Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact

Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (ウルトラマンコスモス THE FIRST CONTACT) is Ultraman Cosmos (series) theatrical film adaptation, was released in Japan on August 3, 2001. It is a tokusatsu film series Ultraman franchise, it also celebrates the 35th anniversary of the franchise. It is direct prequel to the original Ultraman Cosmos television series.

Plot
In space, Ultraman Cosmos is at the battle with Baltan to stop him to invade Earth. A young boy named Musashi (Kounosuke Tokai) who is a 5th grader who has a lot of dreams, such as becoming astronaut to sail the sea of stars, and meet Ultraman. One night he comes to the forest park to observe eclipse with his friends. Unfortunately it rains, so everybody go home except Musashi. Meanwhile, in the rain, Ultraman Cosmos is at the battle with Baltan to stop him to invade the cities. They both use their powers to clash each other. After the explosion, they fall in different directions. Later Musashi went to see what happen in the forest. Ultraman Cosmos comes in front of Musashi, lost lots of energy during the battle. Ultraman Cosmos regained the power with the help of Musashi. Before Cosmos leaves Earth, he gives a mysterious blue bright stone to Musashi. Later on Earth, Baltan awakens monster from hibernation. Then, Musashi used the mysterious blue bright stone to call Ultraman Cosmos. Ultraman Cosmos rose again and battles on with Baltan. They fought until Ultraman Cosmos began to change from Luna to Corona. The battle went on, and at the end, Ultraman Cosmos use his Blazing Wave to destroy Baltan.

Cast

 * Musashi Haruno: Kounosuke Tokai
 * Ultraman Cosmos (Suit Actor): Hiroyuki Okano, Yasuhiro Mashita
 * Musashi's Father: Hidekazu Akai
 * Defense Army (Sharks)- Commander Shigemura: Ikkei Watanabe
 * SRC (Scientific Research Circle): Captain Akatsuki
 * Raiden
 * Kyohko: Emiri Nakayama
 * Icninose: Shingo Kazami
 * Kido: Takanosuke Toukai
 * Sakaguchi: Hitomi Takahashi

Staff

 * Director: Toshihiro Iijima

Music

 * Ending theme
 * Kimi ni Dekiru Nani ka by Project D.M.M.