Ultraman Zearth


is a fictional character from the Ultra Series of tokusatsu and the name of a 1996 movie in the series.

Premise

Ultraman Zearth is a parody of Ultraman. He hails from the Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95. He has a big red face and dislikes dirt, and will go to great lengths to wash it off his hands. His goal is to clean the polluted Earth. He transforms with an electric toothbrush, which is consistent with his hygiene fixation. He's not quite adept at being a superhero, but at least he tries his best.
His human form is Katsuto Asahi who also dislikes dirt like Zearth.

Appearances

Zearth's first movie, Ultraman Zearth, was released in 1996 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Ultraman, as part of the Ultraman Wonderful World. Zearth's movie appearances include Ultraman Zearth and . Ultraman Zearth 2 is paired with the first Ultra Nyan short.

Cameos by other characters

The movies include cameos by most of the original Science Patrol from Ultraman. Arashi is a helicopter reporter. In Ultraman Zearth, Hayata is a night watchman and in Ultraman Zearth 2 he is a common citizen who tries to transform into Ultraman with a spoon, Fuji, Ide, and Captain Muramatsu, as a fisherman. In Ultraman Zearth 2, Ide shows up as the fisherman's son with a photograph of his dad. And finally, in Ultraman Zearth 2, we are treated to a rare cameo reappearance of Jiro Dan, none other than Hideki Go from The Return of Ultraman as a telecast reporter on TV.
The second movie features "Digital Kanegon", which is a take on the original Kanegon from Ultra Q. It also features Kohji Moritsugu as Captain Ban Satsuma. The running joke is that he frequently lets slip that he knows that we in the audience know that he's Mr. Moritsugu/Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven. He says "Natsukashii! " when he sees Capsule Monster Miraclon. At the end of the movie, he also nudges Katsuto and tells him he'll have to teach him the heel drop sometime, which implies that Dan knows that Katsuto is really Zearth.

Characters

Ultraman Zearth

Stats

Zearth's "+" style finishing move. Can destroy monsters in one shot. This move has been quoted by Mydo's AI, Midori, and Alien Benzen, as a dangerous attack that could destroy Earth in one shot if it hits a particularly powerful source of energy, such as Cotten-Poppe.
Zearth's "x" style finishing move. Can destroy monsters in one shot.
Teleports objects/people using beams of light from his eyes.
A kick combo.
A spinning kick with enough force to send an enemy flying into space.
An axe kick.
A kick combo.
An electric knee kick.
A drop kick from high above.
A drop kick from high above at maximum flight speed.
A hand chop.
A chop from high above.
An energy chop.
A punch combo.
A powerful and aimed punch.
Sterilizes the area within a 50 km radius. Not used in movies.
Rewinds time. Not used in movies.
Slows time. Not used in movies.
Makes hyperspace temporarily. Not used in movies.
A horizontal chop. Not used in movies.
A gift to Zearth from his father.

Monsters, Aliens, & Capsule Monsters

Alien Benzen

, in Ultraman Zearth and Ultraman Zearth 2, appeared in Earth to steal gold, the specific medicine of his chronic illness. He assumes a human form named. He has the vehicle named that transforms into a helicopter and a car.

Cotten-Poppe

, in Ultraman Zearth, is a monster used by Alien Benzen to steal gold all over Japan. "Cotten-Poppe" was named by Mydo, but its real name is. Cotten-Poppe absorbed gold for the purpose of using it as medicine for its master, but this had the side effect of it absorbing massive quantities of energy which meant that it could explode if hit by Zearth's Speciu-Shula Ray. Ultimately, it was paralysed by Zearth, then flown into space and detonated.

Ultraman Shadow

, in Ultraman Zearth 2, is an anti-Ultraman Zearth robot made by Alien Lady-Benzen. Unlike Zearth, it was black and yellow instead of Zearth's original colour. It had evil red eyes, pointed ears and head fin. It used full power to fight Zearth, but destroyed in battle by Zearth.
Stats
Shadow's "L" style finishing move. Rival's Zearth's in power.
Can fire a beam of red energy from its eyes, turning humans into mindless followers of its creator, Lady Benzen.
Brass knuckles.
Multiple punches with the Shadow Merikens.
Small missiles from the Shadow Merikens.
Shadow has a Color Timer, like Zearth, but it is equipped with a shield to protect it against attack.
A spinning kick.
Shadow's monster capsule.

Alien Lady-Benzen

, in Ultraman Zearth 2, is Alien Benzen's wife and controls Ultraman Shadow. She assumes a human form named. She congratulates Zearth and she says she will return to Earth to steal mankind's souls.

Miraclon

, in Ultraman Zearth 2, is Zearth's Capsule Monster.

Darklar

, in Ultraman Zearth 2, is Alien Lady-Benzen's Capsule Monster. To create the monster, Alien Lady-Benzen converted a lifeform named that inhabits, a moon of Planet Benzen.

Digital Kanegon

, in Ultraman Zearth 2, is a monster originated from Ultra Q, and is Mydo's mascot. He is a robotic version of Kanegon, and contained a computer which helped the team in their studies of the Benzen aliens.

MYDO

A space-based defense organization formed around the Earth Defense Federation with the Mystery Case that seems to be an alien from the end of the 20th century. The organization name "MYDO" stands for Mysterious Yonder Defence Organization. It is an international defense force of the lower organizations, from the Asian headquarters, North America and South America, Europe, Africa, South Pacific, Silicon Valley, the Migo desert and Japan, to outer space; Delambre, Ellara, Sinope, Titan, Ariel also place the base. A large-scale organizational reformation was done between the first and second work. The Japanese branch camouflaged the Idemitsu Kosan gas station in the center of Tokyo, and the captains, deputy-captains,troops also work as managers, vice managers and shop clerks, hiding their identity. Naming is from Idemitsu's "MYDO Card".
Their mecha used to defend earth against the monsters and also support Ultraman Zearth.
;Ultraman Zearth exclusively
;Ultraman Zearth 2 exclusively
A game adaption of Ultraman Zearth was available for PlayStation.