Alien Magma

https://m-78.jp/taiga/kaiju/ are a cat-like alien race from the planet Magma in Ultraman Leo who were the cause of the destruction of Planet L77 prior to the series. Since their original appearance, the Alien Magma have gone on to become some of the most iconic opponents to have been introduced in Leo's series, and as such have appeared throughout the Ultraman Series since then.
Subtitles:
*Alien Magma: 
*Alien Magma Trio: 
==History==
===Past===
The Alien Magma were a vicious race set of destroying planets across the universe. One of their targets was Planet L77, homeworld of Ultraman Leo, which they successfully destroyed, despite Leo surviving. Their next target was Planet D60 and the Cosmo Beast Fighters that inhabited it. A platoon of Magmas headed by the superior officers Volcan, Yurub and Lava engaged the martial artists, but were overpowered by them, forcing them to retreat, but not before Volcan was able to permanently weaken the grandmaster Alude. A counteroffensive was launched some time later. While this did not lead to destruction of D60, most of Cosmo Beast Fighters were killed during the second attack, with those that survived dying soon after through other means. 
During their conquest of L77, the Magmas were able to abduct Leo's twin brother Astra, whom they kept prisoner and subjected to torturing, damaging the similar horns to Leo he originally had to the point of them being completely gone. Ultraman King later arrived to save Astra from captivity, but the Magma's chain around Astra's thigh proved to strong for even the mighty King to fully break off.
===Ultraman Leo===
====First appearance====
One month after the destruction of L77, a single Alien Magma from the group that destroyed the planet set his eyes on conquering the Earth, bringing the Giras Brothers with him to attack Tokyo. However, Ultraseven stood in his way, having arrived to defend the planet once again. Seven fought valiantly against Magma and his servants, but was overpowered, then brutally injured when Black Giras twisted his leg until it broke into several pieces.
At that moment, Ultraman Leo appeared to rescue Seven, seeking revenge against the alien for his home's destruction by their hands. Even with the tides of battle in favor of Magma and the Giras Brothers, Leo and Seven managed to hold off the trio. After being beaten down by Leo, Magma and the Giras Brothers retreated for the time being. 
Sometime after Tokyo is flooded with tidal waves, the Giras Brothers were released again, this time to cause destruction in the flooded city. Ultraman Leo also returned, only to be beaten down by the two Giras Brothers until the Magma Alien returned as well to assist them. With the help of Dan's Ultra Psychokinesis, Leo managed to decapitate the Giras Brothers' heads. With Magma being of little match to Leo's superior martial arts skills, Magma fled the scene, leaving Leo still bitter at the trouble they have caused. 
=====Trivia=====
*Suit actor: Yoshihisa Urakami
**During his fight with Ultraman Leo, the suit actor's face paint was washed away by the set for the ocean.
*This Alien Magma possess a cloak compared to his later incarnations, thus given the designation .
*Alien Magma and the Giras Brothers' fights with Ultraseven and Ultraman Leo were referenced by Ultraman Zero in New Ultraman Retsuden episode 14.
*In a stage show where Ultraseven appears to help Geed with the aid of his Capsule Kaiju, Alien Magma refers to the latter as Pokémon before being scolded by everyone present.
====Second appearance====
Sometime later, another Alien Magma, who is the younger brother of the original, appears, trying to court with a monster named Rolan until he was driven away by Gen (Ultraman Leo's human form). Later after Rolan had taken a human form and befriended several children by creating pinwheels from her feathers, Magma returned, destroying some of her pinwheels until he was chased off again by MAC. However as Rolan tried to return home, Magma attacked and became frustrated by her for not agreeing to marry him, so he then tries to kill her until Ultraman Leo arrived himself to protect the kind monster. Again, Alien Magma was overpowered by Leo's skills and met his end after being impaling through the heart with one of Rolan's pinwheels. 
=====Trivia=====
*Alien Magma's face would change between his two appearances. His first (and currently ongoing) appearance, his mouth and eyes are actually the suit actor's own eyes and mouth, painted silver to match his head's appearance. For Magma's second appearance, he wears a mouthpiece that matches his head mold better.
*The second Alien Magma is labeled as Alien Magma II by some magazines, however, he is officially still part of the first generation of Alien Magma.
*Alien Magma's reappearance was due to the strong recommendation of the child actors from the Ultraman Leo series.
*This Alien Magma's suit would be used to create Alien Babarue later on in the series.
===Andro Melos===
In Andro Melos, a trio of Alien Magmas, known as the , were "Battle Aliens" from the Gua Army, the leader of the trio was a cyborg.
The Magma aliens first appeared in Andro Melos episode 1 as the 3 appeared out of the fog and attacked Andro Wolf on Planet S46. The 3 completely dominated Andro Wolf as he was distracted by the Gua Army laughing at him. The Magma Trio stopped attacking the wounded warrior as Wolf was put unconscious by the Gua Army.
The next episode the aliens appear again. As Andro Melos is exploring Planet Nattsu Alpha a Alien Magma hides behind some space rocks and tells the rest of the Magmas that an Andro warrior has arrived. As Andro Melos was completely oblivious the Magma Trio stealthy attacked the warrior. This fight continued onto the next episode as Melos is asked to help Andro Mars on fighting Dachimilan, Melos is still fighting the 3 aliens. Then the 3 say they where the ones that almost killed Andro Wolf so Melos becomes angry but he became trapped by the leader of the 3, Remodeled Alien Magma as Andro Melos was paralyzed!
The next episode begins and Andro Melos broke out of the mace trap and used his Eye Slugger-like weapons. The episode ends as Melos slices two Magma's maces presumming the end for the rein of the 3 alien Magmas.
====Trivia====
*In this series, it is established that there is more than one different design for Alien Magma's race, each with a different weapon of choice. The leader Magma is seen with white hair and red eyes with a dagger for a weapon. Another Magma in his normal colors is seen with a chained mace among the trio.
*Magazines have labled the Magma leader as .
*As stated in Andro Melos, the Magma has a very complex organization known as the Magma Saber Band, consisting of Brother Blue (original), Brother Red (red eyes, white hair, and pink mouth part), Custom Magma (seen in Andro Melos photo (center)), and Magma Leader, a comics only appearance.
===Ultraman Mebius===
In this series, an Alien Magma is seen facing off against the Space Swordsman Zamsher on a meteor heading towards Earth. Even after a second Alien Magma comes to aid the first in battle, the two aliens were ultimately killed by Zamsher. 
====Trivia====
*Voice actor: Tetsu Inada (Red and Blue haired)
*The second Alien Magma has a slightly different color scheme from the original Alien Magma. His hair is white, his eyes were red, and he possesses a hook appendage replacing his hand. The entire band is led by Magma Leader.
*The Magma also stated that one of his brothers had invaded Earth before, a reference to the original Magma.
*The Magmas were never intended to return in Mebius, but to show the power of Zamsher, he and Alien Valky were added by slightly modifying suits used in stage shows.
===Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie===
Alien Magma reappeared as one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. He was seen teaming up with Alien Babarue, Alien Nackle, and Dada to kill Rei while the Ultras and Rei's monsters fought Ultraman Belial's other monsters, but Rei transformed into Reimon and killed his attackers in short order with Babarue first, followed by Magma, with a kick to the groin and then landing hard with a boom, Nackle and Dada. 
====Trivia====
*The Alien Magma in this film has the extra hook appendage of the second Magma from Ultraman Mebius and appears to reuse a stage show head with white, fluffy hair.
*Alien Magma is one of the aliens that makes up Belyudra's body in the movie.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
An Alien Magma was one of the four aliens alongside Alien Babarue, Alien Temperor and Kyrieloid to chase Kanegon for his possession of Battlenizer, after the latter ran away while they were busy fighting amongst themselves over the bidding price.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO===
Magma and his group of aliens then accidentally jumped into a portal in the midst of pursuing Kanegon, leading to the Earth where Ai Asama inhabited. When the four aliens arrived in giant forms, they fought against Ultraman Tiga and the recently summoned Red King under Ai's command. Despite the initial confusion, the two fought off the aliens, Red King tossed Babarue to Magma before Tiga finished them both with Zeperion Beam.
When the above story is adapted to Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS NEO, Alien Magma and Babarue confronted the protagonists' summoned monsters instead. Tiga didn't appear until much later during Grozam's emergence.
===Ultraman Ginga===
In the side story "Friends Left Behind", Magma is stranded on Earth, in possession of the Zetton Spark Doll. Angered that no one paid attention to him and that he was always overlooked by Dark Lugiel, he vents his frustrations on Kenta and Chigusa and almost destroys the Earth with Zetton, but his plans are thwarted by the timely arrival of Ultraman Ginga. In the end, he is reverted to Spark Doll form alongside Zetton as he and Zetton decided to became Ginga's pupil, which the Ultra agreed and fly away with them. 
====Trivia====
*Suit and voice actor: Koichi Toshima
*Human form actor: Munetoshi Takubo
*In Ultraman Ginga, when Alien Magma was seen enlarged, the purse which was given to him by Alien Valky also enlarged and when being reduced to a Spark Doll, the purse was seen again, also shrunk in order to fit into his use.
*Magma very briefly adopted a stray cat which he called Nekogiras, and the two sat around a fire, until the cat ran off, making Magma yell in frustration, as the incident only served to reinforce his belief that everyone had abandoned him. Its name is derived from the Giras Brothers.
*Despite being "Lived" before Alien Icarus, he can be seen in Spark Doll form just before Dark Lugiel "Lived" Alien Icarus.
**This could, however, be another Alien Magma that was also turned into a Spark Doll.
===Ultraman X===
Alien Magma appeared along with Alien Shaplay as mercenaries hired by Gina Spectre who swear their allegiance to as they join Gina in witnessing the arrival of her brother Mold Spectre from another dimension.
Magma was soon tasked along with Shaplay to guard Ultraman Victory's host Sho as he was soon tied up and mouth guarded by Mold. While happily stating that they would take over the universe with the Gua Army, Sho escapes and uses his Victorian abilities to knock down the aliens.
While looking for Sho, Magma and Shaplay came across Arisa and Asuna and fought them while Mold fought Ultraman X and had the upper hand. Magma then decided to change his size and joined Mold in fighting and defeating X until Sho reclaimed his Victory Lancer and fired an EX Red King bullet that distracted them long enough for everyone to escape.
Magma, along with Shaplay, were soon whipped and scolded by Gina for letting Sho get away shortly before joining Mold in standing by for the Gua Army to arrive until Xio arrived and distracted them long enough for Ultramen X and Victory to arrive and Magma, along with Mold, fought them and Magma was losing with Victory launching three Victorium Slashes and blasts from his King Joe Launcher.
Magma and Mold were confronted by Exceed X and Victory Knight who gained the upper hand over them thanks to the training the Ultra hosts did with each other. Magma was then distracted by the Knight Victorium Flash and then destroyed by the Knight Victorium Shoot. 
====Trivia====
*Voice actor: Isamu Yusen
*This is the first Alien Magma to utilize the same weapon on both arms.
*His designation with the Gua Army is a reference to the Alien Magma Trio from the Andro Melos series.
===Ultra Heroes EXPO THE LIVE Part 1===
 and another Alien Magma were part of the Planet Invasion Union. They aimed to destroy Crusader's Peak to prevent more Ultras from being chosen, but were defeated by the newly-formed Tri-Squad. 
====Trivia====
*As the first part of the stage show is deemed canon, this appearance serves as Malba's canon debut, although he first appeared in Ultraman Festival 2018 Live Stage Part 2.
===Ultraman Taiga===
An Alien Magma named Maguma appeared as a Villain Guild operative who originally plotted alongside Markind and a few members to lure Young Mother Zandrias into fighting Zegun to demonstrate their monster's strength. Months after disappearing from Hellberus intervention, Maguma returned alongside Markind where they offered their service to EGIS at the height of Woola's crisis. Following Woola's destruction and the escape of Ultraman Tregear, Maguma and Markind officially joined EGIS as the team's newest members.
===Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond===
Alien Magma, Godola, and Bado were servants of an Alien Zozogiga, Gibellus. The three were sent to Planet Laive as an experiment to invade said planet. They began to destroy everything on the planet until Ultraman Dyna arrived to save it. The aliens engaged in a fight with Dyna, but both Magma and Bado were easily knocked down, while Godola was killed by the Solgent Beam. 
==Data==
==Spark Doll==
Alien Magma's Spark Doll was DarkLived by Dark Lugiel before his defeat. He DarkLived his Zetton Spark Doll and battled against the original Ultraman, Tiga, and Ginga in episode 35 of New Ultraman Retsuden. However, he was outmatched by Ginga and was reverted back into a Spark Doll. Afterwards, he requested to be Ginga's pupil and was accepted.
==Other Media==
===Ultra Zone===
Alien Magma appears alongside Alien Babarue in an episode of Ultra Zone. Magma is working as a waiter, and serves various customers.
===Ultraman Galaxy===
Alien Magma reappeared in the puzzle role-playing game for mobile devices, Ultraman Galaxy as a R (Rare) card that you can unlock him in one of the levels in the game with a high chance of getting Magma.
===Mega Monster Rush Ultra Frontier===
===Ultraman Festival 2018 Live Stage Part 2===
A group called the appeared, aiming to take over and make Earth the second Planet Magma, starting with Ultraman Festival's stage. The group was led by and consisted of , and six unnamed siblings.
After performing "Ankoku no Utage", they were confronted by Ultraman Rosso and Ultraman Blu, but escaped. By teaming up with Armored Mefilas, they planned to absorb the energy within humans to create monsters. Rosso and Blu eventually caught up, but began quarelling with each other and were in trouble until Zero and Geed appeared to help. Zero was later called elsewhere by Ultimate Force Zero.
After Geed talked to Blu about family, they were ambushed by the Ten Magma Siblings and their army, and although Geed was defeated, Rosso returned to aid his brother and they made up. Revealing that he always despised his siblings as their parents loved them and abused him, Eldest Son killed Second Son and Little Sister, and sent the others on a spaceship that exploded. Rosso erupted in anger after witnessing Eldest Son's treatment of his family, and took him down. Now seeing the alien as useless, Armored Mefilas struck him with his sword and absorbed his energy to summon more monsters. 
====Trivia====
*Voice actors:
**Magma Eldest Son: Tomokazu Seki
**Magma Second Son: Tomokazu Sugita
**Magma Little Sister: Megumi Han
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*Eldest Son wields a katana, Second Son wields a polearm and Little Sister wields two knives, while the other siblings have swords and red and blue flags.
*Eldest Son's suit reuses Kou Jinguuji's Belial Acrobattle Suit from Ultra Heroes THE LIVE: Acrobattle Chronicle with some parts repainted white and the Alien Magma sigil replacing the Color Timer. He also wears a black helmet and has red lines on his mask. Little Sister has a new suit, while Second Son's suit is the same as a regular Alien Magma. The six other siblings have yellow hair, while Eldest Son and Second Son's hair is more orange.
*The head and body of Eldest Son's suit would later be used for Volcan and Yurub respectively, while Little Sister's suit would be used for Lava, minus the exposed mouth.
===Ultraman Precious Stage: Dad is Ultraseven===
In the 2019 Saga version, an Alien Magma was part of Belial's army. Wielding his katana, he first battled Ultraman Geed, then Ultraman Leo, passing his blade to Alien Guts during the fight. He later took on Zero Beyond and Zoffy, entered a sword fight with Ultraman Orb and his Orb Calibur, and fought Ultraman Ruebe, who used the R／B Kourin, while disarmed. Afterwards, he and the other members of Belial's army were defeated after losing a combined beam struggle. 
====Trivia====
*Malba/Eldest Son's suit was reused for this Alien Magma.
===Ultra Heroes EXPO THE LIVE Part 2===
In the second part, the Planet Invasion Union, which included Malba and another Alien Magma, faced Rosso and Blu, though only Malba and Alien Baltan survived the encounter and escaped. By performing a ritual, they succeeded in corrupting the Wise Man's Sword. Malba, wielding the dark blade, was able to defeat Ultraman Taiga. However, he was later possessed by Ultraman Tregear, who stole the weapon. After exiting his body, Tregear used the sword's dark power to incorporate him and Alien Baltan into his dark army. Malba and the other monsters were eventually defeated by a combined beam fired by Rosso, Blu, Ribut, Geed and X. 
==Merchandise==
185px-Alien Magma Spark.jpg|Alien Magma Spark Doll
185px-Astra6.jpg|Alien Magma vs. Leo and Astra
127px-MagmaMasterMagna.jpg|Magma Master Magna card
Tamashii Ultra-Act Alien Magma Image.300.jpg|Ultra-Act Alien Magma
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Magma re 01.jpg|X-Plus 25cm Alien Magma
Hyper Hobby Magma.jpeg|The Hyper Hobby Brother Red.
Alien Magma eraser.png|Alien Magma eraser
Alien_Magma_Remodeled_Leader_Eraser.png|The Leader Alien Maguma eraser
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