is a "kyodai" themed tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

 that premiered April 9, 2006 and aired at 7:30pm on NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 and ran for 13 episodes. WoO was one of many unused ideas created by the late-Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya

was the Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction movies, including the Godzilla series...

 as story connecting to the show, Ultra Q

Ultra Q

is a tokusatsu SF/kaiju series made in the tradition of Toho's many tokusatsu sci-fi/horror films.Produced in black and white by Tokyo Broadcasting System/Tsuburaya Productions, this is actually the first of the long-running Ultra Series, and was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System from January...

. The story revolves around a living creature which came from a comet named WoO; in the series, WoO is befriended by a young girl named Ai; both are chased by a mysterious organization called SWORD who sees WoO as a threat to humanity. At the same time, giant monsters have invaded in search of WoO. The story itself follows the original script Tsuburaya intended for the show.

Main characters

• WoO: The only survivor of his species wandered in space until he crashed on Earth. There, he befriended Ai and develops a strong bond with her that he'd protect her at any cost. He uses his antennae to connect to electronic devices (mainly a cell phone) to communicate with Ai.

• Ai Kumasiro: Junior high school 2nd grade. She stays with her mother and loves soccer. She travels with WoO after their encounter. Her school is then attacked by a giant monster, which resulted in her being the lone survivor of the attack.

• Kiyomi Kumasiro: Ai's mother and secondary chief editor at the magazine "CHEMISTRY."

• Akita: A reporter of magazine "CHEMISTRY" of the same publisher as Kiyomi.

• Kotaro: Ai's classmate. After he leaves working in the Convenient Store; his dream is to become a movie director. He seems to be attracted to Ai.

SWORD Organization

• Yaman: The leader of SWORD. It reveals that his daughter was killed in the incident that Ai survived and because of that holds a personal vendetta against the alien life forms, including WoO.

• Kirishi: Field Agent for SWORD.

• Katsura: Field Researcher for SWORD, she eventually becomes an ally to Ai and WoO helping them escape from her colleagues.

• Sakuraba: Field Agent of SWORD who keeps tabs on Ai and WoO.

• Nagakura: Biological Researcher for SWORD. He uses WoO's artifact and turns into the monster Gelnoide in episodes 12 and 13.

• Gonda: Katsura's sweetheart and ace combat specialist for SWORD's mobile unit. He is portrayed by Shigeki Kagemaru (who played GUTS Member Tetsuo Shinjou in Ultraman Tiga
  Ultraman Tiga
  is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 11th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Tiga was aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes with 4 movies After a franchise hiatus of over 15 years, set in a...
  
  ).

• Waver: Head of SWORD's mobile unit and his part of SWORD's US branch in Arizona.

WoO's Forms

• Egg Form: The shape WoO used to travel in space.

• Inflated Form: An expanded version of normal form; WoO grows bigger than Ai, but still fights monsters in its normal form.

• Fossil Form: WoO reverts to this form due to exhaustion fighting as a giant. It takes water to revive him into his normal form.

• Rucksack Form: Due to WoO's shapeshifting abilities, he takes this form when traveling with Ai to disguise himself from public.

• Aikichi Form: A fusion of WoO and Ai's energies resulting in WoO turning into a Giant to fight other daikaiju
  Kaiju
  is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
  
  ; after fighting he turns into his Fossil Form.

Episodes

Monsters

• Gelnake (Episodes 1-2)
• Galrobe (Episode 3)
• Gelbelio (Episode 4)
• Gelbile (Episode 5)
• Gelbile MK (Episode 10)
• Gelnoide (Episodes 12-13)

Songs

Opening theme: "Guardian Angel" by Splash Candy
Ending theme: by