The essential episodes of Ultraman Blazar
Watch these 14 in order and you've got Ultraman Blazar — each pick states its reason.
- 01
There has been a worldwide outbreak of kaiju disasters, and now a 50-meter-class space kaiju has appeared. Gento Hiruma leads a special unit to stop the advance of the kaiju, but they get stuck in a desperate situation. Gento rushes to save his men, but that's when the Blazar Brace appears on his left arm. Led by the light, Gento transforms into Ultraman!
- 02
Gento, with Bazanga's defeat under his belt, is appointed by GGF Command's Chief of Staff Retsu as the captain of the newly established SKaRD (Special Kaiju Reaction Detachment). Gento goes to meet the members of his team. The members he meet, Emi, Teruaki, Anri, are all one of a kind... That's when news about the emergence of Gedos comes in. They don't have all the members assembled, nor do they have all their equipment yet, but SKaRD's first mission is beginning!
- 03
SKaRD finally welcomes the last member, Yasunobu, who had been involved with the development of the new weapon, Earth Garon. Now with the whole team gathered, they begin to train against kaiju. In the midst of this, they are informed of a mysterious phenomenon occuring around the world. Storage tanks with new energy sources are being emptied over night... SKaRD believes that this is caused by a kaiju and deploys Earth Garon to the field for the first time.
- 04
Three months ago, the kaiju, Leviera, appeared out of nowhere. The only way to deal with it was to temporarily drive it away with a new disinfectant, FK1, developed by the major chemical company Novaio. There is a strange link between this mysterious kaiju and Novaio... In order to find out the truth, Emi goes undercover to work under Sonezaki, the CEO of Novaio!
- 05
Practice runs for the new railgun, Mega Shot, are conducted in Anri's hometown. That's where Anri has an unexpected reunion with her childhood friend, Mizuho. Mizuho begs for them to cancel the practice runs. She insists that the removal of the shrine for the installation of the Mega Shot will awaken Dorgo, the local guardian god, but Anri finds it hard to believe. However, during the practice there's a big earth tremor...
- 06
Yasunobu was rambling about his day to Cururu, a washer at the laundromat, when Alien Cannan Herbie suddenly appears before him. Herbie uses the Aurora Beam to manipulate machines and this was the reason for the increasing car and airplane accidents around the world. And that's not the end of it: it turns out that Earth Garon had also been shot with the Aurora Beam! What will Yasunobu do?
- 07
Upside-down rainbows are being sighted throughout Japan. They are said to herald the onset of rain. Gento suspects that a kaiju may be behind this and decides to visit Professor Yokomine, a leading kaijuologist and also his mentor from school. Yokomine tells him about Nijikagachi, a god-like being that can at times bless the land with rain and at times summon utter destruction. That's when Gento receives news about an appearance of a giant kaiju!
- 08
The typhoons that Nijikagachi created are about to wash away civilization. Gento decides to deploy Earth Garon's new Mod.2 unit into battle to defeat Nijikagachi. Teruaki, who had a deep respect for Yokomine, goes to persuade the mastermind of the plot.
- 09
Anri receives a letter. It contained a concert ticket for a band led by Hoichi Tsukushi, someone that Anri had gotten to know through music. That's when the robot kaiju Garamon appears from a meteorite that came from outer space. Anri realizes that Garamon's behavior is controlled by a mysterious sound wave, and she has a hunch...
- 10
Gento's son, Jun, wants to go see a newly discovered egg shown on television, so the Hiruma family decide to go on a day trip to visit it. There, they witness the birth of Baby Demaaga. In the midst of the capture operation led by the GGF, the mother Demaaga makes an appearance. The GGF launches attacks as the parent kaiju approaches its baby. While evacuating, Gento can't help but feel mixed emotions seeing Demaaga trying to protect its child. Suddenly, the Blazar Brace appears on Gento's left arm.
- 11
Following the battle with Demaaga, Gento can not hide his confusion about the alien being that resides in his own body. That's when a meteorite flies in from outer space. It lands on Earth, evading the GGF's attempts to intercept it, and transforms into the kaiju Gebalga. It seemed that Earth Garon would have the upper hand in the fight until Gebalga revealed it's surprising ability...
- 12
As the network contamination by Gebalga continues to spread, SKaRD plans a new operation. Gento is distrustful of Blazar, who has once again acted against his will in the battle against Gebalga. He decides to leave the Blazar Stone in his locker. SKaRD decides to commence a major joint-operation by combining forces with the development team and the special forces unit.
- 13
Anri stays behind at SKaRD CP to compile the records of the battles they had fought so far. Yasunobu and Emi join Anri as she reminisces about the various battles. They eventually start discussing about a certain commonality between the space kaiju... Meanwhile, Teruaki asks Gento what he thinks about Blazar and...
- 14
The Ones Who Embrace the Earth
Blazar and SKaRD face defeat in their battle against Varallon on the moon. Meanwhile, Emi is captured by Dobashi. In a dire turn of events, Varallon descends to Earth. Adding to the mystery, there's an appearance of a mysterious fleet of messengers. What will be the fate of SKaRD and Earth Garon's battle? What truth does Emi discover? Will Gento and Blazar be able to protect Earth?
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