Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (ウルトラギャラクシー大怪獣バトル Urutora Gyarakushī Daikaijū Batoru) is the first season of its series that is the 21st entry in the Tsuburaya Productions' long-running Ultraman Series. It is an adaption of the video game Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS. The show first aired on December 1, 2007 and concluded on February 23, 2008. Ultra Galaxy was the first Ultraman Series to be shown as a pay-per-view service. On December 20, 2008, the second season titled Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey premiered.
On July 25, 2017, Toku announced that the series (along with its second season) will air in the United States on its channel with English subtitles beginning August 31, 2017. [1][2]
Contents
Plot
50 years after the extinction of monsters, humanity had finally advanced to outer space.
The crews of Space Pendragon were tasked to investigate Planet Boris after communications on that planet were mysteriously halted. Arriving on the planet, the crew was astonished to find it inhabited by monsters, with every nearby city destroyed. While forced to wait for reinforcements, the crew must solve the mystery of this planet's background as a monster tamer named Rei, whose past remained mysterious, joined ZAP SPACY in order to learn his past.
Characters
ZAP SPACY
Antagonists
Others
- Hiroki
- Ato
- Karen Mikura
Ultras
Kaiju
Rei's Kaiju
Kate's Kaiju
Ordinary Kaiju
- Telesdon
- Sadola
- Red King
- Peguila
- Mukadender
- Juran
- Golza
- Gudon
- Neronga
- Bemstar
- Banpira
- Twin Tail
- Bullton
- Froguros
- Kelbim
- Arstron
- Angross
- Gromite
- King Joe Black
- Arigera
- Zoa Muruchi
- Nova
- Saramandora
- Lunaticks
- Verokron
- Doragory
Cast
- Rei (レイ): Shota Minami (南 翔太 Minami Shōta)
- Haruna (ハルナ): Saki Kamiryo (上良 早紀 Kamiryō Saki)
- Oki (オキ): Toru Hachinohe (八戸 亮 Hachinohe Tōru)
- Kumano (クマノ): Mitsutoshi Shundo (俊藤 光利 Shundō Mitsutoshi)
- Hyuga (ヒュウガ Hyūga): Hiroyuki Konishi (小西 博之 Konishi Hiroyuki)
- Kate (ケイト Keito): Mayu Gamo (蒲生 麻由 Gamō Mayu)
- Karen (カレン): Natsumi Yamada (山田 夏海 Yamada Natsumi)
- Hiroki (ヒロキ): Shigeki Kagemaru (影丸 茂樹 Kagemaru Shigeki)
- Ato (アトウ Atō): Hideaki Ishii (石井 英明 Ishii Hideaki)
Suit Actors
- Gomora: Kazunori Yokoo (横尾 和則 Yokoo Kazunori)
- Reimon: Hiroyuki Inomata (猪又 浩之 Inomata Hiroyuki)
- Monsters: Daisuke Terai (寺井 大介 Terai Daisuke), Ryo Nishimura (西村 郎 Nishimura Ryō), Hiroshi Suenaga (末永 博志 Suenaga Hiroshi), Kenya Soma (相馬 絢也 Sōma Kenya), Tomomi Ota (太田 智美 Ōta Tomomi), Shinya Iwasaki (岩崎 晋弥 Iwasaki Shinya), Daisuke Fukuda (福田 大助 Fukuda Daisuke), Satoshi Yamamoto (山本 諭 Yamamoto Satoshi), Tatsunari Fukushima (福島 龍成 Fukushima Tatsunari), Hideyoshi Iwata (岩田 栄慶 Iwata Hideyoshi)
Music
- Opening Theme
- Eternal Traveler (エターナル・トラベラー Etānaru Toraberā)
- Lyrics, Composition, Arrangement: Kazuya Daimon (大門 一也 Daimon Kazuya)
- Artist: Project DMM
- Ending Theme
- JUMP UP (ジャンプ アップ Janpu Appu)
- Lyrics & Composition: Bayner (ベーナー Bēnā)
- Arrangement: Hideki Tama (田靡 秀樹 Tama Hideki) & Lekkazan
- Artist: Lekkazan (烈火斬 Rekkazan)
Gallery
Trivia
- Among the modern Heisei era (Mebius-onwards) series, Ultra Galaxy has the distinction of the highest toy sales, about 5.7 billion yen.
- This is the first Tsuburaya series to be shown in widescreen format.
References
- ↑ http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2017/07/25/toku-announces-u-s-premieres-of-three-new-ultra-series-titles/ TOKU Announces U.S. Premieres of Three New Ultraman Series Titles
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-26/toku-premieres-3-ultra-tokusatsu-series-in-august/.119319 TOKU Premieres 3 Ultra Tokusatsu Series in August
