Ultraman Saga
| Ultraman Saga | |
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| File:Ultraman Saga.jpg Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Hideki Oka |
| Written by | Keiichi Hasegawa |
| Produced by | Tsuburaya Productions |
| Starring | DAIGO Takeshi Tsuruno Taiyo Sugiura |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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| Country | Template:Film Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Ultraman Saga (ウルトラマンサーガ, Urutoraman Sāga) is an upcoming Japanese film in the Ultra Series to celebrate the franchise's 45th anniversary. It serves as a sequel to Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. The catchphrase for the movie is "We Still Have Glittering Hope!!" (僕らにはまだ、輝く希望がある!!, Bokura ni wa Mada, Kagayaku Kibō ga Aru!!). The film will feature Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Dyna, and Ultraman Cosmos as well as the five Ultra Brothers facing a new ultimate threat, Hyper Zetton (ハイパーゼットン, Haipā Zetton) and the monster army created by the evil Alien Bat (バット星人, Batto Seijin). The film will also feature a new Ultraman known as Ultraman Saga (ウルトラマンサーガ, Urutoraman Sāga). The movie is set in the world of Ultraman Dyna, taking place 18 years after the series and features much of the supporting cast returning. A selection of members from the idol group AKB48 has been selected to portray the characters of Team-U, a special monster attack team part of the Earth Defense Force.
Cast
- Nozomu Taiga (タイガ・ノゾム, Taiga Nozomu): DAIGO
- Shin Asuka (アスカ・シン, Asuka Shin): Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの 剛士, Tsuruno Takeshi)
- Musashi Haruno (春野 ムサシ, Haruno Musashi): Taiyo Sugiura (杉浦 太陽, Sugiura Taiyō)
- Shin Hayata (ハヤタ・シン, Hayata Shin): Susumu Kurobe (黒部 進, Kurobe Susumu)
- Dan Moroboshi (モロボシ・ダン, Moroboshi Dan): Kohji Moritsugu (森次 晃嗣, Moritsugu Kōji)
- Hideki Go (郷 秀樹, Gō Hideki): Jiro Dan (団 時郎, Dan Jirō)
- Seiji Hokuto (北斗 星司, Hokuto Seiji): Keiji Takamine (高峰 圭二, Takamine Keiji)
- Gen Otori (おおとり ゲン, Ōtori Gen): Ryu Manatsu (真夏 竜, Manatsu Ryū)
- Ultraman Zero (ウルトラマンゼロ, Urutoraman Zero, Voice): Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守, Miyano Mamoru)
Ultraman Zero Gaiden
To promote the film, two special DVDs will be released to lead up to the storyline of the film titled Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar (ウルトラマンゼロ外伝 キラー ザ ビートスター, Urutoraman Zero Gaiden: Kirā za Bītosutā). Shota Minami, Hiroyuki Konishi, Mitsutoshi Shundo, and Tao Tsuchiya reprise their roles from Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, Never Ending Odyssey, Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy, and Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial in these DVDs. The film will also feature Jean Killer (ジャンキラー, Jan Kirā), who is actually Jean-nine (ジャンナイン, Jan Nain, voiced by Miyu Irino) turned evil brainwashed by the evil Beatstar (ビートスター, Bītosutā, voiced by Unshō Ishizuka), the primary antagonist.
- Stages
- Universe of Steel (鋼鉄の宇宙, Kōtetsu no Uchū) - November 25, 2011
- Pledge of the Meteor (流星の誓い, Ryūsei no Chikai) - December 22, 2011