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Shout! Factory announce Ultraman Day: Ultrathon

Posted on June 24, 2021 at 12:39 pm by ZeoRangerV under Ultraman

July 10th will mark an extra special Ultraman Day this year as the iconic superhero franchise celebrates its 55th anniversary, and Shout! Factory TV and its premier tokusatsu channel TokuSHOUTsu have announced a full day streaming marathon to mark the occasion. The marathon will include 19 hand-picked episodes from nine different instalments from the franchise – Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultraseven, Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Leo, Ultraman Ginga, Ultraman X and Ultraman Orb. This will then culminate in the US streaming premiere of the movie Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial.

But that’s not all! The Ultrathon will also include In Search Of An Ultraman! The Invasion From Another Space! – a newly produced featuring Ultraman fans from around the world. Guests include Kyle Anderson (Nerdist), Jason Narvy (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Linda Le (Vampy Bit Me), Mike Toole (“The Mike Toole Show” on Anime News Network), Lisa J (No Pink Spandex), Daniel Van Thomas (English voice of Ultraman Zero), Mach Dent (Vintage Henshin), Alyssa Fay (Daikaiju Legends), and Monster Island Buddies.

Ultraman Day: Ultrathon can be viewed across TokuSHOUTsu and Shout! Factory TV platforms: on TokuSHOUTsu.com and ShoutFactoryTV.com; TokuSHOUTsu’s Pluto TV, Twitch and THETA.tv channels; Shout! Factory TV’s Amazon Fire TV, Android, Apple TV, and Roku apps; and the following digital streaming platforms: IMDb TV, Local Now, Pluto TV, Redbox, Samsung TV Plus, Sling TV, STIRR, Twitch, Vizio and XUMO.

Following Ultrathon, Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial and In Search of Ultraman! The Invasion from Another Space! will join the catalog of Ultraman content also available for streaming on demand across Shout! Factory TV platforms and on ShoutFactoryTV.com.

The Ultraman Day Ultrathon will kick off  Saturday, July 10th at 7 a.m. PT, with the premiere of Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial at 5 p.m. PT. Join Shout! Factory and other Ultraman fans for what will surely be an unforgettable 55th anniversary celebration! Shuwatch!

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› Companies: Shout! Factory, TokuSHOUTsu, Shout! Factory TV › Show: Ultraman, Ultraman Ginga, Ultraman Orb, Ultraman X, Ultraman Leo...

Tamashii Nations 2020 – S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Displays

Posted on November 6, 2020 at 8:14 am by ZeoRangerV under Conventions, Other Conventions, Ultraman

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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› Companies: Tamashii Nations, Bandai of Japan › Characters: Ultraman, Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Taro, Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Geed... › Show: Ultraman, Ultraman Z, Ultraman Leo, Return of Ultraman, Ultraseven... › Toyline: S.H. Figuarts

TokuSHOUTSu Announces First Ultraman Streaming Programs

Posted on October 27, 2020 at 7:08 pm by Paladin under Ultraman

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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› Companies: Shout! Factory › Show: Ultraman, Ultraman Geed, Ultraman Orb, Ultra Q, Ultraseven...

TokuNation Reviews Redman: The Kaiju Hunter Volume 1

Posted on September 13, 2018 at 9:50 am by Den-O under General Tokusatsu News, TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights, Ultraman

“Reddo Fight!”

In 1972, Tsuburaya Productions commissioned a new spin-off from their popular Ultra Series. Curious, quirky, and quite violent, Redman joined the Nippon TV Ohayo! Kodomo variety show.  Serialized in 138 5-minute episodes, Redman faced off against countless Kaiju from across the various Ultra series which had aired by this time. Mercilessly, Redman would dispatch these Kaiju with little to no context outside of what magazine text stories and interviews could provide.

Flash forward to 2018, the superstar creative team of Matt Frank & Goncalo Lopes have resurrected this red warrior for a brand new series of Graphic Novels. The first of which, Redman: The Kaiju Hunter Volume 1, was recently released in July. Taking this obscure but classic character and helping to re-imagine his backstory as so much more than it was previously, Frank & Lopes have crafted a modern classic.

Here at TokuNation we were fortunate enough to be provided a promotional copy of Volume 1 for review.  Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post and you can read our full review of Redman: The Kaiju Hunter! Let us know what you think of the series if you’ve had a chance to read it as well!

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› Companies: Tsuburaya, Phase 6, Night Shining › Characters: Redman, Redmon, Arstron › Show: Ultraman, Redman, Return of Ultraman, Ultraseven › Toyline: Comic Books, Comics, Graphic Novels

Tsuburaya Announce International Ultraman Rights Victory

Posted on April 24, 2018 at 2:23 pm by ZeoRangerV under Ultraman

Rejoice Ultra fans!

Today is a landmark day in tokusatsu history as Tsuburaya Productions Co. Ltd announced their victory in US courts against UM Corporation (aka Chaiyo) for the international rights to the first six instalments in the Ultra Series. That’s right everyone, it’s been a long battle but Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Ace and Ultraman Taro are finally home.

For those unaware the international rights for these six series have been in question for several years, after Chaiyo Productions founder Sompote Saengduenchai claimed that in 1976 Eiji Tsuburaya‘s son Noboru (who died in 1995) had provided him with a contract giving him rights to everything related to Ultraman outside Japanese territories, in exchange for a monetary loan. The legitimacy of the document was extremely questionable, however Japanese and Thai courts accepted this contract as real and binding due to supposed appearance of Noboru Tsuburaya’s hanko (signature stamp) in the document.

Headway was finally made November last year when a Californian jury deemed the document to be a fake and ruled in favour of Tsuburaya, but it isn’t until today that we have confirmation that the company’s long ordeal is finally over.

So what does this mean for the series in question? Will they be joining the rest of the Ultraman backcatalogue on Crunchyroll? New home releases with better quality masters? Who knows, but with Tsuburaya continuously looking to promote Ultraman on a worldwide scale we’ll find out soon enough.

 

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› Companies: Tsubaraya › Show: Ultraman, Return of Ultraman, Ultra Q, Ultraseven, Ultraman Ace...

S.H. Figuarts Pandon Official Images

Posted on March 22, 2018 at 3:36 am by ZeoRangerV under Ultraman

Hailing from Ultraseven‘s 2-part finale “The Greatest Invasion in History” comes the two-headed kaiju Pandon, vanguard of the Alien Ghos! After initially giving a severely weakened Ultraseven trouble in their first battle, the giant was able to slice off the monster’s arm and leg causing it to retreat. When it returned, the Ghos had augmented it into Reconstructed Pandon, which Ultraseven was eventually able to defeat before flying off to return to Nebula M78.

S.H. Figuarts Pandon comes packaged with a replacement mechanical left arm and right leg, alternate decapitated head and Eye Slugger part. The figure is a Tamashii web exclusive release due to arrive in August 2018, priced 8100 yen. Preorders will open tomorrow.

Will Pandon be joining your S.H. Figuarts collection? Check out the full selection of images and let us know after the jump!

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› Companies: Tamashii Nations, Bandai of Japan › Characters: Pandon › Show: Ultraseven › Toyline: S.H. Figuarts

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