I'm Taking the Earth is the forty-eighth episode of Return of Ultraman.
Synopsis[]
Masaru, a friend of Jiro, was skipping school when he found a strange capsule. Inside the capsule there was the monster Yametaranse, which was drawn by Masaru. Yametaranse spreader a virus that would make people lose their will of doing anything, and people in town including MAT got infected. Behind the incident, it was the Earth invasion plan made by Sasahiller!
Cast[]
- Hideki Go : Jiro Dan
- Ryu Ibuki : Jun Negami
- Takeshi Minami : Shunsuke Ikeda
- Ippei Ueno : Ko Mitsui
- Yuriko Oka : Mika Katsuragi
- Fumio Kishida : Ken Nishida
- Jiro Sakata : Hideki Kawaguchi
Guest Actors[]
- Katsu : Akihiko Tamura
- Katsu's Mother : Haruko Satsuki
- Thief : Mansaku Fuwa
Voice Actors[]
- Yametaranese : Osamu Ichikawa
- Sasahiller : Isao Yatsu
Suit Actors[]
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Return of Ultraman Volume 12 features episodes 45-48.
2002 release
2010 release
Trivia[]
- Mieko Osanai was invited to write this episode by assistant producer Ken Kumagai, a friend of hers from college. She previously wrote for Ultra Q.[1][2]
- In an interview, Osanai recalled that he often visited her home and brought Ultraman Series merchandise for her son (director Gō Rijū). Her son also encouraged her to write for the franchise.
- Osanai stated because she felt she might not be as good as the younger screenwriters from Tsuburaya Productions in writing about heroes, she aimed to create a unique story that still embodies the spirit of Ultraman.
- Kumagai named Sasahiller after Osanai's real surname (Sasahira). However, this caused Osanai's niece to be mocked at school, with her mother scolding Kumagai for having done so.[3]
References[]
- ↑ https://ameblo.jp/takagi-mania/entry-12851723433.html
- ↑ https://hirofumitouhei.hatenablog.com/entry/2021/12/05/115720
- ↑ 別冊映画秘宝 円谷プロ怪奇ドラマ大作戦, pg 106-107