# All rise for the Ultra Seven anthem!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-rise-for-the-ultra-seven-anthem/387480
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 11, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-rise-for-the-ultra-seven-anthem/387480 "2007-01-11T00:37:48Z")
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### Author: ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-rise-for-the-ultra-seven-anthem/387480/1 "2007-01-11T00:37:48Z")

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![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/08UQejS4TwQ/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/08UQejS4TwQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

Sebun, Sebun, Sebun, Sebun  
Sebun! Sebun! Sebun!  
Sebun! Sebun! Sebun!  
Haruka na hoshi ga furusato da  
Urutora Sebun, faitaa Sebun  
Urutora Sebun, Sebun, Sebun  
Susume, ginga no hate made mo

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Seven, Seven, Seven, Seven  
Seven! Seven! Seven!  
Seven! Seven! Seven!  
A faraway planet is your home  
Ultra Seven, fighter Seven  
Ultra Seven, Seven, Seven  
Forward, to the end of the Milky Way

After I found some old MST3K clips of Gamera in You Tube I decided to look for some old serials I barely remember seeing when I was little (serials from the US and Japan came to Central America with a 5-10 year difference) big mistake! Now I can not get that song out of my head! So I needed to share the misery. 😉

Regarding Ultra Seven, Ultra Man etc, I think the reason why they were popular with kids was the idea of mega sizing pro wrestlers and give them 1920’s style death rays. Those shows were the ultimate in camp style.

Trivia: Ultraman and Ultra seven’s creator was Eiji Tsuburaya from Tsuburaya Productions, a special effects man who was responsible for bringing Godzilla to life in 1954.

> **[Ultraseven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Seven)**
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> Ultraseven (ウルトラセブン, Urutora Sebun) is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction television series created by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the second entry (third overall) in the Ultra Series and was produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 1, 1967 to September 8, 1968. In the not-too-distant future, Earth finds itself constantly under attack from extraterrestrial threats. To combat them, the Terrestrial Defense Force establishes the Ultra Garrison, a team...

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> Unlike most other Ultramen, Ultraseven does not demonstrate any of the time constraints that plague most of the other heroes of the Ultra Series. On occasion however, the blue/green gem on his forehead would begin blinking in a similar fashion to the Colour Timer that the other Ultras had.
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> In an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast where Joel Hodgson was the guest, Space Ghost played scenes from Ultra Seven and tried to get Joel to help him “MST” them.

2007 is Ultra Seven’s 40th anniversary.

And now the MST3K style pot shots from dopers or memories..

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### Author: ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-rise-for-the-ultra-seven-anthem/387480/2 "2007-01-11T00:43:42Z")

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I fucking LOVED _Ultraman_. They showed it on the St. Louis (I think) UHF station in the early 70’s after Speed Racer. We always watched Ultraman then ran outside & played Ultraman during the news. After they reached the end of the Ultraman series they showed _Johnny Sokko’s Flying Robot_ in the same time slot.

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#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-rise-for-the-ultra-seven-anthem/387480/3 "2007-01-11T19:11:22Z")

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I love the Ultraman Theme Song:

Here he comes from a million miles away,  
from a distant… planet… man,  
comes the hero of our land!

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### Author: ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-rise-for-the-ultra-seven-anthem/387480/4 "2007-01-11T23:06:15Z")

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[QUOTE=BMax]  
I fucking LOVED _Ultraman_. They showed it on the St. Louis (I think) UHF station in the early 70’s after Speed Racer. We always watched Ultraman then ran outside & played Ultraman during the news. After they reached the end of the Ultraman series they showed _Johnny Sokko’s Flying Robot_ in the same time slot.  
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Oh yes, Channel 30! How could I forget? I went to High School with Corky the Clown’s son. (No joke!)

I’m still a big Ultraman fan today. The last two series in Japan (Ultraman Max, which aired in 2005, and Ultraman Mebius, which started in 2006 and is currently airing) have both been a nostalgia treat for those who loved the original and first few earlier series, with tons of guest stars, references, etc. I 've caught up with both Max and Mebius via the internet and they’re both great fun.

I still remember the time my brother wanted to play Ultraman and made his very own beta capsule out of my mother’s personal feminine hygeine items and some duct tape. She just about died when she looked out the kitchen window and saw him running around with it raised in the air…
