For Shuwatch!! Vol 3, I wanted to try imagining Powered as an early-2000's Saturday morning cartoon. running @ultra-zine is always so much fun as always, and I'm really happy it's become such a big celebration of Ultraman.
The Rise of Ultraman (2020) / Ultraman Rising (2024)
As much as I love seeing the iconic Ultraman 1966 returning and gaining popularity in the west, I think it's a wasted opportunity not to remake Ultraman Powered which was meant for western audience.
Ultraman : The Ultimate Hero (1995) to me is underrated and has the potential to be better. It wasn't popular at the time as it was overshadowed by the popular Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
It deserves a modern remake just as Ultraman 1966 had its remake in Shin Ultraman (2022). Ultraman Powered is iconic in its own way, being the only Ultra that I know of, with coloured eyes.
Shuwatch contributor showcase: ✨Taya (@comicalcarnival)✨
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Ultraman Powered is the seventh video game adaption of the long running Ultraman superhero franchise which first started in 1966. Ultraman Powered released exclusively in Japan in March of 1994 and was developed by Tose Co.
Captured Flash asked that one question. "And what is with that boy?" He looked outside where they seem to fight him.
Ultraman:" That is Phantom, a Hero of this World."
Flash:" Hero? I thought you all killed them."
Power Ring:" Not this one. He is too strong, and we kind of have to fight him all the time."
Flash:" Wait all of you…"
The Crime Syndicate:"Yes, all of us. And he pranks us all the time, as he doesn't kill and can't arrest us."
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Flash as he was kidnapped/saved by Phantom and meets that young Hero boy.
Flash to himself. ' If we are villains here? Does that mean our world has a counterpart?'
This is the version of Chandlar that appeared in the 1993 series Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, although it was called "Chondra" in the episode it appeared in. It is also known as Powered Chandlar, because it appeared in Ultraman Powered's series, and to differentiate it from the original Chandlar which it hardly resembles.