Ultraman Blazar The Movie

is a Japanese tokusatsu drama produced by Tsuburaya Productions, released to coincide with the company's 60th anniversary. 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 and on YouTube after the airing.

Synopsis

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.

Episodes

Film

is a film released in Japanese theaters on February 23, 2024.

Spin-offs

*''Ultraman Blazar'': A manga spin-off with the same title as the series that has been serialized on Tsuburaya Imagination and Shogakukan's online manga websites ''Televi-Kun Super Hero Comics'' and ''Weekly CoroCoro Comic''. A special episode is titled .
*: A two-episode audio drama distributed through a QR code for Tsuburaya Imagination members who attended movie screenings. It serves as a direct sequel to ''Ultraman Blazar the Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown''.
*: An upcoming spin-off that is scheduled to be included as part of the second Blu-ray release of ''Ultraman Blazar'' and focuses on Anri Minami, Yasunobu Bando, and Teruaki Nagura.
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Production

Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, ''Ultraman Blazar'' was first trademarked and registered by the company on December 20, 2022, and published on December 28, 2022. The series was officially announced on April 21, 2023, alongside a sneak peek of both the titular Ultra and its human host Gento Hiruma. 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.

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. 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." 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. 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. 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".

Cast

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Guest cast

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English dubbing cast

*Johnny Yong Bosch as Gento Hiruma
*Madeline Dorroh as Emi Aobe
* Ricco Fajardo as Yasunobu Bando
* Madeleine Morris as Anri Minami
*Nicholas Andrew Louie as Teruaki Nagura
* Keith Silverstein as Retsu Haruno
* Clifford Chapin as Earthy

Theme songs

;Opening theme
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**Lyrics:
**Composition & Arrangement: (from ReReGRAPHICS)
**Artist:
**Episodes: 2-24

;Ending themes
*"BLACK STAR"
**Lyrics: SACHIKO
**Composition & Arrangement:
**Artist: MindaRyn
**Episodes: 2-8, 10-13
*"Brave Blazar"
**Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund
**Artist: Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund feat. MindaRyn
**Episodes: 14-25
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**Composition:
**Arrangement: Hideki Togi
**Episodes: 9

International broadcast

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.

In Hong Kong, this series will begin airing on ViuTV on July 15, 2023, with Cantonese dubs.

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.

See also

* Ultra Series - Complete list of official Ultraman-related shows.

Notes

References

External links

''Ultraman Blazar''
at Tsuburaya Productions
''Ultraman Blazar''
at TV Tokyo

{{Ultra Series

2023 Japanese television series debuts
Ultra television series
TV Tokyo original programming