Underplayed Gems

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman (1983)

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman poster
Original title
DAICON FILM - 帰ってきたウルトラマン マットアロー1号発進命令
Directed by
Hideaki Anno
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
28 min
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A fan-made parody from 1983 has a Japanese superhero returning to Earth to fight monsters. Hideaki Anno directed it as a follow-up to his earlier Ultraman fan films.

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What happens

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman (DAICONFILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン, DAICON FILM-ban Kaettekita Ultraman; lit. 'Daicon Film's version of Return of Ultraman') is a 1983 Japanese superhero kaiju parody fan film directed by Hideaki Anno. The film is a sequel to two previous Ultraman fan films produced by Anno; in the latter of those two, Ultraman leaves Earth, and this film's title refers to Ultraman's return after the events of the previous film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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