Source: Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd., Point Set, FieldWorks Inc. Event Site: tohotheater.jp/event/neo-ultra-q (Japan) Series Site: wowow.co.jp/neoultraq (Japan) The television series NEO ULTRA Q (???????Q, Neo Urutora Kyuu, 2013) returns to Japanese cinemas with NEO ULTRA Q SPECIAL SCREENING Part 2 (???????Q ????Part2, Neo Urutora Kyuu Tokubetsu Jooei Part 2). The week-long theatrical run starts December 9th.

Produced in celebration of Tsuburaya Productions` 50th anniversary, NEO ULTRA Q originally ran on the satellite broadcasting service WOWOW from January 12-March 30, 2013. The 12 episode series played as a direct sequel "Second Season" to Tsuburaya`s classic ULTRA Q (????Q, Urutora Kyuu, 1966), and featured a trio of new characters -- psychologist Jin Haibara (Seiichi Tanabe), journalist Emiko Watarase (Rin Takanashi) and bartender Shohei Shiroyama (Hiroyuki Onoe) -- investigating bizarre, supernatural and alien phenomena that often involved monsters and space creatures. The popularity of NEO ULTRA Q inspired Tsuburaya Pro to bring the series to theaters. From November 2013 to February 2014, a new NEO ULTRA Q SPECIAL SCREENING will be released each month through at Toho Cinemas across Japan. Each SPECIAL SCREENING includes three episodes of NEO ULTRA Q, episodes of the new anime short series PROFESSOR YASHIMA`S ROOM (???????, Yashima Kyooju no Heya), and one episode of COLOR ULTRA Q (colorized and HD remastered from the original black & white ULTRA Q series). The 9th day of each month through February are being promoted as "Q Day", featuring Q&A talk shows with special guests in the main hall of Toho Cinemas Nichigeki. Guests speakers for the December 9th screening will be NEO ULTRA Q episode directors Gakuryu Ishii and Yu Nakai, plus actor Jun Murakami (from the episode PANDORA`S CAVE). Also making an appearance will be the Undersea Humanoid Ragon, whose colorized ULTRA Q episode will be shown during NEO ULTRA Q SPECIAL SCREENING Part 2.

SCREENING INFORMATION

? NEO ULTRA Q SPECIAL SCREENING Part 2 ? FALMAGON AND MICHIRU (??????????, Farumagan to Michiru) --Director: Yu Nakai ? PANDORA`S CAVE (??????, Pandora no Ana) --Director: Gakuryu Ishii ? THE SMELLIEST ISLAND (???????, Motto mo Kusai Shima) --Director: Kiyotaka Taguchi ? COLOR ULTRA Q: UNDERSEA HUMANOID RAGON (???????, Kaitei Genjin Ragon) --Director: Samaji Nonagase Theatrical Run: December 9-16, 2013 Ticket Price: ¥1500 Theaters: TOHO Cinemas Nichigeki and the following TOHO CINEMAS 15 locations... Akita (Akita Prefecture), Utsunomiya (Tochigi Prefecture), Mito Uchihara (Ibaraki Prefecture), Nagareyama (Chiba Prefecture), Kawasaki (Kanagawa Prefecture), Yokohama (Kanagawa Prefecture), Nagoya (Aichi Prefecture), Toyama (Toyama Prefecture), Nijo (Kyoto), Umeda (Osaka), Nishinomiya (Hyogo Prefecture), Midorii (Hiroshima Prefecture), Kochi (Kochi Prefecture), Tenjin (Fukuoka Prefecture), Hikarinomori (Kumamoto Prefecture)

CREDITS

? NEO ULTRA Q Cast Jin Haibara: Seiichi Tanabe Emiko Watarase: Rin Takanashi Shohei Shiroyama: Hiroyuki Onoue Staff Directors: Gakuryu Ishii, Yu Nakai, Yu Irie, Kiyotaka Taguchi Screenplays: Kiyotaka Inagaki, Akari Yamamoto, Ayako Kato Production: WOWOW, Tsuburaya Productions Distribution: Tsuburaya Productions Publicity: Point Set © 2013 Tsuburaya · WOWOW ? COLOR ULTRA Q Cast Jun Manjome: Kenji Sahara Yuriko Edogawa: Hiroko Sakurai Ippei Togawa: Yasuhiko Saijo Narrator: Koji Ishisaka Staff Supervision: Eiji Tsuburaya Directors: Hajime Tsuburaya, Samaji Nonagase, Toshihiro Iijima, Harunosuke Nakagawa Screenplays: Tetsuo Kinjo, Masahiro Yamada, Kitao Senzoku, Hiroyasu Yamaura, Samaji Nonagase Special Effects Directors: Hajime Koizumi, Tohru Matoba, Sadamasa Arikawa Production: Tsuburaya Productions, TBS Distribution: Tsuburaya Productions © Tsuburaya

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For more information on the NEO ULTRA Q SPECIAL SCREENINGs, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan:

• NEO ULTRA Q Gets Theatrical Release in Japan