'QUOTATION' Ultraman Series 60th Anniversary Special Issue

MATOI PUBLISHING, INC. (Location: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Shintaro Oku) will release a special issue of the culture and art magazine 'QUOTATION' for the 60th anniversary of the Ultraman series, titled 'QUOTATION' SPECIAL ISSUE 'Ultraman: The Beginning and the Present', on April 28, 2026. ■ Content edited from the unique perspective of QUOTATION, enjoyable for both long-time Ultraman fans and those for whom Ultraman is a thing of the past. - News! Eiji Tsuburaya enters the VES Hall of Fame! - Legends of Ultraman Toru Narita, Tetsuo Kinjo, Shozo Uehara, Hiroko Sakurai - Inherited Design & Modeling Noriaki Ikeya, Hiroshi Maruyama, Masayuki Goto, Fuyuki Shinada - The Interview 01: Takashi Murakami × Yuji Murakami - The Interview 02: Hirokazu Koreeda × Michihiko Yanai - The Interview 03: ULTRAMAN: RISING Director: Shannon Tindle | Co-Director: John Aoshima - The Interview 04: STARTO ENTERTAINMENT Hiroshi Nagano × Keiji Wakabayashi - Special Talk: Dean Fujioka × Michihiko Yanai (Traces of Eiji Tsuburaya 'Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture Holy Land Tour') - Special Talk: Hiroko Sakurai (Ultraman's Officer Fuji Akiko) × Michihiko Yanai - Ultraman Card Newly Drawn Works Collection - Ultraman Famous Scenes Collection 60 Years - Partial re-publication of out-of-print design artbooks and more ■ Book Information Release Date: April 28, 2026 Publisher: MATOI PUBLISHING, INC. Distributor: NIPPAN IPS Cooperation: Tsuburaya Productions Printing: DNP Publishing Products Format: 196 pages + COVER + Original Special Card Price: 2,000 JPY + tax Amazon Sales Page: https://amzn.asia/d/002Z8FVp ■ Original Card ★ Only the first-edition distribution will come with an original 'ULTRAMAN ZERO × “QUOTATION”' card, which can only be obtained here from the No. 1 popular Ultraman cards in the Chinese-speaking world!! ■ Special interview digest videos are available on the special site within QUOTATION TOKYO Takashi Murakami × Yuji Murakami | Hirokazu Koreeda × Michihiko Yanai | Dean Fujioka × Michihiko Yanai https://quotation.tokyo/ultraman/ultraman/ ■ Inquiries regarding this release sekiguchi@matoipub.co.jp ■ Notes on materials for this release When using material images, please be sure to include the following copyright. © TSUBURAYA PROD.