In the vicinity of Miyanishi Village deep in the mountains, reports emerged of a phenomenon where the soil of mountains and fields was turning into pure gold. When the members of the UG went to investigate, what they witnessed were people who had lost their desires and become listless. Everyone kept saying, "We became like this after seeing that 'eye'," but...
Plot[]
Golds suddenly appeared everywhere in the Miyanishi Village, turning most of the villagers against each other as a result of their greed. Dan and the Ultra Guard were sent to investigate the case, especially when a mysterious eyeball frequently appearing to absorb the villagers' own greed. A trio of teenagers intrude the Inada family's house and kidnapped a woman with them. When Kazamori and Shima try to interfere, the eyeball creature absorbed their agitation, turning all five of them into mindless puppets against Dan. Dan was forced to take on Kazamori's form again and bring Shima back to his senses.
They returned to the ransacked house earlier and discover the Inada family had no interest in gold and merely satisfied with their life. The oldest patriarch was originally an Atomic Physics professor who moved on to the countryside to spend his retirement in proving that mankind only need little energy than how much they desired. “Kazamori” reported to Shiragane of the eyeball's ability to feed on greed and anger, in short, mankind's Minus Energy. He leads them to a stargate and eventually the creature introduced himself as Banderas, an extension of the sun of his own namesake system. After 10 billion years of supporting life on his system, the Banderas Sun is slowly dying and it started to absorb the abundance of Minus Energy on Earth to support his civilizations. In exchange for mankind's cooperation, Banderas would grant eternal peace to planet Earth.
Shiragane decided to discuss this matter with the high executives of TDF, while the rest of the UG continue doing their research and “Kazamori” voluntarily stayed behind in observing the Miyanishi Village. Furuhashi delivered the conclusion that UG would destroy the stargate linking to Earth and Banderas. Despite Satomi's protest, Furuhashi decided that mankind are the only ones fit to solve their own problems instead of relying on outside forces. At night, Dan decided to release Kazamori and left the Earth as Seven.
The next day, Banderas hypnotized the villagers into fighting against the Ultra Guard. With Kazamori and Shima delaying the villagers, Satomi became hesitant in detonating the stargate until Dan returned from his trip to Banderas to reveal the truth: all of its native life forms had already left the system for another planet, thus Banderas System has become uninhabitable. Unable to accept that he was abandoned by his residents, he transformed into a giant monster and fought the Ultra Guard. Dan transformed into Seven, throwing his Eye Slugger against the monster's sole eyeball and finally freezing it to brought to outer space for a safer detonation via Wide Shot.
At night, Dan had a proper reunion with Furuhashi, the two reassuring that mankind still had their future before his departure to outer space.
Each episode was originally released on a separate DVD. The complete series was later released in a DVD box set titled Ultraseven 1994～2002 Perfect Collection on April 18, 2012.[1][2]
Ultraseven 30th Anniversary Memorial Trilogy disc 3
Ultraseven 1994～2002 Perfect Collection DVD-BOX
Trivia[]
An early draft for this episode, titled "The Creation of the Seventh Universe"(第七宇宙の創造, Dai-nana Uchū no Sōzō), was meant as a sequel to Ultraseven - Planet of the Earthlings and the final part of that story.[3]
Written by Masakazu Migita in 1997, it was initially part of "The New Ambition of the Alien Guts Trilogy."[4] The story was first planned as a single long narrative, with the "New Ultra Guard" concept already included.
After shelving the script, several ideas were reused in this episode. The Alien Menjuru (メンジュル星人, Menjuru Seijin), who feed on human negative emotions, were reworked into the character Banderas. The script's existence was later confirmed on DVD.
The original plot had the Alien Menjuru secretly influencing major events like the assassination of John F. Kennedy, World War II, and the Gulf War. They fueled their home—the "Seventh Universe"—with human anger collected through an interstellar gateway. If the anger stopped, their universe would collapse, so they orchestrated tragedies for survival rather than destruction.
The Menjuru then targeted Ultraseven, unleashing the Phantom Beast Babilun (バビルン, Babilun), which caused chaos and forced Ultraseven into battle. Babilun's illusions drew out Seven's past enemies—Eleking, King Joe, the Imit-Ultraseven, and Pandon—weakening him. As Seven struggled, the Menjuru absorbed the crowd's fear and spread plasma waves that fueled human violence.
Despite the odds, Seven used his “inner sight” to find Babilun's true form and fight back. Without its energy, the Seventh Universe began collapsing. In a final effort, the Menjuru joined Babilun for a two-on-one fight, but the crumbling universe turned their gateway into a black hole. The villains tried to pull Ultraseven in but were swallowed themselves. Seven destroyed the black hole with a final beam, ending the Seventh Universe and saving Earth, though many innocent beings perished.
