Ultra Q
Ultra Q
The first entry of Tsuburaya Productions' "Ultra Series," in which an aviator/amateur sci-fi writer, his plucky assistant, and a young female newspaper reporter investigate strange phenomena, usually involving aliens and giant monsters.
28 Episodes
- Defeat Gomess!
E1Defeat Gomess!While mining a train tunnel between Tokyo & Osaka, a construction crew unearths a strange object from within a huge underground cavern. Unable to identify the object, Jun and Yuriko venture into the tunnel to further investigate. In the meantime, Ippei and a reporter, with the help of a young boy named Liro, discover that the object is the egg of the giant bird called Litra. According to ancient legend, when Litra's egg is found, the giant monster Gomess will appear to destroy the Earth and consequently, Litra will rise up to defend against it. - Goro and Goro
E2Goro and GoroIn the Amagi mountains, zoologists investigate the appearance of a colossal monkey reported to be jovially swinging from ropeway cables near a hot springs resort. The trail leads to the Wild Monkey Research Institute, where a mute custodian, Goro, had befriended and fed a spider monkey from a store of Aoba Walnuts at the facility. Unbeknownst to Goro, they were preserved with Aoba Potion, and experimental hormone supplement, which causes thyroid imbalance and gigantism in high doses. Big "Goro" comes to the city to look for his missing friend--and a plan is put into motion. - A Present from Mars
E3A Present from MarsWhile investigating an undersea volcanic eruption by air, Jun and Yuriko witness the splashdown of an unmanned Mars Exploration Probe. Recovered by the Space Development Agency, they find strange images taken with the probe's onboard camera, as well as two golden spheres left inside the capsule. They conclude that the capsule was returned by intelligent beings on Mars, and joke that the spheres are a "gift." After a thief breaks into their safe and steals the spheres, however, he accidentally unleashes Namegon, a monster from beyond Earth. - The Mammoth Flower
E4The Mammoth FlowerEnormous thorny tendrils break through streets of Tokyo's business district, while others break through subbasements to feed off of those caught in their grasp. The plant pushes up into the offices of the Mainichi Shimpo News and eventually through the roof, where its poisonous flower blooms. Professor Ichinotani hypothesizes this primordial plant, Juran, has revived due to manmade changes to the environment, but argues with Professor Genda; Ichinotani wants to destroy the Monster, while his colleague wants to study it. - Peguila has Come!
E5Peguila has Come!Jun travels by ship to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his old chum, Nomura, a member of a Japanese Antarctic Winter Party. Nomura's cryptic last message, "Peguila is here," beckoned Jun to Antarctica. Team Leader Amada and Jun eventually find the body of Nomura under a sheet of ice, guarded by his faithful dog, Saburo, who survived by eating native moss. The team discovers that the moss Saburo subsisted on is enriched with Peguimin H, a substance that is poisonous to Peguila. As the monster approaches their outpost, a rocket loaded with the Peguimin H is used to drive back the monster, though it flees to fight another day. - Grow! Turtle
E6Grow! TurtleThis episode features Taro, a schoolboy known for his tall tales. His newest claim? That the special feeding regimen for his pet turtle will cause it to grow big enough for Taro to ride on and take him to a castle under the sea. After being removed from class he witnesses a bank robbery, but the school faculty doesn't believe him. Looking for his errant turtle he stumbles across the robbers, who kidnap him, until Taro's turtle grows enormous and scares them into surrendering to the police. Climbing bareback, Taro rides Gameron to the legendary castle under the sea, where Otohime, a princess, chides him for being a compulsive liar. - SOS Mt. Fuji
E7SOS Mt. FujiMt. Fuji threatens to erupt after hundreds of years of dormancy. Ippei accompanies Yuriko on an assignment to investigate the danger, but is stymied when the local constable fails to get citizens to take the danger seriously. Increased volcanic activity causes a huge boulder to be expelled from the bottom of Lake Yoshino, but the stone proves to be not a mere rock, but a living monster, Gorgos. - The Terror of Sweet Honey
E8The Terror of Sweet HoneyScientists have begun to conduct research involving the enlargement of bees used to produce "Honey Jellion," a super Royal Jelly, one million times more potent than normal. If consumed in concentrated form, this nutritional agent poses a serious side effect: gigantism. A researcher at the station returns one day to find that someone has broken into his greenhouse and destroyed this larvae. The perpetrator -- a jealous rival -- takes the remnants of the insects and allows his mole to feed on them. Turning gigantic, this beast "Mongula" threatens to wreak havoc on the surrounding area. - The Spider Baron
E9The Spider BaronJun, Ippei, Yuriko and their friends become lost in a thick fog driving back from a party near the coast. In need of shelter for the night, they stumble across an abandoned mansion, standing in the middle of the swamplands. This reminds Jun of an old story concerning a Baron, obsessed with spiders, who went mad when his betrothed daughter went missing in the swamp after being bitten by a poisonous tarantula. According to legend, she and her father were transformed into giant arachnids. Legend? The truth, as the group learns, when a pair of massive spiders attack them. - Underground Super-Express To The West
E10Underground Super-Express To The WestSet to cover the inaugural run of the advanced Tokyo-Osaka-Nagaski Super Express train, Yuriko smuggles Ippei along as her photographer. Unfortunately, instead of camera equipment, Ippei grabs the wrong case from the office. Inside is a special compression unit containing an artificial like form ("M1") that was to be transported to an Osaka lab. The case is placed in a special safe in the engine car, but a news photographer's flash causes the sentient creature to expand, accidentally damaging the train's control systems. - Garadama
E13GaradamaWhen several boys discover a mysterious, lightweight meteorite, their teacher delivers the strange rock to Dr. Ichinotani in Tokyo. Under analysis, the meteorite which the children call garadama, is identified as being comprised of Tilsonite and is found to be emanating powerful radiowaves. - Kanegon's Cocoon
E15Kanegon's CocoonOne day at a construction site, a group of children were finding valuables in the dirt when a man on a bulldozer ran over their bikes. When the children went to recover them, one of them named Kaneo Kaneda (in Japanese, kane means money) found a small object that had a jingle sound much like money in it. - Space Directive M774
E21Space Directive M774While aboard a cruise ship for the evening, Yuriko finds a child's doll, which suddenly speaks to her. The voice introduces itself as Zemi, an alien from the Planet Ruparts, and warns of an invasion from outer space. Shocked, Yuriko throws the doll overboard, but Jun and Ippei take little heed to her story. - The Devil Child
E25The Devil ChildJun and the others attend a perforniance by Akanuma the Magician During the act, a young girl named Lily is enclosed inside a box and her ghostly spirit appears in the air, separated from her body. At the conclusion, her body and spirit are rejoined and she emerges from the box, generating applause from the audience.
