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<i>Ultraman Blazar</i>

Ultraman Blazar

Japanese television series

Ultraman Blazar (ウルトラマンブレーザー, Urutoraman Burēzā) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama produced by Tsuburaya Productions, released to coincide with the company's 60th anniversary.[3] It is the 35th entry to the Ultraman Series, the fifth installment in the Reiwa era and the first series to lean towards serious hard science fiction since Ultraman Gaia and Ultraman Nexus. The series began airing on TV Tokyo on July 8, 2023[4][5] and on YouTube after the airing.

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Synopsis

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The Global Guardian Force (GGF) was established in 1966 in response to the worldwide outbreak of kaiju attacks. As global warming continues to rise, a GGF special forces unit led by Gento Hiruma finds itself in a dangerous situation when its cleanup operation goes awry before an Ultraman appears. Gento is later transferred to lead SKaRD, short for the Special Kaiju Reaction Detachment, a newly formed covert team that utilizes the Earth Garon robot to combat kaiju. Gento revealed to have become the host of Ultraman Blazar, leads SKaRD against the kaiju while figuring out the meaning of visions he has of another galaxy.

Episodes

Main article: List of Ultraman Blazar episodes
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Film

Ultraman Blazar the Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown (ウルトラマンブレーザー THE MOVIE 大怪獣首都激突, Urutoraman Burēzā Za Mūbī Dai Kaijū Shuto Gekitotsu) is a film released in Japanese theaters on February 23, 2024.[6][7]

Spin-offs

  • Ultraman Blazar: A manga spin-off with the same title as the series that has been serialized on Tsuburaya Imagination and Shogakukan's online manga websites Televi-Kun Super Hero Comics and Weekly CoroCoro Comic. A special episode is titled Showdown!! The King Monster Army (大決戦!!キング怪獣軍団, Dai Kessen!! Kingu Kaijū Gundan).[lower-alpha 1]
  • Ultraman Blazar the Movie Special Voice Drama (ウルトラマンブレーザー THE MOVIE スペシャルボイスドラマ, Urutoraman Burēzā Za Mūbī Supesharu Boisu Dorama): A two-episode audio drama distributed through a QR code for Tsuburaya Imagination members who attended movie screenings. It serves as a direct sequel to Ultraman Blazar the Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown.
  1. Tokyo Kaiju Extermination Operation (首都直下撃滅作戦, Shuto Chokka Gekimetsu Sakusen)
  2. SKaRD's Smoldering Night (SKaRDの燻される夜, Sukādo no Ibusareru Yoru)
  • SKaRD Break Room (SKaRD休憩室, Sukādo Kyūkeishitsu): A spin-off included as part of the second Blu-ray release of Ultraman Blazar. It focuses on Anri Minami, Yasunobu Bando, and Teruaki Nagura.[8]
  1. I'll Do This Exercise (この体操は俺がやる, Kono Taisō wa Ore ga Yaru)
  2. Incompletion SOS (中途半端SOS, Chūtohanpa Esu Ō Esu)
  3. Mother of SKaRD Is Like the Sun (スカードの母は太陽のように, Sukādo no Haha wa Taiyō no Yō ni)
  4. Breach Your Stage Fright! (舞台恐怖症 突破せよ！, Butai Kyōfushō Toppa Seyo!)
  5. Operation Surprise Zero (サプライズ0指令, Sapuraizu Zero Shirei)

Production

"At that moment, I thought it would be 'New Generation Gaia,' but even now, 'Gaia' is an extremely ambitious work. 'Given the current state of TV series production, it's impossible to surpass that work no matter how you think about it.' I always believed that. I didn't want to lose such a battle, and I didn't think I was the right person for it."

Comments by Taguchi.[9]

Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Blazar was first trademarked and registered by the company on December 20, 2022, and published on December 28, 2022.[10] The series was officially announced on April 21, 2023, alongside a sneak peek of both the titular Ultra and its human host Gento Hiruma.[4][5] An official press conference was later held on June 12, 2023, which revealed more information on the main cast as well as the kaiju featured in the series.[11]

Series director Kiyotaka Taguchi stated in an interview in Uchusen that he was once approached by Tsuburaya to produce a series that will follow after Ultraman Decker and it will be based on Ultraman Gaia, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.[9] But he decided that he declined making an anniversary season for Gaia, stating the ambitious attempt to try to replicate a show that is already a good Ultra series. He said that "Around the summer of 2021, President Masayuki Nagatake of Tsuburaya Productions invited me out for a meal and said he wanted to talk to me. At that time, Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga was already in production. 'Do you want to be the main director for the next project?' President Nagatake asked. At that moment, I thought it would be 'New Generation Gaia,' but even now, 'Gaia' is an extremely ambitious work. 'Given the current state of TV series production, it's impossible to surpass that work no matter how you think about it.' I always believed that. I didn't want to lose such a battle, and I didn't think I was the right person for it."[9] Taguchi decided that for the next series, everything will be done from the ground up that totally feels fresh while focusing less on gimmicks such as form changes and more on original kaiju suits instead of recycling old ones.[9] His concept on Blazar is also different to that of other Ultras, as it is not related to the M78 Nebula but as a character born in a different galaxy.[9] In his interview in Tsuburaya Imagination, he said that he made Blazar to be ideologically similar to Gaia overall and break away from the world view of the previous two works for it to portray "hard science fiction".[12]

Cast

  • Gento Hiruma (ヒルマ ゲント, Hiruma Gento): Tomoya Warabino (蕨野 友也, Warabino Tomoya)[4][5]
  • Emi Aobe (アオベ エミ, Aobe Emi): Himena Tsukimiya (搗宮 姫奈, Tsukimiya Himena)[13][14]
  • Anri Minami (ミナミ アンリ, Minami Anri): Konomi Naito (内藤 好美, Naitō Konomi)[15][16]
  • Yasunobu Bando (バンドウ ヤスノブ, Bandō Yasunobu): Hayate Kajihara (梶原 颯, Kajihara Hayate)[17][18]
  • Teruaki Nagura (ナグラ テルアキ, Nagura Teruaki): Yuki Ito (伊藤 祐輝, Itō Yūki)[19][20]
  • Retsu Haruno (ハルノ レツ, Haruno Retsu): Masaya Kato (加藤 雅也, Katō Masaya)[21][22]
  • Earthy (アーくん, Ā-kun, Voice): Akira Ishida (石田 彰, Ishida Akira)
  • Ultraman Blazar (Voice): Hideyoshi Iwata (岩田 栄慶, Iwata Hideyoshi)[23][24]
  • Narration: Genki Yoshimoto (吉本 元喜, Yoshimoto Genki)

Guest cast

  • Okawa (大川, Ōkawa, 3): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu)[25][26]
  • Hoichi Tsukushi (ツクシ ホウイチ, Tsukushi Hōichi, 9): Hideki Togi (東儀 秀樹, Tōgi Hideki)
  • Minoru Genkawa (源川 稔, Genkawa Minoru, 11, 12, 23-25): Taro Kawano (川野 太郎, Kawano Tarō)
  • Yu Dobashi (ドバシ ユウ, Dobashi Yū, 14, 18, 19, 24, 25): Minori Terada (寺田 農, Terada Minori)
  • Scruffy (ヒゲ, Hige, 15): Taro Suwa (諏訪 太朗, Suwa Tarō)
  • Zangill (ザンギル, Zangiru, 17): Mitsuru Karahashi (唐橋 充, Mitsuru Karahashi)

English dubbing cast

Theme songs

Opening theme
  • "Bokura no Spectra" (僕らのスペクトラ, Bokura no Supekutora, "Our Spectra")[27][28]
    • Lyrics: Shito (シト)[27][28]
    • Composition & Arrangement: Takumi Ozawa (尾澤 拓実, Ozawa Takumi) (from ReReGRAPHICS)[27][28]
    • Artist: Hiroshi Kitadani (きただに ひろし, Kitadani Hiroshi)[27][28]
    • Episodes: 2-24
Ending themes
  • "BLACK STAR"[27][28]
  • "Brave Blazar"
    • Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund
    • Artist: Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund feat. MindaRyn
    • Episodes: 14-25
  • "Ultra Q Main Theme" (『ウルトラQ』メインテーマ, Urutora Kyū Mein Tēma)
    • Composition: Kunio Miyauchi (宮内 國郎, Miyauchi Kunio)
    • Arrangement: Hideki Togi
    • Episodes: 9

International broadcast

In Malaysia, this series began airing on Astro Ceria on the same date after the broadcast in Japan at 8:30 pm, with Malay-language dubs.

In Indonesia, this series began airing on RTV on July 14, 2023, with Indonesian dubs.[29]

In Hong Kong, this series will begin airing on ViuTV on July 15, 2023, with Cantonese dubs.

In Philippines, this series will be air on TV5 in 2025 with Filipino dubbed.

Internationally outside of Southeast Asia, the series was uploaded on YouTube with a sub, and for the first time in Ultra Series history, the series is airing with an English simuldub, utilizing YouTube's new audio track feature.

See also

  • Ultra Series - Complete list of official Ultraman-related shows.

Notes

  1. A bonus manga booklet included with the February/March 2024 issue of Televi-Kun.

References

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