Ultraman Saga (film)

This article is about the film, for the character see: Ultraman Saga (character)

Ultraman Saga is an upcoming Japanese film in the Ultra Series to celebrate the franchise's 45th anniversary. It serves as a sequel to Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. The film will feature Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Dyna, and Ultraman Cosmos as well as the five Ultra Brothers facing a new ultimate threat, Hyper Zetton and the monster army. A new Ultraman has appeared in some pictures of the movie, this new Ultraman is known as Ultraman Saga. The movie will be slated on March 24, 2012. The director will be Hideki Oｋa who also directed Ultraman Zero vs. Darclops Zero. Hiroshi Sagae made some kaijus that will move via stop-motion animation, however it will be for a short time. The SFX will be directed by Toshio Miike.

History
NOTE: Very little is known about the movie, as more information is released about the movie's story, it will be added here.

Ultraman Zero will have a new host, named Nozomu Taiga. Shin Asuka and Musashi Haruno will both return as Ultraman Dyna's and Ultraman Cosmos' human hosts. Dan Moroboshi(Ultraseven), Shin Hayata(Ultraman), and Hideko Go(Ultraman Jack) will return aswell. The Super GUTS team from the Ultraman Dyna series will return. The antagonist will be Alien Bat, who will fight against the Ultras using Hyper Zetton and the monster army.

Cast

 * Nozomu Taiga (タイガ・ノゾム, Taiga Nozomu) : DAIGO/ultraman zero and ultraman saga
 * Shin Asuka (アスカ・シン, Asuka Shin) : Takeshi Tsurunu つるの 剛士, Tsuruno Takeshi)
 * Musashi Haruno (春野 ムサシ, Haruno Musashi) : Taiyo Sugiora (杉浦 太陽, Sugiura Taiyō)
 * Shin Hayata (ハヤタ・シン, Hayata Shin) : Susumu Kurobe (黒部 進, Kurobe Susumu)
 * Dan Moroboshi (モロボシ・ダン, Moroboshi Dan) : Kohji Moritsugu 晃嗣, Moritsugu Kōji)
 * Hideki Go (郷 秀樹, Gō Hideki) : Jiro Dan (団 時郎, Dan Jirō)
 * Seiji Hokuto (北斗 星司, Hokuto Seiji) : Keiji Takamine (高峰 圭二, Takamine Keiji)
 * Gen Otori (おおとり ゲン, Ōtori Gen) : Ryu Manatsu (真夏 竜, Manatsu Ryū)
 * Ultraman Zero (ウルトラマンゼロ, Urutoraman Zero, Voice) : Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守<span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">, Miyano Mamoru)

Staff

 * Director: Hideki Oka
 * Writer: K. Hasegawa
 * Music: Fumio Hara
 * Executive Producers: Hidetoshi Yamamoto
 * Chief Producer Supervisor: Shiinichi Oka
 * Planning: Hiroshi Shibuya, Hasushi Okazaki
 * Distributor: Shochiku

Ultraman Zero Gaiden
To promote the movie, two special DVDs will be released to lead up to the storyline of the movie titled "''Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar". ''The film feature Jean Killer, the main antagonist, as well as the ZAP Spacy Crew and Gomora.

Reception
The film topped at #4 in the box Office, but also received Negative Reviews from Fans.