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Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman)[6] is a superhero who debuted in the pilot episode to his 1966 TV series of the same name, entitled "Ultraman". He is the first tokusatsu hero launched by the Ultra Series and by extension, Tsuburaya Productions.
- Overview
- Conception
- History
- Counterparts
- Personality
- Profile
- Other Media
- Trivia
Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman) is an alien from a place called the Land of Light in Nebula M78, who chased the monster Bemular to Planet Earth, and merged with Shin Hayata during his tenure there. He is the first Ultra to visit Earth and defended the planet against Kaiju until he was recalled after his battle with Zetton. Ultraman was given his title by his human host.
It was the introduction of this iconic character that had popularized the Ultraman Series in Japan and the world, arguably being the face of the franchise as a whole.
Ultraman was originally going to be a birdlike alien monster named Bemular. Due to the fear that children wouldn't know who to cheer for, they turned Ultraman into a more humanoid alien. The name of the alien bird man would be given to Bemular while the initial design was reused for Hydra.
The third volume of Ultraman Ginga's Blu-ray DVD release stated that Ultraman Dark's conception was based on Imit-Ultraman.
Ultraman
Initially a basic Ultra Warrior, Ultraman arrived on Earth while pursuing an escapee of the Monster Graveyard; Bemular. In his pursuit, he accidentally collided with Shin Hayata, an officer of the Science Patrol, who was on a scouting mission in his jet. Hayata was killed in the same crash, but out of remorse, Ultraman gave Hayata his own life, and merged their bodies, to keep him alive. After Bemular was destroyed, Ultraman stayed to protect Earth from more threats, such as ancient monsters and alien invaders. Some memorable mentions are his encounters with the Baltan, his close match with Alien Mefilas, and his defeat at the deadly monster Gomora. However, his time on Earth came to a close after his battle with Zetton. His Color Timer was damaged in his fight with Zetton, in which his enemy used a weapon that Ultraman had not expected--one specifically targeting the Ultra Warrior's warning light. Zetton was left to be destroyed by the Science Patrol. Ultraman was retrieved by his superior, Zoffy, and was taken back to their home world.
Return of Ultraman
After Ultraman Jack was defeated by Alien Nackle and Black King, Jack was taken by Nackle's ships to his home planet to be executed, however, just before he could be killed, Ultraman and Ultraseven appear, rescue and save Jack by using the Ultra Star which revived Ultraman Jack and destroyed his ships. Jack thanked his comrades and went back to Earth. When the Ultra Star Shines When Go was about to transform into Jack to fight a revived Zetton, the Original Ultraman talked to him telepathically of how dangerous Zetton is. The 5 Ultra Oaths
Ultraman Ace
After the sacrifice of Seiji Hokuto and Yuko Minami by Verokron, the Ultra Brothers and their new member Ultraman Ace appeared to give them life and Ace was asigned to protect Earth. Shine! The Five Ultra Brothers After Ace was defeated by Brocken, he along with the Ultra Brothers summoned the Ultra Sign to encourage Ace to defeat Brocken. Solve the Mystery of the Transforming Terrible-Monster! After an Ultra Sign was summoned, Ultraman and the other Ultra Brothers saw it and headed for Planet Golgotha. After their arrival, each member asked the others what's wrong. Ace said he saw The Ultra Sign and Ultraman was confused, as he assumed that Ace had summoned the Ultra Sign. Yapool summoned Baraba to destroy Earth and The Ultras realized it was all a trap and that Ace has to go back to Earth, but a cold mist was unleashed that weakened the Ultra Brothers. Ace hesitated to return to Earth, so Ultraman decided that they should give him their powers to get Ace to Earth, but Ace wouldn't accept it because it would kill the Ultras, so Ultraman slapped him in the face and encouraged Ace to go back to. The Ultra Brothers gave enough power to Ace, who flew back to Earth, but the Ultras were pulled to their crosses and were to get tied on their crosses. Ace managed to return to Earth and quickly fought Baraba. Yapool, however, warned Ace that if he kills Baraba, the Ultra brothers would be killed by the entity himself. Unable to properly fight with the thought of his brothers in danger, Barbara gained the upper hand until Ace reverted back to his previous forms of Hokuto and Minami as Baraba returned back to Yapool, his mission a success. Ace Killer appeared and absorbed the Ultra's powers, and took Ultraman Jack's Ultra Bracelet. Ace came back but had a tough battle with Ace Killer, so they give Ace their energy from their Color Timers. Ace was able to defeat him with the Space Q. They went back to M78 while Ace went back to Earth to fight Baraba. Death Penalty! 5 Ultra Brothers 5 Stars Scattered in the Galaxy When Ace summoned the Ultra Sign, Ultraman, and the Ultra Brothers flew to Earth, and we're shocked to see that Ace had been turned into a Jade Statue. Alien Hipporit suddenly appeared, and they were prepared to fight, but Alien Hipporit trapped Ultraman, and Zoffy in chambers while Jack and Seven dodged away from it. While Seven was fighting the alien, Jack tried to free Ultraman, and Zoffy but was trapped too after attempting to get them out with his Ultra Bracelet. Later, and they were all turned to statues. Ace freed him and the rest of Ultra Bothers and brought Father of Ultra back to the Land of Light. Total Defeat! The 5 Ultra Brothers Miracle! Father of Ultra
The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army
After Piko was killed by some robbers, Mother of Ultra took him to the Land of Light to revive him. During the resurrection process, the Ultra Brothers were present, and using their energies, they transformed Piko into the monkey god, Hanuman. Many moments later, a Thai base was trying to launch some missiles to the sky, because it would stop the worldwide drought, and cause rain. A missile was shot, it exploded in the sky, and it caused rain, as expected, but as the second missile was shot, it had a problem, and after failing to blast off, it blew up, causing a chain reaction with the other missiles, causing an apocalyptical event, and five monsters (Gomora, Tyrant, Dustpan, Astromons, and Dorobon) rised from the Earth, and started causing chaos. Hanuman appeared to fight the monsters, but after receiving too much damage from them, the Ultra Brothers suddenly appeared from the sky, and they all start fighting the monsters. After they were all defeated, Gomora, who was unconscious, wakes up, and after climbing a mountain, releases a rainbow beam, that caused catastrophic natural disasters, Ultraman and Hanuman were trying to stop him, but the beam was too powerful, and they couldn't get close. Suddenly the other Brothers arrive, and managed to interrupt Gomora's beam, and after Gomora was defeated, peace was reigning again, and Hanuman said good-bye to the Ultra Brothers, who flew back to the Land of Light. The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Ultraman appeared in this movie as the main focus. In an alternate universe, Ultraman asks Ultraman King for himself to go to Earth and help the Science Patrol. King after a while of introducing the rest of the Ultras, finally decides to send Ultraman to Earth leaving us to stock footage of Ultraman episodes. At the end Ultraman is seen at the Land of Light and flies off to the end credits of the movie. Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Ultraman Kids
His Ultraman Kids counterpart is Maa.
Ultraman's personality is shown through his host for most of his main series. Ultraman is shown to be fairly clever, as he was able to outsmart his team and many enemies as well. His patience, however, is shown to be questionable, as he initially resorts to aggression upon facing monsters. Although, he is shown to be passive, if not persuasive when...
Stats
•Height: 40 m (the narration of the 40th episode of Ultraman Taro states that he is 53 m) •Weight: 35,000 t (Earth gravitation) •Age: 20,000 years old •Home World: Land of Light, Nebula M78 •Maximum Flight Speed: Mach 5 (the lyrics of Susume Ultraman states that it is Mach 3) •Maximum Running Speed: 450 km/h (280 mph) •Maximum Underwater Speed: 200 knots (230 mph) •Maximum Underground Speed: Mach 2 •Maximum Jumping Height: 800 meters (2,600 ft) •Arm Strength: 120,000 t •Grip Strength: 40,000 t •Occupations: Ultraman used to be a professor at the Space University, as well as the director of the Universe's Galaxy Guard, before he branched out to the Inter Galactic Defense Force. He is also the chief member of the Ultra Brothers. •Hobbies: Reading •Family Structure: •Father: An Inter Galactic Defense Force Service Director General. •Mother: A teacher at the Ultra School.
Body Features
•Color Timer: The standard Color Timer. •Eyes: Ultraman can see beyond the visible spectrum, perhaps the entire spectrum. •Ultra Armor: Ultraman's skin. •Super Body (スーパーボディ, Sūpā Bodi): Even among his peers, Ultraman has immunities not seen by other Ultramen, such as: •Immunity to electricity. •Resistant against heat. •Resistant against Spacium Beam. •Resistant against the force of an atomic explosion. •Resistant against chemical weathering.
Human Hosts
•Shin Hayata: Shin Hayata, acted out by Susumu Kurobe, is the Science Patrol's brave and serious deputy captain, and Ultraman's human host on Earth. When Bemular attacked Earth, Ultraman's Travel Sphere crashed into Hayata's Sub VTOL. Ultraman merged with the Terrestrial to keep him alive, and gave him a "Beta Capsule," a device that can change the man into his Ultra form. Ultraman reunites with Hayata again sometime after his initial separation due to his defeat at Zetton's hands. •Shuuhei Aragaki: In episode 33 of the Ultraman Taro TV series, ZAT's deputy captain, Shuhei Aragaki, along with several other ZAT members were downed by Alien Temperor but quickly rescued by Zoffy and brought to the Ultra Brothers. Though unharmed the members of ZAT were knocked unconscious by the event, and the Ultra Brothers decided to temporarily use their bodies to disguise themselves from Alien Temperor as well as guide Ultraman Taro in battle against the alien. Ultraman took Shuhei as his host. After the Alien Temperor was defeated, Ultraman returned to the Land of Light.
Ultra Strategy, Mobilization of the Science Patrol!
Ultraman appeared at the end of the game, where he is seen chasing Bemular to Earth. Ultra Strategy, Mobilization of the Science Patrol!
Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian
Ultraman appeared in episode 40 of Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian. He was wished upon a star and summoned, alongside Alien Baltan, a man who strikingly resembled Hayata, transformed into Ultraman to fight the alien and teamed up with the Yamabuki sisters in order to finish it off.
Revive! Ultraman
In this film, Zoffy never appeared to retrieve Ultraman after his defeat by Zetton, and he stayed combined with Hayata. One month later, Ultraman felt a huge loss in confidence and physical strength due to his defeat at the hands of Zetton. Indeed, he became so weak that the Science Patrol was saving Ultraman from the monsters, instead of Ultraman, himself, saving the humans. Of course, Ultraman was far from alone in being heavily affected; Hayata was suffering too, and Arashi even suggested that he drink stamina beverages to recover his energy. At one point, Hayata's Ultra power sensed the arrival of another invasion by the Zettonian army. Another Zetton attacked the Science Patrol's HQ, whereas at the same time another Red King was causing chaos. Luckily enough, a Pigmon communicated with Ide and told him what was bound to happen. History repeated itself and this Pigmon was also killed at the hands of Red King. Watching that Pigmon die angered Hayata, who transformed into Ultraman. Though Ultraman defeated the evil kaiju, to everyone's misfortune, a huge army of monsters were reawakened. Ultraman found himself with no choice but to make the decision to absorb heavy dosages of solar energy, and he managed to create various clones of himself to fight each monster at the same time, all of whom he defeated and re-destroyed. As if things could not have gotten worse, a second Zetton was attacking the Space Patrol HQ, and thus Hayata was again forced to fight him. In the epic clash between the two, Ultraman was severely injured as before. This time, however, just at the point when he was about to suffer a second defeat at Zetton's hands, Ide completed his creation of a device that boosted the levels of solar energy inside Ultraman. Arashi agreed and shot the device at Ultraman's Color Timer; this granted Ultraman a large boost in power, and he unleashed a super-powered version of his Spacium Beam at Zetton. This time, the Spacium energy was too powerful for Zetton to withstand it, and Zetton exploded into pieces. Ultraman, having finally and truly finished his mission on Earth, and this time with no such damage to his warning light as had forced him to leave Earth before, returned to the Land of Light. Revive! Ultraman
•Ultraman's grunts and his iconic shout "Shuwatch" (シュワッチ, Shuwatchi) were provided by Masao Nakasone.
•According to Toshihiro Iijima, one of the directors of Ultraman, after they had Ultraman's design, they chose Masao to do some grunts for him. After completing the voice, they mixed a bunch of those together and got "Shuwatch". However, in reality, Ultraman actually shouted "Shwa" in many first episodes instead but later they added "ch" sound at the end to make a clear "Shuwatch".
•According to Hajime Tsuburaya, Nakasone was meant to be the de facto voice actor for Ultraman in both of speaking voice and grunts, but due to being absent at that time for unknown reasons, they did not have the time to wait for him. Therefore, Hisashi Kondo took the role as Ultraman's speaking voice. However, Ultraman's grunts are still made by Masao. However, Masao did the role as Ultraman's real speaking voice and grunts in the fight with Alien Mefilas in the 33rd episode.
•In subsequent appearances, Ultraman's voice was provided by various voice actors although he still reuses Masao Nakasone's grunts in battle. However, in some instances, some voice actors' grunts were used for Ultraman's instead.
•The only time Susumu Kurobe's grunt was used for Ultraman was the time he fires the Glitter Spacium Beam in Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers while Masao Nakasone's was used instead.
•According to Bin Furuya, the first suit actor for Ultraman, the original Ultraman suit was destroyed, but it is unknown if this story is actually true.
Kaiju (怪獣, Kaijū, lit. Strange Beast) , which roughly translates as Monster, is the classification given to any non-intelligent beast found throughout the works of Tsuburaya Productions. Kaiju are generally organic and do not cover robots.
The Ultra Series (Japanese: ウルトラシリーズ, Hepburn: Urutora Shirīzu), also known as Ultraman, is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned by Tsuburaya Productions, which began with the television series Ultra Q in 1966 and became an international pop-culture phenomenon.
KAIJU ENCYCLOPEDIA. Introduction of major Kaiju of the Ultraman series. This is a list of monsters and aliens from the Ultraman series.
This is a list of the Ultra Heroes from the Ultraman series. Ultraman official website by Tsuburaya Productions.
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