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Tsuburaya Productions has announced that the newest Ultraman series will be made available on YouTube with official English subs!

Titled Ultraman Chronicles Z: Heroes Odyssey this new series features tales from the Ultras of the Heisei and Reiwa eras- Ultraman Z & Ultraman Tiga and retells their adventures through some alternate perspectives.

Ultraman Chronicles Z: Heroes Odyssey officially begins January 9 2021! Episodes will be uploaded to the Tsuburaya YouTube channel every Friday at 7:30 PM EST.

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Yesterday we saw Bandai Tamashii Nations jump into the world of high-end statues with the announcement of the Tamashii Studios Premium Ultraman Zero -10 Years of Trajectory- figure, but it looks as though the line won’t be just a one-off thing to celebrate Zero’s 10th anniversary!

A further two releases in this new line have been unveiled at Tamashii Nations 2020 – one of Zero’s rival Ultraman Belial, and another of Kamen Rider Double facing off against two Masquerade Dopants! Like the Zero figure both sport incredible detailing, however it’s unclear whether they also feature illuminating parts. One thing’s for sure though – they won’t come cheap.

Check out the full selection of images after the jump and join in on our Tamashii Nations 2020 discussion!

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Tamashii Nations 2020 is underway and it’s another good year for Ultraman. On display at the online event are a number of different S.H. Figuarts dioramas, primarily focusing on Ultraman Z, Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy, Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Leo and initial six Ultra Brothers. Displays are made up of released, previously revealed and brand new reveals.

Ultraman Z:

  • Ultraman Z Original Form (newly revealed)
  • Ultraman Z Alpha Edge
  • Ultraman Geed Galaxy Rising (newly revealed)
  • Jugglus Juggler Ultraman Z version (newly revealed)
  • Sevenger (newly revealed)
  • Ultraman Zero Mantle

Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy

  • Ultrawoman Grigio
  • Ultraman Zero
  • Ultraman Ribut
  • Ultraman Titus
  • Ultraman Taiga
  • Ultraman Fuma

Ultraman Zero:

  • Ultraman Zero
  • Aegis Armour
  • Ultraman Zero Beyond
  • Ultraman Zero Beyond Galaxy Glitter
  • Strong Corona Zero
  • Luna-Miracle Zero
  • Shining Ultraman Zero
  • Ultraman Zero Special Color Ver.

Ultraman:

  • Ultraman
  • Zetton Trillion Degree Fireball ver.

Ultra Brothers

  • Ultraman
  • Zoffy
  • Ultraseven
  • Ultraman Jack
  • Ultraman Ace
  • Ultraman Taro
  • Brothers’ Mantle

Ultraman Leo

  • Ultraman Leo (newly revealed)
  • Sevenger

Stay tuned to Tokunation for more Tamashii Nations 2020 reveals over the weekend!

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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Ultraman Zero, Bandai Tamashii Nations have unveiled the Tamashii Studios Premium Ultraman Zero -10 Years of Trajectory-, the first in a line of high quality statues.

Sitting atop a rocky plinth (featuring a miniature Pigmon!), Ultraman Zero features illuminating eyes and colour timer as well as a removable cloak. This extremely high quality statue mirrors the detailing of the suit down to the finest detail, making it one of the most impressive pieces the company has produced to date.

Such quality does not come cheap though, with the Tamashii web exclusive statue costing a hefty 132,000 yen. If you’d like to add this incredible piece to your collection though, it will be releasing in July 2021.

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Previously teased in the run up to the Tamashii Nations 2020 event this weekend, Bandai have now revealed official images and release information for the S.H. Figuarts Ultra Zero Mantle! This blue mantle worn by Ultraman Zero in the currently airing Ultraman Z has been produced in a similar vein to the forthcoming Ultra Brothers‘ Mantle, utilising fabric on a posable frame.

The Ultra Zero Mantle will be released in May 2021 as a Tamashii web exclusive, priced 2750 yen.

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The Shout! Factory digital platform TokuShoutSu has announced the first entries from the Ultraman franchise joining their streaming service!

Details from the press release are as follows-

Los Angeles – October 27, 2020 – Following an exclusive North American streaming acquisition from Mill Creek Entertainment and Indigo Entertainment earlier this year, Shout! Factory TV will release its first collection of films and series from Tsuburaya Productions’ iconic Ultraman library November 1 on both Shout! Factory TV platforms and Shout’s Tokusatsu channel TokuSHOUTsu™, available on Pluto TV.

The first offering from the beloved and renowned library will include five complete television series and two films spanning over 50 years of historic fandom, from the first of the Ultraman series, 1966’s Ultra Q, to the 2018 Ultraman Geed film. The full offering launching November 1 includes series Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultraseven, Ultraman Orb and Ultraman Geed alongside films Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds! and Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect the Wishes!

Classic Ultraman series Ultra Q, Ultraman and Ultraseven will also premiere on Shout! Factory TV and TokuSHOUTsu in high definition, newly available for Shout! Factory’s expanding streaming audience.

All Ultraman content will be available for streaming on demand across Shout! Factory TV platforms, on ShoutFactoryTV.com; Shout! Factory TV’s Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, and Android apps; and on various Shout! Factory TV branded channels including Tubi, Amazon Prime Channels, and the Roku Channel.

Ultraman content can also be seen on TokuSHOUTsu, a linear channel (#848), in the Gaming + Anime section of Pluto TV. Pluto TV can be found on all leading digital streaming devices and services, including Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Google Chromecast and more, as well as major smart TVs and game consoles.

The classic Ultraman live-action television series of the 1960s and 70s, produced by Tsuburaya Productions, established new heights of quality adventure and special effects-driven entertainment and built a worldwide audience for the property. The popularity of Ultraman—and the aliens and monsters—has enabled the series to persist to this day, generating over $50 million per year in toys and merchandise in Japan.
Shout! Factory TV plans a continued aggressive rollout of Ultraman properties on its channels in forthcoming months.

Film and Series Synopses

Ultra Q Series (1966)
It is a special-effects sci-fi drama depicting mysterious events which are encountered every time by three main characters who are Jun Manjome (Hoshikawa Airlines pilot), Ippei Togawa (Assistant pilot) and Yuriko Edogawa (Journalist and Photographer for Mainichi Shimpo.)

Ultraman Series (1966-67)
Ultraman, an alien from Nebula M78 came to Earth chasing Bemular, a space monster that escaped from the Monster Graveyard. Accidently, he crashed with the Jet VTOL that Hayata was flying on. Ultraman merged his own life with Hayata’s in order to save him. Most of the time, Hayata fights monsters and aliens as a member of the Science Special Search Party (SSSP). But whenever in great danger, he will transform into our giant hero Ultraman. This is the true beginning of a world popular, long-running series.

Ultraseven Series (1967-68)
It is a story of unrelenting efforts of the Ultra Guard, that defends Earth from alien invaders, and Ultraseven, a hero that helps human hand in hand with the Ultra Guard to fight. The story revolves around the confrontation between alien intelligent life forms which come to Earth with a clear intent to invade and the Terrestrial Defense Forces (TDF) which has been established to defend Earth from these menaces, in the midst of the “Age of Interstellar Wars” that is taking place among many stars in space as its background.

Ultraman Orb Series (2016)
Naomi Yumeno (Miyabi Matsuura) has had the same strange dream since she was young: visions of a shining giant of light battling a giant monster. With her interest sparked by those dreams, she starts the paranormal phenomena tracking website called “Something Search People” with her friends Jetta Hayami (Naoto Takahashi) and Shin Matsudo (Hiroaki Nerio). One day the trio is on the tail of an unidentified mysterious animal suspected of causing strange meteorological activity. They ignore the warnings of Naomi’s uncle Ittetsu Shibukawa (Shingo Yanagisawa), an officer within the special investigation team VTL, and head towards the center of the strange weather. There they suddenly encounter the Wind Lord Monster, Maga-Basser! Naomi is blasted by the vicious winds but rescued by the vagabond, Gai Kuernai (Hideo Ishiguro). By using his Orb Ring to read the power of two predecessor Ultra Heroes, Gai is able to Fusion Up into a warrior of light from a distant galaxy, Ultraman Orb!

Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow The Power Of Bonds! (2017)
A mysterious item is delivered to paranormal investigators SSP. SSP members Naomi, Jetta and Shin determine that it is a transformation device… the X Devizer that housed Ultraman X both during and after his merging with Xio agent Daichi Oozora (Kensuke Takahashi). Gai Kurenai (Hideo Ishiguro), the humanoid of Ultraman Orb returns from his wanderings to search for X… unaware that this is just the first sign of a new threat to the Earth. The villainous space witch Murnau – obsessed with beauty and collection – has allied with Ultraman Orb’s arch enemy Jugglus Juggler (Takaya Aoyagi), to use the Dark Ring she now possesses. The Dark Ring draws the most evil hearts in the universe and amplifies the owner’s abilities, giving Murnau the power to capture the three Ultra Warriors, Ultraman X, Ultraman Ginga and Ultraman Victory and transform them into jewels for her collection. Jugglus aids her for reasons of his own, while the evil Troops of Aliens of the Planetary Invasion Syndicate lurk sinisterly… Can Ultraman Orb rescue the New Generation Ultra Heroes and defeat Murnau who is aiming to turn the Earth into her own jewels? The battle to determine the future of the Earth now begins!

Ultraman Geed Series (2017)
This is a story of a hero who inherits Ultraman Belial, the evil Ultraman’s genes. Despite suffering from repeating setbacks and despair of knowing the secret of his birth and cruel fate, he never loses sight of friendship and strong will to become a true hero. The story unfolds through the spiritual growth of the protagonist who seeks for the meaning of his own life and finds the place where he belongs, through fighting against evil and his own cursed destiny, to become a hero of justice: Ultraman Geed.

Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect The Wishes! (2018)
The Gigantic Mechanical Brain Gillvalis and the Galactron Army, intent on wiping out all intelligent lifeforms in the universe, close in on Earth. Riku Asakura heads for Okinawa, where he encounters Ail, who realizes that he is Ultraman and assigns him an important mission.

Stay tuned for further updates as the tokusatsu streaming library continues to grow!

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“My name is Fuma. I arrive with the wind of the galaxy!”

After many teases, Bandai is gearing up to release the last of the Tri-Squad; Bandai just recently updated the Tamashii Nations Blog , with some additional photos for the upcoming S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Fuma action figure.

From the photos, we can see that he’ll include effect pieces for his LightWave Shuriken but at this moment, no other release info was given.

 

Pre-orders will begin on September 11th, 2020, so be sure to check back with us then for further updates on this exciting new figure.

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Not to be outdone by the reveals of the Shinkocchou Seihou Kuuga’s today, we’ve also got fresh reveals of 3 new Tamashii Nations 2020 exclusives! 

Everyone’s favorite Ultra (who’s commemorating his 10th anniversary) Ultraman Zero, will be receiving an S.H. Figuarts Special Color Version release for the event. Decked out in metallic paint applications and including a specialized Tamashii stage, this release will retail for 5500 yen.

Next up is the event exclusive release from Kamen Rider Zero-One! After Shining Assault Hopper was revealed earlier this year, the question remained whether or not the infrequently seen standard Shining Hopper would be released as well. Look no further than this Tamashii Nations exclusive of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Zero-One Shining Hopper! This figure will retail for 6000 yen.

And last but not least, Tamashii Nations is reaching into the past for this special release. Commemorating their own Tamashii Nations 2014 S.I.C. exclusive as well as the even older Tamashii Festival 2011 S.H. Figuarts exclusive is the brand new S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider OOO TaMaShii Combo for Tamashii Nations 2020! This special OOO form melds the powers of Ankh’s Taka Core Medal, with Momotaro’s Imagin Medal, and the Shocker core medal to create the living logo of Tamashii Nations! This release retails for 6500 yen.

Tamashii Nations is scheduled for Q4 2020 and as usual is likely to be held in October or November. As event exclusives these 3 releases will be a bit more difficult to come by than the average web exclusive, but they are likely to be released later as lottery items via Tamashii Web as well. As official images are release we’ll be sure to share them with the community.

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Ultraman’s global domination continues with the announcement of Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy! Following on from the success of last year’s Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes, Tsuburaya Productions have revealed a new mini-series which will be released weekly on Youtube in both Japanese and English dub. The series will be ten episodes in total, with a combined running time of approximately 90 minutes.

From the press release via the official Ultraman Galaxy website, the story is as follows:

Mysterious aliens and evil aliens that shouldn’t exist are attacking!

Zero, Ribut, Taiga, Z (Zett), 80, Max, Mebius, Great, Powered, Grigio, and many more Ultra Heroes must join forces, fight together, and solve this mysterious case, which could end up affecting the whole universe. However, this is only the beginning! A conspiracy is underway – and the threads of it are intersecting. What is the aim of the golden giant working in the shadows?!

The storyline will connect directly with the all-new Ultraman Z series, where the latest chapter of the epic history of Ultraman begins!

Promising terrific drama, exciting action and a whole host of surprises for Ultra-fans, Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy will debut on Youtube in Winter 2020. Check out the full trailer for the series below and discuss your thoughts after the jump!

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The new Ultra Arts section of the Bandai Tamashii Nations website has revealed that an S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Ginga Strium figure will be arriving in January! Based on Ginga’s appearance in Ultraman Ginga S after he fuses with Ultraman Taro via the Strium Brace, we can see that the figure will at least include a fully physical version of the Ginga Spark Lance (as opposed to the translucent one that came with the original Ginga figure). Further accessories are yet to be announced.

S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Ginga Strium will be a Tamashii web exclusive releasing in January 2021 at the price of 7150 yen. Check out the images after the jump!