The Heisei era (平成時代 Heisei Jidai?) is a period in Japan which started after the Showa era in 1989 and was succeeded by the Reiwa era in 2019. The first Ultraman Series to be released during the Heisei era was 1996's Ultraman Tiga. The New Generation Heroes series began towards the end of the Heisei era.
History
Outside Japan Series
During the early Heisei era, Tsuburaya Productions co-produced the Australian series Ultraman: Towards the Future. As a successor to Ultraman: Towards the Future, the company co-produced the 1993 American series Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, which marked the second Ultraman media to be produced in the United States, after Ultraman: The Adventure Begins. Both series aired in Japan during 1995.
Heisei Ultraman Series
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Ultraman Zero series
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New Generation Heroes Series
In 2013, after the massive success of the Ultraman Zero Series, Tsuburaya Productions revealed that they would produce the first Ultraman television series since 2006. Ultraman Ginga was released to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary and aired as part of the biography series Ultraman Retsuden. The series received two films, Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special in 2013 and Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special Ultra Monster Hero Battle Royal! the following year. In 2014, Ginga would receive a sequel series, Ultraman Ginga S, featuring a new Ultra: Ultraman Victory. In 2015, the company released the film Ultraman Ginga S the Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!, the mini-series Ultra Fight Victory and the series Ultraman X which also received a film adaption the next year. In 2016, Tsuburaya Productions released the next series Ultraman Orb to celebrate the Ultraman Series' 50th anniversary. Tsuburaya Productions would establish the show and its predecessors as a part of the New Generation Heroes series.[1] Orb later received a prequel series, titled Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga. In the following year, the film Ultraman Orb the Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds! was released alongside a mini-series airing not to long after, which revealed the next Ultra Hero, Ultraman Geed, who would star in his own series in the same year that concluded the battle between Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Belial. In 2018, the company released Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect the Wishes! and aired the last series of Heisei era, Ultraman R/B. In the following year, Ultraman R/B the Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond was released and marked the debut of the villainous Ultraman Tregear, who would later be the antagonist of the first Reiwa era television series Ultraman Taiga.
Concept
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Heisei Ultraman Series
The Heisei Ultraman series (平成ウルトラマンシリーズ Heisei Urutoraman Shirīzu?) is a term used to identify Ultraman Series installments starting with 1996's Ultraman Tiga.[2]
Series
- Ultraman Tiga (1996-97)
- Ultraman Dyna (1997-1998)
- Ultraman Gaia (1998-1999)
- Ultraman Neos (2000-01)
- Ultraman Cosmos (2001-02)
- Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy (2004)
- Ultraman Nexus (2004-05)
- Ultraman Max (2005)
- Ultraman Mebius (2006)
- Ultraseven X (2007)
- Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (2008-09)
- Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey (2008-09)
- Neo Ultra Q (2013)
Films
- Ultra Q the Movie: Legend of the Stars (1990)
- Revive! Ultraman (1996)
- Ultraman Zearth (1996)
- Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Giant Battle - Light and Shadow (1997)
- Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light (1998)
- Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, & Ultraman Gaia: The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace (1999)
- Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (2000)
- Ultraman Tiga Side Story: Revival of the Ancient Giant (2001)
- Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001)
- Ultraman Gaia: Gaia Once Again (2001)
- Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro (2001)
- Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (2002)
- New Century Ultraman Legend (2002)
- Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003)
- New Century 2003 Ultraman Legend: The King's Jubilee! (2003)
- Ultraman: The Next (2004)
- Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers (2006)
- Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers (2008)
Mini-Series
- Ultra Super Fight (1994)
- Ultraman Nice (1999)
Side Stories and OVAs
- Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider (1993)
- Heisei Ultraseven (1994-1999)
- Ultraman Graffiti (1990)
- Ultraman: Super Warrior Legends (1996)
- Ultra Nyan (1997)
- Ultra Nyan 2 (1998)
- Ultraman Tiga Side Story: Revival of the Ancient Giant (2001)
- Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga (2006)
- Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Armored Darkness (2008)
- Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth (2009)
Ultraman Zero series
The Ultraman Zero series (ウルトラマンゼロシリーズ Urutoraman Zero Shirīzu?) is a series of films and specials that revolve around Ultraman Zero, starting with 2009's Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends the Movie.
- Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends the Movie (2009)
- Ultra Galaxy Legends Side Story: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero (2010)
- Ultraman Zero the Movie: Super Deciding Fight! The Belial Galactic Empire (2010)
- Ultraman Zero Side Story: Killer the Beatstar (2011)
- Ultraman Saga (2012)
- Ultra Zero Fight (2012)
- Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle (2017)
New Generation Heroes series
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The New Generation Heroes series would continue into the Reiwa era with Ultraman Taiga in 2019.
Series
- Ultraman Ginga (2013)
- Ultraman Ginga S (2014)
- Ultraman X (2015)
- Ultraman Orb (2016)
- Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga (2016-17)
- Ultraman Geed (2017)
- Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle (2018)
- Ultraman R/B (2018)
- Ultraman New Generation Chronicle (2019)
Films
- Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special (2013)
- Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special Ultra Monster Hero Battle Royal! (2014)
- Ultraman Ginga S the Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors! (2015)
- Ultraman X the Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman (2016)
- Ultraman Orb the Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds! (2017)
- Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect the Wishes! (2018)
- Ultraman R/B the Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond (2019)
Mini-Series
- Ultra Fight Victory (2015)
- Ultra Fight Orb (2016)
Outside Japan
Series
- Ultraman: Towards the Future (1990-91)
- Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero (1995)
Films
- Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1989)
Ultras Introduced
Heisei Series
- Ultraman Zearth
- Ultraman Tiga
- Ultraman Dyna
- Ultraman Gaia
- Ultraman Agul
- Ultraman Nice
- Ultraman Neos
- Ultraseven 21
- Ultraman Cosmos
- Ultraman Justice
- Ultraman Legend
- Ultraman Boy
- Ultraman the Next
- Ultraman Nexus
- Ultraman Noa
- Ultraman Max
- Ultraman Xenon
- Ultraman Mebius
- Ultraman Hikari
- Residents of the Land of Light
- Ultraman Zero
- Ultraman Saga
New Generation Heroes
- Main article: New Generation Heroes
- Ultraman Ginga
- Ultraman Victory
- Ultraman Ginga Victory
- Ultraman X
- Ultraman Orb
- Ultraman Geed
- Ultraman Rosso
- Ultraman Blu
- Ultraman Ruebe
- Ultrawoman Grigio
- Ultraman Groob
Outside Japan
- Ultraman Scott
- Ultraman Chuck
- Ultrawoman Beth
- Ultraman Great
- Ultraman Powered
- Ultraman Ribut
Dark Ultras Introduced
Heisei Series
- Evil Tiga
- Dark Faust
- Dark Mephisto
- Dark Mephisto Zwei
- Dark Zagi
- Ultraman Belial
- Darklops Zero
- Darklops
- Ultraman Zero Darkness
New Generation Series
Monsters and Aliens Introduced
- Main articles: Category:Heisei Kaiju, Category:Heisei Seijin, Category:Heisei Mechas
Ultraman Series
Heisei
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New Generation
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Gridman Series
Gridman the Hyper Agent
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SSSS.GRIDMAN
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Gallery
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Trivia
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See Also
- Reiwa era
- Showa era
References
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