Bio Planet WoO

is a "kyodai" (giant hero) themed tokusatsu that premiered April 9, 2006 and airs at 7:30pm on NHK and ran for 13 episodes. "WoO" was one of many unused ideas created by the late-Eiji Tsuburaya as story connecting to the show, Ultra Q. 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.

WORD 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).

* 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.

* Aikira Form-A fusion of WoO and Ai's energies resulting in WoO turning into a Giant to fight other daikaiju; after fighting he turns into his Fossil Form.

Episodes

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Monsters

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

ongs

;Opening theme: "Guardian Angel" by Splash Candy;Ending theme: nihongo|"One Umbrella… Is it Enough?"|傘はひとつで足りるのかな…|Kasa wa Hitotsu de Tariru no Kana… by nihongo|Girls On The Run|ガールズ・オン・ザ・ラン|Gāruzu On Za Ran

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