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| The Earth is invaded by the Yapool,
another in a never-ending series of aliens out to conquer Earth and, quite probably, the
rest of the universe. All the Ultra-heroes to date are called out to fight the invaders,
including the newest hero, Ultraman Ace, who covers Earth. As seems to be the habit,
monsters are already invading Earth, and have killed people in the process. In this case,
two people, Seiji Hokuto and Yuko Minami, are chosen to be the humans who house Ultraman
Ace. Each is given an Ultra Ring; when the two rings touch, Hokuto and Minami (which mean
"North" and "South" in Japanese) become Ultraman Ace. Also typical,
the two join yet another defense organization, the TAC (Terrible-monster Attacking Crew).
One atypical fact here is that Minami was a woman, and Hokuto a man! Around the middle of
the series, we find that Minami has another unique characteristic: she is a member of a
race birthed on our moon! (She returns to her people shortly after we find this out.) Ultraman Ace's main power is the Metallium Beam, a fairly typical (if you're an Ultraman) energy beam fired from the arm. At one point, harnessing the energies of the other Ultra-heroes, Ace forms the Space Q, a great ball of energy that can destroy even the nastiest Yapool. At one point, Zoffy loans Ace the Ultra Cuff, which recharges his ColorTimer, allowing him to defeat his foe. Ultraman Ace was the first episode to regularly (i.e. not just once or twice) feature the other Ultra-heroes. In one episode, "The Five Ultra Brothers Executed" (the Ultramen were considered to be "brothers," obviously), all but Ace were trapped by the Yapool alien Ace Killer, and crucified. Of course, the Ultramen won. Ultraman Ace also introduced a new Ultra-hero, the supreme ruler of the "Land of Light" in Nebula M78, Ultra Father (also called "Father of Ultra"). The Ultra-family finally defeat the Yapool, and send them packing to their home dimension. |
1998 Edward
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