Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Mill Creek Entertainment:
Exclusive Release For Ultraman Day Featuring Cover Art By
Alex Ross!
Minneapolis, MN (June 17, 2020) Mill Creek Entertainment
is pleased to announce, “The Birth of Ultraman Collectionâ€, a Blu-ray set
containing some of the best episodes of the original ULTRAMAN series with both
the original Japanese language and the classic English dub audio tracks plus
THE BIRTH OF ULTRAMAN – ULTRAMAN Pre-Premiere Special, the very first
appearance of the hero that would become famous across the world as Ultraman.
This exclusive Blu-ray release also features art created
by Alex Ross which is also featured on THE RISE OF ULTRAMAN cover for Marvel
Comics and Tsuburaya Production’s recent collaboration with the debut issue
releasing September 2020.
This exciting, special-edition comes off the back of Mill
Creek Entertainment’s license of the entire available Ultraman back-catalog via
international distribution company Indigo Entertainment, from the revolutionary
team at Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.
Mill Creek Entertainment now brings a selection of
ULTRAMAN episodes in high definition video with DTS-HD Master Audio of the
original Japanese soundtrack plus the uncut United Artists English dubs. Each
episode will also come with two English subtitle options; one for the Japanese
audio and a second matching the English audio track. “The Birth of Ultraman
Collection" will include the following episodes...
Episode 1 – ULTRA OPERATION NO. 1 – The story begins as
the heroic alien Ultraman pursues the space monster Bemular to Earth, leading
to a fateful encounter with Shin Hayata, an agent of the SSSP.
Episode 2 – SHOOT THE INVADER – Ultraman’s iconic foe,
Alien Baltan, makes its first appearance in a tale narrated by Ide, the SSSP's
genius inventor.
Episode 19 – DEMONS RISE AGAIN – An ancient time capsule
unleashes the red-skinned monster Banila and its blue-skinned rival Aboras, who
wage a titanic battle in the National Stadium.
Episodes 26 & 27 – THE MONSTER HIGHNESS Parts 1 &
2 – The only 2-part ULTRAMAN story features the Ancient Monster Gomora, who
escapes captivity and overwhelms Ultraman as it rampages towards Osaka.
Episode 33 – THE FORBIDDEN WORDS – When Alien Mefilas
tries to convince a boy to give him the Earth, even Ultraman may not be able to
stop him.
Episode 37 – A LITTLE HERO – Ide suffers a crisis of
faith as the Friendly Monster Pigmon warns that the evil creature Geronimon is
reviving an army of monsters to destroy Ultraman and the SSSP!
Also included is THE BIRTH OF ULTRAMAN – ULTRAMAN
Pre-Premiere Special. Airing in Japan on July 10, 1966, one week before the
series premiere, this stage show was filmed before a live studio audience and
introduced viewers to the story, cast and characters of ULTRAMAN. This July 10
debut of ULTRAMAN on television is now celebrated annually and known throughout
the world as “Ultraman Day.†Never before released in America, this special is
presented in black & white (as originally broadcast) in standard definition
with Japanese audio and English subtitles.
ULTRAMAN premiered on Japanese television on July 17,
1966 and was an immediate ratings smash. While the series was still in
production, the North American rights were licensed to United Artists, who
in-turn commissioned voice director Peter Fernandez (Speed Racer) to supervise
the English dubbing of the show. The English language version was syndicated to
American television in 1967 and went on to air in various markets across the
country into the early 1980s.
"The Birth of Ultraman Collection" Blu-ray will
be exclusively sold on DeepDiscount as part of the launch of a dedicated
Ultraman storefront that will offer up all of Mill Creek Entertainment's
current Blu-ray/SteelBook® releases in addition to other Ultraman related
merchandise and product. Available July 10, 2020, the set retails for
$25.99. Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/DDUltraman