The Best Episodes Directed By Hajime Tsuburaya

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   #1 - The Lawless Monster Zone

   S1:E89/4/1966

   Contact has been lost with a meteorological station on a distant Pacific island. When the Science Patrol investigates, they encounter a lone survivor, carnivorous plants, giant monsters, and a diminutive friendly creature! Can it help them make their way off the island in one piece?

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   #2 - Monster Majesty (1)

   S1:E261/8/1967

   The discovery of a new kind of dinosaur leads the Science Patrol to capture the beast. However, when it awakens sooner then expected a crash causes the creature to act violent. Furthermore, a little boy obsessed with monsters goes looking for the massive monster to see a real live monster in person and fins the Beta Capsule.

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   #3 - Monster Majesty (2)

   S1:E271/15/1967

   With Gomorrah still on the rampage, both the army and the Science Patrol are no match for this million year old menace from the lost island. To make a bad situation worse, Hayata has lost the Beta Capsule which is now in the hands of the small boy who loves monsters.

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   #4 - Farewell, Ultraman!

   S1:E394/9/1967

   In this final episode of the Ultraman television series, a fiendish alien race, the Z-Ton Aliens, plots to conquer Earth. While plotting to cripple the Science Patrol Headquarters, they dispatch their giant insect-like monster, Z-Ton, to destroy it from the outside. After the Science Patrol destroy the Z-Ton fleet, Ultraman intervenes, but the monster proves to be more than a match for him! Will Ultraman, or the Science Patrol, be able to destroy Z-Ton? If Ultraman fails, what will happen next . . .

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Ultra Operation No. 1

   S1:E17/17/1966

   The episode that started it all! This episode shows how Ultraman came to Earth, and during his chase with the fugitive monster Bemular, a tragic accident that befell Science Patrol member Hayata forces the alien to save the Earthling's life by merging with him. Thus, unbeknownst to anyone (even his Science Patrol teammates), Hayata and Ultraman are now one and the same! The course of the episode has Hayata and his teammates coping with the terrifying Bemular.

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   #6 - The Cries of the Mummy

   S1:E1210/2/1966

   A seven thousand year old mummy is awakened by scientific experiments and it goes on a rampage. When finally cornered, it summons an enormous, four-legged dragon so powerful that only Ultraman stands a chance of defeating it.

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   #7 - Oil S.O.S.

   S1:E1310/9/1966

   An enormous starfish monster that feeds on petroleum products is preying upon oil tankers in Tokyo Bay. Before long, it sets its sights on bigger game: a massive oil storage facility in the port. Only the Science Patrol and Ultraman have the power to stop it before Japan's energy supplies are cut off!

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #8 - The Gift From Space

   S1:E31/16/1966

   When Jun and Yuriko sight a UFO, it is discovered to be a lost space capsule that has returned to Earth after a trip to Mars. The unmanned capsule is found to contain two small gold spheres. Before the objects can be scientifically identified, however, they are stolen by a thief who mistakes them for real gold.

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   #9 - Garadama

   S1:E133/27/1966

   When several boys discover a mysterious, lightweight meteorite, their teacher delivers the strange rock to Dr. Ichinotani in Tokyo. Under analysis, the meteorite which the children call garadama, is identified as being comprised of Tilsonite and is found to be emanating powerful radiowaves.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The 1/8 Project

    S1:E174/24/1966

    After being trampled beneath the maddening rush of a crowded Tokyo train station, Yuriko discovers crowds of people volunteering to participate in a new experiment called the 1/8 Project. When Yuriko enquires into the nature of the project, she is accidently reduced to 1/8 her normal size.

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    #11 - Open Up!

    S1:E2812/14/1967

    While driving home one evening, Jun and Yuriko come upon a man lying unconscious in the road. They help him into their car and drive off. When they stop at a railroad crossing, the sound of the oncoming train startles the man awake, sending him into a fit of hysteria.

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    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Defeat Gomess!

    S1:E11/2/1966

    While mining a train tunnel between Tokyo & Osaka, a construction crew unearths a strange object from within a huge underground cavern. Unable to identify the object, Jun and Yuriko venture into the tunnel to further investigate. In the meantime, Ippei and a reporter, with the help of a young boy named Liro, discover that the object is the egg of the giant bird called Litra. According to ancient legend, when Litra's egg is found, the giant monster Gomess will appear to destroy the Earth and consequently, Litra will rise up to defend against it.

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    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Goro and Goroh

    S1:E21/9/1966

    Amagi Mountain (also known as Saru-yama or Monkey Mountain due to its indigenous monkey population) is discovered to be the home of a 50 meter tall giant monkey, after the animal had ingested green leaf walnuts laced with Helipron G from a nearby research facility (Helipron G, a hormone nutrient developed during World War II for the purpose of strengthening soldiers in battle is found to trigger rapid growth in monkeys following excessive consumption).

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    #14 - Baron Spider

    S1:E92/27/1966

    Returning home from a party one night, Jun and company become lost in the outskirts of Tokyo. When Ippei and Takehara accidently stumble into a marsh, the group seeks refuge in a nearby Western-style mansion to help keep the two men warm.

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