Friday August 26 2005 EVENING SHOW:

7:00 pm

ULTRAMAN MAX (Episode 1) : The newest Ultraman series! A new Ultraman, with a familiar look! Team DASH battles some of the Ultra series' most famous monsters (including Baltan, Red King, Eleking and more) with the help of Ultraman Max! (Japanese with English subtitles)

7:55 pm

Hiroshi Maruyama Interview

8:10 pm

ULTRAMAN: THE NEXT (SF Bay Area Premiere!): ULTRAMAN: THE NEXT is the story of Maki, a pilot with the Japan Self Defense Forces, who has decided to give up his love for flying high powered jets in order to devote more time to his young son who is hospitalized with a threatening illness.
A strange UFO is sighted on a direct course for Tokyo. Maki's orders are to identify the object or destroy it. As his jet nears the UFO, Maki blacks out and the two collide. Incredibly, Maki survives unhurt but with no memory of the crash.
At the same time, a soldier experiences the very same thing out at sea. But after the crash, his body begins mutating into a huge, powerful monster. The creature breaks loose and goes on a rampage.
The two mutated survivors must square off against each other. A horrible reptilian creature vs. Maki, the newest incarnation of Ultraman! Will Maki prevail or will the reptilian beast destroy him and the human race? And even if Maki does win, can he retain his humanity and avoid ending up mutating into a dangerous monster just like The One? (Japanese with English subtitles)

10:00 pm

Shinichi Wakasa Interview

10:15 pm

SPECIAL SURPRISE TSUBURAYA CLASSIC!: Join us for the first of FOUR classic episodes taken from the vaults of Tsuburaya Productions! Which series will be featured and will they even be Ultraman? You have to be here to find out! (Japanese with English subtitles)

1:00 pm

ULTRAMAN ZEARTH : All over the world gold mysteriously vanishes without a trace. M.Y.D.O. (the Mysterious Yonder Defense Organization) is called in to investigate. With their secret base, disguised as an ordinary gasoline station, and their super aircraft, the Skyfish, the team sets out to discover who is stealing the Earth's gold.
The monster Cottenpoppe sucks up gold supplies and converts them to energy, which is then transferred to his master, Alien Benzen feeding his great power. A power he will use to take over the Earth!
MYDO trainee Katsuto Asahi changes into Ultraman Zearth with the use of an electric toothbrush, working with MYDO to save the world from the impending alien takeover! However, Katsuto and Zearth have an overpowering fear of dirt and grime.
Can the Alien Benzen exploit this fear to defeat our hero and enslave the human race? Or, can Ultraman Zearth overcome his phobias to save us all? (Dubbed in English)

2:25 pm

SPECIAL SURPRISE TSUBURAYA CLASSIC! : A second episode from the vaults of Tsuburaya Productions! (Japanese with English subtitles)

3:15 pm

ULTRAMAN TIGA: FINAL ODYSSEY : At the end of the ULTRAMAN TIGA series (available on DVD from Funimation), Tiga battles a titanic octopoid monster Gatanozoigar. After defeating the gigantic sea creature, our hero Daigo finds he's lost the power to transform into Ultraman Tiga.
Two years later, a team researching mysterious ruins on a South Seas island uncovers a trio of enormous supervillains, Hyudora, Dahram and the golden goddess Kamiila. When Daigo investigates, he discovers an ancient secret that links him to the supervillains, and transforms him into the sinister "Ultraman Tiga Dark."
Can Ultraman Tiga possibly defeat three supervillians of his own race, with powers as great as his? Find out in one of the most amazing Ultraman films to date! (Japanese with English subtitles)

7:15 pm

ULTRAMAN STUNT SHOW (Live on Stage!) : With the Castro Theatre audience in peril, threatened by one of Ultraman's greatest foes, can Ultraman appear in time to save us all? Or will the festival end right here?

7:30 pm

SPECIAL SURPRISE TSUBURAYA CLASSIC! : The third episode from the vaults of Tsuburaya Productions! (Japanese with English subtitles)

8:20 pm

ULTRAMAN: THE NEXT : Encore presentation of our featured movie, which takes the Ultraman saga and presents it for today's audience, with state of the art effects and a serious, science fiction tale that will keep you enthralled through all the monster-fighting action! (Japanese with English subtitles)

10:15 pm

SPECIAL SURPRISE TSUBURAYA CLASSIC! : The forth and final episode from the Tsuburaya vaults! (Japanese with English subtitles)