Ultraman THE NEXT

is a manga adapation of ULTRAMAN that was written and illustrated by Takahiro Sawaki. Its eight chapters released monthly through Kadokawa Shoten's Tokusatsu Ace magazines. Volume 1, containing the first five chapters, was released on April 30, 2005,https://m-78.jp/news/n-102 but no subsequent volumes would be released until a complete tankōbon by Wedge Holdings on October 13, 2008.Ultraman THE NEXT tankōbon volume pg 305
The manga has various differences with the film, such as expanding on Sara Mizuhara and Takafumi Udo's characters, and not including any mention of Hoshikawa Air Service.
==Synopsis==
Former Self-Defense Forces officer Shunichi Maki, who is married, encounters a red orb on his final flight and gains the ability to transform into Ultraman. In order to protect people from the monster called "Beast the One", an intense battle unfolds in Shinjuku.
==Characters==
===Dunamist===
*Shunichi Maki 
===BCST===
*Sara Mizuhara 
*Sogabe
===Others===
*Yoko Maki
*Tsugumu Maki 
*Takeshi Kurashima 
*Takafumi Udo
*Jun Himeya
===Ultras===
*Ultraman the Next
**Anphans
**Junis
===Space Beast===
*Beast the One 
==Gallery==
Ultraman The Next manga 04.png|Volume 1 cover
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==Trivia==
*This manga was releasing at the same time and in the same magazine as Ultraman THE FIRST, but the two are unrelated, despite their similar names.
*In the last chapter, silhouettes of Dark Faust, Dark Mephisto and Dark Zagi are seen as Beast the One is defeated, and the manga concludes with a description of the events that lead into Ultraman Nexus, as Jun Himeya walks away from the crowd with a silhouette of the titular Ultra behind him. 
*The tankōbon includes art by other manga artists celebrating its release, those being Ryoichi Koga, Oyster, Tokyo Robin and Zenichi Hirayama. Hirayama drew a silhouetted Dark Zagi.
==References==
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