Restoration

Restoration
SSSS.GRIDMAN, episode 2
Information
Airdate	October 14, 2018
Directed by	Makoto Nakazono
Written by	Keiichi Hasegawa
Continuity
Previous	Awakening
Next	Defeat
Watch
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Restoration is the second episode of SSSS.GRIDMAN.

Synopsis

Last night's events and the destruction caused by the monster were not even in the news, except for Yuta, as if they were in a situation where things were being reset. After school, Yuta and the others pay a visit to Gridman to investigate the mystery. Listening to the words of Gridman who tells Yuta to fulfill the mission, Yuta began to investigate what changed overnight.

Voice Drama 2.2

This Person Doesn't Go With the Flow

After Dévadadan's attack, Rikka's mother comes back in a rush, so Yuta and Utsumi have to cover up for both Samurai・Calibur and Gridman.

Voice Drama 2.9

My Orders Are Absolute

NOTE: This voice drama was never officially uploaded to YouTube and is exclusively included in Volume 1 of the SSSS.GRIDMAN Blu-ray and DVD release.

Akane and Alexis talk about Anti, who had just been newly created. He then gets hungry, so they have to bring him out to eat.

Cast

• Yuta Hibiki : Yuya Hirose (Japanese dub)/Brandon McInnis (Funimation Dub)
• Gridman : Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese dub)/Robert McCollum (Funimation Dub)
• Sho Utsumi : Soma Saito (Japanese dub)/Greg Ayres (Funimation Dub)
• Rikka Takarada : Yume Miyamoto (Japanese dub)/Jill Harris (Funimation Dub)
• Akane Shinjo : Reina Ueda (Japanese dub)/Lindsay Seidel (Funimation Dub)
• Alexis・Kerib : Tetsu Inada (Japanese dub)/Barry Yandell (Funimation Dub)
• Rikka's Mother : Mayumi Shintani (Japanese dub)/Anastasia Munoz (Funimation Dub)
• Namiko : Suzuko Mimori (Japanese dub)/Sarah Wiedenheft (Funimation Dub)
• Hass : Akari Kito (Japanese dub)/Amber Lee Connors (Funimation Dub)
• Samurai・Calibur : Ryosuke Takahashi (Japanese dub)/Ian Sinclair (Funimation Dub)

Appearances

Heroes

• Gridman
  • Initial Fighter
  • Primal Fighter

Assist Weapons

• Gridman Calibur

Kaiju

• Ghoulghilas (Stock Footage Flashback)
• Alexis・Kerib
• Venora
• Dévadadan

Easter Eggs

Ultraman Series

• Many Ultra Kaiju, most prominently those from Ultraman: Towards the Future, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, Ultraman Zearth and Ultraman Nexus are seen in Akane's monster shelf.
• Elements of Ultraman Orb episode 2, The Lord of Earth are as follows:
  • Dévadadan's attack and how it destroyed a building is based on the same scene of Maga-Grand King toppling a nearby building on the SSP members. Fortunately for Gridman Alliance, Samurai・Calibur saved them in the nick of time.
  • Gridman and Dévadadan's battle parallels Ultraman Orb Spacium Zeperion trying to shoot Maga-Grand King but to no avail and receives a return fire instead, causing both heroes to also hit their limits.
• The debut of Gridman Primal Fighter is similar to Ultraman Orb Hurricane Slash from A Heart That Won't Flee, standing atop a taller building.

Other

• The scene where Gridman appears and stands atop a building, and then comes down with a flying kick is a recreation of a similar move performed in the Dangaioh series.
• Gridman holding and pointing the Gridman Calibur towards the left area of the screen is a homage to the Masami Obari sword pose that is performed in various mecha-genre anime.
• Gridman's Grid Calibur End is delivered in the same way as Fighbird's Flame Sword Charge Up from The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird.
• The names of the five girls who were killed by Ghoulghilas and disappeared are references to toy companies, all of which sell Transformers toys.