Ultraman Geed

Ultraman Geed (ウルトラマンジード, Urutoraman Jīdo)[1][2] is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and the 29th entry to the Ultra Series. It aired on TV Tokyo from July 8, 2017 to December 23, 2017.[1][2][5][4] The series is simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll.[6]

Ultraman Geed
Title card
GenreSuperhero
Tokusatsu
Kaiju
Science fiction
Drama
Kyodai Hero
Created byTsuburaya Productions
Written by
  • Hirotaka Adachi
  • Uiko Miura
  • Sachio Yanai
  • Misaki Morie
  • Junichiro Ashiki
  • Toshizo Nemoto
  • Kyoko Katsuya
[1][2][3]
Directed by
  • Koichi Sakamoto
  • Ryuichi Ichino
  • Masayoshi Takesue
  • Suguru Tomita
  • Kiyotaka Taguchi
  • Ryo Ikeda
  • Ryoichi Ito
[1][2][3]
Starring
[4][3]
Opening theme"Geed no Akashi" by Riku Asakura with Voyager
Ending theme"Kibō no Kakera" by Voyager
Composer(s)Kenji Kawai
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes25[1][2]
Production
Running time30 min. (per episode)[1]
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original releaseJuly 8 –
December 23, 2017
Chronology
Preceded byUltraman Zero: The Chronicle
Followed byUltraman Orb: The Chronicle
External links
Website

The main catchphrase is "Fate – prepare for it." (運命 – 覚悟を決めろ。, Unmei – kakugo o kimero.).[1]

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.

Riku Asakura is a teenager with no knowledge of his past, save being found near an astronomical observatory as a baby following a universe-wide cataclysm called the Crisis Impact. When a giant monster destroys his home, Riku and his alien roommate Pega stumble upon a secret base 500 meters under Earth. Riku learns he is an Ultraman in human form and is given the ability to use the Geed Riser transformation device and Ultra Capsules (items that each contain a fragment of an Ultraman's power) by the base's operating system RE.M. to become Ultraman Geed to save everyone. But Riku later learns that he is the son of the instigator of the Crisis Impact: Ultraman Belial.

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 nemesis Ultraman 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.[1][2][7] 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's seeming death, Kei try to succeed his master by following his footsteps but found himself abandoned by Belial, who in fact recuperated within nonfiction writer Arie Ishikari and stole the former's Sturm Organ. Along with assuming the form known as Atrocious, Belial tries to absorb Ultraman King's essence, destroying Earth and moved on to attack the Land of Light and his inhabitants. 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. Near the end of the fight, Riku tried to understand his father's pain and suffering from his banishment but was forced to kill when Belial is beyond reasoning. 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[8] Writer Original air date
0"Ultraman Geed Pre-Premiere Special"
Transcription: "Urutoraman Jīdo Chokuzen Supesharu" (Japanese: ウルトラマンジード直前スペシャル)		Junichiro AshikiJuly 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)
1"Welcome to the Secret Base"
Transcription: "Himitsu Kichi e Yōkoso" (Japanese: 秘密基地へようこそ)		Hirotaka AdachiJuly 8, 2017 (2017-07-08)
2"The Girl Who Cuts Monsters"
Transcription: "Kaijū o Kiru Shōjo" (Japanese: 怪獣を斬る少女)		Hirotaka AdachiJuly 15, 2017 (2017-07-15)
3"Salaryman Zero"
Transcription: "Sararīman Zero" (Japanese: サラリーマンゼロ)		Hirotaka AdachiJuly 22, 2017 (2017-07-22)
4"A Job Where You Investigate Aliens"
Transcription: "Seijin o Ō Shigoto" (Japanese: 星人を追う仕事)		Hirotaka AdachiJuly 29, 2017 (2017-07-29)
5"Partners"
Transcription: "Aikata" (Japanese: あいかた)		Uiko MiuraAugust 5, 2017 (2017-08-05)
6"So That I Can Be Me"
Transcription: "Boku ga Boku de Aru Koto" (Japanese: 僕が僕であること)		Uiko MiuraAugust 12, 2017 (2017-08-12)
7"Sacrifice"
Transcription: "Sakurifaisu" (Japanese: サクリファイス)		Sachio YanaiAugust 19, 2017 (2017-08-19)
8"Going Beyond Fate"
Transcription: "Unmei o Koeteike" (Japanese: 運命を越えて行け)		Sachio YanaiAugust 26, 2017 (2017-08-26)
9"The Sword of an Oath"
Transcription: "Chikai no Tsurugi" (Japanese: 誓いの剣)		Uiko MiuraSeptember 2, 2017 (2017-09-02)
10"I Read Minds"
Transcription: "Kokoro Yomemasu" (Japanese: ココロヨメマス)		Misaki MorieSeptember 9, 2017 (2017-09-09)
11"The Geed Identity"
Transcription: "Jīdo Aidentitī" (Japanese: ジードアイデンティティー)		Hirotaka AdachiSeptember 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
12"My Name"
Transcription: "Boku no Namae" (Japanese: 僕の名前)		Hirotaka AdachiSeptember 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
13"Restore Memories"
Transcription: "Resutoa Memorīzu" (Japanese: レストア・メモリーズ)		Junichiro AshikiSeptember 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)
14"Shadows of Shadows"
Transcription: "Shadō no Kage" (Japanese: シャドーの影)		Toshizo NemotoOctober 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)
15"Child of Battle"
Transcription: "Tatakai no Ko" (Japanese: 戦いの子)		Toshizo NemotoOctober 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)
16"The First Day of the End of the World"
Transcription: "Sekai no Owari ga Hajimaru Hi" (Japanese: 世界の終わりが始まる日)		Hirotaka AdachiOctober 21, 2017 (2017-10-21)
17"The King's Miracle! Time to Change Fate!!"
Transcription: "Kingu no Kiseki! Kaeru ze! Unmei!!" (Japanese: キングの奇跡！変えるぜ！運命！！)		Hirotaka AdachiOctober 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)
18"Inheritor of the Dream"
Transcription: "Yume o Tsugu Mono" (Japanese: 夢を継ぐ者)		Sachio YanaiNovember 4, 2017 (2017-11-04)
19"Nebula House Invasion"
Transcription: "Ubawareta Seiun-sō" (Japanese: 奪われた星雲荘)		Kyoko KatsuyaNovember 11, 2017 (2017-11-11)
20"The 10:00 AM Monsterous Bird"
Transcription: "Gozen Jū-ji no Kaichō" (Japanese: 午前10時の怪鳥)		Uiko MiuraNovember 18, 2017 (2017-11-18)
21"Pega Runs Away from Home"
Transcription: "Pega, Iede Suru" (Japanese: ペガ、家出する)		Misaki MorieNovember 25, 2017 (2017-11-25)
22"Repossession"
Transcription: "Dakkan" (Japanese: 奪還)		Uiko MiuraDecember 2, 2017 (2017-12-02)
23"The Sturm's Light"
Transcription: "Sutorumu no Hikari" (Japanese: ストルムの光)		Uiko MiuraDecember 9, 2017 (2017-12-09)
24"The Fragments of Hope"
Transcription: "Kibō no Kakera" (Japanese: キボウノカケラ)		Hirotaka AdachiDecember 16, 2017 (2017-12-16)
25"The Symbol of Geed"
Transcription: "Jīdo no Akashi" (Japanese: GEEDの証)		Hirotaka AdachiDecember 23, 2017 (2017-12-23)

Ultraman Geed the Movie

Ultraman Geed the Movie (劇場版 ウルトラマンジード　つなぐぜ! 願い!!, Gekijō-ban Urutoraman Jīdo Tsunagu ze! Negai!!, also called "Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect the Wishes!") was released on March 10, 2018.[9][10][11][12]

Other Appearances

Film and Team Up

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.[13]

The Ultraman Geed trademark was filed by Tsuburaya Productions on March 6, 2017.[14] The series was announced on April 27, 2017 by the official website of Tsuburaya Productions and Sports 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 movie Ultraman 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.[1][2]

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 an Ultraman series".[1][2] As the show revolves around a protagonist fighting with the blood of a villain, he related the plot towards that of Devilman.[15] Writer Otsuichi mentioned that he used to watch Ultraman X and Ultraman Orb with his son back home and was advised to use Arthur C. Clarke's novel Childhood's End as 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.[13] 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 by Gen Urobuchi in Kamen Rider Gaim.[15]

Cast
  • Riku Asakura (朝倉 リク, Asakura Riku)/Ultraman Geed (ウルトラマンジード, Urutoraman Jīdo, Voice): Tatsuomi Hamada (濱田 龍臣, Hamada Tatsuomi)[1][2]
  • Laiha Toba (鳥羽 ライハ, Toba Raiha): Chihiro Yamamoto (山本 千尋, Yamamoto Chihiro)[16]
  • Moa Aizaki (愛崎 モア, Aizaki Moa): Mayu Hasegawa (長谷川 眞優, Hasegawa Mayu)[16]
  • Leito Igaguri (伊賀栗 レイト, Igaguri Reito): Yuta Ozawa (小澤 雄太, Ozawa Yūta)[16]
  • Kei Fukuide (伏井出 ケイ, Fukuide Kei): Kunito Watanabe (渡辺 邦斗, Watanabe Kunito)[16]
  • Rumina Igaguri (伊賀栗 ルミナ, Igaguri Rumina): Hitomi Hasebe (長谷部 瞳, Hasabe Hitomi)
  • Mayu Igaguri (伊賀栗 マユ, Igaguri Mayu): Mirei Shimizu (清水 美怜, Shimizu Mirei)
  • Alien Shadow "Zena" (シャドー星人 ゼナ, Shadō Seijin Zena, Human): Hideyoshi Iwata (岩田 栄慶, Iwata Hideyoshi)[4]
  • Haruo Kume (久米 ハルヲ, Kume Haruo)): Tadashi Mizuno (水野 直, Mizuno Tadashi)[4]
  • Newscaster: Chisato Kawai (川合 千里, Kawai Chisato)
  • Jōji Ōsumi (大隅 丈治, Ōsumi Jōji): Kenji Masaki (柾 賢志, Masaki Kenji)
  • Arie Ishikari (石刈 アリエ, Ishikari Arie): Ryoko Kobayashi (小林 涼子, Kobayashi Ryōko)
  • Alien Pegassa "Pega" (ペガッサ星人 ペガ, Pegassa Seijin Pega, Voice): Megumi Han (潘 めぐみ, Han Megumi)[16][3]
  • RE.M. (レム, Remu, Voice): Suzuko Mimori (三森 すずこ, Mimori Suzuko)[16][3]
  • Alien Shadow "Zena" (Voice): Shintarō Asanuma (浅沼 晋太郎, Asanuma Shintarō)[4]
  • Ultraman Zero (ウルトラマンゼロ, Urutoraman Zero, Voice): Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守, Miyano Mamoru)[16][3]
  • Ultraman Belial (ウルトラマンベリアル, Urutoraman Beriaru, Voice): Yūki Ono (小野 友樹, Ono Yūki)[16][3]
  • Riser Voice (Ultra Capsule scan), Ultraman King (ウルトラマンキング, Urutoraman Kingu, Voice): Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之, Hiyama Nobuyuki)
  • Riser Voice (Monster Capsule scan), Narration (0), Lecuum (レキューム人, Rekyūmu Jin, Voice; 20): Kenta Matsumoto (松本 健太, Matsumoto Kenta)[17]

Guest cast
  • Yoshiko Hara (原 良子, Hara Yoshiko, 1, 2): Hitomi Miwa (三輪 ひとみ, Miwa Hitomi)
  • Sui Asakura (朝倉 錘, Asakura Sui, 12): Minori Terada (寺田 農, Terada Minori)
  • Kuruto Kageyama (影山 来人, Kageyama Kuruto, 14, 15): Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹, Suzuki Hiroki)
  • Fujio Manga (満賀 富士夫, Manga Fujio, 16, 17): Catcher Nakazawa (キャッチャー中澤, Kyatchā Nakazawa)

Songs
Opening theme
  • "Geed no Akashi" (GEEDの証, Jīdo no Akashi, lit. "The Symbol of Geed")[3]
    • Lyrics: Sumiyo Mutsumi (六ツ見 純代, Mutsumi Sumiyo)
    • Composition & Arrangement: Kenji Kawai (川井 憲次, 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")[3]
    • Lyrics: TAKERU, Chiaki Seshimo (瀬下 千晶, Seshimo Chiaki)
    • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi (小西 貴雄, Konishi Takao)
    • Artists: Voyager
    • Episodes: 1-17 (Verse 1), 18-24 (Verse 2), Finale

International broadcast

In Hong Kong, this series aired on ViuTV on July 21, 2018. In Indonesia, this series aried on RTV (Indonesian TV channel) on October 9, 2018. In the Philippines, this series will set to air on GMA Network in the latter part of 2020.

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

References
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