Ultraman Zearth (film)

Ultraman Zearth
Directed by:	Shinya Nakajima Konaka Kazuya
Produced by:	Kazuo Tsuburaya Hiroshi Inagaki Isomura Yoshiyuki Goto Hiroshi
Written by:	Nagasaka Hideka Kazunori Saito
Starring:	Masaharu Sekiguchi Takaaki Ishibashi Kinashi Noritake Takaoka Yuka Hiromoto Okubo Kohji Moritsugu Miyagawa Ichirota
Music by:	James Shimoji
Cinematography:	N/A
Editing by:	N/A
Distributed by:	Shochiku
Release Date(s)	March 9, 1996
Running time	51 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow

Ultraman Zearth (ウルトラマンゼアス Urutoraman Zeasu) is a movie produced by Tsuburaya Productions in 1996 and was released as a celebration of the Ultra Series' 30th anniversary, as part of the Ultraman Wonderful World project.

Appearances

Ultra

• Ultraman Zearth

Kaiju & Seijin

• Alien Benzene
• Cotton-Poppe

Cast

• Katsuto Asahi (朝日 勝人 Asahi Katsuto): Masaharu Sekiguchi (関口 正晴 Sekiguchi Masaharu)
• Shinpei Ohkohchi (大河内 神平 Ōkōchi Shinpei): Takaaki Ishibashi (石橋 貴明 Ishibashi Takaaki)
• Butsukichi Konakai (小中井 仏吉 Konakai Butsukichi): Noritake Kinashi (木梨 憲武 Kinashi Noritake)
• Tohru Hoshimi (星見 透 Hoshimi Tōru): Yuka Takaoka (高岡 由香 Takaoka Yuka)
• Ganta Takemura (武村 岩太 Takemura Ganta): Hiromoto Okubo (大久保 博元 Okubo Hiromoto)
• Ban Satsuma (薩摩 萬 Satsuma Ban): Kohji Moritsugu (森次 晃嗣 Moritsugu Koji)
• Manabu Kazu (数 学 Kazu Manabu): Ichirota Miyagawa (宮川 一朗太 Miyagawa Ichirota)
• Night Watchman: Susumu Kurobe (黒部 進 Kurobe Susumu)
• Fisherman: Akiji Kobayashi (小林 昭二 Kobayashi Akiji)
• Photographer: Masanari Nihei (二瓶 正也 Nihei Masanari)
• Reporter: Sandayu Dokumamushi (毒蝮 三太夫 Dokumamushi Sandayu)
• Housewife: Hiroko Sakurai (桜井 浩子 Sakurai Hiroko)
• Master of Seidokaikan: Kazuyoshi Ishii (石井 和義 Ishii Kazuyoshi)
• Instructor of Seidokaikan: Nobuaki Kakuda (角田 信朗 Kakuda Nobuaki)
• Assistant Instructor: Andy Hug (アンディ・フグ Andi Fugu)
• Yuki Hoshimi (星見 勇気 Hoshimi Yuki): Hiromi Sakimoto (崎本 大海 Sakimoto Hiromi) (Played as "崎元 大海")

Voice cast

• Midori: Mariko Fukushima (福島 まりこ Fukushima Mariko)
• Akuma Ogami/Alien Benzene: Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史 Kaga Takeshi)
• Kagemi/Alien Lady-Benzene: Uno Kanda (神田 うの Kanda Uno)

Theme Song

• Shuwatch! Ultraman Zearth (シュワッチ!ウルトラマンゼアス Shuwatchi! Urutoraman Zeasu)
  • Lyrics: Shinya Jinma (じんま しんや Jinma Shinya)
  • Composition: James Shimoji (ジェイムス 下地 Jeimusu Shimoji)
  • Artist: Tunnels (とんねるず Tonneruzu)

Releases

A two disc release of Ultraman Zearth 1 & 2 is available on Blu-Ray.

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Games

A game adaptation of Ultraman Zearth was available on PlayStation.

Notes & Trivia

• A parody of the film is produced for the Comedy show Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita before the film's premiere.
• Actors/Actresses from previous Ultraman series made cameos in 2 movies:
  • Arashi is a helicopter reporter (which is not too far from what he currently does in real life). In Ultraman Zearth, Hayata is a night watchman (who holds his flashlight up like a Beta Capsule) Fuji (the only woman who ever catches the MYDO plane taking off from a secret base exit, which happens to be a billboard), Ide (as a photographer), and Captain Muramatsu, as a fisherman.
• An Ultra Hero Series Ultraman, a larger Ultraman Taro figure, and a Sound Battler Ultraman Powered figure is shown in the beginning of the movie.

Errors & Goofs

• A scene of Zearth rising from the lake of mud is actually a reversed version of Zearth diving through the water, which produces unnatural water effects during the rise.

References

1. ^ Schilling, Mark (1997). The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture. Weatherhill. p. 280. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1.
2. ^ Warner, Brad (2003). Hardcore Zen: punk rock, monster movies & the truth about reality. Wisdom Publications. p. 54. ISBN 0-86171-380-X.