Trivia / Ultraman Geed

• Actor Allusion: Much like his two performances in Kamen Rider, Minori Terada once again plays someone related to one of the members of the main cast. Much like with Hideo Ishiguro^note  who previously played Kai from Kamen Rider Den-O playing the titular character of the previous Ultra series, however, he's a good guy this time.
• Acting for Two:
  • Nobuyuki Hiyama voices the Geed Riser (when scanning Ultra Capsules) and Ultraman King. Later on in episode 19 Kento Matsumoto (Geed Riser Monster Capsule voice) did the voice of Rekyum Man, an alien information broker.
  • Hideyoshi Iwata is the suit actor for Geed and the actor for Zena's human form.
• Casting Gag: Riku Asakura in a previous life had fought against Ultraman Belial and fought with Ultraman Zero once before.
  • In Geed's movie, Jean Bot even mentions that he looks familiar and asks him to do the "Jean Fight" pose.
• The Cast Showoff: Laiha's actress (Chihiro Yamamoto) is a real life martial artist.
• Crosscast Role: Suit actress Hitomi Adachi as Alien Pegassa Pega and the Rekyum Man (episode 20).
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Megumi Han as Alien Pegassa Pega.
• The Other Darrin: The casting of Nobuyuki Hiyama for Ultraman King has lead the Japanese fanbase divided between the forces of: 1) Too youthful for an old geezer Ultraman, and 2) Original voice actor—Motomu Kiyokawa is always the best. All teams are equally in dissonance of Kiyokawa being physically younger than Hiyama back when he first voiced Ultraman King in Ultraman Leo which was one of the main points of argument.^note As of 2017, Hiyama is now 50 years old, while Kiyokawa back then, was 39 years old when he was hired for the role. But all forces agreed on one thing: Hiyama, though sounded similar, is way better than former prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi.^note who portrayed Ultraman King in the movie.
  • In regards to how Hiyama received the role of Ultraman King, Hiyama revealed at first he was approached by the Geed staff in person to ask him if they would have the honor to have him for the role. Normally, as according to Hiyama, he would take any roles at the drop of a hat if the roles were directly offered to him. But THE Ultraman King? He had second thoughts. Hiyama wasn’t sure if he’s the best person for the task, so he proposed in taking the audition route and got the role from competing instead.[1][2]
  • According to his interview with a Tokusatsu magazine, Hiyama revealed he was initially lured in solely to voice Geed Riser, then was approached with the offer of playing King. Hiyama also revealed his thought process behind his weariness of darrin the role—first, Ultraman Leo was one of his most favorite Ultra Series, and two, he was keen over his voice to be more than likely not suitable for an old geezer Ultraman despite "being physically fit for the age range." To sum up, he felt screwed, but accepted the challenge anyway.
  • As for being constantly compared to Former Prime Minister Koizumi’s Ultraman King, Hiyama revealed he wasn’t aware that FPM Koizumi had even done it until people told him afterwards.
  • As to how Director Koichi Sakamoto answered to this subject, he revealed that "he wanted the Geed Riser voice to be based on Ultraman King since the beginning," further revealing his process of "casting the voice of King before Geed Riser;" So no matter how courtesy (and vulnerable) Hiyama was on this issue, Sakamoto's casting option was dead set on Hiyama as Ultraman King right from the get go.
    Sakamoto: "I was also curious on how Hiyama would sound like if he were to play a collected, regal character."
• Promoted Fanboy: Some of the cast of Ultraman Geed is this:
  • Tatsuomi Hamada (Riku Asakura) says that his favorite Ultraman is Ultraman Justice.
  • Yuta Ozawa (Leito Igaguri) is a fan of and always want to become Father of Ultra, even though that his character is Ultraman Zero's host. Wait a minute, isn't one of Geed forms uses Zero and Father of Ultra?
  • Megumi Han (Alien Pegassa Pega) is a fan of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga. A long time ago when she announced as one of the cast of Ultraman manga motion comic, she moved to Tears of Joy when she gets to meet Ultraman Tiga in person.
  • Nobuyuki Hiyama (Ultraman King / Geed Riser) revealed he was a fanboy of everything between the Return of Ultraman-to-Ultraman Leo. With Return of Ultraman being his most beloved; he noted that his mom recalled "the first ever song he learned how to sing was the opening theme of Return of Ultraman. "
• Prop Recycling:
  • 1: RE.M.'s U-Tom probes are evidently remodeled from the Chiburoid capsule from Ultraman Ginga S.
  • 4: The baby Eleking in Tri's memory was from Ultraman Max.
  • 14 & 15: Zegan is suspected to be modified from Lagoras of Ultraman Max fame.
  • 24: The Nebula House's true form is taken from the alien ship from episode 42 of Ultraman Cosmos, which in turn was modified from the artificial sun of Ultraman Dyna. Funny when you realized that this series is meant to be Dyna's 20th anniversary.
• Role Reprise: Kohji Moritsugu return as Ultraseven in episode 1 and Keiichi Nanba returns as Ultraman Hikari in episode 8.
• Romance on the Set: Mayu Hasegawa (Moa) and Hideyoshi Iwata (Zena) are married as of 2019.
• So My Kids Can Watch: What motivates Otsuichi to write Ultraman Geed is when his son fanboys Ultraman X back then.
• What Could Have Been: Geed's Primitive form was originally going to use an entirely different costume. Said costume was later recycled into Belial's Atrocious form.
• You Look Familiar:
  • Tatsuomi Hamada from Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial plays Riku Asakura in this show.
  • Hitomi Hasebe (Mizuki from Ultraman Max) plays Lumina Igaguri, Leito's wife.

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