This Month In Tokusatsu History

November 2
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 31 "Danger! Lying Poison Mushroom"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 5, "The Vanished 2 Billion!"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 3, "The Strong, Naked, and Fast Guy"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 16, "The Moving Bridge? The Peculiar Boy Tsutomu"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 5, "Fly! Little Girl Of Dreams Goes For A Ride"

November 3
       1947 Ohama, Shiro is born, played Rai, Kotaro in Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light (1973)
       1954 Gojira opens in theaters in Japan, later released in USA as "Godzilla" (1956)
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 31
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 31 "From Ultraseven to Ultraman Ace"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 5, "Plot of the Shine Shine Dan" (Die Die Gang)
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 38, "V3's Child Companion - Sky-diving of Death"
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 25, "The Devil-Spawn Zadam Lunar Base Lift-Off
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apes episode 5, "Confrontation! Goudo vs. Gebā"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 40, "Hour Of The Beauty Queen"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 34, "The Emperor's Final Challenge"

November 4
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 84, "Dangerous Rider Isogin Jaguar's Hell Trap"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 32
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 17, "Red Hornet The Horrible Hostage Plan"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 5, "Why?! Zabitan's Refusal To Fight"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 15, "Fly Embracing Love"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 38, "Mooo... A Repulsive Cow"
       2001 KIKU TV, Honolulu, Hawaii begins airing Jinzo Ningen Kikaida at 7PM Honolulu time
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 31, "Thoughts Of Friends"

November 5
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 6, "The Dark Zone"
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 31, "In Between a Devil & Angel"
       1972 Iron King episode 5, "The Duel in the Autumn Wind"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 19, "The Enemy With The Strongest Tai Chi"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 32
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 28, "My Secret! The Space Creature in the Pocket"
       1979 Megaloman episode 27, "A Providential Aide"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 37, "You Have To See It!! A Huge Creature"

November 6
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 17, "Passport to Infinity"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 32, "Man-Eating Flower Dokudhalian"
       1973 Inazuman episode 6, "Mysterious Yuki. New breed Operation."
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 67, "Deep-Red Special Attack! In the Evening Sun Yellow Ranger Dies"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 3, "RX vs. The Knight of Wind"
       2000 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida - The Animation episode 4, "Mirror"
       2007 BCI Eclipse (no longer exists) released Iron King (1972) on DVD

November 7
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 19, "The Beautiful Pilot of Evil"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 4
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 39, "Falling on Her Rear, Tomboy Daughter"

November 8
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 32, "Agon Iron Armor"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 31, "Japan Masterpiece Folklore Series: The White Flower that Protects Earth"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 32, "Horrifying Hammer-Throw Kaizaa"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 29, "Red Chase! Puzzle of the Sealed Train"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 32, "Certain Kill!! Super Grade 3 Electric Kick!"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 6, "The Riddle of Secret Perspective"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 30, "Silvercaps in Danger"

November 9
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 32 "A Nipping Wind Monster!"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 6, "Raikou Cornered!"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 4, "Run! The Jungler of Rage!!"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 17, "The Princess Is Resurrected? The Paperdoll Of Death"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 6, "Kinokojin!! The Devil's Cold Hand"

November 10
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 32
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 32 "With Hopes in the Star of Ultra"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 6, "The Evil 5 O'Clock Has Come!"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 39, "Fear of the Man-Eating Banana Plant" (remake of Kamen Rider episode 4,
                "Man-Eating Sarasenian")
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 26, "Chronicle Of The South Deathmatch!! The Zadam Super Power Display"
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apes episode 6, "A Friendly Ally of Humans?"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 41, "The Old Explosion Trick"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 35, "The Violent Bomb Guy"
       2004 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Collector's Edition Deluxe Box Set is released in Hawaii by JN Productions
                (all 9 volumes with a slide of a scene from the 3D movie)

November 11
       1943 Ikeda, Shunsuke is born, played Minami, Takeshi in Return of Ultraman (1971), Ichiro in Kikaida 01 (1973), older
                brother in Seigi No Shinboru Condoru Man (1975)
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 85, "Sludge Demon - Murderous Smog of Terror"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 33
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 18, "Black Chameleon The Phantasmic Big Heist Maneuver"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 6, "Why!? Gabura's Big Comeback"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 16, "The Girl In the Trick House"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 39, "It's a Special Compilation!!"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 32, "The Monster Master's Legacy"

November 12
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 7, "Space Prisoner 303"
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 32, "Decisive Battle Under The Setting Sun"
       1972 Iron King episode 6, "Lullaby for a Warrior"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 33
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 20, "The Demonic Wrestler"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 29, "Let's Go, Seven Apparitions! The Iron Claw Versus Big One"
       1979 Megaloman episode 28, "The Sacrifice of Hyme"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 38, "Huh!! A Ceasefire!?"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 39, "Powerful Demon" (skipped a week)

November 13
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 18, "Brother from Another Planet"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 33, "Steel Demon Arumajirongu"
       1973 Inazuman episode 7, "Strangeness"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 68, "Rebellion of Pink! Great Attack of Needle & Needle & Needle"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 4, "The Car of Light, Ridoron"
       2000 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida - The Animation episode 5, "The City of Rain"

November 14
       1949 Hayama, Ryu is born, played Jin, Keisuke/Kamen Rider X (1974)
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 20, "Watch Out! SSI"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 5
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 40, "The Best Friend Assassination Angel"

November 15
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 33, "Big Centipede Doguma"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 32, "Japan Masterpiece Folklore Series: Farewell, Princess Kaguya"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 33, "Attack!! Move, Tetra-Pod!"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 30, "Gold Fire Pillar! Mine Continual Large Explosions"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 33, "Stronger Full Moon Death!?"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 7, "Revived Biomachinery"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 31, "Fatal Instant"

November 16
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 33 "Five Seconds Before The Great Explosion Of The Land Of Ultra!"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 7, "Crush the Walls of Death!!"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 5, "The Strange Guy That Came From the Bowels of the Earth!!"
                (introduced Mogura Jłjin [Mole Beastman])
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 18, "Smoke From An Ancient Coin? The Cynic's First Love"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 7, "Kamakirijin!! Terrifying Ceremony"

November 17
       1929 Naya Gorou is born in Hokkaido, Japan, provided the voice for the Great Leader (or Boss) in most of the Kamen
                Rider series and was narrator for "Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love"
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 33
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 33 "Shoot That Hot-Air Balloon"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 7, "Operation Cat's Eye Comes Ashore"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 40, "Murder! V3 Mach Kick!!", Archbisop Wing's last episode
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 27, "The Hidden Land Fierce Battle!! Zadam Hell Trap"
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apes episode 7, "The Ape's Song Is the Song of Love"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 42, "Fireworks And Sparks Of Human Love"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 36, "Direct Hit With Flatulence!!"

November 18
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 86, "Demon Eagle-Mantis's Human Hunt"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 34
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 19, "The Death Beast Helmet Crab Rouge Pays A Visit!"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 7, "Why!? The Hundred Degrees Below Zero Revenge"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 17, "The Golden Vampire Princess"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 40, "The Heisei Fox Battle"
       2003 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Collector's Edition Vol. 6 DVD is released in Hawaii by JN Productions
       2005 Kamen Rider V3 Box Set (6 discs) released in Honolulu, Hawaii by JN Productions
                (remastered audio/video, English subtitles)
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 33, "Lady of the Blue Fire"

November 19
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 8, "The Targeted Town"
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 33, "The Monster User And The Boy"
       1972 Iron King episode 7, "Those That Fly the Skies"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 34
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 21, "The Black Rider Assassin"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Squad episode 30, "The Death-Calling Code! Fatally Poisonous Cobra Twist"
       1979 Megaloman episode 29, "Takeshi - Don't Shoot the Monster!"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 39, "The Evil Fist Scatters In The Setting Sun"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 40, "Impulse"

November 20
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 19, "Demons Rise Again"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 34, "Japan In Danger! Gamagirah's Invasion"
       1973 Inazuman episode 8, "Fear Sandstorm. Airport Sinking."
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 69, "The New Five-Colored Weapon Varikyun Takes Off"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 5, "Cave Exploration's Falling Hole"
       2000 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida - The Animation episode 6, "Fragment of Negative"

November 21
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 21, "Modify Red Baron"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 6
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 41, "Seven Changing Doronpa Raccoon-Dogs"

November 22
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 34, "Monster Big Counterattack"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 33, "The Leo Brothers vs. the Evil Space Spirit Alien"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 34, "Gold Jacker! Headhunting!"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 31, "Black Challenge! Get Angry Five Stars of Justice"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 34, "Snake Woman of Vampire Hell"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 8, "The Devil's Tune"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 32, "The Cursed Flower"

November 23
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 34 ,"The Last Day Of The Six Ultra Brothers!"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 8, "Chase the Mysterious Organization!"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 6, "The Riddle of the Inca Rope Literature!"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 19, "My Friend Turns Into A Coward? Fight On Shouta"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 8, "Mukadenjin's Trap!! Riddle of the Operating Room"
       1991 Uehara Ken died, played Professor Koga, the creator of Metalder, in Super Manchine Metalder
       2001 KIKU-TV & JN Productions hosts a private dinner party for Ban, Daisuke (Jiro/Kikaida); Miura, Kouki
                (costume maker) and Kikaida fans who took part in the "Generation Kikaida" TV special, at the Ala Moana
                Rennaisance Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii

November 24
       1943 Ueda, Shun is born, played Hattori, Hanpei in "Jinzo Ningen Kikaida" (1972)
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 34
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 34 "A Terrible-Monster Dances on a Rainbow Over the Sea"
       1972 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 8, "Lonely War"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 41, "Ah! Humans Are Melting! General Armor Appears"
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode 28, "Crazy Town -- The Terrible Mermaid Princess Counterattack"
       1974 Science Fiction Drama: Army of the Apesepisode 8, "The Humans Leave In Secret"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 43, "Assassin Jackle"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 37, "I Am Ganmajin"

November 25
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 87, "Gel Shocker - Delivery Man of Death"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 35
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 20, "The Cruel Green Waterbug's Poison Project"
       1975 Akumaizer 3 episode 8, "Why!? Zabitan Is Captured By The Children"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 18, "Great Escape! The Boy Ninja Team"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 41, "The Stray Ghost"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 34, "The Man Without a Home"

November 26
       1967 Ultra Seven episode 8, "Android Zero Directive"
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 34, "The Life that Can't be Forgiven"
       1972 Iron King episode 8, "The Shadow Area"
       1972 Last episode (35) of Superhuman Barom-1
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 22, "The Incredible Man From Hong Kong"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 31, "Red Impact! The Spy is an Elementary School Fourth-Grader"
       1979 Megaloman episode 30, "Dagger's Counterattack"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 40, "Farewell! 3 Fools"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 41, "Self-Restraint"

November 27
       1965 Giant Monster Gamera opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 20, "Terror on Route 87"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 35, "Murderous Ant Queen, Archimedes Death"
       1973 Inazuman episode 9, "The Shining Mold Walks at Night."
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 70, "Blue Counterattack! Stop the Space Express"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 6, "The Evil Extraterrestrial Devil's Huge Rage!"
       2000 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida - The Animation episode 7, "Afterglow of Sandness"

November 28
       1930 Fuyukichi, Maki is born, played Shirokage in "Kamen no Ninja Akakage" (1967) was also the sidekick in "Henshin
                Ninja Arashi" (1972); died June 26, 1998
       1951 Takeda, Mototsugu is born, under the name Aoyama, Kazuya he will star as Sakimori, Hikaru/Zone Fighter in Meteor Man Zone (1975)
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 22, "Red Baron in Danger"
       1980 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 7
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 42, "Daydreams of Boys Who Sleep In"
       2001 "Generation Kikaida" tribute to Jinzo Ningen Kikaida and its Hawaiian fans airs on KIKU-TV in Hawaii

November 29
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 35, "Owl Monster Gappo"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 34, "Ultra Brothers, Eternal Vows"
       1974 Electroid Zabougā episode 35, "Bloom the Exploding Flower Gigantic!!"
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 32, "Hot Blue Blast! No Response from Variblune"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 35, "Return of a Man! His Name is V3!"
       1987 Kamen Rider Black episode 9, "Beshium's Red Blood"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 33, "Friendship on the Line"

November 30
       1940 Inoue, Makio is born, provided the voice of Zabitan in "Akumaizer 3" (1975)
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 35 ,"Certain Kill! Taro's One Blow Of Rage!"
       1973 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 9, "The Jewelry Exhibition Conspiracy!"
       1974 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 7, "Melt! Melt!! The Snake Beastman of Terror!?"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 20, "Calling Forth Ghosts? A Dangerous Game"
       1979 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 9, "Koburanjin's Murder Corps"