The Stone Wing

The Stone Wing
Ultraman Gaia, episode 22
Information
Airdate	February 6, 1999
Directed by	Miki Nemoto
Written by	Ai Ota
Special Effects Directed by	Kazuo Sagawa
Viewer Ratings	6.6%
Continuity
Previous	The Sea of a Mysterious Light
Next	Gamu Expelled!

The Stone Wing is the twenty-second episode of Ultraman Gaia.

Plot

Staff Officer Chiba spends some time with his nephew Hiroki, who seems to have lost hope for the future thanks to the constant threats lately. When a new monster appears from a wormhole Chiba, GUARD, and Gaia will have to fight to prove that hope for a bright future is still alive.

Cast

• Gamu Takayama : Takeshi Yoshioka
• Akio Ishimuro : Hiroyuki Watanabe
• Tatsumi Chiba : Sei Hiraizumi
• Seiichiro Tsutsumi : Takashi Ukaji
• Atsuko Sasaki : Ai Hashimoto
• Georgie Leland : Maria Theresa Gow
• Katsumi Kajio : Masami Nakagami
• Atsushi Koyama : Shunsuke Gondo

Guest Actors

• Hiroki : Shohei Ota
• Hiroki's mother : Chinu Izumi
• Secretary : Akihiro Shimomura
• Schmidt : Max von Schuler
• GUARD evacuation guidance team member :
  • Masaru Ikata
  • Masashi Ogawa
  • Asayuki Okudaira
  • Yasunari Kinbara
  • Inaho Miyazaki

Voice Actors

• Narration : Hiroshi Isobe

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Gaia : Koji Nakamura
• Pazuzu : Toshio Miyake

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Gaia
  • V1

Kaiju

• Pazuzu

Mecha

• Government/Military
  • Peace Carry (x1)
  • XIG Fighters
    • Exciter (x1)
    • Sky Surfer (x2)
      • One in Container Mode only
    • Sky Gainer (x4)
      • Two in Container Mode only
  • GUARD Staff Officer Tatsumi Chiba's Personal Car (x1)
  • GUARD 4WD (x1)
    • Land Rover Discovery V8i; GBJ-0078-J2; GUARD GEO-750-F
  • GUARD Jeep (x2)
    • Sun-Top; GUARD GEO-429-J

Home Media

• Ultraman Gaia Volume 6 features episodes 21-24.

Trivia

• This episode uses Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 as its central theme, incorporating the existence of these two probes into the narrative's core. It emphasizes humanity's capacity to dream of the future.
• The episode gets its name from a rock that is seen in the episode.
• According to an interview with the episode's writer, Ai Ota, in 2000:
  • Based on the story of this episode, Ota mentioned that when she first encountered the phrase "Radical Destruction Bringer," she found it to be a very terrifying term upon deeper reflection. In such a world shrouded in fear, the children living in it would undoubtedly have a different mental state.
  • Although the children would undoubtedly support Ultraman Gaia or Ultraman Agul, their admiration is not simply because these heroes are cool. The children live in an extremely frightening world, and their hearts may harbor certain wishes or hopes. This was the level on which Ota aimed to explore in the story.