Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (2002)
Article 6086 by Dave Sindelar
Directed by Tsugumi Kitaura
Featuring Taiyo Sugiura, Daisuke Shima, Kaori Sakagami
Country: Japan
What it is: Ultraman sequel

Musashi discovers the existence of a deadly outer-space monster who lays entire planets to waste. When it arrives, will he be able to call on the resources of Ultraman Cosmos?

The second of the Ultraman Cosmos movies has a whole series before it; it takes place after the series has ended.  Our Musashi this time is the one from the series, and his cohorts pop in, although fairly late in the proceedings.  The mood is much more serious this time, and the final monster is one of the most destructive I’ve seen for this series; he lays waste to a fairly sizable area, but if I read what I’ve seen correctly, apparently Ultraman Cosmos can heal architecture, which should make the destruction a little less painful to those who want to rebuild.  And the movie gives us a mystery as well; who is the strange version of Ultraman who appears at the climax, and can he be trusted.  However, since the three Ultraman Cosmos movies are a trilogy of sorts, the answer should be coming in the next entry. 

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