Duel! Ultraman Ace vs. Hideki Go is the tenth episode of Ultraman Ace. It features the return of Jiro Sakata and Rumiko Murano from Return of Ultraman.
Plot[]
While walking around in the streets, Jiro spots Hideki Go, although Rumiko doesn't believe him. Shortly after Jiro saw Go, Zaigon emerges and attacks, trampling buildings.
TAC is quick to respond, sending jets in. Upon arrival, TAC spots Jiro and his caretaker trapped on the ground with all the fires brewing around. Seiji Hokuto goes on land to rescue the 2 from Zaigon as he advances toward them. As Seiji is about to shoot Zaigon with a bazooka, Hideki appears in front of him. Seiji tells him to move out of the way but he refuses so Seiji shoves him aside. Go suddenly fired a Laser Cannon he had at Zaigon, which he calls the "Ultra Laser", causing Zaigon to vanish.
Jiro Sakata was excited to see his brother figure return, before being gently pulled away as Go was injured during the attack and sent to TAC hospital for recovery. The team recalls that Go was a member of the previous attack force MAT and that he died during the battle with Alien Bat and Zetton II.
TAC would then settle into an intense debate of whether to accept Go as a new member, and Seiji is scolded for arguing about how Go's actions prevented him from firing at Zaigon. Afterwards, when Seiji and Yuko visited Go in his room with Jiro and his female companion, Seiji begin to suspect Go when Jiro saw Go handle the chopsticks he had been given to eat the food Jiro gave him in his left hand, when Go is right-handed.
Just then Zaigon reappeared and Go leapt out of his bed, locking the door and trapping Jiro along with his Rumiko inside. Seiji tried to open the door, but Go shot at him, and that was when he revealed his true identity as Alien Antira. Seiji quickly freed Jiro, who went after the alien, thinking it was Hideki. As Jiro reached the rooftop, he saw the alien in disguise ordering Zaigon to destroy the building as soon as possible. Jiro was angry, and charged at the villian disguised as his idol, but he was taken hostage. Seiji freed Jiro. Antira leaped around dodging Yuko's and Seiji's gunfire, but when he landed on the roof he was shot by Hokuto's rocket launcher, killing him.
As the building was filling up with smoke, making it hard for Jiro to breathe, Yuko and Seiji transformed into Ultraman Ace, putting Jiro on the ground safely before turning to face his opponent, Zaigon. Ace battled with the rhino-like Terrible-Monster himself. Ace then proceeded to taunt Zaigon by using a red flag as a cape, bullfighting with the Terrible-Monster, but the taunting didn't last long after Zaigon used his flames. After shooting the Terrible-Monster in the mouth with the Light Ball, Ultraman Ace decapitated Zaigon with the Ultra Knife. Ultraman Ace then took Zaigon's head and erected it as a tomb for the monster.
Afterwards, Jiro and Rumiko along with Yuko and Seiji swung on the swings. When suddenly Jiro got up from the swing and looked to the skies, seeing a vision of Hideki Go. As he saw the vision, Jiro recited the 5 Ultra Pledges.
Cast[]
- Seiji Hokuto : Keiji Takamine
- Yuko Minami : Mitsuko Hoshi
- Goro Ryu : Tetsuro Sagawa
- Ichiro Yamanaka : Shunichi Okita
- Tsutomu Konno : Masaaki Yamamoto
- Noriko Mikawa : Keiko Nishi
- Kozo Yoshimura : Mitsuhiro Sano
- Yoichi Kaji : Katsumi Nakayama
Guest Actors[]
Voice Actors[]
- Ultraman Ace : Goro Naya
- Yapool /Alien Antira : Tatsuhiko Takada
- Narrator : Shin Kishida
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraman Ace : Shoji Takeuchi
- Zaigon : Toru Kawai
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Ultraman Ace Volume 3 features episodes 9-12.
