All Monsters Attack

All Monsters Attack
Return of Ultraman, episode 1
Information
Airdate	04/02/1971
Directed by	Ishiro Honda
Viewer Ratings	26.5%
Continuity
Previous	The Greatest Invasion in History Part 2 (production)
Next	Takkong's Big Counterattack

All Monsters Attack is the 1st episode of Return of Ultraman.

Plot

The era of peace after Ultraseven's victory over Pandon and the Ghos invasion has ended, as two giant monsters Zazahn, and Takkong rise from the sea fighting each other destroying each other several city blocks in Tokyo. MAT (Monster Attack Team) is called into action to quell the kaiju assault. During the attack, A boy named Jiro Sakata ran to the car company to tell his older siblings that monsters were attacking, & ran off to them, with a race car driver Hideki Goh ran off to chase after him. Jiro went through the police to get them, and Goh got him to safety. Zazahn died with Takkong remaining. MAT landed to ground when a mother told the team that her son Hiroshi went to the top of the building to release the birds out of their cages. Oka was about to go in, but Goh went to the building to help Hiroshi release the birds, and got back down stairs until they noticed a dog chained in, so Goh went back in, & released the dog. Takkong crushed the building and collapsed on Go covering the dog, and Hiroshi. Then a light flashed with Takkong retreating back into the ocean. Hiroshi went to get help until Goh fainted.

The doctors took him to the hospital for treatment. Aki Sakata, Jiro's older sister, MAT, & Hiroshi, & his mother helping the hospital. They but a mask on him connected to a chamber of water to know he's breathing, and gave him a needle. Ken Sakata, the oldest in the family arrived to tell Goh that the race car the Shooting Star was finished. The bubbles in the chamber stopped which mean't he died. The Sakata siblings went in the room with the Shooting Star. They put flowers, a photo, and a race car toy in, and Ken poured oil on the car, & burned it to say farewell.

Back at the hospital a light appeared revealing the new hero Ultraman who was impressed of Goh's courageous act that he saved a dog, and a boy if it cost his life. He merged inside Goh's body, & he was revived seeing that he was in the hospital,even surprising a nurse. MAT got a call from the hospital to hear that Goh was back to life. Goh returned to the Car Company seeing that the Shooting Star was burned for his tribute of his heaven. Goh went to Ken's office to tell him that they should Make the Shooting Star 2, but Ken refused and for his heroism, Captain Kato offers him a job as a member of the MAT force. Goh suddenly heard a voice far away & went to the car, and left without a word initially unaware of the powers he possesses.

Kato got a contact from Oka that a third monster appeared in Asagiri Volcano attacking a village. MAT engage the monster and took the people to safety. Meanwhile a Girl noticed her Grandfather trapped under, & couldn't get him out, until Goh arrived to save him, & lifted the metal off of him. Suddenly a light was seen & Goh transformed into Ultraman to battle the fire-breathing beast. He finished him off with his Specurim Ray, and was defeated. Morning came, & MAT members were having a picnic, & the boys were ordered by Oka to wash their hands in the river. They noticed Goh laying, & he woke up, & was presented by Kato as a new member of the team, with team introduced themselves, & went to have their picnic with Goh invited, until Goh heard the voice of the hero who introduced his name as Ultraman & told Goh to keep it a secret.

Cast

• Hideki Goh (郷 秀樹 Gō Hideki):Jiro Dan (団 時朗 Dan Jirō)
• Takeshi Minami (南猛 Minami Takeshi):Shunsuke Ikeda (池田 駿介, Ikeda Shunsuke)
• Ippei Ueno (上野一平 Uneo Ippei):Mitsui Hatashi
• Yuriko Oka (丘ユリ子, Oka Yuriko):Mika Katsuragi (桂木美加,Katauragi Mika)
• Captain Katsushiro Kato (加藤勝一郎) Nobuo Tsukamoto (塚本信夫, Tsukamoto Nobuo)
• Fumio Kishida (岸田文夫 Kishida Fumo):Nishida Ken (西田健, Ken Nishida)
• Jiro Sakata (坂田 次郎, Sakata Jirō) Kawaguchi Hideki ( 川口英樹, Hideki Kawaguchi)
• Aki Sakata (坂田アキ, Sakata Aki):Rumi Sakakibara (榊原るみ, Sakakibara Rumi)
• Ken Sakata (坂田健, Ken Sakata)：Mori Kishida

Guest Cast

• Hiroshi : Sanpei Godai

Voice actors

• Ultraman Jack : Isao Yatsu

Suit actors

• Ultraman Jack : Eiichi Kikuchi
• Takkong : Takanobu Toya
• Zazahn : Eiichi Kikuchi
• Arstron : Takanobu Toya

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman JackTemplate:First appearance

Kaiju/Seijin

• Takkong Template:First appearance
• Zazahn Template:First appearance
• Arstron Template:First appearance

Trivia

• The actor of Hiroshi was Sanpei Godai who would later play in the 1982 Super Sentai Series, Dai Sentai Goggle V. He was credited by his real name, Yoshiyuki Fujiie in the opening of Return of Ultraman.
• The name of the episode is shared with the Japanese name of the Toho film Destroy All Monsters, and the English name for the episode is shared with another Toho film, All Monsters Attack.
• Due to Ultraman Jack's NG suit, the episode was re-taken so this is the only appearance of the suit.
• This episode was later featured in Ultraman Retsuden Episode 30: All Monsters Attack! Birth of Jack!!
• The Ultraman Orb episode, Juggler Dies! is a tribute to this episode.
• Ever since this episode, all showa first episodes premired in the month of April.

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DVD Releases

Return of Ultraman Vol 1 Episodes 1-4.

2002 Verison

2010 Version

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