Ultraman is getting more and more confused, is it right or wrong to open the multiverse, why is Round Valley doing this?
In the latest "Triga Ultraman", Zeta Ultraman also crossed to a new universe to meet Triga, it is no exaggeration to say that since 2009, the Ultraman series has begun its own multi-universe road, just like the American comics, all kinds of different universes have different warriors and enemies, and since the Ultraman series has gone this way, many people have said that Round Valley's worldview is becoming more and more chaotic, even to the point that many fans are difficult to distinguish, so is Round Valley right or wrong? Why did Round Valley do this? We'll take a look at that today.
There is no right or wrong way to commercialize
I believe that many fans know that since "Dream Bius", the financial problems of Round Valley have dropped to the freezing point, and therefore been acquired, and it is from this time that Round Valley began a long way back to blood, and Ultraman This huge IP is naturally impossible to let go, about this, we have to admit that the Ultraman series has always been a commercial work, so it is inevitable to follow the changes in the market, it can be said that round valley after the acquisition, Only then did I really learn how to be a good businessman. In this case, whether it is the sales of the toy, or the use of past roles to win back popularity is a necessary choice.
So we later saw works like "Beria Galactic Empire", and the purpose of Round Valley is very clear, that is, to maximize the commercial operation of its works, and in the "Galaxy Ultraman" period, Round Valley at this time is still plagued by funds, so the priority is to earn the wealth it deserves, and the multiverse is a good choice, because this setting can easily make different characters appear in a work. The holster war next door to Toei has already done this before Ultraman. Let the audience get the greatest sensory stimulation, but also be able to drive the sales of post-product development, and old fans can also see their favorite characters appear, which can be said to be a beneficial and harmless choice.
Although many friends think that Round Valley will reduce the artistic value of the Ultraman series by doing so, from the perspective of later market performance, it is clear that Round Valley is right to do so, because most people like and accept such a setting, which is in line with the development of the times, and although the Ultraman series has a strong artistic value in the eyes of many fans, humanistic care, it is undeniable that Ultraman has always been a commercial work, and everything is carried out around the premise of business. The changes have always been made to meet the changes of the times, even if it is the familiar "Diga Ultraman", the reason why it has three forms is because more toys are sold. Therefore, there is no right or wrong in commercialization, some are just whether they can tell a good story.
Why round valley opened the multiverse
1: Actor's problem
In addition to the commercialization we mentioned above, to maximize the value of IP, Round Valley to open a multiverse is actually a last resort, the answer is obvious, after all, the Ultraman series has been more than half a century of work. Once the actor, also due to the passage of time has undergone a lot of changes, even has already passed away, after all, no one can stop the change brought about by the passage of time, but the former close-up heroes, but will not be because of time to grow old or change, they still have to appear, so the replacement of the old and new has become the most realistic problem, we can even say unceremoniously, if the 100th anniversary of the Ultraman series, we can definitely say that the original Ultraman will still appear in front of everyone's eyes, But will Mr. Shin Kurobe, who once played the first human body, still be there?
This is the most realistic example, so the opening of the multiverse, including the overworld headed by the M78 nebula, is set in the world thousands of years later, the purpose of which is obviously to prevent such problems from happening in the future, round valley naturally can not let their own characters are also swallowed up by time, so it can only be another way out, and the multiverse is the best choice, because the multiverse setting is not only able to shape different worlds, but more importantly, even can break the time limit, Dreams back to Showa are all possible, so round valley's multiverse is an imperative strategy.
2: Plot setting and history
Moreover, the multiverse can also enrich the plot, and it is also impossible to consider the relationship between the plot and the relationship between the plot, and to be able to use the imagination without hindrance, which is also an important advantage of the multiverse, and most importantly, this concept has existed for round valley for a long time. Because as early as 1966's "Original Ultraman" there were already two different universes, not to mention Severn in 1967. Strictly speaking, the original and Severn were originally independent works, which are unrelated, and it is precisely because of the filming of "Jack Ultraman" that the original Otter brothers worldview was shaped, so these settings did not exist today, but existed long ago.
3: Conclusion
We only feel chaotic now, including some of the settings will contradict themselves, these problems are not the problems that only happened today, when we look back, the Ultraman series is actually changing, the settings have always been changing, because a series wants to go on, following the footsteps of the times is inevitable, so we will still see Ultraman today.