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"Saviour from the stars..."

―Col. Arthur Grant of the UMA reflecting on Great's first appearance, Signs of Life

"My people didn't have a choice; it was fight the Gudis or say goodbye to the Universe."

―Ultraman Great to Jack Shindo, The Hibernator

Ultraman Great (ウルトラマングレート, Urutoraman Gurēto) is the featured Ultra Hero of Ultraman: Towards the Future, the first and only Ultraman Series tokusatsu entry to be set and produced in Australia. Great and his race were at war with the Gudis, leading to his encounter and subsequent merging with Jack Shindo on Mars. Great is also the first official Ultra Hero to debut in the Heisei era, as well as the first English-speaking Ultra.

Conception

Design

Great's design is unique compared to those of the other Ultra Warriors; his Color Timer is triangular, and his non-red body color is silver-white, as opposed to other Ultra Warriors' red and silver colorations.

According to Suzuki Kiyoshi's remarks, from a producer who is also a photographer, the Ultra-suit which Steve Apps and Robert Simper alternated wearing during production was not adapted from a conventional rubber wetsuit; it was, instead, adapted from a wrinkle-resistant fiber suit. The mask was made of the same FRP as before; similar to Ultraman 80's suit, FRP parts were also attached to the back of the head. Slits in the mask were used for the eye-holes, out of which Apps and Simper found their visibility less hampered, and this shape was adopted even in Heisei Ultra series after that. The power supply for the illumination of both Great's eyes and his triangular Color Timer was wrapped around the wearers' ankle, in the same red fabric as the tights location, without charging in the suit as in the past. In the scenes reflecting the back, a suit with a fastener was used before the fastener was not visible.

History

Ultraman: Towards the Future

Jack Shindo and Stanley Haggard are members of the first manned expedition to Mars, and on the red planet find a giant slug-like monster called Gudis. Suddenly the giant warrior, Ultraman Great, arrives and fights Gudis, but is knocked down for a period. Shindo is pinned by a rockslide and Haggard tries to escape in their ship but is blown up by Gudis. It is then that Great gets up, and when he is on the verge of victory Gudis changes into a virus and travels to Earth, where it mutates other creatures into monsters and awakens existing ones. Needing a human host to survive on Earth, Great joins with Jack, allowing him to become the mighty alien when all seems lost. He joins the Universal Multipurpose Agency, or UMA, in order to help them battle the monsters. Signs of Life

Halfway through the series a new Gudis, more powerful than the first one, appears. It imprisons Ultraman, but Jack ultimately shows it the futility of its mission. Even if it does manage to corrupt all life, eventually there will be nothing else to corrupt, and Gudis is destroyed once and for all. The Showdown For the rest of the series, the environmental themes are stronger, and the various monsters usually arise from human pollution. Indeed, whenever Great's Color Timer commences to blink, the voiceover narration explains, "Because of Earth's polluted atmosphere, Ultraman (Great) can only retain his gigantic form for three minutes. Time is running out."

In the series finale, a doomsday scenario begins with the appearance of three powerful monsters: Kilazee, Kodalar, and the Earth itself, which tries to wipe out the human race for abusing it. Ultraman is defeated by Kodalar, but Jack survives. Ultimately, the humans use an ancient disc to destroy Kodalar by reflecting its own power at it and Ultraman defeats Kilazee and carries it into space, separating Jack from him and restoring him on Earth as a normal human. The victory is seen as another chance for the human race. The Age of Plagues Nemesis

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie

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Powered, Great, and the Ultra Force about to fight against Belial

After Ultraman Belial was freed from his prison, he resumed his plan to steal the Plasma Spark, and descended to the Land of Light where he began fighting anyone who got in his way. Ultraman Great, Ultraman Powered, and the Ultra Force, among many other Ultra Warriors, fought Belial, only to be easily beaten by the traitorous former Ultraman. After defeat almost Ultramen in the Land of Light, Belial stolen the Plasma Spark, which make the Land of Light quickly freezes over, as well as all of its denizens, including Great as well (except Ultraman and Ultraseven survive by defending themselves at the last moment). In the ending, after the Plasma Spark was recovered, every Ultra, including Great, was seen listening to Ultraman King's speech. Great was seen along the Ultra Force and Ultraman Powered. Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie

Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy

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Ultraman Powered and Ultraman Great in Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy

Ultraman Ribut was instructed by Ultraman Taro to head to Planet K76, a planet used as a training ground. When he arrived, he found that Ultraman Great and Ultraman Powered were there, ready to help train Ribut, so that in three days an expedition to Planet Mikarito to rescue Ultraman Max, who had been captured by Alien Sran and infected with Gudis Cells for use as a power source for Maga-Orochi, could begin.

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Ultraman Great vs Alien Sran

Ribut's training session with Great and Powered immediately began, with the two not holding back against him. They advised him to look into himself and unleash his latent power, which Ribut managed to do, and catch the both of them by surprise. Seeing his training completed, Great and Powered granted Ribut the Ribut Blocker and Spreader Rod respectively, saying that he should be able to use them effectively now. With that, Ribut returned to the Land of Light to receive the Gudis antidote from Sora, traveling back to Planet Mikarito to rescue Max, who had already been partially turned. As Ribut rushed in to cure Max, Great handled Alien Sran and finished him off. After the battle was over, Great and the others return to the Inter Galactic Defense Force Headquarters to report the situation to Zoffy Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy

Ultraman Regulos: First Mission

Ultraman Great, along with Powered and the Ultra Force, were instructed to help Ultraman Regulos fight Alien Reiblood and his revived monsters, with Great fighting Black King. He was soon able to defeat the threat before aiding the other Ultras in destroying Reiblood's new body, even though his incorporeal form managed to escape.

Profile

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Ultraman Great

Stats[1]

  • Height: 60 m
  • Weight: 58,000 t
  • Age: 17,000 years old
  • Home World: Land of Light, Nebula M78
  • Maximum Flight Speed: Mach 26
  • Maximum Running Speed: Mach 9
  • Maximum Underwater Speed: Mach 6
  • Maximum Underground Speed: Mach 3
  • Maximum Jumping Height: 1,500 m
  • Arm Strength: 180,000 t
  • Grip Strength: 60,000 t
  • Weakness: Like other Ultras, Great's activity on Earth is limited to three minutes. This is because of Earth's polluted atmosphere.

Transformation

Jack Shindo gingerly places the Delta Plasma in the palm of his hand and closes his eyes as he concentrates. It then emits pulsating synthesizer noises and a light transforming him.

Techniques

Special

  • Burning Plasma (バーニング・プラズマ, Bāningu Purazuma): Ultraman Great's signature move. Great pulls his arms apart in a vertical angle to create the Ultra String (ウルトラ=ストゥリング, Urutora Suturingu), and fires out two blue beams that can kill monsters in one blow. This can be charged for a much more powerful variation of the attack, which is red and fiery. It is Great's strongest attack.
  • Finger Beam (フィンガービーム, Fingā Bīmu): A needle-like beam Great fires from his fingertips.
    • Double Finger Beam (ダブルフィンガービーム, Daburu Fingā Bīmu): The Finger Beam fired from both hands.
  • Knuckle Shooter (ナックルシューター, Nakkuru Shūtā): Great can emit powerful energy balls from his knuckles.
    • Palm Shooter (パームシューター, Pāmu Shūtā): Great can shoot powerful energy balls from his palms. More powerful than the Knuckle Shooter.
  • Arrow Beam (アロービーム, Arō Bīmu): A powerful beam fired from the position of firing an arrow.
  • Disc Beam (ディスクビーム, Disuku Bīmu): Energy condensed and thrown in the shape of a disc.
  • Star Beam (スタービーム, Sutā Bīmu): A star-shaped beam fired from Great's fists.
  • Magnum Shoot (マグナム・シュート, Magunamu Shūto): By absorbing his enemy's attack in his hands, Great can fire it back at them, either in the same way or as a sphere. This may purify foes of diseases like the Gudis virus or can cripple them.
  • Great Slicer (グレートスライサー, Gurēto Suraisā): Great can generate blade-like energy from the fingers and cut through the enemy.
    • Double Great Slicer (ダブル・グレートスライサー, Daburu Gurēto Suraisā): Great can create a blade of energy from his hands that can slice through just about anything.
  • Spacium Beam: The traditional "+"-style Ultra Beam, used in New Century Ultraman Legend and Ultraman Regulos: First Mission.

Physical

  • Great Guard (グレートガード, Gurēto Gādo): Great uses his arms to protect himself from energy projectile attacks.
  • Great Punch (グレートパンチ, Gurēto Panchi): A powerful punch.
    • Knuckle Bolt (ナックルボルト, Nakkuru Boruto): A punch charged with electricity.
  • Great Chop (グレートチョップ, Gurēto Choppu): A powerful chop.
    • Great Cross (グレートクロス, Gurēto Kurosu): A chop technique using both hands, placed in a cross.
  • Great Kick (グレートキック, Gurēto Kikku): A powerful Kick.
  • Great Shoot (グレートシュート, Gurēto Shūto): A throwing technique.

Other

  • Triangle Shield (トライアングル・シールド, Toraianguru Shīrudo): Great can create a triangular shield with his hands and reflect whatever hits the shield.
  • Dissolver (ディゾルバー, Dizorubā): Atom smashing rays shot from the hands, used to destroy the corpse of a dead monster. Can also be fired as a projectile.
  • Perspective Ray (透視光線, Tōshi Kōsen): Great can look for hidden enemies with rays of light that emanate from both eyes.
  • Spin Guard (スピンガード, Supin Gādo): Great rotates repeatedly, unleashing light from his whole body which protects him from attacks.

Combination

  • Combined Beam Attack: Great, alongside Ultraman Powered, Regulos, Ribut, and the Ultra Force combine their Ultra Beams for a combined attack.

Other Media

Ultraman Great (manga)

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Main article: Ultraman Great (G manga)

Ultraman Great also starred in a eponymous manga adaption by Kazuhiko Shimamoto.

Comics

He also starred in two comic series, Ultraman Great, and Ultraman Negative One, where his identity was merged with Ultraman's.

SD The Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin

Great appeared in SD The Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin, along with Alien Mefilas.

Trivia

  • Ultraman Great is the first Ultra whose suit is made entirely of spandex, as opposed to all the other Ultras in the series, who have rubber suits.
    • Great still uses a spandex suit in the later appearances.
  • Great is:
    • The first Ultra shown fighting a monster before merging with his host or taking a human form.
    • The first Ultra to produce blades of Light Energy.
    • The first Ultra to be mistaken as an enemy.
  • Ultraman Great is the first and only Ultra flies supine after every battles.
  • Great was only to be defeated by Kodalar in the series.
  • Great is one of the second main Ultra whose signature finisher is not a traditional Ultra Beam, the first one was Ultraman Leo.
  • In the Japanese dub, Ultraman Great's grunts are reused from Ultraman's produced by Masao Nakasone. However, Great's original grunts can be heard sometimes without being dubbed or even "mixed" with Ultraman's grunts.
  • Great finishes most of his battles when his Color Timer started blinking (except on the battle with Gudis I in Mars).
  • Great's Color Timer's sound is unique in the original series. However, in the Japanese dub, it changed to a high pitch version of Ultraman's.
  • The name of Great's human host, Jack Shindo, is a reference to Ultraman Jack.
  • When Great's Color Timer starts blinking, the narrator will say "Because of Earth's polluted atmosphere, Ultraman can only retain his gigantic form for three minutes. Time is running out." because the director wanted to explain to the people about the environment due to the polluted environment at the time, eco-awareness was at a high and even many episodes included environmental themes.
  • While he is not the first Ultra to appear in the most alternative media, he is the one with the most starring roles, in sequential art media (manga and comics).

References


Ultras
Showa Ultras Ultraman | Zoffy | Ultraseven | Ultraman Jack | Ultraman Ace | Ultraman Taro | Ultraman Leo | Astra | Ultraman Joneus | Ultraman 80 | Ultraman Scott | Ultraman Chuck | Ultrawoman Beth | Andro Melos
Heisei Ultras Ultraman Great | Ultraman Powered | Ultraman Zearth | Ultraman Tiga | Ultraman Dyna | Ultraman Gaia | Ultraman Agul | Ultraman Neos | Ultraseven 21 | Ultraman Cosmos | Ultraman Justice | Ultraman Legend | Ultraman Noa | Ultraman Nexus | Ultraman the Next | Ultraman Max | Ultraman Xenon | Ultraman Mebius | Ultraman Hikari | Ultraman Zero | Ultraman Saga | Ultraman Ginga | Ultraman Victory | Ultraman Gingavictory | Ultraman X | Ultraman Orb | Ultraman Geed | Ultraman Rosso | Ultraman Blu | Ultraman Ruebe | Ultrawoman Grigio | Ultraman Gruebe
Reiwa Ultras Ultraman Taiga | Ultraman Titas | Ultraman Fuma | Ultraman Reiga | Ultraman Z | Ultraman Trigger | Ultraman Regulos | Ultraman Decker | Ultraman Dinas | Ultraman Blazar
Other Ultras Chief of Ultraseven | Father of Ultra | Mother of Ultra | Ultraman King | Elek | Loto | Amia | Ultra People | Warrior of Light | Yullian | Ultraman Kiyotaka | Ultra Nyan | Ultra-Ancient Giants of Light | Tiga's companions | Ultraman Boy | Ultraman Pict | Ultraman Nice | Ultraman Hotto | Ultraman Motto | Ultraman Kitto | Ultraman Robin | Residents of the Land of Light | Ultraman Neko | Ultraman Ribut | Filis | Sora | Trigger Dark
Counterparts Ultraseven (Heisei Ultraseven) | Ultraman (Neo Frontier Space World) | Ultraman (Superior Universe) | Ultraseven (Superior Universe) | Ultraman Jack (Superior Universe) | Ultraman Ace (Superior Universe) | Ultraman Tiga (Superior Universe) | Ultraman Dyna (Superior Universe) | Ultraman Gaia (Superior Universe) | Ultraman (World of the Ultra Flare) | Ultraman Tiga (World of the Ultra Flare) | Ultraman Belial (Parallel Isotope) | Ultraman Tregear (Parallel Isotope) | Ultraman (Marvel) | Ultraseven (Marvel) | Father of Ultra (Marvel) | Ultraman (Shin Ultraman) | Zōffy
Evil Ultras Evil Ultraman Great | Evil Tiga | Camearra | Darramb | Hudra | Chaos Ultraman | Dark Faust | Dark Mephisto | Dark Mephisto (Zwei) | Dark Zagi | Ultraman Belial | Dark Lucifer | Ultraman Zero Darkness | Ultraman Orb Dark | Ultraman Tregear | Ultraman X Darkness | Ultraman Geed Darkness | Ultraman Orb Darkness | Carmeara | Darrgon | Hudram | Evil Trigger | Ultrawoman Grigio Darkness
Fake Ultras Imit-Ultraman | Imit-Ultraseven | Ace Robot | Imit-Astra | Delusion Ultraseven | Imit-Ultraman Joneus | Ultraman Shadow | Imit-Ultraman Dyna | Terranoid | Imit-Ultraman Agul | Imit-Ultraman Gaia | Phantom-Ultraman Agul | Imit-Ultraman Cosmos | Imit-Ultraman Mebius | Imit-Tsurugi | Imit-Ultraman Mebius | Darklops Zero | Darklops | Imit-Ultraman (SR) | Imit-Zoffy (SR) | Imit-Ultraman Jack (SR) | Imit-Ultraman Ace (SR) | Illusion Ultraman Zero | Imit-Mother of Ultra | Imit-Ultraman Orb | Imit-Ultraman Belial | Ultroid Zero
Video Game Ultras Chaosroids | Dark Killer First | Dark Killer Zoffy | Dark Killer Seven | Dark Killer Jack | Dark Killer Ace
Stage Show Ultras Imit-Ultrasevens | Robot Ultraman Mebius | Android Ultraman | Voice | Zora | Imit-Ultraman Leo (SR) | Lara | Fake Ultraman Dyna | Ultraman Geist | Ultraseven Geist | Ultraman Leo Dark | Astra Dark | Peony | Marie | Geed's Brothers | Tiga Dark (clone) | Ultraman Dyna (Parallel Isotope)
Manga Ultras Melos | Fightas | Ultraman Elf | Ultra Council Elders | Ultra-Ninja Squad | Ultra Wolf | Ultraman Jack (Ultra Brothers Story) | Ultraman Jupiter | W87 Ultra Beings | Thunder Arrow | Ultraman Red | Wuleian | Caesar | Ultraman Yuta | Tran | Tran's Mother | Prometheus | The Elder | Ultraman Cruz | Ultraman Krod | Ultraman Great (G manga) | Ultraman (THE FIRST) | Ultraman Tiga (Dark Horse Manga) | Zoffy (Story 0) | Ultraseven (Story 0) | Ultraman (Story 0) | Ace (Story 0) | Jack (Story 0) | Leo (Story 0) | Astra (Story 0) | Taro (Story 0) | Gorian | Zarge | Drew | Colorless | Flare | Rutia | Alphone | Arus | Acura | Remodeled Ultras | Aura | Ultraman (ULTRAMAN)
Novel Ultras Jeanne | Amur | Dark Zagi (Ultraman F) | Ultraman F | Ultraman Dual | Navigale | Ultra Saint Tear
Another Genesis Giants Blast | Ultraman | Ultraseven | Belial | Jack | Ace | Taro | Luna and Corona | Tiga | Jean-Bot | Father Burai | Glenfire | Mirror Master | Leo | King
Outlaw Ultras Ultraman Millennium | Ultraman Elite | Dark Ultraman | Ultraman (Dragon Force)
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