Pris-Ma

Pris-Ma
Data
Alternative Name(s)	Prizuma
Category	Kaiju
Height	35 m
Weight	18,000 t
Home World	Planet Earth
Affiliation	Belyudra (Combination)
First Appearance	Return of Ultraman episode 35 "Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma"
Latest Appearance	Ultraman Orb Chronicle Chapter 5: 'From Rusalka With Love' Arc
Roar(s)	(Roar) (Reality Warping)

Pris-Ma is a crystalline creature, believed to be a "lump of light focused to the point of almost being solid," that first appeared in the TV series Return of Ultraman. Like Bullton, Pris-Ma demonstrates an array of bizarre abilities, and is capable of manipulating reality around itself with ease.

Subtitle: Light Monster

Conception

Etymology

Pris-Ma's name is derived from "prism", an object that refracts light.

History

Return of Ultraman

Thawing out from Antarctica (possibly for the first time in centuries), theorized to be due to changes in sunspots, Pris-Ma rapidly journeyed north towards Japan, absorbing any source of light that crossed its path. It first absorbed a lighthouse and its owner in its hunger, which sparked some interest in MAT over how to handle the situation. Hideki Go encountered the object himself while traveling with Ken Sakata, who tried to take matters into his own hands. Pris-Ma was attracted to the light being given off by their flashlight and vehicle and tried to absorb them as well. Go transformed into Ultraman Jack to battle the object himself, but Pris-Ma's abnormal structure made Jack's attacks futile. Pris-Ma then fought back with its light attacks, confusing and tricking Jack into flailing around in confusion. Unfortunately, just as Jack broke free, the sun rose and Pris-Ma disappeared into the clouds.

Learning of Jack's failure to stop the object, MAT tried to take matters into their own hands. They set up a trap for Pris-Ma, seeking to freeze and re-trap it in ice, by luring it into a baseball stadium with all its lights on and deploying "Freezing Missiles," machines which produced freezing fog. Pris-Ma was quick to arrive and consume more matter, but the trap not only failed, it backfired upon the MAT members on the ground. Once again Go transformed into Ultraman Jack, but this time he shrunk himself down and flew directly at Pris-Ma, which caught Jack with its Tractor Beam and pulled him inside. Once inside, Jack fired his Spacium Ray and blew Pris-Ma apart.

Trivia

• Designer: Akihiko Iguchi
• Originally, Kako Yonetani designed a more orthodox design for Pris-Ma that would be unused. It would be repurposed for the Mirrorman Kaiju Coldon.
• Pris-Ma's roars are modified whale cries.
  • The same noise was used for the titular Vampire Doll from the movie of the same name.

Pris-Ma

• Pris-Ma is one of the monsters that makes up Belyudra's left arm in Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie.
• In the original screenplay for Ultra Galaxy Legend Side Story: Ultraman Zero VS Darklops Zero, Alien Salome's base was to be hidden in a corridor of light where Zero would have fought Pris-Ma before facing the Imit-Ultra Brothers (SR Team).

Ultraman Orb Chronicle Chapter 5: 'From Rusalka With Love' Arc

Pris-Ma suddenly appeared in 1908 in Rusalka, and Gai transformed into Ultraman Orb to defeat it, somehow allowing Gai to regain his memories as Orb. Like Jack before him, Orb went into Pris-Ma and destroyed it from the inside. After its defeat, Jugglus Juggler harvested Pris-Ma's card and later used it in unison with Kingsaurus II and Super C.O.V to unseal Maga-Zetton. Their battle also caused Gai's stamina to be heavily drained, making him weakened in his battle with Maga-Zetton.

Jugglus Juggler Chronicle: Ja no Michi wa Hebi

Pris-Ma's card was one of the many Kaiju Cards in possession of Alien Arcana Doman Seman. Doman used it to fire a beam of laser to Juggler, who otherwise repels it back to the former with his Jashin Blade. ^{Jugglus Juggler Chronicle: Ja no Michi wa Hebi}

Data

Stats

• Height: 35 m
• Weight: 18,000 t
• Origin: Unknown, trapped in Antarctica
• Weaknesses:
  • Pris-Ma can seemingly be trapped in ice, as it was for an unknown amount of time in Antarctica. Unfortunately, MAT's Freezing Missiles were unable to replicate the cold required to disable the demon.
  • Though Pris-Ma's crystalline body is near-impossible to shatter, it seems to lack such durability from inside its own body. It was seemingly implied that this was the result of temperature shock, with the intense cold of MAT's Freezing Missiles then being countered by a rapid increase of heat from Jack's Spacium Beam after he had been taken within the light monster, as well as an explanation and example of this phenomenon with a glass cup earlier in the episode.

Powers and Weapons

• Light Absorption: Pris-Ma passively absorbs light. During the day with abundant sunlight, Pris-Ma is seemingly so well fed that it vanishes, but this property leads it to manifest at night and attack anything that produces light.
• Light Control: Pris-Ma can control light, and uses this to disorient its foes with chaotic illusions.
• Matter-Energy Conversion: Pris-Ma has the power to release beams, rays and flashes of energy that convert matter into a crystalline mass of solid light with similar properties as Pris-Ma, seemingly disappearing in well-lit areas, but they appear and swiftly dissipate in darkness. These attacks are noted to be intensely hot, and are even capable of slowly burning away Ultraman Jack when he's pulled into point-blank range by Pris-Ma's tractor beam, but they seem to lose effectiveness past a certain distance, with repeated attempts failing to transmute a fleeing car, although they could still feel an uncomfortable amount of heat.
  • While inanimate objects are changed near instantly, living creatures appear to take significantly longer to be transmuted, with a human who had been affected being slowly transformed over a trip to the hospital where he eventually collapsed into a pile of this solid light substance, and Jack only beginning to form a crystalline coating after he entered Pris-Ma's body.
• Tractor Beam: From the center crystal object on the front of its body, Pris-Ma can fire an orange chain-like tractor beam to contain or move objects. This tractor beam is also used to drag opponents, knocking them off balance.
• Vapor Travel: Pris-Ma can travel through water vapor, such as clouds and fog.
• Time Manipulation: Pris-Ma can reverse time, preventing opponents from successfully attacking it.

Light Control Illusion 1

Light Control Illusion 2

Matter Conversion, Beam Form

Matter Conversion victim

Crystal Ball

Tractor Beam

Time Manipulation

Merchandise

HG Series

• Tsuburaya Pro 1 ~Shinji Higuchi Selection~ (2021)
  • Release Date: August 27 2021 (Fourth week)
  • Price: 500 yen per roll
  • JAN/ISBN: 4549660548010
  • Materials: PVC

A figurine of Pris-Ma is released as part of the "High Grade X (Cross)" lineup. The figurine can accommodate with the LED unit from the Ultimate Luminous line.

Ultraman is released along with Melos, Ultraman/Lipiah, and Gomora II as part of the "~Shinji Higuchi Selection~" assortment.

Gallery

Return of Ultraman

Miscellaneous

Figure of Pris-Ma, by Yamanaya.

Ultra Kaiju Encyclopedia Priz-Ma vs Ultraman Jack