Awakening (Finale)

Awakening
SSSS.GRIDMAN, episode 12
Information
Airdate	December 23, 2018
Directed by	Yoshihiro Miyajima
Written by	Keiichi Hasegawa
Continuity
Previous	Decisive Battle
Next	GRIDMAN UNIVERSE
Next Production	SSSS.DYNAZENON
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Awakening is the twelfth and final episode of SSSS.GRIDMAN.

Synopsis

Gridman and Yuta become one and awaken their true form. Everyone connects their hearts for the final battle.

Voice Drama 12.12

Return of Akane

NOTE: This voice drama was never officially uploaded to YouTube and is exclusively included in Volume 4 of the SSSS.GRIDMAN Blu-ray and DVD release.

Rikka and Utsumi see Akane pass by, but upon closer investigation they find out it's not really her.

Cast

• Yuta Hibiki : Yuya Hirose (Japanese dub)/Brandon McInnis (Funimation Dub)
• Gridman : Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese dub)/Robert McCollum (Funimation Dub)
• Sho Utsumi : Soma Saito (Japanese dub)/Greg Ayres (Funimation Dub)
• Rikka Takarada : Yume Miyamoto (Japanese dub)/Jill Harris (Funimation Dub)
• Akane Shinjo : Reina Ueda (Japanese dub)/Lindsay Seidel (Funimation Dub)
• Alexis・Kerib : Tetsu Inada (Japanese dub)/Barry Yandell (Funimation Dub)
• Rikka's Mother : Mayumi Shintani (Japanese dub)/Anastasia Munoz (Funimation Dub)
• Namiko : Suzuko Mimori (Japanese dub)/Sarah Wiedenheft (Funimation Dub)
• Hass : Akari Kito (Japanese dub)/Amber Lee Connors (Funimation Dub)
• Samurai・Calibur : Ryosuke Takahashi (Japanese dub)/Ian Sinclair (Funimation Dub)
• Max : Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese dub)/Cris George (Funimation Dub)
• Vit : Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese dub)/Chris Burnett (Funimation Dub)
• Borr : Aoi Yuki (Japanese dub)/Apphia Yu (Funimation Dub)
• Anti : Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese dub)/Stephen Fu (Funimation Dub)
• Anosillus the 2nd : Karin Takahashi (Japanese dub)/Monica Rial (Funimation Dub)

Appearances

Heroes

• Gridman
  • Primal Fighter
    • Full Powered Gridman
  • Denkou Choujin
• Gridknight

Assist Weapons

• Sky Vitter

Kaiju

• Zegga
• Alexis・Kerib
  • Giant Alexis・Kerib
• Mecha Ghoulghilas
• Anosillus
• Anosillus the 2nd

Easter Eggs

Gridman the Hyper Agent

• Gridman's true form is, of course, the original design of Gridman from the 1993 series. The rise footage of Gridman's true form is also modified from the short Gridman the Hyper Agent: boys invent great hero, also produced and animated by Studio Trigger.
• The original Yume no Hero plays while Gridman fights Alexis.
• A piano cover of Motto Kimi o Shireba, the ending song of Gridman the Hyper Agent, plays during Akane and Rikka's final coversation.
• The area where Gridman and the Neon Genesis Junior High Students stand before leaving is a replica of a similar area Gridman stood in while within Junk in Gridman the Hyper Agent.

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad

• In the English dub, during Alexis' conversation with Rikka, he calls her a "fabricated meat-thing", a callback to how Kilokahn, the main villain of Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, referred to humans as "meat-thing"s.

Ultraman Series

• The background that appears when each of the Gridman Alliance talks to Akane is similar to the background where Dan Moroboshi revealed his secret to Anne Yuri in the finale of Ultraseven.

Other

• The final punch Gridman lands on Alexis seems to take elements from the final attacks of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Ninja Slayer, the latter of which also being a Studio Trigger anime directed by Akira Amemiya.
• In Akane's room in real life, a poster for the upcoming movie Promare can be seen, as well as a plush of Midori from Space Patrol Luluco.