Update MEGA MONSTER BATTLE: ULTRA GALAXY Premieres in Japan

Enshohma · #1 June 19th, 2009, 04:14 AM

Heroic TV Monster Gomora Goes to the Big Screen, in Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie!

Forget Transformers 2 (though I do love Soundwave and excited for that villain's return), because the good folks at Tsuburaya Productions, home of the ongoing Ultraman franchise, and well over 4000 related monsters, has something really special in store for us come December!

In the last three years or so, the well-known horned dinosaur kaiju Gomora, the so-called Prince of the Monsters, has inexplicably become one of the poster heroes of the long running Ultraman franchise, with short-run, but successful series like Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle, its sequel Never Ending Battle, and various spin-offs like video games and the upcoming PBS style Ultra Galaxy Exercise.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...ttle-exercise/

Well, now Gomora, along with more traditional Ultra heroes like Mebius, Ultraseven, and the original Ultraman himself, are all to meet up in a new film entitled:

MEGA MONSTER BATTLE: ULTRA GALAXY LEGEND THE MOVIE

Thanks to the great popularity of Ultra Galaxy and the blockbuster success of last year's film The Super 8 Ultra Brothers, Tsuburaya's gearing up for yet another multi-giant action flick, that makes Godzilla: Final Wars feel like the definition of sanity!

The Land of Light (AKA Nebula M78), home world of the Ultra beings, is under attack by the truly evil looking villain Ultraman Belial, who seeks the power of the Giga Battlenizer, which will unleash an army of one-hundred giant monsters!

Now Gomora, his trainer and half-human friend Rei, and alien giants Ultraman, Ultraseven and Ultraman Mebuis must join forces against the new threat. You can check the main site for the movie here, which is in the early stages of updates:

http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/ultra-legend/

Plus James Billard has uploaded an article at Sci-Fi Japan, with correct information and a way better plot synopsis:

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...nds-the-movie/

More surprisingly, this movie is being directed by Koichi Sakamoto; a Japanese veteran and executive producer of the American Power Rangers franchise, starting with Power Rangers In Space and all the way to the current series Power Rangers RPM.

This may sound like bad news to most fans, but Koichi has proven to be a great producer and director of action sequences, featuring real stunt work which I must admit, puts the Super Sentai versions of Power Rangers to shame. Plus considering episodes like Countdown to Destruction, Forever Red, and Now the Final Fury, I can't think of anyone more suited to bringing one-hundred monsters on the same battlefield...if that at all happens of course.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Sakamoto

Now my thoughts on all this...FREAKING AWESOME!!!

And here's the Desumacchi thread on Gomora, with tons of YouTube links:

http://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19603

James Ballard · #2 June 19th, 2009, 05:07 AM

Plot synopsis and additional information is now on SciFi Japan:
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...nds-the-movie/

TitanGojira · #3 June 19th, 2009, 05:21 AM

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Oh, hell yes.

G2KMaster · #4 June 19th, 2009, 07:30 AM

Evil Ultraman Belial... Another kaiju entity named after a Biblical demon (yes, I am mentioning Legion from G2). Can this guy cause as much hell?

Anywho, this army of 100 monsters is sure to make this thing more epic than any other kaiju film (that is if it is done right).

Avery Guerra · #5 June 19th, 2009, 11:37 AM

Now this sounds fun. I really dig that they're using "Gomora" in a leading role. It's nice to see that kaiju films are still hanging in there. I'm aso glad to see "Ultra-Man" still going so strong in Japan. Now will anyone ever release his latest theatrical movies on region-1 discs here? I really dig "Ultra-Man" but I grew up more of a fan of "Spectre-Man" and "Space Giants".....those were my heroes. Do you guys think they'll ever revive those characters?? I'd absolutely love to see that!

Husnock · #6 June 19th, 2009, 12:25 PM

...That is cool.

I don't care what he's compared to, Belial looks sweet.

kpa · #7 June 19th, 2009, 03:49 PM

One minor--but important-- correction to Enshohma's post: The ULTRA GALAXY movie article that is now on SciFi Japan was researched, translated, and written solely by Jim Ballard. I had nothing to do with it and don't want to take any undeserved credit for Jim's great work.

This sounds like a fun film. I've enjoyed ULTRA GALAXY, and the idea of Ultraman and Gomora possibly working together is intriguing.

G2KMaster · #8 June 19th, 2009, 09:22 PM

Yea, might as well say something: Gomora is the only reason I even watch what Ultraman I do!

Hope he gets lots of action here. He is the prince afterall...

Husnock · #9 June 20th, 2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Enshohma

Plus James Billard has uploaded an article at Sci-Fi Japan, with correct information and a way better plot synopsis:

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...nds-the-movie/

...That's a CRAPLOAD of Ultras...

Enshohma · #10 June 24th, 2009, 05:32 AM

A very rough teaser trailer has been made, and although the CGI is also 'rough' (again, one of those Japanese teasers made well before the film's actual production), the new design for Nebula M78 / The Land of Light is much more futuristic then seen in previous visits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jihb2Av9BWo

And these are the monster and alien characters confirmed thus far, for future reference:

1-Gomora
2-Ultraman
3-Ultra Seven
4-Reimon
5-Ultraman Mebius
6-Ultraman Belial
7-Ultraman Ace
8-Ultraman Taro
9-Zoffy (briefly served as the armor-clad hero Andro Melos)
10-Ultraman Hikari (AKA Ultraman Light)
11-Ultraman King
12-Father of Ultra
13-Mother of Ultra
14-Ultraman Leo
15-Astra (Leo's younger brother)
16-Ultraman 80
17-Yullian ('Princess of the Ultrans')
18-Ultraman Neos
19-Ultra Seven 21
20-Ultraman Boy
21-Ultraman Jack

G2KMaster · #11 June 24th, 2009, 09:26 AM

Alot of CGI. Looks good, though I love it that Gomora gets the first shot in the trailer. I am going to try to get some Gomora figures...

Hybrid Gojira · #12 July 24th, 2009, 04:23 AM

Gomora is always awesome. More Gomora is better. +)

kpa · #13 July 24th, 2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Enshohma

A Toho-style pre-production teaser, almost totally comprised of stock footage, has popped up online. It may not present anything new, but gives an idea what we might expect come December.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y5X9yHCHmU

That's not a real trailer, Ensh.

Enshohma · #14 July 24th, 2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kpa

That's not a real trailer, Ensh.

Removed the offending post.

alienhulk2099 · #15 July 31st, 2009, 12:55 PM

Epic fail on the lot of you for letting this topic die.

Here are some pics:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8431/64305089.jpg
New Ultras are confirmed as well as Ultraman Great and Max

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2594/um103.jpg
Zarab Seijin and Shapuray Seijin are confirmed

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/971/um104.jpg
Black King is confirmed (score one form this because he's my favorite Jack monster)

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7290/um102.jpg
Zaragas, Dorako, Salamandora, Bemstar, and Bemular are confirmed

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9262/um96.jpg
and lastly we have Mikulas, Windam, and Agira

Mecha74 · #16 July 31st, 2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by alienhulk2099

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8431/64305089.jpg
New Ultras are confirmed as well as Ultraman Great and Max

Sweeeeeet.

Hopefully they will let him move with some more speed like his brethren rather than the slowmoish style they sometimes used during Ultraman Great's fights in the series.

As for the monsters...

Some of the suits look fantastic while others look terrible, that Black King is hideous looking, I prefer the showa version to that.

alienhulk2099 · #17 July 31st, 2009, 05:32 PM

Personally, except for the eyes and teeth, it's pretty much Black King like I remember him.

TitanGojira · #18 July 31st, 2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by alienhulk2099

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2594/um103.jpg
Zarab Seijin and Shapuray Seijin are confirmed

Huh. Looks like Zarab also has a Giga Battlenizer.

Enshohma · #19 July 31st, 2009, 09:19 PM

I love the new Bemular suit; true to the original design, but minus the obvious low-budget, thin-rubber nature from his first appearance. Plus his face is less like a confused frog then it is the mean criminal kaiju that he's supposed to be.

I've known about Agira for a while, but wanted to hold off on mentioning him (her?) because those live promotional events for can be quite misleading (still waiting for Geronimon and Baltan in Ultra Galaxy BTW).

For those who don't know, Aigira is the often overlooked third member of Ultraseven's Capsule Monsters, with a body similar to a tropical lizard and a head like that of a triceratops...minus two horns.

alienhulk2099 · #20 July 31st, 2009, 09:33 PM

Agira isn't as overlooked when he's compared to Sevengar from Leo.

http://www.freewebs.com/godzilla_200...emonsters2.htm

Mecha74 · #21 July 31st, 2009, 09:36 PM

That looks like Ultrawoman 'Beth' from Hanna Barbera's 'Ultraman The Adventure Begins' in the top left of AH's first link.

Interesting.

And just to reiterate, WOOT! Ultraman Great is back!

alienhulk2099 · #22 July 31st, 2009, 09:41 PM

I thought that was Mother of Ultra, but that's part of the reason we discuss this stuff, to correct ourselves. Good eye, Mecha74.

Edit: This is just for the arcade game, but we could have a few more potential monsters:

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/721...0148405665.jpg

The EX Bakushimu and EX Zetton look really friggin cool, plus I plike the new Mebius design.

Mecha74 · #23 July 31st, 2009, 10:14 PM

^Thanks AH, It's definitely just a guess on my part, but it sure looks like her.

EX Zetton huh, I was about to say that the thing in the card on the bottom of your link sorta looks like an altered Zetton, if the blurred swiping claw wasn't in the way we would be able to see it better obviously.

Enshohma · #24 July 31st, 2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by alienhulk2099

Agira isn't as overlooked when he's compared to Sevengar from Leo.

http://www.freewebs.com/godzilla_200...emonsters2.htm

Sevengar isn't that special when you consider the fact that he was created just so Tsuburaya Productions could hold off on bringing back any of the original Capsule Monsters, despite fan response from the time. So, in a weird way, Agira was still screwed in the end.

alienhulk2099 · #25 July 31st, 2009, 10:20 PM

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Sevengar isn't that special when you consider the fact that he was created just so Tsuburaya Productions could hold off on bringing back any of the original Capsule Monsters

Even if that's so he should make some sort of come back. Come to think of it, you think Zearth's capsule monsters will also return?