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The Ultraman (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ultraman Joe (Japanese)
Ultraman Jonias (Japanese)
الرجل الخارق (Arabic)
ザ★ウルトラマン (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Ratings: 13 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Good: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: 2 votes (dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 77 s, rank: #5903 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.077 (Good), std. dev.: 1.3846, rank: #3521 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.799 (Good−), rank: #4724 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.14 / seen some: 6.60 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.137 (Good), rank: #2893 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 1979-04-04 to 1980-03-26
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"The Ultraman" by Isao Sasaki
Ending Theme:
"Ai no Yūsha-tachi (愛の勇者たち)" by Isao Sasaki
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
The first animated Ultraman series.
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Battle Kaiju Series 1: Ultraman Vs. Red King (Sub.Blu-ray) 2023-02-21 (from $9.69)
DVD (Region 1)
    Ultraman II (Dub.DVD) 1998-03-27 (from $15.42)
    The Ultraman - The Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2021-09-14 (from $15.81)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director:
Takeyuki Kanda (eps 14-50)
Screenplay:
Bunzō Wakatsuki (10 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 16-17, 27, 29, 32, 41, 44
)
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (7 episodes
eps 3, 9, 13, 22-23, 30, 33
)
Sōji Yoshikawa (18 episodes
eps 2, 11, 15, 18-21, 24, 28, 31, 37-39, 42, 47-50
)
Yasushi Hirano (7 episodes
eps 12, 26, 34-35, 40, 43, 45
)
Yoshihisa Araki (eps 6, 8, 25)
Storyboard:
Akira Yahiro (4 episodes
eps 13-14, 16, 22
)
Hisayuki Toriumi (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 15, 17
)
Takeshi Shirato (6 episodes
eps 29, 33, 39, 43, 45, 47
)
Takeyuki Kanda (4 episodes
eps 31-32, 38, 46
)
Yūji Nunokawa (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Hiromichi Matano (4 episodes
eps 29, 33, 39, 47
)
Katsuyuki Tsuji (12 episodes
eps 20-21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 45, 48
)
Masahisa Ishida (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 12, 15, 17, 19
)
Masami Yagioka (8 episodes
eps 22, 26-32 even, 35, 38, 42
)
Osamu Sekita (6 episodes
eps 36, 41, 44, 46, 49-50
)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 13, 18, 24
)
Music:
Tōru Fuyuki (eps 10-50)
Original creator: Eiji Tsuburaya
Character Design: Tsuneo Ninomiya
Animation Director:
Tsuneo Ninomiya
Mechanical design:
Shōji Kawamori (eps 19-23, 25-50)
Producer:
Noboru Tsuburaya

Animation:
Hiromitsu Ōta (4 episodes
eps 4, 13, 16, 18
)
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa (5 episodes
eps 4, 11, 13, 16, 18
)
Kyoko Fujino (5 episodes
eps 1, 19, 25, 32, 37
)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (7 episodes
eps 3, 12, 21, 30-31, 33, 37
)
Tadashi Yahata (8 episodes
eps 3, 9, 12, 21, 26, 30-31, 33
)
Takayuki Kanouchi (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 16, 18
)
Tsuneo Ninomiya (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 19, 25, 32
)
Yoshitomo Miura (13 episodes
eps 20, 22-23, 27-28, 34, 38, 40, 42-43, 45-46, 49
)
Yūki Kinoshita (ep 5)
Background Art:
Akemi Kato (5 episodes
eps 20, 37, 45, 48, 50
)
Hirotaka Mori (Art Take One; 9 episodes
eps 20, 33, 36-38, 41, 45, 48, 50
)
Noriyoshi Doi (14 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-14, 24
)
Shōichirō Sugiura (14 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-14, 24
)
Yoshinari Kinbako (14 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-14, 24
)
Yūji Ikeda (14 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-14, 24
)
Yukio Nakashima (eps 25, 27)
Color Coordination: Hiroshi Wakao (eps 1, 5)
Design:
Shū Yamaguchi
Editing:
Fumiei Kataishi (3 episodes
eps 41, 43, 45～50
)
Tomoaki Tsurubuchi (eps 1-39)
In-Between Animation: Hiroyuki Kitakubo (uncredited)
Literature Manager: Kazuichi Tsurumi (eps 1-33, 36)
Planning: Naoyuki Etō
Production producer: Yasuo Shibue (eps 14-50)
Recording Adjustment: Hisayoshi Takahashi
Recording Director: Toshiki Toriumi
Sound Effects: Mitsuharu Nanbu
Theme Song Arrangement: Kunio Miyauchi
Theme Song Composition: Kunio Miyauchi
Theme Song Lyrics: Yū Aku
Theme Song Performance: Isao Sasaki
Kei Tomiyama as Chōichirō Hikari

Eiji Kanie as Narrator
Hidekatsu Shibata as Daisuke Gondō (eps 28-50)
Junpei Takiguchi as Pig
Kinya Morikawa as Tetsuo Akiyama (eps 1-26)
Masanari Nihei as Hiroaki Tobe
Masatō Ibu as Ultraman Joneus
Shigeru Chiba as Monkey
Shingo Kanemoto as Kei Marume
Sumi Shimamoto as Mutsumi Hoshikawa

Hiroko Suzuki as Haruko (ep 10)
Hiroshi Ikaida as
Power Plant Manager (ep 2)
Tanker Captain (ep 42)
Hiroshi Ōtake as Babilar (ep 32)
Ichirō Nagai as Robot No. 101 (ep 7)
Issei Futamata as U40 Tribe (ep 20)
Jūji Matsuda as Jadanian Agent
Kazuo Kumakura as Professor Henry Nishiki (4 episodes
eps 5, 17, 32, 44
)
Kenichi Ogata as Zaanmoth (ep 22)
Kenji Utsumi as Daisuke Ōgawara (ep 11)
Kōhei Miyauchi as
Great Sage (8 episodes
eps 20-21, 27, 31, 34, 37, 49-50
)
Minamida (ep 9)
Kumiko Takizawa as Amia (9 episodes
eps 20-21, 31, 37-38, 47-50
)
Makio Inoue as Aoki
Mari Okamoto as
Noa (ep 36)
Yuriko Nojima (eps 13, 18)
Masanobu Ōkubo as Alpha Centauri 1 Alien
Masaru Ikeda as Erek (10 episodes
eps 19-21, 27, 31, 34-35, 48-50
)
Michihiro Ikemizu as Tajima (ep 8)
Mikio Terashima as Baltan (ep 8)
Minoru Midorikawa as
Takai (ep 45)
Yōsuke Nojima
Natsuko Fuji as Fuku Marume (ep 22)
Nen Hisaki as George Satake (ep 10)
Noriaki Wakamoto as U40 Tribe (ep 20)
Noriko Ohara as Takashi (ep 3)
Osamu Katō as Zamias
Ryūji Nakagi as Shimada (ep 3)
Ryūsuke Shiomi as Sakurada (12 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 19, 26, 28-29, 35-36, 38, 45, 47
)
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Lloigor (eps 37-44, 48)
Saburō Kamei as Tsurumi
Shigeru Chiba as
Babilar (ep 32)
Pablo (ep 17)
Shōzō Iizuka as
Baradon-Seijin (ep 27)
Gibaruga (ep 26)
Jadan Boa (ep 29)
Shūichi Ikeda as Shimizu (ep 9)
Takeshi Aono as U40 Tribe (ep 20)
Tamio Ōki as Heller (eps 37, 49-50)
Tarō Sagami as Hatari (ep 42)
Toshirō Ishii as Takai (ep 19)
Toshiya Ueda as Takai (eps 26, 28, 38)
Yasuo Tanaka as Giro
Yōko Kuri as Federiko (ep 40)
Yoshiko Ohta as Ichirō Ōgawara (ep 11)
Yoshito Miyamura as Lot (8 episodes
eps 20-21, 27, 34-35, 48-50
)
Yukari Nozawa as Uruk

Eizō Tsuda
Mariko Yamanouchi (as Mariko Yamauchi)
Masashi Hirose
Toshio Furukawa
Yūsaku Yara
Japanese companies
Animation:
Green Box (10 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 11, 13-14, 16, 24
)
Warp (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12
)
Animation Production: Nippon Sunrise
Broadcaster: Tokyo Broadcasting System
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Green Box (9 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11, 13-14, 16, 24
)
SHAFT (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 15, 19, 21-22, 25
)
Studio DEEN (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 20, 26
)
Studio Kuma (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 11, 16
)
Photography: Asahi Production
Production:
Tsuburaya Productions
Recording Studio: Shinzaka Studio
Sound Effects: Shin Onkyō
special effects: Green Box (ep 2)
English cast
English staff
Screenplay:
Tom Weiner (Ultraman II)
Music: Toshiaki Tsushoma (Ultraman II)
Co-Director: Jeff Segal (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Executive producer: Mark Cohen (Ultraman II)
Producer:
Sidney L. Caplan (Ultraman II)

Associate producer:
Ken Fukui (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Casting Consultants:
Margaret Kartalian (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Dialogue Engineer: Terry Porter (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Editing: Koby Kobayashi (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Editorial Assistant: Lee Williams (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Music Assistants:
Robert Miller (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Music Composition: Mark McKinniss (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Music Engineer: Mike McDonald (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Music Performance:
Wade Short (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Music producer: Sussie Tamagawa (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Post-Production Supervision: Wally Soul (Ultraman II)
Production Assistant: Martyn Segal (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Production Secretary: Roberta Miles (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Sound Mixing:
Ryō Narikiyo (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Titles: Bunzo Hiyodo (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Voice Direction:
Toshiki Torinoumi (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Gary Morgan as
Scotty Harrison (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Ultraman (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Steve Kramer as Chief Harris (Ultraman II)
Tom Wyner as Ultraman (Ultraman II)

Barbara Goodson as
Lieutenant Anne Johnson (Ultraman II)
PDQ (Ultraman II)
Gladys Enright as Anya (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Joe Perry as
Lieutenant Glenn (Ultraman II)
Lieutenant Marconi (Ultraman II)
Michael Dobson as Kei Marume (pilot)
Susan Harry Sprang as Lieutenant Nan Johnson (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Tom Wyner as
Captain Adams (Ultraman II)
Narrator (Ultraman II)

Sean Reily as General Steel (The Adventures of Ultraman)

Michael Guillian (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Walter Schafer (The Adventures of Ultraman)
English companies
ADR Production:
The Ocean Group (pilot)
Broadcaster: TOKU (US - subtitled)
Distributor: Digital Multimedia Limited (Ultraman II; 1997)
Internet Streaming:
Tubi TV (via ShoutFactory TV; United States and Canada)
Licensed by:
Mill Creek Entertainment (2019)
Music: Screen Music West (Ultraman II)
Music Recording Studio: Trax Recording Studios (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Post Production Supervision: Filmkraft (Ultraman II)
Processed By: Tokyo Laboratory (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Production:
Tsuburaya Productions (Ultraman II)
Production Management: Tsuburaya Enterprises (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Sound: Quality Sound (Ultraman II)
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound (The Adventures of Ultraman)
Sound Effects Recording Studio: Seion Studio (The Adventures of Ultraman)
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Philippe Bellay
(none)
French companies
Dubbing: Studio SOFRECI
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Joaquin Munoz as Ultraman Jonias (Spain dub)

Joaquín Gómez as Lieutenant Marconi (Kei Marume) (Spain dub)
Jordi Boixaderas as Captain Adams (Tetsuo Akiyama) (Spain dub)
Jordi Pons as Harris (Choichiro Hikari) (Spain dub)
Luis Fenton as Glenn (Hiroaki Tobe) (Spain dub)
Marta Molins as Lieutenant Ann Johnson (Mutsumi) (Spain dub)

Constantino Romero as Narrator (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Luk Internacional (Spain)
Licensed by: Video Uno (Argentina)

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