Ultraman Max | |
---|---|
Promotional Flyer
|
|
Genre |
Superhero Tokusatsu Science fiction Action/Adventure Kaiju |
Created by | Kazuo Tsuburaya, Tsuburaya Productions |
Directed by |
Shusuke Kaneko Hirochika Muraishi Kengo Kaji Futoshi Sato Takeshi Yagi Takashi Miike Hideaki Murakami Akio Jissoji Hiroaki Tochihara Toshiyuki Takano Toshihiro Iijima Kenji Suzuki |
Starring |
Sota Aoyama Hitomi Hasebe Kai Shishido Hikari Mitsushima |
Composer(s) | Kuniaki Haishima, Toru Fuyuki |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language(s) | JP:Japanese |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Takeshi Yagi |
Running time | Approx. 24 mins per episode |
Release | |
Original network |
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. TOKU |
Original release | July 2, 2005 – April 1, 2006 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Ultraman Nexus |
Followed by | Ultraman Mebius |
External links | |
Website |
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Ultraman Max (ウルトラマンマックス Urutoraman Makkusu?) was an Ultraman TV series which started airing on 7 July 2005, and produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.. The show tried to return to the true formula of new monsters every week and being a fast paced show like previous series with the exception of Ultraman Nexus. The show is full of homages to past series by having three of the original cast members from the first Ultraman series (and one original cast member from Ultra Seven) being featured in an episode, updated versions of classic monsters like Red King, Eleking and Pigmon among others. One unusual episode (#29) revolves around the filming of the 1964 program Ultra Q which was the predecessor to the first Ultraman show in 1966. Two actors from that show appear as themselves. On October 10, 2014, Crunchyroll announced that the series would be broadcast on their streaming service starting on October 17, 2014 in the US, Canada, Latin America, UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
On January 27, 2017, the US television channel TOKU announced that the series will be broadcast in the United States on its channel beginning February 27, 2017, making it the fifth Ultra Series to air in the United States after Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Ultraman: Towards the Future and Ultraman Tiga.