Luna vs. Luna

Luna vs. Luna
Ultraman Cosmos, episode 23
Information
Airdate	December 8, 2001
Directed by	Tsugumi Kitaura
Written by	Kenichi Araki
Special Effects Directed by	Kazuo Sagawa
Viewer Ratings	6.8%
Continuity
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Luna vs. Luna is the twenty-third episode of Ultraman Cosmos.

Plot

Musashi and Fubuki are sent to infiltrate Hokuryo College and identify a strange signal coming from within. They discover the source is the Protean Life Form Gelworm, which came to Earth with a meteorite, but…

Cast

• Musashi Haruno : Taiyo Sugiura
• Harumitsu Hiura : Daisuke Shima
• Shinobu Mizuki : Kaori Sakagami
• Keisuke Fubuki : Hidekazu Ichinose
• Koji Doigaki : Koichi Sudo
• Ayano Morimoto : Mayuka Suzuki

Guest Actors

• Kasumi Sanjodera : Mami Shimizu
• Professor : Azuma Tsuruta
• Security Guard : Tatsumi Nikamoto
• Researcher Tokoro : Hiroaki Tokoro
• Female College Student : Yuri Kimura
• Professor Takamura : Jun Eto

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Cosmos : Hiroyuki Sato
• Narration : Hiroshi Isobe

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Cosmos:
  • Hiroshi Nekomata
  • Hiroyuki Okano
  • Daisuke Terai
• Kazunori Yokoo

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Cosmos
  • Luna Mode

Kaiju

• Gelworm

Home Media

• Ultraman Cosmos Volume 6 features episodes 21-24.

Trivia

• This episode marks the first appearance of Kasumi Sanjodera.
• Around the time this episode was made, director Tsugumi Kitaura was chosen to be the director for Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet, which led to a tight schedule. As such, Kazuo Sagawa was asked to direct the special effects scenes.
• In an interview with Taiyo Sugiura and Hidekazu Ichinose in 2021, Ichinose recalled being very late to the shoot for this episode, in what Sugiura called the "Taxi Dash Incident." The college set was far from Ichinose's home, he had to get directions over the phone, and he paid several thousand yen of his own money on a taxi. Knowing that he was a major character in the episode and the shoot was meant to last the whole day, he was very embarassed, saying "I'll do anything!" upon finally arriving. Ichinose claims to have never been late for filming ever since.