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ULTRAMAN, Kaiju, Sci Fi

July 13, 2006 on 12:54 am | In B. Ultraman, Space Giants, Kaiju dvd | No Comments

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secrets of ultraman 1 and 2

here is my list of kaiju and sci fi related stuff….

the American/English language DIGITALLY REMASTERED 6 DISC original ULTRAMAN SET!!! amazing quality. 6 disc official release.

i also have the 10 disc japanese official remasters of ultraman.

TWO RARE ULTRAMAN DISCS;

below is the MOST RARE, EARLIEST footage of ultraman in existence! the presentation is the first time the public was introduced to ULTRAMAN!
the first two paragraphs of the liner notes, in the new box set 6 disc release is all about this presentation. japanese tv, july 10th, 1966, “THE BIRTH OF ULTRAMAN” a special that ran on tv in japan the week before ultraman first aired in 1966!! a live action stage show, in black and white. with the actual actors from the series and the actual monsters running around on stage in front of a live audience! about 30 min long, it is like an introduction to ultraman for japan, mr tsuburaya is in the audience as well and comes up on stage. then two more half hour shows from japanese tv; “EIJI TSUBURAYA-ULTRAMAN WHO LOVED THE VAULT OF HEAVEN” which is like a biography of eiji tsuburaya and of the show itself, it is a lot like the men who made ultraman dvd listed below, then “HISTORY OF ULTRAMAN” which is basically footage of all ultras up to 1990. then a couple misc extras including “THE LOST FOOTAGE“, this was a 20 minute dvd that came with the 1966 ultraman book, i have added that dvd to this dvd, the footage is made up of black and white stills from the series. the whole disc is about 3 hours. all on one dvd. all in japanese language. quality of the black and white footage is grade C. the rest is grade A.

two very cool, behind the scenes type stuff, docu/drama tv movies from japan about the creation of ultraman, beginnings of the show, and tsuburaya, etc etc. called THE MAN WHO BECAME ULTRAMAN, and THE MEN WHO MADE ULTRAMAN. japanese language, grade A.

LOTS of other ultraman movies like Ultra brothers vs. monster army, and the ultra story.
ultra cosmos vs. justice ft. ultra legend “the final battle”, tiga the final oddyssey,
other ultra series like taroh, and ultra 7. ultra ace epi. 1 thru 4. return of ultraman jack 1- 4, zoffy, the 90’s American series “ultimate hero”, and the Australian series “towards the future” the hanna barbara animated ultra series “the adventure begins”.

i have the complete space giants aka space avenger (goldar, silvar, and gam, a robot family) 12 dvds’, excellent quality. (includes the pilot episode with goldar UNMASKED! the actors face! no mask!)

also the complete johnny sokko and his flying robot (kid who controls a giant robot via a watch he wears on his wrist) 7disc VERY good quality.

some old jap./ sci fi. like kong of steel, attack of the monsters, message from space, lost world of sinbad w/ toshiro mifune as sinbad! godzilla vs. mechagodzilla and godz.vs megalon w/ jet jaguar.

Creature Features/Captain Cosmic 10 dvd set!!! -the place where many of us got started with our love of sci fi and B movies, the local tv show that hosted shows like space giants, ultraman, and really bad horror movies in the late 60’s and 70′’s includes: Bela Lugosi interview, Boris Karloff interview, Universal horror films, King Kong out takes, The Monster Movie Quiz, Hammer film trailers, Christopher Lee interview, 1970’s horror film trailers, interviews w Werner Klemperer, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Richard Pryor, and Star Trek fans will enjoy Shatner, Nimoy, Takei, Nichols and Rodenberry talking about the (then) soon-to-be-released first Star Trek Movie! Captain Cosmic clips: Anthony Daniels, Halloween shows.