Retro Feature: On the set of 'Ultraman' in 1966

[CrankyYankee]

Use this link to view photos from the 1966 production of 'Ultraman' in Japan.
http://www.stripes.com/photoday/041610photoday.html
Scroll down below the caption of the photo for a link to more behind-the-scenes of the show.

 

[Limp73]

That little monster in the photo which the children befreinded died at the end of the episode after protecting them and assisting Ultraman.

I loved this show! As super-campy as it was (remember U.M. fighting a man-eating orchid???) this was a cult favorite! WKEF in Dayton used to air it immediately following Speed Racer in the weekday late afternoons in the early 1970s after Clubhouse 22.

Always wondered why the U.S. version never had any closing credits except for:
"A TBS Television Production in association with United Artists Television."

The young lady who played Fuji I always admired..she was cute and sweet!

 

[azumanga]

WKEF in Dayton used to air it immediately following Speed Racer in the weekday late afternoons in the early 1970s after Clubhouse 22.

Always wondered why the U.S. version never had any closing credits except for:
"A TBS Television Production in association with United Artists Television."

Tonight I came across a DVD set of the first 20 episodes of Ultraman at a local Borders -- it was priced at only $4.95. Anyhow, it not only had the original Japanese dialogue, but it also mentioned that included the English dialogue featuring the same voice actors who did "Speed Racer" -- meaning that the same people who packaged Speed Racer for American viewers also packaged Ultraman. But as for why there were no credits other than the Japanese broadcaster and the US syndicator, who knows.

Personally, I saw Ultraman in the early-1980s, when it was on weekday afternoons on WTOG in Tampa Bay -- I recall the show having a weird psychedelic opening, as well as a similar background for the production credits. As a kid, though, I thought the "TBS" in this case meant "Turner Broadcasting System", not realising until later that it meant the similarly-acronymmed but unrelated "Tokyo Broadcasting System".