This corroborates the earlier copyright information which suggested that the new series will be called Ultraman Ginga. Previously it was unknown whether Ginga would be appearing in movies or have a television series, as the last full Ultraman series was Ultraman Mebius in 2006, however that information has also come to light.
Ultraman Ginga will take the form of 30 minute episodes and be shown within theNew Ultraman Retsuden (the Ultra biography series), starting from the 10th of July. There will be 13 Episodes in total; 6 will be broadcast between July and August; a further 5 will be broadcast during November and December; and there are 2 special episodes to be screened at events. Unlike the previous series shown within Retsuden, Ultraman Zero Fight, these episodes will be 30 minutes and not shorts.
In Ultraman Ginga, an evil force has turned all of the Ultra Warriors and Kaiju into small doll-like things, they eventually arrive on Earth during a Meteor shower. 17 year old High School student Hikaru Raido (played by Takuya Negishi) finds the Ginga Spark, an item which allows him to change the transformed Ultra Warriors back into their original forms, allows him to become Ultraman Ginga, and allows him to ‘Ultra-Live’ to fuse with the dolls he finds.
He will be aided/joined in his Ultraman High School adventures by his fellow classmates:
- Misuzu Isurugi (played by Mio Miyatake): a childhood friend of Hikaru.
- Kenta Watarai (Misugi Oono): Also a childhood friend and funnyman of the group.
- Sakuchi Kuno (Kirara): Another childhood friend and another heroine, apparently.
- Tomoya Ichijoji (Takuya Kusakawa): Hikaru’s cool rival.
Ultraman Ginga promises a fresh story with a fresh cast, meshing a modern Japan High School setting with the traditional Kaiju fighting Ultraman flavour. Filming has just begun this week.
The show will be directed by: Abe Yuichi, Tomoo Haruguchi, Kengo Kaji, and Yoshikazu Ishii.
Source: Ultraman Blog, HJU, Tokunation
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