Ultra Q
The first installment of the ever popular Ultra series from Eiji Tsuburaya, the special effects wizard behind Godzilla. Created in the vein of the Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, the series brought the spectacle of kaiju cinema to the small screen. Three recurring characters encounter various mysterious and bizarre monsters and creatures in the world of Ultra Q.
- 1965-1967
- 1 season
- Shout! Factory
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Science Fiction
- TV-PG
The first installment of the ever popular Ultra series from Eiji Tsuburaya, the special effects wizard behind Godzilla. Created in the vein of the Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, the series brought the spectacle of kaiju cinema to the small screen. Three recurring characters encounter various mysterious and bizarre monsters and creatures in the world of Ultra Q.
Season 1 Episode Guide
28 Episodes 1966 - 1967
Episode 1
Gomesu o taose!
25 mins
A construction site for a tunnel is attacked by a giant monster called Gomess.
Episode 2
Gorou to Gorô
25 mins
A 50 meter tall giant monkey from Amagi Mountain is befriended by a man named Goro, but after he is arrested, the giant monkey goes on a rampage looking for him.
Episode 3
Uchuu kara no okurimono
25 mins
Manjome and Yuriko find a space rocket which completely disappeared on Mars before. There are two unknown golden spheres on the rocket.
Episode 4
Manmosu Furawa
25 mins
An enormous prehistoric flower erupts from beneath the streets and up through the Mainchini Shimpo News building where its blood-sucking roots and poisonous pollen threatens Tokyo and its inhabitants.
Episode 5
Pegira ga Kita!
25 mins
Three years ago a member of a Japanese Antarctic winter party went missing with his last cryptic words being "Peguila is here." Soon a new expedition is facing off against a monster that can create freezing cold and anti-gravity waves.
Episode 6
Sodateyo! Kame
25 mins
A turtle obsessed boy, and compulsive liar, gets mixed up with a pair of bumbling bank robbers that results in him being kidnapped and eventually riding his now giant turtle to a magical palace under the sea.
Episode 7
SOS Fuji-san
25 mins
Volcanic activity around Mount Fuji releases from the depths of the earth a monster made of living rock.
Episode 8
Amai Mitsu no Kyôfu
25 mins
A mole gains entry into the greenhouse of an agriculture research company where it eats some "Honey Jellion" a concentrated form of bee Royal Jelly that can cause gigantism. The mole grows to an enormous size and goes on a rampage.
Episode 9
Danshaku Supaida
25 mins
A small group takes refuge in a spooky abandoned mansion only to spend the night fending off a pair of giant spiders.
Episode 10
The Underground Super Express Goes West
25 mins
An artificial life form is accidentally released aboard the inaugural run of a Super Express Train. The creature and a stowaway boy become trapped on the runaway vehicle.
Episode 11
Balloonga
25 mins
In the world of Ultra Q; the very fabric of nature is warped into a state of unbalance; and all manner of strange phenomenon and unearthly creatures threaten the very future of mankind!
Episode 12
I Saw a Bird
25 mins
A mysterious calamity at a zoo, an appearance of a medieval ship in the harbour, and a small extinct bird befriends a young orphan boy before growing to an immense size.
Episode 13
Garadama
25 mins
In the world of Ultra Q; the very fabric of nature is warped into a state of unbalance; and all manner of strange phenomenon and unearthly creatures threaten the very future of mankind!
Episode 14
Tokyo Ice Age
25 mins
A sudden freeze at a Tokyo airport heralds the return of the ice monster Peguils while a small boy hunts for his missing father.
Episode 15
Kanegon's Cocoon
25 mins
A strange cocoon swallowed a grasping boy Kaneo. He turns into a coin eating monster Kanegon next morning. His friends struggle to turn him back into normal.
Episode 16
Garamon Strikes Back
25 mins
An alien steals the electronic brain that controls the Garadamas just as a cluster of meteorites bring more of the robot monsters.
Episode 17
The 1/8 Project
25 mins
Some cities are overpopulated. The Project 1/8 is the perfect solution, but maybe not for everyone.
Episode 18
The Rainbow's Egg
25 mins
A golden rainbow and the blooming of a rare blossom herald the coming of the monster Pagos.
Episode 19
Challenge from the Year 2020
25 mins
Random people suddenly vanish into thin air. Is it possible that they are being taken by a dying alien race from the year 2020?
Episode 20
Kaitei Genjin Ragon
25 mins
A young marine geologist believes Iwane Island is going to sink beneath the waves but the appearance of prehistoric amphibious humanoid becomes a more immediate concern.
Episode 21
Space Directive M774
25 mins
A UFO appearing over the ocean brings a visitor to warn the Earth of a monster being sent as a spearhead by violent alien race,
Episode 22
Metamorphosis
25 mins
An entomologist runs afoul of a rare Amazonian butterfly whose toxic scales transforms him into a two-hundred-foot tall mindless giant.
Episode 23
Nankai no ikari
25 mins
A giant octopus terrorizes the waters near Micronesia in the waters known as the "Sea of Death" by the locals.
Episode 24
The Idol of Goga
25 mins
A group of antiquity thieves make off with a 6,000-year-old artifact only to discover that its curse is more than just legend and soon Tokyo is in danger of being destroyed by the monster Goga.
Episode 25
The Devil Child
25 mins
A little girl in a hypnotist act has the ability to separate her soul from her body, her nightly astral travels leave death and destruction in their wake.
Episode 26
Moero Eikô
25 mins
Undefeated middleweight boxer Dynamite Joe disappears before his championship match, could Joe's strange amphibious mascot be responsible?
Episode 27
206-bin Shômetsu-su
25 mins
The crew and passengers on the maiden flight of a new supersonic jet vanish into a strange vortex-like cloud. Trapped in an eerie fog-shrouded shrouded dimension they must find a way home.
Episode 28
Aketekure!
25 mins
Lost souls board a night train that travel between dimensions picks up people with desire to leave their awful lives behind.