Why yes, it is a Japanese title. An Ultraman title to be exact.
Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie is a 2009 collaboration between Tsuburaya Productions and the Japanese branch of Warner Brothers. It was the third highest Ultraman movie in theaters according to the Ultra Fandom wiki. The English dub was recently released on YouTube, but for some reason in two parts. This goes along with the Godzilla channel splitting the Hanna-Barbera Godzilla episodes in three parts, which also confuses me. What odd deal does Japan have with Warner Brother owned properties, and how much of it will still be available when Skydance is done with their absorption?
Anyway, the story finds the evil Ultraman Belial, future father of Geed, seeking the Plasma Spark, source of Ultraman power. It will take Ultraseven, Mebius, and Dyna to stop him alongside Rei (no, definitely not her) and The ZAP SPACY crew from Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (which is no longer on YouTube, so you may want to watch this quick), and a new young Ultra we know today: Ultraman Zero. Can they stop Belial and save M78 and the Land Of Light?
The version that may still be up when you watch this is the second English dub, produced by Okratron 5000 in 2024. If you’ve caught the Ultra Galaxy Fight series you’ll notice that Zero sounds like the Dragon Ball franchise’s adult Goku. Nothing against Sean Schemmel. He’s a good VA. I just think his previous voice was better and did a better job showcasing Zero’s ego and compassion. Schemmel has also played Zero in Ultraman Teo, the current series as of this writing, at least in Ultra form, and it was kind of off-putting hearing his new voice. Also, apologies to the sub only folks as they don’t currently have a subbed Japanese version on their Japanese channel. As noted earlier, this is in two parts for some reason, but both videos are here. I would have just used the playlist but they’re in the wrong order.
So enjoy while you can, folks. Hopefully it’s still up.
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Praising Physical Media Doesn’t Mean Trashing Digital Media
Between here and my other website, The Clutter Reports, I’m a staunch defender of physical media. It can’t be altered once you get it, unless you alter it. The physical disk doesn’t disappear because the company that released it wants you to buy the new version, which is why they hate it because they want to keep getting money rather than get it once. There’s also that tactile sensation of holding a book or a comic, of putting in the disk, cassette, or cartridge and knowing it will start up relatively fast compared to a download, and there’s no ads except what’s snuck into the background, which at least makes it feel more like real life. (Admittedly difficult to promote Starbucks that way in a fantasy setting or an alien planet. Though you can have an alien NAMED Starbuck.) If I have a choice, I’d rather own it than stream it.
However, there are advantages to digital media as well, and it seems that gets forgotten in the worries over kids always being on their smart devices or computers all day. Don’t get me wrong, they should get out and enjoy the world we live in if possible. If you live in a bad neighborhood or the weather’s bad, it isn’t possible. The 2020 lockdowns did teach us to keep our distance, and that allowed the control freaks using activism to keep us separated as a people to get us out of social connections in person rather than social media or an MMO, either using a screen or a VR headset. We totally need to get people out of the house and into the real world…but a book nook isn’t getting out into the real world, either. And I do love me some books.
When I first started writing this article, it was the idea that books were better than the internet, as if somehow ebooks, news sites, and the aforementioned social media isn’t reading. I couldn’t go far with that alone, but if we go over all the dumb arguments against digital media when it’s not the enemy, I have something to do commentary stuff on. So let’s do that.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on October 1, 2026 in Book Spotlight, Comic Spotlight, Internet Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Music Spotlight, radio/audio drama, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight, Video Game Spotlight and tagged commentary, digital media, physical media.
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