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The Ultraman

The Ultraman
★ 7.9/10•1979•24m•PG•Animation•Action & Adventure•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Joneus (Joe), a new Ultraman from U-40, merges with young Science Garrison member Chôichirô Hikari to defend the Earth in the first animated Ultra Series entry.

Soji Yoshikawa · Writer

Hisayuki Toriumi · Director

Takeyuki Kanda · Director

Keiichi Abe · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime24m
LanguageJA
First Air DateApr 4, 1979

Episodes

Episode 1 - Birth of a New HeroE124m

Birth of a New Hero

Shortly after the Scientific Defense Guard had been assembled, ice burgs from the Antarctic region began to melt with one of them containing ancient monsters known as the Seagras

Apr 4, 1979

Episode 2 - The Secret of the Shining PendantE224m

The Secret of the Shining Pendant

The first and only appearance of Spiral the Tornado Monster

Apr 11, 1979

Episode 3 - When the Weed Whistle Blows in the EveningE324m

When the Weed Whistle Blows in the Evening

One day in Japan a city was suddenly attacked by a monster from the Tōgō Mountain called a Wanigodon that appeared seemingly from nowhere.

Apr 18, 1979

Episode 4 - Chase of the Mysterious Red CloudE424m

Chase of the Mysterious Red Cloud

Red Smogy the Cloud Monster Attacks!

Apr 25, 1979

Episode 5 - The Passenger! Break through the UndergroundE524m

The Passenger! Break through the Underground

Several thousand trees disappear from the forest in a single night. In an underground cave they find Toughgilas.

May 2, 1979

Episode 6 - Challenge to the Burning Deep SeaE624m

Challenge to the Burning Deep Sea

A people evacuate from a tsunami, a mysterious flying object appears and rains down fire.

May 9, 1979

Episode 7 - Order to Attack! The Objective Is Pig!E724m

Order to Attack! The Objective Is Pig!

A robot named Pig, picks up a danger signal of unclear origins. When Hikari and Mutsumi chase after him, they find Electronic Monster Combugon.

May 16, 1979

Episode 8 - Officer Hikari's Secret Has Been Stolen!?E824m

Officer Hikari's Secret Has Been Stolen!?

Hikari encounters monster Mikonos while investigating and unidentified flying object, but it turns out to be a trap set by Space Ninja Alien Baltan.

May 23, 1979

Episode 9 - Terror of the Awakened Ancient CreatureE924m

Terror of the Awakened Ancient Creature

Investigators visit ancient ruins on Tamara Island, and spot Monster Dolfiego in an underground cavern.

May 30, 1979

Episode 10 - I Saw It! The Illusion of a Monster...E1024m

I Saw It! The Illusion of a Monster...

A famous magician, George Satake, tries to teleport himself from the Xalome Desert to Japan.

Jun 6, 1979

Episode 11 - The Science Garrison's Challenge!E1124m

The Science Garrison's Challenge!

Ogawara uses the giant Bulldozer Weapon Hectole he developed to dig into the earth in the Himalayas, and exterminate monsters.

Jun 13, 1979

Episode 12 - The Curious Conversation Between a Monster and PigE1224m

The Curious Conversation Between a Monster and Pig

Two tankers are caught in a storm and disappear. The Science Guard Party takes the case, and discover three monsters attacking the tankers.

Jun 20, 1979

Episode 13 - The Sad Legend of the Revived LakeE1324m

The Sad Legend of the Revived Lake

At Lake Ryujin in Tohoku, an incident breaks out where people and fish are being turned into stone.

Jun 27, 1979

Episode 14 - The Star's Devil Has Come!E1424m

The Star's Devil Has Come!

An unidentified celestial body approaches Earth, and emits radiation that makes reptiles violent.

Jul 4, 1979

Episode 15 - You Are UltramanE1524m

You Are Ultraman

Monster Goglan comes out of an egg that was brought into the plant research institute. Hikari chooses to fight it with his own abilities.

Jul 11, 1979

Episode 16 - The Living Phantom BirdE1624m

The Living Phantom Bird

The Science Guard Party gets a report that an island has sunk.

Jul 18, 1979

Episode 17 - Beetamii Has Disappeared!E1724m

Beetamii Has Disappeared!

Tobe, who had been observing a strange typhoon using Beatamy, discovers Prof. Nishiki's helicopter which has crashed in the desert.

Jul 25, 1979

Episode 18 - The Mysterious Monster IslandE1824m

The Mysterious Monster Island

A sea serpent emerges at a South Uki Island, the hometown of Yuriko.

Aug 1, 1979

Episode 19 - This is the Ultra Star! Part 1E1924m

This is the Ultra Star! Part 1

Joneus struggles with monsters popping up in countries around the world.

Aug 8, 1979

Episode 20 - This is the Ultra Star! Part 2E2024m

This is the Ultra Star! Part 2

Hikari is brought to Ultra Planet U40 where he is resuscitated back to life. Hikari meets Joneus' sister Amia as well as Elek, Loto and other Ultra people.

Aug 15, 1979

Episode 21 - This is the Ultra Star! Part 3E2124m

This is the Ultra Star! Part 3

The Badel Tribe manipulates the legendary Monster Bagon from the Dark Nebula and attacks U40.

Aug 22, 1979

Episode 22 - The South Sea's Suspicious SpaceE2224m

The South Sea's Suspicious Space

The Science Guard Party are spending their vacation in Marume's hometown. There are frequent occurrences of ships sinking.

Aug 29, 1979

Episode 23 - The Supersonic ConfrontationE2324m

The Supersonic Confrontation

Mysterious flying objects are attacking passenger planes and industrial complexes.

Sep 5, 1979

Episode 24 - Two Officer Mutsumi'sE2424m

Two Officer Mutsumi's

The Princess of Alpha Centuri's first planet copies Mutsumi and infiltrates the Science Guard Party.

Sep 12, 1979

Episode 25 - The Devil's GardenE2524m

The Devil's Garden

Incidents begin to happen where men go missing whenever a yellow wind blows through the African desert.

Sep 19, 1979

Episode 26 - Earth's Greatest Crisis!E2624m

Earth's Greatest Crisis!

A strange phenomenon of water spraying of the sea is happening around the world as a message from Earth itself to humanity, asking it to leave.

Sep 26, 1979

Episode 27 - The Flying Monster Island!E2724m

The Flying Monster Island!

The Ultra Planet U40 detects the approach of the Space Demon alien Baladon. The Great Sage dispatches Elek, Loto, and five Ultra Warriors.

Oct 3, 1979

Episode 28 - The New Cap Has Arrived!E2824m

The New Cap Has Arrived!

The Science Guard Party captures a monster in a coastal industrial area just as the newly assigned Captain Gondow arrives in front of them.

Oct 10, 1979

Episode 29 - The Devil's UFO's Large InvasionE2924m

The Devil's UFO's Large Invasion

Invading Alien Jadan sends out of countless UFOs. The Space Self-Defense Unit goes out to fight them off, but the alien succeeds in invading Earth.

Oct 17, 1979

Episode 30 - The Enormous Fossil has Come To LifeE3024m

The Enormous Fossil has Come To Life

The bones of the giant creature are excavated from ruins in Okutama, Tokyo. However, the bones turn into Monster Skeledon, who destroys the museum.

Oct 24, 1979

Episode 31 - The Female Ultra WarriorE3124m

The Female Ultra Warrior

Joneus' sister Amia heads toward Earth to meet Hikari. IN order to get close to Kikari, who has no memory of U40, she borrows the body of a woman.

Oct 31, 1979

Episode 32 - Object X From SpaceE3224m

Object X From Space

Alien Babilar sends Robot Monster Megasaura, to Earth as part of his invasion plan. Megasaura breaks apart when it enters Earth's atmosphere.

Nov 7, 1979

Episode 33 - Go! Magma's Desperate SphereE3324m

Go! Magma's Desperate Sphere

Underwater volcanoes explode in the Pacific Ocean, followed by changes in the Earth's crust in various locations.

Nov 14, 1979

Episode 34 - The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Prequel)E3424m

The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Prequel)

The Space Pirate Imbedians pillage the Monster Containment Planet Prison created buy the Ultrapeople of U40, and attempt to invade the Earth.

Nov 21, 1979

Episode 35 - The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Sequel)E3524m

The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Sequel)

Joneus users up all his energy fighting the monster sent by the Imbedians, and Hikari also gets injured.

Nov 28, 1979

Episode 36 - The Snow Woman Has Come From SpaceE3624m

The Snow Woman Has Come From Space

Hikari and Mutsumi go to the investigate the cause of an abnormal cold front in the Southern Alps.

Dec 5, 1979

Episode 37 - Ultra Star U40's Crisis! Ultria's Mystery?E3724m

Ultra Star U40's Crisis! Ultria's Mystery?

U40 is occupied bu the Heller Army. Amia escapes to Earth, but an army battleship flies to Earth as well.

Dec 12, 1979

Episode 38 - Giant Ultra War! Huge Warship Ultria's SortieE3824m

Giant Ultra War! Huge Warship Ultria's Sortie

Amia goes onboard the Ultria, which has emerged from beneath the ice at the South Pole.

Dec 19, 1979

Episode 39 - Aim at Huge Warship UltriaE3924m

Aim at Huge Warship Ultria

Royger of the Heller Army sends the Terrible Space Creature Hellcat, which sucks energy from humans and mummifies them, to the Space Station EGG 3.

Dec 26, 1979

Episode 40 - The Boy Who Took a MonsterE4024m

The Boy Who Took a Monster

The boy from Planet Opernicus, Fedelcio, was taught by Royger that Earthlings are evil, and takes his pet Monster Orolaan to destroy cities on Earth.

Jan 2, 1980

Episode 41 - Clash! Ultraman vs. UltramanE4124m

Clash! Ultraman vs. Ultraman

Rotating Monster Giros appears and the Science Guard Party is dispatched, but Hikari crashes due to a tornado caused by the monster.

Jan 9, 1980

Episode 42 - Ultraman's Strategy to LivingE4224m

Ultraman's Strategy to Living

A moving island is Hatari's giant spacecraft, and he has come to Earth to capture Ultraman.

Jan 16, 1980

Episode 43 - The Monkey That Became a Monster?!E4324m

The Monkey That Became a Monster?!

A mysterious unmanned spaceship recovered in outer space is determined to be a receiver for an electron transmitter developed bu the Heller Army.

Jan 23, 1980

Episode 44 - Ultria Was Broken In Two?!E4424m

Ultria Was Broken In Two?!

Multiple rockets are shot at Earth from the Alien Sien spaceship, and a violent monster emerges.

Jan 30, 1980

Episode 45 - Pig Was Holding a BombE4524m

Pig Was Holding a Bomb

An airplane carrying Terrestrial Defense Force Unit 201 returns from the northern base, but there is something wrong with the captain and the 51 soldiers.

Feb 6, 1980

Episode 46 - Revive MutsumiE4624m

Revive Mutsumi

Tobe and Marume create a device that emits a radio wave only Ultraman can perceive. It seems as though this will cause Hikari's secret to be exposed.

Feb 13, 1980

Episode 47 - To The Ultra Star! Part 1: The Female Warrior's InformationE4724m

To The Ultra Star! Part 1: The Female Warrior's Information

Cities around the world suffer attacks from the Heller Army. The final battle of Earth and U40 vs the Heller Army is finally upon us.

Feb 20, 1980

Episode 48 - To The Ultra Star! Part 2: The Frontline Base's DestructionE4824m

To The Ultra Star! Part 2: The Frontline Base's Destruction

The Science Guard Party locates Titan, and begins its attack.

Feb 27, 1980

Episode 49 - To The Ultra Star! Part 3: U (Ultra) Fleet's Large Fierce BattleE4924m

To The Ultra Star! Part 3: U (Ultra) Fleet's Large Fierce Battle

The Science Guard Party joins the U40 Ultra Fleet and they infiltrate Heller City but are captured.

Mar 5, 1980

Episode 50 - To The Ultra Star! Conclusion: Towards Peace and VictoryE5024m

To The Ultra Star! Conclusion: Towards Peace and Victory

The Great Sage had been reduced to atoms bu Heller, but in space, Joneus separated from Hikari can be seen fighting the Heller fleet.

Mar 12, 1980

Actors

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Chôichirô Hikari (voice)

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Ultraman Joneus (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

Mutsumi Hoshikawa (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Hidekatsu Shibata

Commander Daisuke Gondô (voice)

Masaya Nihei

Masaya Nihei

Hiroaki Tobe (voice)

Kinya Morikawa

Commander Tetsuo Akiyama (voice)

Shingo Kanemoto

Takeshi Marume (voice)

Junpei Takiguchi

Junpei Takiguchi

Pigu (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Monki (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura

Kazuo Kumakura

Professor Henry Nishiki (voice)

Eiji Kanie

Narrator

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