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The Hibernator is the second episode of Ultraman: Towards the Future. It is also called The Frozen Dragon (凍てついた龍, Itetsuta Ryū) in Japan.

Synopsis[]

An ancient dinosaur, Gigasaurus, found frozen in suspended animation in Antarctica. Jack appears in front of the UMA members who went to investigate and talks about the threat of Godes. Around the same time, the person who invaded the warehouse where the Gigasaurus was sleeping was...

Plot[]

An ancient being living in stasis for millions of years Gigasaurus was frozen under the ice of the arctic until the Gudis virus began to warm up the arctic and Gigasaurus was soon discovered by UMA. One day his icy prison began to slowly melt and his cells began to reproduce at a bizzare rate.

As a batch of cells was about to be examined Gigasaurus woke up and increased his size to break out of the storage facility he was held at. UMA sent its fighters as the icy dinosaur monster as he was rampaging through the town and soon into the local transformers. Gigasaurus's freezing breath prevented UMA's fighters from getting close. That night while Gigasaurus was sleeping plans were being thought up to destroy the large dinosaur for good. That morning as Gigasaurus was heading for a local oil refinery a human infected by the Gudis virus was waiting for him to show up.

Jack hijacked one of UMA's fighters to catch up with Gigasaurus to prevent him from getting infected. Before Jack's fighter crashed from Gigasaurus's freezing mist, he turned into Ultraman Great. The two giants clashed against one another and before long Great managed to used Magnum Shoot to use the dinosaur's own mist against him. After a moment of silence for the beast, Great soon destroyed Gigasaurus with Burning Plasma and flew off.

Cast[]

Guest Actors[]

Voice Actors[]

Japanese Dub[]

Suit Actors[]

  • Ultraman Great: Steve Apps and Robert Simper
  • Monsters: Mike Read and Johnny Halliday

Appearances[]

Ultras[]

Kaiju[]

Trivia[]

  • The first draft of this episode was submitted on May 26, 1989, with the second draft following on May 29. In the original concept provided by Noboru Aikawa, the story was set around an accident that occurs while UMA is transporting Degunja, causing the ice to thaw. Degunja, which only moves during the day and rests at night, is motivated solely by a desire to return to its homeland—the ocean. Jack, who becomes aware of this, tries to stop UMA from attacking Degunja but ultimately fails. In the end, Degunja’s lifeless body floats on the sea. The episode concludes with a discussion among UMA members about what Degunja might have been thinking while frozen in the ice. Jack's response: "Maybe it was dreaming."[1]
    • In Terry Larsen’s version of the script, the plot involving the transportation of Degunja and the element of it moving toward the "ocean" were removed. The original ending had both Degunja and Ultraman disappearing at the same time, but Kiyoshi Suzuki requested a more “Ultraman-like” ending, leading to the final version seen on screen.
    • In the original script, there was no scene where Ike asks, "UMA?" and bursts into uncontrollable laughter. Instead, the narration simply mentioned, "Ike laughed hysterically at his own boring joke." Additionally, in the initial concept, Ike was actually intended to die midway through the episode.

References[]

  1. Entertainment Archive : Ultraman G & Ultraman Powered pg 71

Ultraman: Towards the Future Episodes
1. Signs of Life | 2. The Hibernator | 3. The Child's Dream | 4. The Storm Hunter | 5. Blast from the Past | 6. The Showdown | 7. The Forest Guardian | 8. Bitter Harvest | 9. The Biospherians | 10. Tourists from the Stars | 11. The Survivalists | 12. The Age of Plagues | 13. Nemesis
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