T o defend from otherworldly dangers, their fantastic arsenal includes the fighter jets DASH Bird 1 and DASH Bird 2, located at their headquarters in Base Titan, a massive off-shore structure in Tokyo Bay. When two gigantic monsters threaten the world, Toma uses his new powers to destroy them.Ĭaptain Shigeru Hijikata (Kai Shishido) of Team DASH (Defense Action Squad Heroes), an elite squad of the United Defense Federation, learns of Toma's brave actions and invites him to join Team DASH. The alien gives Toma (Souta Aoyama) the power to become the mighty superhero Ultraman Max, a towering red and silver giant 40 meters tall.
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In the very first episode, a strange visitor from space notices Kaito Toma's bravery when the young man risks his own life to help save a lost little boy from danger. Not to mention original ULTRAMAN directors Toshihiro Iijima (Baltan) and Akio Jissoji (Jamila), as well as modern directors including Shusuke Kaneko (Heisei Gamera Trilogy), Takashi Miike (AUDITION), Hirochika Muraishi (DENJIN ZABOGA) and Takeshi Yagi (ULTRAMAN NEXUS).ĭirector Kaneko behind-the-scenes with actress Hikari Mizushima.
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Many of the original Ultra Kaiju were brought back to life for ULTRAMAN MAX, in addition to all-new monsters and alien creatures (with Episode 29 being as a full-blown homage to ULTRA Q), although the series is set in its own unique universe. In addition to the familiar monsters, a number of guest stars from the long history of the franchise, including Kenji Sahara (ULTRA Q), Sandayu Dokumamushi (ULTRAMAN), Koji Morisugu (ULTRA SEVEN), Ryu Manatsu (ULTRAMAN LEO). Max gets a chokehold on old-time Ultra Kaiju favorite, Red King! This retro respect also included three actors Susumu Kurobe, Hiroko Sakurai, and Masanori Nihei, who were in the main cast of the original ULTRAMAN - Kurobe played Hayata, Sakurai played Fuji, and Nihei played Ide (Ito in the US version) of the Science Patrol. ULTRAMAN MAX was originally aired on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting from July 2, 2005–Apwith 39 episodes (and one "farewell special"), and while following the direction of the modern Ultraman series, such as ULTRAMAN TIGA (1996), also took a step back to its roots with references to the original Ultra Series from the 1960s, ULTRA Q, ULTRAMAN, and ULTRA SEVEN. The Crunchyroll presentation of ULTRAMAN MAX will be available in the United States, Canada, Latin America, UK, Australia, and New Zealand.ĭASH agent Kaito Toma (Souta Aoyama) who transforms into Max! The Ultra Series goes streaming on premier anime streaming site, Crunchyroll, this Monday, October 13th with ULTRAMAN MAX! This announcement seems to be a two-sprong strategy by Tsuburaya Productions to breech the US market and establish the brand to English-speaking countries around the world - the first being the "Ultra Hawaii" travel campaign established in the Islands, coupled with the English Subtitled broadcast of ULTRAMAN LEO (1974) on Honolulu's KIKU-TV. He kept writing and directing in the Ultraman franchise as recently as the 2001 film Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact and the 2005-2006 series Ultraman Max.One of the best of the post-1970s series will stream world-wide! He reached the retirement age for TBS in 1992, but continued working after. He worked on Ultraseven, Return of Ultraman, and other entries in the franchise, (He often wrote under a pen name.) He was also a producer and director for the Kinyо̄bi no Tsumatachi e franchise which premiered in 1983.
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He was a writer and director in the 1966 Ultra Q series (including the first aired episode) and the original 1966 Ultraman series (including the first produced episode). After graduating the Faculty of Letters at Keio University, he was hired at Radio Tokyo (now known as TBS) in 1957. He was 89.Ī funeral service was held for close relatives. TBS announced on Monday that director, producer, and screenwriter Toshihiro Iijima passed away due to aspiration pneumonia on October 17 at 8:59 p.m.