Ultraman Zearth
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Ultraman Zearth is a fictional character from the Ultra Series of anime.
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[edit] Character traits
Ultraman Zearth is a parody Ultraman. He hails from The Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95. He has a big red face and dislikes dirt, and will go to great lengths to wash it off his hands. His goal is to clean the polluted Earth. He transforms with an electric toothbrush, which is consistent with his hygiene fixation. He's not quite adept at being a superhero, but at least he's trying.
His human support group disguises itself as a gasoline stand, for which our hero is a janitor (again, consistent with his love of cleanliness).
[edit] Appearances
Zearth's first movie, Ultraman Zearth, was released in 1996 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Ultraman, as part of the Ultraman Wonderful World (along with Revive! Ultraman and Ultraman Company). Zearth's movie appearances include Ultraman Zearth (9 March 1996) and Ultraman Zearth 2: Super Human Big Battle - Light and Shadow (4 December 1997). Ultraman Zearth 2 is paired with the first Ultra Nyan short.
[edit] Cameos by other characters
The movies include cameos by most of the original Science Patrol from Ultraman. Arashi is a helicopter reporter (which is not too far from what he currently does in real life). In Zearth 1, Hayata is a night watchman (who holds his flashlight up like a Beta Capsule) and in Zearth 2 he is a common citizen who tries to transform into Ultraman with a spoon (echoing Hayata's performance from episode 34), Fuji (the only woman who ever catches the MYDO plane taking off from a secret base exit, which happens to be a billboard), and Captain Muramatsu, as a fisherman. In Zearth 2, Ide shows up as the fisherman's son with the a photograph of his dad (actor Shohji Kobayashi, who played Capt. Mura, died between films). And finally, in Zearth 2, we are treated to a rare cameo reappearance of Jiroh Dan, none other than Hideki Goh from Ultraman Jack as a telecast reporter on TV.
The second movie features "Digital Kanegon", which is a take on the original Kanegon from 'Ultra Q.' It also features Kohji Moritsugu (Ultraseven's Dan Moroboshi) as the captain, Satsuma Ban. The running joke is that he frequently lets slip that he knows that we in the audience know that he's Mr. Moritsugu / Dan Moroboshi / Ultraseven. He says "NATSUKASHIH!" when he sees capsule monster Miraclon (that's something Japanese people say when reminded of the old days). At the end of the movie, he also nudges Katsuto and tells him he'll have to teach him the heel drop sometime (which implies that Dan knows that Katsuto is really Zearth).
[edit] Ultra stats
- Height: 60 m
- Weight: 54,540 tons
- Atmospheric Flight Speed: mach 19.9
- Running Speed: mach 5.55
- Swimming Speed: 889 km/h
- Tunneling Speed: mach 1
- Jumping Distance: 1000 m
- Home Planet: The Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95, 2,990,000 light years from Earth
- Human Form: Katsuto Asahi
- Transformation Item: Pikari Brusher
- Team: MYDO (Mysterious Yonder Defense Organization) - Captain Shinpei Ohkohchi (promoted to a commander in Zearth 2); Deputy Captain Ifutsukichi Konaka (promoted to a deputy commander in Zearth 2); Captain Ban Satsuma (Zearth 2 - played by Kohji Moritsugu a.k.a. Dan Moroboshi a.k.a Ultraseven); Deputy Captain Manabu Kazu (Zearth 2); Ganta Takemura; Tohru Hoshimi; Katsuto Asahi
[edit] Weapons
- Speciu-Shula Ray: plus-style
- Cross Speciu-Shula Ray: X-style
- Zearth Punch
- Zearshutoh: Chop from high above
- Zearth Cross Ver. 1.0: an energy chop
- Super Zearth Kick: a spinning kick
- Zearth Drop Kick: from high above at mach 27
- Zearth Machine Gun Kick
- Zearth Knee Kick: at mach 5.55
- Zearth KAKATO OTOSHI (Heel Drop)
- Z Capsule Monster Miraclon: A gift to Zearth from his father
| Ultra Series | |
| Showa era series: Ultraman | Seven | Return of | Ace | Taro | Leo | 80 | |
| Heisei era series: Tiga | Dyna | Gaia | Cosmos | Nexus | Max | Mebius | |
| Ultra Q: Ultra Q | Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy | |
| Specials: The Ultraman (anime) | Ultraman Neos (Direct-to-DVD) | |
| Movies: Zearth | ULTRAMAN | |
| Co-productions: The Adventure Begins (with USA) | Towards the Future (with Australia) | The Ultimate Hero (with USA) | |
