“Ultraman: Series One, Vol. 1” (Brentwood Home Video)
My daughter loves Ultraman Tiga. At least once a week, she asks to watch the Tiga DVDs, and she listens to the Tiga soundtrack each and every night when she goes to bed.
I’ve got not problem with that because Ultraman Tiga is one of the best Ultraman series ever, and rightly deserves the credit for reviving the Ultraman franchise after it had run its course. But even I am sick of watching them over and over again.
So think how pleased I was when the original Ultraman series was recently released on DVD? What quality would they be? Would they be subtitled or dubbed? Would my daughter like them?
I’m happy to report that volume 1 is great! The quality of the re-master is outstanding. It’s still obviously shot on cheap Japanese film stock in the 60’s, but the colors and have been restored and it looks like no other copy I’ve ever seen of the early Ultraman series.
The audio is available in English dubbed or Japanese with English Subtitles. My only complaint there is that the default seems to be dubbed, which just isn’t right. Even my daughter insists on watching them in Japanese. (I suspect that she understands more Japanese than I do.)
And does my daughter like them? Yes, she does. That’s my girl. too bad the other kids in her pre-school haven’t got a clue what she’d going on about.
I can only hope that, after they release the rest of this series, they have the rights to move on to Ultraseven.
If you’re a fan of the Ultraman series, don’t miss this treat, and don’t miss Ultraman Tiga, either.
Ultraman Tiga Series DVDs
