This Month In Tokusatsu History

December 2
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 88, "Wonder! The Picture of the Black Cat Called Blood"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 36
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 21, "Savage! The Poison Fangs Of Purple Rat"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 9, "Why!? Gabura The Enemy"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 19, "Rise! The Warrior of the Wasteland"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 42, "The Plundered Ninja Power"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 35, "Azure Waves of Light and Shadow"

December 3
       1950 Okazaki, Toru is born, played Yamamoto, Daisuke/Kamen Rider Amazon (1974)
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 10, "The Suspicious Neighbor"
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 35, "Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma"
       1972 Iron King episode 9, "Gentaro in a Close Shave"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 23, "Challange: Hurricane Karate!"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 32, "Which One is This!? Big One in Danger"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 41, "Kujaku's Great Ascension"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 42, "Battlefield"
       2000 Fukuda Jun, director of movies "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster", "Son Of Godzilla",
                "Godzilla vs. Gigan", "Godzilla vs. Megalon", "Godzilla vs.. Mechagodzilla" (original) and TV series Meteor Man
                Zone, died of lung cancer

December 4
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 21, "Breach the Wall of Smoke"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 36, "Resurrected Demon Egyptus"
       1973 Inazuman episode 10, "Fear of Gas"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 71, "Big Red Decisive Battle! Terrestrial Movement Plan"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 7, "SOS! The Story of Friendship"

December 5
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 23, "Letter of Challenge from Outer Space"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 8
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 43, "You too Can Become a Genius"

December 6
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 36, "Stone Buddha Ninja Skill"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 35, "I'm a Monster General!"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 36, "Giant Flying Gun Dorukanon"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 33, "Red Target! False Five Rangers Appearance"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 36, "Three Riders vs. Strong Delza Army Corps!"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 10, "Where Is Nobuhiko?"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 34, "1001 Faces of Neroz"

December 7
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 36 ,"Coward! The Breed Cried"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 10, "Mohjingah 's Great Counterattack"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 8, "The Crocodile Beastman That Attacked the School"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 21, "Good Kids Turning Into Calligraphy Brushes? The Haunted Calligraphy Class"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 10, "Look!! Kaningaajin's Secret"

December 8
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 36
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 36 "A Terrible-Monster Registering 10,000 Phons?"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 10, "Kill The Bastards!"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 43, "An Enemy or a Friend? Riderman"
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 30, "Demon? Angel? Bijinda Appears!!"
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apes episode 10, "The Tears of an Ape Mother"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 45, "Five Minutes Before A Heart Stops"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 39, "The Prince Dies In A Duel"

December 9
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 89, "Fear's Pet Strategy (1) - Drop Rider into Hell!"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 37
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 22, "White Saw Shark The Twelve Nightmarish Hours"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 10, "Why!? Darunia's Crisis"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 20, "The Legend of The Golden Ship"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 43, "The Last Day of the Three God Generals"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 36, "Mirai's Younger Sister"

December 10
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 11, "Fly to Devil's Mountain"
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 36, "The Chirase Kicks The Night"
       1972 Iron King episode 10, "A Kiss for the Dead" (final episode for the Shiranui Clan)
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 24, "Target: The Karate Champion"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 33, "The Shock Team is Destroyed!? CRIME's Cooking Class"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 42, "A Straight Line To Mother"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 43, "Reality"
       2019 Mill Creek Entertainment released "Ultraseven" on Blu Ray box sets and Steelbook Editions, with digital acess through MovieSPREE

December 11
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 22, "Overthrow the Surface"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 37, "Poisonous Gas Demon Torigubti's G Tactics"
       1973 Inazuman episode 11, "The Balin Rose is Mother of Inazuman"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 72, "Blue Secrecy! Varidreen Is Dismantled"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 8, "Papa's and Mama's Secret"
       2000 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida - The Animation episode 8, "Friends" (skipped a week)

December 12
       1956 Murakami, Hiroaki is born, played Tsukuba, Hiroshi/Skyrider (1979-1980)
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 24, "Smash the Deadly Cosmic Weapon!"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 9
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 44, "The Great Escape - Heli Explosion"

December 13
       1949 Ushio, Tetsuya is born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan; played Shishimaru in Swift Hero Lion Maru (1972) and
                Dan, Shishimaru in Storm Cloud Lion Maru (1973)
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 37, "Ninja Monster Jyako"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 36, "Fly! Leo Brothers, Save the Space Base!"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 37, "Secret Orders!! The Interrupter Kills!!"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 37, "Rider Capture! Delza Banzai!!"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 11, "The Starving Creatures"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 35, "Empire of Evil"

December 14
       1967 originally unaired episode of Ultra Q, "Open Up!" aired a year and a half after the series had ended
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 37 ,"Monster, Return To Your Homeland!"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 11, "The Kerarin Family's Great Challenge"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 9, "Go Amazon! To the Island of the Crab Beastman!"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 22, "My Daughter Is A Frog? Sorry About That Mom"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 11, "Sanshuujin!! Hell Valley Escape"

December 15
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 37
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 37 "Star of Friendship Forever"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 11, "Let's Spring the Trap!"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 44, "V3 vs.. Riderman"
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 31, "The Touching Android Bijinda Explosive Death"
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apes episode 11, "The Man-made House Sitting Robot"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 46, "The Cursed Straw Man"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 40, "Arrival! The Mysterious Princess!!"

December 16
       1927 Akihiko Hirata is born, played Dr. Serizawa, Daisuke in "Godzilla" (1954) and the evil Mr. K in "Rainbowman:
                Warrior Of Love" (1972) as well as many other roles
       1967 Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son [aka Son of Godzilla] opens in movie theaters
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 90, "Fear's Pet Strategy (2) - Rider SOS!"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 38
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 23, "A Meet With The Yellow Ant Lion Brothers Three"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 11, "Why!? Evil and the Child"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 21, "The Monster From Another Dimension"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 44, "The Wound-Filled Great Reversal"
       2000 Masked Rider Live 2000 concert/stage show performed and recorded
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 37, "Father's Return"

December 17
       1966 Godzilla-Ebira-Mothra: Great South Seas Duel [aka Godzilla vs..The Sea Monster] opens in movie theaters
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 12, "From Another Planet with Love" - BANNED EPISODE
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 37, "Ultraman Dies at Sunset"
       1972 Iron King episode 11, "Tokyo Is Burning" (introduces the Phantom Militia)
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 25, "Counterattack! The Dark Tiger"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 34, "Disappearance! CRIME's Fortress Island"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 43, "Violent White Prohibited Past"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 44, "Crisis"

December 18
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 23, "My Home Is Earth"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 38, "Lightening Demon Stingray King's World Darkness Strategy"
       1973 Inazuman episode 12, "Mother's Enmity Banba"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 73, "Black Whirlwind! It is a Game! Straight Line"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 9, "Maribaron's Witchcraft"
       2000 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida - The Animation episode 9, "Frozon Bonds"

December 19
       1965 Great Monster War [aka Monster Zero] opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 25, "The 7 Secrets of Red Baron"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 10
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 45, "Invincible Galatic Lightning Man"

December 20
       1964 Three Giant Monsters: The Earth's Greatest Decisive Battle [aka Ghidora, the Three-Headed Monster] opens in
                theaters in Japan
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 38, "Monsters Ninjas Full Forces"
       1969 Godzilla-Minya-Gabara: Great Charge of All Monsters [aka Godzilla's Revenge] opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 37, "Mystery! The Mirror in Which a Devil Lives"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 38, "Decisive Battle, Zabougā versus Doctor Akunomiya!!"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 34, "Yellow Spy Game! You Saw the Power of YTC" (skipped a week)
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 38, "Appear! Riders 1 & 2!!"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 12, "The Birth Of The Legend Of Super Mechanics"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 36, "The Mission of the Cybernetic Unit"
       1999 Godzilla Millennium opens in movie theaters in Japan, shown as Godzilla 2000 in US theaters
       2001 Nambara, Koji died; played Gen Kai Ryuu/King Cobra in "Diamond Eye" (1973)

December 21
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 38 ,"The Ultra Christmas Tree"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 12, "Gerarachin's Attack"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 10, "Black Cat Beastman - Aiming at the Kindergarten!!"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 23, "Thanks For The Meal? The Haunted Hospital"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 12, "Santa Claus of Darkness    Oh, Henshin Impossible"

December 22
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 38
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 38 "Resurrection! Father of Ultra"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 12, "Critical Moment!!"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 45, "Destron's Christmas Present"
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 32, "Beckoning In Hell: Bijinda"
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apes episode 12, "Happily Following the Saucer in the Sky"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 47, "The Mysterious Baseball Scheme!"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 41, "The Dangerous Couple"

December 23
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 91, "Gel Shocker - Enroll in Terror School!!"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 39
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 24, "A She-Devil?? Peach Armadillo"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 12, "Why!? Blinded Zabitan"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 22, "Great Demon 600 Roxa"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 45, "The Hasty Santa"

December 24
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 13, "The Man from V3"
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 38, "When the Ultra Star Shines"
       1972 Iron King episode 12, "State of Emergency in Tokyo"
       1974 Final episode of Fight! Dragon (26), "Farewell, Dragon"
       1977 Last episode (35) of J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team, "Huge Victory! Farewell, JAKQ"
       1979 Last episode (31) of Megaloman, "The Ultimate Challenge"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 44, "Impression!! You Cry Too"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 45, "Powerful Enemy"

December 25
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 24, "The Undersea Science Center"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 39, "Demon Wolf-Man's Huge Murderous Party" (Colonel Zol's final episode)
       1973 Inazuman episode 13, "Damaged Inazuman"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 74, "Large Cold Blue Wave! Terrestrial Ice Attaching Manoeuvres"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 10, "Surprised With Fake People"
       2000 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida - The Animation episode 10, "Hakaida"

December 26
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 26, "The Fall of Deviler's Iron Alliance"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 11
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 46, "The Female Commander's (Secret) Plan"

December 27
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 39, "6 Big Monsters Counterattack"
       1972 Keisuke Tsuchiya is born, played Tenjisei Kazu/Kirin Ranger in Five Star Task Force Dairanger (1993)
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 38, "Battle! The Leo Brothers vs. The Ultra Brothers"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 39, "Giant Death Toll! The Death of Doctor Akunomiya" (last episode shown in Hawaii)
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 35, " Large Black Mysterious Bird! Gondola - Aggressive Bombardment
                Party"
       1975 Last episode (39) of Kamen Rider Stronger, "Goodbye! Glory of the 7 Riders!"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 13, "Mothers Are Responsible for Bringing up Monsters"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 37, "The Ruins of the Colossus"

December 28
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 13, "King Cobra's Deciding Battle!"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 11, "The Golden Colored Snail is the Messenger of the God of Death!!"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 24, "Even Ghosts Fear Him? The Demon Lord Gulliver Appears"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 13, "Arijigokujin 3 Hours Till Tokyo Explodes"

December 29
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 39
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 39 "Seven''s Life! Ace's Life!"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 13, "Mission: Rainbow"
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 39 ,"Ultra Father And Son Big Mochi-Making Strategy"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 46, "Where Will You Go, Riderman?"
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 33, "Emergency -- The Gorilla With Child's Tears -- Tears"
       1973 Last episode (50) of Jumborg Ace, "Tokyo's Last Day"
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apes episode 13, "Taken In By the Chimpanzee Family"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 48, "A Thief And A Juvenile Deliquent"

December 30
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 92, "Atrocity! 'Fake' Rider!"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 40
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 25, "Bitter Orange Snail The Killing Flute"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 13, "Why!? Zabitan Impersonated"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 23, "Blow Up The Imperial Palace"

December 31
       1972 Iron King episode 13, "Attacking the Underground Fortress"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 46, "Indomitable"
       2002 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Collector's Edition Vol. 2 DVD is released in Hawaii by JN Productions