Ultraman Geed

Ultraman Geed
Title card
Genre	Superhero Tokusatsu Kaiju Science fiction Humor Drama Kyodai Hero
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions
Written by	Hirotaka Adachi Uiko Miura Sachio Yanai Misaki Morie Junichiro Ashiki Toshizo Nemoto Kyoko Katsuya
Directed by	Koichi Sakamoto Ryuichi Ichino Masayoshi Takesue Suguru Tomita Kiyotaka Taguchi Ryo Ikeda Ryoichi Ito
Starring	Tatsuomi Hamada Chihiro Yamamoto Mayu Hasegawa Yuta Ozawa Kunito Watanabe Tadashi Mizuno
Voices of	Mamoru Miyano Yūki Ono
Opening theme	"Geed no Akashi"by Riku Asakura with Voyager
Ending theme	"Kibō no Kakera"by Voyager
Composer	Kenji Kawai
Country of origin	Japan
No.of episodes	25
Production
Running time	30 min. (per episode)
Original release
Network	TV Tokyo
Release	July 8(2017-07-08)– December 23, 2017(2017-12-23)
Related
Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle

Ultraman Geed(ウルトラマンジード,Urutoraman Jīdo)is a Japanesetokusatsudrama produced byTsuburaya Productionsand the 29th entry to theUltra Series.It aired onTV Tokyofrom July 8, 2017, to December 23, 2017.The series is simulcast outside Japan byCrunchyroll.

The main catchphrase is "Fate – prepare for it."(Vận mệnh – 覚 ngộ を quyết めろ.,Unmei – kakugo o kimero.).

Synopsis

Main article:List of Ultraman Geed characters

Ultraman Geed, the series' titular character. His jagged eyes are the defining trait from his father, Belial.

In the past, a terrifying war raged across the universe, devastating countless planets, instigated byUltraman Belialand his army. At the climax of the war, hereafter referred to as the Omega Armageddon, Belial defeated the Ultras in battle, then activated a bomb which blew apart the Earth and initiated the Crisis Impact, an apocalyptic event. The Ultras could only watch as the Crisis Impact threatened the universe with destruction, before Ultraman King sacrificed his corporeal form to save everything, essentially becoming the universe's host.

In the present day, Kei Fukuide, an alien from the ruined Planet Sturm and one of Belial's allies, infiltrates the Land of Light and steals the Ultra Capsules - an invention developed byUltraman Hikarithat serve to contain a fraction of a specific Ultra's powers - thenreverse engineersthem into Kaiju Capsules. Meanwhile, on Earth, Riku Asakura is a teenager with no knowledge of his past, save for being found near an astronomical observatory as a baby following the Crisis Impact. When a giant monster destroys his home, Riku and his alien roommate Pega stumble upon a secret base 500 meters below the ground. Riku learns he is an Ultraman in human form and is given the ability to use the Geed Riser transformation device and Ultra Capsules by the base's operating system RE.M. to become Ultraman Geed to save everyone.

Deciding to fight against fate, he is joined by monster hunter Laiha Toba, AIB agent Moa Aizaki, and office worker Leito Igaguri, who becomes the host of Belial's nemesisUltraman Zero.Riku soon learns that the monsters he faces are Fusion Rise forms of Kei Fukuide, who seeks those who are hosts to unformed Ultra Capsules called Little Stars.In the middle of the series, Riku discovered that he was a clone of Belial manufactured by Kei to gather the Ultra Capsules in order to revive the dark Ultra. At some point of time, Belial returned to Earth and kidnapped his son in an attempt to sway the latter to his side but failed due to Ultraman King and Laiha's intervention. With the power bestowed by Ultraman King, Geed received a new form known as Royal Mega-Master and defeated his father.

With Belial seemingly dead, an amnesiac Kei attempts to continue his master's legacy, and is taken in by Arie Ishikari, a nonfiction author who is secretly Belial's host, having been selected after his initial defeat. Eventually, Belial launches his final attack, stealing Kei's Sturm Organ, using its Carellen Element to absorb vast quantities of King's essence, the Childhood Radiation. Having taken on a new form dubbed Belial Atrocious, Belial intends to destroy Earth, then the Land of Light. Zero succeeded in separating Ultraman King from Belial while Father of Ultra came to Earth and sealed him within a barrier. The next day, Riku took matters on his own as he fights his father in one-on-one combat with his will allowing Ultraman King to summon copies of his Fusion Rise forms into his aid. In the midst of the final battle, a delirious Kei, near death due to the loss of his Sturm Organ, attempts to menace Leito's family, only to be confronted by Laiha, who defeats him in a sword fight. Mortally wounded, Kei asks if he was really just another pawn to Belial, before dissolving into green particles and dying. At the climax of his battle with Belial, Riku tried to understand his father's pain and suffering from his banishment, but was forced to kill him when Belial continued his attack. With the fight over, a fully healed Zero joined Father of Ultra and Ultraman King as they left Earth and Riku resumed his normal life.

Episodes

Main article:List of Ultraman Geed episodes

No.	Title	Writer	Original air date
SP	"Ultraman Geed Preview Special" Transliteration: "Urutoraman Jīdo Chokuzen Supesharu"(Japanese:ウルトラマンジード trực tiền スペシャル)	Junichiro Ashiki	July 1, 2017(2017-07-01)
1	"Welcome to the Secret Base" Transliteration: "Himitsu Kichi e Yōkoso"(Japanese:Bí mật cơ địa へようこそ)	Hirotaka Adachi	July 8, 2017(2017-07-08)
2	"The Girl Who Cuts Monsters" Transliteration: "Kaijū o Kiru Shōjo"(Japanese:Quái thú を trảm る thiếu nữ)	Hirotaka Adachi	July 15, 2017(2017-07-15)
3	"Salaryman Zero" Transliteration: "Sararīman Zero"(Japanese:サラリーマンゼロ)	Hirotaka Adachi	July 22, 2017(2017-07-22)
4	"A Job Where You Investigate Aliens" Transliteration: "Seijin o Ō Shigoto"(Japanese:Tinh nhân を truy う sĩ sự)	Hirotaka Adachi	July 29, 2017(2017-07-29)
5	"Partners" Transliteration: "Aikata"(Japanese:あいかた)	Uiko Miura	August 5, 2017(2017-08-05)
6	"So That I Can Be Me" Transliteration: "Boku ga Boku de Aru Koto"(Japanese:Phó が phó であること)	Uiko Miura	August 12, 2017(2017-08-12)
7	"Sacrifice" Transliteration: "Sakurifaisu"(Japanese:サクリファイス)	Sachio Yanai	August 19, 2017(2017-08-19)
8	"Going Beyond Fate" Transliteration: "Unmei o Koeteike"(Japanese:Vận mệnh を việt えて hành け)	Sachio Yanai	August 26, 2017(2017-08-26)
9	"The Sword of an Oath" Transliteration: "Chikai no Tsurugi"(Japanese:Thệ いの kiếm)	Uiko Miura	September 2, 2017(2017-09-02)
10	"I Read Minds" Transliteration: "Kokoro Yomemasu"(Japanese:ココロヨメマス)	Misaki Morie	September 9, 2017(2017-09-09)
11	"The Geed Identity" Transliteration: "Jīdo Aidentitī"(Japanese:ジードアイデンティティー)	Hirotaka Adachi	September 15, 2017(2017-09-15)
12	"My Name" Transliteration: "Boku no Namae"(Japanese:Phó の danh tiền)	Hirotaka Adachi	September 23, 2017(2017-09-23)
13	"Restore Memories" Transliteration: "Resutoa Memorīzu"(Japanese:レストア・メモリーズ)	Junichiro Ashiki	September 30, 2017(2017-09-30)
14	"Shadows of Shadows" Transliteration: "Shadō no Kage"(Japanese:シャドーの ảnh)	Toshizo Nemoto	October 7, 2017(2017-10-07)
15	"Child of Battle" Transliteration: "Tatakai no Ko"(Japanese:Chiến いの tử)	Toshizo Nemoto	October 14, 2017(2017-10-14)
16	"The First Day of the End of the World" Transliteration: "Sekai no Owari ga Hajimaru Hi"(Japanese:Thế giới の chung わりが thủy まる nhật)	Hirotaka Adachi	October 21, 2017(2017-10-21)
17	"The King's Miracle! Time to Change Fate!!" Transliteration: "Kingu no Kiseki! Kaeru ze! Unmei!!"(Japanese:キングの kỳ tích! 変えるぜ! Vận mệnh!!)	Hirotaka Adachi	October 28, 2017(2017-10-28)
18	"Inheritor of the Dream" Transliteration: "Yume o Tsugu Mono"(Japanese:Mộng を継ぐ giả)	Sachio Yanai	November 4, 2017(2017-11-04)
19	"Nebula House Invasion" Transliteration: "Ubawareta Seiun-sō"(Japanese:Đoạt われた tinh vân trang)	Kyoko Katsuya	November 11, 2017(2017-11-11)
20	"The 10:00 AM Monsterous Bird" Transliteration: "Gozen Jū-ji no Kaichō"(Japanese:Ngọ tiền 10 thời の quái điểu)	Uiko Miura	November 18, 2017(2017-11-18)
21	"Pega Runs Away from Home" Transliteration: "Pega, Iede Suru"(Japanese:ペガ, gia xuất する)	Misaki Morie	November 25, 2017(2017-11-25)
22	"Repossession" Transliteration: "Dakkan"(Japanese:Đoạt hoàn)	Uiko Miura	December 2, 2017(2017-12-02)
23	"The Sturm's Light" Transliteration: "Sutorumu no Hikari"(Japanese:ストルムの quang)	Uiko Miura	December 9, 2017(2017-12-09)
24	"The Fragments of Hope" Transliteration: "Kibō no Kakera"(Japanese:キボウノカケラ)	Hirotaka Adachi	December 16, 2017(2017-12-16)
25	"The Symbol of Geed" Transliteration: "Jīdo no Akashi"(Japanese:GEEDの chứng)	Hirotaka Adachi	December 23, 2017(2017-12-23)

Ultraman Geed the Movie

Ultraman Geed the Movie(Kịch tràng bản ウルトラマンジード つなぐぜ! Nguyện い!!,Gekijō-ban Urutoraman Jīdo Tsunagu ze! Negai!!,also called "Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect the Wishes!")was released on March 10, 2018.

Other appearances

Film and team-up

• Ultraman Geed made his debut in the final scene ofUltra Fight Orb,where he was shown killing Reibatos when other Ultras assumed him to have died after being defeated by Ultraman Orb, though this appearance was later proven false, as shown in the series finale in which Belial was the one who killed Reibatos.
• Ultraman R/B the Movie(2018): Seehere
• Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes/Ultraman Taiga(2019)/Ultraman Taiga The Movie(2020): Seehere
• Ultraman Z(2020): Seehere

Production

In the early days after receiving the plan, I received an e-mail from Tsuburaya stating "How about the main hero is Belial's son?". But a while ago, I also found the theme of "Belial's son" is quite funny and interesting. It seems that it was suggested in reverse to main proposal I made. I was surprised to see it as a coincidence. It was like a mysterious feeling that my mind was read without my own permission.

Comments by Otsuichi.

TheUltraman Geedtrademark was filed by Tsuburaya Productions on March 6, 2017.The series was announced on April 27, 2017, by the official website of Tsuburaya Productions andSports Hochi.The main actor Tatsuomi Hamada mentioned that becoming an Ultraman is a childhood dream since his kindergarten. As he had once played Nao, one of the protagonists in the 2010 Ultra Series movieUltraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial,he is also excited to view Belial as a father instead of an antagonist of the previous movie while his character grew up and faced his destiny.

According to Koichi Sakamoto, he views Riku as a man who fights as Belial's son while facing challenges without getting bound by the "common senses of anUltramanseries ".As the show revolves around a protagonist fighting with the blood of a villain, he related the plot towards that ofDevilman.Writer Otsuichi mentioned that he used to watchUltraman XandUltraman Orbwith his son back home and was advised to useArthur C. Clarke's novelChildhood's Endas a reference material for the first stage of the project. Said author's name becomes the foundation of the main character's name, Riku Asakura. The theme of Riku being Belial's son was an idea he thought of but never expected it to be conceptualized by Tsuburaya themselves.He stresses the difficulty of writing the script of the first episode, with the Ultra and the transformation item that were yet to be named. He is also well-aware that this is not the first tokusatsu series to be written by a novelist, as this was preceded byGen UrobuchiinKamen Rider Gaim.

Cast

• Riku Asakura(Triều thương リク,Asakura Riku)/Ultraman Geed(ウルトラマンジード,Urutoraman Jīdo,Voice):Tatsuomi Hamada(Tân điền long thần,Hamada Tatsuomi)
• Laiha Toba(Điểu vũ ライハ,Toba Raiha):Chihiro Yamamoto(Sơn bổn thiên tầm,Yamamoto Chihiro)
• Moa Aizaki(Ái kỳ モア,Aizaki Moa):Mayu Hasegawa(Trường cốc xuyên chân ưu,Hasegawa Mayu)
• Leito Igaguri(Y hạ lật レイト,Igaguri Reito):Yuta Ozawa(Tiểu trạch hùng thái,Ozawa Yūta)
• Kei Fukuide(Phục tỉnh xuất ケイ,Fukuide Kei):Kunito Watanabe(Độ biên bang đấu,Watanabe Kunito)
• Rumina Igaguri(Y hạ lật ルミナ,Igaguri Rumina):Hitomi Hasebe(Trường cốc bộ đồng,Hasabe Hitomi)
• Mayu Igaguri(Y hạ lật マユ,Igaguri Mayu):Mirei Shimizu(Thanh thủy mỹ liên,Shimizu Mirei)
• Alien Shadow "Zenna"(シャドー tinh nhân ゼナ,Shadō Seijin Zena,Human):Hideyoshi Iwata(Nham điền vinh khánh,Iwata Hideyoshi)
• Haruo Kume(Cửu mễ ハルヲ,Kume Haruo)):Tadashi Mizuno(Thủy dã trực,Mizuno Tadashi)
• Newscaster: Chisato Kawai(Xuyên hợp thiên lí,Kawai Chisato)
• Jōji Ōsumi(Đại ngung trượng trị,Ōsumi Jōji):Kenji Masaki(Cữu hiền chí,Masaki Kenji)
• Arie Ishikari(Thạch ngải アリエ,Ishikari Arie):Ryoko Kobayashi(Tiểu lâm lương tử,Kobayashi Ryōko)
• Alien Pegassa "Pega"(ペガッサ tinh nhân ペガ,Pegassa Seijin Pega,Voice):Megumi Han(Phan めぐみ,Han Megumi)
• RE.M.(レム,Remu,Voice):Suzuko Mimori(Tam sâm すずこ,Mimori Suzuko)
• Alien Shadow "Zenna" (Voice):Shintarō Asanuma(Thiển chiểu tấn thái lang,Asanuma Shintarō)
• Ultraman Zero(ウルトラマンゼロ,Urutoraman Zero,Voice):Mamoru Miyano(Cung dã chân thủ,Miyano Mamoru)
• Ultraman Belial(ウルトラマンベリアル,Urutoraman Beriaru,Voice):Yūki Ono(Tiểu dã hữu thụ,Ono Yūki)
• Riser Voice (Ultra Capsule scan), Ultraman King(ウルトラマンキング,Urutoraman Kingu,Voice):Nobuyuki Hiyama(Cối sơn tu chi,Hiyama Nobuyuki)
• Riser Voice (Monster Capsule scan), Narration (0), Lecuum(レキューム nhân,Rekyūmu Jin,Voice; 20):Kenta Matsumoto(Tùng bổn kiện thái,Matsumoto Kenta)

Guest cast

• Yoshiko Hara(Nguyên lương tử,Hara Yoshiko,1, 2):Hitomi Miwa(Tam luân ひとみ,Miwa Hitomi)
• Sui Asakura(Triều thương chuy,Asakura Sui,12):Minori Terada(Tự điền nông,Terada Minori)
• Kuruto Kageyama(Ảnh sơn lai nhân,Kageyama Kuruto,14, 15):Hiroki Suzuki(Linh mộc dụ thụ,Suzuki Hiroki)
• Fujio Manga(Mãn hạ phú sĩ phu,Manga Fujio,16, 17):Catcher Nakazawa(キャッチャー trung trạch,Kyatchā Nakazawa)

Songs

Opening theme

• "Geed no Akashi"(GEEDの chứng,Jīdo no Akashi,lit. "The Symbol of Geed" )
  • Lyrics: Sumiyo Mutsumi(Lục ツ kiến thuần đại,Mutsumi Sumiyo)
  • Composition & Arrangement:Kenji Kawai(Xuyên tỉnh hiến thứ,Kawai Kenji)
  • Artists: Riku Asakura (Tatsuomi Hamada) with Voyager(ボイジャー,Boijā)
  • Episodes: 1-17 (Verse 1), 18-24 (Verse 2)

Ending theme

• "Kibō no Kakera"(キボウノカケラ,lit. "The Fragments of Hope" )
  • Lyrics: TAKERU, Chiaki Seshimo(Lại hạ thiên tinh,Seshimo Chiaki)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi(Tiểu tây quý hùng,Konishi Takao)
  • Artists: Voyager
  • Episodes: 1-17 (Verse 1), 18-24 (Verse 2), Finale

International broadcast

InHong Kong,this series aired onViuTVon July 21, 2018. InIndonesia,this series aired onRTV (Indonesian TV channel)on October 9, 2018. In thePhilippines,this series will set to air onTV5soon.

See also

• Ultra Series- Complete list of official Ultraman-related shows.

External links

• Ultraman Geedat Tsuburaya Productions (in English)
• Ultraman GeedatTsuburaya Productions(in Japanese)
• Ultraman GeedatTV Tokyo(in Japanese)