Minoru Nakano

Minoru Nakano Born 1939 Tokyo, Japan Died April 4, 2021 (aged 82) Occupation Optical/visual effects artist First work Ultra Q (TV 1966) Notable work Ultraman (TV 1966–1967)

Minoru Nakano (中野 稔,   Nakano Minoru) was a Japanese optical photographer and visual effects technician who worked with Tsuburaya Productions for nearly thirty years. Nakano passed away on April 4, 2021, at age 82 due to liver failure.

Selected filmography

Optical photographer

• Ultra Q (TV 1966) [all 28 episodes]
• Ultraman (TV 1966–1967) [all 39 episodes]
  • Ultraman (1967) [compilation film]
• Monster Booska (TV 1966–1967) [episodes 1–8, 10–11, 14, 23–47]
• Ultraseven (TV 1967–1968) [all 49 episodes]
• Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [all 13 episodes]
• Fight! Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [all 26 episodes]
• Operation: Mystery (TV 1968–1969) [all 26 episodes]
• Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight (1969) [compilation film]
• Return of Ultraman (TV 1971–1972) [all 51 episodes]
• The Unbalance Zone (TV 1973) [episodes 1, 5, 12–13]

Visual effects

• Magma Man (TV 1973) [all 30 episodes]
• Ultraman Taro (TV 1973–1974) [episode 9]
• Six Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974)
• Born Free (TV 1976–1977) [unknown number of episodes]
• The Last Dinosaur (1977)
• The Bermuda Depths (1978)
• Space Wolf (TV 1978) [all 24 episodes]
• Ultra Q the Movie (1990)
• The Cat (1991) [uncredited]
• Mikadoroid (1991)

Actor

• Ultraman (TV 1966–1967) as priest [episode 35]
• Ultra Q the Movie: Legend of the Stars (1990) as injured man

Miscellaneous

• Mirror Man (TV 1971–1972) - Compositor [all 51 episodes; with Sadao Iizuka]
• Ultraman Ace (TV 1972–1973) - Title designer [episodes 5–8]
• Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) - Director of special effects [with Jun Oki]

Videos

Interview with Nakano and Noriyoshi Ikeya

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