Waroga Counterattack

Waroga Counterattack
Ultraman Cosmos, episode 48
Information
Airdate	June 1, 2002
Directed by	Masaki Harada
Written by	Masakazu Migita
Special Effects Directed by	Masaki Harada
Viewer Ratings	4.0%
Continuity
Previous	Sorceress of the Sky
Next	Snow of Space

Waroga Counterattack is the forty-eighth episode of Ultraman Cosmos.

Plot

The evil alien Waroga appears again along with an ominous declaration of war. The Defense Force and Team EYES engage the enemy. But the flow of battle turns to Waroga’s advantage and Musashi is heavily wounded without being able to turn into Cosmos.

Cast

• Musashi Haruno : Taiyo Sugiura
• Harumitsu Hiura : Daisuke Shima
• Shinobu Mizuki : Kaori Sakagami
• Keisuke Fubuki : Hidekazu Ichinose
• Koji Doigaki : Koichi Sudo
• Ayano Morimoto : Mayuka Suzuki

Guest Actors

• Commander Sahara : Masahiro Sudo
• Vice Commander Shishikura : Eiji Oki
• Noboru Kawaya : Shigeki Kagemaru
• Dr. Migita : Masakazu Migita
• Ishii : Hiroshi Ishii
• Sergeant Ushijima : Kei Kagaya
• Yamazaki : Naoki Ichimura
• Bengals Captain Oka : Hideki Oka
• Hara : Miyuki Yuda

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Cosmos : Hiroyuki Sato
• Narration : Hiroshi Isobe

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Cosmos: Daisuke Terai
• Waroga : Tomohiro Nagata

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Cosmos
  • Luna Mode
  • Corona Mode

Kaiju

• Waroga II

Home Media

• Ultraman Cosmos Volume 12 features episodes 45-48.

Trivia

• The initial script for this episode was written by Hideki Oka. However, prior to this, Masaki Harada requested plot changes, resulting in a script titled "Enemy Within the Heart," in which Waroga is portrayed as a manipulator of human life, similar to episodes 13 and 14.
  • Kawaya and Shinobu become engaged, but Miyako, a woman that Kawaya had previously been unable to cure, suddenly returns and reveals Waroga's plan: he intends to use children with the same rare disease, whose weak immune systems make them ideal hosts, for his resurrection. Feared by the public and the JADF, the children are sheltered by EYES at the sanatorium.
  • It is soon revealed that Miyako is Waroga's host. When Shinobu learns the truth, she shoots her. Waroga appears, but is defeated by Cosmos. Ultimately, Kawaya leaves Japan to develop a vaccine to save the children, while Shinobu silently watches him depart, still wearing her engagement ring.
• However, producer Hiroyasu Shibuya later felt the story was too heavy for the audience, so Masakazu Migita rewrote it at the last minute. Some elements of the original plot were later used in episode 47.