Pride of a Warrior (孤高の戦士 Kokō no Senshi) is the 3rd episode of Ultraman Ginga S. This episode marks the first appearance of Ultraman Ginga's Strium form.
Plot
Shou asking his mother whether to trust or be friend with Ginga or Hikaru. Her mother tell him that it is his choice to choose weather he should or not. Sakuya and Repi tricks the Victorians Guard and set foot on outside, they went to the Market streets while Sakuya looking at the beautiful clothes for women, Repi found a box of Chocolate bar that his brother, Shou like's. But a red meteor suddenly come and reveal it's as Inpelaizers. Several of them destroy the city while been command by Android One Zero and Alien Guts Vorst.
Hikaru and Arisa appeared on the situation but Hikaru ran off somewhere. He transformed into Ginga to battle the Inpelaizers but he only got to destroy two of them while many of them he was shot down and overpowered. Arisa and Gouki arrive at the city when they saw Sakuya and Repi are the only civilians that stay. Arisa and Gouki tried to shot the Inpelaizer, Ginga ran and use his back as a shield to protect Arisa, Gouki, Sakuya and Repi.
After a while, Shou again meet with the Inpelaizer that he couldn't save Ginga. He transform into Ultraman Victory to battle the Inpelaizer. He UlTrans into EX Red King Knuckle and then later Eleking Whip, able to destroy many of the Inpelaizer before he was shot and overpowered by King Joe Custom. Victory tried to fight back but he was defeat and was shot back away kilometers from King Joe. Hikaru and Tomoya once again meet with Taro who is in Spark Doll form, Taro have a short chat with Hikaru and granting him the Strium Brace.
Hikaru return in the battle as Ginga protecting Victory. After he was given courage word by Arisa and Gouki, Ginga stand up and transform into his new, Ultraman Ginga Strium. Using several of the Ultra Brothers power, Specium Ray and Storium Ray to finish the remaining amount of Inpelaizer, Ginga Strium strike back King Joe with the Wide Shot.
Cast
- Hikaru Raido (礼堂 ヒカル Raidō Hikaru): Takuya Negishi (根岸 拓哉 Negishi Takuya)
- Shou (ショウ Shou): Kiyotaka Uji (宇治 清高 Uji Kiyotaka)
- Arisa Sugita (杉田 アリサ Sugita Arisa): Yukari Taki (滝 裕可里 Taki Yukari)
- Gouki Matsumoto (松本 ゴウキ Matsumoto Gōki): Takahiro Katou (加藤 貴宏 Katō Takahiro)
- Tomoya Ichijouji (一条寺 友也 Ichijōji Tomoya): Takuya Kusakawa (草川 拓弥 Kusakawa Takuya)
- Yoshiaki Jinno (陣野 義昭 Jinno Yoshiaki): Ryuichi Ohura (大浦 龍宇一 Ōura Ryūichi)
- Android One Zero (アンドロイド・ワンゼロ Andoroido Wan Zero): Moga Mogami (最上 もが Mogami Moga)
- Repi (レピ ): Hinata Yamada (山田 日向 Yamada Hinata)
- Sakuya (サクヤ ): Rina Koike (小池 里奈 Koike Rina)
- Kamushin (カムシン ): Yôsuke Saitô (斎藤 洋介 Saitô Yôsuke)
- Queen Kisara (キサラ女王 Kisara Joō): Mirai Yamamoto (山本 未來 Yamamoto Mirai)
- Alien Chibu Exceller (チブル星人・エクセラー Chiburu Seijin Ekusera Voice): Takuya Eguchi (江口 拓也 Eguchi Takuya)
- Alien Guts Vorst (ガッツ星人・ボルスト Gattsu Seijin Borusuto Voice): Holly Kaneko (かねこ はりい Kaneko Harii)
- Ultraman Taro (ウルトラマンタロウ Urutoraman Tarō Voice): Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也 Ishimaru Hiroya)
Appearances
Ultra Warriors
- Ultraman Ginga
- Ultraman Victory
- Ultraman Taro (Appears as the Strium Brace)
Kaiju
- Shepherdon
- Victorian
- Alien Chibu Exceller
- Android One Zero
- King Joe Custom (Redesigned and only appearance)
- Alien Guts Vorst
- Inpelaizer (Reintroduced)
DVD/Blu-Ray Releases
- Ultraman Ginga S Volume 1 Features episodes 1-3
- Ultraman Ginga S Blu-Ray Box I features episodes 1-8.