Trivia / The☆Ultraman

• Bad Export for You: The show received a US release along with Ultraman 80 in the west...on standard DVD. The reason for this is because Tsuburaya has not given these shows an HD remaster as of yet, so Mill Creek Entertainment found no reason to given them a Blu-ray release.
• Colbert Bump: The Ultraman was hit with this in the year 2019, courtesy of Ultraman Taiga, a series which featured Ultraman Titas (a U40 Ultra) among the cast members. It also helped that 2019 was the 40th anniversary of the aforementioned anime.
• Development Gag: The final episodes, which feature the Heller Army's invasion attempts on Earth, were taken from a scrapped plot of the final arc of Ultraman Leo about "a war between two worlds".
• Follow the Leader: The Ultraman was produced in the late 70's as to cash in on the anime boom at that period.
• He Also Did: Believe it or not, since The Ultraman is an anime made by Sunrise that aired the same year as Mobile Suit Gundam, it is not surprising that some of the people behind Gundam also lent a hand in this anime:
  • Kunio Okawara (the mecha designer) did the design for Super Mardock.
  • Yoshiyuki Tomino directed the last four episodes of The Ultraman. Ironically, despite his infamous fan nickname for killing a hell of a lot of characters, this anime is surprisingly one of his few subversions, even if the one he directed has a space war theme going on.
• Similarly Named Works: The anime shares its name with a 1975 manga drawn by Mamoru Uchiyama.
• Star-Making Role: Although The Ultraman isn't quite popular in the present day, it was Sumi Shimamoto's first time voicing a regular character.
• Stunt Casting:
  • Hiring Kei Tomiyama as the voice of Choichiro Hikari is no surprise for someone who had done multiple famous roles, such as Susumu Kodai, Tiger Mask and even the dubbing of Bugs Bunny of all people before The Ultraman was even aired.
  • Ditto for the producers bringing Masanori Nihei (Tobe), one of the original Science Patrol cast members from the original Ultraman. His characters also share the role of comic relief and as the human cast's resident Mad Scientist.
  • This isn't the first time Kei Tomiyama (Hikari) and Masato Ibu (Jonias) have worked together. Made even funnier by the fact that in said series where they worked together, the respective actors played The Hero and his Arch-Enemy who then became close allies.

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