The☆Ultraman

Joneus (Joe), a new Ultraman from U-40, merges with young Science Garrison member Chôichirô Hikari to defend the Earth in this, the first-ever animated Ultra Series. The show was the first animated incarnation of Tsuburaya's iconic superhero Ultraman.

AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

Seasons

1. Birth of a New Hero

Air Date: 1979-04-04

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

2. The Secret of the Shining Pendant

Air Date: 1979-04-11

The first and only appearance of Spiral the Tornado Monster

3. When the Weed Whistle Blows in the Evening

Air Date: 1979-04-18

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

4. Chase of the Mysterious Red Cloud

Air Date: 1979-04-25

Red Smogy the Cloud Monster Attacks!

5. The Passenger! Break through the Underground

Air Date: 1979-05-02

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

6. Challenge to the Burning Deep Sea

Air Date: 1979-05-09

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

7. Order to Attack! The Objective Is Pig!

Air Date: 1979-05-16

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

8. Officer Hikari's Secret Has Been Stolen!?

Air Date: 1979-05-23

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

9. Terror of the Awakened Ancient Creature

Air Date: 1979-05-30

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

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

Air Date: 1979-06-06

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

11. The Science Garrison's Challenge!

Air Date: 1979-06-13

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

12. The Curious Conversation Between a Monster and Pig

Air Date: 1979-06-20

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

13. The Sad Legend of the Revived Lake

Air Date: 1979-06-27

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

14. The Star's Devil Has Come!

Air Date: 1979-07-04

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

15. You Are Ultraman

Air Date: 1979-07-11

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

16. The Living Phantom Bird

Air Date: 1979-07-18

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

17. Beetamii Has Disappeared!

Air Date: 1979-07-25

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

18. The Mysterious Monster Island

Air Date: 1979-08-01

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

19. This is the Ultra Star! Part 1

Air Date: 1979-08-08

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

20. This is the Ultra Star! Part 2

Air Date: 1979-08-15

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.

21. This is the Ultra Star! Part 3

Air Date: 1979-08-22

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

22. The South Sea's Suspicious Space

Air Date: 1979-08-29

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

23. The Supersonic Confrontation

Air Date: 1979-09-05

Mysterious flying objects are attacking passenger planes and industrial complexes.

24. Two Officer Mutsumi's

Air Date: 1979-09-12

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

25. The Devil's Garden

Air Date: 1979-09-19

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

26. Earth's Greatest Crisis!

Air Date: 1979-09-26

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.

27. The Flying Monster Island!

Air Date: 1979-10-03

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

28. The New Cap Has Arrived!

Air Date: 1979-10-10

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

29. The Devil's UFO's Large Invasion

Air Date: 1979-10-17

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.

30. The Enormous Fossil has Come To Life

Air Date: 1979-10-24

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

31. The Female Ultra Warrior

Air Date: 1979-10-31

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.

32. Object X From Space

Air Date: 1979-11-07

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

33. Go! Magma's Desperate Sphere

Air Date: 1979-11-14

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

34. The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Prequel)

Air Date: 1979-11-21

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

35. The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Sequel)

Air Date: 1979-11-28

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

36. The Snow Woman Has Come From Space

Air Date: 1979-12-05

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

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

Air Date: 1979-12-12

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

38. Giant Ultra War! Huge Warship Ultria's Sortie

Air Date: 1979-12-19

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

39. Aim at Huge Warship Ultria

Air Date: 1979-12-26

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.

40. The Boy Who Took a Monster

Air Date: 1980-01-02

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.

41. Clash! Ultraman vs. Ultraman

Air Date: 1980-01-09

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

42. Ultraman's Strategy to Living

Air Date: 1980-01-16

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

43. The Monkey That Became a Monster?!

Air Date: 1980-01-23

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

44. Ultria Was Broken In Two?!

Air Date: 1980-01-30

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

45. Pig Was Holding a Bomb

Air Date: 1980-02-06

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.

46. Revive Mutsumi

Air Date: 1980-02-13

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.

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

Air Date: 1980-02-20

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.

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

Air Date: 1980-02-27

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

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

Air Date: 1980-03-05

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

50. To The Ultra Star! Conclusion: Towards Peace and Victory

Air Date: 1980-03-12

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

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Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

1979-04-04

Episodes

50 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

Tsuburaya Productions

SUNRISE