I'm Taking the Earth

Return of Ultraman, episode 48

Information

Airdate

March 10, 1972

Directed by

Takaharu Saeki

Written by

Mieko Osanai

Special Effects Directed by

Yoichi Manoda

Viewer Ratings

25.2%

Continuity
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I'm Taking the Earth (地球頂きます, Chikyū Itadakimasu) 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 (郷秀樹, Gō Hideki): Jiro Dan (団次郎, Dan Jirō)
Ryu Ibuki (伊吹竜, Ibuki Ryū): Jun Negami (根上淳, Negami Jun)
Takeshi Minami (南猛, Minami Takeshi): Shunsuke Ikeda (池田駿介, Ikeda Shunsuke)
Ippei Ueno (上野一平, Ueno Ippei): Ko Mitsui (三井恒, Mitsui Kō)
Yuriko Oka (丘ユリ子, Oka Yuriko): Mika Katsuragi (桂木美加, Katsuragi Mika)
Fumio Kishida (岸田文夫, Kishida Fumio): Ken Nishida (西田健, Nishida Ken)
Jiro Sakata (坂田次郎, Sakata Jirō): Hideki Kawaguchi (川口英樹, Kawaguchi Hideki)

Guest Actors[]

Katsu (勝): Akihiko Tamura (田村明彦, Tamura Akihiko)
Katsu's Mother (勝の母, Katsu no Haha): Haruko Satsuki (五月晴子, Satsuki Haruko)
Thief (泥棒, Dorobō): Mansaku Fuwa (不破万作, Fuwa Mansaku)

Voice Actors[]

Yametaranese (ヤメタランス, Yametaransu): Osamu Ichikawa (市川治, Ichikawa Osamu)
Sasahiller (ササヒラ, Sasahira): Isao Yatsu (谷津勲, Yatsu Isao)

Suit Actors[]

Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman): Eiichi Kikuchi (菊池英一, Kikuchi Eiichi)

Appearances[]

Ultras[]

Ultraman Jack

Kaiju[]

Home Media[]

Return of Ultraman Volume 12 features episodes 45-48.

Return of Ultraman Episodes
1. All Monsters Attack \| 2. Takkong's Big Counterattack \| 3. Evil Monster Realm of Terror \| 4. Definite Kill! Comet Kick \| 5. Two Giant Monsters Attack Tokyo \| 6. Battle! Monsters vs. MAT \| 7. Operation Rainbow Monster! \| 8. Monster Time Bomb \| 9. Monster Island S.O.S \| 10. Dinosaur Explosion Directive \| 11. Poison Gas Monster Appears \| 12. Revenge of the Monster Shugaron \| 13. Terror of the Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Big Pinch \| 14. Terror of the Two Giant Monsters, Tokyo in a Giant Tornado \| 15. Revenge of the Monster Lad \| 16. Mystery of the Big Bird Monster Terochilus \| 17. Monster Bird Terochilus - Tokyo's Big Aerial Bombing \| 18. Ultraseven Arrives! \| 19. The Giant Invisible Monster That Came from Space \| 20. The Monster Is a Giant Shooting Star in Space \| 21. Monster Channel \| 22. I'll Kill This Monster! \| 23. Dark Monster Spit out the Stars! \| 24. Horror! Mansion Monster's Birth \| 25. Leaving My Home Planet Earth \| 26. Mystery Homicide Beetle Incident \| 27. Go to Hell with This One Blow! \| 28. Ultra Special Operation \| 29. Jiro-Kun Rides a Monster \| 30. The Curse of the Bone God Oxter \| 31. In Between a Devil & Angel \| 32. Decisive Battle Under the Setting Sun \| 33. The Monster User and the Boy \| 34. The Life That Can't Be Forgiven \| 35. Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma \| 36. Kick the Night Away \| 37. Ultraman Dies at Sunset \| 38. When the Ultra Star Shines \| 39. Winter of Horror Series - the 20th Century Abominable Snowman \| 40. Winter of Horror Series - Phantom Snow Woman \| 41. The Revenge of Alien Baltan Jr. \| 42. The Monster That Stands on Mt. Fuji \| 43. Demon God Barks on the Moon \| 44. To the Starry Sky with Love \| 45. Assassinate Hideki Go! \| 46. This One Blow Filled with Anger \| 47. The Targeted Woman \| 48. I'm Taking the Earth \| 49. Space Warriors - Your Name Is MAT \| 50. Invitation from Hell \| 51. The 5 Ultra Oaths