<h1>2020 is the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of "Eddie Ultraman", as the last TV version of Ultraman work in the Showa period, "Eddie Ultraman" has left a deep imprint on the childhood of countless people, and the distinctive "Ultraman Teacher" image in the series of works is still fascinated by countless audiences, so let's talk about him today. </h1>
<h1>From the activeness of "Jonyas Ultraman" to the resurrection of the live-action version</h1>
2020 is an important year for "Eddie Ultraman" to start broadcasting on TBS TV. After the official broadcast of "Eddie Ultraman", although it has released versions such as videotapes, LD (laser discs) and DVDs so far, there are many opportunities for fans to feast their eyes in the video rental business and CS channels, and through the form of "1 episode per week", which is published on the official network of Youtube, it reminds people of the official broadcast 40 years ago, and may also allow us to have a fresh experience when enjoying this work.
Leaving aside the fans who liked "Eddie Ultraman" from then on and the fans who knew and liked this work through various video materials, it seems that through the official Youtube network publicity, a "new fan" who first contacted "Eddie Ultraman" was born. They sensitively felt and absorbed the ideas buried in the work by the production staff in 1980 and the wonderful close-up shots brought by the film shooting, as if they were accepting the work as if they were treating it as if it were a new work. It is truly worthy of the "Ultraman Series" that transcends the high walls of the times and generations so that all kinds of people can feel its charm. The high quality of his works is evident.
Ultraman Eddie is a 50-episode series produced by Round Valley and TBS that aired between April 2, 1980 and March 25, 1981. The story framework of each episode is Eddie Ultraman, who is saddled with the mission of guarding the peace of the earth, from the M78 nebula, to meet the monsters born of the "negative energy" of humans such as hatred, jealousy, hatred, and aliens who attempt to invade the earth. The biggest feature of the show at that time was that the young Yaya Motoshi, who transformed into Eddie Ultraman, was both a member of the "UGM" organization that carried out the earth defense mission and a "middle school teacher".
The successive Ultraman Return (1971), Ace Ultraman (1972), Tyro Ultraman (1973), Leo Ultraman (1974), what we often call the "Second Ultraman Series", came to an end in 1975. The second and first issues of "Ultra Q" (1966), "Ultraman" (1966) "Ultraman" (1966) "Ultraman" series together constituted by the "Ultraman" series has become a thing of the past, the generation that once enjoyed "Q", "The First Generation", "Seven" has also grown up, along with the advent of the MOOK book "Wonderful Collection" that explores the charm of the Ultraman series from a professional perspective, Ultraman and even the Ultraman series have once again attracted people's attention. It was 1978. At the same time, not only did the heroes Ultraman and the "Otter Brothers" appear in the "TV Jun" magazine of the elementary school hall, which was not known to the children at that time, but also began to broadcast the works of the series again in the morning and evening, and the popularity of the Ultraman series was once again raised, mainly the children who had become fans.
The huge sales of MOOK books, coupled with the high ratings of the re-broadcast, the mechanical toys related to "Ultraman" and "OtterSevern" and the monster soft glue "King Of Savors" series, which were sold by Bobby (now Bandai Corporation), also gained popularity; riding on this momentum, the newly produced TV animation "Jonias Ultraman" began to air in the spring of 1979.
"Jonas Ultraman" changes the golden routine of "Monster Appearance→ Science Guard Battle → Ultraman appears in the past "Ultraman" and "Victory →", and gradually expands the pattern of the world in the work by using the excellent science fiction consciousness unique to animation without restraint, and is a work full of "romance" that is recognized by live-action Ultraman fans and sci-fi animation fans. It is precisely because of this year-long activity of "Jonyas Ultraman" that the "resurrection" of the real-life Ultraman has finally been realized.
<h1>Like human Ultraman</h1>
After "Jonyas Ultraman", which has the unique highlight of "Ultraman of Animation", the highly anticipated live-action Ultraman is followed. The title of that work is precisely the "junction of the times" in 1980 that is determined as "Eddie Ultraman (Ultraman 80)".
"Jonyas Ultraman" is very attractive as a science fiction cartoon, and the work itself is also very good, but at the same time, I feel some regrets, thinking that "it is difficult to resurrect (require a lot of budget) to shoot Ultraman". However, Round Valley actually continued to produce feature films such as Dinosaur Wars (1977), STAR WOLF (1978), and Dinosaur Express (1978) after Leo. The idea from the producer that "I still want to make a live-action Ultraman" is definitely not gone.
Cover of the Elementary School Hall 'Supplement TV Jun Eddie Ultraman' (original author's collection). Including interviews with producers, the composition of the work, the basic setting, behind-the-scenes close-ups and re-recordings of scenes from the first episode, the book analyzes the charm of "Eddie" through rich images and intensive interviews, and is a must-have for Eddie fans.
Round Valley and TBS discussed "conforming to the ultraman image of the 80s", and the result was that it was based on the two principles of "returning to ultraman's 'origin'" and "pursuing a passionate TV series". The reason why Eddie Ultraman's design as a hero has moved closer to the image of the original Ultraman is because from "Ultraman" and "Ultraseven" began to shoulder the idea of "returning to the original point" of director Koichi Takano, who was produced by The high-quality production of Round Valley Special Production. As for the "passionate TV series", there is the goal of having him and the students have a "direct dialogue" by setting Eddie Ultraman's science teacher as a science teacher in the middle school.
While the work was still being planned, social media was paying close attention to serious social problems such as suicide, school violence, and bullying among primary and secondary school students. "Eddie Ultraman" also seems to consciously discuss this social phenomenon head-on, hoping to improve the viewing age of science fiction works and even close-up works by producing high-quality TV series. When it comes to the communication between middle school teachers and students, it is reminiscent of the TBS TV series "3 Year B Class Golden Eight Teacher" broadcast half a year ago in this work, but the idea of "Ultraman as a teacher" was conceived long before the broadcast of "Golden Eight". By the way, the sequel to "Golden Eight", "Year 1 Class B New Eight Teacher" and "Eddie Ultraman", were broadcast at the same time.
In the first episode of "Ultraman Sensei" (Screenplay: Fumitsu Akai / Director: Kenaki Yuasa / Close-up Director: Koichi Takano), it depicts the encounter between Ya'ao, a newcomer teacher who has come to Sakuragaoka Junior High School, and UGM Captain Oyama, and a fierce battle between the monster (Klay Sant) and Eddie Ultraman who suddenly appear after breaking the silence for five years. In the play, Ya's fierceness tells Captain Oyama that because the negative emotions of human beings, such as ugliness, evil hearts, dirty emotions, hatred, and doubt, have gathered to make monsters appear, he chose to be a teacher to organize the appearance of monsters fundamentally. Finally, at Oyama's strong request, limited to after school and on rest days, Ya's general performed as a member of the UGM team. At this time, Ya's main activity place is still the school, and his main job is to communicate seriously with the children who may make monsters appear in this environment.
On the one hand, the title of the second episode is "Refusal to Go to School", the third episode is "Lost Love", the fourth episode is "Parent-Child Love", the production theme of the TV series is focused on these topics, the main length is focused on the communication between Ya's fierce and students, on the other hand, the battle scene between the huge monster and the UGM fighter and the action scene of the monster and Eddie Ultraman, the special drama of the special shot is also very rich in the play, it can be said that "Eddie Ultraman" has done a good job of "close-up" and "TV series" Both aspects of the production level were improved by this mission at the time. The most important thing to write about is that the image of Eddie Ultraman and the past Ultraman are different, and Ya's fierce will laugh with the children and be angry, sometimes make some clumsy mistakes, and have a very cheerful personality. Hatsuhiro Hasegawa, who plays Ya, recalled in an interview a few years later that "Ya's Makoto in film is basically himself. I want to play not the role of teaching students from on high, but as a teacher who stands on the same level as the students."
Director Kenaki Yuasa, who is known for his films such as the "Gamera" series and the international screening of TBS's "Comet Princess" (1978 / starring: Kumiko Oba), also grasped the characteristics of Ya's fierce "human-like Ultraman" and tried his best to create him into a cheerful character. Although there are more or less people among the close-up fans who are confused, "why Ultraman must be a school teacher", but with the cheerful and energetic "Ultraman Teachers and Students Full of Enthusiasm TV Series" is carefully crafted and presented to the audience in a complete form every time, everyone also widely recognized: this is the taste of "Eddie Ultraman" this work.
<h1>A treasure trove of excellent episode subtitles</h1>
Although Ya's image as a teacher at that time was more popular, the crew also produced films such as the eleventh episode "The Terrible Gas Crisis" and the thirteenth episode "Must Kill!" In Yamato Formation, neither the school nor the students appear, but rather the yamato as a member of the UGM team. With these episodes, the UGM team members who have been put aside as supporting roles so far began to come alive, and scenes such as fighter attacks and battles gradually began to take the stage, and "Eddie Ultraman" resumed the state of the Ultraman series of special dramas.
Including the scenes of monsters destroying the building, and the shots of UGM's Airbus, Silver Eagles and other fighters accelerating on the runway, the precision and boldness of this close-up shot with miniature models has been presented to the audience at a very high level since the first episode, and the number of special scenes at the beginning of the thirteenth episode is even greater than before, which shows the crew's efforts to make the gathering entertainment to a higher level. In episode thirteen, the cooperative tactics of Yaya and Captain Oyama, aiming at Salmandela's Achilles heel by separating the Silver Eagles into two fighters, α and β, and the sense of weight presented by the large space mothership Space Mami during the rescue of the members, etc., the mechanical highlights are presented in an episode as never before, and this episode has become a very popular episode among feature fans.
Cover of "Eddie Ultraman Famous Scenes" in Colombia, Japan (original author's collection). This is a television drama recording that combines the lines, effects sounds, and stereo recordings used in the broadcast and compiles them. Included "Ultraman Teacher" and "Must Kill! Five episodes including Yamato Formation
Perhaps it is the reason why the crew of "Eddie Ultraman" has undergone a sudden change in their thinking and want to return to the original point, and there are almost no scenes in the play where the "Otter Brothers" appear as guests. In addition to the encouragement of Eddie by the father of Ott in episode 38, there is only the appearance of the "delusional Severn" who appears in episode 44 after the teenager's "hate for the heart of the runaways" is attached to the huge puppet of Severn Ultraman. However, in previous years, the popular Ultraman series monsters have appeared very actively, with Gomorrah II in episode 22, Baltan Starman in episodes 37 and 45, and King Red in episode 46 all engaged in fierce battles with Eddie.
In this work, the school-based stage is the first to twelfth episodes, the sci-fi color is the thirteenth to the thirtieth episode, the communication between the child characters and Ya's fierce is the thirty-first to forty-second episodes, and the Ot female warrior Julian (Hoshiryoko) joins the permanent characters in the forty-third to fifty episodes, and the whole drama can be roughly divided into four sections. Such a change was not conceived from the outset, but was the result of a confrontation with powerful simultaneous programs (as of September 24, 1980, when the Japanese television system began broadcasting Astro Boy) and the implementation of a "program enhancement strategy" intended to further increase ratings.
Even in order to attract the attention of the audience in the tv schedule of the newspaper, it is very effective to exaggerate the subtitle of the episode. Including episode 37 of "The Horror of Baltan Starman Zoo Combat" and episode 41 of "Don't You Want to See zero war monster birds?" Episode 44 " Fight! Eddie vs. Seven Ultraman, Episode 45 "Baltan Starman Infinite Challenge Soul", and Episode 46 "The Resurrection Declaration of the Terrifying King Of Red", etc., the second half of "Eddie" is simply a treasure trove of subtitles for the shocking episodes.
It is said that "Ah! The giraffes and elephants are frozen into ice cubes! In the original script, this episode depicts the South Pacific and Africa being frozen by the cold air of the monster Magton, and the giraffes and elephants living there are frozen into ice... The title of this episode is also based on the story of such a large monster that caused a large-scale disaster on a world scale and caused the Earth crisis that "meets the specifications of the last episode". However, due to the budget of the special shot, the world-scale scene could not be produced, so the stage had to be reduced to Kyushu Namwon City, and the connotation of the title became giraffes and elephants "frozen in the zoo".
"Humane Ultraman" Ya's refreshing and cheerful character personality, the story of the theme of human nature, the miniature scenes made by paying attention to detail, the close-up camera performance that focuses on the "perspective on the ground" and "the sense of reality", the monster design that tries its best to be original and not disgusting, the handsome and bio-like styling technique, the wonderful BGM created by Mr. Toru Tomogi led by "WANDABA UGM", the "Eddie Ultraman" sung by TALIZMAN, which changes the style of the past Ultraman theme song. LET'S GO UGM... "Eddie Ultraman" has so much charm that it has not faded in the past 40 years. It can be said that it is precisely at a time when people's hearts often feel dry, "Eddie Ultraman" is a work that I hope everyone must watch.
1 / 2 Asahi SONORAMA quarterly "Spaceship" Vol.3 (original author's collection).
When the journal published the "Eddie Ultraman Studio Report", it reported in detail the scene of the special shooting of the fifteenth and sixteenth episodes
Asahi Sonorama quarterly "Spaceship" Vol.6 (original author's collection). Focusing on producer Akira Manda's article "After the Production of Eddie Ultraman", he introduced the topic of "Eddie Ultraman", which ushered in the final episode
Cover of "Original BGM Collection" in Columbia, Japan, Eddie Ultraman's World (original author's collection). This is the music collection LP released after the broadcast
Million publishes the cover of "Eddie Ultraman Cosmic War" (original author's collection). This volume is a collection of works by Mr. Shinji Izumura, who drew the most courageous Ultraman manga from the Elementary School Hall's "TV Jun", and the main contents are "Jonyas Ultraman" and "Eddie Ultraman". The ending of Eddie is very different from the TV series version, with rich content including a fierce battle with the father of Otter and the Brothers of Ott and the Grand Alliance of the Baltans.
Tatsumi publishes the cover of "Do You Love Eddie Ultraman" (original author's collection). Released in 2006. In this volume, the authors who watched "Eddie Ultraman" in real time as a teenager wrote a study of the work from different angles. This is a wonderful book that has made a very professional examination of "Eddie".
<h1>My Teacher's Day Blessing to the Teacher (ps: it is a late blessing [tears]).</h1>
In a spring season, a heroic young man ran on the road full of cherry blossoms, because of the monster, just came to Sakuragang Junior High School on the first day of a late joke, almost fell at the opening ceremony, he panicked on the stage and introduced himself: "I'm sorry, I'm late, I'm responsible for nature's Ya's fierceness, hello everyone!" ”
The hurried and serious look made Kyoko's teacher next to him can't help but laugh, and the children in the audience were laughed at...
Coming to the open classroom, Ya's fierce writing on the blackboard:
[Isshoken mei]
"People have things that they have to spend a lifetime trying to accomplish. In order to accomplish this great goal, it is necessary to start where we are now, to start with what we are doing now, and to do our best. That is, try to do the things of the moment well. ”
This is the scene when Ya's sensei first explains his spoken language: a life (trying to do the present thing well)
When serving as a teacher, teaching children how to establish their life aspirations will also motivate them to learn; he will tell children how to get along with their loved ones, and will also enlighten them about the troubles of adolescence, as a teacher, he also secretly assumed the heavy responsibility of defending the earth, in the face of sudden monster disasters and even desperately protected the children with his body, Ya's teacher received an invitation from UGM (the Earth Defense Force at that time) and became a member of the UGM team. While serving as a teacher, he also actively participates in the work of the UGM team and defends the peace of the earth...
"Originally I came to Earth to investigate negative energy, but in my contact with humans I saw infinite possibilities in humans. But this possibility is directed in the wrong direction, which will produce negative energy. ”
"I wondered, can we eliminate this negative energy from education? So I intensified my studies and became a teacher for junior high school students who were in adolescence. But unfortunately I still can't stop the negative energy."
In the ninth episode of "Eddie Ultraman", when the oil monster Gabi hill attacks, he wants to leave the crowd and transform, and it is impossible to leave the panicked and frightened students and Kyoko-sensei. In order to protect everyone, he was ready to expose his identity, and after instructing the students and Kyoko-sensei with red eyes, he resolutely rushed to the monster and prepared to fight, fortunately, in the process of transformation, he was obscured by the smoke from the explosion, but fortunately did not reveal his identity...
"I had to give up my job as a teacher in order to fight the monsters that appeared one after another."
Working day and night at school, working for the students who are in adolescence, and working hard for the peace of the earth at UGM, the work of the UGM team is getting busier and busier, and Ya's fierce finally resigned as a teacher at Sakuraoka Middle School, and this experience is destined to be the most unforgettable memory in the life of Ya's teacher...
Fight off monsters that appear due to negative energy one at a time, bringing light and positive energy to people! Again and again, it protects the hearts and hopes of children and brings courage to everyone! But the injured and suffering are the fierce teachers who resolutely shoulder the responsibility
Until one day, Ya's sensei leaves without warning, in the final episode of Eddie Ultraman, Eddie is found to have returned to the Land of Light with Julian after defeating the last monster, Magton, and at the time of parting, he and the UGM team members are separated, but they do not return to the school where they teach, and they do not say goodbye to their students, as well as Kyoko-sensei, Yuriko-sensei, Principal, and Director of Teaching. Teacher Ya's fierce teacher quietly left, perhaps because he was afraid of seeing the tears of the students, but they did not forget each other...
"Although I am separated from them, I still have them in my heart"
Finally, after a gap of 27 years, in the 41st episode of "Dream Biyou Ultraman", "The Teacher in Memory", Eddie Ultraman returned to Earth, and the Round Valley Company sent a performance invitation letter to Hasegawa Hatshiro, but it was actually the "Invitation to the Classmates Of Ya's Teacher" sent by Hiroyasu Shibuya, the producer of "Dream Biyou Ultraman", which made Hasegawa Hatsuhoku moved! He agreed to participate in the 41st episode of "The Teacher in Memory", which was broadcast in 2007, and participated in the last student meeting of Sakuragang Junior High School as Mr. Ya'aomoto again after 27 years...
The students pulled up banners [Thanks to Mr. Ya's Memories] and reported to Eddie Ultraman on the rooftop about their life achievements, large and small:
Tsukamoto, who skipped school, admired the grace of his teacher and followed in his footsteps to become a teacher.
Fang Shun, who has a boy-like personality, is married and is now a mother of three children.
Ah Jin, who once misunderstood his father, has now inherited the family business as a supermarket owner.
Nakano, who had attracted monsters in the past because of his lost love, is now married to Rakugo, who is not good at science studies, but has entered the local bank.
When he grew up, he entered the university as a researcher
…………
The song that the students sang on the rooftop was "Yang げば尊し" (Honor your honor), one of the three graduation songs in Japan.
At the end of the film, a familiar figure slowly approached, with much whiter hair, a more kind but more serious face, and the brown professional dress was still the style of the year - that was Ya's fierce teacher:
"Instead, my students taught me a lesson, and it was I who thanked them, and the time spent with them is an irreplaceable memory for me." Monbius, I want to personally apologize to them, because they are all my most important students! ”
At the last student meeting of Sakuragang Junior High School, everyone hugged and cried next to Mr. Mamoru, who was hugging and crying, pouring out their parting sorrows, and lamenting the passage of time...
Now that the years have passed and 13 years have passed since the last student association, I really hope that on a sunny day, a spirited teacher can rush to the classroom and write on the blackboard:
I'm going to work hard.
Forty years later, the original students have established a family, far away from the M78 Nebula you may not have changed at all, or perhaps you have some more white hair on your green silk... The once innocent and lovely ideals have been realized one by one, every beautiful journey has set sail in longing and joy, and every parting and sadness that accompanies it has ended in the tears that are slightly overflowing in the eyes... But what remains unchanged is that you will always be a teacher in everyone's memories, teaching us love and courage, bringing us happy childhood times and good memories...
<h1>postscript</h1>
Although the author was not born in that era, due to the time difference between the introduction of Ultraman series Chinese mainland, the author's boyhood was fortunate to be exposed to Eddie Ultraman. The image of "Ultraman Teacher" who stood upside down in front of students in order to let students who did not want to go to school also deeply imprinted in my mind. Domestic video websites have re-introduced "Eddie Ultraman", the source of the film is a very high-quality HD restoration version, I hope that friends who are interested in this work can go to see this work and feel the enthusiasm of the producers in this work.
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