Just got news that this is coming http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096W46VW/ref ... sqb0MJVN69 cant wait to finally see this show in it's entirety.
Amazing news! Completely unsurprising that August Ragone had a hand in making this happen. It's a little unfortunate that Hi no Tori now has to yank their excellent fansubs off the web, but it's a small price to pay for such a great box being released into the world. Lets all buy three copies to encourage US companies to release more such goodies!
Definitely some excellent news on the release. Maybe all our fanboy whining over the lack of anglicised Ultra-Q will also get some attention. Too bad about Ep. 12. I can understand the sensitive nature of course, but it is something that was made, thus for better or worse its existance and particulars are known and have become part of history. Plus, Spiru Seijin is pretty cool. It is a shame the connection with hibakusha was drawn, as it was obviously unintentional. Seems pretty plain the 'enemy' is radiation itself (or the users thereof) and not the victim of it.
exciting! the shows and toys go hand in hand i also didn't know that Spiru Sejin was from a banned episode. it's nice that Siccaluna-Koubou and Zollmen are keeping him alive, i wonder if the toys being released received any negative feedback?
Wow, very astute eye Paul. They appear to be B-Clubs (or possibly vintage I guess, though there are some heavy silver sprays). Either way I would love to know more about him too.
12. Shhhhhh! It's a scrappy copy but it's a.) subbed and b.) the only way you're ever gonna see it! Get it while you still can.
Has anyone got a good photo of the toy? Looks great. Ok, so since I posted this I went and watched that whole episode. At no point is the word radiation used. The aliens are basically vampire aliens, they even shun the sun...I don't see the connection to holocaust at all. There's no mention to replacing their own radioactive blood or any of that shit just that they love blood and they find out that kids blood is better than adult blood. Japanese anime was harsher back then than this episode. In fact what was funny was that they say "Why are we wasting our time on virginal young women when we could be drinking kids!" but it's not any worse than later episodes or even other super sentai shows at the time which have vampiric aliens or even vampires. That would make an awesome mini and a great parababy. Shame.
I was overjoyed to see this on Amazon the other day. I've been waiting for Ultraseven on U.S. home video for over 20 years. I'm glad the wait is over! He was my favorite Ultraman toy as a kid, before I even saw any of the shows he was on. Oh, and maybe they'll sub those Ultra Q blu rays with the colorization, but I won't hold my breath. Bring Kanegon to America already!
Definitely will pre-order this awesome series. Ultra Seven is the series that I remember the most when I was a child, it brings me lots of memories.
Ehhhh people are too sensitive. Kids dying is always the best in any genre. I mean how many times do you watch a horror movie and say "Man I wish that annoying kid would get it?" I do routinely. This sounds like a great episode! I'm downloading it using David's link. Thanks David.
dropped to $29 today from ~$40-ish on amazon. it's still a s!f release, so hopefully the price drop is not indicative of a poorer quality/compression re-release we saw with the regular ultraman series.
YES! How many fairy tales would suck if the kids didn't get eaten or the damsel didn't lose a foot? Your welcome, Chris! Good looking out, Bill. Very nice price.
