The 5 Ultra Oaths is the fifty-first and final episode of Return of Ultraman. It features the return of the monster Zetton from the original Ultraman series and the introduction of the 5 Ultra Oaths.
Synopsis[]
Jiro and Rumiko are kidnapped by an alien. Ultraman and MAT must find a way to rescue them, but the infamous Zetton has arrived on Earth.
Plot[]
Hideki Go is having recurring nightmares of the original Ultraman's imfamous final battle with Zetton. He wakes up and gets a call from an unknown figure. He is ordered to go to a baseball stadium. Meanwhile, Jiro, and Rumiko wake up in a baseball stadium and try to escape, but are stalled by Alien Bat.
Go arrives at the stadium, and encounters Zetton II, under Bat's control. Go tries to transform into Ultraman, but unable to. He hears the original Ultraman's voice and tells him that Zetton was the only monster that he couldn't defeat and if Go rushes in to battle he will lose just like him. Alien Bat then tells him of the Bat invasion of the Land of Light and that the Ultra Brothers will be unable to stop them. He threatens to unleash Zetton II on the city. An angered Go leaves abruptly.
Go reports his findings to his teammates at MAT, who decide to have one contingent fight Zetton, who is rampaging in the city, while another contingent rescues the Sakatas. MAT manages to rescue the Sakatas, but Go is shot down by Zetton. Meanwhile, Bat transforms into a giant and the duo start to continue to rampage throughout the city.
Ultraman Jack, touched by Go and MAT's courage allows the former to transform one last time.
With the assistance of MAT, Ultraman manages to stab Alien Bat and kill him. He then destroys Zetton with his Ultra Hurricane and Spacium Beam, avenging the original Ultraman's defeat.
Go, presumed to be dead, has a funeral service held by MAT and the Sakatas near the ocean. When MAT leaves, Go appears to Jiro and Rumiko one last time. Go knows he needs to go to M78. He tells Jiro to recite the 5 Ultra Oaths but he refused to. Go saids goodbye to Jiro and transforms into Ultraman. Jiro shouts the 5 Ultra Oaths at both Go and Ultraman while they vanish into the sky and return to to M78.
Cast[]
- Hideki Go : Jiro Dan
- Ryu Ibuki : Jun Negami
- Takeshi Minami : Shunsuke Ikeda
- Ippei Ueno : Ko Mitsui
- Fumio Kishida : Ken Nishida
- Yuriko Oka : Mika Katsuragi
- Jiro Sakata : Hideki Kawaguchi
- Rumiko Murano : Kazuko Iwasaki
Guest Actors[]
- MAT Radar Communication Crew Member : Eiichi Kikuchi
- Man in Kimono : Takanobu Toya
Voice Actors[]
- Original Ultraman & Ultraman : Isao Yatsu
- Alien Bat : Osamu Saka
- Narrator : Akira Nagoya
Suit Actors[]
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
- Ultraman Jack
- Ultraman (voice)
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Return of Ultraman Volume 13 features episodes 49-51.
Trivia[]
- With a rating of 29.5%, this is the highest rated episode of Return of Ultraman.
- Recycled footage from the final episode of Ultraman is used when Go is dreaming of the original Ultraman fighting Zetton.
- Alien Bat refers to Ultraman, Ultraseven and Zoffy as the Ultra Brothers, marking the first time they have been referred to as such on-screen.
- In the original version when Ultraman Jack does his pose at the end of the episode the sky is afternoon, but in the HD Version the sky is blue.
- The final clip of this episode is stock footage of episode 18, "Ultraseven Arrives!" where Jack flies off to the sun to recieve the Ultra Bracelet.
- A shadow of the model of Zetton II was seen in the background after Jack threw Zetton II with the Ultra Hurricane before killing him with a Spacium Beam.
Thumbnail of the commemorative video.
- In commemoration of Jiro Dan's passing on March 22, 2023, this episode was made available for free on the official YouTube channel and TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION from March 28 to April 30.[1][2]
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