Earth is Ultraman's Star

Earth is Ultraman's Star
Ultraman Gaia, episode 51
Information
Airdate	August 28, 1999
Directed by	Hirochika Muraishi
Written by	Chiaki J. Konaka
Special Effects Directed by	Kazuo Sagawa
Viewer Ratings	6.0%
Continuity
Previous	The Cry of the Earth
Next	A Day with Reiko
Next Production	Ultraman Nice

Earth is Ultraman's Star is the fifty-first and final episode of Ultraman Gaia.

Plot

The Alchemy Stars and XIG plan to retire Gaia and Agul’s powers, as monsters of Earth hold off the march of destruction unleashed by Zog.

Cast

• Gamu Takayama : Takeshi Yoshioka
• Hiroya Fujimiya : Hassei Takano
• Akio Ishimuro : Hiroyuki Watanabe
• Tatsumi Chiba : Sei Hiraizumi
• Seiichiro Tsutsumi : Takashi Ukaji
• Atsuko Sasaki : Ai Hashimoto
• Georgie Leland : Maria Theresa Gow
• Saika Ukai : Ayaka Tanaka
• Reiko Yoshii : Yukari Ishida
• Michifumi Inoue : Eisuke Tsunoda
• Kenji Tabata : Hiroshi Tsuburaya
• Katsumi Kajio : Masami Nakagami
• Yasushi Kitada : Katsuhiko Hasegawa
• Satoshi Ogawara : Yusuke Sawaki
• Tatsuhiko Yoneda : Kuronosuke Kagawa
• Koichi Hayashi : Shogo Shiotani
• Toru Tsukamori : Shin Ishikawa
• Miho Inagi : Tomoko Kawashima
• Juri Mishima : Izumiko Matsuda
• Kei Tadano : Kei Ishibashi
• Satoru Yoshida : Masaru Matsuda
• Mitsugu Shima : Kei Kagaya
• Takanobu Kuwabara : Koji Nakamura
• Atsushi Koyama : Shunsuke Gondo

Guest Actors

• Catherine Ryan : Debbie Regier
• Daniel McPhee : John O'Connor
• Sato : Togo Okumoto
• Makoto : Hiroaki Nishijima
• Nakaji : Masashi Kagami
• Hitoshi : Takayuki Bise
• Kosuke Ranbashi : Mitsuo Hamada
• Shigemi Takayama : Aki Mizusawa
• Yuichi Takayama : Sen Yamamoto
• Kyoko Inamori : Makiko Kuno
• U.S. Army Officer: Sunda Issaari
• Alchemy Stars members
  • Diana Alfaro
  • Asif : Hajime Sato
  • Greck : Dominic Allen
  • Melinda : Belinda Paswell

Voice Actors

• PAL: Kazuhiko Watanabe (uncredited)
• Narrator : Hiroshi Isobe

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Gaia :
  • Shunsuke Gondo
  • Koji Nakamura
• Ultraman Agul : Kazuhiro Shimizu
• Takeshi Takeyasu
• Zog : Motoko Nagino
• Hiroyuki Okano
• Toshio Miyake
• Junpei Mukaihara
• Eiji Mori
• Kazuo Goto

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Gaia
  • Version 2
  • Supreme Version
• Ultraman Agul
  • Version 2

Kaiju

• Dobishi
• Zog
  • First Form
  • Second Form
• Zonnel II
• Gomenos II
• Syazac
• Mizunoeno Dragon
• Tigris III
• Geel III

Mecha

• Government/Military
  • XIG Fighters
    • GT (x2)
      • Repulsor Field Generator-Equipped Modified Variant
  • GUARD Normal Fighter (x8)
    • Repulsor Field Generator-Equipped Modified Variant
  • GBT-Stinger (x1)
  • Bermann (x1)
    • XIG Variant
  • GUARD 4WD (x1)
    • Land Rover Discovery V8i
• Civilian
  • KCB Television Production Car (x1)
    • Relayer; Honda CR-V; Shinagawa 88 Se 20-02

Home Media

• Ultraman Gaia Volume 13 features episodes 49-51.

Trivia

• The final scene of this episode was filmed at Nishi-guchi Park in Ikebukuro, which is the same park where Gamu first visited and received the power of Gaia in episode 1.
  • The scene in the finale where Gamu looks up at the sky in Ikebukuro and shouts "Hey!" was added by director Hirochika Muraishi. Additionally, the message conveyed to the audience at the end, which was originally just a passage included by Konaka in the script's afterword, was suggested by Muraishi to be presented on screen.
• When discussing Fujimiya’s final fate in a 2000 interview, Hachiro Takano mentioned that the character should not become too entangled with others. The episode’s ending shows Fujimiya traveling alone by the sea. Since the state of Fujimiya's character is not clearly explained, viewers are left to interpret the scene in different ways. Takano explained that his interpretation of the scene was that "Fujimiya remained alone until the very end." He portrayed it with the feeling of "Fujimiya giving a slight smile at the end, rediscovering hope for the future."
  • In fact, the shot following this scene was originally intended to depict a construction site where repair work was taking place after the battle, with Fujimiya wearing clothes that resembled work attire. Takano humorously remarked that connecting these two scenes would make it look like "Fujimiya is working at a construction site." Ultimately, the construction site scene was not included in the final cut of the episode.
  • The scene with Fujimiya on the beach was filmed in the early morning. After filming this scene and announcing the completion of the entire series, Takano and Takeshi Yoshioka, who had been watching the shoot, went to the beach to play in the water.

• A three-minute special titled "To Earth, Forever " takes place a few months after the Earth is Ultraman's Star event. In this special, viewers see a world that has already returned to peace, with Gamu seeking help for his graduation thesis while Fujimiya smiles and teases him. This video is included only in the Ultraman Gaia SPECIAL released in 2000. It also features interviews with Takeshi Yoshioka and Hassei Takano.
• This episode was later featured in New Ultraman Retsuden episode 43 "Revival of Light! The Earth is Ultraman's Star."
• After the broadcast of this episode, the program in the same timeslot the following week was replaced by Zoids: Chaotic Century.
• Takeshi Yoshioka, the actor who played Gamu, often joked about the new show's connection to Zoids. In 2024, when Ultraman Arc was announced, he jokingly mentioned on Twitter that the new show was not about Zoids, expressing his relief.