Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy (ウルトラQ dark fantasy Urutora Kyū Dāku Fantajī) is a 2004 production based on Ultra Q, the first of the Ultraman Series. It retains the same swirling effect for the title card, but with the words "Dark Fantasy" added underneath, the title also remains black and white. It was a late night show, airing at 1 am.
Characters
Protagonists
- Goichi Sakamoto (Yoshihiko Hakamada): A journalist for Global Magazine's subdivision, MIND Magazine. It covers everything, including the paranormal. Though he is considered eccentric, he is an expert journalist and is good with computers. Ever since he first joined, the magazine's sales have increased at an astronomical level. He was formerly a student of Watarai, and still retains contact.
- Ryo Kusunoki (Kumiko Endo): A 25-year-old freelance photographer who also works for MIND. Though she appears to hate Goichi, she actually respects him a great deal.
- Kakunoshin Watarai (Masao Kusakari): A 54-year-old inventor, and a professor of science at Teito University. He spent some years in Britain, where he found his craving for biscuits and tea. He is knowledgeable in many topics, especially science, history, mythology, and folklore.
Kaiju
- Gara Q
- Garagon
- Alien Giraff
- Living Brain
- Puzzle Woman
- Hieronymus machine
- Fake Policemen D1 & D2
- "Paradise" courier
- Mouse Catchers
- TGS-55
- Ghoulish Beings
- Kiara
- Unitoroda
- Sabikong
- Alien Cosmonet Yamada
- Ceremonial Bonfire
- The 3-eyed Totem Pole
- Alien Utsugi
- Varno
- Mirror World Duplicates
- Lily
- Old Gentleman
- The Shining Ship
- Cicada Woman
- Garagon II
- Komachi
- Blonde Juvenile
- Space-Time Camera
- Advance Human Genome
- Hecate
- The First, Second, Fourth ~ Tenth Planet People
- Kanegoneh
- The Doll
- Foreign Body
- Lecuum