Ultraman 80
| Ultraman 80 | |
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| Created by | Tsuburaya Productions |
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| Directed by | Noriaki Yuasa |
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| Composer | Tōru Fuyuki |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 24 minutes (per episode) |
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| Network | |
| Release | April 2, 1980 – March 25, 1981 |
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Ultraman 80 (ウルトラマン80, Urutoraman Eiti, Ultraman Eighty) is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show produced by Tsuburaya Productions which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System channel from April 2, 1980, to March 25, 1981, lasting a total of 50 episodes. After going off the air in 1981, the network still aired weekly reruns of the show.[1] It was the ninth TV show in the Ultra Series and began a week after the conclusion of the anime series The Ultraman, bringing the franchise back to its live-action roots. It would be the last Ultraman TV series for Japanese audiences during the following 16 years until the production of Ultraman Tiga.
Plot
[edit]Following the end of the 1979-80 anime The Ultraman, Ultraman 80 returns to the setting of the main Showa continuity, taking place after 5 years of peace since the end of Ultraman Leo. A new middle school teacher Takeshi Yamato is actually the disguised Ultra from the Land of Light, Ultraman 80, whose mission is to fight a new wave of monsters resulted from Minus Energy while stabilizing his life as a teacher and UGM member. Although the initial episodes focuses on Takeshi trying to solve the daily problems of his students, starting from episode 13 onward he left the school to join UGM as a full time officer as more members keep appearing one after another in the series progress. Episode 31 returned to the setting of Takeshi interacting with the guest characters of children every week while dealing with appearing monsters and their relation to it. When the princess from the Land of Light Yullian went to Earth as a result of King Galtan's attack, she joined UGM to replace the deceased member Emi Jōno while operating with fellow Ultra Takeshi/80 in dealing against monster attacks. In the season finale, their identities were exposed by Captain Ōyama, who prevented them from participating in the fight against Margodon to prove humankind's reliability in defending the Earth. With their true nature exposed, 80 and Yullian spent their final days on Earth before departing toward the Land of Light, leaving Earth in a 25-year period of peace.
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Teacher Ultraman" Transliteration: "Urutoraman Sensei" (Japanese: ウルトラマン先生) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | April 2, 1980 |
| 2 | "The Teacher’s Secret" Transliteration: "Sensei no Himitsu" (Japanese: 先生の秘密) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | April 9, 1980 |
| 3 | "Don’t Cry, First Love Monster" Transliteration: "Naku na Hatsukoi Kaijū" (Japanese: 泣くな初恋怪獣) | Kiyosumi Fukazawa | Shosuke Ai | April 16, 1980 |
| 4 | "From the Sky with Love" Transliteration: "Ōzora yori Ai o Komete" (Japanese: 大空より愛をこめて) | Kiyosumi Fukazawa | Shosuke Ai | April 23, 1980 |
| 5 | "The City of Illusion" Transliteration: "Maboroshi no Machi" (Japanese: まぼろしの街) | Noriaki Yuasa | Hiroyasu Yamaura | April 30, 1980 |
| 6 | "The Boy from the Stars" Transliteration: "Hoshi kara Kita Shōnen" (Japanese: 星から来た少年) | Noriaki Yuasa | Jō Hirose | May 7, 1980 |
| 7 | "The Tokyo Silent Operation" Transliteration: "Tōkyō Sairento Sakusen" (Japanese: 東京サイレント作戦) | Kiyosumi Fukazawa | Shigemitsu Taguchi | May 14, 1980 |
| 8 | "The Revived Legend" Transliteration: "Yomigaetta Densetsu" (Japanese: よみがえった伝説) | Kiyosumi Fukazawa | Yasushi Hirano | May 21, 1980 |
| 9 | "The Airport Is in Danger!" Transliteration: "Eapōto Kikiippatsu!" (Japanese: エアポート危機一髪！) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | May 28, 1980 |
| 10 | "The Visitor from Space" Transliteration: "Uchū kara no Hōmonsha" (Japanese: 宇宙からの訪問者) | Noriaki Yuasa | Tsutomu Tsukushi | June 4, 1980 |
| 11 | "The Dreadful Gas Panic" Transliteration: "Kyōfu no Gasu Panikku" (Japanese: 恐怖のガスパニック) | Kiyosumi Fukazawa | Yasushi Hirano | June 11, 1980 |
| 12 | "The Beautiful Transfer Student" Transliteration: "Utsukushii Tenkōsei" (Japanese: 美しい転校生) | Kiyosumi Fukazawa | Jō Hirose | June 18, 1980 |
| 13 | "Attack! Formation Yamato" Transliteration: "Hissatsu! Fōmēshon Yamato" (Japanese: 必殺！ フォーメーション・ヤマト) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | June 25, 1980 |
| 14 | "Teleportation! The Man from Paris" Transliteration: "Terepōtēshon! Pari kara Kita Otoko" (Japanese: テレポーテーション！ パリから来た男) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | July 2, 1980 |
| 15 | "The Devil Doctor’s Laboratory" Transliteration: "Akuma Hakase no Jikkenshitsu" (Japanese: 悪魔博士の実験室) | Jō Hirose | Shosuke Ai | July 9, 1980 |
| 16 | "The Mysterious Space Substance Snow Art" Transliteration: "Nazo no Uchū Buttai Sunō Āto" (Japanese: 謎の宇宙物体スノーアート) | Jō Hirose | Yasushi Hirano | July 16, 1980 |
| 17 | "Fly to the Sinister Monster Island!!: Part 1" Transliteration: "Ma no Kaijū-jima e Tobe!! (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 魔の怪獣島へ飛べ!! 前編) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | July 23, 1980 |
| 18 | "Fly to the Sinister Monster Island!!: Part 2" Transliteration: "Ma no Kaijū-jima e Tobe!! (Kōhen)" (Japanese: 魔の怪獣島へ飛べ!! 後編) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | July 30, 1980 |
| 19 | "The Order to Destroy the Stray Star" Transliteration: "Hagure-boshi Bakuha Meirei" (Japanese: はぐれ星爆破命令) | Samaji Nonagase | Bunzo Wakatsuki | August 6, 1980 |
| 20 | "Invasion!! The Army of Vampire Balls" Transliteration: "Shūrai!! Kyūketsu Bōru Gundan" (Japanese: 襲来!! 吸血ボール軍団) | Samaji Nonagase | Tsutomu Tsukushi | August 13, 1980 |
| 21 | "Shine into Eternity!! Space G-Men 85" Transliteration: "Towa ni Kagayake!! Uchū Jīmen Hachijū-go" (Japanese: 永遠とわに輝け！！ 宇宙Gメン85) | Noriaki Yuasa | Hiroyasu Yamaura | August 20, 1980 |
| 22 | "When the Planets Align, Something Will Happen" Transliteration: "Wakusei ga Narabu Hi Nani ga Okoru" (Japanese: 惑星が並ぶ日 なにかが起こる) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | August 27, 1980 |
| 23 | "SOS! The Invasion of the Space Amoebas" Transliteration: "Esu Ō Esu!! Uchū Amēba no Dai Shinryaku" (Japanese: SOS!! 宇宙アメーバの大侵略) | Tōru Toyama | Hiroyasu Yamaura | September 3, 1980 |
| 24 | "The Star of Traitorous Androids" Transliteration: "Uragitta Andoroido no Hoshi" (Japanese: 裏切ったアンドロイドの星) | Tōru Toyama | Yasushi Hirano | September 10, 1980 |
| 25 | "The Beautiful Challenger" Transliteration: "Utsukushiki Charenjā" (Japanese: 美しきチャレンジャー) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | September 17, 1980 |
| 26 | "Shadow Samurais in the Time Tunnel" Transliteration: "Taimu Ton'neru no Kagemusha-tachi" (Japanese: タイムトンネルの影武者たち) | Noriaki Yuasa | Yasushi Hirano | September 24, 1980 |
| 27 | "Terror of the White Devil" Transliteration: "Shiroi Akuma no Kyōfu" (Japanese: 白い悪魔の恐怖) | Tōru Toyama | Ryū Minamikawa | October 1, 1980 |
| 28 | "Lullaby of the Migrant Bird Monster" Transliteration: "Wataridori Kaijū no Komoriuta" (Japanese: 渡り鳥怪獣の子守歌) | Tōru Toyama | Shosuke Ai | October 8, 1980 |
| 29 | "Rage of the Monster Emperor" Transliteration: "Kaijū Teiō no Ikari" (Japanese: 怪獣帝王の怒り) | Noriaki Yuasa | Bunzo Wakatsuki | October 15, 1980 |
| 30 | "The Friend Who Disappeared in the Desert" Transliteration: "Sabaku ni Kieta Yūjin" (Japanese: 砂漠に消えた友人) | Noriaki Yuasa | Bunzo Wakatsuki | October 23, 1980 |
| 31 | "The Monster Seeds Has Flown" Transliteration: "Kaijū no Tane Tonda" (Japanese: 怪獣の種飛んだ) | Tōru Toyama | Shosuke Ai | October 30, 1980 |
| 32 | "The Monster Ship in the Dark Ocean" Transliteration: "Ankoku no Umi no Monsutā Shippu" (Japanese: 暗黒の海のモンスターシップ) | Tōru Toyama | Yasushi Hirano | November 5, 1980 |
| 33 | "The Monster Made by a Boy" Transliteration: "Shōnen ga Tsukutteshimatta Kaijū" (Japanese: 少年が作ってしまった怪獣) | Noriaki Yuasa | Shosuke Ai | November 12, 1980 |
| 34 | "I Caught a Weird Fish!" Transliteration: "Hentekorin na Sakana o Tsutta zo!" (Japanese: ヘンテコリンな魚を釣ったぞ！) | Noriaki Yuasa | Toshirō Ishidō | November 19, 1980 |
| 35 | "The 99-Year Dragon God Festival" Transliteration: "Kyūjū-kyū-nen-me no Ryūjin-sai" (Japanese: 99年目の竜神祭) | Isamu Aizuki | Bunzo Wakatsuki | December 3, 1980 |
| 36 | "Hang in There! Stag Beetle Wintering Team" Transliteration: "Ganbare! Kuwagata Ettō-tai" (Japanese: がんばれ！ クワガタ越冬隊) | Isamu Aizuki | Toshirō Ishidō | December 10, 1980 |
| 37 | "Alien Baltan’s Dreadful Zoo Scheme" Transliteration: "Osoreteita Barutan Seijin no Dōbutsuen Sakusen" (Japanese: 怖れていたバルタン星人の動物園作戦) | Tōru Toyama | Toshirō Ishidō | December 17, 1980 |
| 38 | "Echo Through the Sky, Ultra Father’s Voice" Transliteration: "Ōzora ni Hibike Urutora no Chichi no Koe" (Japanese: 大空にひびけ ウルトラの父の声) | Tōru Toyama | Bunzo Wakatsuki | December 24, 1980 |
| 39 | "I’m a Monster" Transliteration: "Boku wa Kaijū da~i" (Japanese: ボクは怪獣だ～い) | Noriaki Yuasa | Yasushi Hirano | January 7, 1981 |
| 40 | "The Sumo Boy from the Mountains" Transliteration: "Yama kara Sumō Kozō ga Yattekita" (Japanese: 山からすもう小僧がやって来た) | Noriaki Yuasa | Matasaburō Mizusawa | January 14, 1981 |
| 41 | "Don't You Want to See the Zero Fighter Bird Monster?" Transliteration: "Kimi wa Zerosen Kaichō o Mitakunai kai?" (Japanese: 君はゼロ戦怪鳥を見たくないかい？) | Shōhei Tōjō | Toshirō Ishidō | January 21, 1981 |
| 42 | "That’s Great! Guanyin Was Strong!" Transliteration: "Sasuga! Kan'non-sama wa Tsuyokatta!" (Japanese: さすが！ 観音さまは強かった！) | Shōhei Tōjō | Toshirō Ishidō | January 28, 1981 |
| 43 | "The Female Warrior from the Star of Ultra" Transliteration: "Urutora no Hoshi kara Tondekita On'na Senshi" (Japanese: ウルトラの星から飛んで来た女戦士) | Noriaki Yuasa | Matasaburō Mizusawa | February 4, 1981 |
| 44 | "Fierce Fight! 80 vs. Ultraseven" Transliteration: "Geki Faito! Eiti Tai Urutorasebun" (Japanese: 激ファイト！ 80vsウルトラセブン) | Noriaki Yuasa | Kōsuke Yoshida | February 11, 1981 |
| 45 | "Alien Baltan’s Endless Challenger Spirit" Transliteration: "Barutan Seijin no Kagiri Naki Charenji Damashī" (Japanese: バルタン星人の限りなきチャレンジ魂) | Samaji Nonagase | Toshirō Ishidō | February 18, 1981 |
| 46 | "The Feared Red King’s Revival" Transliteration: "Osoreteita Reddo Kingu no Fukkatsu Sengen" (Japanese: 恐れていたレッドキングの復活宣言) | Shōhei Tōjō | Yasushi Hirano | February 25, 1981 |
| 47 | "The Evil Glove, Be Careful What You Throw Out!!" Transliteration: "Ma no Gurōbu Otoshimono ni Goyōjin!!" (Japanese: 魔のグローブ 落し物にご用心!!) | Shōhei Tōjō | Toshirō Ishidō | March 4, 1981 |
| 48 | "The Speed Runner from Death Mountain" Transliteration: "Shinigami-yama no Supīdo Ran'nā" (Japanese: 死神山のスピードランナー) | Kiyohiko Miyasaka | Matasaburō Mizusawa | March 11, 1981 |
| 49 | "80’s Greatest Peril! Transform! Female Ultraman" Transliteration: "Eiti Saidai no Pinchi! Henshin! On'na Urutoraman" (Japanese: 80最大のピンチ！ 変身！ 女ウルトラマン) | Kiyohiko Miyasaka | Hiroyasu Yamaura | March 18, 1981 |
| 50 | "Ah! The Giraffes and Elephants Turned into Ice!!" Transliteration: "A! Kirin mo Zō mo Kōri ni Natta!!" (Japanese: あっ！ キリンも象も氷になった!!) | Kazuho Mitsuta | Toshirō Ishidō | March 25, 1981 |
Cast
[edit]- Takeshi Yamato (矢的 猛, Yamato Takeshi), Ultraman 80 (Voice): Hatsunori Hasegawa (長谷川初範, Hasegawa Hatsunori)
- Kazuki Ōyama (オオヤマ 一樹, Ōyama Kazuki): Jin Nakayama (中山 仁, Nakayama Jin)
- Junkichi Itō (イトウ 順吉, Itō Junkichi): Masaaki Daimon (大門 正明, Daimon Masaaki)
- Tokihiko Harada (ハラダ 時彦, Harada Tokihiko): Daisuke Musō (無双 大介, Musō Daisuke)
- Hiroshi Tajima (タジマ 浩, Tajima Hiroshi): Shūhei Nitta (新田 修平, Nitta Shūhei)
- Emi Jōno (城野 エミ, Jō'no Emi), Maihime (舞姫), Android Emi (アンドロイド・エミ, Andoroido Emi): Eri Ishida (石田 えり, Ishida Eri)
- Shinhachirō Fujimori (フジモリ 新八郎, Fujimori Shinhachirō): Masashi Furuta (古田 正志, Furuta Masashi)
- Noboru Ikeda (イケダ 登, Ikeda Noboru): Tatsuya Okamoto (岡本 達哉, Okamoto Tatsuya)
- Ryōko Hoshi (星 涼子, Hoshi Ryōko), Yullian (ユリアン, Yurian, Voice): Sayoko Hagiwara (萩原 佐代子, Hagiwara Sayoko)
- Teruo Sera (セラ 照夫, Sera Teruo): Akihiko Sugisaki (杉崎 昭彦, Sugisaki Akihiko)
- Non-chan (ノンちゃん), Yuriko Kosaka (小坂 ユリ子, Kosaka Yuriko): Noriko Shirasaka (白坂 紀子, Shirasaka Noriko)
- Kennosuke Hayashi (林 憲之助, Hayashi Ken'nosuke): Saburō Bōya (坊屋 三郎, Bōya Saburō)
- Kumi Nozaki (野崎 クミ, Nozaki Kumi): Ikuko Wada (和田 幾子, Wada Ikuko)
- Kyōko Aihara (相原 京子, Aihara Kyōko): Mayumi Asano (浅野 真弓, Asano Mayumi)
- Super (スーパー, Sūpā): Hirotomo Shimizu (清水 浩智, Shimizu Hirotomo)
- Fashion (ファッション, Fasshon): Midori Kuno (久野 みどり, Kuno Midori)
- Rakugo (落語): Junichi Kitai (鍛代 順一, Kitai Jun'ichi)
- Professor (ハカセ, Hakase): Ikumi Ueno (上野 郁巳, Ueno Ikumi)
- Narrator: Yūsaku Yara (屋良 有作, Yara Yūsaku), Shiro Suzuki (鈴木 史朗, Suzuki Shirō, 1-13)
Songs
[edit]- Opening themes
- "Ultraman 80" (ウルトラマン80, Urutoraman Eiti)
- Lyrics: Michio Yamagami (山上 路夫, Yamagami Michio)
- Composition & Arrangement: Noboru Kimura (木村 昇, Kimura Noboru)
- Artist: TALIZMAN
- Episodes: 1-39
- Ganbare Ultraman 80 (がんばれウルトラマン80, Ganbare Urutoraman Eiti, lit. "Hang in There, Ultraman 80")
- Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
- Composition & Arrangement: Noboru Kimura
- Artist: TALIZMAN, Columbia Yurikago Kai (コロムビアゆりかご会, Koromubia Yurikago Kai)
- Episodes: 40-50
- Ending themes
- "Let's Go UGM" (レッツ・ゴー・UGM, Rettsu Gō Yū Jī Emu)
- Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
- Composition & Arrangement: Noboru Kimura
- Artist: TALIZMAN
- Episodes: 1-39
- "Chikyūjin da yo" (地球人だよ, lit. "You Are Earthlings")
- Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
- Composition & Arrangement: Noboru Kimura
- Artist: TALIZMAN, Columbia Yurikago Kai
- Episodes: 40-49
- Insert theme
- "Kokoro o Moyasu Aitsu -Yamato Takeshi no Uta-" (心を燃やすあいつ -矢的猛の歌-, lit. "That Guy Burning the Heart -Song of Takeshi Yamato-")
- Lyrics: Kazuho Mitsuta (満田 かずほ, Mitsuta Kazuho)
- Composition: Tōru Fuyuki (冬木 透, Fuyuki Tōru)
- Arrangement: Masahisa Takeichi (武市 昌久, Takeichi Masahisa)
- Artist: Kōji Numata (ぬまた こうじ, Numata Kōji)
- Episodes: 50
Home media
[edit]In 2014, the series was released on Crunchyroll,[2] and later released on the streaming service Toku in 2017.[3]
In July 2020, Shout! Factory announced to have struck a multi-year deal with Alliance Entertainment and Mill Creek Entertainment, with the blessings of Tsuburaya and Indigo, that granted them the exclusive SVOD and AVOD digital rights to the Ultra series and films (1,100 TV episodes and 20 films) acquired by Mill Creek the previous year. Ultraman 80, amongst other titles, will stream in the United States and Canada through Shout! Factory TV and Tokushoutsu.[4]
It was released in the United States on DVD September 14, 2021 by Mill Creek Entertainment.
Other appearances
[edit]- Ultraman Story, Ultraman Zoffy: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army and Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider: stock footage appearances
- Ultraman Mebius
- Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy and Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial: see here
- Ultraman Retsuden
- Ultraman Geed: see here
References
[edit]- ^ Talmadge, Eric (July 25, 1989). "Ultraman! Japan's top superhero to take on U.S." Lancaster New Era. p. 15. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Fall Catalog: Ultraman 80, Last Cinderella, Always the Two of Us, Locodol OVA". Crunchyroll. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ "TOKU to Air Ultraman 80 With English Subtitles". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ Patrick Frater (July 10, 2020). "Shout! Factory Strikes 'Ultraman' Digital Distribution Deal With Mill Creek". Variety. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Ultraman 80 at IMDb
- Official website of Tsuburaya Productions (in English)
- Ultraman Connection — Official website (in English)
- Official Ultraman channel at YouTube