Return of Ultraman
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The Return of Ultraman title card
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Tsuburaya Productions |
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| Theme music composer | Koichi Sugiyama |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
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| Running time | 30 mins |
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| Original network | Tokyo Broadcasting System |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 720p |
| Original release | April 2, 1971 – March 31, 1972 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Ultra Seven |
| Followed by | Ultraman Ace |
The Return of Ultraman (帰ってきたウルトラマン? Kaettekita Urutoraman, roughly meaning "Ultraman Has Returned"), is a tokusatsu science fiction/kaiju/superhero TV series, and is the fourth in the Ultra Series.
Eiji Tsuburaya had originally intended for the Ultra Series to end with the 1967 series Ultra Seven (Urutora Sebun, 1967). Ultraman (Urutoraman, 1966) proved to be too popular a character to omit.
Eiji Tsuburaya died in 1970. His son Hajime Tsuburaya (who took over Tsuburaya Productions until his own death in 1973) revived the Ultra Series with Return of Ultraman.
The show features a new Ultraman named "New Ultraman" (新ウルトラマン? Shin Urutoraman), or just "Kaettekita Ultraman" (帰ってきたウルトラマン?). In 1984, he was renamed "Ultraman Jack" (ウルトラマンジャック? Urutoraman Jakku) due to licensing issues. Tsuburaya and Bandai (which had just bought the Ultraman toy license in Japan) held a contest for children to pick a new name for this Ultraman. Although he is called "Ultraman Jack" for licensing in and out of Japan, he is still sometimes referred to as "New Ultraman"/"Kaettekita Ultraman", by some fans (and also in some official sources). This change was done due to a last-minute decision as the original plan for this series was for the original Ultraman to return to Earth to continue fighting against aliens and monsters.
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