When he goes on a secret mission, he is replaced by another alien of the same race, Kuruto, who is able to smile. Zena is a telepathic alien whose mouth never moves and who is physically unable to smile when in human form. So far I haven’t mentioned Moa’s partner in the AIB, Zena. “Moa has a new partner, and alien shadow named Kuruto, who might not be all he appears.” Tracy is referring to episode #17, which we watched last night.
Onward to the edge of the galaxy Use your Ultra-Eye and… STRIKE! Seven! Seven! Seven! Seven! Seven! Seven!ĭan Moroboshi is his borrowed name Ultra Seven! Hero Seven! Ultra Seven! Seven! Seven!ĭefeat the great fire-breathing monster Use yout Ultra-Beam and STRIKE! Seven! Seven! Seven! Seven! Seven! Seven!Ī distant star was once his home Ultra Seven! Fighter Seven! Ultra Seven! Seven! Seven! Here is the English translation of the lyrics… Whereas the soundtrack of Ultraman is jazzy, that of Ultraseven shows more of a classical influence.
Ultraseven looks more like it had been spelled out in brightly colored confetti, placed atop one of those old electric football games, shaken apart, then run backwards. The title sequence of Ultraman, as you will recall, looks as if it had been spelled out in a can of paint, slowly stirred, then run backwards. I would like to start the discussion with a look at the opening title sequence and music, then open the floor for rebutal. My wife and I disagree about the relative merits of Ultraseven in comparison to SRRB/IK.
According to Wikipedia, “Such is his popularity that Ultra Seven (or simply 'Seven') has appeared or at least made cameos in nearly every Ultra Series following his own and has had far more exposure than even the original Ultraman (though the original Ultraman is without a doubt the face of the Ultras).” Now I’ve started watching Ultraseven, and it’s everything I hoped it would be.Īs the liner noteson the DVD set point out, “the difference in the overall quality in production between Ultraman and Ultraseven was marked, and made the show memorable 45 years later. I enjoyed them, but I didn’t like them as much as I hoped to. We’ve been discussing other tokusatsu series in this forum lately, and because those series were produced later than Ultraman, I expected them to be technically better, but I ended up being somewhat disappointed in Super Robot Red Baron and Iron King.
A brief search of the internet yields the following results (but I’ve probably missed a few). Somewhat later I discovered that there have been many, many “Ultraman” series over the years, rivaling Doctor Who in its longevity. In the early ‘90s I discovered there was a new “Ultraman” show, but unfortunately I was more interested in acquiring episodes of the old show on VHS than I was episodes of the new one. I was a big fan of Ultraman when I was a kid.