Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (大決戦！超ウルトラ８兄弟 Daikessen! Chō Urutora Hachi Kyōdai, lit. "Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers") is the latest Ultraman theatrical feature, and the first movie by director Takeshi Yagi, who has since retired from Tsuburaya Productions as of January 2008.[1] It unites the Shōwa heroes Ultraman, Seven, Jack and Ace together on screen with the Heisei heroes Tiga, Dyna, Gaia and Mebius.
The movie was released theatrically nationwide in Japan on September 13, 2008. As of October 23, 2008, the movie had grossed over ¥800,000,000 (US $8,000,000) at the box office, becoming the most commercially successful movie in the history of the Ultraman franchise[2].
Plot
The story begins 40 years ago (From the current timeline of 2008), three friends (Daigo, Asuka, and Gamu) went to Daigo's house to watch Ultraman. All of them liked the show so much, they all had dreams of exploring the cosmos. Then one day, they all met a mysterious girl in a white dress and red shoes. After playing with them, she left after Daigo said he wanted to be an astronaut and wanted to fly as far as Nebula M78. About 30 years have past and Daigo, Asuka, and Gamu have given up their dreams and got regular jobs. (Year of 1996) While Daigo was getting late for work, he goes by Hayata's bike shop (whose owner, Shin Hayata, thought that Daigo and his daughter Rena were engaged), Dan's Hawaiian restaurant, Go's auto shop, and Hokuto's bakery. Soon after getting to work, a weird phenomenon occurred: a mirage that included a city upside-down in the sky and the Great Pyramids of Giza. Seconds after the mirage appeared, Daigo had a vision of monsters attack the city and being Ultraman Tiga and saw seven other Ultramen.
Daigo had another vision of Ultraman Mebius being imprisoned by Alien Guts and Alien Nackle. Daigo over heard a plan by Hokuto to help Mebius along with Hayata, Dan, and Go. Soon, Daigo saw Dan, Go, Hokuto, and Hayata become Ultraseven, Ultraman Jack, Ultraman Ace, and Ultraman (Note: Some of the footage that was used was from the movie Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers). Daigo woke up to discover that it was a dream he had during a meeting. Daigo discovered that the mirage disappeared the day after, and after several days everything was back to normal. Daigo told Asuka and Gamu what he saw in his dream while at Dan's restaurant. The day after, Daigo had another vision of Ultraman, Zoffy, Ultraseven, Ultraman Jack, Ultraman Ace, and Ultraman Taro fusing with Ultraman Mebius to destroy U-Killer Saurus・Neo. After the battle, Daigo met Mirai Hibino. Seconds after meeting him, Daigo was back at the real world. After seeing Rena, he went to the port with Asuka and Gamu and discovered something weird: they also have had visions of turning into Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Gaia. Daigo said that there maybe a parallel universe. Asuka and Gamu, however, did not believe him.
Soon after seeing Hayata, Dan, Go, and Hokuto at Dan's restaurant, a mysterious being knocked out a person driving a truck and the run away truck was heading right toward a group of kids. Before the truck hit the kids, something else weird happened: Hayata, Dan, Go, and Hokuto ran faster than any other person on Earth to save the kids. The mysterious being laughed and vanished into thin air. The day after, Daigo noticed that everyone trying to interview him disappeared and the monster King Gesura attacked. Before it attacked Daigo, Ultraman Mebius appeared to fight King Gesura. At first, Ultraman Mebius had the upper hand until King Gesura used an electric surge attack that injured Mebius, giving King Gesura the upper hand. When all hope seemed lost for Ultraman Mebius, Daigo remembered an episode of Ultraman with Ultraman defeating Gesura by removing the fin on its head. After Daigo told Mebius how to defeat King Gesura, Ultraman Mebius removed the fin and destroyed King Gesura by using his Mebium Beam. Mebius then turned into his human form: Mirai Hibano. Mirai thanked Daigo before everything went back to normal, except for one thing: Mirai is also in the real world.
Daigo told everything that happened to him to Mirai. Mirai was confused when he learned that he is in a different world. Mirai told Daigo how he got to his world. In his own world, Mirai was getting weird readings in a building at Yokohama. At the front of the building was a girl: the same girl Daigo met when he was a kid. The girl told Mirai that aliens are going to attack the real world and that he has to hurry because there is no Ultraman in the real world and has to get 7 other Ultramen to help him destroy the mennace. Daigo told Mirai that he may know 4 of the 7 heroes. They went to Hayata's bike shop first, but Mirai, thinking that he is Ultraman, tries to get Hayata to remember him, with no success. Next, they went to Dan's restaurant, but the same result happened: Mirai thought that Dan is Ultraseven and tried to get him to remember, but no results. They went to Go's auto shop. Daigo told Mirai to calm down, but Mirai still thought Go was Ultraman Jack. The last place they went was Hokuto's bakery, and, again, Mirai thought that Hokuto and Yuko were Ultraman Ace, and Daigo had to drag him out of the bakery. Mirai was confused and asked why they did not recognized him. Daigo told him that in the real world, they are not the Ultra Brothers. Daigo told Mirai that even though they are not the Ultra Brothers, they are still special people.
Out of nowhere, a tornado appeared. As soon as it appeared, it vanished, leaving a new monster called King Pandon. Daigo asked why monsters are attacking. Mirai said that something was controlling them. Mirai turned into Mebius and fought King Pandon. King Pandon used its fireballs, but Mebius is able to deflect them. After the fireballs failed, King Pandon used its firestream and knock out Mebius. After Mebius' "defeat", King Pandon continued its rampage of destruction. Aki got injured trying to help an injured old man. After Ultraman Mebius got back on his feet, the fight continued. After Mebius' color timer on his chest started to blinck, he used his Mebium Beam. King Pandon tried to fight back, but failed and was destroyed. The battle, however, was not over when a cylinder covered Mebius. Then, a mysterious fog appeared to reveal Super Alien Hipporit. Soon, in a matter of minutes, Ultraman Mebius was a bronze statue. As soon as Super Alien Hipporit appeared, he disappeared in his fog.
At the hospital, Go is waiting for Aki to awaken, blaming himself for what happen to Aki. Daigo and Megu try to cheer him. Daigo is confused. He does not know how to summon the seven warriors that are supposed to destroy the evil invaders. Then he sees the girl after 40 years. She told Daigo that without Ultraman,a person could easily loose their hopes and dreams. Daigo tries to convince everyone that they must reclaim their hopes and dreams before it is too late, but has no success. The only person who believed Daigo was his girlfriend Rena. The next day, King Silvergon and King Goldras appear to finish King Pandon's job. The mysteriou being watches the monster's attacks from a distance. Meanwhile, Rena asks to make one more broadcast before she leaves the building. While the monsters are attacking, the army tried to stop the monsters, but the monsters did not even flinch, and leaving a plane destroyed in the hands of King Goldras. Meanwhile, Rena makes a broadcast that they should not give up, ore else the monsters and aliens will destroy them an to believe in Ultraman before it is too late.
Later that night, Super Alien Hipporit appeared to finish the city off with King Silvergon and King Goldras. Meanwhile, Daigo has a flashback of the girl telling them that the world is in danger and to promise to prevent Earth's destruction. That's when he realizes that he is one of the defenders to stop the attack. Daigo soon becomes Ultraman Tiga to stop the menace once and for all. At first, Ultraman Tiga had the upper hand and was beating up King Silvergon and King Goldras. Ultraman Tiga, however, lost the upper hand when Super Alien Hipporit joins the battle. Soon, the monsters are starting to beat up Ultraman Tiga. Super Alien Hipporit creates a cylinder around Ultraman Tiga and was about to turn him and Daigo into a bronze statue. Thankfully for Ultraman Tiga, Asuka and Gamu were watching in a distance and they soon become two other heroes: Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Gaia. They both free Ultraman Tiga from suffering the same fate Ultraman Mebius had. The battle continues with Ultraman Tiga fighting Super Alien Hipporit, Ultraman Dyna fighting King Silvergon, and Ultraman Gaia fighting King Goldras. King Silvergon was destroyed by Ultraman Dyna's Solgent Beam and King Goldras is destroyed by Ultraman Gaia's Photon Edge. Super Alien Hipporit said that he cannot be destroyed, but was proven wrong and Ultraman Tiga destroyed it by using his Zepellion Beam.
Just when the battle looked like it was over, several mysterious beings use the souls of the humans and monsters that were destroyed. With the souls fused, they became one big and powerful monster: Giga Chimera. Giga Chimera used Super Alien Hipporit's energy balls and knocked the trio down to the city. Ultraman Tiga tried to use his Zepellion Beam, but before he can fire, an energy ball hits him and did not use his attack. Before the trio could attack, Giga Chimera used his electric chaos bolts. When it looks like the 3 are dead, they fly out of the fire and flew toward Giga Chimera, who is still using its attacks. Soon, Hokuto, Hayata, Dan, and Go turn into the Ultra Brothers to assist Tiga, Dyna, and Gaia. Together, they were able to free Ultraman Mebius from his impriosonment. Giga Chimera, heavily injured, used a combination of all its attacks to try and destroy the planet. The 8 Ultramane used their attacks to stop the attack and were somehow able to heal the damage. Giga Chimera tried to use the attack again, but the Ultraman used a barrier and shot the beam back at Giga Chimera. Gravely injured, Giga Chimeratried to escape, but Ultraseven was able to use his Eye Slugger to stop it. Using all their attacks at once and combinded them, Giga Chimera was destroyed.
The mysterious beings, called Kageboshi, fused to become Giant Kageboshi. Giant Kageboshi said that he will make more powerful monsters and bring death to Earth. Ultraman Tiga said that it will be useless because he said that the light in the human's heart will never disappear. All the Ultramen turn golden and used their attacks to create the Superior Myth Blaster and destroyed Giant Kageboshi. All of Japan cheered with happiness, knowing that's the last they will see of the monsters.
After the battle, Mirai has to return to his own world, so he says his thank yous and leaves the real world. After they got their confidence back, Asuka became a great baseball player, Gamu helps Daigo build his ship, and Daigo finally becomes an astronaut, marrying Rena and having a kid in the process. Gamu and Atsuko are married and have a baby. Asuka and Ryo also go with Daigo and Gamu. As the ship prepares to leave, Hayata, Dan, Go, and Hokuto are in different ships (Note: The ships are simillar to those in the first four shows in the Ultra Series) following Daigo's ship. At the end, they all head to Nebula M78 together.
Genre: Action, Sci-fi
Starring: Hiroshi Nagano, Takeshi Tsuruno, Takeshi Yoshioka, Shunji Igarashi , Susumu Kurobe, Koji Moritsugu, Jiro Dan, Keiji Takamine
Release year: 2008
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
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