- 8.1/108 votes
#1 - Birth of a New Hero
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/1979
Shortly after the Scientific Defense Guard had been assembled, ice burgs from the Antarctic region began to melt with one of them containing ancient monsters known as the Seagras
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/107 votes
#2 - The Secret of the Shining Pendant
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/1979
The first and only appearance of Spiral the Tornado Monster
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - When the Weed Whistle Blows in the Evening
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/1979
One day in Japan a city was suddenly attacked by a monster from the Tōgō Mountain called a Wanigodon that appeared seemingly from nowhere.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Chase of the Mysterious Red Cloud
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/1979
Red Smogy the Cloud Monster Attacks!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - The Passenger! Break through the Underground
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/1979
Several thousand trees disappear from the forest in a single night. In an underground cave they find Toughgilas.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Challenge to the Burning Deep Sea
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/9/1979
A people evacuate from a tsunami, a mysterious flying object appears and rains down fire.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Order to Attack! The Objective Is Pig!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/1979
A robot named Pig, picks up a danger signal of unclear origins. When Hikari and Mutsumi chase after him, they find Electronic Monster Combugon.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Officer Hikari's Secret Has Been Stolen!?
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/1979
Hikari encounters monster Mikonos while investigating and unidentified flying object, but it turns out to be a trap set by Space Ninja Alien Baltan.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Terror of the Awakened Ancient Creature
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/1979
Investigators visit ancient ruins on Tamara Island, and spot Monster Dolfiego in an underground cavern.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - I Saw It! The Illusion of a Monster...
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/6/1979
A famous magician, George Satake, tries to teleport himself from the Xalome Desert to Japan.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - The Science Garrison's Challenge!
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/13/1979
Ogawara uses the giant Bulldozer Weapon Hectole he developed to dig into the earth in the Himalayas, and exterminate monsters.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - The Curious Conversation Between a Monster and Pig
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/20/1979
Two tankers are caught in a storm and disappear. The Science Guard Party takes the case, and discover three monsters attacking the tankers.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - The Sad Legend of the Revived Lake
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/27/1979
At Lake Ryujin in Tohoku, an incident breaks out where people and fish are being turned into stone.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - The Star's Devil Has Come!
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/4/1979
An unidentified celestial body approaches Earth, and emits radiation that makes reptiles violent.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - You Are Ultraman
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/11/1979
Monster Goglan comes out of an egg that was brought into the plant research institute. Hikari chooses to fight it with his own abilities.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#16 - The Living Phantom Bird
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/18/1979
The Science Guard Party gets a report that an island has sunk.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Beetamii Has Disappeared!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/25/1979
Tobe, who had been observing a strange typhoon using Beatamy, discovers Prof. Nishiki's helicopter which has crashed in the desert.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#18 - The Mysterious Monster Island
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/1/1979
A sea serpent emerges at a South Uki Island, the hometown of Yuriko.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - This is the Ultra Star! Part 1
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/8/1979
Joneus struggles with monsters popping up in countries around the world.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - This is the Ultra Star! Part 2
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/15/1979
Hikari is brought to Ultra Planet U40 where he is resuscitated back to life. Hikari meets Joneus' sister Amia as well as Elek, Loto and other Ultra people.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - This is the Ultra Star! Part 3
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/22/1979
The Badel Tribe manipulates the legendary Monster Bagon from the Dark Nebula and attacks U40.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - The South Sea's Suspicious Space
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/29/1979
The Science Guard Party are spending their vacation in Marume's hometown. There are frequent occurrences of ships sinking.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - The Supersonic Confrontation
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/5/1979
Mysterious flying objects are attacking passenger planes and industrial complexes.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Two Officer Mutsumi's
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/12/1979
The Princess of Alpha Centuri's first planet copies Mutsumi and infiltrates the Science Guard Party.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - The Devil's Garden
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/19/1979
Incidents begin to happen where men go missing whenever a yellow wind blows through the African desert.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The☆Ultraman Season 1
Every episode of The☆Ultraman Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The☆Ultraman Season 1!
Joneus (Joe), a new Ultraman from U-40, merges with young Science Garrison member Chôichirô Hikari to defend the Earth in this, the first-ever animated Ultra...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:TBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Birth of a New Hero" is the best rated episode of "The☆Ultraman" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/4/1979. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Secret of the Shining Pendant".