The BEST episodes directed by Hajime Tsuburaya

#1 - The Monster Anarchy Zone

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 8

Contact has been lost with a meteorological station on a distant Pacific island. When the Science Patrol investigates, they encounter a lone survivor, carnivorous plants, giant monsters, and a diminutive friendly creature! Can it help them make their way off the island in one piece?

#2 - Farewell, Ultraman

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 39

In the final episode of the Ultraman television series, a fiendish alien creature plots to conquer the Japanese islands and then the world. Critically injured in battle with its giant monster underling, Ultraman is rescued by his surperior officer "Zoffy" and returned to Nebula M-78.

#3 - Ultra Operation No. 1

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 1

The Ultraman legacy begins! When Science patrol agent Hayata is mortally wounded during an intergalactic pursuit of the ferocious monster Belmer, Ultraman fuses with the dying man and saves his life.

#4 - The Monster Highness: (Part 2)

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 27

After escaping from Arashi, the giant Monster Gomora tunnels through the ground to the city of Osaka. Although the Science Patrol attacks succeed in severing its deadly tail, Gomora threatens to destroy Osaka Castle... unless Ultraman can stop it first!

#5 - Spaceship Rescue Command

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 38

The Science Patrol takes to the stars and learns that a missing piece of equipment could cause Space Station V2 to explode. After determining that the closest replacement is on a nearby planet, the Science Patrol makes a beeline for it...only to encounter a pair of ferocious monsters in their path!

#6 - The Monster Highness: (Part 1)

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 26

Science Patrol member Arashi discovers a strange monster as he protects a scientific expedition to a South Pacific island. After subduing it with tranquilliser bombs, he attempts to haul it to Osaka, with disastrous results

#7 - Shoot the Invaders!

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 2

Mysterious electromagnetic transmissions are detected over the skies of Tokyo. Soon, a strange lobster-like creature is stalking the halls of the Science and Technology Center. Can Ultraman and the Science Patrol stop the invader before time runs out?

#8 - Cry of the Mummy

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 12

A seven thousand year old mummy is awakened by scientific experiments and it goes on a rampage. When finally cornered, it summons an enormous, four-legged dragon so powerful that only Ultraman stands a chance of defeating it.

#9 - Oil S.O.S.

Ultraman - Season 1 - Episode 13

An enormous starfish monster that feeds on petroleum products is preying upon oil tankers in Tokyo Bay. Before long, it sets its sights on bigger game: a massive oil storage facility in the port. Only the Science Patrol and Ultraman have the power to stop it before Japan's energy supplies are cut off!

#10 - The Invisible Challenger

Ultraman - Season 2 - Episode 1

When a sinister alien invasion causes the mysterious disappearances of innocent people, the Ultra Garrison (headed by the Terrestrial Defense Force) goes into action for the first time, only to get help from a young drifter named Dan Moroboshi, who, unbeknownst to them, is actually the mighty Agent 340, who would soon best be known on Earth as Ultra Seven!

#11 - The Erased Time

Ultraman - Season 2 - Episode 5

A supersonic jet leaves the Ultra Guard Science Center in Antarctica with renowned scientist, Dr. Yushima. aboard. Heading for Japan to the Ultra Garrison command center, the jet inexplicably freezes in the air; momentarily caught in some bizarre beam. Upon his arrival, agent Furuhashi is assigned as Dr. Yushima's bodyguard. What's unknown to the Ultra crew is that Dr. Yushima is being used as a vessel for the Alien Bira, a race of beings with the intent of conquering the entire universe.

#12 - Underground: Go! Go! Go!

Ultraman - Season 2 - Episode 17

A cave-in traps Jiro, a miner, 3,000 feet below the Earth's surface. The Ultra Guard is asked to help in learning of the cause of the disruption inside the cave. Referred to as the "Miracle Man", the Ultra Garrison learn that Jiro had previously survived a fall from a 700 foot cliff! Moroboshi senses something unusual while in the cave. Upon descending further, Dan learns just who Jiro is...

#13 - Escape from Area X

Ultraman - Season 2 - Episode 18

On a skydiving exercise, Amagi and Soga disappear, landing in a fog enshrouded forest. After regaining contact with the Ultra Guard they find out they're trapped within a monster-filled "Virtual Space" created by a race of Aliens known as Bells.

#14 - The Dead Invaders

Ultraman - Season 2 - Episode 33

#15 - The Vanishing City

Ultraman - Season 2 - Episode 34