Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (ウルトラマンメビウス&ウルトラ兄弟, Urutoraman Mebiusu ando Urutora Kyōdai, lit. "Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers"), an Ultraman Mebius theatrical film adaptation superhero and kaiju film, was released in Japan on September 16, 2006. It is the 10th original film series in the Ultraman franchise, it also celebrates the 40th anniversary of the franchise. The movie peaked at 3rd in the Japanese box offices.[2]
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 Original Japanese theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Kazuya Konaka |
| Written by | Keiichi Hasegawa |
| Starring | Shunji Igarashi Masaki Nishina Ai Saikawa Daisuke Watanabe Kenta Uchino Misato Hirata Minoru Tanaka |
| Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Cinematography | So Takahashi |
| Edited by | Akira Matsuki |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $3.6 million.[1] |
Plot
In the beginning of the movie, 20 years ago, on the moon, the 4 Ultra brothers, Ultraman, Seven, Jack, and Ace were fighting a deadly foe known as Yapool, a monster that was several times their size. As they fought, Yapool had a clear advantage and used his several claws to grasp the brothers, although, they managed to clear from the claws through there powers and used a combined Specium Ray to no avail. The monster then flies off to Earth to dodge the attack and the brothers follow. The brothers were barely able to defeat Yapool but the monster still needed to be sealed. However, to seal Yapool away they were forced to give up the ability to transform, and took up jobs to be in the area of Kobe in case the monster ever returned.
20 years later Yapool is risen from the sea again by alien allied forces, and Mebius must fight the aliens and Yapool. But when Mebius is about to lose, the Ultra brothers come to aid Mebius in his battle against Yapool and the Aliens...
The setting of this movie takes place during the middle of the Mebius series. All members of Crew GUYS Japan are present in the movie, and Leo and 80 are not mentioned or shown. The actual placement of the movie in the order of the series is not explicitly given. The beginning of the movie's events is presumed to take place after the 80 series.
Cast
- Mirai Hibino/Ultraman Mebius (Voice) (ヒビノ ミライ／ウルトラマンメビウス (声), Hibino Mirai/Urutoraman Mebiusu (Koe)): Shunji Igarashi (五十嵐 隼士, Igarashi Shunji)
- Shin Hayata/Ultraman (Voice) (ハヤタ・シン／ウルトラマン (声), Hayata Shin/Urutoraman (Koe)): Susumu Kurobe (黒部 進, Kurobe Susumu)
- Dan Moroboshi/Ultra Seven (Voice) (モロボシ・ダン／ウルトラセブン (声), Moroboshi Dan/Urutora Sebun (Koe)): Kohji Moritsugu (森次 晃嗣, Moritsugu Kōji)
- Hideki Go/Ultraman Jack (Voice) (郷 秀樹／ウルトラマンジャック (声), Gō Hideki/Urutoraman Jakku (Koe)): Jiro Dan (団 時郎, Dan Jirō)
- Seiji Hokuto/Ultraman Ace (Voice) (北斗 星司／ウルトラマンエース (声), Hokuto Seiji/Urutoraman Ēsu (Koe)): Keiji Takamine (高峰 圭二, Takamine Keiji)
- Aya Jinguji (ジングウジ・アヤ, Jingūji Aya): Aiko Ito (いとう あいこ, Itō Aiko)
- Takato Jinguji (ジングウジ・タカト, Jingūji Takato): Ouga Tanaka (田中 碧海, Tanaka Ōga)
- Ryu Aihara (アイハラ リュウ, Aihara Ryū): Masaki Nishina (仁科 克基, Nishina Masaki)
- Marina Kazama (カザマ マリナ, Kazama Marina): Ai Saikawa (斉川 あい, Saikawa Ai)
- George Ikaruga (イカルガ ジョージ, Ikaruga Jyōji): Daisuke Watanabe (渡辺 大輔, Watanabe Daisuke)
- Konomi Amagai (アマガイ コノミ, Amagai Konomi): Misato Hirata (平田 弥里, Hirata Misato)
- Teppei Kuze (クゼ テッペイ, Kuze Teppei): Kenta Uchino (内野 謙太, Uchino Kenta)
- Shingo Sakomizu (サコミズ シンゴ, Sakomizu Shingo): Minoru Tanaka (田中 実, Tanaka Minoru)
- Kobe Mayor Matsunaga (神戸市長 松永, Kōbe Shichō Matsunaga): Masami Horiuchi (堀内 正美, Horiuchi Masami)
- Assistant Official Koda (コウダ助役, Kōda Joyaku): Toshikazu Fukawa (布川 敏和, Fukawa Toshikazu)
- Secretary Mayor Midorikawa (市長秘書ミドリカワ, Shichō Hisho Midorikawa): Mariya Yamada (山田 まりや, Yamada Mariya)
- Ocean Curator Mr. Hirokawa (Masayoshi Hirokawa) (海洋学芸員 広川さん (広川 正義), Kaiyō Gakugeiin Hirokawa-san (Hirokawa Masayoshi)): Shingo Kazami (風見 しんご, Kazami Shingo)
- Tetsuya Yanagihara (柳原 哲也, Yanagihara Tetsuya) of America Zarigani
- Yoshiyuki Hirai (平井 善之, Hirai Yoshiyuki) of America Zarigani
- Hiroko Sakurai (桜井 浩子, Sakurai Hiroko)
- Yuriko Hishimi (ひし美 ゆり子, Hishimi Yuriko)
- Shunsuke Ikeda (池田 駿介, Ikeda Shunsuke)
- Mitsuko Hoshi (星 光子, Hoshi Mitsuko)
- Kiyoshi Hikawa (氷川 きよし, Hikawa Kiyoshi)
- Zoffy (ゾフィー, Zofī, Voice): Hideyuki Tanaka (田中 秀幸, Tanaka Hideyuki)
- Ultraman Taro (ウルトラマンタロウ, Urutoraman Tarō, Voice): Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也, Ishimaru Hiroya)
- Yapool (ヤプール, Yapūru, Voice): Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章, Genda Tesshō)
- Alien Zarab (ザラブ星人, Zarabu Seijin, Voice): Takeshi Aono (青野 武, Aono Takeshi)
- Alien Guts (ガッツ星人, Gattsu Seijin, Voice): Piston Nishizawa (ピストン 西沢, Pisuton Nishizawa)
- Alien Nackle (ナックル星人, Nakkuru Seijin, Voice): Ryūsei Nakao (中尾 隆聖, Nakao Ryūsei)
- Alien Temperor (テンペラー星人, Tenperā Seijin, Voice): Daisuke Gōri (郷里 大輔, Gōri Daisuke)
Suit actors
- Ultraman Mebius: Keiji Hasegawa (長谷川 恵司, Hasegawa Keiji)
- Ultraman: Kenya Soma (相馬 絢也, Sōma Kenya)
- Ultra Seven: Katsuhiko Watanabe (渡辺 勝彦, Watanabe Katsuhiko)
- Ultraman Jack: Akashi Kajimoto (梶本 明志, Kajimoto Akashi)
- Ultraman Ace: Keizo Yabe (矢部 敬三, Yabe Keizō)
- Ultraman Taro: Shun Kobayashi (小林 峻, Kobayashi Shun)
- Zoffy: Daisuke Fukuda (福田 大助, Fukuda Daisuke)
- The Imit-Ultraman Mebius: Hidenori Ogino (荻野 英範, Ogino Hidenori)
- Monsters & Aliens: Tomohiro Nagata (永田 朋裕, Nagata Tomohiro), Hiroaki Nakamura (中村 博亮, Nakamura Hiroaki), Hiroshi Suenaga (末永 博志, Suenaga Hiroshi), Makoto Itō (伊藤 慎, Itō Makoto)
Music
Ending Theme
- 未来 (未来, Mirai, The future) by KIYOSHI
- "未来" is read with a title "未来 (みらい, Mirai, The future)", but it is read in words "未来 (あす (明日), Asu, The tomorrow)".
Insert Theme
- believe~あきらめないで~ (あきらめないで, Akiramenaide, Don't give up) by KIYOSHI
Reception
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers earned $3,612,844 at the Japanese box office.