Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle | |
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Genre |
Tokusatsu Sci-Fi Kaiju Action/Adventure |
Created by | Tsuburaya Productions |
Written by | Kenichi Araki, Keiichi Hasegawa, Masanao Akahoshi, Takahiko Masuda |
Directed by | Yuichi Kikuchi, Tsugumi Kitaura, Hirochika Muraishi |
Starring |
Shota Minami Saki Kamiryo Toru Hachinohe Mitsutoshi Shundo Hiroyuki Konishi |
Opening theme | "eternal traveller" by Project DMM |
Ending theme | "JUMP UP" by Lekkazan |
Composer(s) | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language(s) | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Tsuburaya Productions |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Nippon BS Broadcasting |
Original release | December 1, 2007 – February 23, 2008 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Ultraseven X |
Followed by | Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey |
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle(ウルトラギャラクシー大怪獣バトル Urutora Gyarakushī Daikaijū Batoru?) is the first season of its series that is the 24th entry in the Tsuburaya Productions' long-running Ultra Series. It is an adaption of the video game Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS. The show first aired on December 1, 2007 and concluded on February 23, 2008. On December 20, 2008, the second season titled Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey (ウルトラギャラクシー大怪獣バトル NEVER ENDING ODYSSEY Urutora Gyarakushī Daikaijū Batoru Nebā Endingu Odessei?, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: NEO) premiered. Ultra Galaxy was the first Ultra Series to be shown as a pay-per-view service.
It has been approximately 500,000 years since the last series and all monsters on Earth had gone extinct, marking the end of monster era on Earth. Humanity had finally advanced to the outer space and a new era was formed, called the Galaxy Crisis (ギャラクシークライシス Gyarakushī Kuraishisu?).
The crews of Space Pendragon were tasked to investigate Planet Boris after communications on that planet was mysteriously vanished. Arriving on the planet, the crew were astonished to find it inhabited by monsters, with every nearby city perished. While forced to wait for reinforcements, the crew must solved the mystery of this planet's background as a monster tamer named Rei, whose past remained mysterious, joined ZAP Spacy in order to learn his past.