Episode guide
The Ultraman: Season 1
50 episodes · premiered Apr 4, 1979
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- Episode 1: Birth of a New Hero Apr 4, 1979 · 24m Shortly after the Scientific Defense Guard had been assembled, ice burgs from the Antarctic region began to melt with one of them containing ancient monsters known as the Seagras
- Episode 2: The Secret of the Shining Pendant Apr 11, 1979 · 24m The first and only appearance of Spiral the Tornado Monster
- Episode 3: When the Weed Whistle Blows in the Evening Apr 18, 1979 · 24m One day in Japan a city was suddenly attacked by a monster from the Tōgō Mountain called a Wanigodon that appeared seemingly from nowhere.
- Episode 4: Chase of the Mysterious Red Cloud Apr 25, 1979 · 24m Red Smogy the Cloud Monster Attacks!
- Episode 5: The Passenger! Break through the Underground May 2, 1979 · 24m Several thousand trees disappear from the forest in a single night. In an underground cave they find Toughgilas.
- Episode 6: Challenge to the Burning Deep Sea May 9, 1979 · 24m A people evacuate from a tsunami, a mysterious flying object appears and rains down fire.
- Episode 7: Order to Attack! The Objective Is Pig! May 16, 1979 · 24m A robot named Pig, picks up a danger signal of unclear origins. When Hikari and Mutsumi chase after him, they find Electronic Monster Combugon.
- Episode 8: Officer Hikari's Secret Has Been Stolen!? May 23, 1979 · 24m Hikari encounters monster Mikonos while investigating and unidentified flying object, but it turns out to be a trap set by Space Ninja Alien Baltan.
- Episode 9: Terror of the Awakened Ancient Creature May 30, 1979 · 24m Investigators visit ancient ruins on Tamara Island, and spot Monster Dolfiego in an underground cavern.
- Episode 10: I Saw It! The Illusion of a Monster... Jun 6, 1979 · 24m A famous magician, George Satake, tries to teleport himself from the Xalome Desert to Japan.
- Episode 11: The Science Garrison's Challenge! Jun 13, 1979 · 24m Ogawara uses the giant Bulldozer Weapon Hectole he developed to dig into the earth in the Himalayas, and exterminate monsters.
- Episode 12: The Curious Conversation Between a Monster and Pig Jun 20, 1979 · 24m Two tankers are caught in a storm and disappear. The Science Guard Party takes the case, and discover three monsters attacking the tankers.
- Episode 13: The Sad Legend of the Revived Lake Jun 27, 1979 · 24m At Lake Ryujin in Tohoku, an incident breaks out where people and fish are being turned into stone.
- Episode 14: The Star's Devil Has Come! Jul 4, 1979 · 24m An unidentified celestial body approaches Earth, and emits radiation that makes reptiles violent.
- Episode 15: You Are Ultraman Jul 11, 1979 · 24m Monster Goglan comes out of an egg that was brought into the plant research institute. Hikari chooses to fight it with his own abilities.
- Episode 16: The Living Phantom Bird Jul 18, 1979 · 24m The Science Guard Party gets a report that an island has sunk.
- Episode 17: Beetamii Has Disappeared! Jul 25, 1979 · 24m Tobe, who had been observing a strange typhoon using Beatamy, discovers Prof. Nishiki's helicopter which has crashed in the desert.
- Episode 18: The Mysterious Monster Island Aug 1, 1979 · 24m A sea serpent emerges at a South Uki Island, the hometown of Yuriko.
- Episode 19: This is the Ultra Star! Part 1 Aug 8, 1979 · 24m Joneus struggles with monsters popping up in countries around the world.
- Episode 20: This is the Ultra Star! Part 2 Aug 15, 1979 · 24m Hikari is brought to Ultra Planet U40 where he is resuscitated back to life. Hikari meets Joneus' sister Amia as well as Elek, Loto and other Ultra people.
- Episode 21: This is the Ultra Star! Part 3 Aug 22, 1979 · 24m The Badel Tribe manipulates the legendary Monster Bagon from the Dark Nebula and attacks U40.
- Episode 22: The South Sea's Suspicious Space Aug 29, 1979 · 24m The Science Guard Party are spending their vacation in Marume's hometown. There are frequent occurrences of ships sinking.
- Episode 23: The Supersonic Confrontation Sep 5, 1979 · 24m Mysterious flying objects are attacking passenger planes and industrial complexes.
- Episode 24: Two Officer Mutsumi's Sep 12, 1979 · 24m The Princess of Alpha Centuri's first planet copies Mutsumi and infiltrates the Science Guard Party.
- Episode 25: The Devil's Garden Sep 19, 1979 · 24m Incidents begin to happen where men go missing whenever a yellow wind blows through the African desert.
- Episode 26: Earth's Greatest Crisis! Sep 26, 1979 · 24m A strange phenomenon of water spraying of the sea is happening around the world as a message from Earth itself to humanity, asking it to leave.
- Episode 27: The Flying Monster Island! Oct 3, 1979 · 24m The Ultra Planet U40 detects the approach of the Space Demon alien Baladon. The Great Sage dispatches Elek, Loto, and five Ultra Warriors.
- Episode 28: The New Cap Has Arrived! Oct 10, 1979 · 24m The Science Guard Party captures a monster in a coastal industrial area just as the newly assigned Captain Gondow arrives in front of them.
- Episode 29: The Devil's UFO's Large Invasion Oct 17, 1979 · 24m Invading Alien Jadan sends out of countless UFOs. The Space Self-Defense Unit goes out to fight them off, but the alien succeeds in invading Earth.
- Episode 30: The Enormous Fossil has Come To Life Oct 24, 1979 · 24m The bones of the giant creature are excavated from ruins in Okutama, Tokyo. However, the bones turn into Monster Skeledon, who destroys the museum.
- Episode 31: The Female Ultra Warrior Oct 31, 1979 · 24m Joneus' sister Amia heads toward Earth to meet Hikari. IN order to get close to Kikari, who has no memory of U40, she borrows the body of a woman.
- Episode 32: Object X From Space Nov 7, 1979 · 24m Alien Babilar sends Robot Monster Megasaura, to Earth as part of his invasion plan. Megasaura breaks apart when it enters Earth's atmosphere.
- Episode 33: Go! Magma's Desperate Sphere Nov 14, 1979 · 24m Underwater volcanoes explode in the Pacific Ocean, followed by changes in the Earth's crust in various locations.
- Episode 34: The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Prequel) Nov 21, 1979 · 24m The Space Pirate Imbedians pillage the Monster Containment Planet Prison created buy the Ultrapeople of U40, and attempt to invade the Earth.
- Episode 35: The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Sequel) Nov 28, 1979 · 24m Joneus users up all his energy fighting the monster sent by the Imbedians, and Hikari also gets injured.
- Episode 36: The Snow Woman Has Come From Space Dec 5, 1979 · 24m Hikari and Mutsumi go to the investigate the cause of an abnormal cold front in the Southern Alps.
- Episode 37: Ultra Star U40's Crisis! Ultria's Mystery? Dec 12, 1979 · 24m U40 is occupied bu the Heller Army. Amia escapes to Earth, but an army battleship flies to Earth as well.
- Episode 38: Giant Ultra War! Huge Warship Ultria's Sortie Dec 19, 1979 · 24m Amia goes onboard the Ultria, which has emerged from beneath the ice at the South Pole.
- Episode 39: Aim at Huge Warship Ultria Dec 26, 1979 · 24m Royger of the Heller Army sends the Terrible Space Creature Hellcat, which sucks energy from humans and mummifies them, to the Space Station EGG 3.
- Episode 40: The Boy Who Took a Monster Jan 2, 1980 · 24m The boy from Planet Opernicus, Fedelcio, was taught by Royger that Earthlings are evil, and takes his pet Monster Orolaan to destroy cities on Earth.
- Episode 41: Clash! Ultraman vs. Ultraman Jan 9, 1980 · 24m Rotating Monster Giros appears and the Science Guard Party is dispatched, but Hikari crashes due to a tornado caused by the monster.
- Episode 42: Ultraman's Strategy to Living Jan 16, 1980 · 24m A moving island is Hatari's giant spacecraft, and he has come to Earth to capture Ultraman.
- Episode 43: The Monkey That Became a Monster?! Jan 23, 1980 · 24m A mysterious unmanned spaceship recovered in outer space is determined to be a receiver for an electron transmitter developed bu the Heller Army.
- Episode 44: Ultria Was Broken In Two?! Jan 30, 1980 · 24m Multiple rockets are shot at Earth from the Alien Sien spaceship, and a violent monster emerges.
- Episode 45: Pig Was Holding a Bomb Feb 6, 1980 · 24m An airplane carrying Terrestrial Defense Force Unit 201 returns from the northern base, but there is something wrong with the captain and the 51 soldiers.
- Episode 46: Revive Mutsumi Feb 13, 1980 · 24m Tobe and Marume create a device that emits a radio wave only Ultraman can perceive. It seems as though this will cause Hikari's secret to be exposed.
- Episode 47: To The Ultra Star! Part 1: The Female Warrior's Information Feb 20, 1980 · 24m Cities around the world suffer attacks from the Heller Army. The final battle of Earth and U40 vs the Heller Army is finally upon us.
- Episode 48: To The Ultra Star! Part 2: The Frontline Base's Destruction Feb 27, 1980 · 24m The Science Guard Party locates Titan, and begins its attack.
- Episode 49: To The Ultra Star! Part 3: U (Ultra) Fleet's Large Fierce Battle Mar 5, 1980 · 24m The Science Guard Party joins the U40 Ultra Fleet and they infiltrate Heller City but are captured.
- Episode 50: To The Ultra Star! Conclusion: Towards Peace and Victory Mar 12, 1980 · 24m The Great Sage had been reduced to atoms bu Heller, but in space, Joneus separated from Hikari can be seen fighting the Heller fleet.