Ultraman Orb (character)

1="I am Orb! I light the darkness and strike at evil!"

- Ultraman Orb introducing himself, The Sunset Wanderer

2="I am Orb! Ultraman Orb!"

- Ultraman Orb showing his true form as Orb Origin, The Holy Sword, Restored

Ultraman Orb (ウルトラマンオーブ) is the titular character of the Ultraman Orb Chronicle. Described as a 'wanderer', Orb continues the theme of Ultras powered by devices that was started three years earlier by Ginga's debut series. He is able to utilize the abilities of his fellow Ultras to transform and gain their powers. At the same time, the Spark Dolls trend of said series has also finally ended.

Design
Aesthetically, Ultraman Orb's motif is based on past Ultra Warriors, which is meant to coincide with Tsuburaya's 50th year anniversary of the Ultra Series. The most concrete evidence is his basic form, Spacium Zeperion, which is based on Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga. Of course, it is also meant as a milestone celebration for the two aforementioned Ultra Warriors' titular series, celebrating their 50th and 20th anniversary respectively. Originally, Ultraman Orb was first teased in a promotional video by Tsuburaya Productions which commemorates the aforementioned anniversary. At the end of the video, a black background with a pair of Ultraman eyes can be seen, with the English letters shown "What's next...?".

Background wise, according to one of Ultraman Orb's writers, Takao Nakano, Orb (and by extension his human form, Gai Kurenai) had his conception based on Ultraseven, whom, like Orb, uses human disguises and started their lives as wanderers on Earth sometime before the setting of their series. Aside from that, other motives and elements include Japanese novel Lone Samurai Monjiro, American actor Clint Eastwood (whose known for his role as wanderers) and singer Tsunehiko Kamijō's image song, Dareka ga Kaze no Naka de. All this is done under the purpose to "re-invoke the wanderer hero in the 21st century world".

Chapter 1: 'Tree of Life' Arc
Orb's light appeared as a bright halo of light located at a mountain peak called Warrior's Peak on Planet O-50. Two elite warriors, Gai and Juggler tried to harness the light but out of the two, only Gai was successful, becoming the current giant he is known as. Leaving O-50, their first mission is to stop the threat of Psychi and his army of Bezelbs. Being inexperienced at first, Orb lost against a Bezelb on Planet Rurin until Juggler advised to use his beam properly. Orb later fought with a Kugutsu infected Bemstar and lost once more. After defeating the Bemstar in space, he joined forces with the Kanon Royal Guards Micott and Ricca on a journey to Planet Zain, where Psychi and the Queen Bezelb and her children reside. While chasing Psychi to Kanon, he is joined by two senior Ultras Dyna and Cosmos as they thwart the mad scientist's invasion and saved Kanon Queen Amate/War God from Kugutsu infection.

After Gai deserted Juggler for destroying the Tree of Life, the former was sent by Amate towards the Earth to protect the giant tree once more with the help of Earth scientists Shohei and Yui. The Kanon queen ended up following him later on due to her obligation to protect the tree as Gai met more of his predecessors, the Earth-born Ultras Gaia and Agul. After narrowly escaping Psychi's trap with the help of Juggler, Gai/Orb proceeded to protect the Queen Bezelb when she and her younglings defended the Tree of Life from Japanese soldiers but ended up getting infected with the Kugutsu after using Orb's body as a meat shield to protect the War God. He nearly succumbed to the poison's effect until Juggler saved him again under his own agenda to surpass the warrior of light. With all of his predecessors gathered, Orb joined them in the final battle against Psyqueen, purifying the War God with Shohei's help and rescued Psychi from his own death.

With the Queen Bezelb dead, Gai was commended by his predecessors, before returning to Planet O-50. Orb as Origin the First was upgraded into Orb Origin before embarking on his second mission.

Chapter 2: 'I am the Galaxy's Migrating Bird' Arc
Gai/Orb embarked on his second mission, to collect all four elemental powers of the Orbcalibur. While fulfilling his mission, Gai took a boy from Jewel Planet Cobol (宝石惑星コボル) named Shorty (ショーティー) under his wing and has to solve during within their journey. The first jewel he obtained was the Element of Earth (土のエレメント), which was stolen by Shorty from Mulnau, after defeating a Dinosaur Tank. They then went to Water Planet Nuock (水の惑星ヌオック) where orb fought Pestar, Takkong, and Gamakujira, and obtained the Element of Water (水のエレメント) from a pearl in Gamakujira's remains. On Volcano Planet Ganun Api (火山惑星ガヌン・アピ), Orb fought against Gora and defeated it with the Orb Water Calibur, and then obtained the Element of Fire (火のエレメント) from the natives as a reward. Finally, on Wind Planet Kirelmo (風の惑星キレルモ), he fought against the Alien Nackle Ramon Brothers (ラモン兄弟), and Gai then battled Jugglus Juggler, who had the Element of Wind (風のエレメント) with him. Going back to the Warrior's Peak on O-50, Orb Supreme Calibur had been unlocked.

Chapter 3: 'The Man Who Stole The Black Hole' Arc
After Juggler caused a prison break on Prison Planet 484 (監獄惑星484), Gai was called by the Interstellar Alliance (星間連盟) to stop the former when he threatened to endanger the entire universe by unleashing a black hole. Although Orb had neutralized the prison break, Shorty died after disarming the Balloonga Bomb, making Gai furious, and he beat Juggler to near death and was stopped when officers from the Interstellar Alliance came to arrest the dark madman.

Gai went back to the Warrior's Peak and the Light of Orb gave him the third mission, to stop the awakening of Maga-Orochi, and was given the Orb Ring. With Juggler obtaining the Dark Ring, both had became sworn enemies ever since then as their fight turns into a symbol of light and darkness.

Chapter 4: 'Fierce Battle! Ishtal Civilization' Arc
Gai and Juggler arrived on planet Earth in the year 1800 BC. Orb fought against a Dodongo when Gai was ambushed in a temple. When Juggler unleashed Magatanothor in Ishtal civilization, Orb fought against the monster and obtains Tiga's card but their battle resulted in Ishtal Civilization (イシュタール文明) turning into Kemati Buki (Hill of Death) (ケマティ・ブキ (死の丘)), as well as spawing the theory 4000 years later that an ancient superscience war took place, as evidenced by the intense heat turning sand into glass.

Chapter 5: 'From Rusalka With Love' Arc
In 1908, Gai/Orb fought against Kingsaurus II at Paikal Lake (パイカル湖) and then Super C.O.V. in the fjord valley during his journey to Rusalka. His fight with C.O.V. caused Gai to lose his memories before meeting Natasha. The villagers nearby also get to know him.

After a month of recuperation, Pris-Ma appears. Orb fought Pris-ma and destroyed it as well, and their fight somehow allowed Gai to recover his memories of being Orb. With the aforementioned monsters that Orb destroyed, Juggler harvested their cards and released Maga-Zetton. Still having haven't fully recovered from the previous fight, Gai still becomes Orb and fought Maga-Zetton after telling Natasha he will return. When Orb tries to get Natasha away from danger, Maga-Zetton unleashed a fireball that seemingly killed her. Orb then unleashed the full power of Orb Supreme Calibur and killed Maga-Zetton while also engulfing the forest in an event known as the Rusalka Great Explosion (ルサールカ大爆発). As a result, Gai sealed Orb Origin away.

In 1950s, Orb dealt with Hungler, a saucer monster that was brought down by Biranki and started the myth of The Mystery Of The Burlesque Triangle (バーレスク・トライアングルの謎) in New Sarajevo state (ニューサラエボ州), Rockwez (ロックウェズ), somewhere in South America. For the first time, Orb had to rely on Ultraman and Tiga's Ultra Fusion Cards to assume his Spacium Zeperion form.

Episode 6-0: Overture
Before journeying to Japan, Orb fought Peguila at the Sevel archipelago (セーヴェル諸島), in Rupashka area, near the North Arctic. At some point, he journeyed to Japan, determined to stop his nemesis. Riding on a freezer truck, he arrives in Tokyo.

Ultraman Orb
Orb continues to fight against the King Demon Beasts in Japan. He comes across the SSP and VTL Squad leader Ittetsu Shibukawa, saving them on numerous occasions and received new Ultra Fusion Cards with every King Demon Beast he eliminated. But in truth, he unknowingly assisted Juggler to reawaken Maga-Orochi and succeeded after stealing Ultraman Belial's card from the Planet Invasion Union.

After Juggler stole his cards, Tamayura provided Gai the cards of Zoffy and Ultraman Belial, with her "destruction" allowed the dark Ultra to provide Gai his powers. This resulted in the birth of Thunder Breaster, a violent berserker that focuses solely on destruction. Because of its performance against Maga-Orochi, Gai grows fearful of this power and it once more proven fatal when he endangered two people at once; a Z-VTOL pilot and Naomi when she was kidnapped as Galactron's hostage. As a result from his previous fight, Orb was branded as a public enemy.

Still in doubt of himself, he returned to Rusalka and met Juggler again, who summoned Zeppandon, a King Demon Beast that is a fusion of Zetton, Pandon and Maga-Orochi's tail. Although being coerced by Juggler in their fight, Orb refused to utilize Belial's power again and instead use Burnmite's Stobium Dynamite as a cover to escape.

The next day, Juggler awakened Zeppandon again near the Forbidden Forest. Cleared of his own fears, Orb utilized and successfully maintaining control of Thunder Breaster. While Zeppandon proved stronger and him being attacked by Z-VTOL planes, Orb shielded the SSP members and thanks to Jetta's filming, his public reputation has been restored. Under Gai's previous order, Naomi sings the melody that accompanies Gai's Orbnica song, Orb/Gai regains faith in his powers and the ability to transform into his original form, Orb Origin. In this form, he shrugged off incoming attacks and overpowered Zeppandon using the Orbcalibur before finishing off the monster for good. Despite regaining Orb Origin, the usage of said form was reserved for dire situations, as shown in against Tarude, Maddock's Hyper Zetton and Juggler himself.

A threat that was predicted by many had arrived in the form of Magata no Orochi, the adult form of Maga-Orochi which was thought to have been killed by Orb. The Ultra Warrior faced it again but even the same form he used before (Thunder Breaster) and his original power can't deliver the slightest damage to the monster. Untransformed, an exhausted Gai was forced to deal with Juggler when he kidnapped Naomi in hopes of driving the former to despair. When Naomi confidently took responsibility of her own death, Juggler wasn't able to carry out the deed and instead rescued her from a crashed Z-VTOL. This event revealed that he was Natasha's rescuer in the past and for Gai to embrace his rival.

Leaving Naomi in Juggler's care, Gai transformed into Orb and charged with all his might, using Spacium Zeperion, Burnmite and finally Orb Origin but neither of them can hurt the beast. Juggler assisted his rival after persuasions from Naomi and the rest of the SSP and VTL reveal the monster's weak spot. While Juggler was restrained by Magata no Orochi, Orb used the powers of his Ultra Fusion Cards and fired their signature beams at the monster, ending the prophesied destruction from the ancient past. He reverted to Gai, bidding farewell to Naomi (who actually knew his true identity from the start) and left to parts unknown after swearing to return someday.

Chapter 7: 'Space Witch Mulnau's Counterattack, Sadeath's Return'
Orb was fighting against Galactron in Hawaii, who was rebuilt and modified by Mulnau. At the verge of getting turned to jewellery, help arrived from Ultraman Zero. Orb then finished off Galactron with Zero's help. Zero then warns Orb that someone is sending monsters to the Earth before leaving to investigate in another universe. Gai returned to the SSP after a long time traveling around the Earth and met Ultraman X in his X Devizer, who sought his help to search for his separated host Daichi Ozora. But during that time, Mulnau and her forces appeared and captured X as part of her space jewel collection.

Upon meeting Sadeath, Gai transforms into Orb and fought against each other but Sadeath manages to overpower Orb and wanted to continue the fight until the aliens summoned by Mulnau takes Orb away. Orb would later team up with Ultraman X against Devorick and almost finishing Devorick until Sadeath intervened. Orb transforms into Thunder Breastar to deal with Sadeath but witnessed X becoming crystal by Devorick and defeated by Sadeath flying punch. After receiving the Ultra Fusion Cards from Victory, X and Ginga, Orb transforms imto his new form, Orb Trinity to combat Devorick, Alien Temperor and Alien Hipporito while receiving assistance from Juggler as Zeppandon. Orb would later receive help from Victory, Ginga, X and Ultraseven in defeating the aliens, Sadeath and Devorick. After a long battle, Orb and the other Ultras fly off from the scene. Orb would later follow Zero after Zero invited him to help him and X in stopping Desastro.

Chapter 8: 'Super Sky Great Violent-beast Desastro'
Orb and Zero fly off to space to defeat Desastro. While they were waiting for it, Desastro opens a space-time distortion and causes a violent inter-dimensional storm. Xio launches all their spacecrafts to provide support, and Ultraman X joins Orb. Together, they search for Desastro, and are surprised when they see its true form. This crossover marks X's final story.

Chapter 9: 'Messengers of the Netherworld Mage'
After fighting against a Demaaga on Earth, Orb trailed its energy to space and assisted Zero in defeating Juda Spectre and Mecha Gomora. Seeing Demaaga's case related to the darkness in Planet Yomi, Orb offered Zero a hand and the two were greeted by its mastermind Reibatos. Although Orb managed to catch him on trail, he was defeated due to Reibatos' immortality. This leaves him in training with Seven and Zero for 10 years and eventually received a new form called Emerium Slugger. Shortly after defeating Tyrant, he pursued Reibatos in his dimension and defeated the villain via continuous attacks. In the Land of Light, Orb was offered the Star Marks but denied them as he is just a passing wanderer and left.

Chapter 10: 'Migrating Birds, Go To The Sky'
Not much is known about Orb's last story in the Ultraman Orb Chronicle other than Gai, Juggler and Biranki going off on another adventure.

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Statistics

 * Height: 50 m
 * Thunder Breaster: 55 m
 * Origin The First: 10 m ~ 50 m
 * Weight: 50,000 t
 * Hurricane Slash: 35,000 t
 * Thunder Breaster: 55,000 t
 * Origin The First: 10,000 t ~ 50,000 t
 * Weakness: Like all Ultras, Orb's Color Timer is subjected to the three-minute limit. Once his Timer blinks, the Fusion Up of the Ultra Warriors will start to break apart.

Body Features

 * Common


 * Eyes: Orb has bright blue eyes unlike most Ultras in most of his forms. In his Thunder Breaster form, his eyes are orange in color and resemble Belial's eyes. In Emerium Slugger form, they take on a shape similar to Seven's and Zero's, and become white.
 * Color Timer (カラータイマー): Orb possesses an "O" shaped Color Timer.
 * Ultra Armor: Orb has the standard Ultra Armor, being resistant to fire and lasers.
 * Forehead Crystal: Orb has a crystal on his forehead that changes color according to his forms. It can be used to fire beams such as the Triple Emerium Ray or the Knuckle Cross Beam.
 * Protector (プロテクター): Orb has 4 metallic pieces of smaller Protectors on his chest. This feature is present from Orb Origin/Origin the First and is carried over to all of his in-series Fusion Ups, except Emerium Slugger. They are absent from the game-exclusive forms except Leo Zero Knuckle and Power Strong.


 * Fusion Up forms exclusive (In-series)


 * Protector (プロテクター): Orb has Protectors in his Spacium Zeperion, Hurricane Slash and Emerium Slugger forms.
 * Ultra Horns (ウルトラホーン): In his Burnmite form, Orb has Ultra Horns similar to Taro's in shape and Father of Ultra's in size.
 * Orb Sluggers (オーブスラッガー): In his Hurricane Slash and Emerium Slugger forms, Orb has a pair of Crest Weapons attached to his head. Unlike typical crest weapons, they do not detach from his head.
 * Eye Slugger (アイスラッガー): In addition to his Orb Sluggers, Orb possesses an exact copy of Seven's signature weapon while in Emerium Slugger form.
 * Ultra Breaster (ウルトラブレスター): In his Thunder Breaster form, Orb inherits Zoffy's signature badges of honor on his shoulders.
 * Cyber Mechanic (サイバーメカニック): Orb's Ultra Armor in Lightning Attacker form is modeled after futuristic technology.
 * Zenshin Crystals (全身のクリスタル): As Lightning Attacker, Orb possesses these in the same places that Ginga does. As Orb Trinity, they are yellow in color, and are located on his hands and shins, with his crest simply being colored blue as a reference to Ginga's.

Transformation
{{#tag:tabber| Fusion Up= Gai first scans a pair of Ultra Fusion Cards in the Orb Ring, creating a projection of its two corresponding Ultra Warriors as the screen facing the respective angle of their faces. Afterwards, he performs a specific movement and raises the Orb Ring up which causes his body to transform into Ultraman Orb with his entire body being covered in a luminous silhouette. The Ultra projections shine the same color as their respective Ultra Fusion Card's attribute and combine with Orb to create their corresponding form. This caused his silhouette to evaporate and unveiled its corresponding form. After the rising sequence, Orb delivers a specific pre-battle catchphrase just before descending into the fight.

Despite the long transformation time, this was done in a time freezing sequence as in episode 5, Orb switches from Spacium Zeperion to Hurricane Slash in a moment in mid-air whereas Gai's sequence was supposedly longer than the intended time.{{Storylink|A Heart That Won't Flee}} If at any point the transformation is interrupted from within, the time freezing effect is lost.{{Storylink|The Dark King's Blessing}}

{{#tag:tabber| Spacium Zeperion= {{Quote|Ultraman! Tiga! I'm borrowing the power of your lights!|Activation announcement for Spacium Zeperion}}

After scanning both cards, Gai simply raises the Orb Ring up similar to both Ultraman's Beta Capsule and Tiga's Spark Lens. During the rise sequence, the background first appears to resemble that of the opening sequence from Ultraman's TV series (a green twisted spiral followed by a red explosion) before changing to Tiga's rise sequence for Orb to appear. Flashes of light occur in the background similar to Ultraman and Tiga's rise scenes.

In the final episode, Gai while running transforms in a real time sequence as projections of Ultraman and Tiga fly alongside him before he transforms into Orb Origin and the former two combine with him to form Spacium Zeperion.{{Storylink|The Wandering Sun}}

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Forms
{{#tag:tabber| Fusion Up= {{#tag:tabber| In-Series= After Ultraman Orb loses his original powers (and by extent, his Orb Origin form), he relies upon the use of Ultra Fusion Cards that he acquires where he combines the power of past two Ultra Warriors. Each combination results in different forms, but while assuming them Orb still has traces left from Orb Origin, such as his Ultra Armor (chest), red vector-shaped linings on his legs and a black-colored neck. {{#tag:tabber| Spacium Zeperion= Spacium Zeperion 1={{Quote|Ultraman! Ultraman Tiga!|Activation announcement}} 2={{Quote|Fusion Up! Ultraman Orb: Spacium Zeperion!|Transformation announcement}} 3={{Quote|I light the darkness and strike at evil!|Spacium Zeperion's pre-battle catchphrase}}

{{nihongo|Spacium Zeperion|スペシウムゼペリオン|Supeshiumu Zeperion}} is Orb's first Fusion Up form, which uses assets of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga. This form debuts in episode 1.

In this form, Orb utilizes various beam-oriented attacks. He is also capable of channeling the abilities of Tiga's Type Change forms, each signified by one of his markings glowing brightly.

This form's name is a portmanteau of Ultraman's "Specium Ray" and Tiga's "Zepellion Ray".
 * Flight Speed: Mach 6.5
 * Running Speed: Mach 2.5
 * Jumping Distance: 1000 m
 * Underwater Travelling Speed: Mach 2
 * Underground Travelling Speed: Mach 2
 * Strength: 85,000 t
 * Grip Strength: 65,000 t


 * Techniques
 * Special


 * {{nihongo|Sperion Ray|スペリオン光線|Superion Kōsen}}: A finishing attack charged in a similar manner to to Tiga's Zepellion Ray and performed in a similar manner to the original Ultraman's Specium Ray.
 * Superpowered Sperion Ray (Name Unknown): An ability exclusive to Ultraman Festival 2016's second stageshow, Episode Z. Orb fires his Sperion Ray as usual, but it is charged up by the other rays of the present Ultras, which includes Ultraman's Specium Ray, X's Xanadium Ray, Zero's Wide Zero Shot, Mebius' Mebium Shoot, 80's Saxium Ray, Yullian's Ultra Beam, Great's Burning Plasma, Tiga's Zepellion Ray, Taro's Storium Ray, Ginga's Ginga Cross Shoot and Victory's Victorium Shoot. It is powerful enough to destroy Z's Zetton Alien Baltan.
 * {{nihongo|Sperion Light Ring|スペリオン光輪|Superion Kōrin}}: Orb forms a purple buzzsaw-like projectile disc to slice his opponent, performed in a similar manner to the charge up of both Ultraman's Ultra Slash and Tiga's Zepellion Ray, and with a sound similar to that of the Ultra Slash. When using this attack, Orb emits Ultraman's grunt. Once thrown, it travels on a straight path, but if needed, it can be caught and redirected. Other variants are:
 * A gigantic variation where Orb summons the Light Ring, charging it into a larger halo before tossing it to the enemy.
 * A hand-sized energy shuriken, which can be fired multiple times.
 * {{nihongo|Sperion Slash|スペリオンスラッシュ|Superion Surasshu}}: Orb can launch continuous energy arrows, which appear to be based on Ultraman's Slash Ray and Tiga's Hand Slash. Used against Deavorick.

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Combinations
The Ultras used in each of Orb's forms share something in common with each other.


 * Fusion Up (In-Series)
 * Ultraman + Ultraman Tiga = Spacium Zeperion: They both serve as the main representative of their eras (Showa for the former and Heisei for the latter) in most Ultraman stage shows, press conferences, and promotions. Their fighting skills are also notably well balanced and had also encountered bird monsters in their series, whose motive is to avenge the death of their child and was spared by their respective Ultra Warriors. In real life, Orb's series is a milestone celebration of the 50th and 20th anniversaries of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga respectively.
 * Ultraman Taro + Ultraman Mebius = Burnmite: They are both members of the Ultra Brothers, with the latter being a student to the former. They were also notably rookies of the Space Garrison during their first arrival on Earth, where they received character development as their respective series progressed. Additionally, both of them fused with the other Ultra Brothers during their movies in order to defeat an enemy that was too powerful for them to defeat individually.
 * Taro: Super Ultraman Taro vs. Grand King in Ultraman Story.
 * Mebius: Ultraman Mebius Infinity vs. U-Killersaurus in Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers.
 * Ultraman Jack + Ultraman Zero = Hurricane Slash: They are both related in some manner to Ultraseven (the former is his brother-in-arms, while the latter is his son), whom they received their respective Ultra Bracelets from. They have also each fought against an Alien Bat who both revived and enhanced a past monster under their control.
 * Jack: Zetton II in the final episode of The Return of Ultraman.
 * Zero: EX Red King in the Ultra Zero Fight mini-series.
 * Zoffy + Ultraman Belial = Thunder Breaster: This combination is ironic as it not only represents good and evil, but Zoffy notably has an incorruptible will and more self-control compared to Belial. However, they are both known for being members of the Space Garrison in their past, and have even fought alongside Ken and Marie. They are also one of the strongest Ultra Warriors to date (Zoffy for his M87 Ray and Belial for his strength), as well as leaders of a group consisted of six (the former leads the Ultra Brothers, while the latter leads the Darkness Five). Predating Belial from his debut in the 2009 movie, Zoffy had twice been turned evil within game publications for the Ultra Series.
 * Gaia Saver (1994): After being brainwashed into becoming Ultra Killer.
 * Ultraman Fighting Evolution 0 (2006): After being possessed by Yapool.
 * Ultraman Ginga + Ultraman X = Lightning Attacker: They are production-wise the first to appear in their respective universes until later media revealed that there are actually other Ultra Warriors that preceded them (Ultraman Victory and Ultraman Tiga respectively) in ancient times. Coincidentally, both of their predecessors are also Earth-born Ultras as well as the two original narrators of Shin Ultraman Retsuden. In their series proper, they lost their original bodies from a past battle, forcing them to inhabit their transformation devices and bonded with their hosts as means of temporarily fighting in a physical shape again. In the final episode, they fought against a villain whose powers are associated to Spark Dolls. Both Ultras also have a connection to the future, Ginga was stated to have been from the future, while Exceed X, X's upgraded form's crest weapon, the Xlugger, is said to play an important role in the future by Daichi's mother. In real life, their voice actors are known for being close friends and hosts of the late night show Tokyo Encounter, so much so that their friendship is often joked about by their fellow co-workers.
 * Ultraseven + Ultraman Zero = Emerium Slugger: Aside from their father-son relationship, Seven and Zero have faced off against mechanical doppelgangers of themselves that served an evil faction. Both have also fought alongside their non-Ultra companions (Seven's Capsule Kaiju and Ultimate Force Zero), as well as traveled to an alternate universe to stop an alien invasion that plagued the Earth. During their dimensional travel, they acquired new forms (Seven into Seven X and Zero with Mode Changes). Finally, their powers were once exploited by an evil force, resulting in their appearances being greatly altered.
 * Seven: Utilized by Seiichiro Isurugi into Ultraseven Dark.
 * Zero: Possessed by Ultraman Belial into Zero Darkness.


 * Fusion-Up (Game-Exclusive)
 * Ultraman Gaia + Ultraman Victory = Photon Victorium: They are both Earth-born Ultra Warriors with their powers being drawn from Earth-like energies (Gaia Energy and Victorium respectively). They have also both received their upgrades from blue-colored secondary Ultra Warriors, with both forms coincidentally associated to swords.
 * Gaia: Ultraman Gaia Version 2 via Ultraman Agul's human host, Hiroya Fujimiya, giving him his light.
 * Victory: Ultraman Victory Knight via Ultraman Hikari creating the Knight Timbre for him to utilize.
 * Ultraman Tiga + Ultraman Max = Sky Dash Max: They are both connected to ancient human civilizations (the former is part of the Ancient Giants of Light, while the latter had banished Alien Tarla's brethren away from Earth). Their fighting styles are also primarily based on speed, strength, and aerial combat. During the final episodes of their respective series, they were petrified after losing to gigantic opponents before they were revived and able to fight on the same level. After their job on Earth had ended, their human hosts married the female protagonist of their series in later life, with recent media implying their descendants ended up following their footsteps. It is also known that they had fought a pair of Kaiju in their first appearance, with one of them returned sometime later in their series as upgraded variants:
 * Tiga: Fought Golza and Melba upon his reawakening. Golza returned in episode 18 as Empowered Golza after escaping the last battle.
 * Max: Fought Lagoras and Grangon upon first arrival on Earth. Another Lagoras appeared in episode 31, revealed to have evolved after defeating another Grangon.
 * Ultraman Cosmos + Ultraman X = Full Moon Xanadium: They both have human hosts (Musashi Haruno and Daichi Ozora respectively) who are known for being pacifists, with their true power lying in how they cease conflicts without needing to kill the monsters. Their human hosts as well were notorious for hardly taking drastic countermeasures during monster attacks and comparably the weakest in martial arts practice. Interestingly enough, in episode 14 of Ultraman X, Cosmos is one of the inspirations for Daichi to realize his dream of befriending monsters, as both Ultra Warriors have fought against brainwashed monsters during their series' course. Predating Ultraman X, Cosmos is the first Ultraman with the ability to digitize himself, doing so to travel within a machine and stop a dream invading monster.
 * Ultraman Leo + Ultraman Zero = Leo Zero Knuckle: They were both known for being hot blooded and short tempered individuals who originally only wanted to become stronger for their own motives until the experiences they received in their lives gave them character development, allowing them to mature. In real life, their designs are based on Ultraseven archetypes. They are also Judo practitioners, with the latter learning from the former, and were even instructors at one point in their lives where they provided their students with harsh and handicapped training.
 * Leo: Trained Zero by having him imprisoned in a Techtor Gear armor.
 * Zero: Trained Ginga and Victory's human hosts, Hikaru Raido and Shou respectively, by having them handcuffed to each other's arms.
 * Ultraman Tiga + Ultraman Dyna = Zeperion Solgent/Power Strong: They originate from the same universe and were the first two Ultra Warriors to demonstrate the ability to change not only their colors, but their combat performances as well. Dyna is in fact Tiga's spiritual successor, which is heavily acknowledged both in-series and by the fans. At one point in their respective series, their powers were exploited by individuals in the hopes of reanimating an Ultra Warrior for their own evil purposes. In several of their battles, they were defeated by gigantic opponents while bearing their strength-oriented forms (Power Type and Strong Type respectively). According to the official website, both Tiga and Dyna are in fact Ultra Warriors under the situation called as "human Ultraman" (人間ウルトラマン) due to their host in full control of their bodies. It is also notable that one of their Type Change forms has several homage to the original Ultraman.
 * Tiga: Power Type is an all-red form which possesses brute strength and raw firepower. Ultraman is known for being able to bench-press with the load of 200,000 t and having multiple ranged attacks.
 * Dyna: Miracle Type is an all-blue form which has aspects of both ranged and ESP-based attacks. Similar to how Ultraman is immune to electricity-based attacks, Dyna Miracle Type can manipulate electricities, to the point of having used it once to self-recharge his own Color Timer.
 * Ultraman Dyna + Ultraman Belial = Thunder Miracle: They both have electricity and black hole-based attacks (Revolium Wave and Belial Black Hole Thunder respectively) and are related to Ultraman Zero in several ways (the former is his close friend, while the latter is his archenemy). Their voice actors are also close friends with his. They have also both united with said Ultra Warrior, resulting in him gaining access to several powers.
 * Dyna: Fused with Zero alongside Cosmos to become Ultraman Saga, which in turn provided him with access to his StrongCorona and LunaMiracle mode changes as a side effect.
 * Belial: Possessed Zero to assassinate the Ultimate Force Zero, but at the same time gave him access to Shining Zero which helped to expel Belial and undo the damages caused by him.
 * Ultraseven + Ultraman Ace = Slugger Ace: They are both members of the Ultra Brothers who were infamously known for attacks that dismember their opponents (Ultra Knock Tactic and Ultra Guillotine respectively). They are also the first two forward crest Ultra Warriors in the franchise's history and their finishing attacks are performed as L-style beams. They also uses ESP in conjunction to their weapons and were killed in episode 39 of their series before being revived. It is also known that they lost their family members in their past and was taken care by someone else:
 * Seven: Lost his mother at a young age and subsequently taken care by his older sister during his childhood.
 * Ace: His parents died in the Great Ultra War and was adopted by Ken and Marie, the former being an old friend of Ace's father.
 * Ultraman Agul + Ultraman Hikari = Knight Rikidater: They are both blue secondary Ultra Warriors with a transformation item on their right wrist (Agulater and Knight Brace respectively) who were known for their ability to conjure energy swords from their arms, as well as being initially portrayed as the anti-heroes of their series until eventually allying themselves with the titular Ultra Warriors. During their respective debut, both used their signature moves to save their main Ultras. Agul's human host, Hiroya Fujimiya, and Hikari are also scientists and were once driven mad from the deaths of a certain person. They are also both responsible for giving the titular Ultra Warriors an upgraded form.
 * Agul: Gives Gaia his light to become Gaia V2 and Gaia Supreme.
 * Hikari: Lent Mebius his Knight Brace, allowing the former to become Mebius Brave.
 * He also created the Knight Timbre for Victory to become Victory Knight.
 * Ultraman + Ultraman Nexus = Spacium Schtrom: The latter, as well as his lesser form Ultraman the Next, had his design themed after the former and his series was meant to be a reboot of the original series. Ultraman and Nexus' first appearance in their respective series/movie was when they encountered a pilot and merged with them to save their lives while fighting against the monster they had chased to Earth. Predating Ultraman's first arrival to Earth, Nexus arrived first in his original form, rescuing an ancient civilization from a monster. Similar to Ultraman's host Shin Hayata, Nexus' female human hosts (Nagi and Sayuri) are sub-captains of their respective attack teams. They have also both received evolution as their series progressed.
 * Ultraman: Type A, Type B, and Type C.
 * Nexus: The Next (Anphans & Junis), Nexus (Anphans, Junis, & Junis Blue), and Noa.
 * Ultraman Agul + Ultraman Belial = Thunder Stream: Their shared features are summoning weapons from their hands (Agul's Agul Saber and Belial's Kaiser Belial Claws). Also, Belial's Early Style eyes shares the same eye design with Agul. Agul's host (Hiroya Fujimiya) and Belial are known for being prodigies in their respective talents, but at the same time are labelled as lawbreakers in certain aspects, and are capable of manipulating monsters through certain devices (Fujimiya via a mind-controlling device and Belial via the Giga Battle Nizer). Whereas Agul is an Earth-born Ultraman with an association to different bodies of water, Belial's current state is designed by Masayuki Gotou after a shark.
 * Ultraman Mebius + Ultraman Ginga = Mebium Especially: Mebius and Ginga's hosts are Taro's students. Their weapons are derived from their own transformation items and share the ability to conjure swords from their arms, as well as flame-based projectile attacks. During the final episodes of their Ultra Series, both defeated by the black-colored final villain. They have also utilized the power of the core six Ultra Brothers and combined with the secondary Ultra Warrior of their respective series by synchronizing their transformation devices.
 * Mebius: Combines with the Ultra Brothers into Mebius Infinity, later with Ultraman Hikari into Phoenix Brave via the Mebius Brace and Knight Brace.
 * Ginga: Utilizes the Strium Brace into Ginga Strium, later combines with Ultraman Victory into Ultraman Ginga Victory via the Ultra Fusion Brace and Victory Lancer.
 * Additionally, both defeated the Giant Sized Monster with only one hand during their first debut of the Fusion form on their movie series respectively.
 * Zoffy + Ultraman Hikari = Breastar Knight: Both are the oldest members of the Ultra Brothers whose age surpassed the original Ultraman (20,000 years old) and acquired their Star Marks due to their greatest achievements in the Land of Light (Zoffy for his fight against an army of monsters and Hikari for his discovery to revive fallen Ultras). Both were also known to have worn sets of armors at some point in time, but are no longer shown utilizing them in the present day. In Ultraman Mebius, both had a major involvement that contributed to the story's plot and bonded with Crew GUYS' captains as human hosts, supporting Mebius in his final battle against Alien Empera. Their major involvement in the series are:
 * Zoffy: Saving Shingo Sakomizu from a fleet of alien saucers, therefore allowing TDF to form GUYS upon his return. Zoffy also merged with Sakomizu to assist Mebius Phoenix Brave/Crew GUYS during the final battle.
 * Hikari: Saving former GUYS captain Kazuya Serizawa and assisted Mebius in many of his battles on Earth. He would also make a temporary bond with Ryu Aihara to fight against Alien Empera and becomes a crucial part in the formation of Mebius Phoenix Brave.
 * Ultraman Taro + Ultraman Max = Strium Galaxy: They are the first main Ultra Warriors in their respective eras to be based on Ultraseven archetypes and received their bracer weapons from another Ultra. Their series are made to be mostly lighthearted while still retaining an element of seriousness. They also parted ways with their human hosts instead of maintaining connections with them. Aside from that, they had also faced monsters/aliens with connections to Seven.
 * Taro: Fought against Eleking, who was revived by the moon.
 * Max: Met the Alien Metron that survived his destruction, who wished to depart from Earth on good terms.


 * Trinity Fusion
 * Ultraman Ginga + Ultraman Victory + Ultraman X = Orb Trinity: All three Ultra Warriors made their serial debut within Shin Ultraman Retsuden. They are the first Ultramen whose devices and powers were derived from collectible devices (particularly Spark Dolls) and shared the common ability to defeat their targets with non-lethal abilities (either transforming them into Spark Dolls in Ginga and Victory's case or pacifying them in X's case). Their theatrical appearances as well involve them receiving assistance from a large number of Ultra Warriors and faced against an opponent who is either capable of summoning past villain copies (Etelgar's Eteldummies and Zaigorg's Devil Clone Beasts) or rather being copies themselves (Bug Rays of Evil Tiga, Chaos Ultraman, and Chaosroids). Finally, the Ultramen and their hosts possess connections to Ultra Kaiju in several ways.
 * Ginga & Hikaru Raido: The former had Dark Lugiel as his original half before they separated, while the latter is capable of transforming into Kaiju via the Ginga Spark.
 * Victory & Shou: The former is connected to Shepherdon as beings empowered by Victorium and utilizes Ultrans that manifest the Kaiju's powers via his right arm, while the latter can utilize Kaiju Spark Dolls as energy bullets via the Victory Lancer.
 * X & Daichi Ozora: The former utilizes MonsArmor to combine himself with any corresponding Cyber Kaiju, while the latter can use the X Devizer (or Xio Devizer in X's absence) to utilize the Cyber Cards for either summoning them to real life or utilizing a portion of their powers through Xio machinery.

Trivia

 * Orb is...:
 * The third Ultra whose Color Timer is modeled after an English letter, preceeded by X, whose timer is in the shape of an X, and Victory, whose timer is in the shape of a V.
 * The second Ultra to have a host who is not native to Earth. The first is Ultraman Justice. However as time passed, Gai eventually addressed both him and Ultraman Orb as a singular being and in early information provided by Tsuburaya Productions, Gai is stated to be Ultraman Orb's human form, thus hinting that his situation alluded that of the Residents of the Land of Light.
 * Eventually, it is revealed that Gai had evolved into Orb.
 * The fourth Ultra who has bright blue eyes, preceeded by Shining Ultraman Zero, Evil Tiga, and Powered.
 * Orb is the seventh good Ultra to feature black markings on his body preceeded by Victory, Nexus in Junis Form, Justice, Agul, Gaia in both Version 2 and Supreme Version, and Tiga as Tiga Dark, Tornado, and Blast forms.
 * In Thunder Breaster form, the second Ultra whose eyes aren't round nor boxy like most other Ultras. The first being Ultraman Belial.
 * Orb's Color Timer's sound is a low pitch version of Zero's Color Timer.
 * In terms of Orb's Fusion Up forms, 15 Ultra Warriors (Ultraman, Zoffy, Seven, Taro, Tiga, Dyna, Agul, Max, Mebius, Hikari, Zero, Belial, Ginga, Victory, and X) have been used in more than one combination.
 * Of these Ultra Warriors, Tiga has the most combinations with 4. Dyna, Zero, Belial, Ginga, and X follow second with 3 each, while the others have 2 each.
 * One of the game-exclusive Fusion Up forms, Lightning Attacker, is rather interesting in a metaphorical sense, as technologies (X) are known for their constant evolution as time passes on to the future (Ginga).
 * Of all game-exclusive Fusion Up forms, Lightning Attacker is the first one to be shown in both stage-show and mannequin/suit appearance. However, the latter two are featured with normal shoe-style feet instead of pointed feet.
 * Hurricane Slash's teleportation ability comes from Ultraman Saga rather than either Jack or Zero, with the latter being one of the main components used to make up this fusion. Orb used this ability to keep up with and counter Hyper Zetton Deathscythe in a similar manner to Saga with the original Imago Hyper Zetton.
 * When Belial's card was scanned for the first time in Thunder Breaster's debut episode, his laughter can be heard while the Orb Ring toy only emits his grunt. This is due to Belial consciously doing it out of amusement when Gai/Orb prepared to use his power out of hatred towards Maga-Orochi for destroying Princess Tamayura.
 * Thunder Breaster's brutish fighting skills are ironic since both Zoffy and even Belial are mostly level headed in terms of combat, to the point where the latter is also an evil genius, such as being able to construct his own empire and create his own army. However, this trait is a reference to Reimon in his Burst Mode, a being who is similarly a Reionics like Belial.
 * Predating Orb's usage of Thunder Breaster, Belial had once noted in episode 103 of Ultraman Retsuden that his rival Zero's strength comes from his desire to protect the weak. This led to the conclusion that he needed to find something he can protect, resulting in his disappearance from Shin Ultraman Retsuden until its 49th episode as the Darkness Five had debuted earlier than him.
 * Unlike other Form-changing Ultras, Orb has a unique rise for each of his forms. This eventually allows Gai to transform into various forms of Ultraman Orb instantly without the need to assume his default forms (Origin or Spacium Zeperion).
 * Because of how ironic Thunder Breaster's combination is, a lot of fans (mostly from Japan) tend to create illustrations featuring Belial having an internal conflict with Zoffy in various ways.
 * This joke is acknowledged and taken further in the Ultraman New Generation Event where Thunder Breaster is portrayed as such in front of the viewers. Examples include struggling to either shake hands or attack the visitors and attacking a fan who wears a cap with a resemblance to Ultraman Zero (Belial's archenemy).
 * Orb Origin's markings resembles that of the original Ultraman's, thus making him one of the Ultra Warriors themed after the latter, with Orb Origin The First's primarily red markings only going to further point to the connection. In particular, his markings (some of which were retained in his In-Series Fusion Ups) were used to represent Ultraman-Type Ultras when performing a Fusion Up during the series.
 * Despite said form being his original form, the official website of Tsuburaya Productions listed Orb Spacium Zeperion as his default form.
 * Orb Origin's elemental powers seem to stem from or at least parallel the King Demon Beasts, minus Maga-Zetton, Magatanothor and Maga-Orochi.
 * Wind = Maga-Basser
 * Ground = Maga-Grand King
 * Water = Maga-Jappa
 * Flame = Maga-Pandon
 * In early photographs of Orb Trinity, the suit lacked coloration on its shoulder armor and Orb Slasher's serrated blades.
 * Since this form's movie debut pays homage to the 50th anniversary of Ultraseven, Orb Trinity possesses several traits that is identical to the titular character himself:
 * His shoulder armors portrayed designs that is identical to Seven's Protectors.
 * His legs and hands are colored red, giving them the appearance of gloves and boots. Seven and other Showa Ultra Warriors had the excess parts of their gloves and boots exposed outside the suit as opposed to Heisei Ultras, hiding them beneath their main suit.
 * Both possess handheld weapons that are stored on their anatomies (head and right shoulder).
 * Both utilize an Ultra Kaiju's power in certain ways (Seven used his Capsule Monsters for contingency purposes while Orb taps into Victory's Ultrans and X's MonsArmor).
 * Of all of Orb's game-exclusive/game-originating Fusion Up forms so far, only Leo Zero Knuckle and Power Strong retain Orb's normal Protectors.
 * Orb set a new record for the highest number of crest weapons on a single Ultra, having 3 in Emerium Slugger form.
 * In an official video showcasing Power Strong, its signature finisher is named as Garlacium Hammer, while the Ultraman Fusion Fight official website names it as Garlacium Bomber. This resulted in some confusion about the name of its finisher until Version 5 confirmed it to be Garlacium Bomber.
 * Of all of Orb's fusions, only Orb Trinity does not have a unique attribute to itself in Ultraman Fusion Fight!; its attribute is Light.
 * Thunder Stream, despite having Belial as one of its components, does not have orange/red eyes.
 * Thunder Stream also doesn't have Belial's muscular frame as part of its design. Instead, some of its design were derived from Belial's original form, Early Style, before his Reionics conversion.
 * Of all the forms used in the series, movie and spin-offs, Thunder Breaster is the only form that does not have the characteristic blue eyes of Orb.
 * Towards the end of Ultra Fight Orb, Zoffy remarks that Orb's efforts in defeating Reibatos are worthy of giving him a Star Mark, and Zero even offers him to join the Space Garrison. Orb politely declined both offers as he states that he managed to defeat Reibatos because of the help he had received, and that he prefers being a vagabond who moves througout the universe.
 * In scrapped concept art, Orb had a more traditional-looking Color Timer, with an orange ring around it (which became his Color Timer in later revisions), and a forward crest. Thunder Breaster also used his normal eyes instead of Belial's.


 * Orb is so far the first and only New Generation Ultra to have his Color Timer go red while in his new form (Orb Trinity) during the events of his movie.
 * So far, Orb's Lightning Attacker is the only 2-card form which doesn't use Showa-Ultra Fusion Cards in the TV series.