While Gridman would begin airing, across the globe another new show produced by Tsuburaya would begin to take form. Gridman would air on Tokyo Broadcasting System in 1993 and would use new digital effect software to produce heavily advance special effects for the time and tell the story of a digital superhero i.e the titular Gridman. This attempt would be the creation of a new Tokusatsu production, called Gridman The Hyper Agent alongside Takara (Now known as Takara Tomy).

The first step of this come back was an attempt to regain a foothold in Japanese television. While it wasn’t their biggest window, it was enough for them to promptly begin moving through. The company had been on the verge of falling into complete irrelevance and bankruptcy for all of the 1980s and now they finally had the window for a comeback. Almost instantly hitting cult classic status, Ultraman Great was the first major success the company had seen since The★Ultraman in 1979. Ultraman: Towards The Future, better known as Ultraman Great, was the first time the Ultra Series had hit broadcast television with a new show in over 12 years. In 1993, Tsuburaya Productions have recently struck success with their international release of Ultraman: Towards The Future. I think we all can see the effects of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero/Ultraman Powered to this day, however before we can dive into the effects of Ultraman Powered… we must start with its story. It most likely killed Gridman Sigma and a planned Hong Kong Ultra show. It stopped Tsuburaya’s idea of producing shows in foreign environments up to this day unless you count dubs of the shows made in Japan and brought to other countries. I can say it’s a project that suffered from a series of incidents that makes one question why did they continue to try to make the show. I can say it’s the most poorly handled Ultra show in the entire series.

Well, I can start off by saying that Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero may be the greatest production history trainwreck to ever grace Tokusatsu. Where can I start with Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero.

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