Garadama

Ultra Q, episode 13

Information

Airdate

March 27, 1966

Directed by

Hajime Tsuburaya

Written by

Tetsuo Kinjo

Special Effects Directed by

Toru Matoba

Continuity
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Garadama (ガラダマ) is the thirteenth episode of Ultra Q.

Plot[]

When several boys discover a mysterious, lightweight meteorite, their teacher delivers the strange rock to Dr. Ichinotani in Tokyo. Under analysis, the meteorite which the children call garadama, is identified as being comprised of Tilsonite and is found to be emanating powerful radiowaves.

As Ichinotani, Jun and the others investigate the area where the meteor was found, a huge garadama falls to Earth in the nearby river bed. The heat from the enormous fireball evaporates the waters surrounding a hydro-electric dam, leaving a small boat stranded upon a steep cliff. As Jun and Ippei attempt to rescue the two women trapped inside the boat, the meteorite hatches a giant monster called Garamon. Becoming violent, Garamon begins to destroy the dam and the surrounding area.

Back in Tokyo, Yuriko and the institute's scientists determine that the Tilsonite rock is acting as the monster's electronic brain. In order to interrupt the flow of the transmitted waves, a special screen casing is placed around the meteorite. With it's control signal cut off, the giant Garamon falls over dead and the invasion from space is averted.

Cast[]

Jun Manjome (万城目淳, Manjōme Jun): Kenji Sahara (佐原健二, Sahara Kenji)
Yuriko Edogawa (江戸川由利子, Edogawa Yuriko): Hiroko Sakurai (桜井浩子, Sakurai Hiroko)
Ippei Togawa (戸川一平, Togawa Ippei): Yasuhiko Saijo (西條康彦, Saijō Yasuhiko)
Professor Ichinotani (一の谷博士, Ichinotani-hakase): Ureo Egawa (江川宇礼雄, Egawa Ureo)
Narrator (ナレーター, Nareta): Koji Ishizaka (石坂浩二, Ishizaka Kōji)

Guest Actors[]

Mr. Oki (大木先生, Oki Sensei): Toyoto Fukuda (福田豊土, Fukuda Toyoto)（Credited as 福田豊士）
Ueda (植田): Koutaro Tomita (富田浩太郎, Tomita Koutarou)
Ms. Hase (長谷先生, Hase Sensei): Katsue Nitta (新田勝江, Nitta Katsue)
Yumi (由美): Mihako Hirai (平井三般子, Hirai Mihako)
Ayako (綾子): Keiko Wakahara (若原啓子, Wakahara Keiko)
Assistant A (助手A, Joshu Ei): Kazuhiko Kawamura (川村和彦, Kawamura Kazuhiko)
Assistant B (助手B, Joshu Bi): Keiji Koyama (古山桂治, Koyama Keiji)
Assistant C (助手C, Joshu Shi): Katsuyoshi Tsujimoto (辻本勝義, Tsujimoto Katsuyoshi)
Mamoru (守): Tomoharu Minamiya (南谷智晴, Minamiya Tomoharu)（Ryusei Nakao）
Takeshi (武): Shizuo Kobayashi (小林志津雄, Kobayashi Shizuo)
Reporter (記者, Kisha): Taimei Suzuki (鈴木泰明, Suzuki Taimei)
Mitsuru (満): Toru Furuya (古谷徹, Furuya Tōru)

Suit Actors[]

Garamon (ガラモン): Minoru Takahashi (高橋実, Takahashi Minoru)

Appearances[]

Kaiju[]

Garamon

Home Media[]

Ultra Q Volume 4 features episodes 13-16, and Total Natural Color Blu-ray Volume 4 features episodes 12-14.

Ultra Q Episodes
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!