History Series / UltramanNexus

* GreekMythology: The Illustrator briefly mentions about ''Lethe'' and ''Prometheus''.

The series focuses on the life of Kazuki Komon, a former rescue worker turned [[NewMeat recent inductee]] in the Night Raiders and his struggle to cope with his new life. Faced with a world where nothing is truly what it seems, he becomes embroiled within a shadowy conspiracy involving a mysterious silver giant, giant monsters manipulated by an unknown hand, Dark Ultramen and the hidden agendas within TLT. itself. The serie, focusing on Kaizuki Komon rather than the titular Ultraman Nexus, also abandons the MonsterOfTheWeek concept and focuses on [[StoryArc longer character driven arcs]]. Nexus is also relatively unique in its concept of the passing of the ability to transform into Ultraman between Dunamists (Humans who can become Ultraman) as well as the use of a Meta Field to draw monsters into pocket dimensions to prevent further destruction.

* EldritchAbomination: [[CombatTentacles Kutuura]], lord of the Land of Death. Or something.

* GenkiGirl: Night Raider crew member Shiori Hiraki.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Despite making a cameo in Komon's narration of the epilogue, according to WordofGod, Dunamist Jun Himeya and Night Raider member Shiori Hiraki are dead.]]

* WeAreAsMayflies: [[spoiler:Without access to the experimental drug "Raphael", Ren Senjyu fully expects to die from cellular degeneration by his 18th birthday.]]
* WeHaveForgottenThePhlebotinum: [[spoiler:Night Raider is prevented from using the Ultimate Vanisher, a beam cannon packing the same firepower as Ultraman's Over Ray Storm, due to a traitor purging the frequency modulation data from the T.L.T. data networks.]]

* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Dark Mephisto uses Riko Saida as this. She eventually [[HeroicWillpower breaks free]] of this [[RedemptionEqualsDeath defends Komon to the death]].]]

* AlliterativeName: Kaizuki Komon, the protagonist.

* ArtificialHuman: Yuu Kirasawa, The Illustrator, [[spoiler: also Dunamist Ren Senjyu]].

** TheMenInBlack: All members are fittingly dressed in black.

* RefugeInAudacity: T.L.T.'s solution to media reports on strange sighting is to flood the channels with similar over the top reports.

'''''Ultraman Nexus''''' is the 20th entry in Tsuburaya Productions' ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' and aired from October 2, 2004 to June 25, 2005 with a total of 37 screen episodes. An extra unscreened episode was included in the DVD compilation.

Set in [[NextSundayAD 2009]], ''Ultraman Nexus'' is set in an Earth not unlike our own. While Humanity blissfully goes about its daily life, a secret war is being fought in the shadows between the Terrestrial Liberation Trust and monstrous invaders, dubbed Space Beasts. The main branches of T.L.T. are Night Raiders, military response teams who are tasked with eliminating Space Beasts, Memory Police, who mindwipes witnesses and survivors using devices called [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Memory Erasers]] as part of coverup efforts and White Sweepers, an armed hazmat team tasked with the destruction of evidence and recovery of research subjects.

The series focuses on the life of Kazuki Komon, a [[NewMeat recent inductee]] into one of T.L.T.'s elite Night Raider combat squads and his struggle to cope with his new life. Faced with a world where nothing is truly what it seems, he becomes embroiled within a shadowy conspiracy involving a mysterious silver giant, giant monsters manipulated by an unknown hand, Dark Ultramen and the hidden agendas within T.L.T. itself. As the series focuses primarily on the lives of one of T.L.T.'s Night Raider combat teams, Ultraman Nexus abandons the MonsterOfTheWeek concept and focuses on longer character driven arcs. Relatively unique in its concept of the passing of the ability to transform into Ultraman between Dunamists (Humans who can become Ultraman) as well as the use of a Meta Field to draw monsters into pocket dimenstions to prevent further destruction.

* AlienInvasion
* ArchNemesis: The Dark Ultramen -[[spoiler:Faust, Mephisto, Zagi]].
* ArtificialHuman: Yu Kirasawa, The Illustrator, [[spoiler: also Dunamist Ren Senjyu]].
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
* {{Backstory}}: ''Film/UltramanTheNext''
* BadassCrew: Night Raider is presented as a team of highly trained and very competent monster eliminators. As the show progresses however, they begin to [[TheWorfEffect lose some steam]] and their equipment begins to [[TheWorfBarrage appear ineffective]], increasingly having to be bailed out by Ultraman. [[spoiler: After T.L.T. abandons the {{Masquerade}}, Night Raider is expanded to become a BadassArmy.]]
* BeingGoodSucks: Ultra Man perpetually risks his life, gets pounded by monsters, hunted as an experimental subject and is generally subject of apathy to most of the world.

* BigBad: The Unknown Hand, [[spoiler:a.k.a. Dark Zagi]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: [[GiantFlyer Bugbuzun]], [[TheVirus Bugbuzun Golar]], [[GiantSpider Banpira]], and [[ScaryScorpions Grantella]].

* BlobMonster: Pedoleon
* BloodKnight: Deputy Commander Nagi Saijyo considers it her personal mission in life to kill all beasts.

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:The goal of series Big Bad Unknown Hand is to shatter the spirit of team-mate Nagi Saijyo so when she inherits Ultraman's Light, it will be tainted by her rage and hatred of him, allowing him to tap into her HeroicBSOD and abscond with the light.]]
* BusmansHoliday: Any time a team member takes time off to visit a friend or loved on, it doesn't end well.

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Mitsuhiko Ishibori as the Unknown Hand.]]
* CombatTentacles

* CrapsackWorld: Your happy existence may be rudely interrupted at anytime by Kaiju knocking over your house and eating you. If you are aware of this fact, you are either mindwiped or inducted into the combat unit which goes toe to toe with them. [[spoiler:Played straight in the epilogue -- Although the existence of Space Beasts is now common knowledge, the world has banded together to survive and the Space Beasts are no longer being led by a master manipulator, they are only held in check by Night Raider mass recruitment and non-stop street and air patrols with battles still spilling into populated urban areas.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: A ''lot'' compared to other ''Ultra'' series.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of many ''Ultraman'' tropes. This series try to be realistic in its portrayal of Ultraman and Space Beast appearing in the world. Such as:
** The Ultraman are not fully trusted by humans and the human host of the Ultraman are not exactly stable people themselves. Himeya is a photographer who felt guilty because he couldn't protect a kid he cared about and try to redeem himself by becoming Ultraman. Ren is a death seeker who wants to go out meaningfully because he only has a short life. Nagi is powered by her desire to avenge her parents' death. Being an Ultraman also caused physical issue for them as it is very tiring and unlike previous series, the wound they received in battle does not heal easily and can cause problem in their next battle.
** Unlike the previous series, the monsters are actually genuine threats not only because they cause destruction but also the psychological effect they cause to those who saw them. The destruction caused by the monster is treated as a real issue which is why Ultraman transports them to the Metafield to avoid destroying places or worse, injuring citizens. Their existence are also kept secret as to not cause mass panic, which is why the Memory Police were created to erase the memory of ordinary citizens who either witnessed or were attacked by Space Beasts, as quite a number of these people had been driven insane by their encounter with the Space Beasts.

* DestroyTheEvidence: T.L.T. has the White Sweeper division, which destroys the Space Beasts' remains after battle to keep the existence of Space Beasts a secret. They also recover materials that could be used for research.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: The Dunamists is the most important character after Komon.
* DevilInDisguise: Dark Zagi disguises himself as one of the human characters until his body is fully restored in the last episode.

** The Dark Ultramen.
** [[spoiler:Dark Zagi's backstory actually makes him a litteral example. He's an attempt to replicate Nexus that went rogue.]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Unknown Hand has been playing things from behind the scenes with the possession of Mitsuhiko Ishibori, the murder of Nagi Saijyo's parents, turning Shinya Mizorogi into Dark Mephisto, animation of Riko Saida as Dark Faust and using Space Beasts to eliminate Dunamists Jun Himeya and Ren Senjyu all to gurantee that Nagi will inherit the Light and taint it with hatred.]]
* EvolutionPowerup: Nexus evolves with each new host, gaining a new form. Actually, he was originally Ultraman The Next from the movie of the same name before evolving into Nexus. [[spoiler: In the FinalBattle, his newest host causes him to evolve into Ultraman Noa.]]
* ForScience: T.L.T.'s justification for experimenting on any Dunamist they capture.
* FrickinLaserBeams
* FunWithAcronyms: T.L.T. (Terrestrial Liberation Trust) is pronounced "tilt".
* GambitPileup: As an organization, T.L.T. appears to have wheels within wheels within wheels.

* HourOfPower: A series hallmark. Subverted in that the Human body was never designed for the level of abuse dished out during fights and the animating Dunamist often collapses long before Ultraman's timer starts blinking.
* InvisibilityCloak: The Night Raider vehicles are all fitted with this to keep the {{Muggles}} from becoming aware of the secret war.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: T.L.T.'s willingness to happily experiment on any Dunamist they can get their hands on seems to be shades of this.

* KaijuDefenseForce
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Despite cameoing in Komon's narration of the epilogue, according to WordofGod, Dunamist Jun Himeya and Night Raider Shiori Hiraki are dead.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: T.L.T.'s Memory Police unit systematically hunts down anyone exposed to alien exposure and mindwipes them.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: If an EnergyWeapon doesn't do the job, Night Raider will usually resort to this.
* MasterOfDelusion: Subverted. Before too long, most of the Night Raiders become aware of Ultraman's identity.

** Night Raiders' job is to destroy monsters before the public become aware of them.
** The BFG on the Strike Chester combat aircraft used to atomize monsters is called the "Vanisher".
* MegatonPunch: [[spoiler:Ultraman Noa litterally punches Dark Zagi into orbit.]]

* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:What better way for Unknown Hand to play his mind games than to serve as the Night Raider Analyzer Tactician.]]

* {{Muggles}}: Most of the world is this, with a tendency to become VictimOfTheWeek, thanks to the effort of the Memory Police.

* SupportingProtagonist: The series focuses on the life of Komon, despite the fact that he does not transform into the eponymous hero, making him this trope. [[spoiler: However, he ''does'' become Ultraman in the series' finale and thus, ditches this role.]]

* ToServeMan: Almost ALL of the space beasts think humans are delicious.

* TransformationTrinket: The Dunamists' Evoltruster, and Dark Mephisto's Dark Evolver.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: In order to maintain the status quo, T.L.T. turns to alien science and mindwipes '''the entire world''' due to the [[Film/UltramanTheNext 2004 incident.]]]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Near the end of the first episode, Komon meets his future teammates when they arrive on scene after an alien attack he was near. In his narration here, he mentions that it was the first time he met his girlfriend, referring specifically to Nagi. Though the two of them grow over time as teammates and eventually come to strongly respect each other, they never get anywhere near a point where a relationship is displayed on screen, let alone even actually ''started''. Assumedly this plot thread was lost along with the 12 cut episodes; see the [[Trivia/UltramanNexus What Could Have Been]] entry for details.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Komon's girlfriend Riko Saida.]]

** The Ultraman are not fully trusted by humans and the human host of the Ultraman are not exactly stable human being. Himeya is a photographer who felt guilty because he couldn't protect a kid he cared about and try to redeem himself by becoming Ultraman. Ren is a death seeker who wants to go out meaningfully because he only has a short life. Nagi is powered by her desire to avenge her parents' death. Being an Ultraman also caused physical issue for them as it is very tiring and unlike previous series, the wound they received in battle does not heal easily and can cause problem in their next battle.
** Unlike the previous series, the monsters are actually genuine threat not only because they cause destruction but also the psychological effect they cause to those who saw them. The destruction caused by the monster is treated as a real issue which is why Ultraman Nexus bring them to meta field to avoid destroying places and injuring citizens. Their existence are also kept secret as to not cause mass panic, which is why the Memory Police is created to erase the memory of ordinary citizen who saw the Space Beast, as it is shown that many citizen cannot handle seeing the monsters and cause psychological breakdown for them.

* Jerkass: Nagi

* NiceGuy: Ren Senjyu appears to be a truly nice person.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: In order to maintain the status quo, T.L.T. turns to alien science and mindwipes the entire WORLD due to the 2004 incident.]]

* Jerkass/*JerkSue: Nagi comes off as this. Her cliche tragic past and importance to the plot does little to add alleviate this.

* BigBadassWolf: Galberos. Sortof. He has three heads and is from space.

* BeingGoodSucks: You perpetually risk your life, get pounded by monsters, hunted as an experimental subject and are generally subject of apathy to most of the world. Yeah -- Being Ultraman is [[SarcasmMode AWESOME]].

* FiveManBand: The Night Raiders
** TheHero -- Kazuki Komon
** TheLancer -- Deputy Commander Nagi Saijyo
** TheSmartGuy -- Analyzer Tactician Mitsuhiko Ishibori
** TheChick -- Shiori Hiraki
** BigBrotherMentor -- Commander Eisuke Wakura
** SixthRanger -- Dunamist Jun Himeya [[spoiler: and his replacement Ren Senjyu]]

* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler: Unknown Hand has been playing things from behind the scenes with the possession of Mitsuhiko Ishibori, the murder of Nagi Saijyo's parents, turning Shinya Mizorogi into Dark Mephisto, animation of Riko Saida as Dark Faust and using Space Beasts to eliminate Dunamists Jun Himeya and Ren Senjyu all to gurantee that Nagi will inherit the Light and taint it with hatred. AND IT HAPPENS JUST AS PLANNED.]]

Jerkass/*Jerk Sue: Nagi comes off as this. Her cliche tragic past and importance to the plot does little to add alleviate this.