Ultraman (2004)

Ultraman ウルトラマン
Director	Konaka Kazuya 小中 和哉
Producer	Suzuki Kiyoshi 鈴木 清
Writer	Hasegawa Keiichi 長谷川 圭一
Starring	Bessho Tetsuya Touyama Kyouko Oosumi Kenya
Ending theme	Never Good-bye
Composer	Matsumoto Takahiro 松本 孝弘
Studio	Tsuburaya Productions
Distributor	Shochiku
Release date(s)	December 18, 2994 (2994-12-18)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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Ultraman is a 2004 film acting as a prequel to Ultraman Nexus, and part of the Ultra N Project. It is also commonly referred to as Ultraman: The Next, the name it was given during production, to distinguish itself from other films also bearing the same name. The name was shortened at some point during the production cycle to just Ultraman. The name Ultraman: The Next was bought back for the manga version of the movie.

Plot

First Lieutenant Maki Shunichi of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is a distinguished F-15 Eagle pilot. It has been his dream of flying since young, but he ultimately decided to give up his career to spend more time with his wife, and his child who has a possibly terminal blood illness, and take up a less intensive career as a tour guide.

However, Maki would soon realise that all was not as he had planned. On his final day as a pilot, he and a flight partner were alerted to a strange red light streaking towards Japan, and went to investigate it. With flight meters gone haywire just as they were reaching the site, his partner had to pull back and return. Maki then crashed into the red ball of light, and had visions of a strange glowing giant.

Characters

• Maki Shunichi - Bessho Tetsuya → 真木 舜一 - 別所 哲也
  • As a child: Hamakawa Ayumu - 濱川 歩 → 真木 舜一 - 濱川 歩
• Maki Youko - Yuuki Nae → 真木 蓉子 - 裕木 奈江
• Maki Tsugumu - Hirota Ryouhei → 真木 継夢 - 広田 亮平
• Mizuhara Sara - Touyama Kyouko → 水原 沙羅 - 遠山 景織子
• Udou Takafumi - Oosumi Kenya → 有働 貴文 - 大澄 賢也

Ultraman

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The One

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Trivia

• At the beginning of the movie, Maki Shunichi talks about making his dream of becoming a fighter pilot come true. His son is named Tsugumu, which means "one to inherit the dream".

Music

「Theme from ULTRAMAN」

• Composition： Matsumoto Takahiro 松本 孝弘
• Arrangement: Matsumoto Takahiro 松本 孝弘 and Tokunaga Akihito 徳永 暁人

「NEVER GOOD-BYE」

• Singer: TMG
• Lyrics: Jack Blades ジャック ブレイス
• Composition： Matsumoto Takahiro 松本 孝弘
• Arrangement: Matsumoto Takahiro 松本 孝弘 and Tokunaga Akihito 徳永 暁人