Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman
{{Short description|1983 film by Hideaki Anno}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Hideaki Anno
| writer = Toshio Okada
| based_on = {{based on|Return of Ultraman|Tsuburaya Productions}}
| producer = Yasuhiro Takeda
Takeshi Sawamura
| starring = Hideaki Anno
Norio Tamura
Yasuhiro Takeda
| cinematography = Takami Akai
| editing = Takami Akai
| studio = Daicon Film
| distributor = Tsuburaya Productions
| released = {{Film date|2022|07|01|Shinjuku Wald 9}}
| runtime = 28 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
}}
{{Nihongo|Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman|DAICONFILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン|DAICON FILM-ban Kaettekita Ultraman|{{literal translation|Daicon Film's version of Return of Ultraman}}}}{{efn|Also known as {{Nihongo|Return of Ultraman: MAT Arrow 1 Takeoff Order|帰ってきたウルトラマン マットアロー1号発進命令|Kaettekita Urutoraman Matto Arō 1-gō Hasshin Meirei}}.{{Cite web |title=DAICON FILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン マットアロー1号発進命令 の映画情報 |url=https://movies.yahoo.co.jp/movie/235572/ |access-date=June 23, 2022 |website=Yahoo!映画 |language=ja}}}} is a 1983 Japanese superhero kaiju parody fan film directed by Hideaki Anno.{{cite book |last=Takeda |first=Yasuhiro |url=https://archive.org/details/the-notenki-memoirs |title=The Notenki Memoirs: Studio Gainax and the Men Who Created Evangelion |publisher=ADV Manga |year=2002 |isbn=1-4139-0234-0 |location=Houston |pages=76 |author-link=Yasuhiro Takeda}} The film is a sequel to two previous Ultraman fan films produced by Anno; in the latter of those two, Ultraman leaves Earth, and this film's title refers to Ultraman's return after the events of the previous film.
Cast
- Hideaki Anno as Ultraman (here, the character is referencing Ultraman Jack){{Cite web |title=『DAICONFILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン』『ウルトラマン（庵野秀明自主制作版）』を7月1日(金)・新宿バルト9で一夜限りの特別上映！制作スタッフによる特別対談も実施！ - 円谷ステーション |url=https://m-78.jp/news/post-6387/ |access-date=June 23, 2022 |website=Tsuburaya Station |date=22 June 2022 |publisher=Tsuburaya Productions |language=ja}}{{cite web |date=May 28, 2022 |title=庵野秀明が「DAICON FILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン」で着用したジャケットを再現 数量限定で9月発売 |url=https://eiga.com/news/20220528/3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528203945/https://eiga.com/news/20220528/3/ |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |access-date=June 23, 2022 |website=Eiga.com |publisher=Kakaku.com |language=Japanese}}
- Norio Tamura as Kiruan
- Yasuhiro Takeda as Captain Ibuki
- Joiichi Hayashi as Hayakawa
- Takeshi Sawamura as Ibuki
- Takashi Nyoten as Yamaga
- Nishigaki Toshihiko as Imamura
- Yuki Nishi as Nishi
- Norio Tamura as Kiruan
- Kifumi Seizumi as the narrator
Release
Hideaki Anno attended a screening of the film in Tokyo in 1983, where he met his future friend and collaborator Shinji Higuchi for the first time.{{Cite web |title=【独占】樋口真嗣監督に聞く、庵野秀明氏とシン・ウルトラマンで目指す「断絶の解消」 |url=https://www.sbbit.jp/article/cont1/86980 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=ビジネス+IT |language=ja}} They would later collaborate on Shin Ultraman with Anno returning to the title role.{{cite book |last=Anno |first=Hideaki |url=https://www.khara.co.jp/2022/04/18/sudw/ |title=シン・ウルトラマン デザインワークス |date=May 13, 2022 |publisher=Khara, Inc. |isbn=978-4-905033-28-8 |language=Japanese |trans-title=Shin Ultraman Design Works |author-link=Hideaki Anno |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429214401/https://www.khara.co.jp/2022/04/18/sudw/ |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |url-status=live}} The film was screened at Shinjuku Wald 9 on July 1, 2022 to commemorate the theater's 15th anniversary and the success of Shin Ultraman. On November of the same year, an HD remaster of the film began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Japan.{{cite web |last1=Whitbrook |first1=James |title=Hideaki Anno's Ultraman Fan Film Is Now Officially Streaming |url=https://gizmodo.com/hideaki-anno-ultraman-fan-film-streaming-japan-1849813788 |website=Gizmodo |access-date=8 June 2024 |language=en |date=22 November 2022}}
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=2016883}}
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Category:Films directed by Hideaki Anno
Category:Tsuburaya Productions