Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy

{{Infobox television

| runtime = 24 minutes (per episode)

| country = Japan

| network = TV Tokyo

| num_episodes = 26

| genre = Tokusatsu
Dark Fantasy
Kaiju

| creator = Tsuburaya Productions

| company = Tsuburaya Productions

| developer = Shozo Uehara

| director = Takeshi Yagi

| starring = Yoshihiko Hakamada, Kumiko Endo, Masao Kusakari, Shiro Sano

| first_aired = {{Start date|2004|04|07}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2004|09|29}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

Ultraman Cosmos
Ultraman Nexus

}}

}}

{{nihongo|Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy|ウルトラQ dark fantasy|Urutora Kyū: dāku fantajī}} is a tokusatsu TV series and the eighteenth entry in the Ultra Series that was broadcast in Japan in 2004. It is a remake of Ultra Q, the first entry of the Ultra Series. It retains the same swirling effect for the title card, but with the words "Dark Fantasy" added underneath, the title also remains black and white. The final episode confirmed this is not a sequel; rather, it is another timeline in which the original series is portrayed as a television show.

Characters

Goichi Sakamoto (Yoshihiko Hakamada): A journalist for Global Magazine's subdivision, MIND Magazine. It covers everything, including the paranormal. Though he is considered eccentric, he is an expert journalist and is good with computers. Ever since he first joined, the magazine's sales have increased at an astronomical level. He was formerly a student of Watarai, and still retains contact.
Ryo Kusunoki (Kumiko Endo): A 25-year-old freelance photographer who also works for MIND. Though she appears to hate Goichi, she actually respects him a great deal.
Kakunoshin Watarai (Masao Kusakari): A 54-year-old inventor, and a professor of science at Teito University. He spent some years in Britain, where he found his craving for biscuits and tea. He is knowledgeable in many topics, especially science, history, mythology, and folklore.

Episode List<ref>{{Cite web |title=ULTRA Q: DARK FANTASY Official Episode Guide |url=https://www.scifijapan.com/ultraman-tsuburaya/ultra-q-dark-fantasy-official-episode-guide |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.scifijapan.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>

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1

|踊るガラゴン (Odoru garagon)

|Dancing Garagon

|7-Apr-04

|Shozo Uehara

2

|らくがき (Raku ga ki)

|Graffiti

|14-Apr-04

|Mitsunori Hattori

|Aya Takei

3

|あなた誰ですか? (Anata daredesuka?)

|Who Are You?

|21-Apr-04

|Shusuke Kaneko

|Tamio Hayashi

4

|パズルの女 (Pazuru no on'na)

|The Puzzle Woman

|28-Apr-04

|Tsugumi Kitaura

|Mitsutaka Hirota

5

|ヒエロニムスの下僕 (Hieronimusu no geboku)

|The Slave of Hieronymus

|5-May-04

|Hiroshi Takashi

6

|楽園行き (Rakuen iki)

|Bound for Paradise

|12-May-04

|Mitsunori Hattori

|Sadayuki Murai

7

|綺亞羅 (Kiara)

|Kiara

|19-May-04

|Shusuke Kaneko

8

|ウニトローダの恩返し (Unitoroda no ongaeshi)

|Unitoroda's repayment

|26-May-04

|Tsugumi Kitaura

|Shozo Uehara

9

|午前2時の誘惑 (Gozen 2-ji no yuwaku)

|Temptation at 2AM

|2-Jun-04

|Masaki Harada

|Takashi Shinohara

10

|送り火 (Okuribi)

|Ceremonial Bonfire

|9-Jun-04

|Masaki Harada

|Ai Ota

11

|トーテムの眼 (Totemu no me)

|The Eyes of the Totem

|16-Jun-04

|Tsugumi Kitaura

|Nobuyoshi Shimizu and Masakazu Migita

12

|夢見る石 (Yumemiru ishi)

|The Dream Stone

|23-Jun-04

|Ai Ota

13

|影の侵略者 (Kage no shinryaku-sha)

|The Invader of Shadows

|30-Jun-04

|Masaki Harada

|Ai Ota

14

|李里依とリリー (Ri Rie to riri)

|Lily and Lili

|7-Jul-04

|Noboru Takagi

15

|光る舟 (Hikaru fune)

|The Shining Ship

|14-Jul-04

|Masaki Harada

|Ai Ota

16

|ガラQの大逆襲 (Gara Q no dai gyakushu)

|Gara Q's Revenge

|21-Jul-04

|Mitsunori Hattori

|Shozo Uehara

17

|小町 (Komachi)

|The Town Beauty

|28-Jul-04

|Shozo Uehara

18

|後ろの正面 (Ushiro no shomen)

|The Front of the Behind

|4-Aug-04

|Mitsunori Hattori

|Aya Takei

19

|レンズ越しの恋 (Renzu-goshi no koi)

|Love Through a Lens

|11-Aug-04

|Mitsunori Hattori

|Yuji Kobayashi

20

|密やかな終幕 (Hisoyakana shumaku)

|The Quiet End

|18-Aug-04

|Iwao Takahashi

|Yuuki Okano

21

|夜霧よ、今夜も... (Yogiri yo, kon'ya mo...)

|The Night Fog, This Evening

|25-Aug-04

|Keisuke Fujikawa

22

|カネゴンヌの光る径（みち） (Kanegon'nu no hikaru Wataru (michi))

|Kanegoneh's Shining Road

|1-Sep-04

|Atsushi Shimizu

|Masahiro Yamada

23

|右365度の世界 (Migi 365-do no sekai)

|Alice in the 365 Degree World

|8-Sep-04

|Sadayuki Murai

24

|ヒトガタ (Hitogata)

|Hitogata

|8-Sep-04

25

|闇 (Yami)

|Darkness

|15-Sep-04

26

|虚無の扉 (Kyomu no tobira)

|The Door to Nothingness

|29-Sep-04

|Iwao Takahashi

|Yuji Kobayashi

References

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External links

[https://www.scifijapan.com/ultraman-tsuburaya/ultra-q-dark-fantasy-official-episode-guide Official Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy Episode Guide]

{{Ultra Series}}

Category:2004 Japanese television series debuts

Category:2004 Japanese television series endings

Category:Dark fantasy television series

Category:Japanese science fiction television series

Category:Ultra Q

Category:Japanese anthology television series

Category:Ultra television series

Category:TV Tokyo original programming

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