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, originally titled , is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Nishikawa based on
Go Nagai , better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s ...
and
Ken Ishikawa was a Japanese manga artist. He is renowned as the co-creator (with Go Nagai) of the ''Getter Robo'' anime series, as well as four of their subsequent manga continuations. According to Nagai, he considered Ishikawa his greatest friend and all ...
classic ''
Getter Robo is a Japanese mecha media franchise created by Ken Ishikawa and Go Nagai. An anime television series produced by Toei Animation was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 4, 1974, to May 8, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes. The manga was seria ...
'' series. It was initially serialized monthly in Kodansha's ''
Magazine Z was a Japanese seinen mixed-media magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult males, but particularly at hardcore anime and manga fans, featuring articles as well as manga tied into popular franchises. Original manga were also featured in the ...
''. As the title suggests, the story takes place in an alternate universe, where the concepts of the Getter series are seen under the perspective of Nishikawa. When ''Magazine Z'' ceased publication in early 2009 the story was moved to
Hakusensha is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The c ...
's monthly magazine ''
Young Animal Arashi was a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Hakusensha. A sister magazine to ''Young Animal'', it was released on the first Friday of every month in B5 format from 2000 to 2018. Series featured in the magazine The following is a partia ...
'', starting in the July 2009 issue, with the title changed to ''Apocryphal Getter Robo Darkness''. The chapters were renumbered at this time, with chapter 0 in ''Arashi'' being a reprint of chapter 6 in ''Magazine Z'', the last chapter published there.


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''Apocrypha Getter Robot Dash''
at Kodansha Comics Plus
''Getter Robot Apocrypha DASH, info e pagine d'anteprima''
at Anime Click 2008 manga Manga series Getter Robo Hakusensha manga Kodansha manga Seinen manga Super robot anime and mangaā {{anime-stub