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Ultraman Blazar | |
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Genre |
Tokusatsu Kaiju Kyodai Hero Science fiction Super Hero Drama |
Created by | Tsuburaya Productions |
Written by |
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Directed by |
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Starring |
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Voices of | Akira Ishida |
Opening theme | "Bokura no Spectra" by Hiroshi Kitadani |
Ending theme |
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Composer | Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund [1] [2] |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 25 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | TXN ( TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi) |
Release | July 8, 2023 January 20, 2024 | –
Related | |
Ultraman Blazar (ウルトラマンブレーザー, Urutoraman Burēzā) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama produced by Tsuburaya Productions, released to coincide with the company's 60th anniversary. [3] It is the 35th entry to the Ultraman Series, the fifth installment in the Reiwa era and the first series to lean towards serious hard science fiction since Ultraman Gaia and Ultraman Nexus. The series began airing on TV Tokyo on July 8, 2023 [4] [5] and on YouTube after the airing.
The Global Guardian Force (GGF) was established in 1966 in response to the worldwide outbreak of kaiju attacks. As global warming continues to rise, a GGF special forces unit led by Gento Hiruma finds itself in a dangerous situation when its cleanup operation goes awry before an Ultraman appears. Gento is later transferred to lead SKaRD, short for the Special Kaiju Reaction Detachment, a newly formed covert team that utilizes the Earth Garon robot to combat kaiju. Gento revealed to have become the host of Ultraman Blazar, leads SKaRD against the kaiju while figuring out the meaning of visions he has of another galaxy.
No. | Title | Director | Writer | Original air date |
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SP | "Ultraman Blazar Preview Special" Transliteration: "Urutoraman Burēzā Chokuzen Supesharu" ( Japanese: ウルトラマンブレーザー直前スペシャル) | N/A | N/A | July 1, 2023 |
1 | "First Wave" Transliteration: "Fāsuto Weibu" ( Japanese: ファースト・ウェイブ) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | July 8, 2023 |
2 | "The Man Who Created SKaRD" Transliteration: "Sukādo o Tsukutta Otoko" ( Japanese: SKaRDを作った男) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | July 15, 2023 |
3 | "The Name Is Earth Garon" Transliteration: "Sono Na wa Āsu Garon" ( Japanese: その名はアースガロン) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | July 22, 2023 |
4 | "Thus Fought Emi" Transliteration: "Emi, Kaku Tatakeri" ( Japanese: エミ、かく戦えり) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | July 29, 2023 |
5 | "The Mountain Roars" Transliteration: "Yama ga Hoeru" ( Japanese: 山が吠える) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | August 5, 2023 |
SP | "Uncover the True Identity of the Giant Creatures" Transliteration: "Kyodai Seibutsu no Shōtai o Oe" ( Japanese: 巨大生物の正体を追え) | N/A | N/A | August 12, 2023 |
6 | "The Invading Aurora" Transliteration: "Shinryaku no Ōrora" ( Japanese: 侵略のオーロラ) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | August 19, 2023 |
7 | "Rainbow Appears: Part 1" Transliteration: "Niji ga Deta Zenpen" ( Japanese: 虹が出た 前編) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Taiki Yamazaki | August 26, 2023 |
8 | "Rainbow Appears: Part 2" Transliteration: "Niji ga Deta Kōhen" ( Japanese: 虹が出た 後編) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Taiki Yamazaki | September 2, 2023 |
9 | "Planet of Music" Transliteration: "Oto no Hoshi" ( Japanese: オトノホシ) | Tomonobu Koshi | Sumio Uetake | September 9, 2023 |
10 | "Parent and Child" Transliteration: "Oya to Ko" ( Japanese: 親と子) | Tomonobu Koshi | Sumio Uetake | September 16, 2023 |
11 | "Escape" Transliteration: "Esukēpu" ( Japanese: エスケープ) | Masayoshi Takesue | Junichiro Ashiki | September 23, 2023 |
12 | "Let's Go, Blazar!" Transliteration: "Iku zo Burēzā!" ( Japanese: いくぞブレーザー!) | Masayoshi Takesue | Junichiro Ashiki | September 30, 2023 |
13 | "SKaRD Nocturne" Transliteration: "Sukādo Nokutān" ( Japanese: スカードノクターン) | Ryuta Miyazaki | Junichiro Ashiki | October 7, 2023 |
14 | "Moonlit Memories" Transliteration: "Gekka no Kioku" ( Japanese: 月下の記憶) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | October 14, 2023 |
15 | "Betwixt Morn and Dusk" Transliteration: "Asa to Yoru no Aida ni" ( Japanese: 朝と夜の間に) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Takao Nakano | October 21, 2023 |
16 | "Terror from the underground" Transliteration: "Kyōfu wa Chitei yori" ( Japanese: 恐怖は地底より) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | October 28, 2023 |
SP | "Blazar Digital Picture Scroll" Transliteration: "Burēzā Den'nō Emaki" ( Japanese: ブレーザー電脳絵巻) | N/A | N/A | November 4, 2023 |
17 | "The Wanderling Zangill" Transliteration: "Sasurai no Zangiru" ( Japanese: さすらいのザンギル) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | November 11, 2023 |
18 | "The Towering Terror" Transliteration: "Sobietatsu Kyōfu" ( Japanese: そびえ立つ恐怖) | Tomonobu Koshi | Jun Tsugita | November 18, 2023 |
19 | "Light and Flame" Transliteration: "Hikari to Honō" ( Japanese: 光と炎) | Tomonobu Koshi | Jun Tsugita | November 25, 2023 |
20 | "Night of Insects Chirping" Transliteration: "Mushi no Ne no Yoru" ( Japanese: 虫の音の夜) | Masayoshi Takesue | Toshizo Nemoto | December 2, 2023 |
21 | "Battle in the Sky" Transliteration: "Tenkū no Gekisen" ( Japanese: 天空の激戦) | Masayoshi Takesue | Toshizo Nemoto | December 9, 2023 |
22 | "Insurance Hero" Transliteration: "Sonpo Hīrō" ( Japanese: ソンポヒーロー) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Junichiro Ashiki | December 16, 2023 |
23 | "Visitor 99" Transliteration: "Vijitā Kyū Kyū" ( Japanese: ヴィジター99) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Keigo Koyanagi | December 23, 2023 |
SP | "Pag's Ultra Lecture" Transliteration: "Pagu no Urutora Dangi" ( Japanese: パグのウルトラ談義) | N/A | N/A | January 6, 2024 |
24 | "The Approaching Third Wave" Transliteration: "Dai San-pa Sekkin Shūrai" ( Japanese: 第3波接近襲来) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | January 13, 2024 |
25 | "The Ones Who Embrace the Earth" Transliteration: "Chikyū o Idaku Mono-tachi" ( Japanese: 地球を抱くものたち) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | January 20, 2024 |
Ultraman Blazar the Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown (ウルトラマンブレーザー THE MOVIE 大怪獣首都激突, Urutoraman Burēzā Za Mūbī Dai Kaijū Shuto Gekitotsu) is a film released in Japanese theaters on February 23, 2024. [6] [7]
"At that moment, I thought it would be 'New Generation Gaia,' but even now, 'Gaia' is an extremely ambitious work. 'Given the current state of TV series production, it's impossible to surpass that work no matter how you think about it.' I always believed that. I didn't want to lose such a battle, and I didn't think I was the right person for it."
Comments by Taguchi. [9]
Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Blazar was first trademarked and registered by the company on December 20, 2022, and published on December 28, 2022. [10] The series was officially announced on April 21, 2023, alongside a sneak peek of both the titular Ultra and its human host Gento Hiruma. [4] [5] An official press conference was later held on June 12, 2023, which revealed more information on the main cast as well as the kaiju featured in the series. [11]
Series director Kiyotaka Taguchi stated in an interview in Uchusen that he was once approached by Tsuburaya to produce a series that will follow after Ultraman Decker and it will be based on Ultraman Gaia, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. [9] But he decided that he declined making an anniversary season for Gaia, stating the ambitious attempt to try to replicate a show that is already a good Ultra series. He said that "Around the summer of 2021, President Masayuki Nagatake of Tsuburaya Productions invited me out for a meal and said he wanted to talk to me. At that time, Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga was already in production. 'Do you want to be the main director for the next project?' President Nagatake asked. At that moment, I thought it would be 'New Generation Gaia,' but even now, 'Gaia' is an extremely ambitious work. 'Given the current state of TV series production, it's impossible to surpass that work no matter how you think about it.' I always believed that. I didn't want to lose such a battle, and I didn't think I was the right person for it." [9] Taguchi decided that for the next series, everything will be done from the ground up that totally feels fresh while focusing less on gimmicks such as form changes and more on original kaiju suits instead of recycling old ones. [9] His concept on Blazar is also different to that of other Ultras, as it is not related to the M78 Nebula but as a character born in a different galaxy. [9] In his interview in Tsuburaya Imagination, he said that he made Blazar to be ideologically similar to Gaia overall and break away from the world view of the previous two works for it to portray "hard science fiction". [12]
In Malaysia, this series began airing on Astro Ceria on the same date after the broadcast in Japan at 8:30 pm, with Malay-language dubs.
In Indonesia, this series began airing on RTV on July 14, 2023, with Indonesian dubs. [29]
In Hong Kong, this series will begin airing on ViuTV on July 15, 2023, with Cantonese dubs.
In Philippines, this series will be air on TV5 in 2025 with Filipino dubbed.
Internationally outside of Southeast Asia, the series was uploaded on YouTube with a sub, and for the first time in Ultra Series history, the series is airing with an English simuldub, utilizing YouTube's new audio track feature.
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
general notability guideline. (April 2024) |
Ultraman Blazar | |
---|---|
Genre |
Tokusatsu Kaiju Kyodai Hero Science fiction Super Hero Drama |
Created by | Tsuburaya Productions |
Written by |
|
Directed by |
|
Starring |
|
Voices of | Akira Ishida |
Opening theme | "Bokura no Spectra" by Hiroshi Kitadani |
Ending theme |
|
Composer | Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund [1] [2] |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 25 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | TXN ( TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi) |
Release | July 8, 2023 January 20, 2024 | –
Related | |
Ultraman Blazar (ウルトラマンブレーザー, Urutoraman Burēzā) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama produced by Tsuburaya Productions, released to coincide with the company's 60th anniversary. [3] It is the 35th entry to the Ultraman Series, the fifth installment in the Reiwa era and the first series to lean towards serious hard science fiction since Ultraman Gaia and Ultraman Nexus. The series began airing on TV Tokyo on July 8, 2023 [4] [5] and on YouTube after the airing.
The Global Guardian Force (GGF) was established in 1966 in response to the worldwide outbreak of kaiju attacks. As global warming continues to rise, a GGF special forces unit led by Gento Hiruma finds itself in a dangerous situation when its cleanup operation goes awry before an Ultraman appears. Gento is later transferred to lead SKaRD, short for the Special Kaiju Reaction Detachment, a newly formed covert team that utilizes the Earth Garon robot to combat kaiju. Gento revealed to have become the host of Ultraman Blazar, leads SKaRD against the kaiju while figuring out the meaning of visions he has of another galaxy.
No. | Title | Director | Writer | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|
SP | "Ultraman Blazar Preview Special" Transliteration: "Urutoraman Burēzā Chokuzen Supesharu" ( Japanese: ウルトラマンブレーザー直前スペシャル) | N/A | N/A | July 1, 2023 |
1 | "First Wave" Transliteration: "Fāsuto Weibu" ( Japanese: ファースト・ウェイブ) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | July 8, 2023 |
2 | "The Man Who Created SKaRD" Transliteration: "Sukādo o Tsukutta Otoko" ( Japanese: SKaRDを作った男) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | July 15, 2023 |
3 | "The Name Is Earth Garon" Transliteration: "Sono Na wa Āsu Garon" ( Japanese: その名はアースガロン) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | July 22, 2023 |
4 | "Thus Fought Emi" Transliteration: "Emi, Kaku Tatakeri" ( Japanese: エミ、かく戦えり) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | July 29, 2023 |
5 | "The Mountain Roars" Transliteration: "Yama ga Hoeru" ( Japanese: 山が吠える) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | August 5, 2023 |
SP | "Uncover the True Identity of the Giant Creatures" Transliteration: "Kyodai Seibutsu no Shōtai o Oe" ( Japanese: 巨大生物の正体を追え) | N/A | N/A | August 12, 2023 |
6 | "The Invading Aurora" Transliteration: "Shinryaku no Ōrora" ( Japanese: 侵略のオーロラ) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | August 19, 2023 |
7 | "Rainbow Appears: Part 1" Transliteration: "Niji ga Deta Zenpen" ( Japanese: 虹が出た 前編) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Taiki Yamazaki | August 26, 2023 |
8 | "Rainbow Appears: Part 2" Transliteration: "Niji ga Deta Kōhen" ( Japanese: 虹が出た 後編) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Taiki Yamazaki | September 2, 2023 |
9 | "Planet of Music" Transliteration: "Oto no Hoshi" ( Japanese: オトノホシ) | Tomonobu Koshi | Sumio Uetake | September 9, 2023 |
10 | "Parent and Child" Transliteration: "Oya to Ko" ( Japanese: 親と子) | Tomonobu Koshi | Sumio Uetake | September 16, 2023 |
11 | "Escape" Transliteration: "Esukēpu" ( Japanese: エスケープ) | Masayoshi Takesue | Junichiro Ashiki | September 23, 2023 |
12 | "Let's Go, Blazar!" Transliteration: "Iku zo Burēzā!" ( Japanese: いくぞブレーザー!) | Masayoshi Takesue | Junichiro Ashiki | September 30, 2023 |
13 | "SKaRD Nocturne" Transliteration: "Sukādo Nokutān" ( Japanese: スカードノクターン) | Ryuta Miyazaki | Junichiro Ashiki | October 7, 2023 |
14 | "Moonlit Memories" Transliteration: "Gekka no Kioku" ( Japanese: 月下の記憶) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | October 14, 2023 |
15 | "Betwixt Morn and Dusk" Transliteration: "Asa to Yoru no Aida ni" ( Japanese: 朝と夜の間に) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Takao Nakano | October 21, 2023 |
16 | "Terror from the underground" Transliteration: "Kyōfu wa Chitei yori" ( Japanese: 恐怖は地底より) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | October 28, 2023 |
SP | "Blazar Digital Picture Scroll" Transliteration: "Burēzā Den'nō Emaki" ( Japanese: ブレーザー電脳絵巻) | N/A | N/A | November 4, 2023 |
17 | "The Wanderling Zangill" Transliteration: "Sasurai no Zangiru" ( Japanese: さすらいのザンギル) | Takanori Tsujimoto | Jun Tsugita | November 11, 2023 |
18 | "The Towering Terror" Transliteration: "Sobietatsu Kyōfu" ( Japanese: そびえ立つ恐怖) | Tomonobu Koshi | Jun Tsugita | November 18, 2023 |
19 | "Light and Flame" Transliteration: "Hikari to Honō" ( Japanese: 光と炎) | Tomonobu Koshi | Jun Tsugita | November 25, 2023 |
20 | "Night of Insects Chirping" Transliteration: "Mushi no Ne no Yoru" ( Japanese: 虫の音の夜) | Masayoshi Takesue | Toshizo Nemoto | December 2, 2023 |
21 | "Battle in the Sky" Transliteration: "Tenkū no Gekisen" ( Japanese: 天空の激戦) | Masayoshi Takesue | Toshizo Nemoto | December 9, 2023 |
22 | "Insurance Hero" Transliteration: "Sonpo Hīrō" ( Japanese: ソンポヒーロー) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Junichiro Ashiki | December 16, 2023 |
23 | "Visitor 99" Transliteration: "Vijitā Kyū Kyū" ( Japanese: ヴィジター99) | Kazuhiro Nakagawa | Keigo Koyanagi | December 23, 2023 |
SP | "Pag's Ultra Lecture" Transliteration: "Pagu no Urutora Dangi" ( Japanese: パグのウルトラ談義) | N/A | N/A | January 6, 2024 |
24 | "The Approaching Third Wave" Transliteration: "Dai San-pa Sekkin Shūrai" ( Japanese: 第3波接近襲来) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | January 13, 2024 |
25 | "The Ones Who Embrace the Earth" Transliteration: "Chikyū o Idaku Mono-tachi" ( Japanese: 地球を抱くものたち) | Kiyotaka Taguchi | Keigo Koyanagi | January 20, 2024 |
Ultraman Blazar the Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown (ウルトラマンブレーザー THE MOVIE 大怪獣首都激突, Urutoraman Burēzā Za Mūbī Dai Kaijū Shuto Gekitotsu) is a film released in Japanese theaters on February 23, 2024. [6] [7]
"At that moment, I thought it would be 'New Generation Gaia,' but even now, 'Gaia' is an extremely ambitious work. 'Given the current state of TV series production, it's impossible to surpass that work no matter how you think about it.' I always believed that. I didn't want to lose such a battle, and I didn't think I was the right person for it."
Comments by Taguchi. [9]
Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Blazar was first trademarked and registered by the company on December 20, 2022, and published on December 28, 2022. [10] The series was officially announced on April 21, 2023, alongside a sneak peek of both the titular Ultra and its human host Gento Hiruma. [4] [5] An official press conference was later held on June 12, 2023, which revealed more information on the main cast as well as the kaiju featured in the series. [11]
Series director Kiyotaka Taguchi stated in an interview in Uchusen that he was once approached by Tsuburaya to produce a series that will follow after Ultraman Decker and it will be based on Ultraman Gaia, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. [9] But he decided that he declined making an anniversary season for Gaia, stating the ambitious attempt to try to replicate a show that is already a good Ultra series. He said that "Around the summer of 2021, President Masayuki Nagatake of Tsuburaya Productions invited me out for a meal and said he wanted to talk to me. At that time, Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga was already in production. 'Do you want to be the main director for the next project?' President Nagatake asked. At that moment, I thought it would be 'New Generation Gaia,' but even now, 'Gaia' is an extremely ambitious work. 'Given the current state of TV series production, it's impossible to surpass that work no matter how you think about it.' I always believed that. I didn't want to lose such a battle, and I didn't think I was the right person for it." [9] Taguchi decided that for the next series, everything will be done from the ground up that totally feels fresh while focusing less on gimmicks such as form changes and more on original kaiju suits instead of recycling old ones. [9] His concept on Blazar is also different to that of other Ultras, as it is not related to the M78 Nebula but as a character born in a different galaxy. [9] In his interview in Tsuburaya Imagination, he said that he made Blazar to be ideologically similar to Gaia overall and break away from the world view of the previous two works for it to portray "hard science fiction". [12]
In Malaysia, this series began airing on Astro Ceria on the same date after the broadcast in Japan at 8:30 pm, with Malay-language dubs.
In Indonesia, this series began airing on RTV on July 14, 2023, with Indonesian dubs. [29]
In Hong Kong, this series will begin airing on ViuTV on July 15, 2023, with Cantonese dubs.
In Philippines, this series will be air on TV5 in 2025 with Filipino dubbed.
Internationally outside of Southeast Asia, the series was uploaded on YouTube with a sub, and for the first time in Ultra Series history, the series is airing with an English simuldub, utilizing YouTube's new audio track feature.