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 Ultraman Series' 30th anniversary, as part of the Ultraman Wonderful World project.
Contents
Characters
Ultras
Kaiju
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 Actors
- Midori: Mariko Fukushima (福島 まりこ Fukushima Mariko)
- Akuma Ogami/Alien Benzene: Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史 Kaga Takeshi)
Music
- 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.
Games
- Main article: Ultraman Zearth (video game)
A game adaptation of Ultraman Zearth was available on PlayStation.
Trivia
- The film's title originally had an additional "蒼き星永遠なれ (Aoki hoshi eien nare, roughly translated as "Eternal Blue Planet")" before it was removed from the final cut.
- 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 are shown at the beginning of the movie.
- One of the film's posters oddly depicts Gango, Jirahs, Woo, Pestar, Zaragas, Red King II and Garamon despite them not appearing.
References
- ^ Schilling, Mark (1997). The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture. Weatherhill. p. 280. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1.
- ^ Warner, Brad (2003). Hardcore Zen: punk rock, monster movies & the truth about reality. Wisdom Publications. p. 54. ISBN 0-86171-380-X.
