Pris-Ma

Pris-Ma
Japanese	プリズ魔
Rōmaji	Purizuma
Information
Type	Monster
Height	35 m
Weight	18,000 t
Homeworld	Earth
Place of Origin	Antarctica
Appearances
Series	Return of Ultraman
First Appearance	Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma

Pris-Ma (プリズ魔, Purizuma) alternatively known as "Priz-Ma" is a life-form that appeared in Return of Ultraman.

• Subtitle: Light Monster (光怪獣, Hikari Kaijū)

History

Return of Ultraman

A monster that converts matter into light and absorbs the light as energy. Hideki Go theorized that a consciousness of light emerged when light photons were condensed repeatedly down to the size of matter. Pris-Ma fires beams from its core that crystallize matter that can then be turned into light. It absorbs solar rays during the day, and appears at night in search of man-made light.

Pris-Ma was imprisoned in a glacier in Antarctica for a long time, but thawed out due to changes in sunspot activity. It crossed the South Pacific Ocean, consuming lighthouses and ships at sea before it arrived in Japan. Pris-Ma overpowered Ultraman Jack in their first fight using beam attacks. Jack countered with his sub-zero Ultra Frost mist attack but as dawn arrived Pris-Ma disappeared. Later, MAT initiated a plan to lure Pris-Ma to a baseball stadium at night and lay in wait. It was weakened by their freezing bomb. Ultraman Jack shrinks down and enters inside Pris-Ma’s core where he fires a Spacium Beam and Pris-Ma explodes.^{[Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma]}

Abilities

• To be added

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

• Pris-Ma was portrayed by a combination of suit-acting and puppetry. During the suit-acting portions, he is in fact portrayed by an uncredited suit actor, Takanobu Toya.

Notes

• Pris-Ma was stated to have been a major influence to the character, Ramiel from the anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion. This is also demonstrated as many of Ramiel's sound effects are eerie wails are similar to those uttered by Pris-Ma, as well as their designs being somewhat similar.

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