Line #6 Trivia/UltramanMebius


1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** Shunji Igarashi also plays [[spoiler:the inspiration for Ultraman Mebius' human form]], Hiroto Ban, in Episode 22.
3	** Creator/KeiichiNanba voices Ultraman Hikari and Kodaigon as well.
4	* CreatorBacklash: Both Susumu Kurobe (Hayata) and Kohji Moritsugu (Dan) admitted that not being able to bring Saburo Shinoda back into his role as Kotaro was a huge disappointment.
5	* DevelopmentGag:
6	** Mebius's design was partially inspired by some unused concept arts for Ultraseven. Mebius Infinity's design also incorporates elements from multiple rejected designs for ''Series/UltramanNexus''.
7	** Aspects of Hikari's design, particularly his distinctively-shaped ears, were taken from Dark Lucifer, the scrapped final boss of ''Series/UltramanNexus''; this makes him the first heroic Ultra designed after an evil Ultra, albeit one that never made it onscreen.
8	** Captain Sakomizu's name is derived from the original name given to Shin Hayata in early drafts of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
9	* GodNeverSaidThat: A common misconception about the Alien Mefilas in this series is that he's the original one from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. This actually stems from an AprilFools promotion done by Creator/TsuburayaProductions, but is not helped by him having the same voice actor, Ultraman implying that he's clashed with this specific Mefilas in the past and the fact that the original one's fate remains unknown to this day.
10	* HeyItsThatSound: Dinozaur's screech was recycled from [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gigan]]'s roar.
11	* MilestoneCelebration: For the 40th anniversary of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', hence the return to the original Showa universe after 25 years of alternate ones. Not to mention dozens of MythologyGags, bringing back the original actors of many characters, and a boatload of monsters from earlier series.
12	* TheOtherDarrin: After Shunji Igarashi retired from acting in 2013, subsequent appearances of Mebius (games and live action) were either made with [[FakeShemp Shunji's stock grunts]] or voiced by Creator/JunFukuyama (in the [[Series/UltramanGinga Ginga S Movie]], [[TakeTheThirdOption a combination of both]]).
13	* TheOtherMarty: [[https://www.nihonhero.com/post/masaki-nishina-reveals-ryu-aihara-had-a-different-actor-ultraman-mebius-went-through-reshoots As mentioned by Masaki Nishina himself]], Ryu was played by a different actor before he joined as a replacement. There were about 2 to 3 months worth of footage of the original actor before he suddenly dropped out.
14	* PromotedFanboy: Shunji Igarashi watched ''Series/UltramanTiga'' in his childhood and was excited to meet Daigo's actor (Hiroshi Nagano) in ''Film/SuperiorUltraman8Brothers''.
15	* PropRecycling:
16	** Zetton, Red King, and Gomora's appearances in this series were used with the suits from their reappearances in ''Series/UltramanMax''.
17	** ''Series/UltramanNexus'' kaiju Pedoleon and Golgolem were transformed into Chronorm and Gromite respectively. Additionally, Gromite's head was created from [[Series/UltramanMax Grangon's.]]
18	** In a fashion, Dinozaur and Bogal were both adapted from early designs for [[Film/Godzilla2000 Orga]].
19	** Alien Angel Tori was created from [[Series/UltramanCosmos Gruanfan's suit]].
20	* RealitySubtext:
21	** The focus of producing a MilestoneCelebration revisiting the original Showa timeline came about as a result of Tsuburaya Productions' financial woes at the time, with the studio becoming convinced that they would be going bankrupt and shutting down soon. Thus, convinced the Ultra Series' end was nigh, they decided to try and go out with a bang through a massive celebration of Ultraman's 40-year history.
22	** Many elements of the ''Series/UltramanEighty'' tribute episode "Teacher's Memories" were derived from the disappointment and regret Tsuburaya Productions and Takeshi Yamato's actor Hasunori Hasegawa had with doing away the show's initial school-focused angle. When Hasegawa was invited to reprise Yamato, series producer Noriaki Yuasa issued him an apology for the decision and ultimately convinced him to return when he revealed that they had also brought back the now-adult actors for Takeshi's students to reprise their characters. Working with the child actors had been Hasegawa's fondest memories from the show, and consequently, the emotions from the reunion seen in the episode were 100% genuine.
23	* RecycledSet: The tropical island in which Ultraman 80 and Mebius fight Roberuga II in episode 41 seems to be the same one in which Red King, Pigmon, Salamadon and Paragler first appeared back in ''Series/UltramanMax''.
24	* RoleReprise: ''Lots.''
25	** Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Jiro Dan, Keiji Takamine, Ryu Manatsu, and Hatsunori Hasegawa replay Shin Hayata, Dan Moroboshi, Hideki Goh, Seiji Hokuto, Gen Ohtori, and Takeshi Yamato again.
26	** Creator/SeizoKato returns to voice Alien Mefilas, while Creator/TakeshiAono reprises Alien Zarab in TheMovie -- both for the first time in ''forty'' years.
27	** Motomu Kiyokawa returns as the voice of Alien Babalou in Episode 35, as well as Ultraman King in the ''Ultraman Hikari Saga'' and ''Armour of Darkness'' Gaidens.
28	** Mitsuko Hoshi returns as Yuko Minami in "Ace's Wish".
29	** Supreme Chairman Takenaka was a role that Kenji Sahara had originally played in ''Series/UltraSeven''.
30	** The students of Sakuragaoka Middle School return all grown up in "Teacher's Memories".
31	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
32	** Toriyama was going to be an ObstructiveBureaucrat much like [[Series/UltramanCosmos Naval Officer Saijo]], but was rewritten to be more sympathetic and comedic after Kenichi Ishii was cast to fit the actor's image.
33	** Kotaro Higashi was supposed to return in Episodes 29 and 30 (as well as TheMovie), but Saburo Shinoda was too busy at the time, hence why Series/UltramanTaro is the only one of the classic Ultra heroes never seen in his human form in ''Ultraman Mebius''.
34	** In episode 16, "A Swordsman from Space", Zamusha's original opponent was going to be [[Series/UltramanTaro Alien Terrorist]], but he was ultimately removed due to his controversial name, and his role was given to [[Series/UltramanLeo Alien Magma]] instead.
35	** Another Dinozaur would have been the MonsterOfTheWeek for the second episode, but was scrapped and replaced by [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Gudon]].
36	** [[Series/UltramanAce King Kappa]] was briefly considered as one of the returning monsters in the show, according to scriptwriter Keiichi Hasegawa. Somehow this did not come to pass for reasons unknown.
37	** The villainous league of aliens known as "Four Heavenly Kings" was originally envisioned to be made of entirely new characters. There are plans to include two original alien villains, including a [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone female alien villainess]] and an alien who bafflingly speaks with [[EvilBrit an English accent]]. The latter two are replaced by Alien Mefilas and Yapool.
38	** Teppei, Konomi, George and Marina were originally going to respectively fuse with Ultraman, Ultraseven, Ultraman Jack and Ultraman Ace in the final battle, but it was scrapped in favour of them fusing with Mebius to gain his Phoenix Brave form. Remnants of this idea can be seen in MythologyGags such as Konomi putting on her glasses like the Ultra Eye, as well as the GUYS members' focus episodes in the final arc having the Ultra Brother they were going to fuse with play an important role.
39	* YouLookFamiliar:
40	** Yapool's human form is played by Koji Shimizu, who in a borderline CastingGag plays Kuri the MadArtist (and the sole human servant of Yapool back then) in ''Series/UltramanAce'', 34 years earlier.
41	** Asami Fujisawa is played by Kei Ishibashi, who previously played Nurse Mayumi in ''Series/UltramanTiga'' and Kei Tadano in ''Series/UltramanGaia''.
42	** Creator/DaisukeGori first did the voice of Alien Temperor in the movie, then Deathrem in the final arc of Mebius. Its not a huge stretch to identify the similarities of his characters' voices.

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