Pig Attack Command! Goal!
Series title: ザ・ウルトラマ
- Studio
- Sunrise Inc., Tsuburaya Productions
- Animation studio
- Nippon Sunrise
Characters
Hikari/Ultraman Joneas (Joe), Ultrans, Professor Henry Nishikis, Choichiro Hikaris, Akiyamas, Mutsumi
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Eiko Toriumi, Masahisa Ishida, Takashi Anno, Katsyuki Tsuji, Takeshi Shirato
- Series Director
- Hiroshi Jinzenji, Takeyuki Kanda
Writing
Animation
- Animator
- Tsuneo Ninomiya
Voices
- Voice
- Masatô Ibu (Hikari/Ultraman Joneas), Kazuo Kumakura (Professor Henry Nishiki), Kei Tomiyama (Choichiro Hikari), Kinya Morikawa (Akiyama), Shigeru Chiba (Monkey), Sumi Shimamoto (Mutsumi), Junpei Takiguchi (Pig), Eiji Kanie (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Kunio Miyauchi, Tooru Fuyuki
Crew
- Creator
- Eiji Tsuburaya
- Character Design
- Tsuneo Ninomiya
- Mecha Design
- Kunio Okawara, Shoji Kawamori
- Animation Director
- Tsuneo Ninomiya
Production notes
An animated version of the popular live action Ultraman series. The live-action 1966 Japanese TV series "Ultraman" had its origins in "Ultra Q," a 1966 science-fiction drama series also released that year.
This series is commonly known as Ultraman Jonias for its main character. The anime series "The Ultraman" ran for 50 episodes. It was broadcast when episodes of its live-action predecessor were being rerun to prepare viewers for "Ultraman 80."
Episodes from the series were edited into "The Adventures of Ultraman," a 1982 feature-length video solely for the American market. Some translated episodes were also released on one tape in the American video market as "Ultraman II."
"Ultraman Kids" (1984) was a 25-minute movie featuring kiddie versions of the Ultraman characters and their monster nemesis.
"Kotowaza Monogatari" (released in the United Kingdom as "Ultraman Kids Proverb Stories") came out as a TV series in 1986. It ran for 25 10-minute episodes. Characters included Ultraman Zoffy. The last two episodes of the show were not broadcast.
"Haha o Tazunete 3,000 Man Konen" (known in the U.K. as "30 Million Light Years in Search of Mother") was a second kids' series, released in 1991. Instead of Ultraman's usual network, TBS, it was seen on the NHK2 satellite channel. Directed by Masayoshi Ozaki and written by Hiroko Naka and Keiji Kubota, it ran for 26 10-minute episodes. Design was by Yoshihiko Shinozaki, while animation was by Osamu Kamijo.
"Ultraman: The Adventure Begins" (1987) was retitled "Ultraman USA" in Japan. Based on a story by Noboru Tsuburaya, this 80-minute theatrical drama was a Japanese-American co-production by Tsuburaya and HannâBarbera. Characters included stunt pilots UltrâScott, UltrâChuck and UltrâBeth, as well as three robots and four Sorkin Monsters. Directed by Mitsuo Hikabe and written by John Eric Seward, it was designed and animated by Kazuo Iimura; Shinsuke Kazato was the composer.
The 1990 video series "Ultraman Graffiti" showed mini-versions of the Ultra brothers. Directed by Hiroshi Sasakawa and written by Hiroshi Hashimoto, it ran for six 30-minute episodes. Designer Tsuneo Ninomiya joined Hiroko Minamimoto in the animation.
Director Tetsuro Amino's 30-minute video release "Chotoshi Gekiden- Suisei Senshin Tsuifun" ("UltrâViolent Battle- Comet War-God Tsuifun") came out in 1996. Yutaka Miya was the animator.
A live-action "Ultraman" in the late 1990s was followed by the more serious "Ultraman Gaia" TV series, written partly by Chiaki Konaka, and which was also live-action.
Ultrakids theatrical features "Ultraman Company" (1996), directed by Hikabe, and "Ultraman: Love and Peace" (1990), directed by Hiroko Tokita, featured animation by Triangle Staff. Noriko Nishiya animated the 60-minute "Ultraman Company," while Haruo Takahashi animated the 80-minute "Ultraman: Love and Peace."
The feline parody "Ultranyan" was released in 1997.
"Ultraman" is often mentioned in such anime shows as "Birdy the Mighty," "Doctor Slump," "Patlabor," "Project A-Ko" and "Urusei Yatsura."
This series is commonly known as Ultraman Jonias for its main character. The anime series "The Ultraman" ran for 50 episodes. It was broadcast when episodes of its live-action predecessor were being rerun to prepare viewers for "Ultraman 80."
Episodes from the series were edited into "The Adventures of Ultraman," a 1982 feature-length video solely for the American market. Some translated episodes were also released on one tape in the American video market as "Ultraman II."
"Ultraman Kids" (1984) was a 25-minute movie featuring kiddie versions of the Ultraman characters and their monster nemesis.
"Kotowaza Monogatari" (released in the United Kingdom as "Ultraman Kids Proverb Stories") came out as a TV series in 1986. It ran for 25 10-minute episodes. Characters included Ultraman Zoffy. The last two episodes of the show were not broadcast.
"Haha o Tazunete 3,000 Man Konen" (known in the U.K. as "30 Million Light Years in Search of Mother") was a second kids' series, released in 1991. Instead of Ultraman's usual network, TBS, it was seen on the NHK2 satellite channel. Directed by Masayoshi Ozaki and written by Hiroko Naka and Keiji Kubota, it ran for 26 10-minute episodes. Design was by Yoshihiko Shinozaki, while animation was by Osamu Kamijo.
"Ultraman: The Adventure Begins" (1987) was retitled "Ultraman USA" in Japan. Based on a story by Noboru Tsuburaya, this 80-minute theatrical drama was a Japanese-American co-production by Tsuburaya and HannâBarbera. Characters included stunt pilots UltrâScott, UltrâChuck and UltrâBeth, as well as three robots and four Sorkin Monsters. Directed by Mitsuo Hikabe and written by John Eric Seward, it was designed and animated by Kazuo Iimura; Shinsuke Kazato was the composer.
The 1990 video series "Ultraman Graffiti" showed mini-versions of the Ultra brothers. Directed by Hiroshi Sasakawa and written by Hiroshi Hashimoto, it ran for six 30-minute episodes. Designer Tsuneo Ninomiya joined Hiroko Minamimoto in the animation.
Director Tetsuro Amino's 30-minute video release "Chotoshi Gekiden- Suisei Senshin Tsuifun" ("UltrâViolent Battle- Comet War-God Tsuifun") came out in 1996. Yutaka Miya was the animator.
A live-action "Ultraman" in the late 1990s was followed by the more serious "Ultraman Gaia" TV series, written partly by Chiaki Konaka, and which was also live-action.
Ultrakids theatrical features "Ultraman Company" (1996), directed by Hikabe, and "Ultraman: Love and Peace" (1990), directed by Hiroko Tokita, featured animation by Triangle Staff. Noriko Nishiya animated the 60-minute "Ultraman Company," while Haruo Takahashi animated the 80-minute "Ultraman: Love and Peace."
The feline parody "Ultranyan" was released in 1997.
"Ultraman" is often mentioned in such anime shows as "Birdy the Mighty," "Doctor Slump," "Patlabor," "Project A-Ko" and "Urusei Yatsura."