| Powerslam Looks At UltraMan Another Classic Japanese Hero From Outer Space |
| Another of the amazing space heros that came to the USA in the 1960s via Japanese TV, Ultraman spawned several sequels, and introduced us to a multitude of Ultra-beings from his home world. The entire 39 episode series is NOW available on DVD for your enjoyment. Check with your retailer or on-line auctions. |
| Episode Guide |
1. Ultra Operation No. 1
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Bemular)
b: 17-Jul-1966 w: Tetsuo Kinjo and Shinichi
Sekizawa d: Hajime Tsuburaya
This episode we see how Ultraman came to
Earth, and during his chase with the fugitive
monster Bemular, a tragic accident that befell
Science Patrol member Hayata forces the
alien to save the Earthling's life by merging
with him. Unbeknownst to anyone (even his
Science Patrol teammates), Hayata and
Ultraman are one and the same! The course
of the episode has Hayata and his
teammates coping with the terrifying Bemular.
NOTE: Although aired first, this is actually the
9th episode produced.
Featured monster: Space Monster Bemular
(Uchuu Kaijuu Bemuraa)
The first appearance of all principal
characters (Ultraman and the Science Patrol).
This is Ultraman's origin episode.
The Bemular suit would later be remodified
as the monster Gyango from Episode 11.
2. Defeat the Invaders!
gs: Takeshi Sato (Baltan Alien)
b: 24-Jul-1966
The Science Patrol is back in action when an
invisible UFO anchors itself over the
Scientific Technical Center in Tokyo. The
UFO's inhabitants are the clawed insect-like
aliens from the planet Baltan! Able to divide
into multiple copies, as well as possess
certain human hosts, the Baltans plot to take
over the Earth to enslave all humanity . . .
until Ultraman comes to the rescue!
Meanwhile, Science Patrol member Ide tells
us why he got a black eye in the beginning of
the episode!
NOTE: This was the first episode put into
production.
Featured monsters: Space Ninja Baltan
Aliens (Uchuu Ninja Barutan Seijin)
First appearance of the insect-like Baltans,
Ultraman's popular foes, who would return in
Episode 16, and in several other Ultra Series
as well.
3. Sally Forth, Science Patrol!
gs: Haruo Nakajima (Neronga)
b: 31-Jul-1966 w: Masahiro Yamada d:
Toshihiro Iijima
Beneath a well in Mount Iwami lies a dormant
monster called Neronga, which was defeated
by the samurai Ichiemon Murai in the Edo
Period. Reawakened by the construction of
a new power plant in Mount Iwami, only its
roars are heard, and a wake of destruction is
left all over the power plant. The Science
Patrol suspects that Neronga is invisible, but
when the monster attacks again, they find
that it becomes visible when it absorbs
electricity! The Science Patrol and the
Self-Defense Forces' Mobile Super-Ray
Corps prepare to guard another power plant,
which is Neronga's next target.
NOTE: Featured monster: Invisible Monster
Neronga (Toumei Kaijuu Neronga)
Haruo Nakajima, the original suit actor for
Godzilla, plays Neronga.
The Neronga suit was modified from a
Baragon suit (from the film Frankenstein
Conquers the World (1965), which was
modified for Ultra Q as Pagos in Episode 18.
The laser tanks used by the Mobile
Super-Ray Corps to try and zap Neronga
were the A-Cycle Light Ray Tanks from the
classic Godzilla film, Monster Zero (1965).
4. 5 Seconds Before The Big
Explosion!
gs: Umenosuke Izumi (Ragon)
When a rocket with six nuclear bombs was
sent into outer space for development of the
planet Jupiter, the rocket malfunctions and
lands into the sea, with only one of the
bombs exploding, causing a disaster at sea.
With four of the bombs recovered, it's up to
the Science Patrol to find the missing bomb.
Meanwhile, Fuji is given a vacation by Capt.
Muramatsu (much to Ide's jealousy), and
she, Hoshino and a little girl named Michiko
go to the seaside Mamiyama Hotel and have
fun. Meanwhile, Hayata investigates a boat
disaster caused by a moving wake in the
sea, caused by the giant humanoid sea
monster Ragon. This is not the gentle beast
as seen in Ultra Q, this Ragon, mutated by
the radiation of the aforementioned exploded
bomb, is hostile and violent. Not only is it
heading towards the Mamiyama Hotel, but
the missing bomb is hanging from its body!
b: 07-Aug-1966
NOTE: Featured monster: Undersea Monster
Ragon (Kaitei Kaijuu Ragon)
The Gill Man-like monster Ragon was
originally featured in Episode 20 of Ultra Q.
This time, he discharges a blue Godzilla-like
heat beam from his mouth!
Stock footage from the Toho sci-fi classics
The Mysterians (1957) (the Markalite taking
off into the sky) and Battle in Outer Space
(1959) (an explosion in space) are seen in
the episode's opening.
5. Treasure of the Miloganda
gs: Haruyoshi Nakamura (Greenmons)
Akihiko Hirata (Professor Iwamoto) Akiko
Wakabayashi (Photographer Setsuko
Hamaguchi)
b: 14-Aug-1966
NOTE: Featured monster: Strange
Vegetation Greenmons (Kaiki Shokubutsu
Guriinmonsu)
First appearance of Professor Iwamoto
(played by veteran actor Akihiko Hirata).
6. The Coast Guard Command
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gesula) Hisaya Ito
(Diamond Kick)
b: 21-Aug-1966
7. The Blue Stone of Baraji
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Antlar)
b: 28-Aug-1966
8. The Lawless Monster Zone
gs: Yukihiro Seino (Chandrah) Umenosuke
Izumi (Maglar) Teruo Aragaki (Red King)
Shuji Fujita (Pigmon)
b: 04-Sep-1966
9. Operation: Lightning Speed
gs: Haruo Nakajima (Gabora)
b: 11-Sep-1966
...Continued
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Bemular)
b: 17-Jul-1966 w: Tetsuo Kinjo and Shinichi
Sekizawa d: Hajime Tsuburaya
This episode we see how Ultraman came to
Earth, and during his chase with the fugitive
monster Bemular, a tragic accident that befell
Science Patrol member Hayata forces the
alien to save the Earthling's life by merging
with him. Unbeknownst to anyone (even his
Science Patrol teammates), Hayata and
Ultraman are one and the same! The course
of the episode has Hayata and his
teammates coping with the terrifying Bemular.
NOTE: Although aired first, this is actually the
9th episode produced.
Featured monster: Space Monster Bemular
(Uchuu Kaijuu Bemuraa)
The first appearance of all principal
characters (Ultraman and the Science Patrol).
This is Ultraman's origin episode.
The Bemular suit would later be remodified
as the monster Gyango from Episode 11.
2. Defeat the Invaders!
gs: Takeshi Sato (Baltan Alien)
b: 24-Jul-1966
The Science Patrol is back in action when an
invisible UFO anchors itself over the
Scientific Technical Center in Tokyo. The
UFO's inhabitants are the clawed insect-like
aliens from the planet Baltan! Able to divide
into multiple copies, as well as possess
certain human hosts, the Baltans plot to take
over the Earth to enslave all humanity . . .
until Ultraman comes to the rescue!
Meanwhile, Science Patrol member Ide tells
us why he got a black eye in the beginning of
the episode!
NOTE: This was the first episode put into
production.
Featured monsters: Space Ninja Baltan
Aliens (Uchuu Ninja Barutan Seijin)
First appearance of the insect-like Baltans,
Ultraman's popular foes, who would return in
Episode 16, and in several other Ultra Series
as well.
3. Sally Forth, Science Patrol!
gs: Haruo Nakajima (Neronga)
b: 31-Jul-1966 w: Masahiro Yamada d:
Toshihiro Iijima
Beneath a well in Mount Iwami lies a dormant
monster called Neronga, which was defeated
by the samurai Ichiemon Murai in the Edo
Period. Reawakened by the construction of
a new power plant in Mount Iwami, only its
roars are heard, and a wake of destruction is
left all over the power plant. The Science
Patrol suspects that Neronga is invisible, but
when the monster attacks again, they find
that it becomes visible when it absorbs
electricity! The Science Patrol and the
Self-Defense Forces' Mobile Super-Ray
Corps prepare to guard another power plant,
which is Neronga's next target.
NOTE: Featured monster: Invisible Monster
Neronga (Toumei Kaijuu Neronga)
Haruo Nakajima, the original suit actor for
Godzilla, plays Neronga.
The Neronga suit was modified from a
Baragon suit (from the film Frankenstein
Conquers the World (1965), which was
modified for Ultra Q as Pagos in Episode 18.
The laser tanks used by the Mobile
Super-Ray Corps to try and zap Neronga
were the A-Cycle Light Ray Tanks from the
classic Godzilla film, Monster Zero (1965).
4. 5 Seconds Before The Big
Explosion!
gs: Umenosuke Izumi (Ragon)
When a rocket with six nuclear bombs was
sent into outer space for development of the
planet Jupiter, the rocket malfunctions and
lands into the sea, with only one of the
bombs exploding, causing a disaster at sea.
With four of the bombs recovered, it's up to
the Science Patrol to find the missing bomb.
Meanwhile, Fuji is given a vacation by Capt.
Muramatsu (much to Ide's jealousy), and
she, Hoshino and a little girl named Michiko
go to the seaside Mamiyama Hotel and have
fun. Meanwhile, Hayata investigates a boat
disaster caused by a moving wake in the
sea, caused by the giant humanoid sea
monster Ragon. This is not the gentle beast
as seen in Ultra Q, this Ragon, mutated by
the radiation of the aforementioned exploded
bomb, is hostile and violent. Not only is it
heading towards the Mamiyama Hotel, but
the missing bomb is hanging from its body!
b: 07-Aug-1966
NOTE: Featured monster: Undersea Monster
Ragon (Kaitei Kaijuu Ragon)
The Gill Man-like monster Ragon was
originally featured in Episode 20 of Ultra Q.
This time, he discharges a blue Godzilla-like
heat beam from his mouth!
Stock footage from the Toho sci-fi classics
The Mysterians (1957) (the Markalite taking
off into the sky) and Battle in Outer Space
(1959) (an explosion in space) are seen in
the episode's opening.
5. Treasure of the Miloganda
gs: Haruyoshi Nakamura (Greenmons)
Akihiko Hirata (Professor Iwamoto) Akiko
Wakabayashi (Photographer Setsuko
Hamaguchi)
b: 14-Aug-1966
NOTE: Featured monster: Strange
Vegetation Greenmons (Kaiki Shokubutsu
Guriinmonsu)
First appearance of Professor Iwamoto
(played by veteran actor Akihiko Hirata).
6. The Coast Guard Command
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gesula) Hisaya Ito
(Diamond Kick)
b: 21-Aug-1966
7. The Blue Stone of Baraji
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Antlar)
b: 28-Aug-1966
8. The Lawless Monster Zone
gs: Yukihiro Seino (Chandrah) Umenosuke
Izumi (Maglar) Teruo Aragaki (Red King)
Shuji Fujita (Pigmon)
b: 04-Sep-1966
9. Operation: Lightning Speed
gs: Haruo Nakajima (Gabora)
b: 11-Sep-1966
...Continued
Episode Guide Continued...
10. The Mysterious Dinosaur Base
gs: Haruo Nakajima (Jirass) Kanta Mori
(Professor Nakamura) Jun Haichi (Professor
Nikaido) Ikuko Tani (Boys' Club Reporter
Tomoko Kubo)
b: 18-Sep-1966 w: Tetsuo Kinjo d: Kazuho
Mitsuta
NOTE: Featured monster: Jirass (Jiraasu)
A favorite episode among fans, the episode's
monster Jirass is a Godzilla suit, painted and
fitted with a frill-like collar around his neck.
When Ultraman tears off the collar during the
fight, he looks exactly like Godzilla (albeit the
minor paint job)! Haruo Nakajima, the suit
actor for Godzilla, plays Jirass.
11. The Ruffian from Outer Space
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gyango)
b: 25-Sep-1966
12. The Cries of the Mummy
gs: Hideyo Mangetsu (The Human Mummy)
Teruo Aragaki (Dodongo (front half) Yukihiro
Seino (Dodongo (rear half)
b: 02-Oct-1966
13. Oil S.O.S.
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Pestar (half) Yukihiro
Seino (Pestar (half)
b: 09-Oct-1966
14. The Pearl Oyster Protection
Directive
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gamakujira)
b: 16-Oct-1966
15. The Terrifying Cosmic Rays
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gavadon)
b: 23-Oct-1966
16. The Science Patrol to Outer Space
gs: Masao Tobiura (Baltan Alien II)
b: 30-Oct-1966
17. Passport to Infinity
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Bulton)
b: 06-Nov-1966
18. The Brother from Another Planet
gs: Fumio Ikeda (Imitation Ultraman) Takeshi
Aono (Zarab Alien)
b: 11-Nov-1966
19. The Demons Once More
gs: Haruyoshi Nakamura (Aboras) Yasuhiro
Tajiri (Banila)
b: 20-Nov-1966
20. Terror on Route 87
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Hidora)
b: 27-Nov-1966
21. Break Through the Smoke!
b: 04-Dec-1966
22. The Underground Destruction Work
b: 11-Dec-1966
23. My Home is Earth
b: 18-Dec-1966
24. The Undersea Science Base
b: 25-Dec-1966
25. Mystery Comet Tsuifon
b: 01-Jan-1967
26. His Monster Majesty (1)
b: 08-Jan-1967
27. His Monster Majesty (2)
b: 15-Jan-1967
28. Human Specimens 5 & 6
b: 22-Jan-1967
29. A Challenge to the Underground
b: 29-Jan-1967
30. The Snowy Mountain of Illusions
b: 05-Feb-1967
31. Who Has Come?
b: 12-Feb-1967
32. The Endless Counterattack
b: 19-Feb-1967
33. The Forbidden Words
b: 26-Feb-1967
34. Gift From the Sky
b: 05-Mar-1967
35. The Monster Graveyard
b: 12-Mar-1967
36. Don't Shoot, Arashi!
b: 19-Mar-1967
37. The Little Hero
b: 26-Mar-1967
38. The Spaceship Rescue Command
b: 02-Apr-1967
39. Farewell, Ultraman!
b: 09-Apr-1967
NOTE: Series Finale
First appearance of Zoffy, Ultraman's
commander and also marks the first
appearance of another Ultra-being from the
Land of Light other than Ultraman himself.
gs: Haruo Nakajima (Jirass) Kanta Mori
(Professor Nakamura) Jun Haichi (Professor
Nikaido) Ikuko Tani (Boys' Club Reporter
Tomoko Kubo)
b: 18-Sep-1966 w: Tetsuo Kinjo d: Kazuho
Mitsuta
NOTE: Featured monster: Jirass (Jiraasu)
A favorite episode among fans, the episode's
monster Jirass is a Godzilla suit, painted and
fitted with a frill-like collar around his neck.
When Ultraman tears off the collar during the
fight, he looks exactly like Godzilla (albeit the
minor paint job)! Haruo Nakajima, the suit
actor for Godzilla, plays Jirass.
11. The Ruffian from Outer Space
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gyango)
b: 25-Sep-1966
12. The Cries of the Mummy
gs: Hideyo Mangetsu (The Human Mummy)
Teruo Aragaki (Dodongo (front half) Yukihiro
Seino (Dodongo (rear half)
b: 02-Oct-1966
13. Oil S.O.S.
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Pestar (half) Yukihiro
Seino (Pestar (half)
b: 09-Oct-1966
14. The Pearl Oyster Protection
Directive
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gamakujira)
b: 16-Oct-1966
15. The Terrifying Cosmic Rays
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Gavadon)
b: 23-Oct-1966
16. The Science Patrol to Outer Space
gs: Masao Tobiura (Baltan Alien II)
b: 30-Oct-1966
17. Passport to Infinity
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Bulton)
b: 06-Nov-1966
18. The Brother from Another Planet
gs: Fumio Ikeda (Imitation Ultraman) Takeshi
Aono (Zarab Alien)
b: 11-Nov-1966
19. The Demons Once More
gs: Haruyoshi Nakamura (Aboras) Yasuhiro
Tajiri (Banila)
b: 20-Nov-1966
20. Terror on Route 87
gs: Teruo Aragaki (Hidora)
b: 27-Nov-1966
21. Break Through the Smoke!
b: 04-Dec-1966
22. The Underground Destruction Work
b: 11-Dec-1966
23. My Home is Earth
b: 18-Dec-1966
24. The Undersea Science Base
b: 25-Dec-1966
25. Mystery Comet Tsuifon
b: 01-Jan-1967
26. His Monster Majesty (1)
b: 08-Jan-1967
27. His Monster Majesty (2)
b: 15-Jan-1967
28. Human Specimens 5 & 6
b: 22-Jan-1967
29. A Challenge to the Underground
b: 29-Jan-1967
30. The Snowy Mountain of Illusions
b: 05-Feb-1967
31. Who Has Come?
b: 12-Feb-1967
32. The Endless Counterattack
b: 19-Feb-1967
33. The Forbidden Words
b: 26-Feb-1967
34. Gift From the Sky
b: 05-Mar-1967
35. The Monster Graveyard
b: 12-Mar-1967
36. Don't Shoot, Arashi!
b: 19-Mar-1967
37. The Little Hero
b: 26-Mar-1967
38. The Spaceship Rescue Command
b: 02-Apr-1967
39. Farewell, Ultraman!
b: 09-Apr-1967
NOTE: Series Finale
First appearance of Zoffy, Ultraman's
commander and also marks the first
appearance of another Ultra-being from the
Land of Light other than Ultraman himself.
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