ULTRA-THREAD

[Hellspawn28]

Anyone seen Ultraman Returns (1983)? It was Hideaki Anno's debut work long before he did NGE, and it was pretty much a comdey. You can view it here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 734831521#

[Tyler]

Just got done watching all 39 episodes of the original Ultraman series. I really, really dug it. I wish I got into this stuff sooner. I mean really, I wish I grew up watching this show on Saturday mornings as a kid. It would have given me some freaky monster high or something.

The episodes directed by Akio Jissoji really stood out. They had a lot of style. "My Home is Earth" was my favourite episode of the entire show. Very sad and tragic. It's very true to that Honda quite everybody hates now so I won't bring it up. However, my favourite monster/aliens were Baltan, Zarab, Mephilas and Zetton. I loved those crazy space guys.

And is it just me or is Hiroko Sakurai really pretty? Anyway, I might check out Iron King and Super Robot Red Baron after this.

Shuwatch!

[Lionblaze]

Just got done watching all 39 episodes of the original Ultraman series. I really, really dug it. I wish I got into this stuff sooner. I mean really, I wish I grew up watching this show on Saturday mornings as a kid. It would have given me some freaky monster high or something.

The episodes directed by Akio Jissoji really stood out. They had a lot of style. "My Home is Earth" was my favourite episode of the entire show. Very sad and tragic. It's very true to that Honda quite everybody hates now so I won't bring it up. However, my favourite monster/aliens were Baltan, Zarab, Mephilas and Zetton. I loved those crazy space guys.

And is it just me or is Hiroko Sakurai really pretty? Anyway, I might check out Iron King and Super Robot Red Baron after this.

Shuwatch!

Mephilas had so much character it was hard not to like him.

But yes I love the original Ultraman series, its a classic.

[TokyoVigilante]

Just got done watching all 39 episodes of the original Ultraman series. I really, really dug it. I wish I got into this stuff sooner. I mean really, I wish I grew up watching this show on Saturday mornings as a kid. It would have given me some freaky monster high or something.

Isn't it great? And they all stand-out pretty well too.

The episodes directed by Akio Jissoji really stood out. They had a lot of style. "My Home is Earth" was my favourite episode of the entire show. Very sad and tragic. It's very true to that Honda quite everybody hates now so I won't bring it up. However, my favourite monster/aliens were Baltan, Zarab, Mephilas and Zetton. I loved those crazy space guys.

That one was fantastic. I'd say that one, or "5 Seconds Before the Explosion" were my favorites. Just a crazy monster brawl on an icy mountain and Ultraman skreeonk massacre's Red King.

I'm not all that big on Mephilas. he's just sorta' chunky and covered in weird patterns. I'd have to say Baltan, Red King, The Mummy, Jiras, and the Monster Chief were my favorites.

And is it just me or is Hiroko Sakurai really pretty? Anyway, I might check out Iron King and Super Robot Red Baron after this.

Red Baron is a bit cheaper, but I think it has a lot more energy and sass then Ultraman. And it's a lot more rediculous.

[Lamango]

I wish the US got Tsuburaya's approval and brought over sub and dubbed UltraSeven all the way up to Galaxy now. Would be most welcomed by the kaiju fans.

[DaiKamonohashi]

I wish the US got Tsuburaya's approval and brought over sub and dubbed UltraSeven all the way up to Galaxy now. Would be most welcomed by the kaiju fans.

TPC would love to approve something like that but they have their hands tied with the Chaiyo case. Additionally, no one in the U.S. is really interested in the series outside of the original series and that got screwed over by the BCI and Mill Creek releases.

[ZigraDude]

I wish the US got Tsuburaya's approval and brought over sub and dubbed UltraSeven all the way up to Galaxy now. Would be most welcomed by the kaiju fans.

Ultra Seven was released here in the states. Twice. It was shown in Hawaii in the late 70's with dubbing done by University students (Which I've heard is terrible and most of the episodes are now lost). It was later given a wider release on TNT in the late 80's and 90's with new dubbing. Unfortunately, not every episode was aired (This includes the Eleking episode, but only a few weren't aired) and scenes with Ultra Seven killing his opponents with the Eye Slugger and other violent sequences were cut. And remember, Ultraman Tiga was released by 4Kids in 2002, but only half the episodes were aired. The dubbing was pretty bad, though I've only seen snippets of it.

[Lamango]

And the English dubbing of Cosmos... Oh man, they gave everyone a Engrish Accent that'd make Jackie Chan go 'Leally?"

[Stuckey]

Big fan of Ultraman, starting to get back into watching it.
And...I watched a subbed episode 33 of Ultraman Max today...and you know Dark Baltan? Yeah...the subs were calling him Parasutann man.
Why??? Doesn't even sound like it. Anybody got any knowledge or ideas on why they would do that?

[alienhulk2099]

The two Baltan eps of Max are the only ones I really didn't get; the gravity control part was fine, but then they used

SPOILERS!
a mystical bell and that turns him human? What?

[ZigraDude]

And the English dubbing of Cosmos... Oh man, they gave everyone a Engrish Accent that'd make Jackie Chan go 'Leally?"

Ha. I've never seen the Ultraman Cosmos dubs (And I don't plan too. I didn't like the movies), but I do know Tsuburaya made dubs for their other shows. Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Taro, and Ultraman 80 have English dubs done in Malaysia but they're just so bad I don't think anyone should suffer through them. The Ultraman Zearth movies, Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna, and Ultraman Gaia: Battle in Hyperspace also have English dubs, with the latter two being available on US DVD from Image entertainment. I should also mention Ultraman Dyna is currently being aired in Southern California with English subtitles.
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2010 ... alifornia/

@Stuckey

You were probably watching those infamous Hong Kong subtitles. They mess up all the characters' names and have poor translations. They tend to call Ultraman Superman!

[EleKaiju]

I watched the Ghost Reverse Gaiden with some HORRIBLE subs. It made even less sense than the unsubbed version.

Ultraman = "Superman" (And various other names for Ace, Seven, Mebius, Hikari)
Glozam = "Gro-zam"
Deathrem = "Emperor Srem"
Mephilas = "Mephras"
Mebius Killer = I'm not sure he was ever actually referred to.
Mecha-Zamu = "Mechzam"

[KaneLocke]

I wish the US got Tsuburaya's approval and brought over sub and dubbed UltraSeven all the way up to Galaxy now. Would be most welcomed by the kaiju fans.

Considering the shitty subs I found for Galaxy, I'm in total agreement.

If anyone has any links to subbed versions of Galaxy, it would be most appreciated.

[Stuckey]

Actually, if anybody has any links for any of the series apart from Ultraman, Seven, Ace and Gaia, that would be great.

[alienhulk2099]

To answer Stuckey's request:

1. Go to Video Google.
2. Put the following in the search engine: 奥特曼. It's Chinese for Ultraman.
3. Next to it put the year the series you want to see debuted in with the episode number right after it (single digits must have a zero in front of them).

That's how I've been seeing Cosmos and how I watched Ultra Q and the Zoffy movie.

[Lamango]

Actually, if anybody has any links for any of the series apart from Ultraman, Seven, Ace and Gaia, that would be great.

I've been searching for torrents of these... Nothing, just Man, Max, and the recent movies.

[Stuckey]

Actually, if anybody has any links for any of the series apart from Ultraman, Seven, Ace and Gaia, that would be great.

I've been searching for torrents of these... Nothing, just Man, Max, and the recent movies.

That is quite depressing.
Anybody know if the Tsuburaya DVDs are Bluray? If so, wouldn't I be able to get a BD player and be able to watch the shows on that if I bought them? Though if I remember right, it'd cost a pretty penny to buy all of them.

[godzilla898]

To answer Stuckey's request:

1. Go to Video Google.
2. Put the following in the search engine: 奥特曼. It's Chinese for Ultraman.
3. Next to it put the year the series you want to see debuted in with the episode number right after it (single digits must have a zero in front of them).

That's how I've been seeing Cosmos and how I watched Ultra Q and the Zoffy movie.

AH posted something useful. End of the world.

Seriously doubt existence of Ultra Blu-ray. There friggin' expensive and not woth it anyway. Especially for things that should NEVER be high-res, such as really old (Gojira) or cheesy (Ultraman) films.

[Draglord]

If anyone has any links to subbed versions of Galaxy, it would be most appreciated.

I do know a fansub group who are (or were, not sure if they're planning to finish it) doing the first Ultra Galaxy. I think they did a pretty decent job at it too and it's certainly better than the HK subs. The only problem is that the first two episodes are the only ones they've done so far and like I said, I'm not sure if they're planning to finish it either. I haven't found any other fansubbing groups so far who are working on any of the Ultra Galaxy series. For some reason, hardly any fansub groups want to tackle any of the Ultra series. They all want to do Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. So until somebody fansubs the rest of the series, it looks like we have to either watch it without subs or crappy HK subs.

I can send you the links to the fansubbed episodes if you still want them, Kane.

[DaiKamonohashi]

Seriously doubt existence of Ultra Blu-ray. There friggin' expensive and not woth it anyway. Especially for things that should NEVER be high-res, such as really old (Gojira) or cheesy (Ultraman) films.

The last two films were blu-ray releases and Ultra Q is in the process of getting a Blu-Ray release soon. Also, almost anything shot on film will benefit visually from the upgrade in quality since film has a much higher resolution than standard definition video.