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The Ultraman
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The☆Ultraman (ザ☆ウルトラマン, Za Urutoraman) is a Japanese animated television series co-produced by Tsuburaya Production and Tokyo Broadcasting System and animated by Sunrise. The series aired on TBS Television affiliates on the Wednesday 7:00 PM time slot from April 4, 1979 to March 26, 1980, lasting a total of 50 episodes. It was the eighth installment in the Ultra Series and began airing four years after the end of Ultraman Leo.[1][2]
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ザ☆ウルトラマン (Za Urutoraman) | |
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Genre | Superhero, Kyodai Hero, Kaiju, science fiction |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hisayuki Toriumi Takeyuki Kanda |
Written by | Keiichi Abe Sōji Yoshikawa Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Bunzo Wakatsuki Yoshihisa Araki Keisuke Fujikawa Yasushi Hirano Kiyoshi Miyata |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
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Original network | TBS |
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Original run | April 4, 1979 – March 26, 1980 |
Episodes | 50 |
The show was the first animated incarnation of Tsuburaya's iconic superhero Ultraman, as well as one of the earliest works of anime studio Nippon Sunrise (now known as Bandai Namco Filmworks), who also worked on their now-iconic mecha series Mobile Suit Gundam during the same year.[1][2]