After defeating Reconstructed Pandon and leaving Earth, Ultraseven falls back to Earth after being defeated in space. On Earth, Furuhashi is now Captain of the new Ultra Guard while Anne has retired and now lives with her brother-in-law, who is a renowned scientist working on a "Hyper Solar System" module, which the Alien Pitt want to acquire.
Plot[]
A gravely injured Ultraseven fell from outer space into Earth's orbit. His arrival was dismissed by Anne's son, Dan as a meteorite.
30 years since Seven had fought Pandon, the Ultra Guard was reorganized into a four men group consisting of Togo, Kaji, Risa and their leader, Furuhashi. Furuhashi was assigned on a TDF conference discussing the monster and alien threats they had faced so far, such as the Alien Baltan, Guesra, Oil Drinker and eventually summing up to the fact that mankind's activities caused the deterioration of Earth's environment. To solve this, they decided to use environmental-friendly alternatives such as the solar energy. The The Hyper Solar System suddenly blew up due to the excess energy. Dr. Kusuhara's who was in charge of the facility, happened to be Anne's brother in law and the latter thanked the Ultra Guard for saving him.
Dan was outside the whole night as he encountered a strange girl who pointed him to a human-sized Eleking. Dan found the Ultra Guard, but his claim of seeing the monster was dismissed. At that same time, Furuhashi and Kaji discovered the same mysterious girl being the very perpetrator of the incident, moving at a blinding speed. The girl also intruded Kusuhara's office to erase Eleking's data from TDF's databank, but was forced to abandon her attempts in assassinating him when the Ultra Guard visited his home. Furuhashi visited the 17th Branch hangar to visit the comatose Seven, reprimanding his former friend for selflessly defending Earth despite his declining health over the years. Togo and Risa left after a tour in Anne's house while Dan was kidnapped by the Alien Pitt out of fear that his interference would threaten their plans. Their deployed Eleking demonstrated its power to emit heat and carbon dioxide as a demonstration to their scheme to accelerate the global warming on Earth. Using his experience, Furuhashi ordered Kaji to aim for one of its horns, causing the Pitts to reclaim their monster for a retreat. Seeing the monster's current state, Kusuhara hypothesized that the destruction of Hyper Solar System was to prevent it from being used against Eleking, which the aliens had foreseen as a threat to their plans.
Using their surveillance drone, the Pitts spied on the Ultra Guard's attempt in recharging the comatose Seven and managed to find his location, intending to the solar energy to kill the Ultra. Still restrained by the handcuffs, Dan managed to stall their plans and Seven reawakened, absorbing enough solar energy to recharge himself to fight Eleking. Using the repaired Hyper Solar System, Kusuhara ordered his men to absorb Eleking's energy, allowing Seven to turn the tables and destroy the monster. Spotting the Alien Pitts' saucer, Seven went inside to rescue Dan before he killed it and the alien occupants with Wide Shot. Seven once again departed to outer space as the spectators thanked him for his assistance.
Each episode was originally released on a separate DVD. The complete series was later released in a DVD box set titled Ultraseven 1994～2002 Perfect Collection on April 18, 2012.[1][2]
This episode was part of a 1993 project to mark "Sun Day," a campaign launched by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry on March 21. Tsuburaya Productions took part in the project with support from the Japan Solar System Development Association and guidance from Yomiuri Advertising, who helped plan a TV special. Initially pitched as an anime, the idea was reworked into a live-action episode set 30 years after the original series after a suggestion from Yomiuri producer Toshihiko Fujinami.[4][5]
Masakazu Migita of the Department of Literature finished the script in November 1993. The production team filmed the episode on videotape and brought in Gridman the Hyper Agent staff to share their special effects expertise. To generate public interest, they held a "Ultra Guard Team Member Recruitment" campaign, which attracted about 3,000 applicants.[4]
The ending of the episode, especially Anne's call to Ultraseven, reportedly left many viewers puzzled. While Furuhashi called out to Seven as "Dan!," some felt that Anne's way of addressing him was off. Actress Yuriko Hishimi later reflected on this scene in her book Seven, Seven, Seven: My Lover, Ultraseven.[6]
During its original broadcast, the end credits had the famous lava-like background sequence that was used in the opening of Ultraseven, while its home video releases have a plain black background.
