

The Ultraman
Joneus (Joe), a new Ultraman from U-40, merges with young Science Garrison member Chôichirô Hikari to defend the Earth in the first animated Ultra Series entry.
Cast

Kei Tomiyama
Chôichirô Hikari (voice)

Masatô Ibu
Ultraman Joneus (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto
Mutsumi Hoshikawa (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata
Commander Daisuke Gondô (voice)

Masaya Nihei
Hiroaki Tobe (voice)
Kinya Morikawa
Commander Tetsuo Akiyama (voice)
Shingo Kanemoto
Takeshi Marume (voice)

Junpei Takiguchi
Pigu (voice)

Shigeru Chiba
Monki (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura
Professor Henry Nishiki (voice)
Eiji Kanie
Narrator
Seasons & Episodes

E1Birth of a New Hero
Apr 4, 1979
Shortly after the Scientific Defense Guard had been assembled, ice burgs from the Antarctic region began to melt with one of them containing ancient monsters known as the Seagras

E2The Secret of the Shining Pendant
Apr 11, 1979
The first and only appearance of Spiral the Tornado Monster

E3When the Weed Whistle Blows in the Evening
Apr 18, 1979
One day in Japan a city was suddenly attacked by a monster from the Tōgō Mountain called a Wanigodon that appeared seemingly from nowhere.

E4Chase of the Mysterious Red Cloud
Apr 25, 1979
Red Smogy the Cloud Monster Attacks!

E5The Passenger! Break through the Underground
May 2, 1979
Several thousand trees disappear from the forest in a single night. In an underground cave they find Toughgilas.

E6Challenge to the Burning Deep Sea
May 9, 1979
A people evacuate from a tsunami, a mysterious flying object appears and rains down fire.

E7Order to Attack! The Objective Is Pig!
May 16, 1979
A robot named Pig, picks up a danger signal of unclear origins. When Hikari and Mutsumi chase after him, they find Electronic Monster Combugon.

E8Officer Hikari's Secret Has Been Stolen!?
May 23, 1979
Hikari encounters monster Mikonos while investigating and unidentified flying object, but it turns out to be a trap set by Space Ninja Alien Baltan.

E9Terror of the Awakened Ancient Creature
May 30, 1979
Investigators visit ancient ruins on Tamara Island, and spot Monster Dolfiego in an underground cavern.

E10I Saw It! The Illusion of a Monster...
Jun 6, 1979
A famous magician, George Satake, tries to teleport himself from the Xalome Desert to Japan.

E11The Science Garrison's Challenge!
Jun 13, 1979
Ogawara uses the giant Bulldozer Weapon Hectole he developed to dig into the earth in the Himalayas, and exterminate monsters.

E12The Curious Conversation Between a Monster and Pig
Jun 20, 1979
Two tankers are caught in a storm and disappear. The Science Guard Party takes the case, and discover three monsters attacking the tankers.

E13The Sad Legend of the Revived Lake
Jun 27, 1979
At Lake Ryujin in Tohoku, an incident breaks out where people and fish are being turned into stone.

E14The Star's Devil Has Come!
Jul 4, 1979
An unidentified celestial body approaches Earth, and emits radiation that makes reptiles violent.

E15You Are Ultraman
Jul 11, 1979
Monster Goglan comes out of an egg that was brought into the plant research institute. Hikari chooses to fight it with his own abilities.

E16The Living Phantom Bird
Jul 18, 1979
The Science Guard Party gets a report that an island has sunk.

E17Beetamii Has Disappeared!
Jul 25, 1979
Tobe, who had been observing a strange typhoon using Beatamy, discovers Prof. Nishiki's helicopter which has crashed in the desert.

E18The Mysterious Monster Island
Aug 1, 1979
A sea serpent emerges at a South Uki Island, the hometown of Yuriko.

E19This is the Ultra Star! Part 1
Aug 8, 1979
Joneus struggles with monsters popping up in countries around the world.

E20This is the Ultra Star! Part 2
Aug 15, 1979
Hikari is brought to Ultra Planet U40 where he is resuscitated back to life. Hikari meets Joneus' sister Amia as well as Elek, Loto and other Ultra people.

E21This is the Ultra Star! Part 3
Aug 22, 1979
The Badel Tribe manipulates the legendary Monster Bagon from the Dark Nebula and attacks U40.

E22The South Sea's Suspicious Space
Aug 29, 1979
The Science Guard Party are spending their vacation in Marume's hometown. There are frequent occurrences of ships sinking.

E23The Supersonic Confrontation
Sep 5, 1979
Mysterious flying objects are attacking passenger planes and industrial complexes.

E24Two Officer Mutsumi's
Sep 12, 1979
The Princess of Alpha Centuri's first planet copies Mutsumi and infiltrates the Science Guard Party.

E25The Devil's Garden
Sep 19, 1979
Incidents begin to happen where men go missing whenever a yellow wind blows through the African desert.

E26Earth's Greatest Crisis!
Sep 26, 1979
A strange phenomenon of water spraying of the sea is happening around the world as a message from Earth itself to humanity, asking it to leave.

E27The Flying Monster Island!
Oct 3, 1979
The Ultra Planet U40 detects the approach of the Space Demon alien Baladon. The Great Sage dispatches Elek, Loto, and five Ultra Warriors.

E28The New Cap Has Arrived!
Oct 10, 1979
The Science Guard Party captures a monster in a coastal industrial area just as the newly assigned Captain Gondow arrives in front of them.

E29The Devil's UFO's Large Invasion
Oct 17, 1979
Invading Alien Jadan sends out of countless UFOs. The Space Self-Defense Unit goes out to fight them off, but the alien succeeds in invading Earth.

E30The Enormous Fossil has Come To Life
Oct 24, 1979
The bones of the giant creature are excavated from ruins in Okutama, Tokyo. However, the bones turn into Monster Skeledon, who destroys the museum.

E31The Female Ultra Warrior
Oct 31, 1979
Joneus' sister Amia heads toward Earth to meet Hikari. IN order to get close to Kikari, who has no memory of U40, she borrows the body of a woman.

E32Object X From Space
Nov 7, 1979
Alien Babilar sends Robot Monster Megasaura, to Earth as part of his invasion plan. Megasaura breaks apart when it enters Earth's atmosphere.

E33Go! Magma's Desperate Sphere
Nov 14, 1979
Underwater volcanoes explode in the Pacific Ocean, followed by changes in the Earth's crust in various locations.

E34The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Prequel)
Nov 21, 1979
The Space Pirate Imbedians pillage the Monster Containment Planet Prison created buy the Ultrapeople of U40, and attempt to invade the Earth.

E35The Monster Accommodation Star Has Been Stolen (Sequel)
Nov 28, 1979
Joneus users up all his energy fighting the monster sent by the Imbedians, and Hikari also gets injured.

E36The Snow Woman Has Come From Space
Dec 5, 1979
Hikari and Mutsumi go to the investigate the cause of an abnormal cold front in the Southern Alps.

E37Ultra Star U40's Crisis! Ultria's Mystery?
Dec 12, 1979
U40 is occupied bu the Heller Army. Amia escapes to Earth, but an army battleship flies to Earth as well.

E38Giant Ultra War! Huge Warship Ultria's Sortie
Dec 19, 1979
Amia goes onboard the Ultria, which has emerged from beneath the ice at the South Pole.

E39Aim at Huge Warship Ultria
Dec 26, 1979
Royger of the Heller Army sends the Terrible Space Creature Hellcat, which sucks energy from humans and mummifies them, to the Space Station EGG 3.

E40The Boy Who Took a Monster
Jan 2, 1980
The boy from Planet Opernicus, Fedelcio, was taught by Royger that Earthlings are evil, and takes his pet Monster Orolaan to destroy cities on Earth.

E41Clash! Ultraman vs. Ultraman
Jan 9, 1980
Rotating Monster Giros appears and the Science Guard Party is dispatched, but Hikari crashes due to a tornado caused by the monster.

E42Ultraman's Strategy to Living
Jan 16, 1980
A moving island is Hatari's giant spacecraft, and he has come to Earth to capture Ultraman.

E43The Monkey That Became a Monster?!
Jan 23, 1980
A mysterious unmanned spaceship recovered in outer space is determined to be a receiver for an electron transmitter developed bu the Heller Army.

E44Ultria Was Broken In Two?!
Jan 30, 1980
Multiple rockets are shot at Earth from the Alien Sien spaceship, and a violent monster emerges.

E45Pig Was Holding a Bomb
Feb 6, 1980
An airplane carrying Terrestrial Defense Force Unit 201 returns from the northern base, but there is something wrong with the captain and the 51 soldiers.

E46Revive Mutsumi
Feb 13, 1980
Tobe and Marume create a device that emits a radio wave only Ultraman can perceive. It seems as though this will cause Hikari's secret to be exposed.

E47To The Ultra Star! Part 1: The Female Warrior's Information
Feb 20, 1980
Cities around the world suffer attacks from the Heller Army. The final battle of Earth and U40 vs the Heller Army is finally upon us.

E48To The Ultra Star! Part 2: The Frontline Base's Destruction
Feb 27, 1980
The Science Guard Party locates Titan, and begins its attack.

E49To The Ultra Star! Part 3: U (Ultra) Fleet's Large Fierce Battle
Mar 5, 1980
The Science Guard Party joins the U40 Ultra Fleet and they infiltrate Heller City but are captured.

E50To The Ultra Star! Conclusion: Towards Peace and Victory
Mar 12, 1980
The Great Sage had been reduced to atoms bu Heller, but in space, Joneus separated from Hikari can be seen fighting the Heller fleet.
Storyline
Joneus (Joe), a new Ultraman from U-40, merges with young Science Garrison member Chôichirô Hikari to defend the Earth in the first animated Ultra Series entry.
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