Coming to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater Concert Hall on Nov 2 is the Ultraman Symphony Concert 2015. At this event, music from the high-culture "tokusatsu" masterpieces of "Ultraman" and related shows will be performed by a full orchestra.
It’s sure to be a luminous evening of sci-fi splendor, but to mark the occasion a single Ultra Violin, the only official Ultraman violin in existence, will be sold to one lucky buyer.
The Ultra Violin is made from spruce and maple with ebony used in the additional parts such as the tailpiece and tuning pegs. Of course the body is painted up to look like the torso of Ultraman, but you might also notice that the violin’s f-holes are shaped like the Science Special Search Party insignia.
Also if you look carefully around the tailpiece, you’ll see a silhouette of Ultraman poised to fire off a specium ray. The ray itself is represented by the strings of the violin. Nice!
Naturally an extremely limited instrument such as this would go for a high price, and the Ultraman Symphony Concert has set it at 780,000 yen in a tribute to Messier 78, the nebula which contains the Ultras’ home planet.
Tickets for the Nov 2 show are on sale now and run between 5,000 and 15,000 yen. The lucky owner of the Ultra Violin will be selected by lottery from potential buyers and given the instrument during the event.
It certainly will be an enviable piece of Ultra merchandise, but as an instrument, you’ll only be able to play it well for around three minutes at a time.
Source: Ultraman Symphony Concert 2015
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Laguna
Want it! - and I don't even play!
lucabrasi
@Farmboy
He's a combination of human and alien, kind of a "half" ; )
He can only maintain his massive, super strength alien form for three minutes, or he dies from exhaustion.