Hold On To! Future is the thirty-ninth episode of Ultraman Max.
Synopsis[]
Max runs out of energy completely while battling Delos. Max saves Kaito before his Color Timer extinguishes. DASH must find a way to restore Max's energy if humanity is to be saved.
Plot[]
The people of Delos requested Max to stop their now rogue defense system, allowing Max to attack their super weapon Giga Berserke. However between rising to the surface and flying to battle, Max had little time to fight. Max lost to Giga Berserke and turned to stone after separating Kaito from his body. Unwilling to surrender, DASH revived the hero by recharging the Max Galaxy, which Kaito merged with and flew to Max to again merge with him one last time. After a short assault, Max destroyed Giga Berserke and left Earth with Xenon to return back home to Nebula M78.
Cast[]
- Kaito Touma : Sota Aoyama
- Mizuki Koishikawa : Hitomi Hasebe
- Shigeru Hijikata : Kai Shishido
- Kenjiro Koba : Nobuyuki Ogawa
- Sean White : Sean Nichols
- Elly : Hikari Mitsushima
- Kenzo Tomioka : Susumu Kurobe
- Yukari Yoshinaga : Hiroko Sakurai
Guest Actors[]
- Delos People : Shelly Sweeney
- UDF Member in 2076 :
- Yasushi Abe
- Katsumi Otsuka
- Gregory Packer
- Kentaro Hiroi
- Galaxy Observer Team : Shiori Matsuda
Voice Actors[]
- Ultraman Max : Kazuya Nakai
- Delos People : Yuriko Yamamoto
- Narrator : Shiro Sano
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
- Ultraman Max
- Ultraman Xenon (cameo appearance)
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Ultraman Max Volume 10 features episodes 35-39.
- Ultraman Max TV COMPLETE DVD-BOX features all episodes.
Trivia[]
- According to the episode's screenwriter, Chiaki J. Konaka, while writing the finales for Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Gaia, his views on the future of humanity and peace changed in some aspects while remaining steadfast in others. He believes that the future should allow children watching to use their imaginations freely, rather than being constrained to a specific visual representation.
- The portrayal of the future in 2076 is because the bright future of humanity and the Earth has become completely unimaginable. When he was a child, he naturally saw the glorious image of a future city. Of course, the idea that "the future is bright" is merely a hopeful observation. However, Konaka does not believe that showing children only a bleak and desolate future is the correct attitude when creating the Ultraman series.
- This episode was later featured in New Ultraman Retsuden episode 146 "Max Rescue Operation: Hold on to! Future."
- This episode aired in the United States on TOKU on March 24, 2017.