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93-679: In the not-too-distant future, Earth finds itself constantly under attack from extraterrestrial threats. To combat them, the Terrestrial Defense Force establishes the Ultra Garrison, a team of six elite members who utilize high-tech vehicles and weaponry. Joining their fight is the mysterious Dan Moroboshi who is secretly an alien from the Land of Light in Nebula M-78 and transforms into his true alien form, Ultraseven , in times of crisis. After

186-669: A 33.7% rating, an achievement at the time. Due to the show's high ratings, TBS ordered an additional 10 episodes during preparations for the show's third Cours (episodes 27-39). Despite ratings dropping during the final weeks, Ultraseven still remained in the top five highest rated shows in Japanese television at the time. Sequels for both Ultraman , titled Ultraman Continues , and Ultraseven , titled Fight! Ultraseven , were proposed, but Tsuburaya Productions would not produce another Ultra series until 1971, with Return of Ultraman . The 12th episode, titled "From Another Planet with Love",

279-691: A cadet referred to by his designation as Stationary Post Observer 340 of the Space Garrison ( 宇宙警備隊 , Uchū Keibitai ) , sent to map the Milky Way, Seven visited the Earth and was captivated by its beauty. Upon his arrival, he saves the life of a young mountain climber named Jiro Satsuma, who nearly falls to his death after cutting his line to save a fellow climber. Instead of merging with him, as Ultraman did with SSSP member Shin Hayata, Observer 340 morphs himself into

372-532: A climactic fight, this time killing it for good, and managed to return to the Land of Light with no time to spare, not even being able to say goodbye to the Ultra Guard. Seven would later be promoted to Solar System Branch Chief ( 太陽系支部長 , Taiyōkei Shibuchō ) for his achievements on Earth and joined the Ultra Brothers ( ウルトラ兄弟 , Urutora Kyōdai ) , a group of selective Ultra Warriors bent on protecting

465-531: A duplicate of the unconscious Jiro. However, he named his human form Dan Moroboshi to avoid confusion. During his debut in the series, he appeared as a wanderer who assisted the Ultra Guard in foiling a kidnapping syndicate run by the Alien Cool. Reveling using his true form, 340 killed Alien Cool and destroyed the alien's saucer. Dan later enlisted into the Ultra Guard for his attribution as "Ultra Six" and he would later rename his giant alter-ego Ultraseven for being

558-455: A fairy tale-themed series, and Otomo proposed a space-themed series which would have been a cross of Lost in Space and Men into Space featuring giant monsters. TBS eventually settled on a fusion of Eiji's and Otomo's ideas and Eiji submitted a treatment titled The Ultra Garrison , which featured six trained astronauts (including an android named "John") stationed on a satellite called "Mother",

651-523: A human named Gen Ohtori. Originally, Leo's main goal was to defeat Alien Magma as a revenge for destroying his homeworld in Nebula L-77, which leads to him ignoring Dan's orders and rushes to fight the Gilla Brothers. However, Gen's inexperience in combat results with him being no match against the twin monsters' spin attack, leading Dan to rescue him. Dan scolds Gen for putting his desire for vengeance over

744-587: A love interest named Anne, who often became his partner during missions. Said woman is also the first person that discovered Dan's true identity, but was not surprised by this, seeing that both Dan and Seven are mostly the same. Dan returned in succeeding entries of the Ultra Series, but among them, his major involvement was in Ultraman Leo as the captain of MAC. He was also Gen Ohtori-Ultraman Leo's instructor after becoming incapable of transforming into Seven due to

837-456: A major role in the plot when he was revealed to be the father of Ultraman Zero. Ages ago, concealing their familial ties from his son, Seven caught Zero attempting to steal the Plasma Spark. Stopping Zero in time and temporarily banishing him from Planet Ultra, Seven sent Zero off-world to be trained by Ultraman Leo to keep Zero from ending up like Ultraman Belial. Following Belial's escape, Seven

930-456: A man named Dan Moroboshi, a member of the Ultra Guard, and will transform into Redman to fight against alien threats. Eventually, the name "Ultraseven" was decided as a reference to the number of members of the Ultra Guard team. Another working title for Ultraseven himself was Ultraman Jr. ( ウルトラマンジュニア , Urutoraman Junia ) , the son of Ultraman with a Capsule Monster version of Alien Baltan. In Ultraman Leo , Kohji Moritsugu 's character

1023-445: A manner of rapid fire bullets, which he used to decimate a fleet of invading ships (ep. 43) and reprogramming, which he used to reprogram his Windom after being hacked and manipulated by Alien Kanan. Alternatively, he can also use Wide Shot ( ワイドショット , Waido Shoto ) , which involves placing his arms in an L-style position. These ray attacks had the equation of "M2SH3GWAB1", based on Alien Salome's analysis. His most well-known weapon

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1116-466: A misunderstanding between humans and the people from the planet Pegassa, who mistakenly believed that Earth was advanced enough to prevent collision with their floating city. In episode 26, Seven had to fight against a survivor of the destroyed planet Gyeron. In episode 42, a race called the Nonmalt claimed themselves to be the true Earth inhabitants and tried to usurp humanity; although the operation ended with

1209-549: A re-imagined version of Ultraseven , which involves the titular hero being the only Ultra Warrior to set foot on Earth. However, this claim is made ambiguous, as the first film, Ultraseven - Operation: Solar Energy unveiled images of Guesra, Alien Baltan II and Oil Drinker. In the NTV Specials (1994), Seven returned from Nebula M78 30 years after leaving Earth, but crash-landed and collapsed to his fatigue after being attacked while on his way to planet Ultra. As it seemed that Earth

1302-686: A result, Tsuburaya pulled the alien character and episode from official publications, broadcasts and home media releases. However, the Hawaiian English dub and Cinar dub of the series broadcast the episode (which was re-titled "Crystallized Corpuscles") in North America. In 1985, Turner Program Services licensed the series in a 15-year contract from Tsuburaya Productions, who provided the English dubbed versions produced in Honolulu by Tsuburaya-Hawaii, Inc. in

1395-436: A series that would have been a hybrid of Thunderbirds and Lost in Space , Hajime proposed a new Ultraman series that would have included network and sponsors' input for each season, Jissoji proposed a time-travel themed show which would have focused on a time patrol team and their families, Kinjo proposed a children's horror/mystery show that would have been a hybrid of Ultra Q and The Twilight Zone , Sueyasu proposed

1488-454: Is a rookie member of the Ultra Guard and is Seven's first human host in the franchise. First appearing in the 30th Anniversary Trilogy, Masaki's identity is always used by Dan, who wishes to help the new generation of the Ultra Guard from within. Although knowing his intention meant no harm, Kazamori initially viewed him as a nuisance until he was revealed to be the former's childhood hero, Ultraseven. During The Final Chapters special, Kazamori

1581-454: Is killed while trying to rescue a little boy and a dog from the falling rubble. His valiant sacrifice is noted by everyone, including his friends and the new defense force MAT (Monster Attack Team), but an unseen being also takes notice. Looking over Hideki is "New Ultraman" (" Ultraman Jack "), who is so touched by the race car driver's heroism, that he decides to combine his life force with that of Hideki, thus bringing him back to life (just like

1674-527: Is portrayed by Katsuyuki Yamazaki ( 山﨑 勝之 , Yamazaki Katsuyuki ) , and is also the voice actor for Ultraseven in the EVOLUTION arc of the Heisei Series. Jin ( ジン ) , or Agent J, is a DEUS agent is the protagonist of Ultraseven X . He is 25 years old in the series proper and drives a Cadillac SRX. Jin was a DEUS agent who discovered that his world is ruled by a group of aliens and that their operation,

1767-526: Is the Eye Slugger ( アイスラッガー , Ai Suraggā ) , a blade which is kept hidden as his head crest until he removes it. It is also used as a throwing weapon and part of the Ultra Knock Tactic ( ウルトラノック戦法 , Urutora Nokku Senpō ) , possibly the most famous of all Ultra attacks. It has been incorrectly referred to as an "Ice Lugger" by various sources. This name was coined during the early pre-production on

1860-487: Is the first installment to unite the first three shows into an interconnected universe. This series is a follow-up to the original Ultraman and Ultraseven that is set in 1971, four years after Ultraseven left Earth, and five years after Ultraman came to Earth. The first episode begins with a fight between two giant monsters named Takkong and Zazarn in Tokyo. Amid the monster destruction, young race-car driver Hideki Go

1953-517: The Akashic records . Seven bonded with Kazamori once more and helped the Ultra Guards with facing against multiple alien threats, but was labelled as a traitor for defending a Plant Life Form, which claimed to be Earth's successor until Garut's fabrications were exposed. Seven faced the alien and his monster vanguard Gaimos, and received an encouragement from Satomi's spirit to arise once again and eliminate

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2046-492: The Ultra Series and, by extent, Tsuburaya Productions . His appearance succeeds both the first Ultra Warrior Ultraman , and his superior, Zoffy, and is officially the third Ultra Warrior from Nebula M78, the Land of Light. Ultraseven first appeared as the eponymous titular character alongside his " human form " Dan Moroboshi on the 1967-1968 Japanese television series, Ultraseven , which ran for 48 episodes. This series

2139-558: The Ultra series , the series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 2, 1971, to March 31, 1972. It became successful enough to inspire a second " Kaiju Boom" in Japan, with rival studios producing their own tokusatsu shows and Tsuburaya Productions producing additional Ultraman shows annually for the next three years. Prior to the series' release, Ultra Q , Ultraman , and Ultraseven were stand-alone titles however, Return of Ultraman

2232-444: The 30th Anniversary Trilogy, Dan Moroboshi assisted the new generation members of the Ultra Guard by posing as their rookie member, Masaki Kazamori, and had the real person stored in an empty capsule. Although he becomes aware of the fact that Dan is trying to help them, Masaki at first sees him as a nuisance until he was revealed to be his idol, Ultraseven. After Masaki was freed from his capsule, Shigeru Furuhashi (Dan's old colleague in

2325-565: The 4K remasters in an 11-disc box set (containing 4K Blu-ray 's with HDR and standard Blu-ray's) on July 7, 2023 to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Ultraseven . In December 2012, Shout! Factory released the Japanese version on DVD, licensed from UM Corporation through Tiga Entertainment. In July 2019, Mill Creek Entertainment announced that it had acquired most of the Ultraman library from Tsuburaya Productions through Indigo Entertainment, including 1,100 episodes and 20 films. Mill Creek released

2418-518: The Aqua Project, is an invasion to another world. Alongside former Aqua Project worker Elea Saeki, the two were on the run from DEUS agents, until he was mortally injured during an attack. Ultraseven, who traveled into the alternate world, bonded with Jin at the expense of his memories and Seven's consciousness. Elea witnessed the event, but was alerted that should the giant regain consciousness, Jin may lose his life. After being rendered amnesiac, DEUS and

2511-614: The Eye Slugger that can be controlled freely in mid-air. His human form on Earth is Dan Moroboshi of the Ultra Guard from the Terrestrial Defense Forces (TDF). He is a member of the Ultra Brothers and the father of Ultraman Zero ." Dan himself transformed through the use of the Ultra Eye ( ウルトラアイ , Urutora Ai ) , a pair of goggles -like object which allow him to switch between his human state and Ultraseven. By drawing

2604-560: The Ghose's invasion monster Pandon, and it again took the Ultra Guard's help for Seven to muster up the strength to kill the monster. During this event, his identity was revealed by member Annie to the rest of the Ultra Guard members as they watched him fight Pandon. Seven managed to defeat Pandon by severing its two heads and right arm with his Eye Slugger, only for the Ghose to repair Pandon's damage and send it into battle again. With his energy almost completely depleted, Seven fought against Pandon in

2697-535: The Land of Light due to injuries he had sustained over the time he spent battling on Earth. The superior warned that if Moroboshi underwent several more transformations, the strain would cause him to run out of energy and die. Caught between his people on the Land of Light and the humans he sought to protect, Seven chose to disregard the order to return home after the Alien Ghose commenced their own invasion of Earth. His injuries greatly affected his fighting prowess against

2790-472: The TDF members had signed peace treaty contracts with multiple alien races, some of them began to attack the Earth, prompting Masaki to borrow Seven's power. Seven also faced King Joe II, Alien Pedan's former invasion robot, which the TDF tried to reprogram until its original programming activated and it went rogue. The sixth and final movie of this arc had Masaki's identity as, and relationship to, Seven being exposed to

2883-450: The Ultra Eye to his eyes, Seven's face develops first, before his entire Protector materializes on his body and forms the entire figure of Ultraseven. Similar to Ultraman's Beta Capsule, Dan stored his Ultra Eye within the breast pocket of his Ultra Guard uniform. This device often had the tendency to be lost, stolen or removed from him during the series' course, prompting Dan to use his Capsule Monsters as placeholders before he would recover

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2976-603: The Ultra Eye. In episode 1 of Ultraman Leo , the Ultra Eye was broken from the ensuing battle against Alien Magma and the Giras Brothers. This rendered Dan fully untransformable and was forced to rely on the Ultra Physic to assist Leo in his battles. The Ultra Eye was later claimed by Ultraman Jack and brought to the Land of Light when the Mother of Ultra rescued Dan from Silver Bloome's attack, healing his injuries and presenting him

3069-433: The Ultra Guard as the sixth member and later dubbed his alter-ego as the Ultra Guard's honorary "seventh member". Ultraseven has also been referred to as Seven ( セブン , Sebun ) for short by both the Ultra Guard and the Space Garrison. In Ultraseven X , his redesigned form is called Ultraseven X by fans and the official website, while in-series he was referred to as "The Red Giant" ( 赤色巨人 , Sekishiyoku Kyojin ) by

3162-460: The Ultra Guard in foiling multiple extraterrestrial threats and used either his Capsule Monsters or his true form as Ultraseven when the situation called for it. During that time, Dan sometimes conflicted with the consequences of his actions as shown when humans used the planet Gyeron as a testing ground or for Captain Kaoru Kiriyama to hastily commencing a total genocide on the Nonmalt. He also had

3255-488: The Ultra Guard) sometimes mistook Masaki for Dan in disguise as the boy. During The Final Chapters arc (1999), after Masaki nearly dies after allowing himself to be almost killed, due to Alien Valkyrie in his body, Seven fused with him in a similar manner to the merge between Ultraman and Shin Hayata. Although Masaki is in control of his body, Seven/Dan would use him as a medium of communication at certain occasions. Although

3348-459: The Ultra Series continue to follow the trend of focusing on an Ultraman (or Ultra Warrior) with each new entry. Alongside Ultraman, Ultraseven himself enjoyed a long series of popularity and has continued to appear in various works from the Ultra Series. His notable appearances outside his original series were in Ultraman Leo , where he served as the mentor of the titular hero and was revealed to be

3441-675: The Ultra Warriors demonstrated this, Seven is the first to demonstrate the ability to change sizes from giant to human size, even to microscopic size, which was used against Darii when it possessed a human from within. In terms of energy beams, Ultraseven's signature ability is the Emerium Ray ( エメリウム光線 , Emeriumu Kōsen ) , a beam fired from his Beam Lamp. This attack can be performed in either two positions: Type A, which had his fingers cross over his forehead and Type B, with his left arm placed in front of his shoulder. This attack can be used in

3534-501: The Ultraseven persona when the time called for it. In the sixth and final chapter, Kazamori is detained by the TDF after being exposed for his connections to Seven. Fortunately, his comrades in the Ultra Guard help him escape as Dan briefly separated from him and discovered that the Nonmalt tried to commence a war on humanity after exposing their race for being the true invaders. After the battle, Dan/Seven separated from Kazamori and returned

3627-497: The alien. In the end, Kazamori retained his connection to Seven and left for parts unknown. Kohji Moritsugu returned to provide Seven's grunt in this series, but starting from EVOLUTION onward, it was provided by Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Kazamori's voice actor. After aliens from an alternate universe attempted to invade the Nebula M78 universe, Ultraseven dashed in and bonded with Jin, an amnesiac DEUS agent. Elea, Jin's comrade witnessed

3720-498: The aliens, monsters, and vehicles. Narita's design for Ultraseven was inspired by Mayan culture and originally chose silver and blue for the colors, but changed them to silver and red to avoid problems with the blue-screen matte process. Principal photography on the special effects began in May 1967 and casting began in June 1967. Many of the actors hired were chosen from Toho 's acting pool, since

3813-674: The battle (an action that is against the rules of the Space Garrison) by trespassing on the TDF base to retrieve the Omega Files and stop Zabangi. With Masaki fully healed, he returned to Nebula M78. Years later in EVOLUTION , Seven was imprisoned in the Horsehead Nebula for his interference in the war of civilizations, but the Dragonic Saucer (through Satomi's sacrifice) freed him when Alien Garut tried to invade Earth by tampering with

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3906-420: The boy after healing him from his previous injuries, while he returned to his homeworld to face the punishments for interfering in a civil war. In EVOLUTION , Kazamori and Satomi retired from their service in the Ultra Guard and went on with their separate lives. Kazamori becomes a wanderer later on, but was forced into the battle again later on and reunited with Seven. Although helping the Ultra Guards again, he

3999-713: The broken Ultra Eye and return it to the Land of Light to be fixed. Jack also assisted Leo in fighting against Ashuran, an alien that followed him to Earth. Dan's final appearance was in episode 40, which was also the episode that debuted the Flying Saucer Life Forms led by Commander Black. Silver Bloome, the first Flying Saucer Life Form, destroyed MAC headquarters in order to remove all means of resistance against Commander Black's invasion, simultaneously killing all MAC members, even those who tried to escape. Seeing MAC at its end and having taught Gen all he could, Dan parted ways with Gen and vanished, leaving Gen to escape from

4092-651: The characters. This was meant to have his identity remain hidden until the series' finale. Although his name is officially Ultraseven, certain fans and other foreign media mistake his name as Ultraman Seven ( ウルトラマンセブン , Urutoraman Sebun ) , due to how generic the "Ultraman" title is in the Ultra Series. This mistake is acknowledged in Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster Hero Battle Royal! , during which Kenta Watarai transformed into Seven and called himself this before being corrected by Tomoya/Ultraman. Originally

4185-436: The civilians. During the series' climax, it was revealed that DEUS and the entire population is controlled by a larger group of alien rulers who successfully invaded their planet, having subdued humanity to the state of Utopia, and used DEUS (by extension, Jin's connection to Ultraseven) as enforcers to their rule. As Jin, Elea and agents K and S were labelled traitors for discovering the dark truth, Jin used Ultraseven's power for

4278-432: The destroyed base as Leo. In the final episode, a fully healed Seven contacted Gen in his dream and offered him a place in the Land of Light following the conclusion of his fight with Black End, the final Flying Saucer Life Form he faced. Although Kohji Moritsugu did reprise his role, in episode 51, Seven was voiced by Kenji Nakagawa ( 中川 謙二 , Nakagawa Kenji ) . How Dan/Seven escaped the destruction of MAC Headquarters

4371-431: The episodes for violence, language and commercial time and featured new music cues. Unsatisfied with Cinar's resultant work, Turner put the series into their vaults until 1994, when they were alerted that the episodes were never broadcast. Ultraseven was dusted off for the "Toons 'Til Noon" and " MonsterVision " blocks on TNT . The "Toons 'Til Noon" broadcasts received substantially heavy editing to make them suitable for

4464-401: The event as the giant of light offered his help by combining with a nearly died Jin to save his life, at the expense of Seven's consciousness and Jin's past memories. He also warned that should he regain his consciousness, this may endanger Jin's life as well. As Agent J of DEUS, Jin uses Ultraseven's power to stop alien threats that are bent on either conquering the planet or simply endangering

4557-471: The father of Ultraman Zero in the 2009 film Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy . Unlike Ultraman, Seven's popularity gave him the chance to star in other successive shows which were meant to be sequels of his own series such as Heisei Ultraseven and Ultraseven X . Ultraseven also has a lot of popular trademarks that are still memorable: his Eye Slugger, Beam Lamp and Capsule Monsters. Ultraseven's grunts and voice were provided by Kohji Moritsugu during

4650-403: The first line of defense against alien invaders. Kinjo felt that the idea was lacking an essential element and suggested adding a superhero. The treatment underwent massive revisions after TBS felt the idea was too similar to The Great Space War and the new version included giant monsters while retaining the original Earth Defense Force element at TBS' request. TBS eventually suggested to make

4743-437: The fixed Ultra Eye for him to become Seven once more. In Heisei Ultraseven , the transformation scene also features Kazamori in place of Dan after the latter possesses the youth. In Ultraseven X , the Ultra Eye also received a drastic change in response of Ultraseven's redesign for the show. Like Ultraman, Seven's fighting skills revolves around the use of brute strength and only uses beam attacks when needed. Although most of

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4836-423: The galaxy. Ultraseven appeared in later works of the Ultra Series played by various voice and suit actors. Although Kohji Moritsugu did reprise his role as Dan and Seven, there are other occasions where he was voiced by other voice actors. Dan Moroboshi returned in this 1974 series as the captain of MAC ( M onster A ttacking C rew) and a supporting protagonist to the series. Originally, Dan fought as Seven when

4929-413: The honorary "seventh" member of the team. Following this, Dan and the Ultra Guard would fight against alien invaders and foil their plans either as himself or Ultraseven, though he would rely upon his Capsule Monsters in certain occasions where he found himself unable to transform. In certain episodes, Seven would find himself in a moral dilemma concerning an alien race, such as in episode 6, which involves

5022-509: The humans he was supposed to protect and provided him with a training course, which allowed Leo to defeat the Gillas Brothers, though Alien Magma was able to escape. Gen was enlisted into MAC and received further training from Dan whenever he found himself unable to defeat the monster-of-the-week. During Gen's fight as Leo, Dan still supported him using the Ultra Physic ability, a power from Seven. His twisted right leg injury from Black Gillas

5115-503: The injuries from fighting Alien Magma and his Giras monsters. As a MAC officer, Dan's main weapon is a rifle-smokescreen hidden within his Lofstrand crutch. His final appearance is in episode 40, as the Mother of Ultra teleported him back to the Land of Light before he was killed by Silver Bloome. Dan Moroboshi is portrayed by Kohji Moritsugu ( 森次 晃嗣 , Moritsugu Kōji ) , who is also Ultraseven's voice actor and Jiro Satsuma's actor. Masaki Kazamori ( カザモリ・マサキ , Kazamori Masaki )

5208-426: The last time to fight against three Mecha Grakyess, but once nearly defeated, Seven's true consciousness resurfaced and easily eliminated his opponents. He soon dashed in and destroyed the alien rulers' hive before rescuing agents K and S. After the event, Seven separated from Jin and headed back to his homeworld as he re-assumed the form of Dan Moroboshi, reuniting with Anne. Ultraseven reappeared in this film, playing

5301-413: The materials (film elements, videotapes, audio masters) to Tsuburaya Productions. Bandai Visual released the series on Blu-ray in Japan as two separate sets with the first released on November 21, 2014 and the second on January 28, 2015. In September 2020, NHK aired 4K remasters of the series, converted from 16 mm film with HDR . In April 2023, Tsuburaya announced that Pony Canyon would release

5394-452: The mid-1970s. Finding this English version to be lacking, Turner commissioned the Canadian children's programming production house, Cinar , to dub all 49 episodes for run in syndication. The TPS/Cinar produced episodes featured new opening and closing credits, eyecatches, new episode names, and even a change of name for the character of Anne Yuri, who was dubbed as "Donna Michibata". Cinar edited

5487-453: The middle of the battle, Belial brainwashed Rei into being his servant, and by extension had Gomora attack the Ultra Brothers. Ultraseven received the most critical hit and was mortally wounded. Although the arrival of Ultraman Dyna and ZAP Spacy managed to get Rei back to his senses, an exhausted Seven made a final attempt by throwing his Eye Slugger as a distress call before collapsing to his injuries. The Eye Slugger arrived when Zero's training

5580-562: The new Ultraman gloves, boots, and pinstripes around the red areas. The new character was referred to as "New Ultraman" by fans and the name was used by Tsuburaya Productions for later appearances. The character was rebranded as "Ultraman Jack" in 1984 after Tsuburaya Productions held a contest for children to submit suggestions. A manga series by Akira Mizuho ran in Bessatsu Shōnen Sunday from May to December 1971. In November 2015, Tsuburaya Productions and Bandai Visual released

5673-475: The original Ultraman did with Shin Hayata), much to everyone's astonishment. MAT then asks Hideki to join the team, which he does, especially since in this frightening new "Age of Monsters", Earth will need a savior. In times of crisis, Hideki will raise his right arm and, by force of will, transform into Ultraman to fight monsters. In addition, the original Ultraman and Ultraseven are watching New Ultraman's battles from

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5766-539: The original series and were brought up in magazines and official websites. There are also certain succeeding series that deviate from his original statistics: As the official website of Tsuburaya Productions stated: "[Ultraseven] Visited the Earth from his homeworld Nebula M78, the Land of Light, after its beauty captivated him and fought the threats of invaders after witnessing the Earthlings' bravery and kindness. His main techniques are Emerium Ray, Wide Shot and his weapon,

5859-527: The previous year. Ultraseven , amongst other titles, will stream in the United States and Canada through Shout! Factory TV and Tokushoutsu. Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri said that the Poké Ball concept was inspired by Ultraseven's Capsule Monsters. Ultraseven (character) Ultraseven ( ウルトラセブン , Urutorasebun ) is a fictional superhero and is the second tokusatsu hero launched by

5952-459: The public and faced with another crisis, which involves the Nonmalt (a race of subterraneans that claimed to be the true residents of Earth) trying to reclaim Earth once more by exposing the atrocities made by the TDF (which involves killing their undersea civilization) in the past via the Omega Files. Although the Nonmalt manage to prove their claims and the fact that a civil war on Earth is about to start, Masaki/Seven had no choice but to interfere in

6045-530: The race's genocide, Seven still felt guilty for the decision that he had made. His biggest defeat in the series was in episode 39, during which the Alien Guts had Seven captured and crucified, wanting to take over the Earth once its protector was defeated. Eventually, it took the efforts of Ultra Guard for Seven to be freed and finally put an end to the alien's schemes in the next episode. In the two-part final episode, Seven's superior arrived and told him to return to

6138-417: The second era of Earth invasions began, as he went against Alien Magma and his Gillas Monsters, Red and Black Gillas. However the two monsters were enough to defeat Seven, with his leg twisted and his Ultra Eye broken, Alien Magma was about to execute Seven, until the timely arrival of Ultraman Leo. Ultraman Leo was a prince from Nebula L-77 and, like Seven, he is also an Ultra-being, living on Earth disguised as

6231-429: The series a direct sequel to Ultraman and have it focused on Hayata and Fuji's son, who would be able to call upon Earth monsters for help and only transform into Ultraman in times of desperation. Tetsuo Kinjo began working on an outline, combining elements of TBS' best ideas and his own, such as elements from his rejected proposal WoO , which featured an alien unwittingly becoming a savior of mankind. Kinjo's outline

6324-414: The series on Blu-ray and digital on December 10, 2019 in standard and steelbook editions. In July 2020, Shout! Factory announced to have struck a multi-year deal with Alliance Entertainment and Mill Creek Entertainment, with the blessings of Tsuburaya and Indigo, that granted them the exclusive SVOD and AVOD digital rights to the Ultra series and films (1,100 episodes and 20 films) acquired by Mill Creek

6417-415: The series on Blu-ray in Japan. In July 2019, Mill Creek Entertainment announced that it had acquired most of the Ultraman library from Tsuburaya Productions through Indigo Entertainment, including 1,100 TV episodes and 20 films. Mill Creek released the series on Blu-ray and digital in North America on February 25, 2020, in standard and steelbook sets. In July 2020, Shout! Factory announced to have struck

6510-451: The series, which was going to be called Ultra Eye ( Urutora Ai ), hence the "Eye Slugger". His final known technique is the Ultra Physic ( ウルトラ念力 , Urutora Nenriki ) , which involves the use of ESP . Seven retained this attack as Dan Moroboshi, which proved to be useful when he was rendered as a human in Ultraman Leo . Dan Moroboshi ( モロボシ ダン(諸星 弾) , Moroboshi Dan ) is the human form of Ultraseven when on Earth. This form

6603-418: The series, who was also Dan Moroboshi's (his human form) actor. His suit actor was Kōji Uenishi in all episodes except in episodes 14 and 15, where he was temporarily replaced by Eiichi Kikuchi. Ultraseven's design was made by Tohl Narita , who also did the design for Ultraman, while using the aspect of western armor under the conception of a warrior. Ultraseven's original color was meant to be blue, but due to

6696-557: The shadow rulers manipulated him to join the other agents and fought against alien threats. At certain times, Jin would use the Ultra Eye and transform into Ultraseven X (called by many as "the Red Giant") when needed, successfully eliminating his opponents in a matter of seconds. Return of Ultraman Return of Ultraman ( 帰ってきたウルトラマン , Kaettekita Urutoraman ) is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions . The fourth entry in

6789-517: The show to be a direct sequel to the 1966 series, with Hayata and passing the Beta Capsule over to a new human host. The idea was submitted to Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) in April 1969. However, TBS and its sponsors requested that the new series be centered on a brand new Ultraman, separate from the 1966 character, for marketing and merchandise purposes. After Tsuburaya's death, his eldest son Hajime

6882-406: The sidelines, and offer their help when he is in peril. Humans : Voice performers : Eiji Tsuburaya had intended Ultraseven to be the conclusion to the Ultra series. However, due to increased merchandise sales from the first three shows and demand by fans for a new show, Tsuburaya decided to develop the fourth Ultra series. Tsuburaya conceived the show's title and the idea was for

6975-413: The studio was one of the financial investors for Tsuburaya Productions. Yoji Hashimoto and Toshimichi Miwa were put in charge of duties with TBS for the show, while Eiji Tsuburaya served as the chief producer and supervisor for the show and Masami Sueyasu reprised his role as a hands-on producer for Tsuburaya Productions. Four episodes were completed before copyright was approved for the show's title, which

7068-448: The success of space-themed science fiction shows such as Ultraman , Captain Ultra , and the Japanese broadcast of Lost in Space , Tokyo Broadcasting System pursued Tsuburaya Productions to produce another sci-fi series. This led Eiji Tsuburaya to assemble Hajime Tsuburaya , Akio Jissoji , Tetsuo Kinjo, Masami Sueyasu, and Shoji Otomo to brainstorm ideas. Eiji Tsuburaya proposed

7161-479: The time slot, while the "MonsterVision" broadcasts were the full-length Cinar adaptations. Episodes 3 and 5-7 were missing or mislabeled and were never broadcast. Clips from the series were later used in the "Messages from Space" and "Vacation Spots Around the Universe" segments on the animated variety show Cartoon Planet , which aired on TBS and Cartoon Network . When the contract expired in 2001, Turner returned all

7254-499: The wish of toy developers, the color was changed to red. In contrast to a tall body archetype which was previously based on Bin Furuya , Ultraseven's body suit was designed to be able fit an average-sized human, like his suit actor Koji Uenishi. A second plan for the series was to rename it Ultra Eye ( ウルトラアイ , Urutora Ai ) and focus on a hero named Redman ( レッドマン , Reddoman ) , an Alien R/human hybrid who disguises himself as

7347-528: Was among the Ultras who attempted to stop the fallen Ultra Warrior from stealing the Plasma Spark. Seven and Ultraman managed to save themselves from being frozen as they and Mebius recruited Rei and together raced towards the Monster Graveyard to fight against Belial's army. Although Mebius reminded Seven that they could recruit Zero to their side, he refused, as Zero's training is still in progress. However, in

7440-564: Was banned due to Alien Spell (which had keloid scars) being labeled as "Hibaku Seijin" (A-Bomb Survivor Alien) which was lifted from the term "hibakusha", referring to the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . The issue was featured on an article of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which sparked public outrage and forced Tsuburaya Productions to change the name to "Kyuketsu Seijin" (Vampire Alien). Despite this, Tsuburaya Productions still received negative public opinion and as

7533-426: Was based on Jiro Satsuma ( 薩摩 次郎 , Satsuma Jirō ) , a mountain climber that Seven rescued. His bravery inspires Seven to use him as a basis of his human form and he names himself Dan to avoid confusion. Dan stopped in Japan and was involved as a volunteer assisting the Ultra Guard against Alien Cool's invasion scheme. His attribution allowed him to be recruited into the Ultra Guard. From that day on, Dan assisted

7626-527: Was changed to Ultraseven . The show was filmed silent, a common practice for Japanese shows at the time, and post-production, including editing and voice dubbing, began in September 1967. Toru Fuyuki was hired to compose the soundtrack, gearing towards a more classical direction as opposed to the jazz-inspired direction Kunio Miyauchi took for the Ultraman soundtrack. Ultraseven aired on October 1, 1967 and earned

7719-493: Was completed and had his relation to Ultraseven undisclosed. This reveal prompted him to race towards the Monster Graveyard, but he was too late, as his father died in his arms before he helped the resistance win against Belial's army. After the battle, the Plasma Spark was returned to its position and unfroze the Land of Light and its residents. While Zero was grieving for his father's death, Seven returned and reunited with him. Some of Ultraseven's statistics below were mentioned in

7812-508: Was designed by Yasushi Torisawa. Torisawa described his own version as "Ultraseven with Ultraman's strength" or "the strongest Ultraseven". The reason for this redesigning was never revealed, however. Prior to his arrival on Earth, Seven was Space Garrison star charter called Stationary Post Observer 340 ( 恒点観測員340号 , Kōten Kansokuin Sanbyakū-yonjū-gō ) . He received the titular name "Ultraseven" by his human form Dan, who enlisted into

7905-417: Was finally at peace, another string of invasions suddenly arrived, starting with the return of Alien Pitt, who wanted to destroy the comatose Seven before he reawakened. However, their efforts were in vain, and Seven thwarted their invasion plan by killing their monster Eleking III and their spaceship, at the same time rescuing Anne's son, Dan. Seven also fought against Alien Metron and his monster Dinosaur. In

7998-427: Was gravely injured when he allowed himself to be killed by Dan after Alien Valkyrie attempted to possess him. Seven soon fused with him in a similar manner to Ultraman with Shin Hayata. Although Kazamori is in control of his actions, Seven would use him as a medium when he tried to communicate. During this, Kazamori worked in a similar manner to Dan during his time in the Ultra Guard, defending Earth as himself while using

8091-410: Was inherited to his human form, which prompted him to use a Lofstrand crutch with a hidden smokescreen and rifle. In episode 29, he faced a dilemma when he comes across a woman with resemblance to Annie (Dan's former love interest), who is in fact Uringa's caretaker. In episode 34, he received a fourth capsule monster, the robot Sevenger, from Hideki Go/Ultraman Jack who had travelled to Earth to receive

8184-404: Was later labelled as a traitor for defending a Plant Life Form, which claimed to be the Earth's successor until Alien Garut's fabrications were exposed. Seven faced the alien and his monster vanguard Gaimos, and received an encouragement from Satomi's spirit to arise once again and eliminate the alien. In the end, Kazamori retained his connection to Seven and left for parts unknown. Masaki Kazamori

8277-487: Was meant to be Tetsutarō Kawakami ( 川上 鉄太郎 , Kawakami Tetsutarō ) , the MAC captain who was the only person to recognize Gen Ohtori's identity as Ultraman Leo, and would train him in his fight against monsters. However, Kohji himself hesitated to take the role, knowing that many viewers would mistake the character for Dan, and in the end Tetsutaro was changed to Dan Moroboshi, who returned to Earth. In Ultraseven X , Ultraseven

8370-411: Was named president of Tsuburaya Productions and assembled a team to revise Return of Ultraman . The first three shows were rebroadcast to temporarily appease fan demands. Shozo Uehara and TBS producer Yoji Hashimoto conceived the final concept of the series. Revisions were made to the new Ultraman's design, after feedback from licensees, to avoid similarities with the 1966 Ultraman. This included giving

8463-474: Was not properly explained until years later in a Ultraman Mebius novel, it was revealed that he was teleported away by the Mother of Ultra. She healed his injuries from the Gillas Brothers' attack and presented Dan with the finally fixed Ultra Eye that allowed him to transform back into Seven once more. He was later promoted to his current rank Lead Instructor ( 筆頭教官 , Hittō Kyōkan ) of the Space Garrison. This series of direct-to-video films that features

8556-411: Was preceded by Tsuburaya's first Kyodai Hero genre series, Ultraman . While both series shared the same genre with very similar heroes, there was originally no relation between the two. It was not until the third TV series The Return of Ultraman was created four years later that both Ultraman and Ultraseven came together into the same story. This event cemented Tsuburaya Productions' decision to have

8649-471: Was titled Ultra Eye and featured Dan Moroboshi being the son of a human and an alien, with Dan coming to Earth in search of his mother. This version also featured Capsule Monsters that Dan would have used when he could not transform. Originally, monsters from Ultra Q and Ultraman were going to be used as the Capsule Monsters in order to cut down production costs. Tohru Narita was assigned to design

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