The Cry of the Earth is the fiftieth episode of Ultraman Gaia.
Plot[]
Gaia and Agul face the immensely powerful angelic Zog, with the eyes of the world upon them.
Cast[]
- Gamu Takayama : Takeshi Yoshioka
- Hiroya Fujimiya : Hassei Takano
- Akio Ishimuro : Hiroyuki Watanabe
- Tatsumi Chiba : Sei Hiraizumi
- Seiichiro Tsutsumi : Takashi Ukaji
- Atsuko Sasaki : Ai Hashimoto
- Georgie Leland : Maria Theresa Gow
- Saika Ukai : Ayaka Tanaka
- Reiko Yoshii : Yukari Ishida
- Michifumi Inoue : Eisuke Tsunoda
- Kenji Tabata : Hiroshi Tsuburaya
- Katsumi Kajio : Masami Nakagami
- Yasushi Kitada : Katsuhiko Hasegawa
- Satoshi Ogawara : Yusuke Sawaki
- Tatsuhiko Yoneda : Kuronosuke Kagawa
- Koichi Hayashi : Shogo Shiotani
- Toru Tsukamori : Shin Ishikawa
- Miho Inagi : Tomoko Kawashima
- Juri Mishima : Izumiko Matsuda
- Kei Tadano : Kei Ishibashi
- Satoru Yoshida : Masaru Matsuda
- Mitsugu Shima : Kei Kagaya
- Takanobu Kuwabara : Koji Nakamura
- Atsushi Koyama : Shunsuke Gondo
Guest Actors[]
- Catherine Ryan : Debbie Regier
- Hiroyuki Hiiragi : Takeshi Yamato
- Sato : Togo Okumoto
- Makoto : Hiroaki Nishijima
- Nakaji : Masashi Kagami
- Kosuke Ranbashi : Mitsuo Hamada
- Reporter: Ryohei Nakamura
- Shigemi Takayama : Aki Mizusawa
- Yuichi Takayama : Sen Yamamoto
- U.S. Army Officer: Sunda Issaari
- Geo Base executives: Shoichiro Akaboshi , Richard Allen
Voice Actors[]
- PAL: Kazuhiko Watanabe (uncredited)
- Announcer , Narrator : Hiroshi Isobe
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraman Gaia :
- Ultraman Agul : Kazuhiro Shimizu
- Zog : Motoko Nagino
- Hiroyuki Okano
- Toshio Miyake
- Eiji Mori
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Mecha[]
- Government/Military
- XIG Fighters
- Exciter (x1)
- GT (x2)
- GUARD Normal Fighter (x8)
- GBT-Stinger (x1)
- GUARD America Anti-Air Defense Network
- GUARD Medium Tank (at least x9)
- XIG Fighters
- Civilian
- KCB Television Production Car (x1)
- Relayer; Honda CR-V; Shinagawa 88 Se 20-02
- KCB Television Production Car (x1)
Home Media[]
- Ultraman Gaia Volume 13 features episodes 49-51.
Trivia[]
- In this episode's opening, Zog destroys a group of Dobishi, helps Gaia and Agul regain their energy, then attacks them. Special effects director Kazuo Sagawa said the original script had Zog attack immediately upon arrival, but he felt it lacked suspense and added a plot twist. He also thought Fujimiya's gentle nature made him easily deceived, which led to the scene where Agul is lured toward Zog.[2]
- Originally, the series was meant to end with this "current episode," but the script was revised. The first seven scenes of episode 51 were rewritten and included in this episode.[3]
- Keiichi Hasegawa focused on telling the story of Gamu's three friends based on ideas from Chiaki J. Konaka, then returned the script to Konaka. To evoke an apocalyptic mood, since Ultraman Tiga already showed a burning city, they chose to slowly turn the city into a dead zone, highlighting the theme of an impending apocalypse.
- The concept of "Earth monsters rising together against the Radical Destruction Bringer" came from Chiaki J. Konaka early in the series' first season. He shared this plan with the writing team during script meetings.
- Because the Toho Built special effects studio was too small to show all the Earth monsters fighting together in one scene, Konaka split the battles across multiple global locations. He drew inspiration from the 1968 film Destroy All Monsters and jokingly called "The Cry of the Earth" a "Heisei Destroy All Monsters."
- This episode was later featured in New Ultraman Retsuden episode 42 "Lost Light! Cry of the Earth."[4]
References[]
- ↑ https://cocreco.kodansha.co.jp/telemaga/news/feature/kaijubiyori/1OVFt
- ↑ Earth Is Ultraman's Planet: Ultraman Tiga, Dyna, Gaia
- ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Gaia, pg 92
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/n-2474