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is a tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese language word that literally means "special effects." It is primarily used to refer to live-action Japanese film and Japanese television drama that generally feature superheroes and make considerable use of special effects....
SF

Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
/kaiju

Kaiju

File:Gojira 1954 poster 3.jpgFile:Jujin Yuki Otoko poster.jpg is a Japanese language word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English language as "monster." Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
series made in the tradition of Toho

Toho

is a large Japanese independent film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group....
's many tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

Tokyo Broadcasting System

Tsuburaya Productions

, or for short, is a Japanese special effects studio founded in 1963 by special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and was run by his family, until October 2007, when the family sold the company to advertising agency TYO Inc....
, this is actually the first of the long-running 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....
, and was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System

Tokyo Broadcasting System

or TBS, is a television network in Tokyo, Japan.TBS has a 28-affiliate news network called Japan News Network, as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called Japan Radio Network which TBS Radio & Communications has....
from January 2 to July 3, 1966 (the final episode was preempted until December 14, 1967), with a total of 28 episodes. This series was followed a week later by the more popular Ultraman
Ultraman

is a fictional character featured in tokusatsu, or "special effects" television programs in Japan. Ultraman made his debut in the tokusatsu science fiction/kaiju/superhero TV series, Ultra Q: Ultraman: Special Effects Fantasy Series, a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q....
, the second 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....
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Ultra Q can be described as a half-hour Toho

Toho

is a large Japanese independent film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group....
kaiju

Kaiju

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is a tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

Science fiction

Kaiju

Toho

is a large Japanese independent film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group....
's many tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

Tokyo Broadcasting System

Tsuburaya Productions

Ultra Series

Tokyo Broadcasting System

Ultra Series

Toho

is a large Japanese independent film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group....
kaiju

Kaiju

Eiji Tsuburaya

was the Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction movies, including the Godzilla series....
intended this series to be more like The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
and focus less on the monsters, TBS convinced Eiji to add more monsters onto the show, as Godzilla

Godzilla

is a kaiju from the Godzilla series of science fiction films. He was first seen in the 1954 in film film Godzilla and has appeared in 28 films to date, all of which were produced by Toho As one of the most iconic characters in film history, Godzilla has also appeared in numerous Godzilla , Godzilla video games, novels and Godzilla in popula...
and Gamera

Gamera

Gamera is a giant, flying turtle-like creature from a popular series of Kaiju eiga monster movies produced by Kadokawa Pictures in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the kaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right....
were very popular at the time (the first "Kaiju Boom" was already born). This series predates The X-Files
The X-Files

The X-Files is a Peabody Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American cult following science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter , which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002....
, another (American) show with continuing characters who investigate strange supernatural

Supernatural

The term supernatural or supranatural pertains to an order of existence beyond the scientifically visible universe. Religious miracles are typically supernatural claims, as are Spell and curses, divination, the belief that there is an afterlife for the dead, and innumerable others....
phenomena, be it giant monsters, aliens, ghosts, and other assorted calamities.

Regarding the monsters, some of them were modified versions of Toho movie monsters (since Eiji owned the costumes). They include Godzilla

Godzilla

Gomess

is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultra Q.Gomess appeared in Episodes 1.Subtitle: ....
" in Episode 1, "Defeat Gomes!"), King Kong

King Kong

King Kong is the name of a fictional giant gorilla from the fictional Skull Island, who has appeared in several works since 1933. These include the groundbreaking King Kong , the film remakes of King Kong and King Kong , and numerous sequels....
(as "Goro" in Episode 2, "Goro and Goro"), Manda (as "Mystic Dragon" in Episode 6, "Fly, Turtle!"), Baragon

Baragon

is a fictional Kaiju that was first featured in the 1965 Toho produced film, Frankenstein vs. Baragon. Baragon is a four-legged dinosaur with a horn on his head and large ears....
(as "Pagos" in Episode 18, "The Rainbow Egg"), Maguma (as Todola in Episode 27, "Flight 206 Vanishes"), and the Giant Octopus from King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) (as "Sudar

Sudar

Sudar is a 2008 in music by Serbian pop music Ana Stanic. It was released on March 10, 2008.The album contains of 13 songs and one bonus....
" in Episode 23, "Rage in the South Seas").

The original planned title of this project was UNBALANCE, and was subsequently renamed Ultra Q (inspired by "Oba-Q", the nickname of the title character of the then-popular anime

Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
series Obake no Q-Taro
Obake no Q-taro

, by Fujiko Fujio, is a Japanese manga about a ghost, Qtaro who lives with the Ohara family. Qtaro, also known as Q-chan or Oba-Q, is a mischief-maker who liks to fly around scaring people and stealing food....
, and "Ultra C", a popular term used for women's gymnastics during the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964....
, where a Russian gymnast created an extremely difficult maneuver called the "Ultra C"). The series was produced beforehand all through 1965 (it went in production as far back as 1964) and was broadcast at the beginning of the next year. At the time, this was the most expensive TV series in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
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Characters

Jun Manjoume (Manjome Jun) (played by Kenji Sahara
Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa prefecture. His real name is Masayoshi Kato . Initially he used the name Tadashi Ishihara before changing it when he secured the lead role in Rodan ....
): Aviator at Hosokawa Air Service and amateur SF writer.
Yuriko Edogawa (Edogawa Yuriko) (played by Hiroko Sakurai
Hiroko Sakurai

Hiroko Sakurai is a Japanese actress and producer at Tsuburaya Productions. She was born in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan....
): Reporter for the Daily News.
Ippei Togawa (Togawa Ippei) (played by Yasuhiko Saijou): Jun's aviation partner at Hosokawa.
Professor Ichinotani (Ichinotani-hakase) (played by Ureo Egawa): World renowned scientist, and occasional assistance to Jun, Yuriko and Ippei in times of crisis.
News Desk Editor, Seki (played by Yoshifumi Tajima
Yoshifumi Tajima

Yoshifumi Tajima was a prolific actor in Japanese Kaiju films, best known for his role as Kumayama in Mothra vs. Godzilla. He was born in Kobe....
): Yuriko's boss and editor at the Daily News.

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