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Return of Ultraman Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
51 Episodes 1971 - 1972
Episode 1
Kaiju Soh-Shingeki
Young race car driver Hideki Go dies saving a child and dog during a giant monster attack, a returning Ultraman impressed by this bravery merges with him to become the new Ultraman.
Episode 2
Takkongu daigyakusou
Due to his overconfidence, stemming from being the new Ultraman, Hideki Go disobeys orders that result in his partner being injured and the monster getting away.
Episode 3
Kyoufu no kaijuu makyou
Hideki Go claims to have seen and heard a monster atop Mt. Kirifuki but his teammates think he's been imagining things.
Episode 4
Hissatsu! Ryuusei kikku
Ultraman fails in combat against Ancient Monster Kingsaurus III, an injured Go Hideki must train to be ready for a rematch.
Episode 5
Nidai kaijuu Toukyou o shuugeki
Once again Go Hideki is at odds with his fellow teammates and with two monsters threatening Tokyo the danger is doubled.
Episode 6
Kessen! Kaijuu tai Matto
Two monsters continue to threaten Tokyo and with the MAT team and Ultraman defeated the military threaten to use a bomb that could level the city.
Episode 7
Kaijuu reinbô sakusen
Young Jiro Sakata accidentally captures the image of a monster on his camera, a picture that most of the MAT team disbelieve, but it eventually leads to the revelation of a chameleon-like creature roaming the hills.
Episode 8
Kaijuu jigen bakudan
When Go Hideki accidentally activates the timer on the new X-Bomb, while attacking the latest monster, there is now the danger that the creature could explode while in a populated area.
Episode 9
Kaijuutou SOS
While delivering a high-spec monster detector Minami's MAT Arrow crash lands on an island populated by a group of scientists and a sleeping monster.
Episode 10
Kyouryuu bakuha shirei
A construction site uncovers a giant dinosaur fossil but when they try to blow up the creature it wakes up instead.
Episode 11
Dokugasu kaijuu shutsugen
The MAT team must tackle a monster that apparently breathes a poisonous yellow gas, one that is revealed to have once been a weapon developed for the Japanese army during WWII.
Episode 12
Kaijuu Shugaron no fukushuu
An attacked biker gang, a destroyed bypass and a mysterious girl living alone in the woods all add up to a monstrous mystery for the members of MAT to solve.
Episode 13
Tsunami kaijuu no kyoufu Toukyou daipinchi!
When a freighter is sunk the daughter of the captain tries to prove her father's claim that the ship was destroyed by a legendary creature called Seamons.
Episode 14
Nidai kaijuu no kyoufu Toukyou daitatsumaki
A female monster tries to lay its eggs while its equally monstrous mate unleashes the fury of "The Heavens and the Earth" in the form of tsunamis and tornadoes to protect her.
Episode 15
Kaijuu shounen no fukushuu
Hideki Go must discover the connection between a lying limping little boy and a rampaging monster that eats electricity.
Episode 16
Daikaichou Terochirosu no nazo
A monstrous bird, a yacht bombed by a spurned lover, and a blinded girl all go towards making Hideki Go's life rather complicated.
Episode 17
Kaichou Terochirusu Toukyou daikuushuu
As if a fickle blind woman and her mad bomber ex-lover weren't enough of a problem the terrifying Terochilus has made its toxic nest in the heart of downtown Tokyo.
Episode 18
Urutora sebun sanjou!
An incredibly powerful space monster threatens the Earth, one so powerful that even Ultraman seems powerless against it, but with the aid of Ultraseven mankind may just have a chance.
Episode 19
Uchuu kara kita toumei daikaijuu
A meteorite unleashes a neutron space monster that has the ability to become invisible as well as phase through solid matter.
Episode 20
Kaijuu wa uchuu no nagareboshi
A magnetic monster threatens a nearby dam as well as the existence of the MAT organization itself.
Episode 21
Kaijuu channeru
An Electric Wave Monster is approaching Tokyo, its ability to absorb electric signals causing mayhem throughout the region.
Episode 22
Kono kaijuu wa ore ga yaru
While waiting for a new captain to arrive the MAT team members must face off against a plastic eating monster that erupts from beneath a local landfill.
Episode 23
Ankoku kaijuusei o hake!
The disappearance of the constellation The Big Dipper is but a harbinger of the powerful force that is seemingly swallowing the stars.
Episode 24
Senritsu! manshon kaijuu tanjou
An imaginative and lonely boy unleashes a horrifying creature after sneaking away with a piece of an exploded space monster.
Episode 25
Furusato chikyuu o saru
A bullied little boy, an ancient buried meteorite and a mutated monster all add up to danger for the members of MAT and Ultraman.
Episode 26
Kaiki! Satsujin konchuu jiken
A murderous space beetle terrorizes the residents of Tokyo, the MAT team's attempts to destroy it take a decidedly wrong turn.
Episode 27
Kono ippatsu de jigoku e ike!
Go's life is complicated when the kick-boxer he is helping turns out to be in love with Go's girlfriend, not to mention there being a giant saw-bladed monster to fight as Ultraman.
Episode 28
Urutora tokkou daisakusen
Disappearing and re-appearing typhoons have the MAT members chasing their tails, that is until a monstrous jellyfish creature turns out to responsible.
Episode 29
Jirou-kun kaijuu ni noru
A puzzle box, a space hermit crab monster and an angry little girl all give trouble to poor Go and Jiro.
Episode 30
Noroi no honegami Okusutâ
Two idiot scientists desecrate an old mountain shrine thus unleashing its guardian monster.
Episode 31
Akuma to tenshi no aida ni......
An alien disguised as a child telepathically informs Go that he has come to Earth to kill Ultraman, needless to say when Go tries to strangle the child things do not go well.
Episode 32
Rakujitsu no kettou
MAT team members go undercover to investigate a series of earthquakes that could be caused by a sleeping monster that is now waking up.
Episode 33
Kaijuu tsukai to shounen
An orphan boy is bullied by the locals who think he is an alien, but when they push things too far the price for their cruelty is high.
Episode 34
Yurusarezaru inochi
An old school friend of Go's is obsessed with creating a plant-animal hybrid but success leads to a monstrous creature that goes on a rampage.
Episode 35
Zankoku! Hikari kaijuu Purizuma
A prism-based monster is devouring lighthouses and ships and even Ultraman is endangered by this demon of light.
Episode 36
Yoru o kechirase
A series of vampiric attacks against young woman could be more alien in nature than gothic superstition.
Episode 37
Urutoraman yuuhi ni shisu
Aliens plot to assassinate Ultraman by sending old foes to test for weaknesses and by attacking his loved ones to throw him off his game.
Episode 38
Urutora no hoshi hikaru toki
With Ultraman defeated and MAT crippled an alien invasion force looks to be unstoppable.
Episode 39
20-seiki no yukiotoko
The MAT team investigate the possible connection between an approaching frozen planet and the legendary Abominable Snowman.
Episode 40
Maboroshi no yukionna
Alien slavers use Tokyo's legend of the Snow Woman as a cover to kidnap young couples.
Episode 41
Barutan seijin Jr. no fukushuu
Alien Baltan Jr. devises a diabolical trap to get revenge against MAT and Ultraman.
Episode 42
Fuji ni tatsu kaijuu
When a series of inexplicable traffic accidents bring MAT members to investigate they encounter a being whose ability to bend light and solar rays causes much confusion and destruction.
Episode 43
Majin tsuki ni
The MAT team members force their captain to take a well-deserved vacation but this only opens him and his family up to being targeted by nefarious alien.
Episode 44
Hoshizora ni ai o komete
Love complicates an alien plot to destroy a new MAT deep space radar installation.
Episode 45
Gou Hideki o ansatsu seyo!
After a giant rat monster fails to defeat Ultraman an alien assassin targets Hideki Go.
Episode 46
Kono ichigeki ni okari o komete
An alien spy throws a small child in front of Hideki Go's car to get the people to believe he'd hit the boy and thus get him kicked off MAT.
Episode 47
Nerawareta onna
Once again aliens try and discredit a member of MAT to destabilize the team's effectiveness, but this time they target the lovely Oka.
Episode 48
Chikyuu itadakimasu!
A truant boy comes across a small space capsule with a tiny creature inside, unfortunately, this alien carries a very bizarre pathogen that could lead to the Earth's destruction.
Episode 49
Uchuu senshi sonona wa MAT
A friendly alien defector is tricked into trying to capture Ultraman for his evil warmongering brethren.
Episode 50
Jigoku kara no sasoi
The investigation of an apparent suicide by a world-renowned scientist leads to another plot to discredit a member of MAT, one that could result in the organization being disbanded.
Episode 51
Urutora 5-tsu no chikai
Hideki Go must face off against a monster that once defeated the original Ultraman in an attempt to stop the Ultraman Annilhation Project.