Return of Ultraman

Genre

Developed byShozo Uehara
Yoji HashimotoStarring

Jiro Dan
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Jun Negami
Shunsuke Ikeda
Ken Nishida
Ko Matsui
Mika Katsuragi
Shin Kishida
Rumi Sakakibara
Hideki Kawaguchi

Narrated byAkira NagoyaMusic byTōru FuyukiCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of episodes51ProductionProducers

Hajime Tsuburaya
Susumu Saito (TBS)
Yoji Hashimoto (TBS)

Running time24 minsProduction companiesTsuburaya Productions
TBSOriginal releaseNetworkJNN (TBS)ReleaseApril 2, 1971 –
March 31, 1972Related

Ultraseven
Ultraman Ace

Return of Ultraman (帰ってきたウルトラマン, Kaettekita Urutoraman) is a Japanesetokusatsuscience fiction television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The third entry (fourth overall) in the Ultra series, the series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 2, 1971, to March 31, 1972. It became successful enough to inspire a second "Kaiju Boom" in Japan, with rival studios producing their own tokusatsu shows and Tsuburaya Productions producing additional Ultraman shows annually for the next three years. Prior to the series' release, Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven were stand-alone titles however, Return of Ultraman is the first installment to unite the first three shows into an interconnected universe.