ULTRAMAN ORB

(25 x 30’, 2016, HD)

Live action TV series in original Japanese. Subtitles in English, Spanish and Portuguese available

Produced by Tsuburaya Productions in 2016

Synopsis

Naomi Yumeno (Miyabi Matsuura) has had the same strange dream since she was young: visions of a

shining giant of light battling a giant monster.

With her interest sparked by those dreams, she starts the paranormal phenomena tracking website called

"Something Search People" with her friends Jetta Hayami (Naoto Takahashi) and Shin Matsudo (Hiroaki

Nerio).

One day the trio is on the tail of an unidentified mysterious animal suspected of causing strange

meteorological activity. They ignore the warnings of Naomi's uncle Ittetsu Shibukawa (Shingo

Yanagisawa), an officer with the special investigations team VTL, and head towards the center of the

strange weather. There they suddenly encounter the Demon King Beast of wind, Maga-Basser! Naomi is

blasted by the vicious winds but rescued by the vagabond, Gai Kurenai (Hideo Ishiguro).

By using his Orb Ring to read the power of two previous Ultra Heroes, Gai is able to Fusion Up into a

warrior of light from a distant galaxy, Ultraman Orb! And thus the curtain rises on a series of intense

battles between Ultraman Orb and the Demon King Beasts, while behind the scenes, the mysterious

Juggler (Takaya Aoyagi) takes hold of his Dark Ring while smiling sinisterly..

More about the show

The show features an opening theme song by Ichirou Mizuki, a veteran singer, songwriter and voice

actor well known for his involvement in hit Japanese anime and TOKUSATSU theme songs.

The show debuts on TV Tokyo on July 9, 2016 on its Saturday morning 9am slot, on the occasion of the

50th anniversary of TV broadcast of this superhero TOKUSATSU franchise. The show is also available for

simulcast streaming in China, and worldwide outside of Asia on Crunchyroll platforms.