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Ultra Heroes EXPO 2023 Summer Festival IN Ikebukuro・Sunshine City (ウルトラヒーローズEXPO 2023 サマーフェスティバル IN 池袋・サンシャインシティ, Urutora Hīrōzu Ekisupo Ni-sen Ni-jū-san Samā Fesutibaru IN Ikebukuro・Sanshain Shiti) is an exhibition event held at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. It is the third Summer Festival event, announced on April 26, 2023 and held from July 22 to August 28, with a break on August 8.[1][2]

Exhibition[]

The venue was filled with exhibits for guests to view, with some parts changing for the event's second half. Some notable displays include:

  • A recreation of the SKaRD's office. Outside are flat cutouts of the teams' members.[3]
    • On each SKaRD members' desks were various notes, which were changed in the event's second half.
  • A section dedicated to the New Generation Heroes, featuring:
  • Ultraman Zero with his mantle underneath a large inflatable black hand.
  • Ultra Shot (ウルトラショット, Urutora Shotto): A photo booth for taking photos with Ultras that is available at most Ultraman events. The appearing heroes rotate every few hours.[7]
  • Giant Diorama (巨大ジオラマ, 巨大ジオラマ): A large diorama filled with Ultras and kaiju battling in a city. In the diorama can be seen:
  • A diorama of Ultraman Blazar fighting Bazanga through a window.
  • Mini Stage (ミニステージ, Mini Sutēji): A catwalk for small events held throughout each day. Last year, it was called the THE LIVE Pre-stage.
  • A statue of Earth Garon.
  • Earth Garon Cockpit (アースガロンコクピット, Āsu Garon Kokupitto): A recreation of Earth Garon's cockpit that guests can sit inside.
  • A section with two benches, one with Alien Metron Marluru and the other with Alien Pegassa Pega, for guests to sit next to and take photos with.[12]
  • A poster of various pieces of advice.[13][14]

Preview[]

The day before the festival's opening, a preview for members of the press and children from a local kindergarten was held, allowing them to explore the exhibition, watch the first Battle Stage and attend an opening ceremony.[15] Unlike previous events, an ambassador was not specially chosen to represent the event, with Blazar cast members Tomoya Warabino and Himena Tsukimiya hosting the ceremony.

Stage Events[]

Ultraman Battle Stages[]

Two Ultraman Battle Stages (ウルトラマンバトルステージ, Urutoraman Batoru Sutēji) were performed five times per day, swapping over in the event's second half.[16] Both are split into two parts followed by a finale, one focusing on Ultraman Blazar and the other on the New Generation Heroes. Members of SKaRD from Ultraman Blazar appeared onstage on particular days.[17] A new insert theme called "Blue laser" was also introduced.[18]

The stage was redesigned to feature a large center screen surrounded by curved columns with vertical screens on them. Cuboidal screens to the left and right of the stage occassionally showed a camera icon to indicate when photos were allowed to be taken. Rather than being livestreamed, the stage shows were only released as archives after being recorded.[19]

Subtitles
  • Stage 1
    • Stars Chapter: "New Generation Warriors"[20]
    • Blazar Chapter: "A New Light"[20]
  • Stage 2
    • Blazar Chapter: "The Revolving Star of Wishes: SIDE Blazar"[20]
    • Stars Chapter: "The Revolving Star of Wishes: SIDE Stars"[20]

Gridman Universe Event[]

Toriaez Universtage (とりあえずユニバーステージ, Toriaezu Yunibāsutēji, lit. "For Now, Universtage") was an evening event held on August 1, 2023, featuring the live recording of an episode of Toriaez Universe, a radio show run by two voice actors from GRIDMAN UNIVERSE. Gridman appeared onstage in his new form, Universe Fighter.[21]

Guests

Ultraman Department Store[]

The Ultraman Department Store (ウルトラマンデパート, Urutoraman Depāto) is an expansive gift shop selling all kinds of Ultraman merchandise. Many offered items were event-exclusive, such as clothes and figures with special colors.[22] Some items were also available at Tsuburaya Store ONLINE and Ultraman World M78 stores.[23][24] Other items were pre-sold at the event but would become available elsewhere afterwards, such as DVDs of NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Decker STAGE 4.[25] New products were introduced in the festival's second half.[26]

Color Timer Lights, which were first introduced for NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Decker STAGE 5, light up to match the events of the stage shows.[23][27] They come free with bench tickets.[28] A wrist strap is sold separately.[29]

Guests who purchased more than ¥6000 of items in the second half received an acrylic key chain.[30]

Campaigns[]

  • Every guest received a SKaRD membership card on entry,[31][32] which they can write their name on and attach a photo to.
  • A digital stamp rally was held for the duration of the festival, tasking participants with scanning a QR code at seven locations in the Ikebukuro area, including Seibuen Amusement Park, where Ultraman the Ride is available.[33][34] Those who collected 5 stamps would be rewarded with stickers, while those who collected 7 would be entered into a lottery where 20 winners would receive an UlSummer poster signed by the Blazar cast.[33]
  • At five Seibu Line train stations, Chabacco boxes (powered green tea packaged like a cigarette) with Ultraman and Booska designs were sold.[33]
  • New Generation Ultraman Digital Quiz Rally (ニュージェネレーションウルトラマン デジタルクイズラリー, Nyū Jenerēshon Urutoraman Dejitaru Kuizu Rarī): A campaign tasking players with scanning barcodes in eight locations in Ikebukuro and answering a trivia question.[33] Players who completed one question would receive a digital wallpaper. For five questions, they would earn access to Decker STAGE 1 and be entered in a merchandise lottery.[35] For all eight locations, players got access to Decker STAGE 2 and were entered into another merchandise lottery. A TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION account was required to obtain the wallpaper and watch the stage shows.
  • Meet The Hero (ミート・ザ・ヒーロー, Mīto Za Hīrō) was held again, where guests can interact with an Ultra Hero for three minutes and take photos.[36] It was held on another floor of Sunshine City.
  • Restaurants at Sunshine City would give holographic Ultraman stickers with certain menu items during the festival.[37]
  • Ultraman-related menu items and button badges were available at Sunshine City's Theater Terrace restaurant during the event.[38]
  • During Kaiju Sakaba's Ryukyu Fair, customers could order special drunks based on Bazanga and Gedos by presenting their UlSummer ticket.[39]
  • From August 1, crepes based on Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Blazar were sold at WACCA Ikebukuro.[33][40]
  • Super Limited Ultra Shot (超限定ウルトラショット, Chō Gentei Urutora Shotto): 50 premium TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION members and 30 standard members could win the chance to go to a special longer Ultra Shot booth held on August 12, featuring Ultraman Leo and Ultraman Regulos (Early Style).[41]

Gallery[]

Images[]

Videos[]

Trivia[]

  • Unlike the previous two Summer Festival events, the stage shows were referred to with the Japanese words "zenki" (前期) and "kōki" (後期) instead of STAGE 1 and STAGE 2.[16] However, the latter terms were used for the Blu-ray and DVD release.[42]
  • On August 2, a notice was posted on the website informing guests that Ultras at the Meet The Hero and Ultra Shot booths could not pose with their hands touching the ground for the sake of hygiene.[43]
  • When the festival concluded, the official twitter account posted photos of Ultraman, Dada and Gedos toys at the beach.[44]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/
  2. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6716
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://twitter.com/m78expo/status/1696077811428315333
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7QbX5Tyu7Y
  5. https://twitter.com/777knka/status/1689280079149309952
  6. https://twitter.com/777knka/status/1689279474867556352
  7. https://ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/shot/
  8. https://twitter.com/0605Y_ver2/status/1692462676151349270
  9. https://twitter.com/yi0124/status/1695217063651152314
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://twitter.com/0605Y_ver2/status/1692462698347581760
  11. https://twitter.com/TomoyaWarabino/status/1702643017021260056
  12. https://twitter.com/kajikajihaya/status/1690491865190297600
  13. https://twitter.com/han_meg_han/status/1691432666573496320
  14. https://twitter.com/mutosenjinshun/status/1685899445349838849
  15. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6816
  16. 16.0 16.1 https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/stage/
  17. https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/news/4573/
  18. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6837
  19. https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/online/
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/6543
  21. https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/news/5051/
  22. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6791
  23. 23.0 23.1 https://m-78.jp/news/post-6764
  24. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6813
  25. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6840
  26. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6836
  27. https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/news/5300/
  28. https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/ticket/
  29. https://store.m-78.jp/products/4562294007425
  30. https://ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/product/
  31. https://twitter.com/m78expo/status/1669887592647778314
  32. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6716
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 https://m-78.jp/news/post-6801
  34. https://ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/seibu_rally/
  35. https://ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/rally/
  36. https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/meetthehero/
  37. https://ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/restaurant/
  38. https://ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/terrace/
  39. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6417
  40. https://www.marion.co.jp/collaboration/1066/
  41. https://ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/spshot/
  42. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6901
  43. https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2023/news/5218/
  44. https://twitter.com/tsuburayaprod/status/1697081996978348493

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Ultra Family Grand Assembly 1998 | '99 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018
Ultraman Premier Stage Stage | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | 2011
Ultraman Precious Stage For the Children of the Future | Dad is Ultraseven | A Life Led by a Miracle | A BRAVE HEART | ~LOVE~ | ~School Opening~
Ultraman Legend Stage 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014
Karnival Upin & Ipin 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018
Ultraman Live in Genting 2015 | 2016 (Stage I, Stage II)
Ultraman The Live In Taiwan 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Other Stage Shows Ultraman Super Stage | Ultraman Live Stage 2 | Ultra P | Ultra Hero Battle Theater! | Ultraman Live: Peace of the Earth | Hida Takayama: Ultra Hero Legend Stage | Funatsuza Ultraman Starlight Stage | Ultraman and the Wonders of Science | The Earthling All Alone feat. ULTRASEVEN | Ultra Double Stage | Ultra Heroes Acrobattle (2015, 2016, 2017) | DARKNESS HEELS~THE LIVE~ | SSSS.GRIDMAN Stage Play | SSSS.DYNAZENON SHOW | Ultraman Blazar Spectacle Live in NYCC 2023 | GRIDMAN UNIVERSE SHOW | A New Battle! Unexpected Alien Invasion!
Other Events 3 Major Tokusatsu Hero Festival | Ultra Heroes EXPO New Generation World | TSUBURAYA CONVENTION (2019, 2021, 2023) | ULTRAMAN MUSIC LIVE | Takaya's Room | Ultraman Connection Live | TSUBURAYA EXHIBITION | INTO THE STORY: Ultraman Trigger | Ultraman Real-Time Motion Capture Labo | 10 Days of Ultraman | Ultraman the Ride | All Ultraman Grand Vote | Ultra Heroes Academy in Dufan Ancol 2024 | Sukagawa Imagination Festival 2024
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