Ultraman: Towards the Future

A nostalgic, monster-of-the-week romp with earnest heroes, rubber-suited kaiju, and a gentle environmental message.

Created by

Andrew Prowse

Genres

Action & adventure, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

Dore Kraus, Gia Carides, Ralph Cotterill

Overview

Jack Shindo and Stanley Haggard are members of the first manned expedition to Mars, and on the red planet find a giant slug-like monster, Goudes/Gudis. Shindo is pinned by a rockslide and Haggard tries to escape in their ship but is blown up by Gudis. Suddenly a giant warrior, Ultraman Great, arrives and fights Goudes, but when Ultraman is on the verge of victory Goudes changes into a virus and travels to Earth where it mutates other creatures into monsters and awakens existing ones. Needing a human host to survive on Earth, Ultraman joins with Jack, allowing him to become the mighty alien when all seems lost. He joins UMA in order to help them battle the monsters.

How it feels

Earnest, campy, uplifting and tense. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Survival, environment, justice, identity

Content

Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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