I used to love Ultraman. I don't know why. There's something awesome about the idea of a guy holding up a magical pen and suddenly turning into a giant dude in leotards fighting an equally giant monster—but only for three minutes! Because then his chest starts blinking and he loses his powers. That was always a ridiculously neat catch. The point is, Ultraman was cool.
Hence why I'm looking forward to this movie, which sounds like the greatest Ultraman movie ever made. It's called Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends - The Movie. They're going to have to shorten that up for the US release. I'm not up to date with my Ultraman knowledge, but as far as I can tell, it's a movie based on a TV series based on a video game. Hence the "The Movie" suffix, I guess.
Here's the lowdown. An evil Ultraman who was captured by the Ultraman King thousands of years ago has escaped from Ultraman prison. In his attempt to control the universe, he uses something-something to control 100 giant mosters. 100! So all your favorite Ultramen, I'm talking 50 of them, including my personal favorite Ultra Seven, are teaming up to fight the Bad Ultraman and his 100 giant monsters. It's nuts.
Oh yeah, and because the battle takes place on the Ultraman homeworld, none of them have the aforementioned 3-minute time restriction. It's kind of disappointing, really, because that would have been pretty funny.
Warner Bros Japan is releasing it in Japan this December. Hopefully, it'll come to the US shortly after.
[via Nippon Cinema and Twitch]
