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    The heroic Ultraman Ribut and the evil Ultraman X Darkness and Ultraman Geed Darkness will attend a special screening of ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES. Photos courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/galaxy-fight A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. has announced that the Director`s Cut of their new Ultraman series, ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES (?????????????? ????????????????, Urutora Gyarakush? Faito Ny? Jener?shon H?r?zu, 2019), will be screened during a special event at the Shinjuku Piccadilly in Tokyo on November 14th. ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT consists of 13 mini-episodes. The story features the modern "New Generation Hero" Ultramen in battle against the League of Darkness, a gathering of new and old Ultraman foes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the show`s director, Koichi Sakamoto. Sakamoto is a veteran of the Ultraman franchise, having directed the feature films MEGA MONSTER BATTLE ULTRA GALAXY: THE MOVIE (?????? ???????? THE MOVIE, Daikaij? Batoru Urutora Ginga Densetsu THE MOVIE, 2009), ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE (??? ?????????? ??! ????10??!!,

    Interact with Ultra Monsters like Pigmon, Alien Baltan and Eleking on the new ESPer Scope app. Photos courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Website: esp-it.info (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE This past June, Tsuburaya Productions announced their new Ultraman KAIJU NO SUMIKA (?????????) “Home of the Monsters” Project, which is set in a new world populated by the monsters and aliens from the Ultraman franchise. The first KAIJU NO SUMIKA live attraction will begin November 7, 2019 at Gallery AaMo in Tokyo Dome City. It will offer an interactive experience combining Tsuburaya`s special effects knowledge with the latest digital technology from Panasonic Corporation. As a tie-in to the event, Tsuburaya has launched “ESPer Scope,” a free app that allows users in Japan to interact with the Ultra Monsters in artificial reality on their smartphones and devices. In ESPer Scope a portal has been opened in Tokyo Dome City that connects the Earth with the Home of the Monsters, resulting in

    TSUBURAYA CONVENTION 2019 will host a special event dedicated to the Netflix ULTRAMAN anime series. Image courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©Eiichi Shimizu, Tomohiro Shimoguchi ©ULTRAMAN PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: tsubu-con.com/program/t02 A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. has announced that a live event devoted to the Netflix anime series ULTRAMAN (??????, Urutoraman, 2019-20) will be held at the Tokyo Dome Hotel on Saturday, December 14, 2019 as part of TSUBURAYA CONVENTION 2019, the largest festival in the company`s history. The two-day TSUBURAYA CONVENTION will host a number of programs including ceremonies, stage shows, concerts and dinner parties with special guests from the Ultraman franchise. The ULTRAMAN anime is based on the manga of the same name by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi, and focuses on Shinjiro Hayata, the teenage son of Shin Hayata, the former human host of the original Ultraman. Having inherited some of Ultraman`s power, Shinjiro dons a metallic suit to become the next generation Ultraman. The series streamed exclusively on Netflix in

    Promotional artwork courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: ultra-expo.com/2020/prism (Japan) Official Twitter: twitter.com/m78expo Official Hashtag: #????EXPO Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. will present the ULTRA HEROES EXPO 2020: New Year Festival in Tokyo Dome City (?????????EXPO 2020 ????????????? IN ????????, Urutora H?r?zu Ekisupo 2020 Ny?i Y? Fesutibaru In T?ky? D?mushiti) from December 27, 2019 - January 5, 2020 at Tokyo Dome City Prism Hall. The venue is divided into “Ultraman Battle Stage” live shows and the “Expo Venue”. The “Ultraman Battle Stage” theater holds 930 seats, with 800 reserved and 130 standard available for each show. All of the reserved seats sold out at EXPO 2019, so this year the shows will be held five times a day during the exhibition. The daily showtimes are 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:45pm and 4:15pm. The “Ultraman Battle Stage” will be based on the current television series, ULTRAMAN TAIGA (?????????, Urutoraman Taiga, 2019) with

    Ultraman, Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Taiga in the Spacium Beam pose with some of the musicians performing at ULTRAMAN MUSIC LIVE?The Symphony?. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Closing Ceremony Features Special Guests Representing Ultraman Works from the Showa, Heisei and Reiwa Eras Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: tsubu-con.com/program/h04-05 A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. has announced that ULTRAMAN MUSIC LIVE?The Symphony? will be held at Tokyo Dome City on Sunday, December 15, 2019. The two-part concert is among the programs taking place during TSUBURAYA CONVENTION 2019, the largest festival in the history of Tsuburaya Productions. ULTRAMAN MUSIC LIVE is a must-attend event for Ultraman fans, presenting the history of the Ultraman series through performances by the musical artists DEEP SQUAD, Ryota Fujimaki, Maana, May J. and Arashi Moritomo from T-BOLAN along with a full orchestral performance by the Tokyo Philharmonic. The “Symphony Ultra Cosmo” (??????????, K?ky?kyoku Urutora Kosumo) program composed by Toru Fuyuki (ULTRASEVEN, RETURN OF ULTRAMAN) will be performed in this symphony, with narration written by

    Tsuburaya Productions` new KAIJU STEP WANDABADA anime reimagines some of the most popular kaiju from the ULTRAMAN series as little kids. Image courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS © Kaiju Step Wandabada Production Committee

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: kaijustep.com A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Tsuburaya Productions has provided SciFi Japan with information and images for their new anime series THE KAIJU STEP WANDABADA (???????????????, Kaij? Suteppu Wandabada). The show premieres 5:20pm today (Japan Standard Time) on NHK E-TV`s “Mini Anime” programming block. This will be the first Tsuburaya series to have a first-run broadcast on NHK E-TV. THE KAIJU STEP WANDABADA is part of the family-friendly KAIJU STEP campaign that is particularly focused on young children. The stories feature monsters and aliens from the ULTRAMAN series, but reimagined as little kids. These “Little Kaiju” (?????????, Ch?sana Kaij?) live on a little planet somewhere in space where they try new things, meet new friends and take their “first steps” in life. The anime stars the characters Little Pigg, Little Kane and Little Dada from the picture books

    The series ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES will be released worldwide on YouTube this Sunday. Photo courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    First ULTRAMAN YouTube Exclusive Series To Be Released Globally in Japanese, English and Chinese Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/galaxy-fight A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Tsuburaya Productions has provided SciFi Japan with information and photos for ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES (?????????????? ????????????????, Urutora Gyarakush? Faito Ny? Jener?shon H?r?zu), the first completely new Ultraman series to be produced exclusively for internet distribution. Similar to the previous series ULTRA FIGHT VICTORY (?????????????, Urutora Faito Bikutor?, 2015) and ULTRA FIGHT ORB (??????????? ????????????, Urutora Faito ?bu Oyako no Chikara, Okari Shimasu!, 2017), ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES will be made up of mini-episodes, each running only a few minutes. ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES will premiere worldwide on the ULTRAMAN Official YouTube Channel starting September 29 at 10:00am (JST), with new episodes released each Sunday. In addition to the original Japanese audio,

    Photos courtesy of Mill Creek. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS © ULTRAMAN ORB PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM?TV TOKYO © ULTRAMAN GEED PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM?TV TOKYO

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    ULTRAMAN ORB and ULTRAMAN GEED are Slated for Blu-ray Release on November 19 -- ULTRASEVEN SteelBook and Standard Blu-ray Releasing on December 10! Source: Mill Creek Entertainment Special Thanks to Barrett Evans, Jeff Hayne, J.W. Starrett, Michael Kedor and Katie Samuels A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Mill Creek Entertainment (Minneapolis, MN) is pleased to announce the next group of releases from the Ultraman superhero library recently licensed from Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd for North American home entertainment distribution. ULTRAMAN ORB and ULTRAMAN GEED will be making their North American debut as Blu-ray combo packs that include the complete series and subsequent feature films that concluded each respective storyline for $39.98 each on November 19, 2019. The 1967 series ULTRASEVEN will also be making its Blu-ray debut in limited edition SteelBook® packaging for $49.98 and a standard Blu-ray release will also be made available for $39.98 on

    Photos courtesy of X-Plus. Alien Baltan, Ultraman Tiga Dark and Mukadender © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS. Hedorah TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Godzilla (2019) © 2019 Legendary, All Rights Reserved. TM & © TOHO CO.,LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary

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    Product Info and Exclusive GIANT High-Res Photos, Direct from X-Plus! Author: Keith Aiken Source: X-Plus Co., Ltd. Special Thanks to Shingo Fujimoto A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE The Japanese collectibles company X-Plus Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information and daikaiju-sized photos of their monster figures scheduled for release in October 2019. The company`s official Shonen-Ric as X-Plus website offers Exclusives and Limited Editions with bonus features or extra pieces not available from other retailers, with shipping on some items also now available to customers in North America, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan. The standard "General Distribution" versions of the figures are sold by stores and online retailers, including SFJ sponsor Anime Jungle. Most X-Plus figures are recommended for fans and collectors ages 15 years and older. DefoReal Series: Godzilla (2019) /?????? ???(2019) Manufacturer: PLEX Corporation Product Size: Height Approximately 25cm

    A statue of Father of Ultra guards the Sukagawa city office building in Fukushima. Photo courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Author: Daisuke Ishizuka On March 11, 2011, a large-scale earthquake (maximum seismic intensity of seven) occurred in Japan. I was at the office in Tokyo at that time. Tokyo did not receive much physical damage, but the trains were stopped and the traffic was disrupted. Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefecture were the severely damaged areas. Sukagawa-city of Fukushima, well known as the birthplace of Eiji Tsuburaya, was also disaster area. The Sukagawa city office building was so damaged by the earthquake that the office workers had to evacuate. In May, 2017, a new office building was completed and an Ultra Hero came there from Nebula M78. A 3.5m tall monument of Father of Ultra was erected on the square of the city office building. In addition, an outdoor lamp with a Mother of Ultra design was set on the right side of the monument, and an Ultraman

    Photos courtesy of X-Plus. Ultraman and Alien Varduck © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS. Orga and Varan TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and all related characters and elements © & ™ Turner Entertainment Co

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    Product Info and Exclusive GIANT High-Res Photos, Direct from X-Plus! Author: Keith Aiken Source: X-Plus Co., Ltd. Special Thanks to Shingo Fujimoto A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE The Japanese collectibles company X-Plus Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information and daikaiju-sized photos of their giant monster and FX movie figures scheduled for release in September 2019. The company`s official Shonen-Ric as X-Plus website offers Exclusives and Limited Editions with bonus features or extra pieces not available from other retailers, with shipping on some items also now available to customers in North America, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan. The standard "General Distribution" versions of the figures are sold by stores and online retailers, including SFJ sponsor Anime Jungle. Most X-Plus figures are recommended for fans and collectors ages 15 years and older. Daikaiju Series: Alien Varduck -- Shonen-Ric Exclusive /??????? ??????? ????

    SHIN GODZILLA directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi are reuniting to make the new movie SHIN ULTRAMAN. Photos courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions In 2015, longtime friends and collaborators Hideaki Anno -- creator of the anime NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (???????????, Shin Seiki Evangelion, 1995) -- and Shinji Higuchi -- director and FX director for the Gamera Trilogy (1995-99) and the live-action ATTACK ON TITAN (?????, Shingeki no Kyojin, 2015) movies -- co-directed SHIN GODZILLA (??????, Shin Gojira) for Toho Co., Ltd. and Cine Bazar. Released in 2016, the film was a box office smash as well as a critical hit, winning Best Picture and Best Director awards for Anno and Higuchi at the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize. Now, Anno, Higuchi, Toho and Cine Bazar are teaming up with Tsuburaya Productions to present their spin on the latter`s iconic superhero, Ultraman. Entitled SHIN ULTRAMAN (?????????, Shin Urutoraman), the movie is an adaption of the original ULTRAMAN (???????????????, Urutoraman K?s? Tokusatsu Shir?zu, 1966-67) television

    ULTRAMAN directors Takeshi Yagi and William Winckler have partnered on new Japanese style sci-fi/fantasy film and television productions Photos courtesy of William Winckler.

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    Veteran Ultraman directors form partnership to produce new Japanese style sci-fi / fantasy films and television series for worldwide distribution and licensing. Source: William Winckler press release Manhattan, New York, July 2019 - New Japanese style sci-fi/fantasy film and television productions are being developed by veteran Ultraman directors Takeshi Yagi (ULTRAMAN COSMOS, UULTRAMAN MEBIUS, SUPERIOR 8 ULTRAMAN BROTHERS) and William Winckler (English language writer/director of ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE, ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE, ULTRA FIGHT VICTORY). The slate of new projects / IPs are joint U.S. – Japanese productions, developed in partnership by Yagi and Winckler. Classic Japanese style monster movies, new Japanese superheroes, horror films, and fantasy titles, combining traditional FX and today’s CG are planned. Yagi and Winckler state, “We will be making amazing new films and series fusing Japanese and classic Hollywood storytelling. These will be fresh, new, original stories, full of unique

    Photos courtesy of X-Plus. Godzilla and Moguera TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Ultraman Tao and Bemstar © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS.

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    Product Info and Exclusive GIANT High-Res Photos, Direct from X-Plus! Author: Keith Aiken Source: X-Plus Co., Ltd. Special Thanks to Shingo Fujimoto A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE The Japanese collectibles company X-Plus Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information and more than 70 daikaiju-sized photos of their giant monster figures scheduled for release in August 2019. The company`s official Shonen-Ric as X-Plus website offers Exclusives and Limited Editions with bonus features or extra pieces not available from other retailers, with shipping on some items also now available to customers in North America, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan. The standard "General Distribution" versions of the figures are sold by stores and online retailers, including SFJ sponsor Anime Jungle. Most X-Plus figures are recommended for fans and collectors ages 15 years and older. Toho 30cm Series Yuji Sakai Modeling Collection: Godzilla(1995) “Hong Kong

    Enter a world where the Ultraman monsters live in Tsuburaya Productions` new KAIJU NO SUMIKA Project. Image courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Tsuburaya Productions has provided SciFi Japan with information and images for their new Ultraman KAIJU NO SUMIKA (?????????) Project. Translated as "Home of the Monsters", KAIJU NO SUMIKA is a campaign set in a new world populated by the Kaiju and aliens from the past Ultraman works, and will include merchandising, live events and more. ? What is KAIJU NO SUMIKA? Monsters and aliens have appeared in the works of Tsuburaya Productions for decades. From their actions, what were they trying to tell us..? The answer to this question could lead to a solution of something bigger, something universal, something we humans need to take well care of. KAIJU NO SUMIKA is world to be set in a group of works that portray those monsters and aliens not as enemies of any kind, but in their natural state. KAIJU NO

    Teaser promotional art, courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©Eiichi Shimizu, Tomohiro Shimoguchi ©ULTRAMAN PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: anime.heros-ultraman.com (Japan), netflix.com/ultraman (US) Official Twitter Account: @ heros_ultraman A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Based on the positive reaction to the 13 episode 3DCG animation series ULTRAMAN (??????, Urutoraman), which has been exclusively distributed worldwide on Netflix since April 1, 2019, production of a second season is now underway. The series is based on the Ultraman manga by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi, which depicts a new Ultraman with a physical appearance distinct from all previous versions. The comic has been serialized in the Japanese monthly magazine HERO’S since 2011, with the English language edition available in North America from VIZ Media. News of the second season for the anime was revealed on Tuesday, June 11 (local time) at the Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy in France. ULTRAMAN co-directors Kenji Kamiyama (009 RE:CYBORG, NAPPING PRINCESS) and Shinji Aramaki (APPLESEED, HARLOCK:

    Photos courtesy of X-Plus. Barugon ©KADOKAWA 1966. Nezubirton ©P-Production. Mechagodzilla and Godzilla TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Kamen Rider Zi-O © Ishimori Pro・Toei. Gomora © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS. IT © Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. FRIDAY THE 13TH © & TM New Line Productions, Inc.

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    Product Info and Exclusive GIANT High-Res Photos, Direct from X-Plus! Author: Keith Aiken Source: X-Plus Co., Ltd. Special Thanks to Shingo Fujimoto A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE The Japanese collectibles company X-Plus Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with information and more than 100 daikaiju-sized photos of their monster figures scheduled for release in July 2019.

    ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES presented a special night devoted to ULTRA Q Episodes 16: GARAMON STRIKES BACK. Photo by Edward L. Holland. © TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS

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    Author: Edward L. Holland Special Thanks to Tsuburaya Productions On February 16, 2019 the ULTRA Q episode, GARAMON STRIKES BACK was screened at Aeon Itabashi, Tokyo theater during the second stage of the ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES series of events by Tsuburaya Productions with special guests SFX art directors Katsuro Onoue (PUNK SAMURAI SLASH DOWN, SHIN GODZILLA, ATTACK ON TITAN, GAMERA) and Toshio Miike (SHIN GODZILLA, ULTRAMAN SAGA, GAMERA, KAMEN RIDER BLACK). The artisans spoke about miniature filmmaking and highlighted the significance of the meteorite, robot kaiju Garamon, designed by Tohl Narita (ULTRA Q, ULTRAMAN, ULTRASEVEN) crafted into a suitmation costume by Ryosaku Takayama (ULTRA Q, GAMERA, ULTRAMAN, ULTRA SEVEN) and brought into Japanese homes on television sets across the nation in 1966. The simultaneous feed to 14 Japanese theaters included promo videos, introductions by movie critic, Takashi Shimizu and the eerie appearance of a

    The X-Plus display at Super Festival. Photo by Edward L. Holland. © TOHO CO., LTD.

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    Author: Edward L. Holland Official Site: sufes1 Special Thanks to X-Plus Company Ltd., Star Ace Japan Company Ltd., Jeremy Soles and Summit Kaiju International On April 28, 2019, the 80th spring edition of Super Festival was held at the Tokyo Science Museum near the Imperial Palace area. Vendors, toy makers, shop owners, production company reps, artists, actors, personalities and the hottest lines of tokusatsu, anime and independent toys were represented in full effect during the extremely popular one-day event.

    Logo for the new series, ULTRAMAN TAIGA. Image courtesy of Tsuburaya Productions. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS ©ULTRAMAN TAIGA PRODUCTION CONSORTIUM ? TV TOKYO

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    Source: Tsuburaya Productions Official Site: m-78.jp/taiga, ani.tv/taiga (Japan) Tsuburaya Productions has provided SciFi Japan with press notes and large high-res images from ULTRAMAN TAIGA (?????????, Urutoraman Taiga), their upcoming series featuring a new hero who is the son of Ultraman Taro. The main character, Hiroyuki Inoue, is also able to transform into different Ultramen. Introduction Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya, Tokyo. President and COO: Masayuki Nagatake) will begin broadcasting their newest TV series, ULTRAMAN TAIGA, from July 6th, 2019 at 9:00am on TV Tokyo. The Ultraman Series has been bringing heroes to the world for more than 50 years, starting with the first ULTRAMAN (???????????????, Urutoraman: Kuso Tokusatsu Shirizu), which made its debut in July 1966. ULTRAMAN TAIGA marks the 7th of the “New Generation Heroes” series, which have aired annually on TV Tokyo since the launch of ULTRAMAN GINGA (?????????,

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