Please join us in chanting its name together! Report on the online presentation of the new program "Ultraman Z," which will start airing on June 20, in which the entire cast tried their hand at transformation poses!

An online presentation of the new Ultraman TV series "Ultraman Z (Zed)," which will begin airing on Saturday, June 20, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., was broadcast on YouTube on June 5, 2020.

Ultraman Z", the 24th* Ultraman series in the series' history, depicts the activities of Ultraman Zetto (hereinafter referred to as "Zetto"), the apprentice of Ultraman Zero, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his appearance, and the hero who finally became a member of the "Space Guard" after admiring Zero and working hard. Zedd is a new generation Ultraman who always looks forward and pushes forward with the passionate heart he inherited from his master Zero.

(*Note: Drama productions, excluding short series of 5 minutes or less, that have been broadcast in Japan since 1966 with newly introduced Ultraman heroes.)

⇒ Ultraman Z", a new Ultraman TV series, will start airing on June 20! The main character is a hot-blooded apprentice of Ultraman Zero!

Due to the new coronavirus, this time all the performers were delivered from inside the studio used for the actual filming, with spacing between the seats.

The cast of the presentation included Hirano Hiromu as Natsukawa Haruki, the main character of the film, a new pilot of the anti-monster robot unit "Strage" and a passionate karate master; Matsuda Rima as Nakashima Yoko, the ace pilot of the "Strage"; Ota Yuka as the science officer of the "Strage"; and Kurokawa Hirano as the "Strage"'s newest pilot, Yuka Ota, who is a master of karate and a passionate student of the "Strage". The Strage's science officer, Hikari Matsuda as Yuka Ota, the Strage's captain, Takaya Yanagi as Shota Hebikura, a researcher in the Omega Sector who has become the host of the parasitic organism Cerebro, Rito Noda as Shinya Kabragi, the Strage's maintenance leader, Jun Hashi as Kojiro Inaba, the Strage's founder, Captain Kuriyama, the Strage's director, Hisahiro Ogura, and the Strage's chief of engineering, Katsunori Kurokawa, who plays the Strage's chief of engineering, Yoshihiro Nakajima, who is the Strage's science officer. Director Kiyotaka Taguchi, the main director of the event. In a friendly atmosphere, the performers of all ages enjoyed talking with each other.

The performers were thrilled to see the first public footage!

At the beginning of the presentation, Director Taguchi gave a message of condolence to Kota Fukihara, who passed away suddenly on May 17, 2020 at the age of 37, and was in charge of series composition and scriptwriting.

According to Director Taguchi, he and Mr. Fukihara were close friends both publicly and privately, and despite being extremely busy people, they worked together for 10 months on the scenario development for "Ultraman Z". He said that the script work was finished up to the final episode at a very early stage due to the Tokyo Olympics, but he left on the day the first episode's footage was completed.

In closing, Director Taguchi pledged to his late ally, "I would like to dedicate myself to Mr. Fukihara by creating his ideal work.

Mr. Fukihara was in charge of the script for the first three episodes, the middle three episodes, and the climax three episodes, for a total of nine episodes. This is an episode that cannot be missed, even though it was Mr. Fukihara's last work.

Next, a 5-minute special movie was shown for the first time in Japan. The cast members were also watching the completed movie for the first time, and they were all eagerly awaiting its release.

In addition to a brief profile of each cast member, the movie also shows the senior Ultraman, Ultraman Jeeed, in his new form, and Ultraman Z, who changes into various forms with the help of previous Ultraman. The film is also packed with highlights, such as the robots that fight alongside Ultraman Z and the monsters that oppose him.

When asked for their impressions, the cast members seemed to be completely overwhelmed, commenting on how "amazing" and "cool" the film was.

Singer Masaaki Endo, who sings the opening theme song "Goshouwa kudasai, watashi no namae" (Please sing my name), which was performed for the first time in this video, also made a remote appearance. Mr. Endo also wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the song, and was deeply moved by it. "I grew up watching Ultraman, so it was an honor to sing a song from the Ultraman series. I grew up watching Ultraman, so it was an honor to sing a song from the Ultraman series. I hope the children will cheer enthusiastically as they sing this song," he said, expressing his feelings about the song.

All the performers chanted the name "Ultraman Z" together!

The line "Please chant my name" is used in the movie when he transforms into Ultraman Z. When asked why he came up with this unusual line, he replied, "When Haruki transforms for the first time, it's not fun to suddenly know his name and shout it out, and I wanted to have a line that the audience could shout together at the event. Director Taguchi revealed that he came up with the idea because he wanted to have a line that could be shouted in unison with the audience at the event. It would certainly feel good if everyone shouted together during the show. When the Corona disaster is over, I would definitely like to join the audience in chanting in high spirits!

When transforming into Ultraman Z, Haruki needs to set the Ultra Medal in the transformation item "Ultra Zet Riser," but it was difficult to fit the medal in the correct orientation. ......," Hirano said, describing an episode of difficulty during the filming. Mr. Hirano tells the story of the difficulties he faced during the filming.

When Mr. Hirano demonstrated the transformation sequence that was the result of this hard work, to his surprise, Ultraman Z Alpha Edge appeared. From this point on, all the co-stars went into a corner where they tried their hand at the transformation scene.

All of the performers performed quite high quality transformation poses and mouthfuls, and the older team members, Hashizume and Ogura, got into the groove and decided to transform themselves, making the scene very exciting! Ogura, who had dreamed of transforming into Ultraman since he was a child, was particularly emotional, saying, "I'm so happy!

Toward the end of the broadcast, the actors answered questions from fans who had sent in their questions to the Tsuburaya Membership Club. Hirano-san was asked about the difficulties he had during the filming of the movie, and he told a story about the first shoot when he had just started cranking and the crotch of his costume was suddenly torn.

In addition, many campaign information on soft vinyl dolls and transformation item toys were also announced. The items and campaigns are sure to get people excited about "Ultraman Z" even before the show airs.
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Outline of the series

Ultraman Z

Broadcast start date: June 20, 2020 (Saturday)

Broadcast time: Every Saturday from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.

Broadcasting stations: 6 TV Tokyo networks, etc.

Production: Tsuburaya Productions, TV TOKYO, DENTSU

Cast: Hirano Hiroshu, Hamada Tatsunori and others

Director: Kiyotaka Soliguchi

Theme Song: Masaaki Endo "Please Sing My Name

Ending Song: Shigemi Tamaki "Connect the Truth