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ULTRAMANTM FLIES AGAINON HOME VIDEO!E xp re ssions linAnimation, lnc.is p roud: to announce therelease of ' 'U,ltraiman: -the Specia l 30th Anniversary'C olle cto r's E d itio n" o n! IH ome V id eo ."U ltram a n" w as, crea ted in '1 '9 '6 6 b y E iji Tsuburaya, th e'C '. - o , . . . c '. - r e ,. . . " a. .to r o. . J " ' G = l o d . l z i l l a . " I n , h - I " S - - d ' a . . : , '. M - '- :r . . s ' . . . , -. - b - - -r a . ' . y , . . . . ' , a " - , ' , a - , ' s . ____ _ _.._ . . _ _ _ ~_ .'_ .y~ , . . 1 ;_ U _ U _ _ . ' w _ _known world-wide ,as the "God o f S ,p e cja l Effects~"lVolurne one includes, episodes 1 throuqh 4 , completeand uncut with tihe oriqinal En,g~' is,h l.anquaqesoundtrack and openinq creditsequence]AU e pisod es ha ve b,e en re -rna ste re d from the , o rig ina l16 m m film prints for the l bes t poss ib lle quality',Asa Bonus Volume One Also, lncludes:

An eltemete Enqlist: langua,ge ope/lingsequonco produced but never broedcestl

Or ig ina l Jepenese ,Op 'en ingCred it SequenceWith English Subtitle's!

An interview With Heruo Nakajima" the actor whoportreyed Godsiue in the first thirteen G tilms as wellas'several clessic'Uttremen" monsters such as'Neronqe" irom episode three'

And More!Make checks and money orders payable to::Express ions ln Anlmation, l lnc.Send orders to: Ultrarnan Vol lume 1

Expressions In Animation lnc.P0 Box 10,Dayton " Ohio 45,40,6

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KAt: JU f -FA iN, l'YO ilume , ', n um bat ..Novemb_,'_ S}ubm~Sli~M01 anI' photGgraphs., aM .titjin8~.'.' .e~. Ar t tor~I~i~n mtJ9 tbe tT t b 1 a e : k tntor oGltv' iti , a n y mM iU im . 'P r ose ~ ld be 1 Y P e d . AU~ ,r.,.ed are assUmed 1 0 , be for publklalion'U . - ~$8 r tK' I IJut ldy l e t t e r s and a r t i o J - a & maybrI tart. U;l tr,amanlj a tl1lgj,st18red t raiJ.emark o fl S ' f J ~ y a ~ and ie , U l ( t 1 l d ilA """,feremaWOIkBOf . , J~ ' ilttustnltN,ei1~s" Other cheracttJif '$sr e trademarkl of l he ir ' CfeabJrs 11:00 ' 8t1used ,~ nIlretl~ work $aI.ely for i I J U S \ t r & t i v G plJ~~ U L T RA . .FAN ' and i iK A f J ' U - F A N ' BfS t r a d e . . -mil... !S f D - a i k a l j l U Ent~ and Produetions. 8 S OEast 14thsr.1nloklYn 'NY 111230~AU 'Wft l len material and o~na~s!ft: inKAUU-FAN, un teu o thelVl i: sl 00ied. is ,.ngnfWte,tpUbl&hefan d fM Y no t be r :apfGduesd by an y mail". f i tdlhGlVl lhaputiiBhref.li' written e Q n S l a n tPe~11 eta ' ~ '"ad a d s , ar e " r e o ' ' lor U fO to r w et i in8 'S (aadl fine na s 48 charac lers i iAdud iincJspae , an dpt Jndu&t iOn ; )~ 0 iM"cJass1 It ads C i a . Whe re t he ,ath'erriser

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..From Press ReleaseExpressions InAnimation, I n C . ~ 1 the 'Ohio basedcom p an y w hic h released The Best0 ( " ' , ' " Shock Theater has inked an'.agreement for the NorthAmerican video rights to ' theclassic TV' series Ultraman.Produced In ['966 by TsuburayaProductions, the show was released inAmerica in the late 1960s by UnitedArtists Television and was a major hitin America throughout the mid 19'70s- ."W eare verv excited about" "' ' , " .the release as J grew U P I 'w ith theU ltram an TV series back in the 'latesixties, early seventies, UcommentedR ick M a rtin , p resid en t o f ExpressionsIn ' A nim'8"':0' n "Since 'I personally" . - '_~U_ _ L __ ' _ ,LJ.__ Ii _~ . .11 ~: .I I. - S , _ . _ . t t . f _ : : .love the show" I am d eepl y ho n oredthat our company is resurrecting theoriginal se'nes, "'I

Martin, whose creditsinclude production on The BeSI f ? f :Shock Theater video series andworking with Japanese educationalTV channel 'NHK o n their childrencartoon series 'The Scrappers, win be'overseeing the production of theUltraman tapes, as well as The B es t ofShock Theater Volume 2 . E IA will berieleasing Ultraman: A Special 3 0 1 . 1 1Ann i ve rsar y Co ll ec ti on , featuring thefirst four episodes of th e seriesIncluding foctage cut from theo rigin al U nited A rtists release, as w enas a rare interview with originalGodzilla actor Haruo Nakajima, whoke d t 1 t'h .orxeo extensive y o n un e series,The tapes will also inc lude the never-before ...een alternative openingcredits from the original series. Thevideo will be " rel ,easedin NorthAmerica"on November 6th, l 9196, and' W i n retail fo r $24.95.

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"We have great expectations for the show," Martin exclaimed,(For ordering iniormation. check out the ad on the iJ '~sJde~f} '"OI1Ic o " c r ( ? f 1 1 1 ' 1 . \ ' i ss ue ~ .l R'R )

CAPTAINM:URADIES AT A'GE 65-Bvliue bv S a U O K U Yosh i m a r u, .Japanese actor Aki j i Kobayashi, died o f lung cancero n A u gu st 27th, 1 . 996 at the age o f 6.5 in the city o fYokohama His funeral service was held on August 3i..Heis best known as Captain Mura (Murarnatsu in the Japaneseversio n) o f Ultraman (~966) He also portrayed TobeiTachibana, a.k.a ....Ova-San," a supporter of Kamen Rider in thetelevisio n, series o f the sam e n an 1e.A .dditio n.aU y his careerspan n ed n um ero us ro les In movies an d Tv series, including th erecent "Gamera 2~""~lnuga.mi..e no Ich~zoktl~~~~'LoneWolf andCub: the Baby Cub at the River of StYX;t '~ and "Lenakiko 2.~'He also had a . short scene in l IL7J(A"AtIA 'h' Z E ~ARTH,~ the latestUltraman 1novie which Ca111e out in March 199ti H is la st 'w o rkis the movie r:cllsuhaktT-rnul~athat was shot in M ay of thisyear.

Mr.Kobayashi was hospitalized on Ju~y 18 an ddiagnosed in the last stages of C,aJlCA~~rn July 25, He wasforced 'to cancel his role in the TV dr ama . Har :u ) -cha l1wh ichwould have been h is la st work. He fought with the disease fo rnearly a month with the help of his wife and daughter.

His sudden death shocked everybody including theo rigin al cast m em bers o f l IltrarnarrThey have uemainedfriends for the last 30 years . Ultraman Zearth became th e lastopportunity T o r all of them to work together. SandayuDokumamush i ( Iyoshi Ishiij who portrayed Arashi said , "I f ab ig star is added today, Lwill wan t to lo o k up to It as thecaptain's star." Hiroko Sakurai, who portrayed Akiko Fu ji " sa idi n t ea rs " ' ' " I didn' t re al iz e h e h a d been hospital ized, H

In her bo o k Ultraman: [Jays (? l My fOUlh,MissSakurai introduces an e piso d e ith at\v eH describes Mr.Kobay ashi , s attitude towards his work. Before the post-production was completed fo r the secondepisode,theywatched special effects scenes of the ahenB, altan. The castwas surprised at the dramatic impact that the scene carried.Everyone was stunned by the design of tile Bahan costume, asweli as the beautiful special effects. Looking at his unfocused

co-stars, Mr. Kobayashi remarked, "You saw the special effectsjust now, didn't you: This show is not just for kids. Our levelof acting has to match th e level of the special effects!' I t isbeli eved that this attitude among th e cast members is partlyresponsible fo r making 1lltraman the cult classic that it ist oday.TO 1-1 ' ORDER "E "D B Y J lJDG E T'D !CO~1PLY

Toho. Attorney Laughs at Fan's PetitionA pre-trial conference washeld in the United StatesDistrict Court, New York on Friday September1 3th" 1 99 6 to discusses the progress on the lawsuit file byToho against Kaiju-Con' 9'6. A fter statements made by bothsides the Judge ordered Toho to comply withthe defendantsdiscovery order and release the name of all witnesses anddocuments in Toho' s possession. Documen t s deemed to beprivileged by Toho include a copy of the Tri ...Star contract,(which the defendants hold contain clauses which wil l provethat Toho can not legally release any of the! current Godzillaflms within this country ~ and that the distribution andexhibition. rights for Godzilla vs Destroyah rest solely with Tri..Star Pictures)" and documents pertaining to Toho r'activelyseeking a distributor" for the current series of films, whichthey

;T '.have claimed Kaiju..Con h as d am a ge d. They did r el ea se a letterwhi ch they received from Miramax Films inquiring aboutreleasing Godzilla vs Destroysh, but according to Toho'slawyers, Toho did not response to the request, Toho hasreleased the; name of the individual who goes around to fanconventions to spy on them, but they refused to release his,address and phone number. They also refuse to make himavailable for questioning in this matter. The name released isMasaharu Ina

A petition, demanding that Toho Cornpany Limited,as well as ail producers of Japanese science fiction and fantasyproductions, stop harassing their fans." was circulated at G-CON'96, Over a thousand people signed the petition whichbasicallv demanded thatAmericans be resp..ected as fans. The'! o ' ! !petition \\I'~~ sent Toho who, through " t h e i r lawyer Mr. StewardC o be rt" re sp o n de d, HW,e h av e re ce iv ed your declaratio n o fIndependence." This statement was followed by decants of1aughter. It is aperient that Toho, or their lawyers far thatm a tte r, h ol d n o in te re st In th e: o p io io n s o f th e Am e ric an fan,

John Rocco Roberto host the S,pecial Presentation on G vs D,utni'.ljng cHps which ran about .20m, inuets.

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MORE l\10NSTERSFROM THE '60s IN\'ADE,T:HE '90'S: the last six yearshave seen the return of Godzi1ia &Gamera, a new vehicles starringcharacters from the Ultramanseries, and Toho S Up'COl'nJ ngsp i n -of f o f [992 ~s 'GodziUa ~TS.Mothra , entitled, s imply ,M o th ra~ it\\as in evitab le that onewo uld start. jo kin g aboutremakes/sequels to The X FroIDO uter' S pace ( :U chu D a ik ai] u G i ram :Shochiku . 1967) and r \Io r l s t, e rf i ' rOD1: aPrehistoric, Planet (Da.1Kyoju Gappa;- Nik katsu , 1 96 7 )') b u t n o w co m es th eamazi ng n ew s that Shochiku I\101ionP ic tu re C ompa oy is p ro du cin g, n o t justa rem ake o f 'The X From OuterSpace but, th e most astoundine pairing

~ " ' " " "o f the cen tu ry ": G ir8 1"a v s ..Gappa! ! . ..stay tun ed fo r m ore detail s as th av- -bC 'C0111C available. 1_ ()h God. J hopefhE.~Vnever do .(itrara VS. Gappa? r U e is 100d am n sho rt as 11 i s. C ; A fF JTOEI: Starting in August on.TV Asahi's"Monday Drama Inn" is the new horrorseries, Purple [yes of Darkness (Yam]n o Papuru A i)" The sto rv involves a group&." ~'of three paranormal investigators, and themysterious invest igat ive reporter whotales them, as they investigate the bizarreOc.curf!ences o f hum an tran sfo rm atio ns .. ,New heroes and villains are corning and

Toho's se co nd m ost IP opu la r kaijiu, M'oth ra , may ' not have thesam e box o fflce ,appea l a s the big -'G

going at an a la rming rate on IgrnitionTask Furce: (~r,ar'~ang,e'r, Signa lman, theouter space co p has do n e the~~i!goodbye n an d Episode #2 5in tro duces R adiato r, a. space girl w ho " U(ITIOSl l ikely} become' White Racer; alsonew are villain R i ch ri ch ..H,aikerandSignalman replacementVRV Master(besides al l of' the new Robots andMecha)..; Beetle F . i R , h t e ' I ' Kabutoreportedly shot an episodets) on location

I n H aw aii. And . n owB,FrK adds four newheroes to its roster,all cadets from theE a r t h . .A - d ._ . .- 1 . c a : , e n l l a : ,B - F i . l _ . ; r r h t e r Gen . . . ...._~i,,,BFi,ght'e'r Yanma,B . ..Fichter A 'geha an d,IL~, ' 'O.l~, I"'; itUlB...Fighter Min-e-andthere's new vil lainsas w en , TheB-Cnl:shers,: Beezak ,M uk adili g e r ,Deathcorpion, andKillmantis ....

TOH'O': the teleseri es ,Guyrer~Frigbti.nl, God o r the 7-,Stan;is co rn in g to an en d.,. yes, the series willconclude at the' r e n d of the year with 39ep is o d es , ". , in Epi sode #8 after theshowdown with Mr.Vykross., Guyferdc . L hraces ms new ,eD@my-t~eMeta l Master ,C row n 's 2 n d 'Commander . Meanwhi l e ,Takeshi rescues his m a rtia l artsmentonbrother, whotums out to be theevil Deaihferd .. " Megumi Shion returnsas a cybo rg, hitman, s ie rv i.o g th e M e ta lMaster. In August', the show took anothertum, kil l ing o ff the M etal M aster an d h isminions, in a Crown power ...truggle,unveiling Crown's s ec re t s up rem e leader:Zodiac! Now shaken of 'the evil controlover h im , Deathferd an d Guyferd team upto put C'FOWll. down l

The S C h ' O ' D r ro f Gh rO s ,t s 2 (G'8kko noKaidan 2) directed by Hideyuki Hirayama,abo ut a scho ol possessed b y an ev il sp irit,who , begin s. his revenge on 4/4 at4 :4 4 p 'm . .. released o n Ju ly 2 0 . . , and. I'msure that there are more ghosts on the'

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AMA -'.M ' f r y . ':A ' ...d " .... , .... , r' " " ~-_, pro,.ucers of thepopu la r Zeiram s erie s h as a n n o un c edplans to begin production of Zeiram3 . , Yuk o 'Mor iyama is planed toreprise her roll and production is,scheduled to begin in the spring of~97. Noword as ofyet OR. the plot orsup'pornng c '3 st.",.....; - ., ,-u .~ ' . '.-' ." ',.

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T S UB U RPR'ODU-CTIONS,OF'F WITH,lJLTRA.l\fAN

A , Y ATAKESNEW

SERlES:F in al ly l T he new Ultra Series debutedon Saturday, September 7th at 6:3 Opmas Ultraman Tiga~the first domesticU ltra S eries p ro du ce d in ,I 6 years iswe ! I w o rth the wait I' In Indonesian , "Tiga"means "three", an d represen ts thesu per her o 's ab il it y to assumethree dist inctU ltra- fo rm s: th e "Multi-Type" ha s red"silver and purple markings: the~"Sk1""Type ..~~"whose markings ar e purplea n d sd vc r; th e th ird is th e "P owe r . .T yp e,"re d & silver, whose form is used as a lastresor t .A gen t D aigo (H iro shi N a gan o), , nm em ber o f the scientific i n ve st ig a ti o n te amth e GobalUnHrnitcd Task Squad(G .U .T .S .) ~ d is co v ers th re e h ug e s ta tu es o fU ltra bein gs in a g l ow ing pyramid i lln orthern Japan . H is body is becomesmerged with o n e o f lhe~"A ncien tU ltram en ," th us D aig o a nd T ig a b ec om est he f ir st "Ea rt hl ing U ltram an . ~ ~

W om en play key ro les o n U ltram anTiga:Mio Takaki plays Captain lruma Ihefirs t f ef l1 a Je ~c o n ]1 1 1 a n dc r ofa sciencepatrol-s-a cunning expert strategist, an dfearless in com bat tactics. TakamiY o sh im o to p lay s A g en t Rena, th e s erie s ~"~ Fu j:C "- t~ yp eh a ra ct er , b e st d e sc rib e d a s a t"superw om an 't=an expert in com batflying . . [\I1s.Y oshimoto 1 $ th e o n ly memberof the cast with actual Ultra.Credentials she is the r e al - li fe d augh t er ofSUSlUl1U Kurobe who p layed ~~S[AgcntHayata" o n the o ri gin a l U l tram a n s eri es in1966.

Ultraman Tiga began p ro duc tio n o n- Ju lv ~~ 'I '9 9;6 ~\\'i th K azu o T su bu rav a" - !(E i j i~s g ra n d so n ) I~:stcdas the series c re ato r ~

w ith K azuho M itsu ta, w ho served as themain director 00 the 1967 series UltraSeven, as crcanve producer. Veteran. spfxd ire cto r K o ic hi Takano , is head o f the:special eff ects tea m. T he se rie s is beingproduced by T sub u ra v a P ro du c ti o n s andM ain ichi B ro adcastin g (a sub siderv o fT ok yo B r- oad castin g S yste m, based inOsaka).. .aHer seeing all the episodes sofar , is ihat n o o n e has to worry aboutU ltram an P o we red a ny rn o re , ..Operation: Mystery!Delayed by Pretest!We ll , a n o th er" ~H um a n Rights" group inJ apan h as lashed o ut at th e g en re; after th erecent banning of Toho Video'sremastered t aserdisc o f th e t .963

The newest member of the Ultra family, Ul t ra ,manT ' i lg ia~is readyto flght evil wnere ever ii t crops upma ste r pie c e,"representingdidn' t waste

Matange,the m en tally o ro du ce rs f ro m both N'I'V an d Tsuburavaf . , .Pro du ctio n s, arc produc i ng a n ew sf /occu l t

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retarded" ,an y tim e in hitting yet

another genre classic-an e:pjsode ofTsuburaya Production's ]968~e:l,eseriesOperation: P tt.y ste ry '~ , e ffec tiv elysabo tagin g the fo recom iag rernasteredlaserdisc boxset.

T R I sr ' " R G . 0 .D . Z c - I L L " " . B ' A ' C . . K > - O N '~ . - ~ i , " " " " " , ' , - _ . / . : . . , __" '" __ :_ ' I . i ' , L "_= ' __ . '._- " ., . ~ . IRepor t s frornHollvwood indicate that the~ ~lo ng awaited A m en can Go dzilla f ilm w ills t ar t p roduct ion this spring. with th e team whobrought us Independence Day at the helm.A m e ric an fan s wil l just have to . wait a nd see\\11[11 deve lops .

O n. the heels o f !996 ~s hit mini -ser iesM o o nspi ra l ( repo rted h ere ~ ast issue}, th e

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W ell here we are . W hat yourholding in you hands may be the verylast issue o fK A IJU ~F'A N . WeU n o texactly , bu t if To ho gets its way ~t[ nayvery well be. You see this vears BS is.. ' -- - ' -final ly taking its toll ( 1 : 1 1 the product ionschedule here atKA~JlJ-FAN' magazine,an d the t ime: is f as t a ppro a chi n g when Ihave: to ask m yself if its w o rth all theheadaches, Y o u see even t hought Tohodoes not have at case) they do have al awyer j an d a can tan ke-ro us creature he isto o . N ow 'I n o t speak in g , out M r.Steward Cobert, the N ew Y ork vam pirewhich is currently processing GuyTucker an d m yself fo r showing cl ips o fD es tro y ah ( an d basically just bein g fan s )1 1bu t I"m ta lk in g abou t Toho ~s LA flunkv}Mr. Charles Shepard, who apparentlyth in ks he is To ho , It is M r. Shepard w ho ,is the cattiest behind this entire lawsuits ~and al I the problems we as fans of thisgenre falee.No other Japaneseproduction company has given us suchproblems as Toho Company Limited,an d n o other co m pan y tru ly hates th e i rfans. 1 thank 'God for the suppo rt o fcompanies like Tsuburaya Productionsan d Daiei I ntern atio n al, a s well as thesupport of Americans compan ies likeExpressions In Animation andTredmasters. But I'm getting ahead ofm yself let jn e explain ed how this a llstared, B ack in January o f this year,w hen K aij n - Co n ' 96 was in the plan nin gstages, Iwrote to Toho wondering ifthere was any way possible that I couldshow Destroyah at the show. I evenoffered to pay them $.500.00. Tohonever responded, an d I can o nly assum ethat it m ay h ave be en my faul t as I maynot have had th e address right Theshow would g:o on as planed and Iproceeded to co n tact the CopyrightO ffice as weU as the Library o f C o ngr es sto see exactly what I could show fromGodzi l l a vs Desrroyah What Iha dfound out I S tha.t Toho had neverregistered the copyright on Godzilla vsDestroyah, and that portions of the filmcould be used in a s pe ci al p re se n ta ti o nfaIling under the guide lines of "fairuse. '~With th at in mind, an d seeing thatthe film bad already been shown o nM an hattan cable, I pro ceeded to editdown m y copy o f Dest royah to . abo ut 3 0minutes (it may have been a l ittl e ~ o ng e 'for even shorter as I personally don'tremember). On e mon th befo re , t he show

1D. Lees received a letter from JIdI.Shepherd's office requesting an y and allinformation about K,AlJU ..CON.. Sinceneither J.D. nor his company had involve-ment ofany kind in theplanning ofKAIJU-CON~ I asked him to have Mr. Shephardcontact me dire:et lYTwc) days .latter Ireceived a threatening letter ftomShepherd demanding that t he ' f ilm not besho wn at K A IJ U ..C 'O N , an d that if it wasI could be sued. The letter only gave metw o days to re sp o n se . Ihave been to ldthat lawyers send harassing letters all theti me, and that we are expected to just sitback, kiss their ass and take it Wel l Iiformed Shepherd that ' the film was n o tbeing ShO\VIl, and that I did nota pp re ci a te beingaddr,e:ssed in thisfashion, TV.lO more letters ensued andli -- --fin aUyKA IlU -CO 'N when o n . 'N owhere 'Is where th e tricky part comes in .According to Steward Cobert, any thingo v er 5 ,m i n te s is th e same as sho win g theentire fi lm, an d (this is the thing I hatem ost abou t lawyers )Ij us t because th ecopyright laws do n o t sayiliis" (and eventhough we are not lawyers], we areexpected to knowthis anyway . '(Yousho uld have consulted an , attorney" is aUCobert had to say. As if they comecheep. I wonder if Cobert or Shepherdcan quote from th e' E le va to r' o r Electr icalcodes, or even th e law co des, that do n otfal~ utlder~heiJ area of expertises.Interesting enough , when Club Daikaijuan d o urselves did hire a co pyright law yerto look into 'what exact ly we, can andeann o t do in the m agazin es and at theco nven tio n s, o ur lawyer diligentlysearched the codes and laws (sometim eson her own time) to come up with adefinit ive H I do n ~t know.' This answeris by n o m ean s her fau lt in any way, it sjust that th e copyright faws in thiscount ry are so screwed up andconfusing, and depend on what judgesaid this an d when, that fo r Cobert, an dthe courts for that matter, to assume thatwe know all th e ~nand outs of laws thatthe professionals can"' answer is1udicro us an d a sin against a ll s o cie ty ,Ignorance of the law is nO excuse whenI t comes to common sense laws o f Godand man, but this :sbit~N'ow we cometothe fall out I did n o t wish 10 concea lthe fact 1 hB itGuy an d mysel f w ere bein gsue by Toho. We believe in beingstraight fo rn rard\i.th o ur fel lo w fan s,after all .we all have a stake in this" T hisis why 'we have covered thedevelopments in the pages of th is'zin e U l, TRA ~ 'F A N '. ~ Un fo rtun ately ,

certain dealers and individuals, whoviolate Toho' s copyright on it regularbases, used this situation to sblm~s atKAIJU-FAN~ and stow the seedsE - - - - -of discontent. It' first showed its uglyhead during KAUU -CON : BOSTON ,w here after promoting the' show morethan we hadever done before, none ofthe toea) dealers cam e out (with theexceptio n o f Day Old An t i q u e s J . , an d weexperienced the lowest attendance ofan y sho w. AJ~ becau se certain dealersspread th e rum or that the sho w had been .canceled by Toho. One certain dealer,who I had thought w as a frien d" went sofar as to tellme he was not doing anymore shows, buttbe;n schedules aniUegal showing o f Terror o f M echa-Godzilla for the weekend of th eco nvlen tlo n.,H 'e even bad the flyers.handed o ut during KAI JU ' ~CON .A n other dealer in the Ch ic ag o a re a toldpeoplethatthere would be n o dealers atG . ..CON ' at all th is year, an d that Tohowas gom g to arrest leve'ryo n ewhoattended. This, brings me back to mypoint By thisha.pp"elnng Toho iswinning their goals, which is to destroythe communitywe have established hereamongthe fans in North America, GuyTucker and I will probably ~oos,ethis'f ight again st Toho , n o t because wev io l ate d 'th eir copyr ight, o n the contrarywe can pro ve every claim that To ho hasagainst us. as false~ but because wecann ot affo rd to hire a, law yer, an d without alawyer in th e current court system, youm ight as w ell sl it y ou r OV J l l w ri stT oh owishes to settle this case, and they want$30,000 to do it. They also want G~yand myself to agree to never show anycl ips from an y Toho pro ductio n at an yc on v en tio n a ga in .. I personally have n op ro blem 'W ith a greein g w ith th e latter ~ a sthis whole situation hascomp~etelysoured m e on Godzilla an d J apan esescien ce fictio n. in ge ll ,erm .1 did in sistthat I would not give up my tights 10wright aboutGodzilla, nor my rights topurchase lice nc in g a gre em en ts to showG o dz il la f ilm s. Cobert's an sw er to this,was that a n l icen ces w o uld have' to bepurchased through Toho, an d when Iin fo rm ed him o f the fact that this w as n o ttrue, titatruany com pan ies ho ld . theexhib itio n rights to the G odzilla series,his on l y response was to give a wesleylinle xm ile an d say "Do they have' theright to do this leally?" Which my" n ' - C ' ~ T ' h " b l ' , , ,esponse w as ,',J _ laf s - ,~ -O~~O - Srol n;l'm.' ,A gain , here is the heart o f th e m a tte r. IfI rent say Godzi l l a 1985 from a

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legitimist film l ibrary and ShO\JiI it atKaij u-Con, Tcho is going to takejheattitude that this film library did not holdthe: rights to, sell licences. 'But instead of

. investigating the facts, they will justhold us responsible, This is how To howorks. Pick on the little guy and forcehim to go away, because they sure as hendon't want to pick on any of the bigshots who can afford much betterlawyers than the clowns who work forToho.

It is now time for us as fans tostand and support one and other. For if'w e" re left to fight this one o n OUI' ownthen KAIJU~Fi~N an dKAIJU-,CON will fall by the 'wayside,and we w in have nothing left. NO'T'even the Japanese toys. This is exactlywhat Toho wants. This is why it isimperative that you g le t i nvo lved. W ritieto Toho, demand of Otagawa that her es pe ct o u r w is he s, Write to Mr. I n a, te llhim that he is no l onger welcome as aspy at any fan gatherings, Write toShepard and Cobert, let them know how'you feel, that you won't be abused anymore. Or, better yet, call them! I haveincluded their name addresses and phonen umn be rs a t th e en d o f this piece - T I ' Q , h ' Q ',- . '. - - - l .~_' - , ~ _:_.- '._: = ,., ,- _"_ ',. -::_ ,- '_treats us. as criminals, just because weenjoy this hobby. They would prefer wedidn ~t even talk. about GodziUa an y. ' . 'more, Well if VIle don't do somethingaboutthat, then it will become a reality.Remember, Toho has lied in the past,they are ly in g n ow . They wil l neverrelease the most recent Godzilla fUms ,and th ey w in do anything to stop us fromjust being fans. Trying to work withthen is the sam e a cutting you r ownthroth. Let's fight the power!

O ne: last jhought ]V I r. 'Ri ckMartian" who I had the pleasure ofmeet ing at G-C'O'N this year is truly a,great guy . Having the rights 'to the 1966season o f Ultrarnan, Rick had noproblem with dealers at the show'hawking "questionable" copies ofUltraman tapes. Unlike Toho, Rickappreciates the contribution fans havem ade to keeping this genre alive, and itis most important that we supportExpressions. In Anima t i on s efforts. tobring us legitimate Uhraman products,Buy their tapes! Use the order form inthe' front of t h i s . issue and pre-order thecol lection. Let Rick know that youappreciate all he is doing and. encouragehim to pick up more o f the Ul t ra . series .But a lso) stop buying the un-authorizedtapes. 'This w ill be the o nly way 'we' c an

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a ss ure th at f utu re adventures o f Ul tra manmil. reach our shores. Its in our hands,let's use the power!

Greenberg, Gluskcr.Machtinger;.900 Avenue ofthe StarsSuitie 2200Los Angeles, CA 9'0067...4590'C ha rl es N . Shepherd(310) 201~7494Paul, Weiss Rifkind, Garrison,. . - - 'I '. -:I - -- --1 28 5 A ven ue o f the A m ericasN ew Y ork, 'N ): 1 00 ' 19-6064Steward M" Cobert( 2 " 1 " ' ) 3 -7 " " 12 '] '3 ', J " " . . ' . ~ } - . . : } , , . , .

JOM Ro cc o R o be rtoNew YorkS ep te m ber 1 5th " 1996

Toho Company Limited_I jJ2 - 0 " 9 . C ' I E I o n 'u ' r y " . P 'a r k E ' ast. ~ _ _ ~ , _ : _ 1 .\ .. . _ ._ ,- )S uite I , 1 50Los Angeles, CA 90067Mr. Junro Otagawa(310) 277 ..ll i 081

M r. Masaharu rna&M's. NorikoIna45 West 60th StreetApt lOBNew Y 'o r k ) NY 1 0 0 2 3( 21 2) 3 9 J 7~ g,2 40

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I rL TRA -M ,A IL:Seod le : ttm ~(J:Dili.k,iI!~juEn :l l cr p i t 'W88 9 0 E a !; ~ 1 4 :t hS t r 1 0 1 e tSwt ~ 4 l ,t )Bro{}ltlYfl~NY 11210Dear Daikaiju Productions:

Just picked up ' issue '# 2 . of your n ewm a ge zi ne et O u te r L im its inC l if to n } N , J . What anexcel ~ent magazine! If you are interested in an yaspect of Japanesefrlm and television other thanG o dz il la a n d, giantmonsters, it's really ha rd to fin din fe rr ua ti cn . K ee p u p th e e xc el le nt w o rk .

If yo u don't alreadyhave a Website,please consider it, as , the only thing preventingyour m agazin es fro m b ein g huge is your ( ;~biily h)reacb your sales base, 1 knowa lot of f o lks in themiddle of the country who can't find megazinesl ik e y o urs an yw here, W ith all the inaccurate crudout there written by people who have only a tpassing interest m Japanese science fiction andfantasy film and te levision, I know I 've foundsomethingva luab le in a magazine like t hi s, w h ic his produced by the real experts of the genre.Very truly yours,Matthe \V HayesMidland Park" N.J.

Thanks lor w1i.titlg~Matmew. file did11)' s et ti 'l :g r ip a l Ye vs lt :e a lmo st tly~~ar .ago-a()!l;task m e h()~v,.alriend di d U . 1 1 m ,rlotOi"J the net. Iforget e ..act~v wll:at the problem is, hut the net isIeery ofaccepting what it calls "advertisements "from m agtlzin(!s like this. \i.'hlch ,covel'cop.vl"ighl,e',d characters. It'j not just Japa"t~SE~c!haracters: they ar e }:tJstas "C f ue ,am ' is h abou tfJlI blications li.ke Cult .\iJoVi:f!lt:. which ,'QJ,1er;sBatnU:111 ond other e:op.vf'ighil~d characters. }~s,rh'iitreis i11("~issue of the F irst Am,L? l ldment, but tha'ldoes not necessarily extend towards elJtahlislJinga site fora magazine like this, 1 think the issue ofcOPJ/r.igh I);and n ~e .bsi tes has v~ t to be fu:llv i ront?d'" ....,o ut . A l av be l(Jtt~r,~watch and wai t . ~ItlT.. ' - .

I think your magazine i s, cool but itn eeds m ore monsters, Lwould also like to se emonster data sheens , anatomy charts, mId battles iLati sn l c .s . \ \I : i11help out an y \V8y Lean, a s , a fan, bysending mwhatever I can. rna not o n ly a fan ofJapanese sci-fi, but 1 happen to be anartist/cartoonist/wrirer ss well . Please accept thisp ic tu re f o r publication. Thanks a mil l ion ,M f ; lu h e~ vE l l is o n USouthfield, Ml

Thankso million right b a G ' k ateha. ~4,-uia s Y{}"l hlO"~~J4 ;e already D'lD accept youP picture,w:hichl~~taSprinted lcut issue. 8rdwe .neglec.ted tolist J),rll" c re di t; a nd w'( apo lo g iz ,e . B t~ jt wishes fa r.~"O:U1'nt?'1,1',1 school ;semesler. ---(lAJTDear KA.JJll FilNFo lks .

I enjoyed issue #2 f (_) f its goodu u O f 1 l 1 . : a t i O l l . a n d t er ri fi c p ic tu re s. ' Th a n ks , fo r talkingl'l'ly suggestion concermng including moreUl tra-photos ,

1 have mother friendly suggestion foryOt . l lmagazi :n .e~s ongoing improvemen t Chec1rful"infonna.tirve mic]cs art th e :mf)st , a t t r a c l D v : e " sinceh ') ' , ek vt lt e t he ir readers" m:OCld. A s su.ch,.rd Iik,e'~:O se e lo n ,g "..A J NiO RY o n es g et to . th e poii l l tin a.

shorter fashion, Some of these articles are sopassionate for so long that they make fo r tediousreading,

I have good and bed new 'S h) reportThe bad.new'Sis that ' 1 1 iT is using sma l l pieces ofUltra S e l l e } , . 1 f or d el ib era te co m ed y p urp os es o n th eCartoon Channel ~s Cart(J011 Pl(~~"Ui!1whicb ishosted by Space Ghost. (Sitlc~ Space nhof:i.l makesfu n o f ev ery thin g, an d crack s m e u p besides. h e' sh al fv ,.r ay f o rg iv en . Y o u should've seen the skit O W ! J !'the' Ultra Seven octopus monster GU:fT'OS. Space'.Ghost called him "Barnacle BOy~"~I)

The good news ~sthat this show is onat 6 . PM E astern tim e, This w ould expo se a tinyslice of UltraSeven to c E l l l d . viewers, and m aymake them curious about what an entire episode islike' 'INT can no longer use rbe excuse thatYOm :liQstersare to o unfamiliar withthe sho w ro careabout it .

M ~ r idea iE i that fans should encourageTNT(~nd the Cartoon Channel t(~ attach funepisodes of Ultra Seven on the end of everyCartoon Planet episode'! I've heard that s omevideo stores consider Ultra-shows to 00 in thecartoon category an Y ' av.

At any rate, I wish all of vonUltra-Ianatics [he' 'very best of luck with ~OU'funique[lla~'lZine. 'Ti~ Dan Moroboshi ~tu~),~os inghis glasses,Patsv Zukav

Despite the reaotion of oldgziard/a.n.570wha~'sbeen done l l ! i , u h Ultra SeveN. J agree thatsome exposure is better tho tl()'~:~.Gianr Robot,sIlly .~h01V or not, 1.~:{JS one .of my mainintrodeetion to the world of Japanese fomasy.A'l 'd in grade school. 1 aC,fu{Jl,~vpn:{fwted lJn~old,aam~,.a to t/~ e old ,GoaziUa . .1still lo ve a U :th eseproductions. b ut c o nt in r, Je c. i e1'lj)ofj,[JP'e (plus the

"ult1~riI"Jgp ro ce ss ) h el p:, ) y(.h~l learn to -$ort outw ha t J !O rlU ke best, On e .of th main: !urJmblingblocks for America- ' l ' fans has been an extremelack ~f exposure to this material. r o z ~ have tostart somewhere. Even FNl' 's Ultra Seven, orSaban 'sPower Rangers. or even~pf!!edRacer, isbetter than nothing (But r'ORGE1' Samura: PiszaCats 1 BLEr ! AAH} )

l~ v ,the\!fiJ;:V~Patsy" , ' 1 / 0 1 1 : 1 stressed that }'j,'eshould NOT prin yow" address. No , problem,that 's alrea~v 0 1 ' , 1 1 ' policy. in facti 1 'd liki,!.' toexplatn to aU readers (J,n..a p,uspec'iiveletter-writers: J I _ ~ ~ ( J ' u1 > ' I . ' c 0 1 1 us to' p"i" '~ ' ),\our FUJLaddresses, in hopes of meeti'ng pen-pals orwhoever" ple{4Jji~$I"'. r so on 'fI.eletter Itstil}: 1av eno lh~ii~~}C 1 r kntJM!ll'Jg lfi.'.haWl1!l1lj to be written to,an d who ,dO~Ji;nt, unless yOl~' sa y SD. .W:-edcm'tha ve sp ac e for (~c.lass.ified section (;fS yet, so w eca n jl' 1 ud pp lf .( JP .le to m ee t e ac h o th er tlu:d way. Ihave no wfsft to iftvadt, i lHyon;e' 's privacy, so 1have to leave it up to the individuai.Jusr get outyo~'u' lnkpad ap'raYOI:W stamp thal suy~ ~~PLEASELVr : WE A tr PRJVA,CY .' ~ T h ' ( J I ' l k s . - - - - - - G A I TDear f f i - , FRA - I ~ 'ANKAJ JU FAN~

I just go t hold o f your second IS81i1e(missed the first), .and r think all these stories ofToho ' c oming after y ou gu ys are lase m atin g, I al sothought m l Vf2lS interesting that yo u interviewedEisei i\m,(UUOtO~ but '\\i'3S a bi t disappointed thatyo u didn 't get to do a fu ll - o c :ae int erv ie w o n thegreat characters he played like Doctor Shin igami(which translates to Dr .. Deathgcd) o n ] l jJQ3bdRider. o r e ven his rare g o o d gu y role as a regularo n Alight)l Jack.

It; s a g o o d thing yo u got a chance tointerview him in such a good mood ..M y mends inJapan tellme he doesn't have a home, as be s,ieeps011 p~rk. benches~ and he COlnes on talk SbOW8bhlsti:n~, the youth o f today), sarying \e1rds:tat.em,e:nU I L k :, eh e v .1 s h e ; ! ; we s ,ta rt a n o t h . e r ' lNar~so

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aU you th i n J ap an . w il l d ie , so , a n ew g en eratio n o fyoung people will exist in . Japan. 1Ie has anapP;' 'Uen t ha t red towards fan s o f A/asked Rider, blE;chases th em aw ay w hen asked for an autograph.An in-depth interview would h~\'~ been a"treasure" to heat, e spe ci al l y s in c e you c au gh t I nmin one of his "better" moods

I n oticed a render from Hawaii wantedto know what happened to the cast of Kikaider.Wen~the lead D aisuk e B an w en t onto h e th e l ead .in lnazu.T1r(1I'! (aka Lightning Man) ~an d was Wastsee n ab ou t te n yea rs ago in a so ft-co re sex. film ,I d on 'tknow he w your readers feel, bu tI thinkan averageperson would knowthat a titleof a shov.. like Mirrorman, or DiamondEye, i~exactly that title, and justbeceuse they wouldpronounce it differently in Japan (Miraruan,Dasyamondo Ai) doesn "t mean that yo u shouldstate that title lS the t. i He of the show. I find it .kinda racist, May b e you can ask your readers foran opinion?

Anyway , Lwish yo u the best ~tlyourmagazine, take C ' a I C ! ! ! ~~

First offcondensing your fette',' so much. I appreciate tI~evohtmfts of injOnJUJlion you supplied on som (i fyour /tl/rlori1e shaws, and sUArges l that youwri teup afeature article or hvQ'. f f ? e "vereceivedmanyrequests fo r c r . : J V e f ' l J g e QfS017W oj ' the' lesser-knownshows; and _VOll ' seem to be in a prime position toinlorm us about them,

IlVOJ1 't refute ym'.u' '.iJ'~rO:nll'dlion~'onEise! Amamoto, since non ~f the t}~ings }:iOJmen lion sound imp()ssibl;~. BlU 1 think .vourJapanese friends have [Jroba'b~\J misled you to ade;gri f l. lrl..it because a Japanese _t;:JI1 tells ,\ \ !OUsome thfng does ,",otmea.n l:ha:t tha: /iJrl iscOl'llplete{v coerect. There is Just as muchm " .,.1;H f ; . u"TH,r .l " "o '1< ' j . . .. . ' " " ' . . . . t ' ~ . o 1 " - ' ? ."I r - h - "~ r , '" , '~ 0 " >i,"'" he r"}, _ "~ ! II ~ r :V i~ \ ! I "~Jit.oiII'" J"r Ii IV".!t:~"- ~ ' L " ~ _ ~ ' WJ _" ~_ ' m ~ .. .I" - ~.f . I~ _ !t..+Amamoto is! without a doubt; C 1 true eccentric; bUIIIJrink the stories you ~l;ebeen told. as.I'lUmiTtg the~vare ali true, need to' be put intocontext.

A mamoto is homtde. ' f .~ and steel)S onp ar k b en ch es ? ff"el.l~....mam .( J to i s w e .a }t hy enough10 .fpelld as ml,u::J,of the ;l'ea,~ a.s he (.~a'Jin hLr;!cJ\;vrUe t : o ' L l 1 " 1 , r r y Spa In. H ehas u",.itten many hooksabout that n,Qtiorl~ atui:dnt.t;he has,wv~.r been our ofdfJ'I1'l(':/,rld as antlc.:ior in lapcH" ,would halh? no , d i f J l c r ; . I I ( v in1'8Hti"g or b',tlying ,{l ho:mealmost anJ/l'vhere ir~Japan1 I o J , v i e , " e r , . , , 1 f1ramolo op\f!n~l>'despi .$~~>~. f lU ! c oun try ' 0/ his:birth (~![on 't "HlQllt UJ die inJapcll1 'l IS Due 0/ hbiI''f:ifralns). Hft Qr1IJI (unes 10Japan to work If the /~tl.ldio,yi.ll pa y J O t ' ,Q ho te l ro om ',theft fine'. If not, well. I.canimagin:e thai he do es sleep onpark b~nche:!J . .1 0 save Iht", m o n o e ~ \ / , R~member .oJ "U] o.l'thtlast things. he men.lion,ed inthl! il'lten,~i'ew, about howc .ne . ap ho te i :5 us,ed to' be ?i{.avbe hc' hales hO"~iexpensive lhe.v are now.. (fk 7 1 ow I do,) A .~ I ;~aid~.e : isp, . et t J/ ece:en l:r i e~ 'perhap:$ he

.I.'), a mds i :.~ ras l1n~ l l. 13 ( J. ' l. i des . i1 is not cd edldangerous to sleep on park benches in' Japan;.;,q'1~E_~l!~'homi:~,~hl:! train sleep there all the: time. hifact. .I;)tven,..jmall'lolo' 's sis-foo; J.l'tlffl,e. a p.ark

... ' " "~I ,.;,_bench, where hecQuld$pl'ca,d out, Mr(ghr be morecorn/or/au/It Ib~-Film than tI' l.ebo:r:likewalls ofan" p , r : t och~?(Jpe,stavailable .'capsule ~j hotel. I lnJ i~"f ,el j 'h l1vetrouble squeeZlrlg into ~haSe,Clnd l~m barely five

f o o l " 1 1r w .The /iJu:r (fuJI fie lS invited onto

Japanese Tl ' Sf101,1,:J is fi~r':lher prooftso: he is notmerely a nut case. res. the producers . 1 7 1 o u ~ " theJ/wiU c~el plenty of ou tr a ge ous _ {O l Jl la g 'l ! out (~rhlm,but that ~5the poin). That's his image~ H e 1 " l 2 { ) , \ c L i . - C :wha he's doing. The audience; and producers,would expect J'1()thinj( less.

. , JmC7IHoto l,j/as, ()bl~iously.;, In arel(}lh!e(~' good l~'U)(Ujwhen hemet US!~ I cannotdi:"Ipute J.!()ur stories abou: him chasing offMasked Rider Quto~ '?1 , :t1pheekers . 0l/the record.he lol'd (~ similar U,f1(!cciolf!./3ut howUfUJp-r:no{u..h('lble is Ir e ? . . . : t rran vin t J U ? intervi e\t!

I I" ...." 0l'vas a cinch. and he appea"s to have enjo_lt~d it.since his agency remains . I - r i e F u , : i ( ~ ! to us. Ye.,,! amore .,iJ'l-depth j talk would have been nice, but1 'm not el.'en sure it 's possible. 1hink lv;e't:\:'eri:very' Iueky to gel whas we did get. He's ,a niceftnough ~~'HJ',. but not (J~,~~1,;~interview. If J l I ~didn ~Iittd like answering a question. all he oftendi d not, h e s im p~\ J' c ha ng e cl t he subject. H ow t:Q ul;dI eet 10 J1i t"l f lt } ' Jack 'Wht-'l'l he would bar(~l~,'discussr t :, , ': ) ~ .. " " "Jtasked Rider?

~.s lor you,,- jJ,.ta,l PJ'op()~~itioTJ': tt!.i, Jrl.~c-()gnizf! that the.1apanesf! are saying~\ :1i r ronna t1 Ut '~len they ar e .~pelH!lgMiraman,Ultraman l1vhen speUiJ'~gVrutoPl117lCJ1J'j and so on.But I 1 1 1 i n k l o r e h a ' : v l 1 ~ an!()bl~ga(i()n to list both;'5pellil1gs., Go Up' to ar~"I/Japanese, l " ,; h et he r i nJapan or ar~~fulher~~else, and utter the words"Godzilla, 'f "Ultraman, " or'THanl Robot, '"andJ/ouH411 not gl!.l Y~f'~ jar. But if J'Ot,1 at leastauempt to sound it {HJt according to Japanesephonetics, (Jtl(:h name wil] cam out in a [ormmuct: closer to ''''''hatthe.,~fare used to hearing.Godzilla is ''(;o.iira;'in Japanese, and GiantRobot is ~Jayanto Robo ~=there's no ll'':ay around,nlt5. I , lh i nk thai li sti ng b o.t h E',r,rglish anti )apa.ne:'j,cphorlt!tics i'i a service, 110!hi1'~gmot'e.

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I"d be more than happy to hearreaders f input on this subiec; and in fact; it isalso re IItant to our last ,I,tter, b eiow. P le as r ea d011 -GltrlTDear 'Guy and John,

lJL.rRi\~F AN # ' 3---oh.excuse me~KAIJU",FAN #3;~ w as th nt as tic ! The cover ofJapan ~s finest characters was smoking! JohnWoodsrdis a . talented artist" up therewith ChrisScalf of G-FAN. I met John Woodard at G-CON96) and he save me aT-shirt with a picture of thec o ve r. T ha t w a s very nice of hitn! Let ~s se e m ore o ft..... ............ IT A rm 1 . 1:;' 0\ 'l!.J. the earfutur if ~ul~.:u II. 1 . 0~ ' '-J]" r-U"i!iI In . t : : near . ' u re ~ e ,

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lj,lu.'Jbn's. at ali about prinl'inJJ such 1I;JU~~rs.li'#u:fhel'Ihe. ~~r()ng-sI1()Uers 11 'ere correct 01' not corre c t.That 1,VQ:J never rfl,t point. A'Ugz.l : ; ; t, like me, hasa lw ,a ~ 'V : sb een i nt er es te d m 'C J in .( v i, H p'rintinl? th eclosest lhfn,,~ to the trr.t.th that is possible toprint.

lla\Jf.,~gsaid fh.at,fu ..'t,j close It) thett~[lth are ~H/e ever going to be? Al~g't:9'tal', td ldi:fitl1fJ>:een c,er-tairl translations a/certa in namean d titles: land o th ers , C Jn dAUB'ust a nd o th er s,i"u:lu,di,ng Air . ' V C l l l . Brown above, disagre oncertain other translations.

lthas been sURg,(~st,rd that it is ourd~:ltyat KAIJU~FA.1vto CER.TIF}', once and for oll;ftX(Jct{V1'J.'#lich IUles (Ind ~iIlhich ,1: )1t!Jn'Sie.txClndwhich namesare whieh.~ vj,J'(Jtfw'r in English or inJapanese. 1am ' beginning to think thar this is animpossible dreom. Look at the dozens 0/,tr:,(~fud(dions thtJI have been made oj':nrch reveredautho,'s a.s Dante, or HOIner , cw Plato. or (_~rth~Bi,h. leJor . 1 h . o l matter. HIJu) is lo,~aJ/'ti'hll'f~versionqf tlieBih.le isht:ne bener ;'? J~?Jo would dare?The JapanesitJ laT1~;T!!luge is not o U tO 'WJ ' 2 , no r is tho tlangt:l,age the (7rU! in 't I; ,l1i ('hwe wnte thismaga:zi7~e.. For instance. t o 1 ' '/ SAme r i cans, andInan}? .atiler.!JMlvl'Jdlcvide. G oo zi lla i s G , cJ id t: i.la, In:tlto the Japanese, he will alwqvs be Go.iira,

T h e r rz sp oH ;' ji bUi t} ' f or dej.r'2ing th enames of the Japanese words lie.'); on thi!sh'oJ,~ldf!rsO;,ft:1l6Japanese .r:.ompal' l ie, ') . Itcannotbe i ,ejt up to Q tu~'Qf' m,an~vfi7.n m,agazine:f; tod(!:~erm.in,e.,d~,t:'t {lJ.tdfoj' aU~l:$'hat thf2 J1amesof ,theSJ'DWS r:mti.monRtersotlgilt to he.f'l'e diiJ'l'/ n.rake~~ptbe cnar ru :ters ,. l v ; e are 011tV jClP'UJ of them.. T h O S l J ' who c r , l ? c d e ' . r : i th:t~, cl1t~I"(jct'f.rs;. l~.l'Jst

determine h{)l!f #ut.y l4'l~!' represented outside theirhome nation.I don 't beU~\NZ t1'l,lJ' of t JU! . 1U iI 'mes , (~titles willever be sta",dardiz,'ed~,bnt this magazin,(!is as good a place as a r . l . 1 1 to start trying to makei:f1'{~f:nt1. However, until dcflfinithNt'l; tittes are issuedby tn ,a :Japanese tkemselves, \ i , " ( 1 ' ar eO'f~delnffingoarselves taa long and ltelY boring jiltUr.f~ ofarguing anti .ff'fjightfng. I'm not going to allf_-aLl this'nagazin'el:~ letters colun:n~ to d(~ge,l'1eJ'at,~into apile t?f nil~p.icki~1fil nonsans, form! lvherevera.r::~run~n,rsmighl ,{_'om&.It's no~ O'UR task to(hiint~ l,Vn-O these charactersare: it is lhe task; l,?lIho:se who created' thesn . . Thus , l throw dall11'~thegauntle: .. Tsuburava. TO f? i , C 1n da n vb tJ i( l~ 1 else.- ,. ..'l~'ho's lis.t.enin,lfl--,at least tel! us how YOU l~iO'i;d(:/spell {he names' A,"!\lDR rpORT ALL toeSJIO'U:)' ! I ~rE 'T"E Bf1~7VH :U1'VVG rl~..RS 'fTC)S I i 1 3 : Tfll{,tf Aftll) H'1TD O / ' \ " "T H : ' - ~ . " V T TO wsn~ I" \ . ' - ~ r- . I I_~("nil"Y'.nll__ G~'~.11'...t,~,~1: i r L \ - : l . L __./l : 'U ..... . " . ,I I ,. .Deaf lJttn~~guys,

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U ' L - ! T " R A ' : ' " " " " M ' I A ' , N " " - ' ' D ' ' 0 ' - ' " , " 'W " " - C - ' - ' N - ~ - " " " D ' - N , , " " - : - D " " ' E " ' : ' - R ' ,' . . . . ; - . _ I , ' _ _ , I 1 , ' < ' . . . . . \ , . _ : < , _ i - _ , . . _ .by John Rocco Roberto

A ctor Dore K rause port rayed(1.}t4.~4. member Jack Shindo.Ul traman's alter ego in the 13episode television series UlrramanTowards the Future (releasee/asUltraman Great in Japan).Followingproduction (~Il 'he seriesin ' 199 J t Krau s s ta red in an English-language film based on the occult,p r o d t teed ;':1 S in ea oo ~~..) " T 'h i s. ' i _ ,j ,~r-~", re. "h ~ , t ; . r . , _ . . l:I'JI'-t, ,',n .~No vemb er K ra us e will make h is fi rs tconvention apl?etlrance a' K~~IJLT-CON~NY.UF:: Tell us about your early acting- -career, before staring in r Iltraman:Towards the Future.DK: Well, it began 011 the stage, insmall-stage productions inLiverp C , 0 ' , " 0 " ' ] I pla y' , ,e'd ' S - O - ' I ' n ' : e ' , , ' " lieht"c , I :" r > I'~., l.'eL' ,opera, like Gershwin, and then fromthere, Iwent overseas to Australia J. d A ' 'I' h_ " . 1- . ' . I": ' '- - ,- ,. -- '!!" I , ,_ '~ ,_ - - , , 1 -marn ec an Australian woman wn ohappened to be a film director, an d.c .", ' th '.',. I " et -~ :itl , '] t "'f'ram nere, _ me wun a 1 _ 0 , 0,

~ A _ustrali an flmpcop le .1 , ended upworking in a film with John Savage[best known for The Deer Hunteri;we shot that in the mid-eighties.After that, one thing led to another.Uf'i What led to the role of JackShindo?DK,: O ne day - rn y a ge n t called meup" and said, "You have a chance tobecome a cult figure." And 1 said"Oh veah?" And he said, "There's)an audition for Ultraman" At thattime Ididn't ,evenkno\\,whalI lltraman 1 I . . . J 3 S - So II said ' O " k " 3 ' Y . ' and11( ",[:1 . " ' " ' I. " I. "_.r__ _ "_ _"" '\ . _they flew I11e out to Sydney .. I thin k ,they were looking, for an Asianactor, But then they interviewed me,and after a Icw weeks, they called'me ' back. Prio r to that" Lread thatthey had hired a firefighter. I callednTy agent and said" "I guess theyalready chose somebody.' M y agentcalled them back') and they saw m eagain. Apparently they had cast the

fireman as the body double fo r thestuntwork, S o I re-auditioned, andthat was how I became UltramanUF: Did yo u have any id ea at thatpoint about the worldwidepopularity of Ultraman ?'DK: Not at al l . I saw U ltram an o nce'in a while on television at I30 in themorning, an d that was, all I knewa bo u t U l tram an .U F: T he ch aracter o f J ack S hin do isdifferent from any o f the previousU ltram a n u ltra- eg os.T lo w w as th isa sp ec t o f the character developed?D'K: Well, there was a lot of inputfrom various people'. It was aJapanese- Australian co-production,

h ehi c- k . _ d - ' ofan ',-" " 1 ' - - -' - . ' Y " " - IW l,e " IS , ,In ' oan oxym oron . _OUhad the Australian people, 'whobelieved in kind of a lackadaisical,relaxed attitude towards, production.A n d then you ha d the Japanese, who ,

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had the more get-up-and ..go,constant energy and movement Ithink we cam e out with a m o reeclecticview of what it should 'havebeen . 1 know there were manyarguments between the [Australian]director and the' producers, an d wehad 80 many conflicts. abou t how itshouldhave been,

': D id you receive any advicefrom the Japanese production side?OK: Even the Australi an directorwas uncertain what they w an ted" soit became quite difficult to p i npo i n twhat they were lo okin g fo r, So l' think they let it just be w hat it was.UF,;:\\llat was the production likefor those thirteen episodes?DK:, It was a horror, [Laugh/f'r] -W eshot aUthir l : lee 'o episodes, wi thvarious portions of each episode' onth e same day. We w ould be sho otin gpan s o f episode 1.~4" 12" al l o n o n eday , and the reason for that wasbecause o f the lo catio n an d theb :..dg."t a, The wa- ..we ended u.p. we. _ , e . . . _ . . _ y . _ . _ . . . . . . , .were shoo tin g ~ .a t , . , 0 . in the m ' 0 rn in g - ;... " _, , ' ' : ._ ,_ __ !_ ." _ _ ,, " il .' I ~_ __'_--_ '~' ~I . I J '_ ~ ' _ , ' jl,- .~_" . I :and I didn'tknow if it was episode 4o r 5. [The schedu le] also wouldchange 10 minutesbefore the shootSo ' it was a very c o n fu sin g s itu a tio n .We 'were shooting [as much as ] 11min u te 's p er day'.UF.: Were there plans for the seriesto run past 13 episodes?- -DK: Orig ina l ly , 'they stated theywere interested in makingsomewh-ere between 36 an d 5,0episodes, It had a , $38miilionbu dget." I believe [appro x $ 3 mil l i onper episode]. I think they finallywent about $2 million over budget,I guessthe Japanese refused to payfo r it, a n d th e A u s tra lia n s wound uppay in g fo r what went over budget.'T ha t, e n ded th e relationship. So therewere n o o ther episo des that weregoing to be produced inAustralia.U'F: The ultimate question; Do you

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have a favori te episode, andwhy?DK: W ell ~ . I would believe thefinal ep i sode, the two-part f inalepisode, wou l d be my favorite(episode 1 2 - The ~4g,e of Plaguesan d episode 1 3 Nemesiss. I thinkthe w rite rs g av e the c ha ra cte r J ac kShindo a little more depth, a littlemore expression of his turmoi l , alittle more definition. During theentire shooting, Lthink there waslittle definition of the character. l~Swe progressed towards the end, Ithink there 'w as m o re character.UF~ 'How do you feel, havingportrayed a character who is acultural icon?DK:.Well, to jne, as an actor; Ibelieve thalt an y character , as l o ng asyo u put yo ur heart into someth ing , itdoesn't really matterwhether he's avillain ... just a form of expressiono f hum an em otio n an d feelings.UF : This N o v emb er, you wil l a pp ea r

in New York at Kaiju -C o n . Wh at a reyour thoughts about attending 'thisconvention?D'K: I think that anything that takesrue in to a different atmosphere, withdifTerentpeopl ,e ,wi tb differentenergy, will help mygrowth as aperson . f thin k chan ge andinnovation is the most importantthing i o n one slife. I always look forsomething new, all the time, and Iam happy to attend thisccnvention,an d meet so many people who arestill interested in this figure ofUltraman, I'd like to ' see andexperience this energy. Itw,asthrown on me, and hasbecome apart ofme, and if's very enjoyable.UF:, What kind of role would youmost like to play in the future?'D'_K: I think the to rtu red so ul , likemost actors do, Today , there's a loto f co n fu si o n , esp ecial ly for, peop leo f my 'g ,eneration,whether it berel igious 01~an y 'belief.

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THE COMPLETE ULTRA Q EPISODE GUIDEby Jim Cirronella (~~Kevin Grays

On January 2 , ~966., Tsuburaya Product ions Co. , Ltd.premiered what was to' become the first series in , anextensive legacy of fantastic television in Japan. Inspiredby classic 19605 .American sci-f television programs, the2g,~episode' anthology series entit led Ultra Q int-roduceda ud ie nce s to an array o f bizarre monsters, strange a li ensan d altenlativ di rn en sio ns un leashed upo n o ur wo rldwhen the delicate balance of nature "vas disturbed bymankind . This theme V-Ias o rigin ally develo ped byTsubu raya Pro ductio ns as a pro po sed series en titledUnbakmce, a p ro j ec t which ul t imately evolved into UltraQ J when the em p hasis w as shifted fro m sci . ..i myste ry to ,kaij u ..oriented stories. Filmed in ],5-~ndlilneter black andwhite and transferred to ~ 6~n l iUim e te r f o r broadcast" eachhalf-h our episo de w as richlv atm o spheric with creativeingenuity compensa t ing fo r lack o f budget. A ltho ughfrequ en tl y co m pared by western fan s to Th e 1"14IightZone an d The Uuter Linnt, II ltra (J actuallv ha s m ore inF ._,. . _. ., .COHII l l on with the British Qnatermass film series, in w hich the ren ow ned scientist an d h is te am discover stran ge creatu res o r co vert alienoperat ions hel l -bent o n taking ove r the wor ld

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Ultra ("').,,ta rre d -K -J a.n 'J '~ahara' ~E" J I ' U ' t ' l ' Man j ome '}l pilotfor H'_shikawa A ' viatio n who se en thusiasm fo r scien ce fictio n leads h im to un . .. .ver, 1 " _ - _ ~ _ - _ - , : _ _-I,,~I ', '~l"~.11l _.I.~-J, __ IIL_-_c u . .. : J ' _ , . ,_ - ' ., , , I, 1~1~' . ,11,1~, ( ; ; a . : .- 'I ,,, lc _._ -l ~. .:', , ' ,, _, 11.,:Q"I~_ " J " _ _ I \ . ., I , 'If f llv.I._ . .. ' , _ I I . _ - _ f , l l ~ " , IJ lv, J'_,~""._- '. '11 1~1 ,_ I:,:~U!) I, ' .,,_', I ' , . ,1"_" ,m an y o f the series" extrao rdin ary scen ario s. Th e cast a lso in cluded actress H iro ko S akurai' as Dal ly N ew s P h o to g ra ph er Yuriko Edogawa ,an d Y asu hiko Saijo as J un 's assistan t pilo t an d co m ic re lief, Ippei T ogaw a. T ogether.jh ese th ree fo rm ed the crack in vestigativ e trio with ap en c ha n t f or stu m blin g upon stran ge phen om en a, precedin g o th er fam o us TV sleu ths o f ihe s up ern a tu ra l s uc h as Cart Kol ehak i n Kolchak.-Th e N ig h! Stalker (1 974 ) an d FB I agen ts Scu l ly and Mulde r in th e h it se rie s l1u!X:"1~~iles,In additio n to semi-regulars Yoshifumi Tajima~

. - - . -,a s D aily N ew s d esk ed ito r S ek i ( Y urik o's boss) an d U reo E gaw a as D r, lchin otan i.uhe ren ow ned scientist with a sc ien t if ic e xp la na tio n . f oreverything,llhn:1 () guest-starred a virtual who 'swho of famous J apanese sci-f feature film and television actors (to be noted in the episode. 1 - h DC I i ), ( ~ I I - 1'1 ' . ," ~ :". , ", _, ' : 1, I I, I" i- 1 ', " , I" . , 'lsummar ies wmcr 0 OV!..'While it w as fu rtun a te that Ultra () w as a ble to attractmany familiarpersonalities to p o rtra y its h um a n c ha ra cte rs , it was th e m o n ste rs th atwere ultimately re sp o ns ib le f or th e o v erw he lm in g popularity o f the series. B ecause the series. w as p ro d uc ed by Tsuburaya Product ions"m o nster co stum es fro m vario us To ho film s fo r which Tsuburaya had pro vided the special effects 'were redressed to be utilized as', n ewc re atu re s i n Ultra Q. T he p o pu la rity o f th e k aiju s ta rs , e sp ec ia ll y a m o n g c hild re n, was th e ke y a sp ec t re sp o ns ib le f or th e creation o f Ultramanan d subsequ en t sc i- f television series pro duced by Tsuburaya; l ik ew is e, s ev era l o rig in a l 'monster d es ig n s f ro m Ultra Q later appeared inUltraman, as welLToday~ m any i7lltra Q monsters remain as popular icons fo r th e entire Japanese kaiju genre.

I A final 28th episode first aired on December t4.~967", during the original broadcast season of Tsuburaya's second Ultrahere series, lHtr'OSeve,rJ'.'"). . : . A 13 - ep iS '( )d (~ h o' IT o r an t ho l o gy s er ie s e n ti tl ed Terror Theater: Unbalance \\'usproductJu by T suhu r ay a Productjons ~lndb ro n dc as t in 1 9 7J ,h uL . ah~uuh.1fled Ole sciencenotion ungle in favor ol' supernatural tales,~~ 1\]though the ti tle do e ~ n o t re ter t u a nvt h in ~ s pe ci ric, it isthought to h av e b e en insp ire d b ~- a so ec e r pl a y er w ho se p ar t i cu la r stvle o f kick. th e I~( JU ra C > ~! ha d beco me apopular catchphrase at th e time.4 - Saha ra s ta rr ed in n ume ro usT 0he fe ri m ur e n~ s Ine t uding Rodan { 1 9 . 5 6) ~ The ! vI ) : .~ iterians (1957) aa d SO 'n o fG od zilla ( . ~9 6 7 ) ~ among others.~- S akurai is best kn ow n to W estern fan s fo r her ro le as A kiko Fuji, th e l o ne f em a le o ff ic er o f th e. S c ie nc e P atro l in T su bu ra ya 's first Ul t rahero ' te l ev is ionseries, , ' - l l t raman (i66~67)6 Ta j ima ha s ha d support ing roles in m an y Tallo science I ic ti o n f ilms , most notab ly ss the comica l v il la in Kumev ama in Godzilla VS. Th e Thing (~964) .

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THE 'C 'O 'MP "LETE l JL 'TRA 0 [PISOD'EGlaDE

1 i . \ " ! t ( . rO~Supervisor: EijiTsuburayaP ro d uc ers : E iji Tsuburaya, K in Shibusawa,Mino ru Soga i_PhotographyMasaharu UtsumiL ig htin g : T a da o Go t ohP ro d uc tio n D e sig n ; Kyosh i ShimizuMu sic: K un io M i yau chiRecording Secretary: Atsuko TanakaPost-Production Services: KinutaLabora tory! . ' l ) e ( ~all{fects Sta It'Photography: Koichi TakanoL ig htin g : Y u u su ke H o rieP ro du ctio n D esign : S eish iro I sh ii, AsayaIw a sa k i, T o h ru Narita A k ira Wa ta n ab eOp t ic a l Pho t og raphy : Mino ru N akanoGri ps : S a da sh ig e N u r n as ato , TetsuroNak a ji m a, T s ts ur o FukudaR eco rd in g S ec retary : T o k uk o Suzuki(~;a.\"J un M an jo rn e: K en ji Sahara, Ippei Togawa:Y..asuhiko Sai jo.Y uriko Edogawa: HirokoSakurai, D r. Ichin otan i: U reo E gaw aD aily N ew s E dito r S eki.Y o sh ifu mi T ajim a,Assi s t an t Honda: T ad as hi O k ab e. ".a rra to r:,K O J i IshisakaK aij u : H aru o Nakajima.Yukio Fukutorne ,Haruyoshi r a kam uraY u kih iro S ein e, B in Furuya; Mioo r uTakahashiE.pisodes are listed in original broadcast order.The numbe r i n parentheses represen l' theoriginal script number and the order ofproducnon. respecnvely The original productionlit le is listed if substanttally dU/er(!fU from th efina! episode title.

1 . (1 2 / J 2) DefearGnmess!Mons t e r s appear ing: Anc i en t monsterComess I Prehistoric bird LittraOriginal airdate: January 2 1 1966

Ratings: 32.2~!~S cree np la y: K itao S en zo kuD i re ct o r: H a ji m e T s ub u ra y a

D ire cto r o f Spec ia l E f fe cts : H a jim e K o iz um iG u es t S ta rs : T ats uh iro E b ara ( R ep o rte rNina) , Junji Muraok a (Jiro), Nakajiro

T om ita ( C hie f Nakamura)'W hile m in in g a train runne l between Tokyo &O saka, a co n structio n crew u nea rth s 8 1 strangeo bj ect from with in a huge un dergro un dcavern . U nab le to ideatify the o bject, J un an d.Yuriko venture into the tunnel to furtherin vestigate. I n th e un ean tim e, Ippei an d arepo rter" w ith the help o f a, young boy 1 1 3 1 n e dJ iro , d isc ov er th at the o bje ct is the egg o f the

D i r e c t o r o f S peci a : 1Effects: Teisho Ar ikawaGuest Stars: YoshioTsuchiya (Researcher

On o), l-f ar uO r Suzuki ( 19y ea r- o ld G o ro ), S h ig ek il j i da (R e se ar che rMa ts uz ak i) , N a da oKirino (Daily New sReporter), MasanonN ih ei ( Tru ck D riv er),Akira Tarn (Vi l lager)

Arnag, Mountain (alsokn ow n as Saru-yama o rMonkev Mountain due to# -_ -its i ndigenous monkey

M ons te rs 'G ,om ,ess , and L iU ra from ep isode o ,ne Deieet Gomess! popu la tion ) is discoveredto be the bo rn e o f a 5( )-meter fall gi ant monkey,

after the animal had in gested green leafw aln uts lac ed w ith Helipron G from a nearbyresearch facility, (H elipro n G '., a ho rm on aln u trie nt d ev el op ed during World War 1 1 fo rth e purpose o f stre ng th en in g s ol die rs in b attl e,is fo un d to . trig ge r ra pid growth in monk ey sfo l lo w in g excessive co n sum ptio n .) Theresearch fa cil ity 's cu sto dian , a. y ou ng , deaf-m ute m an n am ed C rafo !,w ho had previous lyb efrie nd ed th e nl011ke y an d also named himGo ro . n ow helps to fin d fo od , to satisfy thean im al 's m o nstro us appetite. W hen Gore iscaught stealin g pro visio ns; how ever, he isarrested by th e p o lic e an d jai led. Soon , th egiant monk ey begins looking fo r his lL'tt!frien d an d w in ds up r unn i ng wild in th e citystreets. Having f ir st p u bl ic iz ed the gian tm o nkey sto ry to r the Dai ly News, Editor Sek id ev ises a p lan " to h av e G o r e feed h is e n o rm o u sp et n arco tic- laced m il k , S 'O that t h e ' druggedan im al can be safely tran spo rted to IliyanI slan d where sim ilar gian t m o nkey s were

monster h i r d Littra, According (0. ancientlegend, when Littra's egg js found, the giantm on ster Gom ess w il l appear to destroy th eE arth an d co nsequen tly , L ittra w il l rise up todefen d aga~n st it Unfor tuna te ly , Jun an d)( uriko have already en co un tered G orn esswhile exploring in the cavern s an d are pursuedto th e surface by the ferocious monster , J iroand Jppe i help to warm the egg, therebyaccelerating th e h atc hin g process and s o onLittra is born GCH11ess em erges fro m thetu nn el an d th e 't\VO m on sters c lash in battle.Af ter at vicious struggle, Littra uses itsc itro n el la ac id ra y to d ef ea t G om e ss an d thenexpires itself, h av in g fu lf il le d its d estin y ,Actors Ren Yamamoto and Scnkichi {)]11UIYI ,both (~l \1, '/10/.1," have numerous Toho jilinappearances it) their credit. portray "ltl() of th em in ers in thi s epi so de: YCUt'lGll1o.10 ;~~characterhe lp J nn and Yuriko e scape . . 1 ; 0 1 1 1 the tunnel,while Omura plays the unformnate miner whotirst encounters Gomess 111e (;()fl1CSScostume is a refurbished Clodzilla suit fromM o thra vs. Go dzil la (1963) . . sporting theaddition of a horn, tusks, hair, scales, talons.armored plates and a forked tail in an effonto disguise it s otherwise obvious origins. Themonster (referred to in the legend asGometus, ~'Fas played by none other thanHaruo Nakajima. the' actor who ga~',e I . t f i - : toGodzilla from 1954 through 19'72; Nakajimaw a s i ni ti a/~ v e nli sted by 1~' ,Ui1ubnraya toins t ruct the other suit actors on JUJU! tocor re ctl y p or tr ay t he s er ie s' m o ns te r.

i (l'l/,n)~~'.ill!/:" .Monster appearing: Giant monkey 'GoroOr ia ina l airdate: Januarv 9. 1966.0' - ,_ ..-. .' - ,. - - .. c O ' :: .. ., .J ' . " ,Ratings: J3.4~iQScreenplay: Tetsuo Kmjo

D i re ct o r: H a jir n e T s ub u ra y a

re c en tlv d ]s C O , ' !i . -ered1. ~. _ ' 1 .1 ' .~. " '. I .~ . I~ :' : . ..In addition (0 an expanded role fo rsupponing actor Yoshifumi Tajima (to 11.,110"1lppei jokingly refers 1 .0 as a "gorilla"}. thisep iso de .fea tu re s a n unequaled number (~lnoted Japanese sci-ft film a nd telev is io nactors. While actot Yoshio Tsuchiya isprobably the' most .lal'nou;~, having starred insuch Toho classics as The Hum an Vapor(/959) and Monster Zero (/965), the otherouest stars have numerous Toho Ieature filml", .I " '"cred its as w ell. M asan ori Nihet , who ,opP , r! ar sbriefi; as a frightened truck' driver. L ~ ; bestknown 10 Western fans as Science Patrolofficer /10 ( Ide in the original Japaneseversion) in Ul t raman . Likewise. Nadao Kirinoguest-starred as a Keroma alien agent in anepisode of the same series. The giant monkeyGorowas portrayed by Yukio bukutomo: the

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Claro .cOstUl,I'I'C is a restored King Kong suitfrom King Kong vs ..Godzilla (l962). althoughrefurbished with ears and tail so as 10 moreclosely resemble a lnonkey than an ape.

? (.~4 ) " T I - G ' if t f' S '. _.',_- . ..Ie- l '. "rom, pace'Monster appearing: Marsmonster N amegnn

Or ig in a l a ir da te : January ' 16 , 1966Ratin g s: 3 4 _2 ~ ~,Screenplay: Tetsuo Kinjofrirector: HajirneTsuburaya

D irecto r o f S pecial E ffects: K eiji K aw ak am i'G ue st S ta rs: J un Tazak i (President o f th eSp ac e Exp lo r at io n s Bu re au ) .,K o ic hi S ato( Gan gster), S higeo K ato (Area, Pol iceman)

W hen Juo and Y uriko sight at U '.F .O ", I t isdiscovered to be a lost space capsule that hasreturned to Earth after a trip to M ars, Theunmanned capsule is found to ' contain twoS f 1 1 a l J gold spheres.B,efor'e th e objects, c a n besc.lentifically iden tified, ho wever, they a restolen by a thief who m i sta ke s th em ' for nealgold. \ \ 1 1E~n o n e 'O f the spheres inadvertentlycomes in contact with heat, it grows to hugeproportions and hatches a giant slug mons t e rwhich kills the gan gster an d his acco m plice.Upon investigating the scen e, Jun and the;others come face ito face with the monster,which , JWl successfully lures over a cliff andinto the se a below The mons t e r is dissolvedby th e s al t w ate r (it 1 aDay of the Triffids'; an dthe E arth is spared fro m fun her destructio n.

Dr Ichinotani theorizes that the spheres weresent by an advanced alien race. possibly as awarn in g to m ankin d for launching so manypesky space probes, Me anw hil e, Y u rik o wcarsthe second sphere as a necklace. unaware ofth e m o nster in side w aitin g 10 be . b o r n ."-'!:,.". st ".",., ' . '1 ' zaki als. - ,.".,.-..-~J . , c . " . ' . ,ul lt.' . '_:QI. .,un . a"",a.,I(ll.HJ~),alH ..oa~. aptamShirlgl~ii in' Ar ragon (1963), among other Tohofeature jilin appearances. Haruyu Kato.klulu-n.lin' hi comical ro les in su ch Toho fihnas King Kong vs Godzilla appears brie.fly asa Daily News reporter '1&:11,0 is ,100 scared tocover the nlOI'Hl,CI" S:10i}'. Also appearing inthis episode arc Toho supporting actorsi I i. . .Rynusuke Sai jo and Saburo Kadowaki. 1 ' , 1 ' ( '- .roar ( ~ f the "J'OnSTef Namegon (in Japanese.namekuji means s lug) lftlS realized by thesame sound effect usedfor Baragon 's roar inFrankenstein 'Conquers the World . 1ereexists an 1~nglish9.tubbedt'ersion o] thisepisode 0 1 1 which JUri i s r e- named ':1i11'1 ~ andIppei is called "Happy"). presumably createdto sell the series toforeign markets.

4~ (Ill) The l\'lam.nrtoth FlowerMons t e r appearing: G ia nt p la nt ,JI I ' ' 'anOr ig in a l a ir da te . January 2 3 ., ~9 66

Ratinzs: ,5 go;;' : _ '.' ... ~:: .. _.. " .. . i)Screenplay: Tetsuo Kinjo, Ko ji K a ji ra

Direct ,or:Kq_i iKa j i taD irecto r o f S pecial Effects: Ke ij i Kawakami'Guest Stars: Minoru Takada (Dr. Geuda) ..Sachio Sakai (Tokyo Advertising f\d anager)

Y utaka N a ka yam a ( To k yo A d ve rtis in gC o m p an y Man ) , J u ni ch iro Mukai (TokyoPo l i ce Chief)

A strange disturbance ~n Tokyo upturns thegro und an d shakes thebuildines as ifsomethinu huse~ '!!I" " ,;'" .,__ris moving beneath thefoundations of the- city. ~.nthecan al o f the Im perial Palace, alarge tentacle-like vine appears.frightening passersby.Fo llo win g this in ciden t JU1l"Ippei an d Y uriko w itn ess anunderground attack on humans"as the vin es try to suck blo odfro m thcifV fc 'tu ns; Dr,Ichmotani suspects that a giantplant has taken root beneathTokyo, Soon afterward,them on ster-plan t's bu lb crashesupward through a b uild in g an dthe m a m m o th flower b loomso ver the ,eity .W hae Ippei triesto rescue a friend from thedevastated bu ildin g, Jun fliesDr. Genda high above them am m oth 'flo wer in his C essn a.

The scientist drops a special device thatshowers carbonic ,aCH:~as upon th e g ia n t p ~a n tan d it j s destroyed,A ll .111," gJJeSI stars in this episode haveappeared in numerous Toho production.Hi/Jell Ultra Q u 'as originally deve loped as the;series Unbalance, Ichinotani's character \fa~~10 hare served as a Rod S erlin e-tv ne 11, 0,; -1t~-:r ,r Ithe beginning o] e a c h episode. {r cone. ' , e p ' ,hal'ras later scrapped in _ f a l - ' O r (~lvoice-overnarration. However. as this episode l r rasproducedfrom a script written for Unbalance,{Jr. ichinOfani has a .tecuured role. . Thisepisode introduced several concepts that were'later utilized in p o p u l a r science fiction . 1 i l 1 1 1 . s .most notably the appearance < ? f ' , r h e Juran vinein the Impcnal Palace's canal. which isreminiscent (~lHiollanle \ first appearance inAshino Lake in Godzilla "S. Biollante (1989)and the Juran flower breaking ihro,ugh therooftop. identical to several scenes in Gamera2: The Advent of Legion (j99~).

5. I( 1)/ J 4 ), Pegi.la, ..la s 'Come!Mo n s te r a pp ea rin g: R ef rig era tio n m o n ste r

Pesila_ _Or ig in a ' a ir da te : J anuary 3O ~ '1 9 66

Ratings: 34.. ~ / Screenplay Masahiro YamadaDirector: Samaji Nonagase

Directorof Special Effects: Keij ~KawekamiGuest S ta rs : N a rn i T am u ra (Yoko Kuhara],Kappei Matsumoto (C apta in Amada), Ju n

Kuroki (it Cap ta in S uz uk i)A c ti n g as a sp ecial correspondent fo r the Dai lyNews, J un travels to J apan's base at the SouthPole, Once there, he learns about the

The refridqeration mo n st er P e g li.ra ,: popularenouqh fo r a re pe at pre form a ne e

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disappearance of staff membe rthree years ago, an in c id en t 'th at is

de m ore in triguin g by a passage inmura's journalwhich refers to th e' u n kn ow nt y , "Peg i la . II'{o ko K uh ara , s ta ff p hy sic ia n

d N ornura's fiance', is a ls o s ta tio n e d at the'ase an d remains o p tim istic th at th ey w il l f in de rrussmg NOmUf ,3, . Soon, st ranges tu rb an c es b eg in to take place" as \V'eH as a .ramatic drop m th e region's temperature.ter Y o ko o verhears the staffs d ecisio n n o '[

o risk searchin g fo r N om ura, she sets o ut o nr OWA to . find him , When Jun and Captain

finally catch up with h er ~ they findu n c o n S C I I O U S . , guarded by N om ural 's

aith fu l do g Sabu. Nearby, they f indbody impr isoned illth e ic e, the sight

f whi ch h ad c au se d Y oketo faint A s theyo rk to rem o ve the bo dy 'from the ice" the :

ster Pegila attacks bu t the team is ab le tot away unscathed Whi le determining how

Walt; a ble to su rviv e aga in st P eg ila, J unnd Yoko find coke residue on the dog's coatrom this, itis concluded that Peguimin H;, a

extract from coke, is th e monster's.eakn ess. W hen Pegila reappears to , attacke base, a m issile co ntain in g Pegu irn in H isre cted at th e b east. Pegi l a is repelled by th es il e a nd flees th e S ou th P ole.

ctor Jun Kuroki has appeared in severalo feature films includingf\.1othra (196 J)Ghidors the Three-Headed Monster

96J). Pegi la. a monstrous nnnanon of aenguin and a seal witbtusks. was played by

Seino: 'he Pegila costumewas lateras the monster Chandora in Ultraman6. {8/7) 'Gn) 'w! Turtle

(or iginal t i t le: Taro's Sketchbook)Mon s te rs appea ri ng: G i an t tu rt le Gameron I

S tr an g e d ra go n .Or ig in a l a ir da te : Februa ry 6~ 1: 9 66

R atin gs: 3 l . .2 ~oSc reenp l ay : Masah ir o YamadaD ire cto r: H a ru n o su ke N a k ag aw aD irec to r o f S pec ia l E ff ec ts: Ha j: ime Ko izum i

Guest Stars: Kazuo 'Nakamura (TaroU ra sh im a ), M a s an o ri N i he i ( G an g ste r) ,Chotaro Tohg~n (Gangster] , Akira Oh i zum i

( S ch o o l T e ac h er ]young boy n amed Taro develops a cur ious

with. his p et tu rtle", t o w ho m be:o nstan tly en co urages to gro w. A fte r getting,to tro u bl e f or b rin gin g hi s turtle 'to sc ho o ln d n eglectin g his studies, Taro w inds up ineccmpany of two bumbl ing gangsters as

fle e fro m th e a u'!h oriti,e s.W h iI .e h id in gut in the sewer, Taro is delighted to fi:nd thatis turtle has suddenlygro\Vl1, to 99'n tim e te rs in l en gth . The sight of th e giant

turtle, h ow ev er, f r- ig hte ns the gan gsters in tothe welco ming arm s o f the po lice. A ssum ingthat Taro had been k idn apped . by th e twothieves, th e a uth o ri ti es return to collect theb oy , who is nowhere to be found . I ns te ad , h erides on the back of hi s turtle to the underseaDragon Palace, as depicted in his crayondrawings, There he meets a young.mischievous princess n am es O to him e, whoeludesTaro while riding on a ro ck et an d thenproeeeds uo sic he r pe t dragon on him( Oteh irn e's n am e is d erived fro m the J apan eseOIOn'1(3 mean i ng J'Oling girl an d hime mean i ngprincess.v W hen T a rc , wishes to r etu rn horne ,Otohime gives him a mysterious box, whichshe ten s h im n ever 10 o pen an d he isimmediately transported back to his family.Unable to resist temptat ion, Taro o pen s the 'b ox an d in stan tly b eco m es an o ldman!As a modern-day re-telling of the classicJapanese folklore tale Urashima Taro. thischildren 'sstory I~Sone (~ f several episodes 1'1.0;to feature the' regular cast (\'~'hoappear OI'l'.~Vbriefly while investigating Taro 'sd is ,a pp e' QrG n 'c ej ..M a sa no ri N ih ei g ue st star...~;in his signature comedic role. along 'withToho slipporting actor Chotaro Tohgin as theI",~.'("..'I/~'/!'1'.g ' ' U . M g . " c,E) ."'t' In ~h- ka ;,."ciepa rtn I!en t, :_rll" ' - ".~ J - .. ._ ,~ , .~I"~,,,~~ I_ I r_~, K ~ _. r r '_ ' U r t ; . . . " ' . . : , -~-. l ': I_. '-f_,~

kl'! ' ,_; '"". ' =,Yukio Fukutome played the giant turtleGameron. while the 5~,rnCle, .Manda puppetfrom the Toho science fiction filn Ar ragon(J 9'63) makes a brie] appearance asOtohime 's pel dragon.

7 . (2 6/2 6) 8. ,0 .8 .. , M i . FuJ i( o r ig i n al t id e : C;org(M:)M o n s te r a pp ea rin g: R o ck monster Go:rgo,s

Original w rdate: Feb ru ary ~3 ,~1966Ratings: 32.5%1

S cr ee n pl ay ; T e ts uo K in j o , K it ao SenzokuDirector: To sh ih ir o I jim aDirector of Special Effects: Tohru MarobaGuest S t ar s: E i ji ro

T a ka sh im a (T ak e ru ),KazUKO Ichikawa(M i tsuko) , Dim Kana i

(Y o k o h amaPo l iceman]

Y ur iko. .mvesngates increasedv o l ca n ic a c ti vi ty i n . theMt. Fuj j area, shelearns the story of amodem -day Tarzann am ed Takeru , w ho isrumored to live in theregion's dense woodssince' becoming ' lostwithin them 15 years.ago. Meanwhile,

u nd erg ro un d v olcan ic en erg y creates boilingtem peratu res :in a lake at th e f o o t o f th em o un tain an d a huge boulder erupts fro m thewaters. Because the r ock obstructs a maintra ve l ro ute "I I t is b lasted ap art w ith d yn am itean d the p ieces are tran spo rted back into thefo rest, A t n ight, th e p ie ce s co l l ec t around astrange luminescent ro ck , c reatin g a nenOH110US rock mons ter 'that I iv,es an d breathesl ike an animal , W hile the investigative triosearch es fo r T ak eru w ith th e help o f h i s , oldersiste r M itsuko an a rea po licem ir.llil fi n ds him, , 1V, I, I, ~~"}_, . , 10 - . ': , :.",, " "Il, J1 IJ. , I,":Jtrapped by the mons t e r beneath a fallen treeand helps him to escape. Takeru rushes theo th ers to s afe ty a nd th en c on fro n ts. th em o n ste ra l one , C lim bin g o n the, creature's back, he issuccessful in destroying the mysteriousglowing o rb w hich fun ctio ns as the m o nster'sheart an d th e beast falls o ver dead, Takeru isre un ite d w ith hi s sister an d happi ly returns toc iv i ~ization.Tetsuo Kinjo. writer and series planner fo rU ltra 'Q ,U ltr,an lan and U ltras even" iscons idered To he nne ' f?! th e driving creativeforces behind the early Ultra series. KitaoSenzoku is the pen-name .ior d irectorTos h ih iro fi il l Ia. who scripted and directeds e ve ra t s e ri e S I J . i sodes. G odz i I / O ' ' s t radenuJrkroar lras usedfor the rock monster (iarg()s. asplayed by Haruyoshi Nakamura ..8 . ( ] O l 1 1 ) The Terro r ef S 'W eetHoneyM o n ster ap pea rin g: M o le m o n ste r M.ong l e r

O rig in al aird ate: F eb ru ary 2 0.) 1'9 66R atm zs . 3 . 2 - '}VtHol. '.' r Q

S c re en p la y: T ets uo K in joD ire cto r: K o ji K e jita

D ire cto r o f S pe cia l E ffe cts : K eiji K aw ak am iG T . . : I I s ' tS 't a r s : Su sumu K ' U ' [1Q ' b' e' ( .Shi J .U I I ! ! ; ; i , ~ q,. .)i.. _ . . : > L '_..' ~.... . . _ ~g.eoK im ura), G en S him izu (S ite Chief

H as eg aw a), K eik o S aw ai ( A ik o H ase ga wa ]

M,o~,emonster Mlo,ng~er f rolm episode elght.- '-The ' terrpr of Sw , ee t H on s' y

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Jun . Y uriko , lppe: an d Dr. Ichinotani V1Slt alaboratory near Mount Isa to learn more aboutthe experim en ts o f a researcher n am edKimura Kimura ha s developed a specialnutr ient cal led Honey Jel l ion, which he hasfed to colonies of bees. Following a n in c id en to f v an d al ism at the' greennou,sle w here the beesI-.are stored, a giant mole appears, terrorizingth e fa rm land co mm un ity . A p paren tiy "!,th ean im al had eaten the larvae bred on Honev_ . , "J ell io n an d grew to ,super size. K im ura blam esh~rnself tor the traaedv w hen th e monster! " . .wreaks havoc in the n earby vil I a ge " , Theinvestigative trio soon discovers, however,that it was Kimura 's jealous col league.Ttami,who had de l iberately demolished thegreenhouse .. t]1U$ enabling the mole access tonutrient-raised insects Itami flees theautho rities an d, ~n trying to destro y themons ter with dynarn i t i E : , is k il le d. Underfhes u ggestio n o f D r. I chin otan i, th e military ISalerted to launch missiles [0 stinlL.da.t:ethev ol ca ni c a,ctivitv~n the area. Themol,em on ster is even tual lv destro ved in the en su in e~ I . ' ~eruption ,Having appeared as a support in~gbad g~(V inseveral Toho films. Susnm Kurobe is n; lOS1.lan'un'fs .f or p J a.' ~i ng Ultraman's heroic alter-eg;o. Science Patrol member Hayata inUltraman The mole monster Mongler (inJapanese. mogura l :nc'(Jn,) 'moi.e) l1.'(lj," playod byYukio Fukutom. Stock footag .troll" Redan(I~'56) and The M y sterian s (1957) U'ClS usedin the episode's ctimactic battlesequence.

9" (~]I ~3,) The Spider BaronMons te r appearing; Giant spider Tarantula

Original airdsteFebruary 27~ ~966Ratin Q;$.~ 3 5. 7 /1 )" , - .

Screenp lay .Tetsuo KinjoDirector: Hajime Tsuburaya

Director of Special Effects: Ha jir n e K o iz um i

The, Scr'iptfor episode n~liI,e"T,j..,- S' -,~.4a.r c P a- on1 ,~te.. p.w!,;< , ~ _ . _ ..

Guest Stars: Yuusuke Takida (Haiyama)Ak ik o Waka ba ya sh i (Kyoko), J i ro T s ur ug a( Ta ke ha ra ), K o ji I w am o to (Lighthouse

Keeper )Returning home from a party one night, .J unand company become lost in the outskirts ofTokyo. When I ppei an d T ak eh ar a a cc id en tl ystu mb le in to . a m arsh , the g ro up se eks refugein a n earby W esrem -sty le mansion to helpkeep the tw o m en warm While in theab an do n ed m an sio n , Jun rem em bers the taleof the Spider 'Baron, 8. man who lived in a"S Im i (ar~y- ed dwe!~ing and harbored 3,bizarre attraction to spiders. Legend has itthat when the baron's only daughter wasaccidentallykilled by his poisonous tarantula,she w as reborn a sa s pid er h ers el f" dr iving herfath er in sa ne . Before l ong , Jun an d the othersare attacked by two giant tarantul a s, therein carn ated fo rm s o f the baron an d hisdaughter that have been lurking ~ntheshadows of the mans ion . Jun sueceeds jnki l l ing one o f them with a 'knife an d the groupflees the m an sio n with th e seco nd spider '~nclose pursuit. Tlpon reaching the'~r cars, Jun I Ssuccessfu l in drivin g over th e monstrousa ra ch nid , k il lin g it to o . \\fhen the spidere xp ire s.jb e m.'.a ns io n cru r n b le s I nto ' t he ~'VUam In" .' > 1' " . , , ~ " , I - ~ :W v . UJI. I. lI '. .. ~ ~ - _ ,I , . , ' ,' c I , ' . ' , , ' " , "_ ". _ l~ ' ." '~",,, ' , 'y 'leaving nary atrace o f is ex i s tence ,T hi s " !t- ~a :~ '\; C r ies' km e 'haunted 1 1 ouse ~ c rU /J ;an d Kenji Sal1lara'sjol'orile ep isode"Actress Aldko Wakabavashi' , , . _ .. V"portrayed Princess Salina inGhidora the Three-Headed Monster(1964) and the lone female hood inthe gang ' o . f diamond thieves inDogora the Space Monster (J9(5)..~o . f 2 5 / 2 5 , ) Th.eUnderground

' S , . ' _ _ , - _ E . ' Pr4e!! to fhe ' W ' ' . ' est,_uper ~,XP!l!'~~'3 _U . '_ ' ... .::J.( o rgma l t id e: The Underg ronndSuper E ~ : r . p ' . r e $ s )Monster .appe:aring:Artificia1

bein g M ..IOriginal airdateMerch 6 ;) 1 9 66

Ra ....tin Ole ~.., ,01', .. .. ,~...~ . .JIL . .U701. . . . .Sc re en p la y: H i ro y a su Yamamu r a ,Kitao SenzokuDirector: Tosh~hiro l j irna

Director of SpecialEffects: TohruMatobaGuest Stars: Susumu Ishikawa

(ChiefNishioka)"TetsuoYamamu r a (Itacbi), KiminobuOkumura (Driver Koyama)

Y uriko an d Ippei are p assen gers o nthe in augural voyage o f th eInuum,8lia futuristic bullet trainleavingN',ew Tokyo Station forNorth Kyushu..Mis,taking it for

M~1, and ltachi speed towarddis,aster mepiscde #10

yuriko's case, Ippei accidentlv brings alongth e h ig h- pre ss ure c o nta in e r which ho uses D r.A i kaw a's a rt if ic al l if ef o rm , M~l. The: l i feform,which primarily exists in a j e ll y . ..ik e state,becomes active when carelessly exposed to 8photographer's nashbu]b.Whi~e stowed in theIn azurn a's engin e ro om , rapid cell, divisiono ccurs, evo lvin g v1.I in to a go rilla ..l ik e b ein g .M~ frightens the crew and p la y fu ll y to y s withth e equipment in the aban do n ed en gin e ro om ,damagmg the train's electronic brairt WifhtheInazurna speeding out o f control . th e

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c o n d uc to r s ep a ra te s the p ass en ge r c ar' fro m th eengine, leaving Ms] inside the engine room.However, a YOWlg stowaway named I tachi isalso trapped with the pan ick y M~] in theengine car, now speeding tow a rd d es tr uc ti o n .At the last terminal, the Inazuma's maidenvo ya ge e nd s in fiery disaster; Itachi an d 1\4',..,h o- we ve r, h av in g h id de n in a sto rage lo cker,are safely l au n ch ed in to o rb itltongue-in-cheek episode. as evidenced by

the gO(ify antics fd M! (shortfor Man-MadeO'.. I ) as played by Haruyoshi Nakamura.

which include scratching its head monkey-style and uuering "watashi u'a kamome" ("]QI1: ' a fJ'lIlrt)~'1/hile beins; propelled into outer,,), ,0.1space, P roduction designer Tohru Naritaalso envisioned a moreexotic concept ..or theevloved M J . in addition 10 the eorilla-like;.~design that was ultimately used.

I 1 . ( '~(/16) Bal lo 'ong,aMonster appearing: Balloon monster

BaUoong,aO n g in a l a ird ate : M a rc h ' f) , ~ 1966Ratinas: 32.6~/o,- rS cre en p la y: K u rn o T o ra rn il fire cto r: S am a ji

Nonaaase~.~ --Director of Special Effects: Keiji KawakamiGuest Stars: Hirayosb i Aono (Dr Nararuaru),Masaroh Takahashi (Pilot), Ryusuke Nakae

(Administrator)A myster ious l ifeform adheres to th erc ck etsh ip S atu rn ~ o n its re tu rn trip f ol lo w in gthe explorat ion of Saturn. Thealien creatureabsorbs the rocket ' s energy causing it to crashinto th e sea upon re-entry into Earth'satmosphere. Investigating in his Cessna .. Jundiscovers the s eem in g ly h arm l es s b al lo o n - lik elifeform and brines it 10 Tokyo fo r further

'study. Feeding on the vast po wer in the hearto f the city, B al lo o ng a g ro w s out o f con tro l ,

destroying Jun's car and ser iously injuringlppei in the pro cess. B allo o n ga flo ats highabove Tokyo as it , con t inues to absorb thecity IS energyr- keep i na the residents in a

, I . '" ! 1~cons tan t state o f blackout Conven t iona lwe a~"' -Ipn s c a n n o t destrov the creat u r e_._"whic_..11''- If "_ ~ : ,. I . - .

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A l th ou g h th e mons te r' s c os tume u'us a ls o u se das the man-sized kaiiu l'ign10n in UltramanGaramon ha s become the single 1110'S/'identifiable image q _ f the enlf~eUltra Q ' series,

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