The Best Episodes Directed By Kiyotaka Taguchi

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Love, Sorrow, or AI? The Power to Erase Hate

   S34:E437/7/2024

   Mami, the director of Kongo Laboratory, begs Houtaro and the others to protect the laboratory from Geryon. Protect it from Geryon? What is the relationship between Mami and Geryon...? Houtaro, suspicious of the Chemy's behavior, asks Sabimaru if it was really Kenichi who created the Chemy. For a moment, Sabimaru is perplexed, but then he reveals the truth behind the Tsuruhara brothers and Chemies. What is that unexpected truth!?

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - The First Wave

   S1:E17/8/2023

   There has been a worldwide outbreak of kaiju disasters, and now a 50-meter-class space kaiju has appeared. Gento Hiruma leads a special unit to stop the advance of the kaiju, but they get stuck in a desperate situation. Gento rushes to save his men, but that's when the Blazar Brace appears on his left arm. Led by the light, Gento transforms into Ultraman!

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Let's Search! 102 Bodies and a Brother's Feelings

   S34:E426/30/2024

   Houtaro and his team receive information that the 102nd Chemy has unexpectedly appeared. Houtaro, Supana, and Sabimaru begin a search based on this information, and arrive at a certain research institute where Sabi's brother, Ken'ichi, works. A new Malgam appears at the institute. Is the 102nd Chemy real after all? And behind it all is the resurrected Geryon!? Houtarou and Supana transform into Riders...!

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Trouble! Mama's Here!

   S1:E119/17/2016

   Naomi asks Gai to accompany her to meet her mother, but their meeting is ruined when Juggler is revealed to be alive and explains his new plan, now that he possesses all the King Demon Beasts' Kaiju Card and the Ultraman Belial's Ultra Fusion Card.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - This Town Is Weeping

   S34:E293/31/2024

   The village chief is found in a grisly state, and the villagers assume it is the work of Starshine Hoshino and make a big fuss. They lock Hoshino and his apprentice Kajiki in a warehouse. Kajiki would never attack anyone. As Houtaro and the others begin their search for the real culprit, a new Malgam appears. Houtarou transforms into Gotchard, but he feels something strange about the Malgam's behavior. What is this discomfort? And what is the truth behind the incident...!?

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - What Makes a Savior

   S1:E1911/27/2021

   An unidentified cosmic wave known as “Morpheus D” reacts to minds filled with desire. It causes the Dark Giants to begin fighting among themselves! As they lay waste to the city, a mysterious man is following Yuna… When the dark being tests Yuna’s resolve, a miraculous Light descends!

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - The Dark King's Blessing

   S1:E129/24/2016

   With Ultraman Orb defeated, and his cards stolen, Maga-Orochi rages through the city, destroying everything. With the help of the Princess Tamaruya, Gai gets two new cards he can use, the Zoffy card and the Ultraman Belial card, but will Gai really use the power of the dark card to win?

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Inter-Universe

   S1:E79/4/2021

   Suddenly, a unidentified robot fell from the sky! Following that event, visitors appear one by one. An eccentric alien with a bird on his shoulder. A defense force member that's not GUTS-Select. And finally... another Ultraman!? A new battle for Trigger and GUTS-Select now begins!

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - The Propagating Invasion

   S1:E89/11/2021

   A mysterious phenomenon causes electronics to malfunction all over the city! It influence spreads, intruding into important facilities all over the world finally stealing the system of the Nursedessei! To reclaim their battleship, Kengo, Haruki, and the members of GUTS-Select stand together to confront this powerful enemy!

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Smile Operation No.1

    S1:E1811/20/2021

    Captain Tatsumi is promoted to Lead Commander of GUTS-Select Asia! While Kengo and crew plan a surprise celebration, the other members all experience incredibly good luck as well ?! What a perfect day ... or so they think until the monster Golba appears. Can the team safely pull off their surprise celebration?

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Sunset Wanderer

    S1:E17/9/2016

    The Something Search People are a group of paranormal investigators always on the hunt for the latest scoop. When a series of deadly tornado begin to ravage Tokyo, eyewitness reports of a giant flying creature become the target of their latest investigation. But even if they do manage to track the beast down, who will save them from it?

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The King Demon Beast of Earth

    S1:E27/16/2016

    Buildings are sinking into the ground, and the Something Search People are trying to figure out what's going on. Meanwhile, Gai runs into an old enemy underground.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Monstrous Waters

    S1:E37/23/2016

    What do you do when water from every imaginable source begins to smell rancid? The Something Search People start looking for answers, while Gai wrestles with the cause.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Man who Created SKaRD

    S1:E27/15/2023

    Gento, with Bazanga's defeat under his belt, is appointed by GGF Command's Chief of Staff Retsu as the captain of the newly established SKaRD (Special Kaiju Reaction Detachment). Gento goes to meet the members of his team. The members he meet, Emi, Teruaki, Anri, are all one of a kind... That's when news about the emergence of Gedos comes in. They don't have all the members assembled, nor do they have all their equipment yet, but SKaRD's first mission is beginning!

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Name is Earth Garon

    S1:E37/22/2023

    SKaRD finally welcomes the last member, Yasunobu, who had been involved with the development of the new weapon, Earth Garon. Now with the whole team gathered, they begin to train against kaiju. In the midst of this, they are informed of a mysterious phenomenon occuring around the world. Storage tanks with new energy sources are being emptied over night... SKaRD believes that this is caused by a kaiju and deploys Earth Garon to the field for the first time.

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    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - It's Licking Bizarre! Renge Visits Home!

    S34:E283/24/2024

    Renge, who was visiting her grandmother's village, informs Houtaro and the others that a yokai has appeared and she wants them to come immediately. In that village, a man named Starshine Hoshino, who calls himself a specialist in exterminating yokai, appears, and his apprentice is Kajiki!? Houtaro and Rinne arrive in the village and immediately discover the yokai! Houtaro transforms into Gotchard...!

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