Ultraseven Ultraman Series, created by Tsuburaya Productions. Contrasting Ultraman before it with its various monsters, Ultraseven expands much more on the concepts of alien invasions and militarism. Ultraseven was originally conceived to be a separate entry to Ultraman until Return of Ultraman later retconned the two continuities into one.
is the third entry of theThe series can be watched on Shout TV, Pluto TV, Tubi, and Prime Video.
Synopsis
In the not-too-distant future, the Earth finds itself constantly under attack from extraterrestrial threats. To combat them, the Terrestrial Defense Force establishes the Ultra Guard, 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 M78, Ultraseven.
Characters
Protagonist
TDF
UG
Ultras
Kaiju
- Capsule Kaiju
- Alien Cool
- Alien Waiell
- Alien Pitt
- Eleking
- Alien Godola
- Alien Villa
- Alien Pegassa
- Alien Quraso
- Alien Metron
- Alien Chibull
- Zero One
- Alien Icarus
- Alien Wild
- Nurse
- Alien Spell
- Alien Iyros
- Amagi and Furuhashi duplicates
- King Joe
- Alien Pedan
- Annon
- U-Tom
- Alien Bell
- Gumonga
- Space Suflan
- Blood-Sucking Acari
- Alien Bado
- Alien Shaplay
- Giradorus
- Iron Rocks
- Alien Mimy (Voice only)
- Alien Braco
- Gabura
- Alien Shadow
- Alien Cannan
- Gandar
- Alien Poll
- Star Bem Gyeron
- Alien Borg
- Dinosaur Tank
- Alien Kill
- Alien Prote
- Alien Platic
- Dallie
- Rigger
- Shadowman
- Alien Uley
- Dancan
- Petero
- Alien Zamppa
- Alien Pega
- Alien Magellan "Maya"
- Alien Banda (Mentioned, but only their ship appears)
- Crazygon
- Alien Guts
- Aron
- Tepeto
- Alien Tepeto
- Guyros
- Nonmalt
- Robot Chief
- People of the Fourth Planet
- Alien Goron
- Gorry
- Alien Perolynga
- Imit-Ultraseven
- Alien Salome
- Alien Hook
- Alien Ghose
- Pandon
- Reconstructed Pandon
Cast
- Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven (Voice) Kohji Moritsugu :
- Anne Yuri Yuriko Hishimi :
- Shigeru Furuhashi Sandayu Dokumamushi :
- Kaoru Kiriyama Shoji Nakayama :
- Soga Shinsuke Achiha :
- Amagi Bin Furuya :
- Yamonaka Susumu Fujita :
- Takenaka Kenji Sahara :
- Manabe Yoichi Miyagawa :
- Narrator Hikaru Urano :
English Dub
- Vlasta Vrana as Narrator
- Roby Roy as Dan Moroboshe
- Dean Hagopian as Furuhashi
- Marc Denis as Soga
- Tim Webber as Takenaka
- Jane Woods as Donna
- Jean Fontaine as Kiriyama
- Arthur Grosser as Manabe
Suit Actors
- Ultraseven Koji Uenishi :
Music
- Opening Theme
- Ultraseven no Uta
- Lyrics: Kyōichi Azuma
- Composition & Arrangement: Toru Fuyuki
- Artist: The Echoes & Misuzu Children's Choral Group
TNT Episodes
In 1985, Turner Program Services commissioned Cinar to dub all 49 episodes for run in syndication.[1]The Cinar-produced episodes featured new opening and closing credits, new eyecatches, and even new episode names. After failing to sell the series to national and local stations, Turner put the tapes back into their vaults until 1994, when Ultraseven was selected for broadcast on the Toons 'Till Noon and MonsterVision blocks on TNT. The Toons 'Till Noon broadcasts received substantially heavy editing to make them suitable for the time slot, while the MonsterVision broadcasts were left completely uncut. Episodes 5-7 were missing but, instead of paying Cinar for the missing episodes, they aired all the tapes they had already. When the contract expired between Tsuburaya, Cinar, and Turner, all materials (film, tapes, audio masters, etc.) reverted back to, and were collected by, Tsuburaya.
Cinar Titles
- Enter Dan Moroboshi
- Shrubs from Space
- Currently unknown
- Double Trouble at Sea
- Currently unknown
- Currently unknown
- Currently unknown
- Smokers on the Rampage
- Toys in Crisis
- The Man Next Door
- Captured in Living Color
- Crystallized Corpuscles
- Space Ace Reunion
- Planets in Conflict (Part 1)
- Planets in Conflict (Part 2)
- The Eyes Have Had It
- Cave-In
- The Bells Are Ringing
- Wayne, Lord of the Universe
- The Quakemaker
- The Nissans Return Engagement
- The Chromosome Eaters
- The Fugitive Fortune Teller
- Mother Knows Best
- Ultra-7 Exposed
- The 8,000 Megaton Mistake
- Temporary Traitor
- Death on Wheels
- The Apprentice Alien
- Trial by War
- Blood-Thirst
- Island in the Sky
- The Dead Invaders
- Urban Removal
- Moon-Stuck
- Sharpshooter Showdown
- The Devil's Angel
- The Brave One
- Ultra-7 Tastes Defeat
- Ultra-7 Execution at Dawn
- Killer Lake
- The Boy on the Beach
- Tyranny by Design
- The Stargazer
- Simian Says Surrender
- Dan and the Ultra-7 Challenge
- Home, Sweet... Homes???
- Exit Ultra-7 Part 1
- Exit Ultra-7 Part 2
Direct Sequels and Related Media
Movie
A movie adaptation of episode 18 was published July 21, 1968, in the Toei Manga parade.
Heisei Ultraseven
- Main article: Heisei Ultraseven
Twenty-seven years after the end of the original Ultraseven series, Tsuburaya made two TV specials that continued after the original story left off, having Seven come back to Earth, then two years later, a slue of direct-to-video sequels. Each of the new episodes took place in a continuity where Ultraseven was the only Ultra Warrior that ever came to Earth.
Ultraseven X
- Main article: Ultraseven X
Ultraseven travels to another world to fight off invaders who plan to cross over using a portal and silently take over the world. Ultraseven bonds with a man named Jin, an amnesiac who has a past linked to the events that are secretly conspiring.
Ultraseven IF Story “The Future 55 Years Ago”
- Main article: Ultraseven IF Story “The Future 55 Years Ago”
This work is a short film specially produced to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the original Ultraseven series. It is based on a scenario from the 1967 television series that "may have existed," presenting an "IF Story" and depicting the development of events.
Home Media
In 2012, Shout! Factory obtained a license to subtitle Ultraseven in English, and released it for sale on their website as a physical boxed CD set, which is only available for shipping within the U.S. and Canada. Episode 12, however, was not included, so the total number of episodes in this release was 48. On December 11, 2012, Shout! Factory made the set available through regular retailers. This time, the case was a standard DVD keep case.
Ultraseven Blu-ray Box I features episodes 1-25 (except for episode 12), and Blu-ray Box II features episodes 26-49.
Mill Creek is also set to release the complete Ultraseven series on December 10, 2019, as both SteelBook and standard Blu-ray releases.
Gallery
Trivia
- This series was originally going to be named Ultra Eye.
- Ultraseven has two banned episodes: "From Another Planet with Love" (banned because Alien Spell resembled survivors of the atomic bombings of Japan in World War II), and "Super Weapon R-1" (banned in 2011 because of the episode relating to the recent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster).
- Due in part to its ban, the 12th episode is not on the Region 1 DVD release by Shout! Factory. However, the recently banned 26th episode was released and can be seen on this set.
- Ultraseven was originally intended to be the last entry into the Ultraman Series. Its immense popularity proved otherwise.
- Sequels for both Ultraman, titled Ultraman Continues, and Ultraseven, titled Fight! Ultraseven, were proposed, but Tsuburaya Productions would not produce another Ultraman Series TV show until 1971 with Return of Ultraman.
- A few soundtracks from this TV series would be used again later in Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Leo, and Ultraman 80.
- Clips of Ultraseven were shown on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, with the host trying to get guest Joel Hodgson to help "MST" them.
- The Ultraseven on the cover sleeve of Shout! Factory's DVD box set Ultraseven: The Complete Series is the Ultraseven suit made by Chaiyo.
- The titular hero of the TV series is sometimes incorrectly named "Ultraman Seven" by many sources outside Japan (or, in the case of KHON/Honolulu, Hawaii, Ultra-7, as listed in TV Guide when it ran in 1975). Both the TV series and its hero can also be named Ultra Seven (with a space).
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