Ultraman is still as much fun as I remember

[sockdoll]

@Mister_Eppy

Thanks for posting this. As @TobinL said, a treasured memory indeed. Fondly remember Grandma Lily taking my brother and I to McRories five and dime in Silver Spring (where we could make our own fountain drink! Anyone remember “Teem” soda?) and then take the bus back in time to catch Ultraman, then Speed Racer.

Was that on Channel 20 (WDCA), with Captain 20? It seems like that was where we watched Ultraman when we lived in the DC area in the '70s.

[Uncascrooge]

It boggles the mind how many superhero TV shows were cranked out in Japan during the 60s and 70s (and beyond). It gets regional as well: Kikaida was as popular with kids in Hawaii as Ultraman was with mainland kids. If you like Ultraman, but haven’t seen Kikaida, need I point out that he’s a robot that drives a motorcycle with a guitar strapped across his back? He plays his own theme song before every fight! Why aren’t you watching it now?

[TobinL]

@Uncascrooge

but haven’t seen Kikaida, need I point out that he’s a robot that drives a motorcycle with a guitar strapped across his back?

Okay now I get the more of the influence Noborou Igouchi had for Karate Robo Zaborgar.

Karate-Robo Zaborgar International Teaser Trailer

eta I am outta like so @Uncascrooge you get some emoji hearts

[GulliverFoyle]

@DreamboatSkanky

I’ve often wondered though, what must be the exact wording of the “Science Patrol” charter?

I’m guessing mostly riders denying property damage liability.

[Mister_Eppy]

Yes! I believe it was preceded by Banana Splits.

[Ambiguity]

@Mister_Eppy

Thanks for posting this. As @TobinL said, a treasured memory indeed. Fondly remember Grandma Lily taking my brother and I to McRories five and dime in Silver Spring (where we could make our own fountain drink!

The DC area was the best market to watch Ultraman and the Science Patrol, because it was introduced by…

… Captian 20!

[Israel_B]

Can confirm Ultraman is still popular here in Japan

[Max_Blancke]

Ultraman X is the newest that I know of, and was broadcast in 2015.

[TobinL]

And Super Sentai and Kamen Rider last I checked.

[Israel_B]

Both those as well

[messana]

Ohhhh glorious memories. Was pleased discover how well it holds up when showing the 7yo nephew Ultraman fight scenes on youtube. Every time we get a chance to hang out now, it always starts with “Can we watch Ultraman?!” and ends with the two of us re-enacting goofy fight scenes in the back yard.

Naturally, he gets to be Ultraman. And I get to pick which goofy rubber monster I want to be. Everyone wins.

I never realized how satisfying it would be to hand off cherished childhood experiences to the next generation until this happened.

[potato]

You infringed on somebody’s 50 year old copyright, apparently, and we can no longer watch the video.

[ChuckV]

@Shirley_LeGitte

All his battles end the same way, though…they wrestle for a little bit, then he shoots them with the hand-ray thing, and it’s over.

@Shuck

My recollection was that it was a last resort that depleted his energy reserves.

Are we sure the wrestling wasn’t foreplay?

[Shuck]

Well, I was a small child and may have misinterpreted the talk of getting worn out and needing to sleep after “blasting” the monsters… and his “blast” did consist of - hey, wait a minute!

[Gyrofrog]

When I was really little, there was a cartoon host in L.A. (on channel 9 I believe) and IIRC he wore a safari outfit. When I lived in New York, there was no on-screen host, but channel 11 (WPIX) did have an interactive game. When we moved to Dallas/Ft. Worth, Channel 11 had Slam Bang Theater but its on-screen host, Icky Twerp, had left years before I lived in the area. Several years later, channel 39 had BJ and Lester along with the interactive game (long after I’d seen it in New York).

[timmh]

For some reason we used to get those on cable up on the Oregon coast, and I grew up watching his shows. That was just amazing stuff to find when I was a budding proto-geek.

[bryan]

Am I the only one who was reminded of Ultraman during the airport scene in the new Avengers movie?