History Trivia / UltramanAce

** Many, many, many chojus from the developmental stages looked strikingly different than those depicted in the final product, as seen in the [[https://chernobog13.tumblr.com/tagged/Choju behind-the-scenes sketches from Tsuburaya's concept artbook]]. Notably Gasegon would have larger and puffier cheeks, Coakes had a single green visor-like Cyclopean eye, Bad Balloon's snout would've been ''much'' longer than the version in the show (imagine an elepgant's trunk), Fubugirara would've fought Ace using a tree as an ImprovisedWeapon, Garan and Alien Fire are skinnier compared to their onscreen versions, and most jarring of all, one of the chojus appearing in the artbook - a kappa-like monster - never made it into the show proper. (Although it can be assumed that the kappa monster was ultimately replaced by Dreamgillas, due to Tsuburaya recycling the Red Jack suit and the battle being in a lake arena, a setting usually associated with kappa.)

** Many, many, many chojus from the developmental stages looked strikingly different than those depicted in the final product, as seen in the [[https://chernobog13.tumblr.com/tagged/Choju behind-the-scenes sketches from Tsuburaya's concept artbook]]. Notably Gasegon would have larger and puffier cheeks, Coakes would have a single green visor-like Cyclopean eye, Fubugirara would've fought Ace using a tree as an ImprovisedWeapon, Garan and Alien Fire would be skinnier compared to their onscreen versions, and most jarring of all, one of the chojus appearing in the artbook - a kappa-like monster - never made it into the show proper. (Although it can be assumed that the kappa monster was ultimately replaced by Dreamgillas, due to Tsuburaya recycling the Red Jack suit and the battle being in a lake arena, a setting usually associated with kappa.)

** Many, many, many chojus from the developmental stages looked strikingly different than those depicted in the final product, as seen in the [[https://chernobog13.tumblr.com/tagged/Choju behind-the-scenes sketches from Tsuburaya's concept artbook]]. Notably Gasegon would have larger and puffier cheeks, Coakes would have a single green visor-like Cyclopean eye, Garan and Alien Fire would be skinnier compared to their onscreen versions, and most jarring of all, one of the chojus appearing in the artbook - a kappa-like monster - never made it into the show proper. (Although it can be assumed that the kappa monster was ultimately replaced by Dreamgillas, due to Tsuburaya recycling the Red Jack suit.)

** The Mt. Fuji backdrop seen during Ultraman Ace's battle with Vakishim in Episode 3 is the same one used in the climactic battle at the end of ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' between King Ghidorah and all the other Toho kaiju.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Future [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Yellow Goranger,]] Baku Hatakeyama, has small role in Episode 2.
** Saburo Shinoda, who plays the human host of [[Series/UltramanTaro the next series]], guest stars in Episode 20.
* SocietyMarchesOn: Part of the reason Minami was written out of the show was that '70s audiences couldn't handle a woman being an Ultra host for a male Ultra. This finally changed by the late '90s with [[Series/UltramanCosmos Ultraman Justice]], but Minami holds the distinction of being the first host who is the opposite gender to her respective Ultra.

** The show was originally going to bring all of tsuburaya Productions heroes into one universe by having all of them work for the Galactic Federation but this idea was abandoned.

** The show was originally going to bring all of tsuburaya Productions heroes into one universe by having all of them work for Galactic Federation but this idea was abandoned.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason for the changes halfway through the series. The Toku genre was aiming more towards kids since anime started taking viewership of the older audiences as such it was demanded to make the series more marketable. The show started to be geared to a younger audience and stuff like Minami being co-host to Ace where written out.

** Kateigaigan and Daidarahoshi both used the gibbering noises of [[Series/UltraSeven Alien Chibu]].

* PropRecycling: Muruchi's brief reappearance in the Alien Metron-Doragory two-parter used the suit from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', which is rather obvious from the decayed quality of the suit. In fact, the reason why the producers decided to have Doragory tear Muruchi into pieces was to dispose the badly damaged costume.

** Kateigagan and Daidarahoshi both used the gibbering noises of [[Series/UltraSeven Alien Chibu]].

* PropRecycling: Muruchi's brief reappearance in the Alien Metron-Doragory two-parter used the suit from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', which is rather obvious from the decayed quality of the suit. In fact, the reason why the producers decided to have Doragory tears Muruchi into pieces was to dispose the badly damaged costume.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Part of the reason Minami was written out of the show was that '70s audiences couldn't handle a woman being an Ultra host for a male Ultra: this finally changed by the late '90s. Minami holds the distinction of being the first host who is the opposite gender to her respective Ultra. When Ultraman Justice was introduced in 2003, His host was also female.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ace was originally designed rather androgynously, with feminine features on the facial area and longer "hair" parts, with a gladiator breastplate on the upper torso. However this design was abandoned. However, a more angelic version of Ace features in Ultraman: Another Genesis, and actually stars as a Goddess.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Among the familiar faces that show up are [[Series/UltramanTaro Koutaro]], [[Series/UltramanLeo Gen's girlfriend Momoko]], and [[AndZoidberg Bunyo]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/TesshoGenda as Yapool, Creator/GoroNaya (and sometimes Keiji Takamine) as Ace, [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Shin Kishida]] as the Narrator.
-->Takamine is now the official voice of Ace.
** Tetsurou Sagawa, who played TAC Commander Ryuu, was the narrator for both ''Series/UltramanTaro'' and ''Series/UltramanLeo''.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Part of the reason Minami was written out of the show was that '70s audiences couldn't handle a woman being an Ultra host: this finally changed by the late '90s.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ace was originally designed rather androgynously, with feminine features on the facial area and longer "hair" parts, with a gladiator breastplate on the upper torso. However this design was abandoned.

** Takamine is now the official voice of Ace.

* HeyItsThatVoice: TesshoGenda as Yapool, Creator/GoroNaya (and sometimes Keiji Takamine) as Ace, [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Shin Kishida]] as the Narrator.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Tessho Genda as Yapool, Goro Naya (and sometimes Keiji Takamine) as Ace, [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Shin Kishida]] as the Narrator.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Among the familiar faces that show up are [[UltramanTaro Koutaro]], [[UltramanLeo Gen's girlfriend Momoko]], and [[AndZoidberg Bunyo]].