The BEST episodes directed by Ishiro Honda
#1 - The 5 Ultra Pledges
Ultraman - Season 3 - Episode 51
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.
#2 - Takkong's Big Counterattack
Ultraman - Season 3 - Episode 2
While going through the various MAT training courses, Hideki Goh aces them all garnering perfect scores every time. When the monster Takkong surfaces again sinking a tanker vessel, Goh and other MAT members plan to eradicate the beast with torpedoes. During the undersea attack, Goh gets trigger happy and nearly gets him and Minami killed. With Minami unconscious, Goh tries to change to Ultraman, but fails to do so. The monster retreats and Goh is released from MAT duty. He returns to his friend Sakata so as to build his specialized race car, Ryuusei #2; but he doesn't want to work with him, either. Meanwhile, Takkong attacks an oil refinery trapping Minami below ground leaving Captain Kato and his crew helpless to get to him and workers trapped below. Goh then comes to save the people who are stuck in the oil refinery Goh only saved one then he went back. This time it was on fire. Goh beacme Ultraman Jack and killed Takkong with the specium beam.
#3 - Monster Island S.O.S
Ultraman - Season 3 - Episode 9
When one of MAT's officers crashed on Dangar's island while delivering a Monster Sonar, MAT came to rescue their friend, but had accidentally disturbed Dangar's sleep while he was in a cave. Awakened, Dangar proceeded to attack MAT and shrug off all their assaults. Hideki Go began attacking, but his craft ran out of fuel and crashed. As Dangar closed in on the crash, Goh was transformed into Ultraman Jack to battle Dangar instead. The two fought a lengthy battle until volcanic eruptions surrounded them. Jack finally managed to tear Dangar’s dreadlocks off and threw him to the ground before firing the Specium Ray into Dangar’s head, killing him.
#4 - All Monsters Attack
Ultraman - Season 3 - Episode 1
Two giant monsters Zazahn, and Takkong rise from the sea fighting eachother destroying each other several city blocks in Tokyo. MAT (Monster Attack Team) is called into action to quell the kaiju assault. During the attack, A boy named Jiro Sakata ran to the car company to tell his older siblings that monsters were attacking, & ran off to them, with a race car driver Hideki Goh ran off to chase after him. Jiro went through the police to get them, and Goh got him to safety. Zazahn died with Takkong remaining. MAT landed to ground when a mother told the team that her son Hiroshi went to the top of the building to release the birds out of their cages. Oka was about to go in, but Goh went to the building to help Hiroshi release the birds, and got back down stairs until they noticed a dog chained in, so Goh went back in, & released the dog. Takkong crushed the building and collapsed on Go covering the dog, and Hiroshi. Then a light flashed with Takkong retreating back into the ocean.Hiroshi went to get help until Goh fainted.The doctors took him to the hospital for treatment. Aki Sakata Jiro's older sister, MAT, & Hiroshi, & his mother hoping the hospital.They but a mask on him connected to a chamber of water to know he's breathing, and gave him a needle. Ken Sakata the oldest in the family arrived to tell Goh that the Race car the Shooting Star was finished. The buddies in the chamber stopped witch mean he died. The Sakata siblings went in the room with the Shooting Star. They put flowers, a photo, & a race car toy in, & Ken poured oil on the car, & burned it to say farewell. Back at the hospital a light appeared revealing the new hero Ultraman who was impressed of Goh's courageous act that he saved a dog, and a boy if it cost his life. He merged inside Goh's body, & he was revived seeing that he was in the hospital,even surpising a nurse. MAT got a call from the hospital to hear that Goh was back to life. Goh returned to the Car Company seeing that the Shooting Star was
#5 - Operation Rainbow Monster!
Ultraman - Season 3 - Episode 7
Goh, Jiro, Aki, and Ken are all on a mountain excursion. While enjoying the day, Jiro takes a photograph of Goh and his girlfriend in the top of a precipice. As they pose, Goh's super hearing picks up a shrill sound that nobody else hears. Later, Aki has the pictures developed and to her surprise, some sort of monster has photo bombed their picture without them knowing it. MAT investigates the location and comes up with nothing except scratch marks on some rocks by the river. They think that little Jiro has somehow doctored the photo as a prank. When the monster does reveal itself, MAT members discover it's a rock-like chameleon beast, assimilating with its surroundings. They devise the 'Rainbow Plan', an air and ground maneuver where the Monster Attack Team will pellet the thing with a myriad amount of colors so that the monster will remain visible. Goh Transformed into Ultraman & the monster was defeated.