Nightmare of Planet No. 4

is the forty-third episode of Ultraseven.
==Synopsis==
TDF's automated space rocket "Scorpion" was undergoing a test flight. After awakening from a 20-day sleep, Dan and Soga arrived on Planet No.4 where robots ruled the residents. Dan and Soga meet the General Center Commander to find out that that Earth is in danger of colonization by Planet No.4.
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==Appearances==
===Ultras===
*Ultraseven
===Kaiju===
*Robot Chief
*Robot Commissioner
*People of the Fourth Planet
==Home Media==
*Ultraseven Volume 11 features episodes 42-45.
41YZVX50GYL.jpg|1999 release
Item1_(11).jpg|2009 release
==Trivia==
*The story of this episode was adapted into the game Hero Senki: Project Olympus.
*Due to the ratings and budget constraints, Akio Jissoji was recalled from Kyoto to direct this episode. Shozo Uehara was commissioned by Jissoji to write the script.
*The original title planned for this episode was "Aliens 15 + Monsters 35", but it was canceled due to the appearance of over 50 monsters, which was deemed "too many." Instead, this episode was produced.
*In the scene where Robot Chief meets Soga and Dan, a set designed to look like a corridor illusion was specially constructed for filming.
*In the final draft, the title was named . It underwent handwritten modifications by Akio Jissoji, and the final version was thus completed. It is said that the title used during broadcast was inspired by the Japanese playwright Kobo Abe's "Inter Ice Age 4."https://twitter.com/infocallithump/status/902900986867359745
*Due to the rushed production, there was no draft preparation, only the first and second final scripts. The first script described a revolutionary story where the People of the Fourth Planet overthrow the robot rule together with Ultraseven, while the second script removed this plot and instead ended with Ultraseven's actions.
* When Dan and Soga's spacecraft, the "Scorpion", drifted to the The Fourth Planet, the reality date display showed August 30, 2000.
*This episode was influenced by the 1965 French film AlphaVille directed by Jean-Luc Godard and the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.https://jgjhgjf.hatenablog.com/entry/2019/12/08/095640https://note.com/matenro1960/n/nf733ebf35305
*In 2023, in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Ultraseven series and to attract a broader audience to appreciate the charm of this classic series, TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION selected this episode and created a trailer named the "55th Anniversary Edition." The narration for this trailer was provided by Hiroki Tochi.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psxw8gP8FJI
==References==
Category:Ultraseven Episodes
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Category:Ultraseven