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After traveling the world and returning to Japan, a young man joins the Space Science Security Squad ZAT. During his first mission, he is attacked by a monster and finds himself on the brink of death. Recognized for his kindness and courage, and guided by the Ultra Mother, he becomes the sixth Ultra Brother and begins his heroic deeds. This is the story of Ultraman Taro.
00:00Hello. Thank you for watching today. Today's topic is Ultraman Taro.
00:19A young man who travels around the world returns to Japan and joins the Space Science Guard Z, but is attacked by a monster on his first mission. While wandering around, his kindness and courage are recognized, and he is guided by Ultra Mother to become the sixth Ultra Brother, Ultraman Taro, who plays an active role in this film.
00:47Now, let's take a look at this work.
00:54Ultraman Taro was produced by Tsuburaya Pro and aired for a total of 53 episodes from 1973 to 1974.
01:06The story begins with Kotaro Higashi returning home from traveling around the world.
01:12Kotaro gets off the ship at the port, but a monster appears and tries to attack the oil tanker. However, Kotaro's starting point manages to drive the monster away without causing a fire.
01:26That night, after planting the rapid-rooted Sigris flower he had acquired on his travels near the port, he was sleeping in his sleeping bag when the flower suddenly grew and attacked people, resulting in it being burned down by the Space Science Security Force, Zat.
01:43An angry Kotaro attacks the soldier, but suddenly a monster appears from under his nose, and Kotaro tries to fight back with his bare hands, but to no avail, he is injured and loses consciousness.
01:59The next morning, he wakes up to find himself being treated by a woman who looks just like his late mother, who gives him a badge to wear on his arm.
02:09After the misunderstanding is cleared up, Kotaro joins ZATT due to his physical abilities and performance at the port.
02:17Shortly after joining the force, a monster called the Sigris Flower appears in the streets of Tokyo, so Kotaro boards his fighter plane, the Super Swallow, and heads out on his first mission.
02:32Since it was his first sortie, he was unable to contain his excitement and made a reckless attack, which resulted in him being shot down by the monster.
02:40Kotaro is caught in the explosion and his eyes wander, but he is enveloped in light and rescued by the five Ultra Brothers.
02:51At that moment, Mother of Ultra also appears, and as the brothers look on, she gives birth to the sixth brother, Ultraman Taro.
03:01Then, as the Sigris Flower rampages through the streets of Tokyo, Ultraman Taro suddenly appears and begins fighting.
03:09After a close, united battle, he unleashes his special move, the Strium Ray, to finish off Sigris Flower.
03:20This battle marks the beginning of a deadly battle between Azuma Kotaro, or Ultraman Taro, and the monsters that have come flying from space.
03:32Now, let me introduce the characters.
03:35First, the main character, Kotaro Azuma, returns to Japan after traveling around the world and intends to make a living as a boxer. However, he is inspired by someone he witnesses by chance, whose courage and sense of justice changes his mind and he ends up joining the Space Science Security Force, ZATT.
03:54He was a single-minded, bright and active young man, and also possessed a strong spirit that allowed him to fight through anything to the very end.
04:05Kotaro's fellow ZATT members are as follows:
04:13Asahina Yutaro is the captain of ZATT, but he is also the person who convinced Kotaro to join ZATT because he places importance on individuality.
04:22Due to his various missions in the series, he only appears in the field or in the Far East Branch's operations in 12 episodes.
04:33As deputy commander, Aragaki Shuhei took over actual command of the scene in place of the busy Captain Asahina.
04:44He was a generous man, always calm, good at making good decisions, and giving orders quickly.
04:53In episode 50, his excellence is recognized and he is transferred to the space station.
04:59Tetsuya Kitajima was the leader of the other members of the unit and held operational command authority second only to the vice-commander, while also being in charge of intelligence analysis and the development of weapons and machines.
05:15Tadao Minamihara had a positive outlook and was a mood maker within the team.
05:21However, he was a first-rate fighter pilot and marksman, and it seems he was often paired with Kotaro on patrols.
05:33Regardless of when he enlisted, Nishida Jiro respected Kotaro as an older brother.
05:40In episode 9, he is transferred to space station V9, but reappears in episode 13 as a navigator.
05:51Moriyama Izumi was mainly in charge of operations and excelled in information processing.
05:59However, she is also skilled in fighter jet and mortar boat operations, and has piloted the Skywhale many times to support the male mortar boats from the air.
06:13Futani Kazumi is a compassionate person who has been appointed as vice-captain in place of Aragaki, who has been transferred.
06:21Although he has a rather droopy face, he was seen working out hard to keep up with the younger members of the team.
06:29Ueno Takashi was the successor to the transferred Nishida, and like Nishida, he looked up to Kotaro as an older brother.
06:37However, for some reason, he has not appeared since episode 35.
06:46The Shiratori family is the family where Kotaro stays.
06:50His father, Shiratori Kiyoshi, was the captain of a tanker and was the person who helped Kotaro when he returned to Japan, but he died when the tanker he was captaining was attacked by a monster.
07:05Shiratori Saori is a female university student who has feelings for Kotaro, but due to the death of her father, she is ultimately unable to fulfill her feelings.
07:21Kenichi Shiratori is a fifth-grade elementary school student who looks up to Kotaro.
07:26After his father is killed by a monster, he learns true courage and a strong spirit from Kotaro.
07:38Kotaro transforms into Ultraman Taro, who is the biological son of Ultra Father and Ultra Mother, and is a cousin of Ultra Seven, and Ace, who was an orphan and grew up with him, is his stepbrother.
07:51The name Taro, in the Land of Light, means someone who is courageous and loves justice, and coincidentally has the same pronunciation as Earth's Taro.
08:06To transform, he uses the Ultra Badge that Ultra Mother, in her human form, gives to Kotaro directly.
08:15In addition to its transformation function, the Ultra Badge also had a light wave energy absorption device, an energy electric tube, an Ultra Diode, an energy amplification circuit, an Ultra Ruby, and a telepathic receiver.
08:30He also has a special move he uses to fight monsters: the Strium Ray, which collects cosmic energy in the atmosphere and fires it by positioning both arms in a T-shape.
08:46Arrow ray, a wedge-shaped beam of light that fires from the side of the horn.
08:50A destructive blue heat ray, a blue laser, is fired from the Ultra Horn.
08:59Shooting beams, energy rays, are fired from the tips of both hands.
09:05Taro Barrier creates a wall of light around the body using energy beams to block attacks.
09:12He also used the ultimate destructive technique, Ultra Dynamite, in which he fills his body with energy, releases it, sets himself on fire, turns into a human bomb, and then charges into his opponent, detonating himself and blowing his body into pieces.
09:31The Taro Bracelet is a small bracelet made of ultra-hard steel worn on the left arm that has attack functions. In the film, it is only used twice: as a sharp double-edged spear, the Bracelet Lancer, and as a ring-shaped beam of light, the Set Beam, used to seal his mouth.
09:54The King Bracelet is a bracelet made of Ultra Metallic Guard super alloy that was given to him by Ultra Mother in episode 19.
10:06By sensing Taro's telepathy, he has a number of abilities, such as transforming him into a muzzle or a magic hand, emitting bracelet revive rays or hair dryer rays, or activating the Taro Barrier.
10:22The Ultra Bell is a miraculous bell housed in the Ultra Tower in the Land of Ultra, and Taro became Super Ultraman and obtained the bell by combining with the Ultra Brothers.
10:38After obtaining it, Bell's miracle restores the Earth to its original beauty after it is covered in the atomic fog spewed out by Mururoa.
10:47ZAT, the group that Azuma Takataro belongs to, is a space science security force that fights against extraterrestrial aggression.
10:58Its headquarters are located within the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and it has six branches around the world, with Japan being its Far East branch.
11:08They usually carry out operations in cooperation with these six branches, and they also possess several space stations.
11:18The Far East Branch's base in Japan is located in Kasumigaseki, in the heart of Tokyo.
11:27The base is made up of three buildings: a disk-shaped main body, an underground hangar, and a shaft-shaped tower that connects the main body and the hangar.
11:38In the film, when the base is attacked by a monster, the upper main body is detached, and the pilots and tower are stored underground.
11:49In addition, the main body is equipped with a command room, computer control room, reception room, weapons development area, living area, information area, launch gate, and more.
12:01The equipment for the troops is made up of uniforms that are highly durable, heat-resistant, cold-resistant, and bulletproof.
12:12The helmets supplied are heat-resistant and pressure-resistant, have sturdy visors, and are equipped with high-performance communication equipment.
12:22Other weapons that have appeared include the That Gun and the Super Napalm, which are small but highly effective.
12:31Although it is an aircraft, we have the Skywhale, a large fighter jet that provides command and response on the front lines and also serves as a mobile command center.
12:42It is also capable of escaping and re-entering the atmosphere, navigating in space, and vertical takeoff and landing.
12:50By maintaining a science department analytical laboratory, it will be possible to instantly compound chemicals and other chemicals.
12:56Its main armament includes the model's laser beam cannon, missiles under both wings, and napalm launchers.
13:06The Condor 1 is a high-speed fighter jet with folding wings, equipped with a reconnaissance camera and high-performance radar, and capable of flying at altitudes of up to 20,000 meters.
13:19The Super Swallow is a high-performance small fighter jet equipped with a rocket motor that allows for long-duration thrust.
13:29It will be capable of leaving the atmosphere and navigating space, and its fixed armament will be missiles mounted on the underside of the aircraft.
13:36The Dragon is a small, fast helicopter, and its stadium-shaped cockpit provides a wide field of view, so it was primarily used for search and reconnaissance.
13:51Andromeda is a large space-faring rocket that travels at high visual energy and carries a small space combat disc, the Magellan, inside.
14:02Although it was a ground vehicle, the Wolf Three Seven was in active use, boasting a top speed of over 300 km/h thanks to the combination of conventional and nuclear engines.
14:17The vehicle's body can withstand extremely low and high temperatures, and by folding down the wheels, it can be powered by a hovercraft engine and travel through ancient castles or on the sea.
14:27The armament on display included wolf missiles, beta ray cannons, machine guns, and wolf cutters.
14:37The base vehicle is the third generation Toyota Crown.
14:42The Rabbit Panda was a small, specially equipped vehicle equipped with a high-performance radar on the front nose, and was primarily used as a Catroll vehicle or base camp.
14:56It is equipped with anti-monster laser cannons, bazookas, and other weapons, and is based on the Honda Vamos.
15:04The Belmidar II was a subterranean combat tank mounted on the Skywhale, equipped with two drills at its tip and a six-barreled subterranean missile system as armament.
15:19The Iron Fish is a high-performance nuclear research submarine capable of diving up to 20,000 meters underwater, and is armed with super plasma missiles and ultra-high voltage discharge devices.
15:37There are several space stations within Zatt, and in the film, one appears orbiting the sky.
15:49The monster that appears in this film is set to be an enemy that surpasses the super beast that appeared in the previous film, Ultraman Ace.
16:00As a result, in addition to monsters with psychic powers, many unique and eccentric monsters appeared towards the end of the series, and many popular aliens that had appeared in the past, such as the second-generation Mephilas and the modified giant Apoor, also made an appearance.
16:19Now, finally, it's the final episode.
16:24Kotaro was having a nightmare.
16:29In that nightmare, for some reason, my mother appeared and told me that Captain Shiratori's tanker was being attacked by a monster and was engulfed in flames.
16:39Furthermore, his mother tells him that there is something she will do that will put her life on the line, and tells him to find out for himself, which wakes Kotaro up from his dream.
16:51Then, Kenichi and his friend Ichiro are standing next to the bed, and they tell him that Ichiro's father is also a captain, just like Kenichi's father.
17:05A few days later, when the tanker Ichiro's father is killed in an attack by a monster, the Shark Whale, Ichiro blames Zat for not being able to do anything.
17:18Kotaro remains silent, but a few days later, while he is on patrol, Captain Shiratori's tanker is also attacked in front of him.
17:30However, because Officer Kitajima sympathizes with him, he is unable to transform into Taro, and the tanker sinks, killing Captain Shiratori.
17:40Later, when Kenichi returned home, he found his daughter Saori breaking down in tears after receiving a phone call informing him of the death of her father, Captain Shiratori.
17:53In the midst of his grief, a shark whale suddenly appears, so Kotaro transforms into Taro and fights angrily, and then the Balky alien appears.
18:06The situation becomes two against one and they are temporarily at a disadvantage, but when they defeat the shark whale with a strium ray, the Balky alien disappears.
18:19After the battle, when he visits Kenichi, he resents Taro for not defeating the shark whale when his father's tanker was attacked, and destroys the Ultra Brothers dolls.
18:29However, seeing this scene, Kotaro shows Kenichi his Ultra Badge and confesses that he is Ultraman Taro, while transforming the Ultra Badge into Mother of Ultra and telling him that he will fight as a human being without relying on Taro.
18:49Then, Alien Balky, who had been watching everything, appears and grows into a giant form, attacking Kotaro, who is no longer able to transform into Tarou.
19:03After letting Kenichi escape, Kotaro leads the Balky Alien to an oil storage area and douses the Balky Alien's entire body in crude oil that has been lost from the oil tank.
19:16Then, Kotaro fires the That Gun, setting the crude oil on fire, causing the Balky Alien to explode by becoming a burning ball, and finally, as the human Kotaro, he succeeds in defeating the enemy.
19:32He also proves to Kenichi, who was watching the fight, that monsters can be defeated using human strength alone.
19:40The scene changes and Kotaro, who has returned to being human in order to study or acquire new skills, retires from ZATT, says goodbye to his captain and comrades, and disappears into the crowds of the pedestrian mall, and the program ends with that scene.
20:00Now, let's take a look at Ultraman Taro in action.
20:30Let's take a look at Ultraman Taro in action.
21:00Let's take a look at Ultraman Taro in action.
21:10Let's protect Ultraman Taro's exploits and go!
21:16Thank you for watching
21:46Gurtra's father has arrived.
21:50Gurtra's mother has arrived
21:54And then Taro was defeated
21:59What is that? Is that the enemy? What is that?
22:07Mysterious Princess Thin Wind Invader
22:13When strength is positive and smiles
22:21The party is already shining
22:28Taro takes off
22:31Taro fights
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23:22Thank you for watching
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24:22I wondered how Ultra Father and Ultra Mother could give birth to Taro, who looks nothing like him.
24:29As a result, rumors of a mix-up at the hospital and infidelity were circulating among friends.
24:37What do you all think?
24:40So, I'll see you around here again this time.
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