Alien Gapiya

"Oh, Gai-kun! Your service of death has arrived!"

- Alien Gapiya Sadeath

Alien Gapiya (ガピヤ星人) is an alien race that makes an appearance in the 2017 movie, Ultraman Orb The Movie: Lend Me The Power of Bonds!.

Subtitle: Amazing Mechanical Alien (奇機械宇宙人)

Chapter 2: "I am the Migration Bird of Galaxy" arc
Alien Gapiya Sadeath met Gai several thousands years ago, during one of Gai's journeys on his second mission to collect the four elements for the Orbcalibur. Serving as the bodyguard to Count Orlock in Planet Ganun Api, Sadeath faced Gai when he tried to foil Orlock's scheme until his employer accidentally awakened Gora after detonating his own mine. Gai defeated Sadeath and the latter seemingly died by falling into a volcano.

Ultraman Orb The Movie: Lend Me The Power of Bonds!
Sadeath (サデス) is one of the aliens that appeared in the movie.

Eager for a rematch, Sadeath worked as Mulnau's bodyguard, facing Gai with full enigmatism. Later on, he would become giant forcing Gai to transform into Ultraman Orb. Alien Gapiya will fight Ultraman Orb Burnmite, Ultraman Orb Hurricane Slash, and Ultraman Orb Thunder Breastar. Later on at some point, Alien Gapiya will fight Ultraseven along with Deavorick.

Trivia

 * Voice actor: Koichi Yamadera
 * Alongside Shingo Yanagisawa who portrayed Ittetsu Shibukawa in Ultraman Orb, Koichi Yamadera was also among the Japanese dub actor of Ultraman: Towards the Future, voicing Lloyd Wilder. Yamadera was also excited to participate in the Ultra Series for the first time since Towards the Future. Although initially nervous with his character, Kiyotaka Taguchi encouraged him to put ad-libs into his line, which was also practiced by the other alien roles in said movie.
 * The original magazine scan spelt the alien race's name as Alien Gapia (ガピア星人), differentiated by its last katakana letter.
 * Sadeath, an by extension the whole Gapiya race marks the first alien race whose suit is newly-made in the Heisei Era, with the last one being Fanegon People.
 * Compared to the latter, whereas Fanegon People is a momentarily modified suit, Sadeath is newly built. The last alien whose suit was newly built Alien Rayblood from nine years prior (2008).
 * Sadeath's name is a combination of the English words "sadist" and "death", as well as the Japanese for "discrimination" (差別).
 * Sadeath has a somewhat eccentric personality, calling Gai "Gai-kun".
 * Sadeath is the first enemy which Orb faces in his Thunder Breaster form and eventually got defeated.