is a Japanese animated

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 television series co-produced by Tsuburaya Production and Tokyo Broadcasting System

Tokyo Broadcasting System

, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

. The series aired on TBS Television affiliates on the Wednesday 7:00 PM time slot from April 4, 1979 to March 26, 1980, lasting a total of 50 episodes. It was the eighth installment in the Ultra Series

Ultra Series

The is the collective name for all the shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad Ultra Monsters. The Ultra Series is one of the prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan, along with Toei produced series Kamen Rider, Super...

 and aired four years after the end of Ultraman Leo

Ultraman Leo

is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 7th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Leo was aired between April 12, 1974 to March 28, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes. Tatsumi Nikamoto was the in-suit actor of Ultraman Leo.-Plot:...

. The show was the first animated incarnation of Tsuburaya's iconic superhero Ultraman

Ultraman

is Japanese television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, , a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q...

, as well as one of the earliest works of anime studio Nippon Sunrise (now known simply as Sunrise

Sunrise (company)

is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...

), who also worked on their now-iconic mecha series Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam

is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...

during the same year.

Ultraman Joeneus

The Ultraman featured in this series is named , who is also called for short, and he hails from the Planet U40 (as opposed to the Land of Light in Nebula M78, where Ultra-beings usually came from).

Statistics

• Height: 70 meters (120 meters~micro size)
• Weight: 50,000 tons (85,000 tons~0 tons)
• Flight Speed: Mach 8
• Jumping Distance: 100 meters
• Home Planet: Planet U40
• Human Form: Choichiro Hikari
• Transformation Item:

Power and weapons

: "L" style beam attack. Its A-type throws an energy ball and its B-type shoots an energy beam, with many other variations such as an electric beam and "+" style beam.: A powerful version of Planium Beam A-type.: A beam from his Astro Spot.: A star-shaped beam from his Astro Spot.: A crescent-shaped slashing laser beam.: Continuous energy bullets.: Makes a monster small-scale.: Continuous energy bullets from his spinning body.: Makes a monster an activity stop temporarily in an energy barrier.: A clairvoyant ability.: A ring-shaped beam.: A powerful beam of planium energy and the Super Magma Energy Capsule.: A flying drill attack.: Seals a monster in an energy barrier.: Seals a monster in a gaseous barrier.: An energy barrier.: An energy barrier.: An energy barrier.: Heating his body.:: Transfers his life energy.

Scientific Defense Guard

The is a branch of the Earth Defence Force.: The first captain of the Far East Zone. He is transferred to the America Zone in Episode 26.: The second captain of the Far East Zone, who takes over Akiyama's duties from Episode 27 and onward.: A strongman and an expert marksman.: A weapons developer.: A female member.: He encounters Joeneus on his way from a space station to the earth, and merges with Joeneus.

English versions

In the United States

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, there have been two feature-length movie compilations:

• The Adventures of Ultraman (1981), a featured-length movie produced by Tsuburaya Productions specifically for the English-language market. The movie is composed of edited footage from several episodes of the series. The storyline was rewritten for this adaptation with a new script by Jeff Segal and music composed by Mark McKinniss.
• Ultraman II: The Further Adventures of Ultraman (1983), a dub of the first four episodes co-produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Associates Entertainment International. Despite the title, it has no continuity with the previous English dub of the series. Although the translation is closer to the original Japanese scripts than the first movie, the characters' names were still changed (although, the names given to the characters are not the same ones used in the previous dub). The order of the third and fourth episodes were also switched.