Ultraman Ginga is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the company and is part of the New Ultraman Retsuden programming block on TV Tokyo.[1]
Story
Some time prior to the start of the series, a great war named the Dark Spark War raged between the sides of good and evil. These two forces were represented by the participants, the Ultramen and their allies fighting for justice against the monsters and evil aliens from various universes. During this great conflict an unknown being appeared wielding an object of great dark power called the Dark Spark. With it he transformed all the combatants into figurines called Spark Dolls . In response, an Ultraman named Ginga appeared with a similar item wielded by the dark elusive figure and fought him. Ultimately he lost, and his item fell to Earth with his Spark Doll within it. A young man named Hikaru Raido eventually stumbles across an item called the Ginga Spark , the same wielded by the Ultraman, it not only allows him to become Ultraman Ginga, but also allows him to go UltraLive [2] with the figures to change them to their rightful size and become one with them. Hikaru fights with his friends to uncover the darkness behind the Spark Dolls. Alien Nackle drops a clue that the wielder of darkness resides in their very elementary school.
In the final episode, the master of darkness, Dark Lugiel reveals himself. He destroys the elementary school before proceeding to defeat Ginga. When all hope seems lost, Ultraman Taro regains his true form and rises to fight Dark Lugiel. He manages to revive Ginga before being defeated himself, and Ginga and Lugiel have an intense battle on the moon, ending with Lugiel's defeat. Ginga and Taro say their goodbyes to Hikaru and friends as they leave Earth for their homeland.
Characters
Protagonists
Furoboshi Town Residents
- Misuzu Isurugi
- Kenta Watarai
- Chigusa Kuno
- Hotsuma Raido
- Kyoko Shirai
- Seiichiro Isurugi
- Shingo Kuwabara
Ultras
Kaiju/Seijin
- Alien Valky
- Black King
- Thunder Darambia
- Kemur Man
- King Pandon
- Ragon
- Doragory
- Alien Nackle Gray
- Dark Galberos
- Zaragas
- Red King
- Antlar
- Jasyuline
- Super Grand King
- Dark Lugiel
Cast
- Hikaru Raido : Takuya Negishi
- Misuzu Isurugi : Mio Miyatake
- Kenta Watarai : Mizuki Ohno
- Chigusa Kuno : Kirara
- Tomoya Ichijouji : Takuya Kusakawa
- Taichi Kakisaki : Shohei Uno
- Kyoko Shirai : Hana Kino
- Hotsuma Raido : Masahiko Tsugawa
- Gō Ōsato : Mitsuki Koga
- Shingo Kuwabara : Shohei Abe
- Tomomi Kuroki : Maiko Kawakami
- Seiichiro Isurugi : Hironobu Nomura
Voice actors
- Ultraman Taro : Hiroya Ishimaru
- Ultraman Ginga , Dark Lugiel : Tomokazu Sugita
- Alien Valky : Tatsuya Hashimoto
- Alien Nackle Gray : Kunji Hirano
- Young Ultraman Taro: Kenta Matsumoto
- Mother of Ultra : Miki Ohtani
- Father of Ultra : Holly Kaneko
Music
- Opening Theme
- Legend of Galaxy ~Ginga no Hasha
- Lyrics & Composition: Toshihiko Takamizawa
- Arrangement: Toshihiko Takamizawa with Yuichiro Honda
- Artist: Takamiy with Mamoru Miyano
- Episodes: 1-6 (Verse 1), 7-11 (Verse 2)
- Ultraman Ginga no Uta (YouTube rerun, 2020)
- Ending Theme
- Starlight
- Lyrics & Composition & Arrangement: Mayuko Maruyama
- Artist: Ultra Chōtokkyū
- Episodes: 1-6 (Verse 1), 7-11 (Verse 2)
- Insert Themes
- Ultraman Ginga no Uta
- Artist: Voyager with Chisa (Girl Next Door), Takeuchi Hiroaki , Maria Haruna , Hikaru , Misuzu , Kenta , Chigusa , Tomoya
- Episodes: 1-3, 6, 7, 10, 11
- Natsu no Kaze Aki no Kaze
- Lyrics: Maria Haruna
- Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
- Artist: Chisa (Girl Next Door), Maria Haruna, Kirara
- Episodes: 4
Home Media
Releases are also available on Blu-ray.
Trivia
- This series is the first Ultra Series entry that is aired on TV Tokyo. Since then, all subsequent TV series are aired on TV Tokyo.
External Links
- Ultraman Ginga at TV Tokyo (Japanese)
- Ultraman Ginga at Tsuburaya Productions (Japanese)
References
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