"In a time of destruction. He returns. The ultimate battle begins. 7.7."
- ―The film's captions
ULTRAMAN_n/a is a short film uploaded on the ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL YouTube channel on July 17, 2015, exclusively available in Japan. Produced by Digital Frontier,[1] it features a realistic CGI Ultraman battling a kaiju resembling Zaragas in the streets of Shibuya. With English captions that finish with "7.7", referring to July 7, it was thought to be a trailer or pilot for an upcoming project, but nothing has come to fruition to this day.
Shortly after its release, Japanese news site BIGLOBE asked a Tsuburaya Productions representative about the film, who confirmed that the kaiju was based on Zaragas, that Ultraman and the kaiju were new characters, and that July 7 referred to company founder Eiji Tsuburaya's birthday. However, they stated that no further details could be revealed at the time.[2]
A buildable statue of this film's version of Ultraman was released by Gecco in May 2018,[3][4][5] after first being unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con 2017.[6][7]
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- The film is initially in live-action before transitioning to a CGI city.
- In Fields Corporation's financial report for the end of fiscal year 2014, "Ultraman series for adults" was mentioned to be in the works, in the form of a TV show in 2016 and a movie in 2017.[8][9] Some speculate this to be the project that ULTRAMAN_n/a was a trailer for, but this has not been confirmed. It is also possible this was referring to the then-unannounced Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA series, despite that releasing on Amazon Prime.
- This was the first time an Ultra had toes, the second being Ultraman Blazar in 2023.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.dfx.co.jp/en/previous_works/w134/index.html
- ↑ https://news.biglobe.ne.jp/entertainment/0717/blnews_150717_4858283272.html
- ↑ https://gecco.co.jp/en/product/ultraman-model-kit/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20211208211044/http://www.gecco.co.jp/sheet/sheet-ultraman-mk-en.html
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/GeccoCorpJP/posts/ultraman-pre-painted-model-kityes-this-big-285-mmmore-info-httpwwwgeccocojpsheet/1999295970315166/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1950640965180667
- ↑ https://www.kaijubattle.net/ultra-universe-toys/geccos-ultraman-statue-reveal-from-sdcc
- ↑ Fields Corporation's 2014 end of fiscal year presentation (Japanese)
- ↑ Fields Corporation's 2014 end of fiscal year presentation (English)