Ultra Dark-Killer , or simply Dark-Killer, is the primary villain in the pachinko game series, starting from CR Pachinko Ultraman Taro: Fight!! 6 Ultra Brothers in 2012. His suit debuted in Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 1 and he made his first on-screen appearance in Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes.
Conception[]
Design[]
While designing Dark-Killer, Masayuki Gotoh imagined him as a version of Ultraman Taro who fell to the dark side, with elements of several Ultras added on.[1]
History[]
Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes[]
Ultra Dark-Killer is a conglomerate of past monsters defeated by the Ultra Brothers. He fought the core six members in the past and was defeated by the Super Ultra Dynamite attack initiated by Ultraman Taro through energies donated by the other Ultras.[2]
In the present day, Dark-Killer was revived and established the League of Darkness by bringing along Dark Lugiel and Etelgar from their deaths in order to start a multiversal conquest against all existing Ultras. He targeted X and Geed to create their copies before sending them into ambushing Orb for similar purpose. Under Ultraman Tregear's suggestion, he kidnapped Grigio (and Zero simultaneously) into the Dark-Killer Zone to prevent Ultraman Gruebe's formation.
With Grigio and Zero in their captivity, Dark-Killer used them as leverage to lure the New Generation Heroes to Planet Tenebris, wanting to create more Darkness Ultras as part of the League of Darkness' combatants. The rescue party was narrowed down to Ultraman Rosso and Blu when the rest were preoccupied with their opponents. Dark-Killer ambushed the brothers and using the Dark-Killer Zone's light-draining property to his advantage. After leaving the Ultraman Zero Darkness in against Zero and Grigio, he prepared to absorb the brothers' lights, but Grigio mustered her remaining strength to repel the villain and recharge her brothers into forming Ultraman Ruebe. The Super Ultra made a short work against Zero Darkness and finally killing Dark-Killer, but Tregear revived the pair in his last act to spite the New Generation Heroes.
Now growing four times than his normal size, the massive Dark-Killer launched his counterattack against Ultraman Ginga Strium, Victory Knight, Exceed X Beta Spark Armor, Orb Trinity, Geed Ultimate Final and Ultraman Gruebe. Dark-Killer was forced to recreate his Darkness Ultra copies to devour them and grew bigger, but Taro arrived and instructed the New Generation Heroes to charge their energies into Ginga Strium. The latter used it to perform New Generation Dynamite, simultaneously killing Dark-Killer and destroying the Dark Palace. Ginga reassured the team that Dark-Killer's current defeat would be his last. Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes
Data[]
Ultra Dark-Killer's main form. Designs such as Color Timer, Beam Lamp, Protectors, Eye Slugger, Ultra Horns, etc., which are the characteristics of each Ultra Brother, are enormously deformed, wrapping the dark body as an exoskeleton.
- Stats
- Height: 66 m, 200 m ~ Unknown (empowered)
- Weight: 66,000 t
- Origin: Monster Graveyard
- Powers and Weapons
- Flight: Ultra Dark-Killer can fly at speeds that match Ultras.
- Killer Cluster : A cluster of dark energy bullets. A variant of this allows them to move at their own will. Once powered up by Tregear, he is able to swipe his hands to summon giant energy blasts from the sky.
- Darkness Evil Spirit Killer Plasma : Being the embodiment of grudges of the past Ultra Kaiju, Dark-Killer's body contains dark energy called Killer Plasma. It allows him to perform various abilities:
- Separation/Combination: Ultra Dark-Killer can separate his body into a group of sentient Killer Plasma that possess a separate consciousness of their own and can reconstitute into his original form.
- Cloning: Dark-Killer has the ability to create clones of an Ultra Warrior as part of his reinforcements. How he performs this is different in each media appearance:
- Ultra Dark Killer Brothers: From the pachinko game series, Dark-Killer uses the memory of the first five members of Ultra Brothers to create their black-colored physical clones, Zoffy to Ace.
- Darkness Copies: In Ultra Galaxy Fight, Dark-Killer creates copies of four members of New Generation Heroes through their stolen light energy. This process created clones who bore the color schemes of red, black, and purple.[3]
- Death Slugger : The twin Eye Slugger-like blades on his arms. They can be charged with an aura to inflict more damage.
- Dark-Killer Shoot : After charging energy into his Color Timer-like organ via his Protectors, Dark-Killer shoots a powerful energy ray.
- Dark-Killer Dynamite : An attack similar to Ultraman Taro's Ultra Dynamite.
- Dark Laser: Dark-Killer fires lasers from dark energy sphere that he summons.
- Energy Punch: Ultra Dark-Killer can charge his body with dark energy to deliver a powerful punch. This was able to knock Taro several miles into space.
- Force Field: Ultra Dark-Killer can create a force field that comes off the ground.
- Energy Pulse: Ultra Dark-Killer can release a huge pulse of dark energy from his own body.
- Resurrection: Like Yapool, Ultra Dark-Killer is able to revive because of its hatred for Ultras.
- Monster Graveyard Control: Ultra Dark-Killer can revive Kaiju in the Monster Graveyard.
- Energy Sphere: An energy sphere attack.
- Energy Beam: A purple energy beam fired from his palm.
- Dark Hole : Dark-Killer can travel through space via a purple portal.
- Dimensional Beam: Dark-Killer shoots beams from each of his palms, which send others to the Dark-Killer Zone upon contact. It is a dark dimension which saps away the energy of an Ultra and is filled with Dark Crystals .
- Teleportation: Dark-Killer can simply disappear and reappear somewhere else.
- Projection: Dark-Killer can use a projection to remotely speak to others, as well as show what happens within his Dark-Killer Zone.
- Size Increase: Dark-Killer increases in size and power by absorbing his own Darkness copies.
- Form Change: Copying the concept of Heisei Ultras, Dark-Killer obtains the ability to change his form to suit his specification. His second form splits him into a pair of clones, Shadow and Might, before merging again to form Delta. This was only used against Ultraman Zero.
Dark-Killer Shadow is Ultra Dark-Killer's equivalent of an Ultra's speed form.
- Powers and Weapons
- Super Speed: Dark-Killer Shadow can move fast.
- Aura: Dark-Killer Shadow can create an aura of energy in his own body to inflict damage on opponents.
- Energy Punch: Dark-Killer Shadow can release energy from punches to increase damage.
- Recombine: Dark-Killer Shadow can merge with its other half, Might, to become Dark-Killer Delta.
Dark-Killer Might is Ultra Dark-Killer's equivalent of an Ultra's strength form.
- Powers and Weapons
- Super Strength: Dark-Killer Might is very strong.
- Energy Beam: Dark-Killer Might can fire a red beam of energy from his hand.
- Recombine: Dark-Killer Might can merge with its other half, Shadow, to become Dark-Killer Delta.
Dark-Killer Delta is Ultra Dark-Killer's equivalent of an Ultra's final form.
- Powers and Weapons
- Fireballs: Dark-Killer Delta can summon fireballs to attack.
- Barrier: Dark-Killer Delta can summon a green barrier to defend from attacks.
- Energy Beam: Dark-Killer Delta can fire a gold beam of energy from both hands that is able to rival Zero's Final Ultimate Zero attack at full power.
Other Media[]
CR Pachinko Ultraman Taro: Fight!! 6 Ultra Brothers[]
Dark-Killer was said to have been born from the grudge of various monsters and aliens destroyed by the Ultra Brothers, much like Grand King and Tyrant. However, unlike those two monsters, Dark-Killer was capable of reasoning and conversation.
He harassed Taro by reviving several monsters to weaken him before covering the Earth with the Killer Plasma effect. Although he initially overpowered Taro in their duel, he was defeated when the Ultra Brothers, from Zoffy to Ace, appeared and merged with Taro to grant him his Super Taro form. Defeated by an Ultra Dynamite, Killer's eyes turned blue as he encounter a new emotion, brought on by Taro's self-sacrifice.
CR Pachinko Ultraman Taro: Darkness Strikes Back[]
Despite his defeat, Dark-Killer later returned, driven and revived by his hatred for Taro. At this time he learned to use the Killer Plasma attack to separate his body and create the Ultra Dark Killer Brothers, dark doppelgängers of the Ultra Brothers that assisted Taro in their last fight. He then attacked Ultraman Mebius and the real Ultra Brothers, but was driven off.
CR Pachinko Ultra Battle Retsuden: Fight Zero! The Strongest Young Warrior[]
A few thousand years later, Dark-Killer was revived with new powers. He awaited Zero in a different dimensional subspace and fought in the same manner with his duel against Taro. In the middle of the battle, Dark-Killer splits between two different forms, Shadow and Might to fight the young Ultra with both brute strength and super speed. In the final fight, the clones merged into Delta and was defeated by Final Ultimate Zero.
Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 1[]
Ultra Dark-Killer controlled an army of fake Ultras, including Chaos Ultraman Calamity, Darklops Zero, Chaosroids U, S and T, Ultraman Shadow and Evil Tiga. After making short work of Ultraman Orb, Ultraman X, Ultraseven and Ultraman Zero, Dark-Killer taunted Geed, recognizing his fear of being overtaken by the "evil energy" inside of him and claiming he was envious of the parental bond between Seven and Zero. Through these dark emotions, he transformed Geed into a statue. Later, thanks to the words of Seven and Zero, along with the audience's cheering, Riku realized that focusing on light and dark is irrelevant, and that he just wants to protect the people important to him, allowing him to break free of the darkness. He and his allies then faced Ultra Dark-Killer and his army again. When defeated, Dark-Killer questioned whether humans hold true power in his final moments. Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 1
Ultra Heroes EXPO 2021 Battle Stage[]
Absolute Tartarus, planning to lure the Ultras by threatening humanity, brought Ultra Dark-Killer through Narak to Earth. Dark-Killer summoned Ultraman Zero Darkness, Ultrawoman Grigio Darkness, Ultraman X Darkness, Ultraman Geed Darkness, as well as Jamila to fight Ultraman Z and an AI-controlled Sevenger. After learning that Jamila used to be human, Haruki was conflicted and hesitated to transform, leading to Sevenger sacrificing itself to protect him. Even after transforming, he was unable to focus on the battle, and was defeated by Dark-Killer despite the aid of Geed and Grigio. However, through the audience's support, Z was resurrected, and joined by Zero, Taiga, X and a revived Sevenger, took on Ultra Dark-Killer and his army once more, defeating them in a combined beam struggle. Ultra Heroes EXPO 2021 Battle Stage
Merchandise[]
S.H.Figuarts[]
- Ultra Dark-Killer (TBA)
- First revealed at the TAMASHII NATION 2019 event, the S.H.Figuarts Ultra Dark-Killer is a collectible action figure with multiple points of articulation, and he is modeled after his live-action suit instead of his game render.
- To date, Ultra Dark-Killer has yet to see release.
- In 2019, Bandai opened the vote for which S.H. Figuarts to be made in Japan, and Ultra Dark-Killer was the lowest vote out of all. As a result, Ultra Dark-Killer was never released out of popularity by the people of Japan.
CharaColle[]
- CharaColle Ultraman 08 (2021)
- Release Date: May 2021
- Price: 300 yen per roll
- JAN/ISBN: 4549660501893
- Materials: PVC, ABS
- Released as part of the eighth wave of the CharaColle lineup, this Ultra Dark-Killer is a Lego-styled mini-figure with 3 points of articulation on the head and arms.
Gallery[]
Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes[]
Miscellaneous[]
Trivia[]
- The Tsuburaya Productions' official Twitter site jokingly addressed Dark-Killer as an ikemen.[4]
References[]