Ultraman Connection

Ultraman Connection is the official international website for the Ultraman Series. It hosts a variety of content such as news and updates on upcoming Ultraman projects, articles and blog posts of various natures, information and biographies of series characters and more. The site's main feature is Ultraman Connection Live, a series of livestream events for the international fanbase.
Home Page link
==Website Content==
*News and Updates
*Who is Ultraman?: A basic introduction to the Ultraman franchise.
*Major Heroes: Bios on various Ultras.
*Major Kaiju: Bios on various Kaiju and Aliens.
*FAQs and Contact Information
Users can create an account for free to gain access to a merchandise store, the ability to view and partake in the Ultraman Connection Live events and access to the official Discord server. A mailing list is offered to all users, so they can receive emails about news updates on when events will be taking place, when ticket purchases become available and any special offers. 
===Former Content===
A major benefit of signing up was the ability to access a range of officially subtitled or dubbed Ultraman content. As of April 31st 2024, all of the following video content was removed from the site:
Content 	Date Added 	Languages
Sevenger Fight (episodes 1-7) 	September 15th 2021 	English subtitles
Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes (Director's cut) 	September 15th 2021 	English dub
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy (Director's cut)	September 15th 2021 	English dub
Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax 	December 17th 2021https://news.ultramanconnection.com/ultraman-connection-live-holiday-special-brings-fans-many-surprises-exclusives/	English subtitles
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad (Prologue) 	December 17th 2021 	English dub
Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga 	January 28th 2022https://news.ultramanconnection.com/ultraman-trigger-complete-series-arrives-on-ultramanconnection-com/ 	English subtitles
Ultraman Z 	March 18th 2022April 8th 2023http://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/5963 - July 1st 2023 (English dub) 	English dub or Japanese audio with English, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese subtitles
Ultraman Decker 	July 9th 2022https://news.ultramanconnection.com/ultraman-decker-will-stream-weekly-on-ultraman-connection/ - January 21st 2023 	English, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish, Vietnamese subtitles
Shin Ultra Fight (episodes 1-3) 	January 13rd 2023https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/5680 	English subtitles
Ultraman Regulos 	May 23rd 2023 - June 17th 2023https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/6076 	English dub
Ultraman Blazar 	July 7th 2023 onward 	English dub with English, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish, Vietnamese, Hindi subtitles
Ultraman Regulos: First Mission 	July 2023 	English dub
===Rentals===
There was also content that can be rented for one week, for a fee of $6.99 USD, with some, such as Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z, being initially available to pre-order for $4.99. As before, the ability to rent the following video content has been removed from the site.
Content 	Date Added 	Languages
Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z 	January 28th 2022 	English, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Thai, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagaloghttps://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/4082
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad (Full Episode Ver.)	May 27th 2022 	English (sub and dub script), Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish, Vietnamese, Thai, Tagalog, Japanesehttps://news.ultramanconnection.com/ultra-galaxy-fight-the-destined-crossroad-watch-party-and-tvod-details-announced/
Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond 	February 23rd 2023	English, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagaloghttps://www.ultramanconnection.com/products/ultraman-decker-finale
==Ultraman Connection Live==
A series of livestreams held on the website exclusively for international fans. The events feature a selection of guest stars being asked questions from the audience about their experiences and opinions working on their particular show(s), usually followed by another segment of two before ending the show with a live stage battle. The streams are hosted by Sean Nichols (Sean White from Ultraman Max). Fans can interact live with the panel via a chatbox to the side, with the website itself occasionally joining to comment of answer fan queries. Viewers are able to also vote in live polls that happen periodically during the events. A majority of the time, the streams are payed entry and are not archieved in full, meaning they are a one-time only viewing.
Starting from the third event, at start and end of each stream, there are small CG-animated segments that depict an ongoing plot happening between the events. It features a new world unfamiliar with Ultras or Kaiju becoming victim to them. This world has its own defense organisation, the UCL (Unidentified Capture League).
===Sevenger Fight===
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The first event featured the international debut of the Sevenger Fight miniseries, complete with subtitles following its exclusivity to TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION. During the show, Sean becomes possessed by Alien Barossa, who forces the panel to play charades with him, having Sevenger act out the clues. With the panel victorious, Barossa summons a Zetton to destroy them, only for them to be saved by Ultraman Z and eventually Jugglus Juggler.
Held on June 3rd 2021
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The panel features major people involved in both Sevenger Fight and Ultraman Z
*Rima Matsuda (Yoko Nakashima)
*Takaya Aoyagi (Shota Hebikura / Jugglus Juggler)
*Kiyotaka Taguchi (Ultraman Z and Sevenger Fight series director)
===Ultraman Day===
The panel recount their experiences working on the original Ultraman 55 years previously and rewatch select episodes before a Dada interupts, summoning vaious monsters to the stage. Ultraman along with Tiga, Max and Mebius arrive to defeat them, with Ultraman Trigger later arriving, ahead of his series' premiere that same day, to assist in defeating Tyrant.
Held on July 10th 2021
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*Susumu Kurobe (Shin Hayata / Ultraman)
*Hiroko Sakurai (Yuriko Edogawa & Akiko Fuji)
*Bin Furuya (Ultraman's suit actor)
===ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL YouTube Special Featuring S.H.Figuarts===
This event was the first to be available for free and was simultaneously streamed on the official YouTube channel worldwide. It featured various reveals: an S.H.Figuarts figure of Ultraman Taiga Tri-Strium Rainbow, the debut of the trailer for Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad, the official reveals of Ultraman Regulos and Absolute Diavolo and that Diavolo would debut in a then-upcoming episode of Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga. Following the reveals, Diavolo himself, alongside Absolute Tartarus, Ultra Dark-Killer and Zett, invaded the stage. With their songs being performed live in the background, the arriving heroes of Ultraman Ribut, Ultimate Shining Zero, Ginga Strium, Geed Galaxy Rising, Grigio and Taiga Tri-Strium were able to defeat all the opposition.
This event also features the debut of the UCL Universe storyline. A golden vortex appears above the Earth, prompting a new report on the ocurance. A professor offers his opinion on the matter before an obscured Absolute Diavolo makes his presence known, with the broadcast cutting off before he could finish introducing himself.
Held on September 24th 2021
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*Tatsuomi Hamada (Riku Asakura / Ultraman Geed)
*Takuma Terashima (Ultraman Taiga)
*Arisa Sonohara (Asahi Minato / Ultrawoman Grigio)
*Koichi Sakamoto (Ultra Galaxy Fight series director)
*Voyager (Ultra Series music group)
===Dyna & Gaia===
In promotion of Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Gaia's forthcoming DVD releases via Mill Creek, this event featured the panel recount the events of their show's production and their characters' subseqeuent appearances. The festivities were put on hold however as a Zenekindarl appeared to take on the panel. He summonded Mimos and Satan Bizor to assist, but were both defeated by the arriving Ultraman Dyna, Gaia Supreme and Agul Supreme. Soon the Zenekindarl also summoned Five King into the fray, who proved to be more of a challenge, that was until Ultraman Trigger arrived to help. As a last ditch effort to finish the heroes, Zenekindarl summonded both Hyper Zetton and Ultraman Orb Dark. All three were eventually defeated by the Ultras.
In the UCL Universe storyline, the appearance of Absolute Diavolo had called the Unidentified Capture League into action. A pilot was given a mission to try and track the Absolutian through either of two wormholes, with one leading to the World of Neo Frontier Space and the other to the World of Ultraman Gaia. On his way toward them, the two began converging and he was sent uncontrollably into the now fused wormholes. Within it, the pilot was rescued and assisted by Ultraman Regulos, who was immediately after captured by the Absolutians and held within Narak.
Held on November 18th 2021
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*Takeshi Tsuruno (Shin Asuka / Ultraman Dyna)
*Takeshi Yoshioka (Gamu Takayama / Ultraman Gaia)
*Hassei Takano (Hiroya Fujimiya / Ultraman Agul)
*Maria Theresa Gow (Georgie Leland)
===Holiday Special===
The events begins with the announcement of a work in progress game, following the player as a lieutenant following up on the the capture of Ultraman Regulos and the UCL storyline from the previous event. Afterwards, the prologue to Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad was shown off for the first time in any capacity, showcasing around ten minutes of footage. Before the show could truly begin, Absolute Tartarus arrived on stage and answered some questions from the audience before leaving. The guests then arrived and after several Q&A questions read by Marluru and handing out of presents, Carmeara arrived to steal the last gift which she mistakingly believed to be the Eternity Core, summoning Hudram to assist. Suddenly, Kyrieloid too arrived, seeking the gift for himself, summoning help from Gazort and Camearra. To put an end to the skirmish, Trigger Dark and Ultraman Ribut arrived to take out the threats. Soon after, Sean used the light within him to summon Ultraman Tiga who provided his own energy to summon Glitter Trigger Eternity to help as well. Soon after all the foes were defeated, with the contents of the final present turning out to be the Ultra Array. Father of Ultra and Ultraman Taiga came onto the stage alongside Hiroyuki Kudo to announce that Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax would become available for free for Ultraman Connection members before the show ended.
In the UCL storyline, the Unidentified Capture League launch a mission against the Narak Tower, an Absolutian jamming array, built on Mars. A UCL Lieutenant sees to the task, and realizes that the Absolutians have been jamming communications across multiple realities to further their conquest. After they managed to destroy the structure, residual energy from the Narak Tower seeped out and enveloped Mars, before proliferating across the universe, heading towards Earth. Dan Hayashi, host of Blue Sphere Radio, was taking some callers when the energy shorted out his equipment, before it came back to life with images of the Ultra Language reading "Thank You" and the Galaxy Rescue Force insignia on them. He stepped outside to see the phenomenon of blue aurorae occur before his very eyes.
Held on December 17th 2021
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*Runa Toyoda (Yuna Shizuma)
*Kei Hosogai (Ignis)
*Shimba Tsuchiya (Ribut)
*Raiga Terasaka (Kengo Manaka / Ultraman Trigger) (VIDEO ONLY)
*Yuki Inoue (Hiroyuki Kudo) (VIDEO ONLY)
===ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL YouTube 2 Million Subscribers Celebration===
The event begins with a short live show segment summarizing the events of Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga, showcasing key battles that happened throughout the show, before ending off with the appearance of Evil Trigger before the Eternity Core. 
What followed thereafter were the talk segments hosted by Sean Nichols and Nene Nakazawa, which featured guests from Ultraman Trigger, Ultraman R/B (pre-recorded) and the other New Generation Heroes. After being shown PVs from their respective works and answering fan questions under the hashtag #祝ウルチャネル200万人 / #AskUltra2M, the event was abruptly interrupted by the Absolutians and other past villains. 
The New Generation Heroes transformed into their Ultra selves to fight these menances: Ginga and Victory faced off against Dark Lugiel and Reibatos, while Rosso, Blu and Grigio fought Kamisori Demaaga, summoned by the necromancer. As Z held his own against Zero Darkness, Regulos appeared from the sidelines to take down Absolute Diavolo. As the enemy forces began to overwhelm the Ultra Warriors, Sean asked for the audience to send power to the cast, recharging their energy through the Ultra Charge and helping them to unleash their ultimate forms: Gingavictory, Gruebe and Z Delta Rise Claw. In a decisive battle, Absolute Tartarus and the rest of the villains were finally taken down. 
At the end, the new voice actor for Regulos was introduced: Shugo Nakamura, and it was revealed that a PV + interview for Regulos would be uploaded to the Ultraman Official Channel. Tickets for the Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z and the next Ultraman Connection Live would also be made available on the website. The whole cast was invited back onto the stage again for a final closing speech before the show ended. 
Originally scheduled for January 29th 2022https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/news/4044 before being postponed to February 18th. Clips from the event were later uploaded on YouTube.
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*Raiga Terasaka (Kengo Manaka / Ultraman Trigger)
*Runa Toyoda (Yuna Shizuma)
*Shunya Kaneko (Akito Hijiri)
*Kohshu Hirano (Haruki Natsukawa)
*Takuya Negishi (Hikaru Raido)
*Kiyotaka Uji (Sho / Ultraman Victory)
*Arisa Sonohara (Asahi Minato / Ultrawoman Grigio)
*Shugo Nakamura (Ultraman Regulos)
*Yuya Hirata (Katsumi Minato / Ultraman Rosso) (VIDEO ONLY)
*Ryosuke Koike (Isami Minato / Ultraman Blu) (VIDEO ONLY)
===Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z Watch Party===
The event began with a continuation of the UCL storyline, before Sean Nichols introduces the event's content and guests. He explained that the guests are logged onto the official Ultraman Connection Discord server and have a set of buttons, each of which sends a pre-set message in English to help them interact with the fans. The international premiere of Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z then started, with a facecam switching between the guests throughout the watch-a-long. Afterwards, the guests spoke about their favorite parts of the film and answered multiple questions from fans. A teaser trailer for Ultraman Decker was then shown, followed by goodbyes from Sean and the guests. After some credits, the second part of the UCL storyline was shown, concluding the event.
In the UCL storyline, Eric Bright suddenly awakens from a dream where his father was warning him of an incoming threat, only to see a meteor falling to Earth. He finds its crash site and discovers the meteorite is an alien device. He opens it, finding a capsule and some headgear, which when put on, sends him into a virtual simulation. A robotic voice begins to describe the emergence of Absolute Diavolo and the heroic exploits of Ultraman Z and Ultraman Trigger, stating they learnt of Trigger's existence when King JOE STORAGE CUSTOM was teleported there from Z's universe. The voice then warns him of something, so he removes the headgear and realises that a group of cars is heading his way. Eric watches as numerous operatives exit their cars and begin to look around, led by a woman. He then gets a call on his phone from a mysterious stranger, who introduces themselves as "Da-" before being cut off. The caller tells him he needs to escape and guides him into a nearby building. Eric creeps around the dark office building, and the caller somehow switches the lights in the building on for him. But when the operatives find and begin to chase after him, the caller mischievously proclaims his escape was successful, and his face, the face of Powered Data flashes on Eric's phone screen as the call ends. The film abruptly concludes as a bag is placed over Eric's head.
In the second half, the bag is removed from Eric's head and he finds himself in a office meeting with members of the UCL, the Unidentified Capture League. Agent Hughes of UCL explains the group's goal to capture the dangerous alien devices that are arriving from other worlds. Eric, slightly dumbfounded, begins to leave, before she reveals she knows his father, a test pilot named Colton Bright and implies there is more to his death than Eric knows. When Eric mentions the giants he witnessed in the simulation, the Hughes states that they desperately need to find the Ultras to survive. Just as Eric begins to question if it was the Ultras who called him on the phone, the building's lights go out, and Powered Dada's face appears on a TV screen in the room. Dada laughs menacingly as a blackout consumes the city of Los Angeles.https://news.ultramanconnection.com/uc-watch-party-ultraman-trigger-episode-z-what-happened/
Held on March 18th 2022.
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*Raiga Terasaka (Kengo Manaka / Ultraman Trigger)
*Runa Toyoda (Yuna Shizuma)
*Shunya Kaneko (Akito Hijiri)
*Kohshu Hirano (Haruki Natsukawa)
===Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad Watch Party===
A free live watch-a-long of the international premiere of Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad for all members. Preceding the event was a pre-show where the director's cuts of Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes and Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy were streamed. The show formally began with a roundtable styled discussion with various staff from the Starlight Runner, the international marketing partner of the Ultraman brand, featuring such people as Jeff Gomez, followed by the first part of the UCL storyline film, Return to Narak Tower.https://news.ultramanconnection.com/what-you-missed-ultraman-connection-watch-party-the-destined-crossroad/ Next, a pre-recorded panel featuring Koichi Sakamoto, Raiga Terasaka and Kohshu Hirano was shown, where they discussed the upcoming film, with Terasaka and Hirano reacting to scenes from it without the audience seeing the footage. Finally, the English dub of The Destined Crossroad was streamed in its entirety, the second half of the roundtable discussion was shown, and the event concluded with the second half of UCL storyline.
In the first half of the UCL storyline, Eric Bright, Agent Hughes, Commander Colder and a UCL lieutenant are discussing their next move with after Powered Dada hacks into two of their ships in Tokyo, which begin to head for Mars. In the second half, the UCL lieutenant goes to Mars to intercept Powered Dada's attack, sacrificing himself to destroy Narak Tower. The events coincide with browser game, Mission Narak Tower, with the liteunant serving as the player character. With the situation resolved, things go quiet until a mysterious stranger appears on screen: Sean White of DASH.
Was held on May 26th 2022.
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*Koichi Sakamoto (Ultra Galaxy Fight director)
*Raiga Terasaka (Kengo Manaka)
*Kohshu Hirano (Haruki Natsukawa)
*Jeff Gomez
*E.J. Coulouccoundis
*Evangelia Artemis
*Peter Tatara
===1st Anniversary: Ultraman Max Special===
In commemoration of the 1 year anniversary of the Ultraman Connection Live shows, this event is themed around the series which the show's host Sean Nichols debuted in: Ultraman Max.https://news.ultramanconnection.com/ultraman-connection-live-1st-anniversary-ultraman-max-special-announced/
The event begins with a continuation of the UCL storyline, before Sean Nichols takes the stage in his DASH uniform, commemorating Ultraman Connection Live on its one year anniversary, and then introducing the guests for the event: Sota Aoyama, Hitomi Hasebe and Takeshi Yagi. The cast and director have a short talk session, reminiscing their time during the filming of Ultraman Max. The watch party then begins, starting with The Taken Max Spark, with the cast joining the Discord server to watch alongside the fans. Afterwards, Sean Nichols welcomes Takashi Miike onto the stage, and the watch-a-long resumes with Miracle of the Third Planet. The cast then comments on some of their favorite episodes from the series, and a new logo for Ultraman Connection is introduced. 
The stage lights fade, and the long-awaited stage show begins, starting off with an opening narration reminiscent of the show by none other than Shiro Sano. As Red King and Eleking rampage across the stage, Kaito Touma enters the fray, transforming into Ultraman Max and deals with the two monsters with the Maxium Cannon. It then transitions into a four-way with Alien Sran, Bugdalas and Kesam against Max, with Mizuki Koishikawa helping the Ultra with the DASH Rizer. The fight ends, and another begins with Antlar giving Max a difficult time, before Sean White delivers an assist with the DASH Deringer. Thereafter, Zetton and King Joe, two of Max's greatest foes, almost pummel the Ultra if not for the timely arrival of Ultraman Xenon, who lends the Max Galaxy to the fallen Ultra, restoring his energy and giving him the edge over the monsters. The screen fades into a sunset, and a stitched-up Alien Metron duels Kaito in rock-paper-scissors (à la The Untargeted Town) before fleeing. A one-sided match ensues as all the monsters return to tag-team Max, with defeat seeming inevitable. But the audience cheers him on, and as his theme song kicks in, the Ultra rises back up with the Max Galaxy equipped, defeating the monster army against a montage of his past battles (primarily against Giga Berserke). In the epilogue, he meets Xenon in Earth's orbit, and the two depart for the Land of Light.
The cast reappear on stage with Max and Xenon after the show ends, and Sean Nichols introduces surprise guests Shiro Sano, the narrator (albeit video only), followed by Hiroko Sakurai, who played Yukari Yoshinaga, before Sota Aoyama ends the show. After the credits roll, the second part of the UCL storyline is shown.
The first half of the UCL storyline carries on immediately from the previous Ultraman Connection Live, with Sean White of DASH communicating with the UCL team across dimensions, telling them about Ultraman Max and suggesting that they get proper uniforms, before being recruited into the UCL himself. The second half of the UCL storyline takes place some time after this encounter, as the audience is introduced to a larger base of operations refurbished with a new logo, in line with more traditional attack teams. Eric Bright and Hughes are seen in an office discussing sudden disappearances on Earth, before the former brings up the legend of Kemur.
Held on June 17th 2022.
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*Sota Aoyama (Kaito Touma)
*Hitomi Hasebe (Mizuki Koishikawa)
*Takeshi Yagi (Ultraman Max series director and producer)
*Takashi Miike (Max episode 15 and 16 director)
*Hiroko Sakurai (Yukari Yoshinaga)
*Shiro Sano (Max series narrator) (VIDEO ONLY)
===Ultraman Day 2022===
As the grand finale to the 10 Days of Ultraman celebrations, this event is the second of two back-to-back livestream events in commemoration of Ultraman Day, but also the recent premiere of Ultraman Decker.https://news.ultramanconnection.com/tix-for-ultraman-connection-live-ultraman-day-spotlighting-decker-on-sale-now/https://news.ultramanconnection.com/tokushoutsu-to-stream-ultraman-rising-special-on-ultraman-day/ The event was hosted by Maria Theresa Gow, due to Sean recovering after his work at Anime Expo 2022 in the United States.E.J. Coulouccoundis on the Ultraman Connection Discord
The Ultraman Decker cast partook in a selection of challenges based on various Ultraman projects celebrating milstone anniversaries, such as trivia, charades and drawing challenges in a segment known as the "Ultra Dimension Challenge". They were also asked to respond to scenes from the series' recent premiere and discuss behind the scenes details. After the questions concluded, a live stage segment began.
Doragory invaded the stage, leading Matsumoto / Asumi to transform into Ultraman Decker to take out the menace. Immediately after, Absolute Tartarus and Yapool made their presences known, with Tartarus promising Decker's dimension to Yapool should he defeat the fledgling Ultra. Yapool summoned Vakishim to assist, overwhelming Decker until The Ultra Force arrived to help, in celebration of the Ultraman: The Adventure Begins 35th anniversary. Decker switched to Strong Type and they swiftly defeated the Terrible-Monster. Frustrated, Tartarus transported Decker, Yapool and a revived Doragory far into space, but the hero was soon assisted by Ultraman Cosmos in his Space Corona Mode and Ultraman Justice, in celebration of the Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet 20th anniversary. Ultraman Decker utilized his Miracle Type in the fight, and after the two were defeated, he and Justice left, leaving Cosmos alone, who was suddenly confronted by Alien Hipporit. Cosmos was then aided by the arrival of Rei and his Gomora, in celebration of the Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle 15th anniversary. Moments after they destroyed the alien, Rei left and Tartarus reappeared with Alien Bat and Hyper Zetton. With Cosmos in danger, Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Dyna arrived, fusing with Cosmos to become Ultraman Saga, in celebration of the Ultraman Saga 10th anniversary. After the threats were dealt with, the three defused and went their separate ways. Decker meanwhile was still battling Yapool, who had now summoned Grand King. With Decker on the ropes yet again, Ultraman Ace appeared in celebration of the his series' 50th anniversary and they worked together to defeat the two enemies for good. Before leaving, Tartarus remarked that he should focus his attention more on before the Ultras were born as a place to attack, implying the story was a prequel to the floor show in the previous Tokushoutsu livestream.
As the event closed, a video with representatives of Seismic Toys unveiled their upcoming figure releases: Sevenger with a special Ultraman-themed coloration, Ultraman Tiga and Bemular. This event did not feature any content relating to the ongoing UCL storyline.
Held on July 10th 2022.
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*Hiroki Matsumoto (Kanata Asumi / Ultraman Decker)
*Yuka Murayama (Ichika Kirino)
*Nobunaga Daichi (Soma Ryumon)
*Sae Miyazawa (Sawa Kaizaki)
===Tamashii Nations Special Streaming Featuring Ultraman Trigger===
An free event streamed on YouTube featuring a battle stage show directed by Koichi Sakamoto and information about forthcoming S.H.Figuarts releases.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6463https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/news/4714 The figures revealed during the event were Figuarts Minis of Ultraman Decker Flash Type and Kanata Asumi, with regular Figuarts of Windom, Tector Gear Zero and Glitter Trigger Eternity. Following the announcements, the main battle stage began.
The show began at the time of Ultraman Zero's training with Ultraman Leo during the former's exile, donning the Tector Gear. Absolute Tartarus appears before Zero, tempting him to join him in order to attain the infinite power of the Eternity Core. In the present, Ultraman Decker arrives to take on Alien Reguran and Moravia, with Trigger soon arriving to help. After the two were defeated, and with Kengo recognizing the two foes as being brought from the past, Tartarus made his presence known to the two, with a staggering Ultraman Z he had been battling. He soon summoned his new lackey Zero to deal with the three Ultras to gain the Eternity Core's power. Tartarus later summoned forth Dark Lugiel, who attacked Trigger and turned him into a Spark Doll, who gave it to Tartarus. Zero continued battling Z one-on-one. As Lugiel went in for the final blow, Zero blocked him, his heroic desire to help others overtaking his lust for power, causing him to break free of the restraining armor and assist Z in defeating Lugiel. 
Decker and Tartarus continued to fight, with a revived Moravia showing up too. Yuna and Yoko arrived to assist Decker and retrieve Trigger from the villains grasp. Yoko boarded into Windom to fight the revived monster, with Yuna using the Darrgon GUTS Hyper Key to release Trigger. With everyone gathered, all the heroes fought against the quartet of foes that appeared before them. Facing Trigger alone, Lugiel summoned Dark Zagi to aid him in battle, with Trigger becoming Glitter Eternity in response, with him destroying them both. Meanwhile, Windom was on the ropes against a two-on-one battle, but soon Sevenger, stated to be piloted by Kojiro Inaba, arrived to even the odds, with Z and Zero arriving soon after. At the Eternity Core's location, Tartarus battled with Decker and Trigger, summoning Evil Trigger to help. With the hopes of their comrades powering them up, the now four Ultras defeated the final two opponents, destroying Evil Trigger, but with Tartarus revealed to have survived the ordeal.
Given its status as product promotion stream, this event did not feature any continuation of the UCL storyline.
Held on September 3rd 2022.
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*Hiroki Matsumoto (Kanata Asumi / Ultraman Decker)
*Runa Toyoda (Yuna Shizuma)
*Rima Matsuda (Yoko Nakashima)
*Koichi Sakamoto (Ultraman Series director)
*Raiga Terasaka (Kengo Manaka / Ultraman Trigger) (VIDEO ONLY)
===TAMASHII NATIONS Special Streaming featuring Ultra Galaxy Fight===
A pre-recorded free event released on YouTube, made as part of the larger Tamashii Nations 2022 showcase events for all Bandai-sponsored franchises. The event featured Sean with special guest host Alien Magma quizzing the guests on various Ultra Series media released in 2022, with each question answered correctly being rewarded with the unveiling of a new figure. The figures revealed at the event were Ultraman Decker Flash Type, Ultraman Regulos, Ultraman First Contact ver., Absolute Tartarus and the Shinkkochou Seihou re-release of Ultraman Dyna Flash Type.
In the battle stage show, Kanata Asumi is seen battling Absolute Soldiers, becoming Decker to finish them off before being abducted by Absolute Tartarus. Meanwhile, Regulos arrives at the Galaxy Rescue Force headquarters some time after the events of Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad, meeting with Sora and soon Ultraman Joneus, whom he briefly sparred with. Suddenly, a distress sigmal from Planet Mirai was recieved, with the three arriving to a Pigmon being harrassed by Magma and his Birdon. As Sora lead the Pigmon to safety, Regulos, Joneus and soon Decker battled the assailants into retreating. Tartarus reemerged, summoning the two and more grunts back, all of whom were defeated. Frustrated, Tartarus summoned Absolute Titan and an Absolute Particle enhanced Sphere-Red King to finish the job. Sora and Joneus were forced to flee, leaving Decker and Regulos on the ropes. With all hope lost, they both heard a voice and became rejuvenated by the image of Ultraman Dyna. Decker assumed Dynamic Type and together with Regulos defeated Red King and forced the Absolutians to retreat. After the battle was over, the four Ultras talked, with Decker assuring Sora that Ultraman Ribut was indeed still alive, given his previous appearance on Decker's Earth.
Given its status as product promotion stream, this event did not feature any continuation of the UCL storyline.
Held on November 19th 2022.
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*Koichi Sakamoto (Ultraman Series director)
*Hiroki Matsumoto (Kanata Asumi / Ultraman Decker)
*Shugo Nakamura (Ultraman Regulos)
*Shunya Kaneko (Akito Hijiri)
*Junichi Suwabe (Absolute Tartarus) (VIDEO ONLY)
*Shunsuke Gondo (Ultraman Dyna's suit actor) (VIDEO ONLY)
===Holiday Special 2022===
A free event streamed on the official Ultraman YouTube account, predominantly themed around the 50th anniversary of Ultraman Ace.
Following a Q&A session with the guests and a watch-along of Shine! The Five Ultra Brothers, with a short battle sequence between some human goons and the Ace Suit, the main live battle took place. Pigmon rushed to the stage after being pursued by Alien Steal. While Kirino held off the alien, Ultraman Decker arrived to assist. With the first threat defeated, Decker found himself turned into a statue by Alien Hipporit at the behest of Yapool. Haruki soon arrived, fending off the two before he and Hokuto transformed into Ultraman Z and Ultraman Ace respectively. With Hipporit and Doragory down, Yapool summoned Baraba to take down the duo after they freed Decker. Z single-handedly took down Baraba, and Decker finished off both Yapool and the stolen Terraphaser. Ace was left to deal with a revived Hipporit and Doragory, as well as Ace Killer and Aribunta, with him finishing off the group of foes thanks to the power of the Ultra Dimension Cards held by the guests.
Held on December 16th 2022, with it becoming temporarily available to view between the 24th and 31st.
:;Guest Panel
*Keiji Takamine (Seiji Hokuto / Ultraman Ace)
*Kohshu Hirano (Haruki Natsukawa)
*Megumi Han (Pega, Sora, ULTRAMAN Anime Seiji Hokuto)
*Yuka Murayama (Ichika Kirino)
*Takanori Tsujimoto (Ultra Series episode director)
*Shinji Higuchi (Shin Ultraman director) (VIDEO ONLY)
*Tomokazu Seki (current Ultraman Ace voice actor) (VIDEO ONLY)
===ULTRAMAN Final Season Celebration===
A free event streamed on YouTube in commemoration of the third and final series of the Netlfix ULTRAMAN's worldwide release. The event was initially streamed exclusively in Japanese, with a subtitled version releasing later. The stream was co-hosted by and .
After a live battle scene featuring the Ultraman Suit, Ver. 7, Ace Suit, Taro Suit and the debut appearance of the Jack Suit, battleing aainst human grunts, Agent Adad and Edo set to a live performance of 3, several clips from all three seasons were shown, along with new announcements such as the S.H.Figuarts Ace Suit, the Season 2 Blu-Ray box set and a collaboration with the figure brand threezero. The event concluded with live performances of Transcending Time, AVIATION and RAYS.
Held on May 20th 2023.
:;Guest Panel
*Ryohei Kimura (Shinjiro Hayata)
*Takuya Eguchi (Dan Moroboshi)
*Megumi Han (Seiji Hokuto)
*Tomoaki Maeno (Kotaro Higashi)
*Sumire Morohoshi (Rena Sayama)
*NOILION (Season 2 and 3 Opening artist)
*Void_Chords (Season 2 and 3 Ending artist)
*Ryohei (Season 2 and 3 Ending artist)
*MIYAVI (Season 3 Opening artist)
*Ryota Takeuchi (Jack) (VOICE OVER ONLY)
*Kenjiro Tsuda (Agent Adad) (VOICE OVER ONLY)
===Ultraman Day 2023===
While not directly connected to the Connection Live events, a special event was held on the TokuSHOUTsu livestream, where several fight scenes from previous Connection Live battle shows were recapped, as well as featuring a rundown of the last year of Ultra Series content, set withing a story of host Mark Dent being trapped in a Sevenger Spark Doll form in an alternate dimension and needing to escape.
Held on July 10th 2023.
===Ultraman Blazar Watch Party===
In celebration of Ultraman Blazar's recent premiere, the primary cast of the show watched along with the audience episodes 1 and 2 of the series, answering questions about the episodes and highlighting key moments, along with giving some hints as to the future of the show.
Held on July 14th 2023. An archive of the event was added to the site on July 21th 2023.https://news.ultramanconnection.com/ultraman-connection-watch-party-ultraman-blazar-ft-skard-now-on-uc-com/
:;Guest Panel
*Tomoya Warabino (Gento Hiruma)
*Himena Tsukimiya (Emi Aobe)
*Hayate Kajihara (Yasunobu Bando)
*Konomi Naito (Anri Minami)
*Yuki Ito (Teruaki Nagura)
==Ultraman Connection Talk==
A subsidiary of the main Ultraman Connection Live feature, Ultraman Connection Talk is a segment that consists of Sean and various guests discussing in an informal manner various topics and answering questions. So far only one instance of this segment has aired, that being immediately following the end of the 2 Million Subscriber Special Connection Live broadcast, in which the same panel answered some more questions for another thirty minutes. An archive of the segment was added to TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION on August 1st 2022.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6432https://imagination.m-78.jp/contents/d2ViL05ld3NfMDA0MDY%3D
On May 18th 2022, a new sub-series of this segment was introduced, entitled Game Challenge. In this pre-recorded video, Sean, alongside Kohshu Hirano and Raiga Terasaka, were presenting and trying to complete the the forthcoming browser game, Mission Narak Tower. Before they played, Absolute Tartarus appeared to warn them to not interfere with the tower in the game. After the demo, Tartarus appeared again, taunting the three for not being able to complete the game. As Sean grew more impatient, Tartarus went to attack him, but was stopped just in time by the arrival of Ultraman Z and Ultraman Trigger, who fought the Absolutian to a standstill before he challenged the viewers to try and take down one of their towers before leaving.
==Gallery==
===Ultraman Connection Live===
UCL1_sevenger.jpeg|Sevenger Fight
UCL2_day.jpg|Ultraman Day
UCL3_ytshf.jpeg|ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL YouTube Special Featuring S.H.Figuarts
UCL4_dynagaia.jpeg|Dyna & Gaia
UCL5_holiday.jpeg|Holiday Special
UCL5_holidayalt.jpeg|Holiday Special (alternate poster)
UCLYT2MSUBS_poster.jpg|ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL YouTube 2 Million Subscribers Celebration
Ultraman Connection Live Max Special.jpg|1st Anniversary: Ultraman Max Special
Ultraman Connection Live Ultraman Day 2022.jpg|Ultraman Day 2022
Ultraman Connection Tamashii Nations Special Streaming.jpg|Tamashii Nations Special Streaming
===Videos===
Ultraman Connection Live- Sevenger Fight - June 3 On-Time Live Event! - Official English Subtitles
Alien Baltan's Challenging Message - Ultraman Connection Live- Ultraman Day on July 10 Live Event
『ウルトラギャラクシーファイト 運命の衝突』坂本浩一監督、其原有沙さんによるトークセッション ダイジェスト!〈MC-ショーン・ニコルスさん〉
Ultraman Connection Live Holiday Special
Ultraman Connection Live Holiday Special Featuring Ian Boggs
Join Ultra Membership! Meet at UCL Presents- ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL YouTube 2M Subscribers Celebration
ULTRAMAN TRIGGER Memorial Live Stage トリガーメモリアルステージ【ch登録者200万人突破記念生配信①- 2M Subscribers Celebration 1】
ULTRAMAN TRIGGER Memorial Talk ウルトラマントリガー メモリアルトーク【ch登録者200万人突破記念生配信②- 2M Subscribers Celebration 2】
New Generation Heroes Talk ウルトラマン ニュージェネレーショントーク【ch登録者200万人突破記念生配信③- 2M Subscribers Celebration 3】
New Generation Heroes Live Stage ニュージェネライブステージ【ch登録者200万人突破記念生配信④- 2M Subscribers Celebration 4】
-June 18, 10am JST - THE LEGEND RETURNS- Ultraman Connection Live 1st Anniversary- Ultraman Max SP
===Miscellaneous===
UltramanConnection.png|Original logo
Ultraman Connection Watch Party Logo.png|Original Watch Party logo
Ultraman Connection Alt Logo.png|Old alternate logo
Ultraman Connection Logo 2022 No Text.png
Ultraman Connection Live Logo 2022.png
Ultraman Connection Watch Party Logo 2022.png
Ultraman Connection Talk Logo 2022.png
==Trivia==
*Some of the stage show segments used footage of Kengo Manaka saying his transformation announcements in English.
*The official Ultraman Connection Discord server has run a April Fools' day joke each year:
**In 2022, the server was renamed to "Gridman Connection".
**In 2023, the server was renamed to "Mirrorman Connection", and the server's chat moderation bot was renamed from Pigmon to Jumborg Ace.
**In 2024, the server was taken over by the Absolutians, with users subjected to corrective measures if they did not follow the management's new "rules" which forced users to say nice things about the Absolutians and banned all discussion about the Ultras. Pigmon was also renamed to Absolute Titan.
==External Links==
*Ultraman Connection
*Official Twitter account
==References==
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