ULTRAMAN SAGA - Rumors and Pictures

Oh, okay. So...
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• Does the movie show us how the Neo-Frontier is doing?
• Are any of the Dyna characters, besides Asuka himself even in this movie?
• Does Dyna being a statue gel with his previous appearance in Ultra Galaxy? As in, did he become a statue recently, or was it so long ago that he couldn't have fought Belial back then?
• If it's never explained how Musashi got there, is there any indication as to whether or not this is the SRC/Team EYES Musashi from the Cosmos show? (maybe this is a different Musashi who can't switch forms?)

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So many cliffhangers in some scenes.

kabuto555 said:

Maybe i didn't state it too clear
[HIDE]After Saga defeated hyper zetton, HZ exploded and the humans trapped inside him were released back to Earth so its fully populated again. Taiga gets a lift from the Team U sisters when he is walking on the beach during the ending credit scene. As for an earlier question, it is never stated how everyone except for Zero with his ultimate armor is able to travel to different worlds. The SuperGuts members are still searching for Taiga when they hear Asuka's voice saying Taiga is safe. All we see is a blue orb in outer space which is supposed to be Asuka (no idea if the members saw it or just heard his voice) and he just leaves after saying they will meet again. Its not revealed where he is heading to for his next journey.[/HIDE]

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Dafug is this BS? I think Tsuburaya just screwed themselves up for throwing away a very good chance to give Dyna a proper ending. 15th Anniversary, all previous Super GUTS members back(except Mai)...

Seriously, this ending for Dyna is worse than the series' ending itself.

The TV series' ending was that Asuka's with his father flying through the light. So different from this movie.

SERIOUSLY?!!

cosmos89 said:

Dafug is this BS? I think Tsuburaya just screwed themselves up for throwing away a very good chance to give Dyna a proper ending. 15th Anniversary, all previous Super GUTS members back(except Mai)...

Seriously, this ending for Dyna is worse than the series' ending itself.

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Really? Like the man below says ...

Reimon said:

The TV series' ending was that Asuka's with his father flying through the light. So different from this movie.

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Asuka is ALIVE. :castlerock: :castlerock: :castlerock:

He's not on his way to Heaven with his beloved dead father after being betrayed and cast aside by almost everyone he cared for. :shakefist

He's alive, living a life far more wonderous than imagined. Especially after almost being terrorized into giving up being Dyna ...

And where there's life, there's hope. Hope of an eventual reconcilliation with his former comrades and Humanity. Hope of, eventually, leading a new happy life with people who can accept him - and his powers. Such as Rei found with Captain Hyuuga and the Space Pendragon. Such as, he seemed to have, with Team U and their charges ...

You're right, of course, that Tsuburaya blew the chance to give a much more satisfying ending to Dyna and Asuka with this movie, engaging in what seems to be a last-ditch effort to launch Zero in a stable storyline, while dragging poor Cosmos and Musashi in to be shackeled with the Idiot Ball and Chain ...

However, they are returning to moving in the right direction, according to the latest figures from Box Office Mojo:

9

7

Ultraman Saga

Shochiku

$578,916

-51.0%

368

+50

$1,573

$5,624,321

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Long story short, Saga dropped to ninth place from seventh place in its third week, but is showing in 50 more screens, almost as much as it started with. Its' box office gross has finally dropped the big 51%, but it has made far more than $5 million dollars, closing in on Ultra Galaxy Legend's take.

And, Legend, as you no doubt recall, also had in it a certain former Ultra host, who had gone on to land a fairly successful TV acting career - and an equally successful musician career.

In the meantime, the Ultraman franchise, after a brief moment of shining success, has stumbled and faltered badly, pretty much running on life support as far as TV and movies are concerned.

It's time for Tsuburaya to give Shin Asuka, and Dyna, the happy endings that they deserve. And, for a full reunion with all the SuperGUTS crew, including Mai. Who, as you recall, was the one who really openly mourned Shin's demise at the end of the series ...

kabuto555 said:

Maybe i didn't state it too clear
[HIDE]After Saga defeated hyper zetton, HZ exploded and the humans trapped inside him were released back to Earth so its fully populated again. Taiga gets a lift from the Team U sisters when he is walking on the beach during the ending credit scene. As for an earlier question, it is never stated how everyone except for Zero with his ultimate armor is able to travel to different worlds. The SuperGuts members are still searching for Taiga when they hear Asuka's voice saying Taiga is safe. All we see is a blue orb in outer space which is supposed to be Asuka (no idea if the members saw it or just heard his voice) and he just leaves after saying they will meet again. Its not revealed where he is heading to for his next journey.[/HIDE]

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Another page to be bookmarked and saved ...

Thanks for the clarification, kabuto555! We've been starving for info here, and many of us are doubtlessly counting down to when we can see the movie on YouTube. Or, better yet, actually buy a copy.

Please, be patient with the newer folks around here, like Necktie798, who haven't yet sampled the full array of posts from Oku, Reimon, and others, who have been posting on this movie since July 2011.

Here ...

Necktie798 said:

Oh, okay. So...
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• Does the movie show us how the Neo-Frontier is doing?
• Are any of the Dyna characters, besides Asuka himself even in this movie?
• Does Dyna being a statue gel with his previous appearance in Ultra Galaxy? As in, did he become a statue recently, or was it so long ago that he couldn't have fought Belial back then?
• If it's never explained how Musashi got there, is there any indication as to whether or not this is the SRC/Team EYES Musashi from the Cosmos show? (maybe this is a different Musashi who can't switch forms?)

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Let me help, here:

Based on earlier info from a magazine article that Oku posted back late last year:

[HIDE]SuperGUTS' NeoFrontier has greatly expanded since the end of Dyna's series, going all the way out to Pluto.

Everybody from SuperGUTS is in the movie, except for Mai, and Hanejiro. No reason is given for her abscence. Everyone else, though, has been promoted.

***Captain Hibiki is now Inspector-General Hibiki, head of the TPC.
***Deputy-Captain Kouda is now Chief of Staff of the TPC.
***Ryo Yumimura is now Captain of SuperGUTS, Kamiya is her first officer.
***Lt. Nakajima is now Chief of The Scientist Group.

Asuka has been traveling, apparently through different realities since the end of Dyna, and one of them was the classic Showa M-78, where he fought alongside the Ultras. It stands to reason that, there have been slight changes in his appearances during that time. Like dyeing his hair, wearing an earring, etc. But, the battle with Belial clearly happened, long before Saga.

The only sticking point is Musashi, since his appearance in UGL was just a brief cameo. And, according to Oku's article, it claims that the Musashi in UGL wasn't the real one, while the one in Saga is. Which is a retcon, IMHO.[/HIDE]

Hope this helps ...

So does this Musashi is the same from the TV series?

Reimon said:

So does this Musashi is the same from the TV series?

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Yes.

Now all that needs to be done is to reconcile his appearance in Ultra Galaxy Legend with the one in Ultraman Saga. As, apparently, Asuka's was ...

knightphoenix2 said:

Asuka is ALIVE. :castlerock: :castlerock: :castlerock:

He's not on his way to Heaven with his beloved dead father after being betrayed and cast aside by almost everyone he cared for. :shakefist

He's alive, living a life far more wonderous than imagined. Especially after almost being terrorized into giving up being Dyna ...

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Woah woah woah, ok, Asuka was ALIVE by the end of his series, to me at least. What do you mean by he was betrayed and cast aside?

The series' ending, while was not a happy one, was not such a big disappointment than the movie's ending. Asuka, throughout the series, wanted to know what his father has seen in the light. And well, he experienced it first-hand in the end. The SuperGUTS members also said they are gonna find him.

Movie's ending, if it's what I had interpreted,
[HIDE]seems to me that Asuka just felt lazy to even meet eye-to-eye with his old team members, and simply left after leaving a short message "We will meet again". So are we gonna wait until they are like 80 years old? [/HIDE]

Of course this, ultimately, is not Asuka's fault.
I blame Tsuburaya.

knightphoenix2 said:

[HIDE]SuperGUTS' NeoFrontier has greatly expanded since the end of Dyna's series, going all the way out to Pluto.

Everybody from SuperGUTS is in the movie, except for Mai, and Hanejiro. No reason is given for her abscence. Everyone else, though, has been promoted.
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Hanejiro went back to his planet.