The Ultraman

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Anime television series
title The Ultraman
Original title ザ ★ ウ ル ト ラ マ ン
transcription Za Urutoraman
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1979
Studio Sunrise
length 25 minutes
Episodes 50
Director Hisayuki Toriumi → Takeyuki Kanda
music Kunio Miyauchi , Tōru Fuyuki
First broadcast Apr. 4, 1979 - March 26, 1980 on TBS
synchronization

The Ultraman ( Jap. ザ★ウルトラマン , Za Urutoraman ) is an anime - TV series of 1979. The work of the studio Sunrise is in the genres of adventure , action and science fiction to classify. It is an animated remake of the older television series Ultraman by Eiji Tsuburaya . Further film adaptations of the old series were the short film Ultraman Kids in 1983 , the Japanese-American film Ultraman: The Adventure Begins in 1987 , Ultraman Graffiti in 1990 , Ultraman Company in 1996 and Ultraman: Love and Peace in 1999 .

content

In the future, a much more advanced civilization will be discovered living in another dimension. The so-called “Ultrans” have already visited Earth earlier and now the young pilot Hikari is sent to them. There he links his life with that of an Ultran and from then on can transform himself into Ultraman Joneas ( ウ ル ト ラ マ ン ジ ョ ー ニ ア ス ) by means of a star on his forehead . So he can protect humanity from various monsters and aliens that threaten them.

Production and publication

The series was animated in 1979 at Studio Sunrise under the direction of first Hisayuki Toriumi then Takeyuki Kanda . The artistic direction and character design comes from Tsuneo Ninomiya, the Mechanic Design from Kunio Ōkawara and Shōji Kawamori . The series was produced by TBS and Tsuburaya Productions.

On June 25, 2008, the series was re-released in a 10-part DVD box.

The series aired from April 4, 1979 to March 26, 1980 by TBS in Japan. A Spanish translation was broadcast by TVE. In the USA, the film The Adventures of Ultraman came out in 1981 , a compilation of some episodes of the series. A translation of the first four episodes also appeared under the title Ultraman II: The Further Adventures of Ultraman .

Voice actor

role Japanese voice
Ultraman Masatō Ibu
teller Eiji Kanie
pig Jumpei Takiguchi
Professor Henry Nishiki Kazuo Kumakura
Chōichirō Hikari Kei Tomiyama

music

The soundtrack for the series comes from Kunio Miyauchi and Tōru Fuyuki .

The opening credits of the series were underlaid with the song The Ultraman , Ai no Yūsha-tachi ( 愛 の 勇者 た ち ) was used for the credits . Both songs were sung by Isao Sasaki, composed by Kunio Miyauchi and written by Yū Aku.

reception

According to Anime Encyclopedia , the series features some of the "most glorious silly monsters to grace a franchise". The portrayal of the metamorphoses of Ultraman are borrowed from the magical girl genre, in which young girls acquire special abilities through metamorphoses. Along with the older television series, The Ultraman influenced and is quoted in many later series, such as Tetsuwan Birdy , Project A-ko , Urusei Yatsura , Patlabor 1 and Doctor Slump . A parody came out in 1997 with Ultranyan .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 688 f. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c '79 年 は ガ ン ダ ム だ け じ ゃ な い! 『ザ ★ ウ ル ト ラ マ ン』 が 初 の DVD 化 !! . In: famitsu.com. Enterbrain , February 4, 2008, accessed February 16, 2013 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , p. 287. (English)

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