This Month In Tokusatsu History

July 2
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 14, "Terror of The Two Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Dalong Reel"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 14
       1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 14, "Insane With Anger! The Garoga Boy's Squad"
       1974 First episode of Tatakae! Dragon (Fight! Dragon), "Dragon Files To Hong Kong"
       1974 Inazuman Flash episode 12, "Phantom Town, Despar City"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 13, "Blue Key Quiz!! The Closet Murder Incident"
       1979 Megaloman episode 9, "A UFO and a Dead Soldier in the Sea"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 35, "Kotaro's Designated Arrangement!!"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 19, "A New Hero Appeared"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 22, "Game"

July 3
       1966 Final episode of Ultra Q (27), "The Disappearance of Flight 206"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 14, "Devilman Saboteguron's Raid" (introduces Ichimonji Hayato [Kamen Rider 2])
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 55, "Great General Gold! Tutankamen's Curse" (skipped a week again)
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 38, "Riddle This - EP Youth Group"

July 4
       1966 First episode of Magma Taishi (Ambassador Magma)
       1973 First episode of Supa Robotto Reddo Baron (Super Robot Red Baron), "Conspiracy of the Robot Empire"
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 40
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 22, "Tokyo Great Panic!"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 35

July 5
       1950 Bandai Co., Ltd. established, largest Japanese toy manufacturer. Makes most of the toys based on Tokusatsu
                characters
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 14, "Riddle of the Manji Clan"
       1973 Robot Detective episode 14, "Terror of the Twinkling Eyes!!"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 13 "Huge Explosion! A Desperate Couple of Aliens"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 13, "Secret of Pink! Push Down the Human Bomb"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 14, "Puzzle of the Great Leader Shadow Appearance"

July 6
       1918 Izu Hajime is born, played Doctor Koumyoji the creator of Jinzo Ningen Kikaida (1972-1973)
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 14: "Taro's Head Got Chopped Off!"
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 40, "Operation Diamond Plunder"
       1974 Electroid Zabogā episode 14, "Impervious Killer Girukonfu"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 21, "Apollo Geist - The Last General"
       1976 First episode of Choujin Bibyun [Super Human Bibyun], "Ghost Extermination! Super Humans Appear"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 23, "The Three Ogami Sisters and the Kid"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 16, "The Rival Biker"

July 7
       1968 Ultra Seven episode 40 "The Seven Assassination Plan (Conclusion)"
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 14
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 14, "5 Stars Scattered In the Galaxy"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 21, "The Two Riders That Lived"
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 13
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 9, "The Big Crime Syndicate Shadow Appearance Mystery"
       1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 14 (most of this episode is just a review of the previous 13 episodes)
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 23, "Showdown! The Appearance Of Many Monsters!"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 19, "The New Robot's Red Impact"

July 8
       1972 First episode of Jinzo Ningen Kikaida, "The Horrible Grey Rhino King Is Hell's Messenger"
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 67, "The Shocker Leader Appears! Dangerous Rider"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 15
       1978 First episode Uchu kara no Messeji: Ginga Taisen (Message from Space: Galactic Wars), "Bizarre! The Black Spaceship"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 21, "Monkey See, Monkey Does Finishing Move"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 14, "One Path"

July 9
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 15, "Revenge of the Monster Lad"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 15
       1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 15, "Submersion! Godzilla, Save Tokyo!"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 2, "Dragon's Foe Is Purple Snake"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 14,"All Supercars!! Fierce!! The Great Rush!!"
       1979 Megaloman episode 10, "Combat in the Crime Army"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black Fear! Evil Monster Mansion opens in theaters in Japan
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 36, "Who's the Hero!?"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 20. "The Secret Byakko-chan"
       1998 Kouda, Munemaru, voice of Gold Goraga in Meteor Man Zone (1973) and Emperor Gorma XV in Five Star Task Force Dairanger (1993) died
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 23, "Uneasiness"

July 10
       1901 Tsuburaya, Eiji is born, created Godzilla and Ultraman, was reponsible for special effects in many Toho films
                before starting Tsuburaya Productions, father of Tokusatsu. Died January 25, 1970
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 15, "Counter Attack Saboteguron"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 56, "Blue Summer Vacation! Homicidal Seashore Demon"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 39, "Idol's Poison Tongue"

July 11
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 2, "Violent Clash! The Baron Break"
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 41
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 23, "The Female Commander of Galaxy Haunts"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 36

July 12
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 15, "Little Priest Haku Kūki"
       1973 Robot Detective episode 15, "The Target: Atomic No.79?!"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 14 "Certain-Kill Fists! A Young Boy Who Calls Up a Tempest"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 14, "Red Casket! Mystery of Skull Residence"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 15, "Death Call Shadow of Toranpu"

July 13
       1960 P-Productions is founded by Tomio Sagisu, produced Ambassador Magma, Monster Prince, Spectreman,
                Swift Hero Lion Maru, Storm Cloud Lion Maru, Ironman Tiger Seven and Electroid Zabogā
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 15: "Young Girl of the Blue Will-o-the-Wisp"
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 41, "The Battle With Cyborg Mark 1"
       1974 Electroid Zabogā episode 15, "Death Match!! The Riddle of Sigma's Giant Devil Castle"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 22, "The Great Giant of Fear! King Dark Appears"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 2, "From The Bog Comes A Tiger? Save Lisa!"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 24, "Melancholy – The Lovers from a Mysterious Town"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 17, "The Deserter"
       1996 Gamera 2: The Advent of Legion opens in movie theaters in Japan
       2003 Sakaguchi, Toru died, stared in "Kamen no Ninja Akakage" (1967)
       2004 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Collector's Edition Vol. 8 DVD is released in Hawaii by JN Productions

July 14
       1968 Ultra Seven episode 41 "The Challenge from the Water"
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 15
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 15, "Summer Horror Series - Curse of the Black Crab"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 22, "Camp of Fear - The Riddle of the Bottom of the Canal"
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 14
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 10, "A Big Boss Big Shadow Mystery!?"
       1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 15
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 24, "Diane Overthrown"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 20, "Iron Fist 100 Bursts"

July 15
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 68, "Dr. Death - True Meaning of Terror?"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 16
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 2, "The Bizarre Green Mantis Is A Killer"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 2, "Terror! The Ninja Corps"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 22, "I'll Make You Laugh"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 15, "Phoenix Stronghold"

July 16
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 16, "Mystery of the Big Bird Monster Terochilus"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 16
       1972 Third Kamen Rider movie, "Kamen Rider Vs. Hell Ambassador" opens in movie theaters in Japan (second orginal Kamen RIder movie)
       1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 16, ""Counterstrike Of Terror! Garoga-Robot!"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 3, "The Messenger Of Evil Is Red Scorpion"
       1974 Inazuman Flash episode 13, "White Darkness!! Witch Sings the Babysitter Song" (skipped a week)
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 15, "Crimson Occult!! Vampire Ghost Story"
       1979 Megaloman episode 11, "Battle for the Command"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 37, "Skinning With Tusks, Beastman Ninja Troop"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 21, "Birth Of A Spirit Legend Beast"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 24, "Strengthening"

July 17
       1966 First episode of Ultraman, "Ultra Operation No, 1"
       1971 "Gamera vs. the Deep Sea Monster Zigra" opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 16, "Wrestler of the Devils, Phirasaurus"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 40, "The Secret of Karate Master Meijin"

July 18
       1971 Go Go Kamen Rider (movie version of episode 13), the first Kamen Rider movie is shown in Japan
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 3, "Trump Card: Android X"
       1973 "Kamen Rider V3 Vs Destron Demons" shown in Japan
       1973 "Robot Detective" movie shown in Japan
       1976 "Secret Task Force Goranger: Bomb Hurricane" shown in Japan
       1978 "J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team VS Goranger" shown in Japan
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 42
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 24, "Nessie of Hamana Lake"
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan the movie shown in Japan
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 37

July 19
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 16, "The Needlecrest Demon Monster"
       1973 Robot Detective episode 16, "Steal Back from BAD!"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 15 "The Way to Kill in Darkness! The One Strike with Fighting Spirit"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 16, "Bloodsucking Bubunga Devil's Present"

July 20
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 16: "The Monster's Flute Sounds"
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 42, "Pursuit 1000 km!"
       1974 Electroid Zabogā episode 16, "The Mecha Borg of Fear is Born!"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 23, "King Dark, Devil's Invention"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 3, "Disappearing In The Sand? Accursed Highway"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 25, "Kojinyama – Tearful Goodbye", guest stars Ikeda, Shunsuke
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 18, "Secret Information"
       2001 After 27 years Ban, Daisuke (Jiro/Kikaida) and Ikeda, Shunsuke (Ichiro/Kikaida 01) return to Honolulu, Hawaii

July 21
       1968 Ultra Seven episode 42 "Ambassador of The Nonmalt"
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 16
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 16, "Summer Horror Series - Scary Story of the Cattle God-Man"
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 15
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 23, "Terror! The Blood-Sucking Man That Came from the Base"
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 11, "Ghost Story: The Ghost Lady Of The Underground Secret Base"
       1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 16
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 25, "Mystery Of The Movie Studio"
       1993 "Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider" TV special aired
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 21, "The Storm-Calling Cup and Ball"
       2001 Ban, Daisuke (Jiro/Kikaida) and Ikeda, Shunsuke (Ichiro/Kikaida 01) continue their visit to Honolulu, Hawaii

July 22
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 69, "Demon Killer Cricket - Claw of Impending Death"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 17
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 3, "A Beautiful Messanger from Earth"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 23, "Blitzkrieg!! The Strange White Bird"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 16, "A Sword Master From Space"

July 23
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 17, "Monster Bird Terochilus- Tokyo's Big Aireal Bombing"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 17
       1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 17, "Go! Fighter Emergency Take Off!"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 4, "Dragon VS, Black Jaguar"
       1974 Inazuman Flash episode 14, "Great Arial Battle!! Combine Udespar Tactical Squad"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 16, "The Black Baseball!! The Attacking Demonic Sphere"
       1979 Megaloman episode 12, "The Great Challenge"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 38, "The Wicked Dance Troop of the White Bone Field"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 22, "The Great Secrets Of The Tiger's Cub!!"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 25, "Wandering"

July 24
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 2, "Shoot the Invader"
       1971 "Godzilla vs Hedorah" opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 17, "Desperate Struggle Of The Ring, Knock Down! Phirasaurus"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 41, "The Dangerous Thief of Time"

July 25
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 4, "Certain Death! The Phoenix Maneuver"
       1974 Kamen Rider X movie "Five Riders Vs. King Dark" in theaters in Japan
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 43
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 38
       1984 Akihiko, Hirata died of lung cancer in Tokyo, Japan, played Dr. Serizawa, Daisuke in "Godzilla" (1954) and the evil
                Mr. K in "Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love" (1972) as well as many other roles

July 26
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 17, "Immortal Marūjyo"
       1973 Robot Detective episode 17, "Beware the Foam of Evil?!"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 16 "The Woman Who Disappeared in the Middle of the Night"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 15, "Large Blue Fortress! Great Raging Variblune" (skipped a week)
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 17, "Ghost Story: Devil Resurrection Festival"

July 27
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 17: "Two Big Monsters Close in on Taro!"
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 43, "I Swear by the Sun and the Green!"
       1974 Electroid Zabogā episode 17, "Murderous Kick! Mecha-Borg Team"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 24, "Fiend of Revenge Geronimo! The Silent Attack"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 2 repeats (it was unusual to have reruns in Japan at this time)
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 19, "The Triumphal Return of Top Gunder"

July 28
       1968 Ultra Seven episode 43 "Nightmare on Planet 4"
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 17
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 17, "Summer Horror Series - The Demon Woman of Hotarugawara"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 24, "Mystery! Cockroach Mansion!!"
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 16
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 12, "Ghost Story: The Cursed Head Of The Graveyard Ghost Cat"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 26, "The Masked Report From The Bandaged Man"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 22, "The Secret Combining Order!!"

July 29
       1963 Kamiya, Masahiro is born, played Koumyoji, Masaru in "Jinzo Ningen Kikaida" (1972) and Nitta, Hiroshi in "Denjin
                Zabogā (1974)
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 70, "Demon Electric Guitar Battle - Fireball Attack"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 18
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 4, "Fighter For Justice, Shooting Star"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 24, "Ah, It's All Over"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 17, "Formation of Our Vow"

July 30
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 18
       1973 Meteor Man Zone, episode 18 "Directive: Destroy The Japanese Laboratory!"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 5, "The Frightening Silver Praying Mantis"
       1974 Inazuman Flash episode 15, "Big Flood Operation!!"
       1979 Megaloman episode 13, "The Battle of the Monsters"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 39, "Running Explosion! Mini 4WD"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 23, "True Love At Full Speed"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 26, "Self"

July 31
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 3, "Science Patrol, Move Out"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 18, "Fossil-Man Hitodenger"
       1973 Last episode (30) of Fireman, "Fireman Disappears into Space"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 57, "Black Encircling Net! Peggy's Five Faces" (skipped 2 weeks)
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 42, "Monsters Gathering in Tokyo"