Publication Information
- Device : Esplender
- Japanese : エスプレンダー
- User(s) : Gamu Takayama
- Transform(s) : Ultraman Gaia
- First Appearance : Ultraman Gaia : episode 3
- Status : Usable
History
Ultraman Gaia
After Ultraman Gaia defeated C.O.V, he turned back into Gamu. Gamu found a strange light on the battle which he sensed was important, using a photoelectron tube he had on him, he took it. Later on he used it to transform into Gaia a second time. Gamu later built the Esplender to properly house the Gaia force as a more suitable device.
In Ultraman Gaia episode 26, Hiroya Fujimiya gave the Esplender Agul's light, transforming Gaia into Version 2 (V2). The Esplender was later drained of it power by Zogu, rendering it useless. Later in the Ultraman Gaia Movie Gaia Again, a race of advance undersea beings restored Gaia's force.
Trivia
- Before the usage of Esplender, Gamu first stored Gaia's essence in a photoelectron tube while raising it to the air to transform mirroring Shin Hayata's transformation of Ultraman via the Beta Capsule.
- The Esplender is the first transformation device shown to be created by human hands.
- It is also the first to demonstrate the principle(s) of Transformation Devices. That being the storing and unleashing of the Ultra's essence for the sake of transforming.
