The SSP help out a group of workers who are working on springs that are used to build the VTL's machinery, when suddenly an enormous robotic dragon appears from a portal in the sky. The SSP name it Galactron. It awakens and brings mass destruction, claiming that its purpose is for justice for the Earth.
Plot[]
After Shin being absent due to a part time job, Gai was forced to become the SSP's cameraman under the guidance of Jetta. Jetta however chastises the wanderer for his poor filming skills while recording Naomi's documentary at a countryside. After a long day working at the Kofune Manufacturing, its boss Soichi Kofune invited his workers for a Yakisoba meal and allowed Shin to invite his friends as well. Seeing how Gai enjoying his Yakisoba, the manager decided to teach him how to cook it, to which the wanderer happily obliges and quickly frying it much to Kofune's own surprise.
Suddenly, a strange robot landed nearby the factory's empty lot. Seeing it, Naomi called the robot as Galactron, which combined from the proposed names by Jetta (Galaxy Dragon) and Shin (Salvatron). After the robot briefly analyzing Naomi, Jetta believed that Galactron is a robot of justice and that it may be Orb's fighting ally. Gaining VTL and Shibukawa's approval, workers of the Kofune Manufacturing begin to analyze it as much as possible.
During the evening, Kofune revealed that most of Galactron's structure are extraterrestrial, with some of its inner workings can be considered as insane by human standards, such as the ability to work without the appliance of the Laws of Physics. Galactron's "tail" emitted a strange sensor, hinting that it was used to detect something from beneath the ground. At night, Gai watches Shin asking the robot several questions. Kofune joins the wanderer and revealed some details from their past: back then, he was a judge in a robot race which a young Shin (7 years old) participated and the young boy cried after his robot not being the winner. It was then where Kofune giving him advises and Shin continues to improve a year later.
The next day, while Naomi still sleeping in the SSP-7, everybody else enjoying Yakisoba bread as breakfast, which was from the leftover that Gai made the day before. Galactron's sensors suddenly stopped and the robot quickly awaken, kidnapping Naomi and used her as its speech interpreter. With several wars, discrimination and tyranny at large, Earth needed to be cleansed and start anew. Galactron opens fire in the factory and heads on towards the city. Gai speculated that Galactron was a robot illegally disposed by its creators due to being deemed a failure. He soon transformed into Orb and fought Galactron in the city before bringing it towards a countryside. Seeing the damaged factory, Shin falls into submission and asked if he is responsible for this but Kofune reassured that everyone played their part and Galactron's way of serving justice will never be accepted.
Orb switched from Spacium Zeperion to Hurricane Slash but was quickly overpowered and stabbed on the stomach.
Gai's Ultra Hero Special Study[]
Gai: Ultra Hero Special Study. Here's today's hero!
Ultraman Orb Blu-ray BOX II features episodes 14-25.
Volume 5
Blu-ray BOX II
Trivia[]
Screenwriter Sotaro Hayashi originally envisioned Galactron as a being that couldn't survive in another dimension, so the concept was ultimately discarded. In the script, Galactron appeared as if produced by a 3D printer. The final design was proposed by director Yuichi Abe, who wanted Galactron to feel otherworldly and incorporated a magic circle motif.[1]
The Kofune Manufacturing was initially meant to appear in episode 4 but was repurposed here. Hayashi wrote scenes featuring the president and two employees, including an extended yakisoba sequence that ended up longer than expected. Producer Yukinobu Tsuruta suggested trimming it, but because the scene tied directly into later events, Abe chose to keep it.[1]
The episode's location shooting took place at a real precision spring factory, which had even contributed screws for the Hayabusa asteroid probe. Upon learning this, the production team decided to film there.[1]
For episode 15, which explored themes of biology and the food chain, the staff initially considered using wildlife footage or still images. Finding this approach too obvious, they instead focused on the dining scenes from episode 14 and even filmed the cast eating Yakisoba-pan bread the following day. To avoid smoke near delicate machinery, those shots were staged outdoors, even during the rainy season.[1]
Regarding special effects, Abe initially avoided depicting urban destruction, but relocating the action entirely to a forest made the scenes feel visually flat. The compromise was to show skyscrapers being destroyed through the magic circle.[1]
The most challenging sequence involved a 360-degree rotating camera shot on set, combined with a collapsing building effect. Because each destruction setup took about four hours to prepare, some shots had to be cut.[1]
The transition into episode 15 features Galactron lifting Orb with its tail and impaling him—a key moment linking the story. Filming was challenging due to the heavy Galactron suit and wire limitations, which caused a slight delay in Orb’s reaction. The team drawing on their experience from Ultra Zero Fight to handle the complex action.[1]
