【I】
On the weekend, I visited my cousin's house and watched my 5-year-old nephew play with toys, and I couldn't help but look up.
I picked up an Ultraman peripheral and asked, "This is Cyro Ultraman's transfiguration!" "
Cyro Ultraman Transformer
The little nephew was surprised and curious, curious about how an adult also knew Cyro Ultraman, looking at his half-open mouth, I then asked, "Do you know who Cyro's father is?" "
Unexpectedly, the little nephew did not answer it, and I quickly added: "Your father is my brother, I am your uncle, Cyro and his father's name is Severn, we must remember." "
At this time, the little nephew's heart had been melted by me, and he quickly picked up an Ultraman toy and asked me who it was. I glanced at the categorical answer: "This is Ace Ultraman, and it was Zofi Ultraman who picked it up from the battlefield." The little nephew asked who Zofi was, and I said that Zofi was the captain of the Cosmic Guard, and he looked very similar to the original generation, except that there were many medals representing merit on his chest.
The little nephew asked me again, isn't the captain of the Cosmic Guard the father of Otter?
I said, the father of Ott is the captain, and speaking of the father of Ott, do you know who his son is? The little nephew replied flatly, it was Tairo, I then asked, who is Tyro's son, do you know, the little nephew shook his head in a hurry, I said it was Taiga.
My cousin was a little dizzy and said what is in your head?
I did not respond to my cousin, and my little nephew quickly asked me again: "Uncle and uncle, who do you see this, do you know his human body?" "
I looked at the pattern on Ultraman's body and said that it was Jack Ultraman, and his human body was called Hideki, and then I looked at Ace Ultraman and said that my favorite was Ace, he had two human bodies, and the combination of the movements was very cool. But the little nephew did not believe me, and replied in the affirmative, there is only one human body in Ultraman.
Hokuto Hoshiji and Nanyoko
"There are two human bodies in Ace Ultraman, one is called the Big Dipper Hoshiji, and the other is called Nanxizi, they flip together, there were many children imitating it at that time, and then Round Valley felt too dangerous, so he had to let Nanyuko go." Then, I looked at Tairo, Leo, and Diga on the ground, "Their human bodies are Tokotaro, Fengyuan, and Daiko, respectively. "
At this time, the little nephew was left with only worship, because he couldn't imagine that adults also liked Ultraman. My cousin said that I was lying to children and talking nonsense, and I said that Hayata's actor was called Kurobe Jin, daughter Yoshimoto Tatsumi, playing Lina in Diga Ultraman, Hideki Go's actor was called Tuan Shiro, who was of Mixed Japanese and American descent, the actor of the Various Star Group was called Moriji Koji, Tokotaro was played by Saburo Shinoda, and Masara was played by Fengyuan. The cousin listened for a moment and went to the kitchen to smoke.
A collection of young faces of Shi Lang in the xiang xiushu actor group
Finally the little nephew took out another toy and asked me who it was, and I said it was Ant-Man, called Ant-men, not Ultraman.
When I left my cousin's house, my little nephew asked me quickly, and my uncle would come to me next week to tell me about Ultraman.
【II】
As a standard adult who has been in society for many years, why do you know so much about Ultraman. I also have no idea about this problem, I have not done my homework to memorize this knowledge, nor have I watched episode by episode, but I have a lot of family treasures about Ultraman (I can't know them all, Cyro knew before, the new generation of Ultraman can only rely on color to understand, which is Aix, which is Obu, which is Blue, which is Rosso, the eyes are different from others is G&D, these should be slightly searched in the mind).
Ultraman was created in the 1960s, when special dramas were all the rage, coupled with the popularity of monster themes, the real father of Ott, Mr. Eiji Marutani, launched a special drama - "Ott Q", which revolves around the continuous appearance of monsters on the earth, telling the story of earthlings fighting monsters.
The original Ultraman human body actor Kurobe also starred in Otter Q
Then the ratings went all the way to the rainbow, Eiji Marutani launched a sequel while the iron was hot, and added the element of the cosmic hero, the initial setting is not so much a hero as a monster fighting a monster. Later, with the addition of the second and third drafts, the shape of the first generation of Ultraman was formed.
The first draft of Ultraman's setting, if you use this shape, the Thai version of Ultraman Haruman is also quite handsome
Due to the limited shooting budget at that time, the special scene construction time-consuming and expensive, so it was necessary to reduce the shooting time as much as possible, so Ultraman was added to the setting of "can only live on the earth for three minutes", and the plot said that due to the problem of the earth's environment, Ultraman could only survive for three minutes, but it was this setting that greatly increased Ultraman's nervousness. In Seven Ultraman, Round Valley's economic situation has improved, and the energy lamp has been abolished, but it has been complained about by the audience, so the energy lamp of Seven Ultraman has grown on his head.
With the second Severn, the third Jack, and the fourth Tyro, Ultraman has become the hottest topic among Japanese children at that time, although the Round Valley Group continues to enrich ultraman's worldview and form the concept of the Otter brothers, but aesthetic fatigue, I am afraid that no one is exempt.
Leo Ultraman can be said to be a watershed in the Ultraman series, because the series is too dark, resulting in many children can not understand the meaning. Leo Ultraman's era, Japan immersed in the atmosphere of "Tokyo sinking", the doom complex has a big market, Round Valley added a similar scene in the first episode of Leo, and then the MAC team members responsible for the defense and safety of the earth, it is changed five times, most of them are given life by aliens, just when everyone has not yet made it clear who is who, the MAC team was actually destroyed by the group...
Leo Ultraman in the middle because Severn was plucked by a monster and broke his leg Leo came out to save the scene
This is also one of the reasons for Leo Ultraman's poor ratings, of course, Leo does not know light skills, the battle time is only 2 minutes and 40 seconds, and so on. But this does not prevent him from becoming the best Ultraman in my mind, because it tells the story of a man who has carried a mission and humiliation, constantly fighting against fate, even under the eyes of responsibility, but still moving forward firmly.
The subsequent introduction of Eddie Ultraman is a "coffin board" for the Showa department. Although several anime films have been released since then, Marutani Corporation seems to be no longer favored by audiences. If it were not for the high-level production of the later Heisei Sanjie, Ultraman would have disappeared into the long river of history.
It is worth mentioning that in many Ultraman works, there are also some more "special" existences, such as the Thai version of Ultraman "Haruman" mentioned above, the content is bloody and violent, and Ace's guillotine is like a gentle touch compared to it. And Haruman, as the embodiment of Thailand's native gods, is naturally not red and silver, looking more like a monster, but he is not Ultraman, but a Thai monkey, just fighting side by side with Ultraman, it is such a work, Round Valley Group has been fighting with it for many years, and its legal status has also been greatly disputed.
And our Honan brother, yes, is that Zheng Yijian has also photographed Ultraman. Around 2000, Hong Kong filmed a special drama called "Millennium Ultraman", and the work was still of a certain standard, but later Round Valley withdrew the copyright and the film source was deleted. In contrast, the Australian version of Grey Ultraman and the American version of Parvat Ultraman successfully entered the Land of Light, and when Beria invaded the Land of Light, there was a shot of about a second.
Millennium Ultraman stills
【III】
It is such a special drama with a holster and wrestling and fighting skills that has swept Japan for fifty or sixty years, and even in China, there are more than 30 years of popular history, no matter what level of market, as long as there is a counter selling toys, there must be a place for Ultraman (including pirated toys). What kind of magic makes this cookie-cutter work have such a strong vitality?
I think there should be a few reasons:
1. In the era of material scarcity and information isolation, Ultraman became the eternal memory of a generation, because it was full of infinite fantasies about the unknown world. This allowed Ultraman to accumulate a large number of fans in the early days.
2. Individual heroism satisfies the boy's original understanding of the definition of the word responsibility, whether it is fighting for peace on earth or to protect the people he loves, Ultraman's confrontation with the monster makes the boy believe that responsibility is great.
3. Opposite the aliens representing evil and power, Ultraman has the courage to challenge, and the power of courage infects every audience in a subtle way.
4, the brilliance of human nature shines on the world, whether it is the last episode of Eddie Ultraman, human beings rely on their own strength to guard the earth, or Diga at the time of death, to obtain human energy inspiration, all reflect Round Valley's thinking about human nature, rather than a simple action scene.
5, the world should always believe something, even if no ideals exist, Ultraman is still trying to change color and shape, "lure" children into a world with infinite possibilities, "abduct" the memories of big friends, into that age full of fantasy.
Recently, a news of Ultraman's visit to a boy with cancer brushed the screen, Ultraman became the first cartoon image to appear on the hot search at the beginning of 2021, and even CCTV also reported on Ultraman. The appearance of this news has left too many people to move, and everyone knows what Ultraman's appearance means to the boy with cancer, and what Ultraman means to himself.
Although society has given us too much confusion, and the long-lost dreams have been replaced by the pressure of life, Ultraman is there, even if you don't think about him, he will quietly come to your side, just think about his story, you will find that he, like the dream, has never left.
Otter's Five Oaths