Ultraman Nice
GenreTokusatsu
Kaiju
Superhero
Science fiction
Kyodai Hero
Created byTsuburaya Productions
Directed byKeita Ito[1]
Starring
  • Hiroshi Miyazaka
  • Susumu Kurobe
  • Hiroko Sakurai
  • Asako Yashiro
  • Minako Ishida
  • Keisuke Tsumoto
  • Masahiro Tsuburaya
  • Keita Ito
  • Hiroyuki Okano
  • Toshio Miyake
Opening themeUltraman Nice by Project DMM
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes20[1][2][3]
Production
ProducerMasahiro Tsuburaya[1]
Running timeApprox. 1 mins per episode
Original release
NetworkChubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
ReleaseOctober 20, 1999 (1999-10-20) –
September 28, 2000 (2000-09-28)
Related

Ultraman Nice (ウルトラマンナイス, Urutoraman Naisu) is a spin-off of the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Nice was released in a series of commercials on October 20, 1999, with a total of 20 episodes.[4][5][6]

Plot

Ultraman Nice arrives from the planet TOY-1 in a series of infomercials (1-minute toy commercials) presented during the 1999 Japanese reruns of Ultraman Tiga. The 1-minute spots, advertising the wide variety of Bandai Ultraman toys, actually do have a storyline, along with some surprise guests.

Throughout the series, Alien Zagon and his monsters attacked Earth for the Bandai figures. However, at each attack, Ultraman Nice managed to defeat them and, at the end of the series, the aliens were finally vanquished.[7]

Characters

GOKAZOKU Officers

The GOKAZOKU Officers (GOKAZOKU隊, Gokazoku Tai) is an attack team consist of the six members of Yumeboshi family. Each family members piloted their own Hexa Jets (ヘキサジェット, Hekisa Jetto) in against Alien Zagon and his monsters.

Zagon Galaxy creatures

The creatures of the Zagon Galaxy (ザゴン星系, Zagon Seikei) are the antagonists of the series.[12] They are led by Alien Zagon and usually fights against the GOKAZOKU members and Ultraman Nice. Their aliases are written in Hiragana in the 2001 magazine.[13]

Design

Ultraman Nice and the Zagon Galaxy creatures are all designed by Hiroshi Maruyama. Nice's mask used the same mold as Ultraman Tiga, but his crest is colored red and has a pair of blue-colored side lines. Alien Zagon on the other hand was based on a monster in Ultraman Tiga while adding more colors to the image.[10]

Cast

Episodes

Theme song

"Ultraman Nice"

References

  1. ^ a b c FCティガ/ダイナ/ガイア 2001, p. 78
  2. ^ 平成ウルトラビデオ全集 2002, p. 114, 「超オマケ！ウルトラマンナイスCMリスト」.
  3. ^ 画報 下巻 2003, p. 157, 「ウルトラマンナイスCMリスト」.
  4. ^ a b FCティガ/ダイナ/ガイア 2001, p. 36, 「ウルトラマンナイス」
  5. ^ a b 画報 下巻 2003, pp. 156–157, 「ウルトラマンナイス」
  6. ^ a b 円谷プロ全怪獣図鑑 2013, p. 281, 「ウルトラマンナイス」
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "ウルトラマンワールド ウルトラマンナイス" (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b 平成ウルトラビデオ全集 2002, p. 74, 「+α特別オマケ ウルトラマンナイス」
  9. ^ "お菓子で変身！" (in Japanese). m-78.jp. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e f デザイン画集 2018, pp. 243–244, 「丸山浩デザイン解説 ウルトラマンナイス」
  11. ^ "ウルトラマンナイス - 円谷ステーション" (in Japanese). m-78.jp. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  12. ^ FCティガ/ダイナ/ガイア 2001, p. 80, 「劇場用映画（含むウルトラマンナイス）怪獣リスト」
  13. ^ FCティガ/ダイナ/ガイア 2001, pp. 80、109.
  14. ^ "宮坂ひろし Office Bear Group" (in Japanese). Office Bear Group. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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