Ultraman 80


Ultraman 80 is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show produced by Tsuburaya Productions which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System channel from April 2, 1980, to March 25, 1981, lasting a total of 50 episodes. It was the ninth TV show in the Ultra Series and began a week after the conclusion of the anime series The Ultraman, bringing the franchise back to its live-action roots. It would be the last Ultraman TV series for Japanese audiences during the following 16 years until the production of Ultraman Tiga.

Plot

Following the end of the 1979-80 anime The Ultraman, Ultraman 80 returns to the setting of the main Showa continuity, taking place after 5 years of peace since the end of Ultraman Leo. A new middle school teacher Takeshi Yamato is actually the disguised Ultra from the Land of Light, Ultraman 80, whose mission is to fight a new wave of monsters resulted from Minus Energy while stabilizing his life as a teacher and UGM member. Although the initial episodes focuses on Takeshi trying to solve the daily problems of his students, starting from episode 13 onward he left the school to join UGM as a full time officer as more members keep appearing one after another in the series progress. Episode 31 returned to the setting of Takeshi interacting with the guest characters of children every week while dealing with appearing monsters and their relation to it. When the princess from the Land of Light Yullian went to Earth as a result of King Galtan's attack, she joined UGM to replace the deceased member Emi Jōno while operating with fellow Ultra Takeshi/80 in dealing against monster attacks. In the season finale, their identities were exposed by Captain Ōyama, who prevented them from participating in the fight against Margodon to prove mankind's reliability in defending the Earth. With their true nature exposed, 80 and Yullian spent their final days on Earth before departing toward the Land of Light, leaving Earth in a 25 year period of peace.

Episodes

  1. Teacher Ultraman
  2. The Teacher's Secret
  3. Don't Cry, First Love Monster
  4. From the Sky With Love
  5. The City of Illusion
  6. The Boy from the Stars
  7. The Tokyo Silent Operation
  8. The Revived Legend
  9. The Airport Is in Danger!
  10. The Visitor from Space
  11. The Dreadful Gas Panic
  12. The Beautiful Transfer Student
  13. Attack! Formation Yamato
  14. Teleportation! The Man from Paris
  15. The Devil Doctor's Laboratory
  16. The Mysterious Space Substance Snow Art
  17. Fly to the Sinister Monster Island!!
  18. The Order to Destroy the Stray Star
  19. Invasion!! The Army of Vampire Balls
  20. Shine into Eternity!! Space G-Men 85
  21. When the Planets Align, Something Will Happen
  22. SOS!! The Invasion of the Space Amoebas
  23. The Star of Traitorous Androids
  24. The Beautiful Challenger
  25. Shadow Samurais in the Time Tunnel
  26. Terror of the White Devil
  27. Lullaby of the Migrant Bird Monster
  28. Rage of the Monster Emperor
  29. The Friend Who Disappeared in the Desert
  30. The Monster Seeds Has Flown
  31. The Monster Ship in the Dark Ocean
  32. The Monster Made by a Boy
  33. I Caught a Weird Fish!
  34. The 99-Year Dragon God Festival
  35. Hang in There! Stag Beetle Wintering Team
  36. Alien Baltan's Dreadful Zoo Scheme
  37. Echo Through the Sky, Ultra Father's Voice
  38. I'm a Monster
  39. The Sumo Boy from the Mountains
  40. Don't You Want to See the Zero Fighter Bird Monster?
  41. That's Great! Guanyin Was Strong!
  42. The Female Warrior from the Star of Ultra
  43. Fierce Fight! 80 vs. Ultraseven
  44. Alien Baltan's Endless Challenger Spirit
  45. The Feared Red King's Revival
  46. The Evil Glove, Be Careful What You Throw Out!!
  47. The Speed Runner from Death Mountain
  48. 80's Greatest Peril! Transform! Female Ultraman
  49. Ah! The Giraffes and Elephants Turned into Ice!!

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The Ultraman 80 30th Anniversary Memorial two-DVD box set has been released by Tsuburaya. Box I features episodes 1-28 and Box II features episodes 29-50.
On December 9, 2014, Crunchyroll announced that the series would be available on their streaming service starting that day in the US, Canada, Latin America, UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
The television channel TOKU premiered the series in the United States with English subtitles beginning March 27, 2017, making it the sixth Ultra Series to air in the United States, after Ultraman, Ultra Seven, , Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Max.

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