In celebration of the Ultraman series’ 45th anniversary in 2011, production has begun on Tsuburaya Productions’ latest feature film ULTRAMAN ZERO THE MOVIE: SUPER DECISIVE BATTLE! BELIAL’S GALACTIC EMPIRE (Urutoraman Zero THE MOVIE Chou Kessen! Beriaru Ginga Teikoku), due for nationwide theatrical release this December in Japan.
The latest Ultra hero Ultraman Zero, the son of Ultra Seven, takes on the role of the protagonist in this production, while Ultraman Belial, history’s first evil Ultraman who rampaged screens in last year’s ULTRA GALAXY: MEGA MONSTER BATTLE (Daikaiju Battoru Urutora Ginnga Densetsu THE MOVIE) has survived, returning in a powered-up form and proclaiming himself to be “the galactic emperor Kaiser Belial”. Building up an enormous galactic empire, Kaiser Belial aspires for universal conquest in revenge against the Ultra warriors. The young hero Ultraman Zero joins successive generations of Ultra warriors, as well as some new friends, to crush Kaiser Belial’s aspirations.
Ultraman Zero, who has been awarded a new item called the “Ultra Zero Bracelet” by his father Ultra Seven, encounters a brave young man called Ran, who is dying from a serious injury after saving his little brother Nao from Belial’s galactic imperial army. Moved by the man’s courage, Ultraman Zero merges his life-force with Ran, for the first time adopting a human form, and together with Nao they begin their journey, where the whole galaxy becomes a grand stage for this all-new action adventure movie.
Playing the role of Ran, Ultraman Zero’s human host, is the charming 21 year old actor Yu Koyanagi. Just like Ultra Seven, he will transform into Ultraman Zero using a device called the “Ultra Zero Eye”, a transformation scene set to be a large highlight of the new movie.
