Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes

Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes (ウルトラギャラクシーファイト ニュージェネレーションヒーローズ, Urutora Gyarakushī Faito Nyū Jenerēshon Hīrōzu) is a Japanese online miniseries produced by Tsuburaya Productions as a spin-off of Ultraman R/B the Movie and prelude to Ultraman Taiga. This miniseries was released on September 29, 2019 on YouTube in both Japanese and English versions for viewers overseas. As its name suggests, it features the previous New Generation Heroes (Ginga to R/B) battling against the League of Darkness (暗黒軍団 (ダークネス), Dākunesu).[1][3]

Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes
The official Japanese version of the poster, with Ultra Dark Killer, New Generation Heroes, Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Ribut, Ultrawoman Grigio, X Darkness and Geed Darkness.
GenreTokusatsu
Sci-Fi
Action/Adventure
Superhero
Kaiju
Created byTsuburaya Productions
Written byJunichiro Ashiki[1]
Directed byKoichi Sakamoto[1]
Country of originJapan
Original language(s)
  • Japanese
  • English
No. of episodes13[2]
Production
Producer(s)
  • Jun Konishi
  • Daisuke Kanemitsu
Editor(s)Yusuke Murakami
Running time
  • 5 minutes (mini episode cut)
  • 50 minutes (full video)
  • 58 minutes (director's cut)
Release
Original networkYouTube
Original releaseSeptember 29, 2019
Chronology
Related showsUltraman Taiga
External links
Website

Synopsis
Main article: List of Ultraman Taiga characters

In Planet Sundowin, Ultraman X and Geed were sent to apprehend Dark-killer after he terrorized the universe until their energies were stolen for the creation of X and Geed Darkness. The two copies defeated their counterparts and proceed to attack Orb on Planet O-50. Due to Zero's failure in protecting Grigio and ended up within the Dark-Killer Zone, the Ultra Brothers summon Rosso and Blu to their headquarters but they fly away before Taro can provide enough explanation, leading to their encounter with Etelgar. After saving a lone Ragon, Ribut bailed Rosso and Blu from Planet Penol whereas Victory and Ginga rescued Orb, X and Geed respectively.

Taro explained Dark-Killer's origin: a being of darkness born from the grudges of past monsters that the Ultra Brothers fought before. Taro was able to defeat him with the Ultra Brothers' help, but Dark-Killer was revived, conscripting the resurrected Dark Lugiel and Etelgar to the League of Darkness as he create armies of evil Ultras for intergalactic conquest. Using Zero and Grigio as hostages, Dark-Killer goaded the New Generation Heroes to Planet Tenebris, which they did so despite the possibility of getting into a trap. Orb, Geed and X stay behind to fight their copies, Ginga and Victory faced Lugiel and Etelgar in the Dark Palace as Rosso and Blu entered the Dark-Killer Zone, only to be ambushed by the namesake villain himself. Meanwhile, Ribut unmasked Tregear as the mysterious benefactor of the League of Darkness and attempted to arrest him. Under memories of Ultraman Zero, X, Orb and Geed assumed their Zero-related forms to eliminate their copies while Ginga and Victory merged to destroy their revived rivals. Grigio managed to muster enough strength to get pass Zero Darkness to recharge her brothers, giving them a chance of counterattack by forming Ultraman R/B and killing both Zero Darkness and Ultra Dark-Killer.

In an attempt to gain advantage against the New Generation Heroes, Tregear revived Zero Darkness and Dark-Killer (the latter enlarged to 200 meters) before escaping from Ribut and send the Red Kings as his distraction. After transforming Zero into Zero Beyond for his fight with Zero Darkness, the New Generation Heroes accessed their strongest forms for the final battle. The insane Dark-Killer made his desperate attempt by recreating the evil Ultramen to consume them and grew larger. Under Taro's instructions, the New Generation Heroes charged the Strium Brace for Ginga Strium to perform New Generation Dynamite. While Dark-Killer's fate was guaranteed not to return, Zero revealed that Grigio's kidnapping was to prevent the formation of Groob. The only person other than the Ultras to know about this is none other than Tregear, who voiced his intent to attack the Land of Light and left immediately. The rest of the New Generation Heroes chased after the rogue Ultra[2] as Zero sent Grigio back to her home world, wanting her to protect Ayaka City in her brothers' absence.

Voice cast
Japanese[4]
  • Ultraman Ginga (ウルトラマンギンガ, Urutoraman Ginga): Takuya Negishi (根岸 拓哉, Negishi Takuya)[5]
  • Ultraman Victory (ウルトラマンビクトリー, Urutoraman Bikutorī): Kiyotaka Uji (宇治 清高, Uji Kiyotaka)[5]
  • Ultraman X (ウルトラマンエックス, Urutoraman Ekkusu): Kensuke Takahashi (高橋 健介, Takahashi Kensuke)[5]
  • Ultraman Orb (ウルトラマンオーブ, Urutoraman Ōbu): Hideo Ishiguro (石黒 英雄, Ishiguro Hideo)[5]
  • Ultraman Geed (ウルトラマンジード, Urutoraman Jīdo): Tatsuomi Hamada (濱田 龍臣, Hamada Tatsuomi)[5]
  • Ultraman Rosso (ウルトラマンロッソ, Urutoraman Rosso): Yuya Hirata (平田 雄也, Hirata Yūya)[5]
  • Ultraman Blu (ウルトラマンブル, Urutoraman Buru): Ryosuke Koike (小池 亮介, Koike Ryōsuke)[5]
  • Ultrawoman Grigio (ウルトラウーマングリージョ, Urutoraūman Gurījo): Arisa Sonohara (其原 有沙, Sonohara Arisa)[5]
  • Ultraman Taro (ウルトラマンタロウ, Urutoraman Tarō): Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也, Ishimaru Hiroya)[5]
  • Ultraman Zero (ウルトラマンゼロ, Urutoraman Zero): Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守, Miyano Mamoru)[5]
  • Ultraman Ribut (ウルトラマンリブット, Urutoraman Ributto): Wataru Komada (駒田 航, Komada Wataru)[2][5]
  • Dark Lugiel (ダークルギエル, Dāku Rugieru): Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu)
  • Etelgar (エタルガー, Etarugā): Tatsuhisa Suzuki (鈴木 達央, Suzuki Tatsuhisa)
  • Ultra Dark-Killer (ウルトラダークキラー, Urutora Dāku Kirā): Kōichi Toshima (外島 孝一, Toshima Kōichi)[6]
  • Ultraman Tregear (ウルトラマントレギア, Urutoraman Toregia): Yuma Uchida (内田 雄馬, Uchida Yūma)
English
  • Ultraman Ginga: Peter von Gomm[7]
  • Ultraman Victory: Michael Jose Rivas-Micoud
  • Ultraman X: Mark Stein
  • Ultraman Orb: Chris Wells[8]
  • Ultraman Geed: Dario Toda
  • Ultraman Rosso: Jeff Manning
  • Ultraman Blu: Ryan Drees
  • Ultrawoman Grigio: Rumiko Varnes
  • Ultraman Taro: Bill Sullivan
  • Ultraman Zero: Jack Merluzzi
  • Ultraman Ribut: Iain Gibb
  • Dark Lugiel: Guy Perryman
  • Etelgar: Lyle Carr
  • Ultra Dark-Killer: Eric Kelso
  • Ultraman Tregear: Michael Rhys

Production

The special was conceived by Koichi Sakamoto, who was the director of past Ultra Series Ultraman Ginga S and Ultraman Geed, with Galaxy Fight is his third spin-off direction after Ultra Fight Victory and Ultra Fight Orb. In an interview conducted by Tamashii Nations, Sakamoto revealed that the reason Galaxy Fight will be aired on YouTube is due to the overseas popularity of Ultra Series, with Asian region nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, while the real challenge comes in the series separating into 5 minutes per episodes. In comparison to television series, he found that spin-off series provided him with more creativity to generate ideas for the scene, with such example being Ultra Fight Orb's introduction to Lightning Attacker and Emerium Slugger. The inclusion of enemy characters such as Dark Lugiel, Etelgar, Ultra Dark Killer, X and Geed Darkness was already planned from the start as Hikaru Raido, the human host of Ultraman Ginga was chosen as the lead of New Generation Heroes due to his close image with a typical shonen manga protagonist.[9]

In September 24, 2019, Tsuburaya unveils additional information, such as synopsis, theme song, cast list and the appearance of Ultraman Ribut since his 2014 appearance in the Malaysian animation series Upin & Ipin.[2]

Director's cut

A director's cut version of the entire series will be released for limited screening in November 14, 2019, which will be held in Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema. This will be followed by a talk event held by director Koichi Sakamoto, alongside the appearances of Ultraman Ribut, X Darkness and Geed Darkness.[4]

The series will receive its Blu-ray and DVD releases on February 27, 2020, with the former includes director's cut version of certain scenes and commentary from the director Sakamoto himself. Limited releases in Amazon Japan will include a 2L Visual Sheet of Ultraman Geed Darkness.[4] Additional scenes included in the disc provided the video with additional duration of 8 minutes.[10]

Songs
Opening and ending theme
  • "Ultra Spiral"[2]
    • Lyrics: TAKERU, Chiaki Seshimo (瀬下 千晶, Seshimo Chiaki)
    • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi (小西 貴雄, Konishi Takao)
    • Artist: Voyager (ボイジャー, Boijā)
Insert themes
  • "Ultraman Ginga no Uta 2015" (ウルトラマンギンガの歌 2015, Urutoraman Ginga no Uta Nisenjūgo, "The Song of Ultraman Ginga 2015")
    • Lyrics: Hideki Tama (田靡 秀樹, Tama Hideki), Kiyoshi Okazaki (岡崎 聖, Okazaki Kiyoshi)
    • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
    • Artist: Voyager with Hikaru & Show (Takuya Negishi & Kiyotaka Uji) feat. Takamiy
  • "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, Tomohiro Yamaguchi (山口 智大, Yamaguchi Tomohiro)
    • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
  • "Hands"
    • Lyrics: Kentaro Sonoda (園田 健太郎, Sonoda Kentarō)
    • Composition & Arrangement: Kentaro Sonoda, Tsubasa Ito (伊藤 翼, Itō Tsubasa)
    • Artist: Masayoshi Ōishi (オーイシ マサヨシ, Ōishi Masayoshi)
  • "Orb no Inori" (オーブの祈り, Ōbu no Inori, lit. "Orb's Prayer")
    • Lyrics & Composition: Toshihiko Takamizawa (高見沢 俊彦, Takamizawa Toshihiko)
    • Arrangement: Toshihiko Takamizawa with Yuichiro Honda (本田 優一郎, Honda Yūichirō)
    • Artists: Ichiro Mizuki (水木 一郎, Mizuki Ichirō) with Voyager
  • "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
    • Artist: Voyager feat. Daichi Ozora (Kensuke Takahashi)
  • "GEED no Akashi" (GEEDの証, Jīdo no Akashi, lit. "Proof of GEED")
    • 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
  • "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
    • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
    • Artist: Voyager
  • "Ready To Beat"
    • Lyrics: Daisuke Kanemitsu (金光 大輔, Kanemitsu Daisuke)
    • Composition & Arrangement: Yuji Hamasaki (ハマサキ ユウジ, Hamasaki Yūji)
    • Artist: MIKOTO, Shuri Miyumi (海弓 シュリ, Miyumi Shuri)
  • "Over The Horizon"
    • Lyrics: Daisuke Kanemitsu
    • Composition & Arrangement: Yuji Hamasaki
    • Artist: Voyager
  • "Kirameku Mirai ~Yume no Ginga e~" (キラメク未来 ～夢の銀河へ～, "Sparkling Future ~To the Galaxy of Dreams~")
    • Lyrics: Hideki Tama
    • Composition & Arrangement: Takao Konishi
    • Artist: Voyager feat. Ultraman Ginga (Tomokazu Sugita)

See also

References
  1. "シリーズ初・完全新作をYouTube独占配信！『ウルトラギャラクシーファイト ニュージェネレーションヒーローズ』 9/29(日)よりスタート！日本語版＆英語吹替版で世界同時配信" (in Japanese). m-78.jp. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. "ウルトラマンリブットが実写作品初登場！『ウルトラギャラクシーファイトニュージェネレーションヒーローズ』9/29(日)10時よりYouTubeで世界同時配信スタート！" (in Japanese). m-78.jp. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "First ULTRAMAN series ever to be released exclusively on YouTube! ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES will be released globally in Japanese and English". Tsuburaya Productions. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. "『ウルトラギャラクシーファイト』全13話を一本化し、ここでしか見られないディレクターズカット版を収録したBD・DVD・EST(デジタルセル)発売決定！ 11/14(木)にはトークイベント付き上映会を開催！" (in Japanese). m-78.jp. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. "キャラクター ウルトラヒーローズ ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES ウルトラギャラクシーファイトニュージェネレーションヒーローズ" (in Japanese). m-78.jp/galaxy-fight. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  6. "キャラクター ヴィランズ ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: NEW GENERATION HEROES ウルトラギャラクシーファイトニュージェネレーションヒーローズ" (in Japanese). m-78.jp/galaxy-fight. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  7. "Ultraman!". Patreon. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  8. Chris Wells [@chriswellstokyo] (2019-09-29). "I watched Ultraman as a little kid in the USA, and so getting to voice Ultraman Orb was very cool! That's me saying, "So you know all my moves, huh?" in this trailer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "ウルトラアーツ S.H.Figuarts ウルトラマンスペシャルページ ウルトラギャラクシーファイト ニュージェネレーションヒーローズ" (in Japanese). Tamashii Nations. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  10. "『ウルトラギャラクシーファイト』全話を一本の動画にして配信開始！さらにBlu-rayには「2019.11.14 ディレクターズカット版上映会トークショー」が追加収録決定！" (in Japanese). 2020-02-06. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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