Basser

"Maga-Basser appears, calls forth storms, and wipes away all on the land"

- Maga-Basser in Pacific records

Basser (バッサー) is a species of bird-like kaiju that debuted in Ultraman Orb as Maga-Basser.

Although the original variant is yet to appear, fan interviews with director Kiyotaka Taguchi confirms its existence and depict it as "Maga-Basser without its Maga-Crystal".

Subtitles:
 * Maga: King Demon Beast of Wind (風ノ魔王獣)
 * Gue: Raptor Monster (猛禽怪獣)

Ultraman Orb Chronicle Chapter 6-0: Overture
Maga-Basser was sealed within the ionosphere above the North Arctic until Juggler freed it via Peguila's card.

Ultraman Orb
One peaceful day in Kitchitachi, Tokyo, an ancient bird-like monster who slept in the ionosphere suddenly woke up and wreaked havoc on the city with its powers of aerokinesis to create a Maga-Storm. According to the SSP, it occurred every few days and vanished just as suddenly. The team went into the open to investigate the strange phenomenon when suddenly, the monster got riled up and created the storm again. They decided to go inside the storm to get some answers and, when they were lifted by one of the tornadoes, what they found was the "King Demon Beast of Wind", Maga-Basser and a giant of light who quickly dispatched the monster for the moment.

Not only did the monster cause a lot of trouble in all of Tokyo with its storms, but, in accordance to the butterfly effect, it also created seven typhoons that popped up all over the Pacific. Maga-Basser eventually created his storm again and, when the storm cleared, he decided to reveal himself to all of Tokyo. The giant of light, who introduced himself as Ultraman Orb, also revealed himself in his Spacium Zeperion form and the two giants fought each other again.

They kept their fight evenly matched with their combat prowess and aerial advantages respectively. After Maga-Basser unleashed his Maga-Shockwave at him, Orb summoned his Sperion Slash at him and tried to redirect it when the monster flew away, but the attack only managed to get rid of several feathers. After brawling it out in the sky, Orb's color timer began to blink and seeing that his Fusion Up was starting to break up, Orb knew he had to wrap it up fast, so he unleashed his Sperion Ray at Maga-Basser and the monster exploded soon afterwards, ending his threat on Earth.

Afterwards, Orb's human form, Gai Kurenai, discovered the beast's Maga Crystal and thanks to his Orb Ring, turned it into the Ultraman Mebius's Fusion Card, the Ultra who sealed away the monster in the first place. Meanwhile, the rest of the monster turned into a Kaiju Card recovered by the true perpetrator, Jugglus Juggler.

Trivia

 * Suit Designer: Kengo Kusunoki.
 * Maga-Basser's first design, is to have his entire fur all dark green, while having a long tail and a different design of his wings.
 * Although it seemed that Maga-Basser had no relation to Ultraman Mebius and neither his titular series, its closest equivalent may be Arigera.
 * Two Maga-Basser suits were created: the first one is the series version and the second suit is a cheaper version with smaller wings used for stage show. In both suits, the suit actor places their arms on their wings while Maga-Basser's smaller arms moved in conjunction with said wings' movements.
 * Takkong's roar can be heard briefly, during Orb's Battle on the Sky afterwards.
 * Maga-Basser was originally designed to more closely resemble various birds of prey. Ultimately, his design was finalized being a combination of a dragon and the Fenghuang of Eastern Asian mythology. His design was also meant to resemble that of Bemstar's silhouette in the opening credits of Ultraman Ace. It also is said to have drawn inspiration from Melba and Lidorias.
 * In early production, Maga-Basser was going to be called King Basser (キングバッサー). However, due to Grand King already approved for use in the series, associate producer Okamoto Yuzo proposed the use of the phrase Maga as a common term across all kaiju that would be used as King Demon Beasts.
 * In an interview with director Kiyotaka Taguchi, he mentioned that a normal Basser would look just like Maga-Basser, though without the crystal in the forehead.

Ultraman R/B
Another variant of Basser will appear in this series as Gue-Basser (グエバッサー).

Trivia

 * Its colors are very similar to and may be based off of the Japanese Crested ibis.

Miscellaneous
Maga-Basser