Return of Ultraman

Return of Ultraman
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Japanese name
Kanji	帰ってきたウルトラマン
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Kaettekita Urutoraman
Genre	Tokusatsu Kaiju Superhero Science fiction
Developed by	Shozo Uehara[1] Yoji Hashimoto[1]
Starring	Jiro Dan Nobuo Tsukamoto Jun Negami Shunsuke Ikeda Ken Nishida Ko Matsui Mika Katsuragi Shin Kishida Rumi Sakakibara Hideki Kawaguchi
Narrated by	Akira Nagoya[2]
Theme music composer	Koichi Sugiyama
Composer	Tōru Fuyuki
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	51
Production
Running time	24 mins
Original release
Network	Tokyo Broadcasting System
Release	April 2, 1971 (1971-04-02) – March 31, 1972 (1972-03-31)
Related
Ultraseven Ultraman Ace
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Return of Ultraman^[1] (帰ってきたウルトラマン, Kaettekita Urutoraman) is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The fourth entry in the Ultra series, the series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 2, 1971, to March 31, 1972. It became successful enough to inspire a second "Kaiju Boom" in Japan, with rival studios producing their own tokusatsu shows and Tsuburaya Productions producing additional Ultraman shows annually for the next three years.^[3] Prior to the series' release, Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven were stand-alone titles however, Return of Ultraman is the first installment to unite the first three shows into an interconnected universe.^[4]