Defeat Gomess! Ultra Q.
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While mining a train tunnel between Tokyo & Osaka, a construction crew unearths a strange object from within a huge underground cavern. Unable to identify the object, Jun and Yuriko venture into the tunnel to further investigate. In the meantime, Ippei and a reporter, with the help of a young boy named Jiro, discover that the object is the egg of the giant bird called Litra. According to ancient legend, when Litra's egg is found, the giant monster Gomess will appear to destroy the Earth and consequently, Litra will rise up to defend against it. Unfortunately, Jun and Yuriko have already encountered Gomess while exploring in the caverns and are pursue, to the surface by the ferocious monster. Jiri and Ippei help to warm the egg, thereby accelerating the hatching process and soon Litra is born. Gomess emerges from the tunnel and the two monsters clash in battle After a vicious struggle, Litra uses its citronella acid ray to kill Gomess and then expires itself, having fulfilled its destiny.
Cast[]
- Jun Manjome : Kenji Sahara
- Yuriko Edogawa : Hiroko Sakurai
- Ippei Togawa : Yasuhiko Saijo
- Deskworker Seki : Yoshibumi Tajima
- Narrator Koji Ishizaka :
Guest Actors[]
- Nakamura work manager : Nakajiro Tomita
- Construction worker A Senkichi Omura (Credited by mistake for Senkichi Obayashi 大林千吉) :
- Construction worker B Ren Yamamoto :
- Chief priest of Dosen Temple : Goro Morino
- Jiro : Junji Muraoka
- Worker : Hiroshi Sekita
- Scholar A : Keiichiro Katsumoto
- Scholar B : Keisuke Yamada
- Nitta reporter : Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Voice Actors[]
- Jiro : Kiyoshi Komiyama (Noncredit)
Suit Actors[]
- Gomess Haruo Nakajima :
Appearances[]
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Ultra Q Volume 1 features episodes 1-4, while the Total Natural Color Blu-ray features episodes 1-3.
Trivia[]
- Gomess is infamously known for being created from a loosely disguised Godzilla suit. Around the time of Toho's film, Mothra vs. Godzilla. Eiji Tsuburaya was beginning his work on Ultra Q, and during the time of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, a new Godzilla suit was to be used for the film. However when Tsuburaya pleaded with Toho Studios to use the suit, The MosuGoji suit was reused for the film instead. Once filming for episode 1 of Ultra Q was finished, The Godzilla suit that was used to make Gomess would later be given back to Toho Studios to create the film Invasion of Astro-Monster.
- Ironically, Litra, being an altered Larugeus, was actually one of the small flying Rodan props from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster.
Ultra Q Episodes | |
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1. Defeat Gomess! | 2. Goro and Goroh | 3. The Gift From Space | 4. Mammoth Flower | 5. Peguila is Here! | 6. Grow Up! Little Turtle | 7. S.O.S. Mount Fuji | 8. Terror of the Sweet Honey | 9. Baron Spider | 10. The Underground Super Express Goes West | 11. Balloonga | 12. I Saw a Bird | 13. Garadama | 14. Tokyo Ice Age | 15. Kanegon's Cocoon | 16. Garamon Strikes Back | 17. The 1/8 Project | 18. The Rainbow's Egg | 19. Challenge from the Year 2020 | 20. The Undersea Humanoid Ragon | 21. Space Directive M774 | 22. Metamorphosis | 23. Fury of the South Sea | 24. The Idol of Goga | 25. The Devil Child | 26. Blazing Glory | 27. The Disappearance of Flight 206 | 28. Open Up! |