had already taken care of them. However, he doesn't believe his foe wasn't behind the attack and scapes from Dr. Hell's island. Blocken shows a certain degree of respect towards Ashura when he dies in battle.
[edit] Mecha
Blocken is appointed as Blogun G3's pilot, but is defeated by Mazinger and humilliated by Ashura, who picks his head from the ground after his robot's explosion and slaps him for having failed. Blocken also manages to take control of Mazinger Z once.
[edit] Other Versions
- Blocken was called (for obvious reasons) Count Decapito in Tranzor Z.
- Unlike Ashura, Blocken wasn't included in the Mazinkaiser version of the saga.
| Mazinger by Go Nagai |
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| Mechas: |
| Mazingers: Mazinger Z | Great Mazinger | Mazinkaiser | Grendizer |
| Mazinger Ladies: Aphrodite A | Diana A | Venus A | Minerva X |
| Other Robots: Boss Borot | Junior Robot | Million Alpha, Vayon Beta, Dyon Gamma |
| Evil Mecha: Mechanical Beasts | Warrior Beasts |
| Characters: |
| From Mazinger |
| Mecha Pilots: Kouji | Sayaka | Boss |
| Evil Forces: Dr. Hell | Baron Ashura | Count Blocken | Viscount Pigman |
| From Great Mazinger |
| Mecha Pilots: Tetsuya | Jun |
| Evil Forces: Great General of Darkness | Great Marshall of Hell | Minister Argos | Archduke Gorgon | Marquis Yanus |
| General Julius Caesar | General Birdler | General Scarabeth | General Angoras | General Rigarn | General Ardias | General Draydou |
| OVAs: |
| Mazinger Vs. Devilman | Mazinger Vs. The Great General of Darkness | Mazinkaiser |
| Misc.: |
| God Mazinger | Mazinger Angels | Fortresses Salude, Bood, Gool, Navalon, Mikeros, Demonika |
| Photonic Research Institute | Fortress of Science | Mazinger Toy Lines | Super Robot Wars |
