The Earth-Born Space Monster

The Earth-Born Space Monster
Ultraman Cosmos, episode 27
Information
Airdate	January 5, 2002
Directed by	Ryuichi Ichino
Written by	Atsushi Maekawa
Special Effects Directed by	Toshiyuki Takano
Viewer Ratings	3.6%
Continuity
Previous	The Power to Defeat Chaos
Next	Strength and Power

The Earth-Born Space Monster is the twenty-seventh episode of Ultraman Cosmos.

Synopsis

Space Monster Zaranga suddenly arrives. But apparently, it came to give birth. Because its temperature rises when it's close to giving birth, Zaranga has an instinct to give birth in Earth's ocean. But, this time, Zaranga appeared in the mountains...

Plot

A space monster fell on the mountains, apparently its body remain submerged after the impact from the fall. Cosmos successfully dislodged it when Team EYES fail and after learning that she was pregnant, he pacify her into sleep with Full Moon Rect.

"The flaming beast from heaven. From the sea rose to heaven large and small."

―Records of Edo period.

Mr. Ikeyama from SRC arrived and reveal the monster's name to be Zaranga, who came to Earth once in a while to give birth to a child by diving itself into the ocean. Its earliest record of arrival was from the Edo period of Japan and Zaranga's reasoning is also to cool off its drastically increasing body temperature as a result from the pregnancy. Zaranga was supposed to dive into the sea, but her trajectory because of the firework festival (and as Ayano summed it up, pregnant women has aversion for burnt stench).

Fearing that an awakened Zaranga will walk into the residential area, EYES planned to divert her path so she could made it to the sea without any casualties. Musashi and Fubuki use the Shepherd patrol car as baits but the plan was almost sidetracked due to an unexpected group of tourists. Cosmos appears and cool off the heating Zaranga before he dragged her into the ocean. She gave birth to her baby without much trouble and the family pair departed for space.

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

• Director Ikeyama : Hyoei Ichikawa
• Young People
  • Mami Azuma
  • Mizuki Takada
  • Naoto Hamashima
  • Shinobu Hiki

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Cosmos : Hiroyuki Sato
• Narration : Hiroshi Isobe

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Cosmos:
  • Daisuke Terai
• Toshio Miyake

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Cosmos
  • Luna Mode

Kaiju

• Zaranga

Home Media

• Ultraman Cosmos Volume 6 features episodes 25-28.

Trivia

• According to producer Hiroyasu Shibuya, this episode aired as the New Year's special for the series in 2002, which is why a festive story was chosen for the broadcast. The plot involving a "monster giving birth" is quite rare in recent years, and Ultraman Cosmos, as a series, decided to take advantage of the unique nature of this theme and create such an episode.
• Normally, the TECCH Thunder 1 is operated by Fubuki, but in this episode, Ayano takes the wheel, even attempting to wear sunglasses—these comedic touches were added by director Ryuichi Ichino.
• In terms of special effects, the production team came up with many creative ideas, such as depicting the scorching of surrounding items and signs due to the monster's high body temperature.
• This episode was made available on the official Ultraman YouTube channel from September 20, 2020 until the end of the following month as part of an Ultraman Foundation campaign for children at home.