"We're not beings from this planet. We scatter our comrades across the galaxy, then we summon Garamon, pillage, and leave. Such is our way."
- ―The Cicada Man, Ultraman Blazar episode 9, "Planet of Music"
The Cicada Humans Ultraman Series.
are a race of insectoid aliens and the very first alien species to appear in theSubtitles:
- Cicada Man: Space Phantom
- Cicada Woman: Planet Phantom
- Cicada Girl: Bereaved Alien
History
Ultra Q
The Cicada Man disguised himself as a human in order to steal the Tilsonite meteor, needing it to control two arriving Garamons. Hiding out within the forests of Japan, the alien being ordered the pair of giants to rip Tokyo apart, but he didn’t expect humanity to track him down. Upon arriving, the soldiers’ weapons levitated out of their hands and fired on them, ending their lives.
The technology of the Cicada Man was great, but Jun managed to knock the device out of the alien’s hands. As his plans began to fall apart, the being was shot, forcing him to give up his human disguise and reveal his true appearance. Having lost the meteor and the pair of Garamons, the creature stumbled to the alien ship emerging from the lake. His own kind would not forgive his failure and executed the fiend in a beam of light, igniting the creature in a blistering inferno. Garamon Strikes Back
Trivia
- Actor: Michio Yoshihisa
- The original Cicada Man suit was later made into the first Alien Baltan suit.
- Besides the fact that the first Baltan suit was made from the Cicada Man suit, the Baltans also used the same ship model as the Cicada Humans in episode 2 of Ultraman. It was later turned upside down and reused for Alien Mefilas' spaceship.
- In an unrealized script both the Cicada Man, who survived his being set ablaze, and the returned-to-Earth M1 fight a revived Gorgos.
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Although unseen, the Cicada Woman Gara Q and Garagon, but her plans were thwarted by Kakunoshin Watarai, Ryo Kusunoki, and Goichi Sakamoto. Dancing Garagon
attempted to invade Earth withSome time after this, the Cicada Woman emerged from the back of a glowing cicada nymph with a human appearance. Stark naked, she approached a terrified policeman and impaled him through the head with her proboscis. Under the name Ruriko
, she acted as one of Ryo's neighbours to accuse her Gara Q of stealing jewelry and money from others in their apartment building, prompting Ryo to return the robot to Watarai. As he worked during the night, the Cicada Woman appeared in her true form and put him to sleep, allowing her to control Gara Q and use it to hack into a government database and transfer money from banks into Watarai's account. Federal agents arrived at the professor's office the next day and accused him of said crimes, but still lethargic, he was unable to explain himself.Shortly after, the Cicada Woman kidnapped Watarai and left a fake confession about his hacking on his website, all to ruin his reputation. Ryo's Gara Q was able to lead her to Watarai's location, an abandoned building where the Cicada Woman had been watching his office through hidden cameras. The being appeared before Ryo, revealing her disguise and explaining that she awakened solely to get revenge on Watarai for ruining the Gara Q invasion plan. Nearby, the professor had been tied to a chair with a time bomb strapped to his neck. Goichi tried to attack the Cicada Woman with a lead pipe, although it had no effect. As she approached the trio, Ryo's Gara Q fruitlessly leapt towards the villain to protect them, but the Cicada Woman kicked it aside and ruthlessly began to whip the robot, aggravated that it had grown attached to humans.
This diversion allowed the three to escape the building, but the Cicada Woman summoned Garagon II and commanded it to annihilate them. Determined to save the trio, Gara Q began to play its song and extended a satellite dish from its head, which reflected one of Garagon's lasers into both the monster and its master, destroying them both simultaneously. With the day saved, they returned to Watarai's office. As Gara Q danced its song in celebration, Goichi wondered what the Cicada Woman's greater goal truly was. Gara Q's Revenge
Trivia
- Actress: Chiyomi Matsumoto
Ultraman X
A Cicada Woman was part of Dada's crime network tasked with kidnapping female humans on Earth for cloning, believing that humanity was on the verge of extinction due to the Dark Thunder Energy. The Cicada Woman worked by tricking young women into working at her agency, where Dada could shrink them for capture.
In one of Xio's operations to bust the kidnapping syndicate, they went to the group's hideout via access gained through Kemur's interrogation. Asuna disguised herself as their client and the rest of the Xio members quickly stormed into the office, capturing the culprits before finding for a cure to reverse Dada's shrinking effect. Feature Report! 24 Hours Inside Xio
Trivia
- Actress/suit actress: Una
- In Dada's hideout, there is a device that serves an unknown function with a shape resembling the face of the Cicada Woman.
Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds!
A Cicada Woman was one of Murnau's agents sent to steal the X Devizer from the SSP, alongside an Alien Ckalutch, a Hupnath and a Galmess, so that Ultraman X could be turned into a jeweled statue like Ginga and Victory. Their plans were stopped when Gai Kurenai arrived and fought the group in a fist fight.
Later the group of four aliens were present inside Murnau's mansion where they engaged in combat with: SSP, Juggler, Daichi, and Gai. They group were once again defeated by the combined efforts of Gai and Daichi. Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds!
Trivia
- Actress/suit actress: Hitomi Adachi
Ultraman Geed
A Cicada Woman worked with the AIB where she confirmed to Zenna that no one called him at headquarters, not knowing that an Alien Godola was about to attack her superior. The First Day of the End of the World
Trivia
- Voice actress: Miki Ootani
- Suit actress: Hitomi Adachi
Ultraman Taiga
A Cicada Human appeared alongside Alien Ckalutch, both are members of the Villain Guild who tried to attack an EGIS vehicle and the two workers escorting Alien Rivers Kawazu and a baby Zandrias. Despite the two of them catching up to the car with ease, Hiroyuki slammed on the brakes, resulting in the two aliens accidentally shooting each other with their blasters, revealing their true forms in the process. Buddy Go!
A Cicada Girl Kana Sasaki before the founding of EGIS. The alien girl wanted to go back to the stars with her parents. Kana wanted to save her, but she was unable to do so as her partners lied to the girl and instead brought her to a research facility. The Flying Saucer Is Not Coming
whose parents were murdered was once encountered byTrivia
- Voice actress: Moemi Arai
Ultraman Blazar
Sixty years ago, a group of four Cicada Men arrived on Earth with the intention to pillage and steal as much as they could upon Garamon's arrival, and their leader assumed the human alias of Hoichi Tsukushi . After activating the summoning device, the aliens intended to simply bide their time until the arrival of the Tilsonite meteorite that contained Garamon, but as they left the area where they set down the device, they happened to approach a house where a gramophone was playing, introducing them to one of humanity's most defining creations; its music.
Driven by the desire to perform music for themselves, the four formed the group Ensemble Q Anri, who had stopped by to listen to the ensemble, and their shared enjoyment for music sparked a connection that lasted until the present day, when Anri had received a concert ticket for Ensemble Q's performance which, unbeknownst to her, would be their last. Despite their discovery, the Cicada Men hadn't forgotten their goal, and instead incorporated their hobby into it.
, and found joy in performing even as the seasons and years went by. Fifty years later, Hoichi met a youngAs the Garadama drew near, Ensemble Q reluctantly prepared for their final performance. The next day, the Garadama landed in Futo City, and seeing that the time had come, the musicians began their first piece, which released Garamon from its Tilsonite capsule. As the symphony continued, Garamon continued its rampage, defeating Earth Garon and giving Ultraman Blazar a difficult time, and eventually left the Ultra in a pinch by knocking him to the ground and repeatedly stomping on his Color Timer. By analyzing the environmental wave forms emitted by Garamon and an unknown source, Anri made the connection between the robot kaiju and Ensemble Q, who were playing nearby, and made a dash for the concert.
Anri burst into the venue, and a brief glimpse of Hoichi's true form made her realize that they were not from this planet. The other ensemble members put down their instruments and prevented Anri from going any further as Hoichi continued his solo performance. But once she realized Hoichi's true intentions, Anri pulled her gun and made the shot, wounding Hoichi's hand and rendering him unable to play. With the connection to Garamon severed, Hoichi expressed his gratitude and disbanded the ensemble, letting his bandmates free to find their own lives on Earth, as the curtains fell on his final performance.Planet of Music
Trivia
- Actors:
- Tsukushi: Hideki Togi
- Kuroiwa: Norichika Togi
- Niize: Kon Shirosu
- Higurashi: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
- The names of the four Ensemble Q members are derived from a set of cicada species native to Japan:
- Hoichi Tsukushi Tsuku-tsuku-bōshi (Meimuna opalifera) :
- Cicci Kuroiwa Chitchi-zemi (Kosemia radiator) :
- Michi Niize Niinii-zemi (Platypleura kaempferi) :
- Kanade Higurashi Higurashi (a.k.a. evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)) :
- The music pieces played during Ensemble Q's final concert are a cover of the Ultra Q opening theme and "Tilsonite Genesis" , an original piece composed for the episode. In Anri's recollection, the piece performed by Ensemble Q was titled "Meeting of the Wind" .
- According to the episode's director, Tomonobu Koshi, the initial plan was for Ensemble Q to perform classical music. However, during a meeting with Hideki Togi he suggested three original songs, leading to the final decision to use original music.[2]
- The music performance scenes featuring Ensemble Q in seasons were inspired by the seasons sequence in the 1999 film Notting Hill.[3]
- The Cicada Human mask from Ultraman Taiga was reused for the alien's appearance, while the suit was newly constructed.
- The Cicada Men being associated with orchestral music directly references the characteristic diverse mating and territorial calls of real cicadas, which are often referred to as songs.
- The prop of the Cicada Human spaceship is normally on display at Kaiju Sakaba, and was used for its appearance in the series.[4]
- When Anri first meets Hoichi Tsukushi, the line "Well, we're more like semi-pros" was improvised by his actor, Hideki Togi, and is a pun on the Japanese reading for Cicada Human, Semi Ningen, after his son Norichika Togi, who plays Cicci Kuroiwa, joked that "Only Semi Ningen can be semi-pros".[5]
- According to Hoichi, the group came to Earth 60 years prior, a couple of years before Ultra Q premiered. Additionally, their group name, Ensemble Q, references the title of the series.
Data
- Stats
- Height: 1.8 m
- Weight: 150 kg
- Origin: Planet Tilsonia
- Powers and Weapons
- Human Disguise: The Cicada Man can disguise himself as a human in order to blend in with society.
- Esperizer [6]: The Cicada Man possesses a universal remote controller that can control anything via telekinesis.
- Tilsonite: With the meteor in his hands, the Cicada Man can control Garamon and make the robot do his bidding.
- Saucer: The Cicada Human's race possessed a saucer they used for transportation. It can also fire a beam that is used for defense or to execute their comrades as punishment for failure.
- Ultraman Taiga
- Acceleration: The Cicada Man can easily accelerate to the speed of a car.
- Energy Gun: The Cicada Human from the Villain Guild uses a gun that shoots charged spherical projectiles.
- Ultraman Blazar
- Music: In place of physically holding the Tilsonite meteor, Ensemble Q's musical performance was used to control the electronic brain of their Garamon, its behavior changing accordingly with the tune of the music.
- Stats
- Height: 1.7 m (Adult), 1 m (Child)
- Weight: 100 kg (Adult), 50 kg (Child)
- Origin: Planet Tilsonia
- Powers and Weapons
- Human Disguise: Cicada Woman can disguise herself as a human.
- Proboscis: Cicada Woman is armed with a proboscis that is ideal for impaling foes. The proboscis can also be used to feed on tree sap, since her race physiologically resembles cicadas.
- Finger Bolts: Cicada Woman can fire electric bolts from her fingers that are used to hijack machines, such as Gara Qs.
- Whip: Cicada Woman is equipped with a whip.
- Thick Hide: Cicada Woman's skin has a durable layer that can even resist hits from an iron pipe.
Other Media
Ultraman Story 0
In this manga, the Cicada Humans are the ones responsible for altering the Plasma Sun; the end result of their actions is their transformation into the recognizable Alien Baltans, the people of the Land of Light's transformation into Ultras and the creation of numerous monsters. As the Baltans, they went on to be the main antagonist of the manga until their defeat at the hands of Ultraman. They were then followed by the Universal Alliance, a group composed of different evil aliens who operated on their orders. The Baltans were also the reason Earth was home to so many monsters. The Baltans were conducting horrific experiments on the various monsters from across the universe; as part of the experiments to weaponize them, they sent a probe filled with various tadpole-like creatures to Earth. The tadpoles had the DNA of the numerous monsters that they had captured and experimented on and would grow to be the various monsters that were seemingly "native" to Earth that the Ultras fought over the years. Ultraman Story 0
ULTRAMAN
- Main article: Alien Adacic
In the 2011 manga, a villain called Alien Adacic was the result of crossbreeding between the Cicada Humans and the people of Planet Baltan.
Trivia
- The presence of Alien Adacic shows that the Alien Baltans and the Cicada Humans, while similar, are different. That said, their DNA was appearantly close enough to create a hybrid race, the first instance of alien crossbreeding.
Redman Comic
The Cicada People appear in the Redman comic series as seemingly the main antagonistic force. For years since 1976, they have been filming Redman's endless crusade against monsters and aliens through various cameras and such. Their reason for doing so is unknown; it could be for research or entertainment, but it is not truly known. Said footage was accidentally broadcast to Earth, letting humanity see Redman's monster slaughter when they weren't meant to. It is later hinted that Redman and the monsters now know that they're being recorded.
Ultraman Chronicle: ZERO & GEED
A Cicada Man named Semiya Riku Asakura and Pega took, alongside an Alien Groza, an Alien Serpent, and an Alien Mefilas. Ultraman Chronicle: ZERO & GEED
and a Cicada Woman named Semika are seen as part of the classTrivia
- Voice actors:
- Semiya: Daisuke Fujita[7]
- Semika: Sachi Kokuryu[7]
- The Cicada Human masks from Ultraman Taiga was reused for the alien's appearance.
- This marks the first time both the Cicada Man and the Cicada Woman appear together.
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Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds!
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Miscellaneous
References
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/taiga/kaiju/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/juliet3comet/status/1700489903560417467
- ↑ https://twitter.com/juliet3comet/status/1700492380766699663
- ↑ https://twitter.com/kaijusakaba/status/1701152185936171412?t=2cpGAsjvpUGCFs_l2oECcw
- ↑ https://twitter.com/htogi999/status/1701378521283829813?t=aGmWCR76o9dvQF-8jedEmg
- ↑ https://tsuburaya-prod.com/encyclopedia/garamon
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.himawari.net/media/117108.html
- ↑ 朝日ソノラマ 宇宙船Vol.024
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