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Ultraman: Towards the Future

Ultraman: Towards the Future

19908.01 Season13 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Jack Shindo and Stanley Haggard are members of the first manned expedition to Mars, and on the red planet find a giant slug-like monster, Goudes/Gudis. Shindo is pinned by a rockslide and Haggard tries to escape in their ship but is blown up by Gudis. Suddenly a giant warrior, Ultraman Great, arrives and fights Goudes, but when Ultraman is on the verge of victory Goudes changes into a virus and travels to Earth where it mutates other creatures into monsters and awakens existing ones. Needing a human host to survive on Earth, Ultraman joins with Jack, allowing him to become the mighty alien when all seems lost. He joins UMA in order to help them battle the monsters.

Created by Sho Aikawa
Written by Sho Aikawa, Terry Larsen
Produced by Kiyoshi Suzuki, Sue Wild
NetworksSyndication

Top Cast

Dore Kraus

Dore Kraus

Jack Shindo / Ultraman

Gia Carides

Gia Carides

Jean Echo

Ralph Cotterill

Ralph Cotterill

Captain Arthur Grant

Matthew O'Sullivan

Matthew O'Sullivan

Ultraman (voice)

John Bonney

John Bonney

Narrator

D

David Grybowski

Ike

Lloyd Morris

Lloyd Morris

Charles Morgan

G

Grace Parr

Kim Shaomin

Jay Hackett

Jay Hackett

Stanley Haggard

Themes & Keywords

monsterherovillainsuperherogiant monsterkaijusupervillainultramanhenshin heroestokusatsuaustralian

About Ultraman: Towards the Future

Ultraman: Towards the Future is a action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1990 exploring themes of monster, hero, villain, superhero, giant monster, kaiju. Created by Sho Aikawa, it stars Dore Kraus, Gia Carides, Ralph Cotterill. Jack Shindo and Stanley Haggard are members of the first manned expedition to Mars, and on the red planet find a giant slug-like monster, Goudes/Gudis. Shindo is pinned by a rockslide and Haggard tries to escape in their ship but is blown up by Gudis. Suddenly a giant warrior, Ultraman Great, arrives and fights Goudes, but when Ultraman is on the verge of victory Goudes changes into a virus and travels to Earth where it mutates other creatures into monsters and awakens existing ones. Needing a human host to survive on Earth, Ultraman joins with Jack, allowing him to become the mighty alien when all seems lost. He joins UMA in order to help them battle the monsters.

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