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Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series

Original title: Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu
  • TV Series
  • 1966–19671966–1967
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
861
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Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (1966)
ActionAdventureComedy
A human member of a defense force is given the life and ability to change into a giant super-hero to battle the monsters that wreaks havoc on Earth.A human member of a defense force is given the life and ability to change into a giant super-hero to battle the monsters that wreaks havoc on Earth.A human member of a defense force is given the life and ability to change into a giant super-hero to battle the monsters that wreaks havoc on Earth.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
861
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  • Stars
    • Susumu Kurobe
    • Sandayû Dokumamushi
    • Masaya Nihei
  • Stars
    • Susumu Kurobe
    • Sandayû Dokumamushi
    • Masaya Nihei
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 11User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (1966)
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    Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (1966)
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    Susumu Kurobe
    Susumu Kurobe
    • Shin Hayata
    Sandayû Dokumamushi
    Sandayû Dokumamushi
    • Daisuke Arashi
    Masaya Nihei
    • Mitsuhiro Ide
    Bin Furuya
    • Ultraman…
    Corinne Orr
    Hiroko Sakurai
    Hiroko Sakurai
    • Akiko Fuji
    Akiji Kobayashi
    Akiji Kobayashi
    • Captain 'Cap' Toshio Muramatsu
    Kôji Ishizaka
    • Narrator…
    Hikaru Urano
    • Narrator…
    Teruo Aragaki
    • Alien Zarab (Kaiju)…
    Akihide Tsuzawa
    • Isamu Hoshino
    Kunio Suzuki
    • Gomora (Kaiju)…
    Akihiko Hirata
    Akihiko Hirata
    • Dr. Iwamoto
    Haruo Nakajima
    Haruo Nakajima
    • Gabora (Kaiju)…
    Yukihiro Seino
    • Chandrah (Kaiju)…
    Nisashi Kondo
    • Ultraman
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    • Ultraman
    Kôji Ugi
    • Alien Mefilas (Kaiju)…
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The sequences of Ultraman battling monsters were so expensive to film, that the producers needed a way to limit the scenes to only a few minutes for each episode. The solution was to give the character the weakness that he can not survive in his true self for more than roughly three minutes before he runs out of energy. This is marked with his warning chest light, called the Colortimer, which begins to blink with increasing speed as his energy runs out.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: Using his beta capsule, Hayata becomes Ultraman!

    • Crazy credits
      During the show's opening credits, black silhouettes of the show's various characters (Ultraman, some of the show's monsters, and the Science Patrol logo) are shown against a colorful smoky background. In the US version, most of the silhouettes are featured, sans credits.
    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of Ultraman (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Urutoraman no Uta
      ("The Song of Ultraman")

      Main Title Theme

      Composed by Kunio Miyauchi

      Lyrics by Hajime Tsuburaya

      Vocals by The Corro Stellar & The Misuzu Childrens' Choir

    User reviews11

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    10/10
    Sublime Wacked Out Monster Show - That's a Compliment!
    The first giant robot Japanese Sci-Fi TV show has something that all the others (Ultraman sequels included) never achieved. It's set in a world of bizarre logic and weird film making that is hard to describe. Unlike American television shows, Ultraman seemed to be played for laughs, very strange laughs, but laughs none the less. Don't expect the self-conscious humor of Batman but a world where people say and do odd things, the plot lines take goofy turns and characters will suddenly turn to the camera and talk to you as if nothing strange is happening at all.

    In one episode, the main characters (members of the "Science Patrol" in the Amrican translation) are sent out to find nuclear bombs that fell off a wayward space mission (!) and sank to the bottom of the sea. Unfortunately a sea creature found one of the bombs first and mutates into a giant monster (resembling the Creature from the Black Lagoon) that sinks boats and attacks ocean resorts. All the time a nuclear bomb is stuck on the monster's shoulder. The Science Patrol has the brilliant idea to sooth the enraged beast with music so they get the Japanese Coast Guard to play classical music from a destroyer! This has the opposite effect as the monster rips up and hurls trees around. One member of the Science Patrol make the incredible observation, "The monster doesn't like music, turn it off!". The show stops as the main characters try to figure out why their plan didn't work since "all wild beasts are soothed by music"! It's decided that radiation is the cause of the monster's inability to appreciate fine music!

    If you are looking for "rational" entertainment, run far as you can from Ultraman. For the rest of us who enjoy goofy fun, you can't get better then this. The new DVD set has the original Japanese track which has increased my admiration for this show.
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    • ChungMo
    • Apr 29, 2005

    FAQ3

    • Is this the first Ultraman series?
    • In what episode did Ultraman's costume receive an upgrade?

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    • Release date
      • July 10, 1966 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Tsuburaya Productions (Japan)
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production company
      • Tsuburaya Productions
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    • 30 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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