"Awaken, Warrior of Light!"
- ―Series tagline
Ultraman Orb (ウルトラマンオーブ Urutoraman Ōbu) is the 26th entry in the Ultraman Series, and was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ultraman and the 20th anniversary of Ultraman Tiga. It aried from July 9, 2016 to December 24, 2016. This series is not part of New Ultraman Retsuden and therefore aired on Saturdays instead of Tuesdays. It is the first show since Ultraman Mebius to air on Saturdays. It is Chapter 6 of the Ultraman Orb Chronicle.
Synopsis
Naomi Yumeno has had the same strange dream since she was young: visions of a shining giant of light battling a giant monster.
With her interest sparked by those dreams, she starts the paranormal phenomena tracking website called "Something Search People" with her friends Jetta Hayami and Shin Matsudo.
One day the trio are on the tail of a unidentified mysterious animal suspected of causing strange meteorological activity. They ignore the warnings of Naomi's uncle Ittetsu Shibukawa, an officer with the special investigations team VTL, and head towards the center of the strange weather. There they suddenly encounter the Lord Monster of wind, Maga-Basser! Naomi is blasted by the vicious winds but rescued by the vagabond, Gai Kurenai (Hideo Ishiguro).
By using his Orb Ring to read the power of two previous Ultras, Gai is able to Fusion Up into a warrior of light from a distant galaxy, Ultraman Orb! And thus the curtain rises on a series of intense battles between Ultraman Orb and the Lord Monsters, while behind the scenes, the mysterious Juggler takes hold of his Dark Ring while smiling sinisterly...
Gai's Ultra Hero Special Study
Gai's Ultra Hero Special Study (ガイのウルトラヒーロー大研究 Gai no Urutora Hīrō Dai Kenkyū) is a segment at the end of the show where Gai will feature the Ultra Fusion Card and Kaiju Card of the week.
Characters
Protagonist
SSP
VTL
Antagonists
Others
- Natasha Romanová
- Tamayura
- Haruka Kirishima
- Genzaburo Tomatsu
- Keiko Yumeno
- Soichi Kofune
- Tetsuko Shibukawa
- Yoko
Ultras
Kaiju
Good
Evil
- Hyper Zetton Deathscythe
- Aribunta
- Hoe
- Kelbim
- Black King
- Alien Zelan
- Alien Shaplay
- Bemular (Empowered)
- Renki (Crimson Lotus Knight)
- Nova
Lord Monsters
- Magatanothor (Offscreen)
- Maga-Zetton
- Maga-Basser
- Maga-Grand King
- Maga-Jappa
- Maga-Pandon
- Maga-Orochi
- Zeppandon
Neutral
Cast
- Gai Kurenai (クレナイ・ガイ Kurenai Gai): Hideo Ishiguro (石黒 英雄 Ishiguro Hideo)
- Naomi Yumeno (夢野 ナオミ Yumeno Naomi): Miyabi Matsuura (松浦 雅 Matsuura Miyabi)
- Jetta Hayami (早見 ジェッタ Hayami Jyetta): Naoto Takahashi (髙橋 直人 Takahashi Naoto)
- Shin Matsudo (松戸 シン Matsudo Shin): Hiroaki Nerio (ねりお 弘晃 Nerio Hiroaki)
- Jugglus Juggler (ジャグラスジャグラー Jagurasu Jagurā): Takaya Aoyagi (青柳 尊哉 Aoyagi Takaya)
- Ittetsu Shibukawa (渋川 一徹 Shibukawa Ittetsu): Shingo Yanagisawa (柳沢 慎吾 Yanagisawa Shingo)
Staff
- Directed by: Kiyotaka Taguchi (Main Director), Yuichi Abe, Ryuichi Ichino, Suguru Tomita, Masayoshi Takesue.
- Series Screenwriter: Takao Nakano (中野貴雄 Nakano Takao).
- Written By: Takao Nakano, Yuji Kobayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Akio Miyoshi, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Hisako Kurosawa, Junichiro Ashiki, Uiko Miura, Daiki Seto, Hiroki Uchida, Sachio Yanai.
- Music Composer: Takao Konishi.
Music
Opening Theme
- Artist: Ichiro Mizuki (水木 一郎 Mizuki Ichirō) with Voyager
- Lyrics & Composition: Toshihiko Takamizawa (高見沢 俊彦 Takamizawa Toshihiko)
- Arrangement: Toshihiko Takamizawa with Yuichiro Honda (本田 優一郎 Honda Yūichirō)
Ending Theme
- Artist: Voyager feat. Hideo Ishiguro & Miyabi Matsuura, Naoto Takahashi and Hiroaki Nerio
- Lyrics: TAKERU & Chiaki Seshimo
- Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi (小西貴雄 Konishi Takao)
Home Media
In addition to the Japanese Blu-ray release, Mill Creek also released the series in the United States.