Ultraman: The Adventure Begins

Ultraman: The Adventure Begins
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Production company	Hanna-Barbera Tsuburaya Productions
Distributor	Toho
Release date	October 12, 1987
Run time	1:15:52
Starring	Michael Lembeck Chad Everett Adrienne Barbeau Stacy Keach Sr.
Executive producer(s)	Joseph Barbera William Hanna Noboru Tsuburaya
Music composed by	Shinsuke Kazato
Story by	Noboru Tsuburaya
Screenplay by	John Eric Seward
Director(s)	Mitsuo Kusakabe Gordon Hunt (voices)
Art director(s)	Akira Furuya
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Ultraman: The Adventure Begins is an American-Japanese sci-fi/action/superhero animated television film based on the Japanese Ultra Q/Ultraman live-action series which begin in 1966. It is jointly produced by Hanna-Barbera and Tsuburaya Productions. It aired on October 12, 1987 in first-run syndication. It was written by John Eric Seward, produced by Noboru Tsuburaya, directed by Mitsuo Kusakabe, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt. In Japan, it was distributed theatrically as ウルトラマンUSA (Urutoraman Yū Esu Ē or Ultraman USA) by Toho on April 28, 1989.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Reporter	Robert David Hall
Captain Chuck Gavin/Ultraman Gavin	Chad Everett
Lieutenant Beth O'Brien/Ultrawoman Beth	Adrienne Barbeau
Lieutenant Scott Masterson/Ultraman Scott	Michael Lembeck
Beth's parents
Telegram boy	Unavailable
Green Shocks	N/A
Walter Freeman	Stacy Keach Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Andy	Charlie Adler
Samson	Ronnie Schell
Ulysses	William Callaway
Fisherman #1	Unavailable
Fisherman #2	Unavailable
Garuballade	N/A
Cameraman	Unavailable
Photographer	Vince Trankina
Doctor Susan Rand	Lorna Pattersonin
President of the United States
F.E.R. scientist #1	Robert David Hall
T-shirt seller	Unavailable
Skiier	Unavailable
Zoon	N/A
Doctor Mark Watkins	Mark L. Taylor
Doctor Philby	Les Tremayne
Colonel	Unavailable
Soldier	Unavailable
F.E.R. pilot	Unavailable
King Myra	N/A

Organizations

• United States Air Force
• Flying Angels
• Ultra Force
• Foundation for Extraterrestrial Research
• United States Army

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans
    • California
      • San Fransisco
      • Bodega Bay
    • Utah
      • Ski resort
    • New Mexico
      • Encino's Creek
    • Flying Angels headquarters
    • Georgia
      • Georgia National Golf Club
  • South Dakota
    • Mount Rushmore
    • New York
      • F.E.R. Labs
      • Laguardia Airport
• The Moon
• The Sun
• Altara
• M11

Objects

• Asteroid

Vehicles

• Flying Angels' jets
• Fire trucks
• Ambulance
• Ultra Force's jets
• Ultra Force's mother ship
• F.E.R. Labs helicopter

Music

The music was composed by Shinsuke Kazato.

Crew credits

• Creative producers for Hanna-Barbera: Jeff Segal, Kelly Ward
• Supervising director: Ray Patterson

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 12, 1987 on in syndication
• Japan: April 28, 1989 in theaters

Errors

• When the poolside where Scott is, the faces of the other guests are devoid of any details.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウルトラマンUSA (Urutoraman Yū Esu Ē)	Ultraman USA

Home availability

• In Japan:
  • September 29, 1989: Bandai Home Video releases Ultraman USA on DVD.
  • July 25, 1991: Bandai Home Video releases Ultraman on LaserDisc.
  • September 26, 2018: Bandai Visual releases Ultraman USA on Blu-ray Disc.
• In the United States:
  • June 2, 1993: Ultra Action Video and L.A. Hero Inc. releases Ultraman: The Adventure Begins on VHS.

Trailers

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References

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