Ultraman Orb Dark

"The light of the galaxy calls me too! My name is Ultraman Orb Dark... Noir Black Schwarz!"

- Ultraman Orb Dark introducing himself

Ultraman Orb Dark (ウルトラマンオーブダーク) is a dark version of Ultraman Orb, appearing in the series Ultraman R/B. While simply called Orb Dark in most cases, Makoto gives it the name Ultraman Orb Dark Noir Black Schwarz (ウルトラマンオーブダークノワールブラックシュバルツ).

Subtitles :
 * Jet Black Ultraman (漆黒のウルトラマン)
 * Jet Black Giant (漆黒の巨人)
 * Black Superbeing (黒い超人)

Etymology
The latter part of his full name can be summed as: Thus making the fact that the latter three words of his name are simply indications to his body color.
 * Noir (ノワール): The French word for black.
 * Black (ブラック): Obviously the color black, in English.
 * Schwarz (シュバルツ): The German word for black.

Ultraman R/B
Makoto Aizen gathered several people to unlock the Orb Origin Crystal and after achieving that, he obtained the Orb Ring NEO.

Seeing the R/B Brothers' "crude" fighting style, Makoto transforms into Orb Dark to show them what a "real" Ultraman looked like. He defeated them both in battle.

Profile
Being a copy of Ultraman Orb, he presumably has the same stats though at the time being, it cannot be confirmed.

Statistics

 * Height: 50 m
 * Weight: 50,000 t
 * Weakness: Presumably, the Orb Dark's Color Timer will blink if he receives a serious damages.
 * Home Planet: Earth

Body Features

 * Eyes: Orb Dark has dark red eyes instead of the normal light blue, matching his evil nature.
 * Color Timer (カラータイマー): Orb Dark possesses an "O" shaped Color Timer. It is always red.
 * Ultra Armor: Orb Dark has the standard Ultra Armor, being resistant to fire and lasers. His Ultra Armor is all black.
 * Forehead Crystal: Orb Dark has a crystal on his forehead that is red in color.
 * Protector (プロテクター): Orb Dark has 4 metallic pieces of smaller Protectors on his chest.

Transformation
"Lend me the power of bonds!"

- Activation Announcement for Orb Dark. Makoto inserts the Orb Origin Crystal into the AZ Gyro and pulls the side handles thrice. The Orb Ring NEO appears above the Gyro and is switched into the Orb Dark Mode.

Makoto presses the center button, spinning the Orb Ring NEO in a similar manner to Orb Slasher before raising it mid-air. Two giant Orb Ring NEOs appear at his sides before another appears before him a la Fusion Up sequences. Dark rainbow background begins to burst as Ultraman Orb Dark rises, initially making a heart-shaped hand gesture before clenching his right hand forward as he closely approaching the screen.

Weapons

 * Orb Dark Calibur (オーブダークカリバー): Orb Dark's personal weapon. It is similar to the original Orbcalibur, but has black colorings on it.
 * Dark Origium Saucer (ダークオリジウムソーサー): The Orb Dark Calibur can release an energy ring to strike the enemy.
 * Elemental Powers: Like its template, the Orb Dark Calibur can manipulate the power of four similar yet different elements: Flame, Ice, Rock and Storm.
 * Orb Dark Excellent Calibur (オーブダークエクセレントカリバー): The Orb Dark Calibur's equivalent to the Orb Supreme Calibur.
 * Orb Dark Inferno Calibur (オーブダークインフェルノカリバー): When the Calibur Wheel is set to the flame symbol, Orb Dark creates a ring of fire by making a circular motion with his sword. He then thrusts his sword, throwing it towards the enemy, causing an explosion.
 * Orb Dark Ice Calibur (オーブダークアイスカリバー): When the Calibur is set to the ice symbol, Orb Dark Charges the sword with energy before launching an energy slash, and releasing a series of icy blocks towards the enemy from the ground.
 * Orb Dark Rock Calibur (オーブダークロックカリバー): When the Calibur Wheel is set to the rock symbol, Orb Dark stabs his sword into the ground to release electrical currents, breaking the earth and scattering rocks.
 * Orb Dark Typhoon Calibur (オーブダークタイフーンカリバー)

Special

 * Dark Origium Ray (ダークオリジウム光線): Orb Dark's beam finisher, it is a purple version of the normal Origium Ray.
 * Dark Sperion Ray (ダークスペリオン光線): A dark version of Spacium Zeperion's signature finisher.
 * Dark Zedcium Ray (ダークゼットシウム光線): A dark version of Thunder Breastar's signature finisher.

Physical

 * Dark Stobium Dynamite (ダークストビュームダイナマイト): A dark version of Burnmite's signature finisher, and it is strong enough to revert Ultramen Rosso and Blu back to their human hosts.

Trivia

 * Orb Dark's light-up parts appear orange under certain lightings, but they are really a dark red in color.
 * In the initial magazine scan reveals, his eyes were a much more pale red instead.
 * Orb Dark's full name uses the word for 'black' in three different languages; English, German and French. This is likely to be a darker parody to Rosso and Blu's name being Italian words for red and blue.
 * His body color is an antithesis to the Minato brothers' transformation catchphrase, "Color me with your power! Ruebe!", as black is usually interpreted as colorless. This is also an irony, as the color black is obtained by mixing various colors.
 * This is in fact the second dark/evil imitation of Orb to exist, the first being Imitation Ultraman Orb from episode 9 of Ultraman Orb.
 * The orb that appears in front of Orb Dark when using the Dark Origium Ray is not a perfect sphere. Instead, it is heart-shaped, referencing that Makoto Aizen is the creator and controller of Orb Dark's power.
 * Since Makoto (Cereza) is a loony fan of Ultraman, Orb Dark's transformation scene parodies various transformation process of the actual Orb instead of past Ultramen.