1971 - The Return of Ultraman (Series) - KayLing88 Ultraman Fanz

Return of Ultraman roughly meaning "Ultraman Has Returned") is a tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, and is the 4th Ultra Series.

Eiji Tsuburaya had originally intended for the Ultra Series to end with the 1967 series Ultra Seven (Urutora Sebun, 1967), but Ultraman (Urutoraman, 1966) proved to be too popular a character to keep down. After Eiji Tsuburaya's death in 1970, his son Hajime Tsuburaya (who took over Tsuburaya Productions until his own death in 1973) revived the Ultra Series with Return of Ultraman.

Featured in this show is a new Ultraman named "New Ultraman", or just "Returning Ultraman", like the show's title. In 1984, however, he was renamed "Ultraman Jack" due to licensing issues, after Tsuburaya and Bandai (which had just bought the Ultraman toy license in Japan) held a contest for children to pick a new name for this Ultraman. Although he is called "Ultraman Jack" for licensing in and out of Japan, he is still sometimes referred to as "New Ultraman"/"Kaettekita Ultraman", by some fans (and also in some official sources).

Publication Information

Title : The Return Of Ultraman
Japanese : 帰ってきたウルトラマン
Known As : Ultraman Jack
Created by : Tsuburaya Productions
Theme music composer : Koichi Sugiyama
Composer(s) : Shōzō Maita, Tōru Fuyuki
Country of origin : Japan
No. of episodes : 51
Running time : 30 mins
Original network : Tokyo Broadcasting System
Picture format : 480i (SDTV), 720p
Original release : April 2, 1971 – March 31, 1972
Preceded by : UltraSeven
Followed by : Ultraman Ace

Story

This series is a follow up to the original Ultraman & Ultra Seven that is set in 1971, four years after Ultraseven left Earth, and five years after Ultraman came to Earth. The first episode begins with a fight between two giant monsters named Takkong and Zazahn, in Tokyo. Amid the monster destruction, young race-car driver Hideki Go is killed while trying to rescue a little boy and a dog from the falling rubble. His valiant sacrifice is noted by everyone, including his friends and the new defense force MAT (Monster Attack Team), but an unseen being also takes notice.

Looking over Hideki is "New Ultraman", who is so touched by the race car driver's heroism, that he decides to combine his life force with that of Hideki, thus bringing him back to life (just like the original Ultraman did with Shin Hayata), much to everyone's astonishment. MAT then asks Hideki to join the team, which he does, especially since in this frightening new "Age of Monsters" Earth will need a savior. In times of crisis, Hideki will raise his right arm and, by force of will, transform into Ultraman to fight monsters. In addition, The original Ultraman and Ultra Seven are watching New Ultraman's battles from the sidelines, and offer their help when he is in peril.

Episod

All Monsters Attack
Takkong's Big Counterattack
Evil Monster Realm of Terror
Definite Kill! Comet Kick
Two Giant Monsters Attack Tokyo
{{nihongo|Battle! Monsters Vs. Mat
Operation Rainbow Monster!
Monster Time Bomb
Monster Island S.O.S
Dinosaur Explosion Directive
Poison Gas Monster Appears
Revenge of Shugaron
Terror of The Tsunami. Tokyo's Big Pinch
Terror of Two Big Monsters-Tokyo's Big Tornado
Revenge of the Monster Lad
Mystery of the Big Bird Monster Terochilus
Monster Bird Terochilus- Tokyo's Big Aireal Bombing
Ultraseven Arrives!
The Giant Invisible Monster. That Came From Space
The Monster Is A Giant Shooting Star In The Space
Monster Channel
I'll Kill This Monster!
Dark Monsters. Spit Out Stars!
Horror! Mansion Monster's Birth
Leaving My Home Planet Earth
Mystery Homicide Beetle Incident
Go to Hell. With This One Blow!
Ultra Special Attack
Jiroh Rides A Monster
The Accursed Skeleton God
In Between a Devil & Angel
Decisive Battle Under The Setting Sun
The Monster User And The Boy
The Life That Can't Be Forgiven
Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma
The Chirase Kicks The Night
Ultraman Dies at Sunset
When the Ultra Star Shines
Dark Monsters. Spit Out Stars!
Horror! Mansion Monster's Birth
Leaving My Home Planet Earth
Mystery Homicide Beetle Incident
Go to Hell. With This One Blow!
Ultra Special Attack
Jiroh Rides A Monster
The Accursed Skeleton God
In Between a Devil & Angel
Decisive Battle Under The Setting Sun
The Monster User And The Boy
The Life That Can't Be Forgiven
Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma
The Chirase Kicks The Night
Ultraman Dies at Sunset
When the Ultra Star Shines?)
Winter of Horror Series - The 20th Century Abominable Snowman
Winter of Horror Series - Phantom Snow Woman
The Revenge of Alien Baltan Jr.
The Monster on Mountain Fuji
Demon God Barks on The Moon
To The Starry Sky With Love
Assasinate Hideki Go!
This One Blow Filled With Anger
The Targeted Woman
I'm Taking The Earth
Space Warriors-Your Name is MAT
Invitation From Hell
The 5 Ultra Pledges

Cast

Hideki Go / Ultraman Jack : Jiro Dan
Captain Kato Katsushiro : Nobuo Tsukamoto
Captain Ryu Ibuki : Jun Negami
Takeshi Minami : Shunsuke Ikeda
Ippei Ueno : Hatashi Mitsushi
Yuriko Oka : Mika Katsuragi
Fumio Kishida : Ken Nishida
Jiro Sakata : Kawaguchi Hideki
Aki Sakata : Rumi Sakakibara
Ken Sakata : Shin Kishida
Rumiko Maruno : Iwasaki Kazuko
Ultraman Jack (Suite Actor) : Isao Yatsu
Narrator : Akira Nagoya

Movies

Theme song

Kaettekita Ultraman (The Return of Ultraman)
- Lyrics : Kyōichi Azuma
- Composition : Koichi Sugiyama
- Artist : Jiro Dan, Misuzu Children's Choral Group