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7/23/2025, 10:38:58 PM
Takesue interview from Figure-Oh
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9825774472
——Please start with the story of how the project came about.
>Takesue: We really started from scratch. Tsuburaya gave us a project proposal. It said things like "A story about Ultraman and humans teaming up" and "He'll use capsule monsters."
——So did the main points of the proposal remain?
>Takesue: The concept was retained, but the world view and setting are completely different. To give you a simple example, the proposal also said "The user of the capsule monster is Ultraman."
——So, was it originally envisioned as a relationship between (UltraSeven) Moroboshi and the capsule monsters?
>Takesue: Yes. We gradually sorted out these parts and finally integrated them into what we have now. While retaining the main points of the proposal, what we wanted to do this time was to explore the question of "Why does Ultraman protect the Earth?" Many years have passed since I became the second assistant director of Cosmos, but this question has always been on my mind. It's not that there have been works that have explored this question, but I always feel that the answer is specious, isn't it? So this time I want to dig deeper into it myself. For example, when Ultraman possesses a human, it is understandable that the possessed person (host) protects the Earth because it is his home planet. But why would Ultraman himself help humans? This is hard to imagine. On the other hand, the same is true when Ultraman and the host are one. Seven is on Earth in the form of Moroboshi, but why does he risk his life to protect humans from invaders? This question has never been eliminated. Therefore, for many years, I have been thinking that one day I would try to depict a story with this theme. I know that this is a theme that has no standard answer, but I hope to convey the idea that "there is such a thought" through the work.
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https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9825774472
——Please start with the story of how the project came about.
>Takesue: We really started from scratch. Tsuburaya gave us a project proposal. It said things like "A story about Ultraman and humans teaming up" and "He'll use capsule monsters."
——So did the main points of the proposal remain?
>Takesue: The concept was retained, but the world view and setting are completely different. To give you a simple example, the proposal also said "The user of the capsule monster is Ultraman."
——So, was it originally envisioned as a relationship between (UltraSeven) Moroboshi and the capsule monsters?
>Takesue: Yes. We gradually sorted out these parts and finally integrated them into what we have now. While retaining the main points of the proposal, what we wanted to do this time was to explore the question of "Why does Ultraman protect the Earth?" Many years have passed since I became the second assistant director of Cosmos, but this question has always been on my mind. It's not that there have been works that have explored this question, but I always feel that the answer is specious, isn't it? So this time I want to dig deeper into it myself. For example, when Ultraman possesses a human, it is understandable that the possessed person (host) protects the Earth because it is his home planet. But why would Ultraman himself help humans? This is hard to imagine. On the other hand, the same is true when Ultraman and the host are one. Seven is on Earth in the form of Moroboshi, but why does he risk his life to protect humans from invaders? This question has never been eliminated. Therefore, for many years, I have been thinking that one day I would try to depict a story with this theme. I know that this is a theme that has no standard answer, but I hope to convey the idea that "there is such a thought" through the work.
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