Dinah's OV special is titled "The Return of Hanajiro", also known as "The Return of Hajiro", and Gaia's OV special is titled "Gaia's Reappearance".

Possible......

The combined fame of these two OVs is not as high as "Ancient Resurrected Titan". And the sum of the three heroes OV is not as high as any of the three heroes theatrical version.

Very few people know.

If you sort it according to its popularity, Gaia's reappearance and the ancient resurrection of the giant are both higher than the returning Hanajiro, or even much higher.

This is a regrettable thing.

In Meng Lang's opinion, the OV of the three heroes of Heisei are all shot very well, no worse than the Showa period.

However, the popularity has never been able to go up, and many fans don't even know that Sanjie also has an OV special.

Why is that?

Meng Lang has analyzed that there are two general reasons.

One is that the TV shines too brightly, overshadowing the OV special. Even the theatrical version performed well, and OV completely lost the opportunity to shine.

The second is the decline of the video market......

Early Ultraman, especially the Showa period. The video market is booming, and many old films, OV specials, can take advantage of this shareholder wind to rejuvenate the second spring.

But not in the Heisei period.

During this period, the video market was shrinking, and few people were buying video tapes and DVDs, taking them home and enjoying them slowly.

Without this help, OV is completely gone.

If you don't believe me, you can watch the follow-up!

In the past, Ultraman, almost every new TV work was born, and it was accompanied by the appearance of a series of "OV" specials.

But after Heisei Sanjie, there are fewer OV special chapters, and after entering the new generation, it is even more "only seeing big movies and not seeing OV special chapters".

What does this mean?

Why would the new generation rather make a few more big movies than release an OV special?

If you want to understand this, you can understand why the OV trilogy of Heisei Sanjie has collapsed more than the other.

Of course!

There are pros and cons to everything!

The continued slump in the video market, coupled with the rise of theaters around the world, has led to the decline of the "OV Special", but it has also given the "Ultraman Movie" a new lease of life.

Dinah is Heisei Sanjerry, the first Ultraman to launch a "theatrical version of the big movie", two years before Tiga!

"Starlight Warrior" saves Tsuburaya's film business!

There is nothing false in this assessment.

If it weren't for "Starlight Warrior" to prove that after entering the new century, Ultraman movies can also be revitalized, maybe Tsuburaya will never touch a movie again.

The IP of Ultraman has always been embarrassing.

You say fire, it's really hot!

But in the neon market, it has been pressed and beaten by Kamen Rider and Super Sentoi. It has a good overseas development and has a large number of fans.

TV dramas can't beat it, and movies can't either.

Several film works during the Showa period almost made all members of Tsuburaya vomit blood, and the degree of autism was no less than the blow caused by "Armored Warriors: Emperor Hero" to Ao Fei.

It doesn't work, it doesn't work either......

Uncle Yuan, who felt that he was completely suppressed by Aunt Dong, was depressed all day long, and he couldn't wait to put a knife on the audience's neck and ask them, what kind of Ultra movie do you like?

The audience spread their hands, guess?

I guess you're Malegobi!

Tsuburaya was so angry that he threw the knife and walked away on the spot, staying away from the film market and concentrating on his own TV dramas.

Until, the Heisei era has come!

Tiga's success was a source of excitement for Tsuburaya. When they started the production of the sequel "Ultraman Dyna", the producers had a meeting with the executives. 20

Having one person is key!

Keiichi Hasegawa, Tsuburaya's royal scriptwriter. When he wrote the script for Dinah, he wrote a very classic episode of "Asuka finds Megumi Kuruma and tries to find out why Diga is strong".

Because of this, he suddenly had an idea. Let Old Man Tiga, with the existing crew members of Dinah, partner to make a big movie!

And then there's Starlight Warrior!

The top management of Tsuburaya is very reluctant, they have already suffered too many losses in the film market, and if they go in and suffer losses, isn't it a fool?

But Hasegawa Keiichi insisted on doing it, and he also said that he moved the person in power at the time, the founder of the Heisei Sanjie, "Kazuo Tsuburaya".

Keiichi Hasegawa initiated the initiative, and Kazuo Tsuburaya made the decision, and the matter was decided.

Tsuburaya is back in the film world!

"Starlight Warrior" was immediately established, and a number of Tiga old men and Dinah actors were invited to star.

It's a pity that Hiroshi Nagano didn't come.

Regarding why "Starlight Warrior" does not have Hiroshi Nagano, everyone thinks that it is the pot of the office. Actually, you can't really blame the firm.

Dagu can make a cameo appearance in Dai Na TV, it doesn't make sense, for such an important scene in the theater version, the office will stop Dagu.

Besides, at this time, it was Kazuo Tsuburaya who was in power.

Who is Kazuo Tsuburaya?

He was able to create the three heroes of Heisei, and even abolished the "Little Dream" scene at the end, and forcibly turned the "Super Ultra 8 Brothers" into the home of Tiga. With such courage, how could he not be able to deal with the office behind Hiroshi Nagano?

The reason why there is no big gu.

When Keiichi Hasegawa was writing the script, he didn't think about letting Ogu return at all.

After all, "Starlight Warrior" is Dyna's home stadium, and the story timeline of Starlight Warrior takes place in the middle of Dyna's TV. If Dagu makes a comeback, what will happen to the flowers and plants of Mars?

Not suitable!

It's better to leave it to the juniors to do the fighting, killing, and killing. Da Gu is a retired old man, and it is good to grow flowers on Mars!

The original "Starlight Warrior" was born under great pressure.

It can be said that once this movie fails, Tsuburaya's movie dream will be completely shattered, and there will be no "Super Galaxy Legend" in the future, Sai Shao and Lao Bei may become "TV debut".

Fortunately, Keiichi Hasegawa is a god!

He said it would be done, and it was done. Starlight Warrior swept away the decline of the Showa period and became one of the most popular Ultra movies of all time.

So, what did Tsuburaya do?

Quickly turned over the project scrap case of the Tiga period, meditated hard to form a script, and set up the project of "Final Holy War".

Look!

Yuangu's appearance is even more ugly than Meng Lang.

PD didn't experience as many bad things as Tsuburaya, and after getting involved in the film market, he didn't suffer any major setbacks.

Therefore, the Tiga theatrical version was filmed early. "Starlight Warrior" was born a little later than "Final Holy War".

That's the normal order!

Dinah has filmed, and "Starlight Warrior" will naturally not be less. couldn't find a suitable director, so Meng Lang went into battle in person.

Anyway, in this movie, the characters on the stage are almost all old acquaintances, and the scenes are also old-fashioned and almost do not need to be changed.

It's the props that are more difficult.

In this theatrical version, a new battleship "Prometheus" will appear. Moreover, the monsters that appear in this work, the mechanical demon god and Queen Monera, are all relatively refined leather cases, which are more difficult to build.

Especially Queen Monera!

This thing is more than 250 meters tall in the setting, which is taller than Gatanjee, a first-generation Ultraman, a typical "Big Mac" monster.

Holsters are hard to do!

Dinah is set at 55 meters, and the holster actor is 1.85 meters tall. If you want to show the perfect effect, then Queen Monera's holster must be more than 10 meters high!

10 metre high holster ......

Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle!