Young DASH

Young DASH (少年DASH, Shōnen Dasshu) is the tenth episode of Ultraman Max.

Synopsis

DASH is holding its kids tour, when a monster with the ability to teleport randomly appears. One child seems to know its secret, however..

Plot

The UDF is holding an observation tour around Base Titan. When it concludes, they notice a dimensional distortion and a group of buildings crumbles. Metacisus appears, while Kaito and Mizuki are tasked with watching the kids. The monster disappears when a kid takes a picture of it, and Elly is unable to detect it. They deduce that the kaiju is able to control gravity and dimensions.

The monster keeps appearing and vanishing randomly, but a child seems able to predict where it will land next. Metacisus escapes. Professor Yukari Yoshinaga deduces that it is attracted to elecromagnetic microwave waves, the amount: the frequency of a cell phone.

Koba, Mizuki and Kaito track down the lad, who refuses to help them. However, they are interrupted when the kaiju attacks. Kaito transforms, but Max cannot seem to land a hit on the teleporting monster.

Koba manages to coax the secret from the child, enabling DASH to help Max in defeating the monster. The kid decides he will join DASH when he grows up.

Cast

• Kaito Touma (トウマ・カイト, Tōma Kaito): Sota Aoyama (青山 草太, Aoyama Sōta)
• Shigeru Hijikata (ヒジカタ・シゲル, Hijikata Shigeru): Kai Shishido (宍戸 開, Shishido Kai)
• Mizuki Koishikawa (コイシカワ・ミズキ, Koishikawa Mizuki): Hitomi Hasebe (長谷部 瞳, Hasebe Hitomi)
• Kenjiro Koba (コバ・ケンジロウ, Koba Kenjirō): Nobuyuki Ogawa (小川 信行, Ogawa Nobuyuki)
• Sean White (ショーン・ホワイト, Shōn Howaito): Sean Nichols (ショーン・ニコルス, Shōn Nikorusu)
• Elly (エリー, Erī): Hikari Mitsushima (満島 ひかり, Mitsushima Hikari)
• Yukari Yoshinaga (ヨシナガ・ユカリ, Yoshinaga Yukari): Hiroko Sakurai (桜井 浩子, Sakurai Hiroko)

Guest Actors

• Masayuki (マサユキ): Reo Kurihara (栗原 玲央, Kurihara Reo)
• Kosuke (コースケ, Kōsuke): Hiromu Watanabe (渡辺 悠, Watanabe Hiromu)
• Minayo (ミナヨ): Narumi Iihara (飯原 成美, Iihara Narumi)
• Yuji (ユウジ, Yūji): Masaki Arimura (有村 雅嗣, Arimura Masaki)
• Masayuki's Mother (マサユキの母, Masayuki no Haha): Nami Aso (麻生 奈美, Asō Nami)
• Fleeing Citizens (逃げる市民, Nigeru Shimin):
  • Ichiro Itano (板野 一郎, Itano Ichiro)
  • Tsuyoshi Kazakusu (鹿角 剛, Kazakusu Tsuyoshi)

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Max (ウルトラマンマックス, Urutoraman Makkusu): Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, Nakai Kazuya)
• Narrator (ナレーター, Narētā): Shiro Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō)

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Max

Kaiju

• Metacisus

Home Media

• Ultraman Max Volume 2 features episodes 7-10.

Trivia

• This episode is characterized by the narrator consistently referring to Koba by his full name. Additionally, similar to Ultraman Gaia episode 40 "I Want to See Gaia!," the inclusion of children in the storyline is arranged to showcase Koba's personality through interactions.
• According to Takeshi Yagi, the involvement of children in this episode was deemed very important, and at the request of director Futoshi Sato, the narrative was crafted to be simple yet elegant.^[1]
• This episode aired in the United States on TOKU on March 3, 2017.

References

1. ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Nexus & Ultraman Max, pg 104