The January 2016 issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine has revealed the latest character design for the most recent Ultraman villain. Makana Watari designed the new version of Jamila. The monster originally looked like a grey piece of bark with arms, legs, and a mouth. Makana Watari took the original design’s texture and made it a sort of bolero jacket and laced up boots with claws.
Here’s how Jamila originally looked:
Ultraman is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman is a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q, though not technically a sequel or spin-off. The show was produced by the Tsuburaya Productions, and was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) from July 17, 1966 to April 9, 1967, with a total of 39 episodes (40, counting the pre-premiere special that aired on July 10, 1966).
Although Ultraman is the first series to feature an Ultra-Crusader, it is actually the second show in the Ultra Series. Ultra Q was the first. In fact, Ultraman opens with the Ultra Q logo exploding into the Ultraman logo. Ultraman ultimately became a major pop culture phenomenon in Japan. The show’s success spawned dozens of sequels, spin-offs, imitators, parodies and remakes.
