Ultraman X

Ultraman X
Genre	Superhero Tokusatsu Science fiction Kaiju
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions
Written by	Yuji Kobayashi Hirotoshi Kobayashi Takao Nakano Hisako Kurosawa Ryo Ikeda Sotaro Hayashi Sachio Yanai Hiroki Uchida Akio Miyoshi Junichiro Ashiki Kyoko Katsuya Uiko Miura
Directed by	Kiyotaka Taguchi Koichi Sakamoto Takanori Tsujimoto Yusuke Murakami Yuichi Abe Suguru Tomita
Starring	Kensuke Takahashi Akane Sakanoue Yoshihiko Hosoda Ukyo Matsumoto Hayato Harada Haruka Momokawa TAKERU Chiaki Seshimo Sarara Tsukifume Yuu Kamio
Composer(s)	Takao Konishi
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	22 (with 3 recaps)
Production
Running time	30 mins
Release
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original release	July 14, 2015 – January 5, 2016
Chronology
Preceded by	Ultra Fight Victory
Followed by	Ultraman Orb
External links
Website

Ultraman X (ウルトラマンX（エックス）, Urutoraman Ekkusu) is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The 27th entry to the Ultra Series, it is currently the last series to air as part of the New Ultraman Retsuden programming block on TV Tokyo. On July 13 Crunchyroll announced it will be simulcast in North America on their site and APPs, marking it the first tokusatsu show in the world to be simulcast while airing in Japan.^[1][2]

Story

Ultraman X, the series' titular hero, sporting a pair of headphone-shaped ears and an "X" shaped Color Timer.

A solar flare called the Ultra Flare (ウルトラフレア, Urutora Furea) has awakened mysterious OOPArts known as Spark Dolls from the depths of the earth and the ocean, materializing them into rampaging monsters that terrorize the Earth. Due to this, UNVER was formed to gather, collect and secure unstable Spark Dolls and a new attack team was formed, Xio to combat monster threats.

Fifteen years later, Daichi Ozora, a member of Xio's Lab Team whom was orphaned when his parents lost in the Ultra Flare, bonds and transforms into Ultraman X to battle threats from both aliens and monsters.^[3] He soon learns of the truth behind Ultra Flare and resolves to help Ultraman X to regain his physical body after the incident had trapped him in a form of computer data.

In the middle of the series, Daichi learns of how to properly summon a Cyber Monster and thus, bringing forth Cyber Gomora, a monster modelled after his childhood Spark Doll, Gomora, becoming one of Xio's new allies and an alternative for Daichi whenever X is unable to fight. At the same time a strange energy source dubbed by Xio as Dark Thunder Energy (ダークサンダーエナジー, Dāku Sandā Enajī) frequently appears and turns ordinary monsters into berserks. Because of the energy's effect also weakens X, it nearly killed him during his fight with Tsurugi Demaaga, the first victim of Dark Thunder Energy. To counter this, a new weapon was discovered by Daichi, the X-Lugger, which allows X to become Ultraman Exceed X and use the weapon to purify monsters from Dark Thunder Energy. In accordance to an alien named Dada, humanity is on the verge of extinction from the effect of Dark Thunder Energy's assault.

At the end of the series, the mastermind behind the Ultra Flare and Dark Thunder Energy appeared, namely Greeza. Having destroyed three planets in the past, it was thought to be killed after X banished it to the sun but instead survived and had journeyed through Mercury and Venus within 18 days. Now arrived on Earth, Greeza sought to absorb the Spark Dolls to achieve its strongest evolution and X revealed himself to Xio members, seeking cooperation to defend their supply of Spark Dolls from Greeza. In the end, X and Daichi seemingly died after performing a kamikaze attack but Greeza survived its destruction and successfully absorbs Xio's Spark Dolls, finally achieving its final evolution. It wasn't until Asuna managed to bring Daichi back to the real world and X revived, with both managed to pursue the captured Spark Dolls to escape and merged with the Ultra to finish Greeza. Although the destroyer is killed, X however is yet to regain his true body, while continuing his service in Xio.

Episodes

Other Media

Cast

• Daichi Ozora (大空 大地, Ōzora Daichi): Kensuke Takahashi (高橋 健介, Takahashi Kensuke)
• Asuna Yamase (山瀬 アスナ, Yamase Asuna): Akane Sakanoue (坂ノ上 茜, Sakanoue Akane)
• Wataru Kazama (風間 ワタル, Kazama Wataru): Yoshihiko Hosoda (細田 よしひこ, Hosoda Yoshihiko)
• Hayato Kishima (貴島 ハヤト, Kishima Hayato): Ukyo Matsumoto (松本 享恭, Matsumoto Ukyō)
• Mamoru Mikazuki (三日月 マモル, Mikazuki Mamoru): Hayato Harada (原田 隼人, Harada Hayato)
• Rui Takada (高田 ルイ, Takada Rui): Haruka Momokawa (百川 晴香, Momokawa Haruka)
• Takeru Yamagishi (山岸 タケル, Yamagishi Takeru): TAKERU
• Chiaki Matsudo (松戸 チアキ, Matsudo Chiaki): Chiaki Seshimo (瀬下 千晶, Seshimo Chiaki)
• Sayuri Tachibana (橘 さゆり, Tachibana Sayuri): Sarara Tsukifune (月船 さらら, Tsukifune Sarara)
• Shotaro Kamiki (神木 正太郎, Kamiki Shōtarō): Yuu Kamio (神尾 佑, Kamio Yū)

Songs

Opening theme

• "Ultraman X" (ウルトラマンX, Urutoraman Ekkusu)
  • Lyrics: Masato Ochi (おち まさと, Ochi Masato)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi (小西 貴雄, Konishi Takao)
  • Artist: Voyager feat. Daichi Ozora (Kensuke Takahashi)

Ending theme

• Unite ~Kimi to Tsunagaru Tame ni~ (Unite ～君とつながるために～, "Unite ~To Unite With You~")
  • Lyrics: TAKERU, Chiaki Seshimo
  • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
  • Artist: Voyager

Insert theme

• "Susume! Ultraman Zero" (すすめ! ウルトラマンゼロ, Susume! Urutoraman Zero, "Let's Go! Ultraman Zero")
  • Lyrics: Hideki Tama (田靡 秀樹, Tama Hideki), Tomohiro Yamaguchi (山口 智大, Yamaguchi Tomohiro)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
  • Artist: Voyager
  • Episodes: 5
• "Ultraman Victory no Uta" (ウルトラマンビクトリーの歌, Urutoraman Bikutorī no Uta, "The Song of Ultraman Victory")
  • Lyrics: Kiyoshi Okazaki (岡崎 聖, Okazaki Kiyoshi)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
  • Artist: Voyager
  • Episodes: 13
• "Ultraman Ginga no Uta" (ウルトラマンギンガの歌, Urutoraman Giga no Uta, "The Song of Ultraman Ginga")
  • Lyrics: Hideki Tama, Kiyoshi Okazaki
  • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
  • Artist: Voyager with Chisa (千紗) (Girl Next Door), Maria Haruna (マリア春菜), Hiroaki Takeuchi (竹内 浩明, Takeuchi Hiroaki), Hikaru (Takuya Negishi), Misuzu (Mio Miyatake), Kenta (Mizuki Ohno), Chigusa (Kirara), Tomoya (Takuya Kusakawa)
  • Episodes: 13, 14, Recap 2
• "Ultraman Max" (ウルトラマンマックス, Urutoraman Makkusu)
  • Lyrics: Neko Oikawa (及川 眠子, Oikawa Neko)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Yasuharu Takanashi (高梨 康治, Takanashi Yasuharu)
  • Artist: TEAM DASH with Project DMM
  • Episodes: Recap 2
• "NO LIMITED"
  • Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Kazuya Daimon (大門 一也, Daimon Kazuya)
  • Artist: Project DMM
  • Episodes: Recap 2
• "Eiyū no Uta" (英雄の詩, "The Song of Hero")
  • Lyrics & Composition: Toshihiko Takamizawa (高見沢 俊彦, Takamizawa Toshihiko)
  • Arrangement: Toshihiko Takamizawa with Yuichiro Honda (本田 優一郎, Honda Yūichirō)
  • Artist: The Alfee
  • Episodes: Recap 2

See also

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

References

External links

• Ultraman X at Tsuburaya Productions (in Japanese)