is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

 show, being the 17th show in the Ultra Series

Ultra Series

The is the collective name for all the shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad Ultra Monsters. The Ultra Series is one of the prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan, along with Toei produced series Kamen Rider, Super...

. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions

Tsuburaya Productions

is a Japanese special effects studio founded in 1963 by special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and was run by his family, until October 2007, when the family sold the company to advertising agency TYO Inc. The studio is best known for producing the original Ultraman TV series, as well as the Ultra...

, Ultraman Neos was released direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...

 on November 22, 2000, with a total of 12 episodes. It is the second adaptation of Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya

was the Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction movies, including the Godzilla series...

's Ultraman

Ultraman

is Japanese television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, , a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q...

, with Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero

Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero

Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero is a tokusatsu series produced in the US in 1993 by Major Havoc Entertainment and Tsuburaya Productions , with a total of 13 episodes...

 the first.

Plot

In the first decade of the 21st Century on Earth

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

, the rising of the population results in low quality of life, as well the increasing number of ESP

Extra-sensory perception

Extrasensory perception involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was coined by Frederic Myers, and adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and...

 incidents and alien invasions. In the Nebula M-78, the information service of the Space Defence Force watches these phenomena and throughout the Space Security Service, a ramification of the group, send a mission to Earth, commanded by .

The general of the troop, even knowing the uncommon situation in the area, finds inadequate to take off the veteran Seven 21 of his rank and asks for support to the Yuhshi Shirei Bu (Warrior Command Group) of the Ultra War Unit. The organization selects the young warrior of the elite troop, Ultraman Neos, with Seven 21 giving him support when necessary. Zoffy

Zoffy

is a fictional alien superhero featured in the Ultra Series. He first appeared in the final episode of Ultraman , thus becoming the very second Ultra-Being from the Land of Light in the Nebula M78 to appear on Earth after Ultraman himself.-Stats:*Height: 45 meters*Weight: 45,000 tonnes*Age: 25,000...

 made a cameo

Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

 in episode 2, but Neos is not part of the original Ultra universe (in episode 1, HEART does not recognize Neos or the Ultraman concept, and the captain orders them to attack "the giant"), thus establishing that Neos is actually part of an alternative universe.

Ultraman Neos Stats

• Height: 58 meters
• Weight: 59,000 tons
• Flight Speed: Mach 30
• Running Speed: unknown
• Home Planet: The Land of Light, Nebula M78
• Human Form: Genki Kagura
• Transformation Item: Estraller
• Weapons:
  • Neo Magnium Ray
  • Ultra Multi Beam
  • Ultra Eddy Beam

Ultraseven 21 Stats

• Height: 56 meters
• Weight: 57,000 tons
• Flight Speed: Mach 26
• Running Speed: unknown
• Home Planet: The Land of Light, Nebula M78
• Human Form: 21, if the need arises, can take the form of a normal human being.
• Transformation Item: None
• Weapons:
  • Rejia Shot
  • Adorium Beam
  • 21 Eye Slugger
  • Energy Blast
  • Power Bombs: By charging energy into his fists, 21 can fire out several blasts of red energy.
  • Ultra X Eyes: 21 can emit special X-ray beams from his eyes.

HEART Members

HEART stands for Hi-tech Earth Alert and Rescue Team, also spelled HRT

• Captain Gonpachi Minato
• Hironobu Uematsu
• Genki Kagura
• Takayoshi Hino
• Hayami Nana
• Kitabayashi Ayumi
• Secretary Yoko Fujiwara

Cameo

• Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy (2009), Neos and Ultraseven 21 fight along the other M-78 Ultra Warriors against the evil Ultraman Belial.