ULTRA Q Getting US Release from Shout! Factory!

I saw this over at the blog of the legendary August Ragone‘s blog. ULTRA Q the FIRST Ultra Series, that was soon followed by Ultraman, is getting a release over here in the US on DVD courtesy of Shout! Factory August 13th. This 28 episode TV Series was created by the world renowned Eiji Tsuburya and is about a scientist and his extraordinary companions that battle supernatural unbalances, X-Files style, with their wits instead of military force. This is one of the places to lay down our vote on if we want more tokustasu brought over here to the US and is quite the fantastic piece of historical and highly collectible fiction, so swing over to Shout! Factory to lay down a pre-order. I’ll run August’s description of the show that he’s provided for the DVD packaging along with more information you’ll find in the DVD set. Click on and step in to the world of Ultra Q:

“For the next 30 minutes, your eyes will leave your body and arrive in this strange moment in time…” In the world of ULTRA Q, the very fabric of nature is warped into a state of unbalance, and all manner of strange phenomenon and unearthly creatures threaten the very future of mankind! On the scene are a world-renowned scientist and his young friends — a female photojournalist, an aviator, and his co-pilot — who investigate these supernatural menaces. When sheer military might is futile, the intrepid team comes to the rescue, armed solely with their ingenuity and scientific prowess, to quell these malevolent forces and restore the balance of nature.

The precursor to ULTRAMAN, ULTRA Q is a seminal science-fantasy television series in the monstrous mold of THE OUTER LIMITS and THE X FILES. As deeply ingrained in Japan’s pop culture as THE TWILIGHT ZONE is in America’s, ULTRA Q is available for the first time ever in its entirety on DVD! Eiji Tsuburaya, the visual effects wizard behind GODZILLA, RODAN, and MOTHRA, creates a spectacular cavalcade of bizarre beasts and mass mayhem in each and every episode of this wildly popular series. Never before broadcast in North America, ULTRA Q stars Kenji Sahara (RODAN), Hiroko Sakurai (ULTRAMAN) and Yasuhiko Saijo (SON OF GODZILLA).”

……..okay, I gotta say this looks pretty freaking cool. 😀