This Month In Tokusatsu History

September 1
       1968 Ultra Seven episode 48 "The Greatest Invasion in History (Beginning)"
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 22
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 22 "Vengence Demon Yapool"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 29, "Doktor G's Last Challenge!"
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 21
       1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 21, guest stars Izu, Hajime (Dr.Koumyoji in Jinzo Ningen Kikaida)
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 31, "Supersonic Siblings"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 27, "King's Gallant Entrance"

September 2
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 75, "Poisonous Flower Rose Demon Ranga - Secret of the House of Terror"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 23
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 8, "The Carmine Spider Ominously Laughs"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 29, "History's First Super Battle"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 22, "Daily Future"

September 3
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 22, "I'll Kill this Monster!"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 23
       1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 23, "Secret Of Bakugon -- The Giant Terro-Beast!"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 10, "Dragon Fights To The Finish In Manila"
       1974 Inazuman Flash episode 20, "Butterfly and Guillotine Flower Hell Operation"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 21, "Rose-Colored Age of Baseball!! CRIME's Heavy Hitter"
       1979 Megaloman episode 18, "Proof Positive"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 44, "Fight! All Riders"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 28, "General Entrance!!
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 31, "Acceptance of a Challenge"

September 4
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 8, "The Monster Anarchy Zone"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 23, "Sky-Flying Demon Musasabedori"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 59, "Deep-Red South! Gold's Puzzling Manoeuvres" (skipped 3 weeks)
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 47, "Kamen Rider's Death!"

September 5
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 10, "Counterstrike! The Destruction Beam"
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 49
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 30, "Nightmare of Great Monstrous Beast"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 44

September 6
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 23, "Marűjyo From Hell"
       1973 Robot Detective episode 23, "Sensuiman's Undersea Terror!!"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 22, "The Leo Brothers vs. The Monster Brothers"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 23
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 21, "Blue Wonder! The Mysterious Flying Ship Comes from Atlantis"

September 7
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 23 "Gentle Daddy Monster!"
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 49, "Burn! Great Victory or Defeat"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 30, " I Want Blood! The Tunny and Swamp Leech Demon"
       1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 23, "Destroy! The Devil's Sigma Mecha, Death Gunder"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 9, "Zushiin Is Melting? The Curse of the Demon Kettle"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 5 is repeated (last of these unusual reruns)
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 23, "The Diary of a Runaway"

September 8
       1968 Last episode (49) of Ultraseven, "The Greatest Invasion in History (Conclusion)"
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 23
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 23 "A Game Changer! Here Comes Zoffy"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 30, "Doktor G! The True Nature of the Devil Is...?" (Doktor G's Last episode)
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 22
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode episode 17, "Grand Chapter!! The Terrible Giant Devil Start-Up" (skipped a week)
       1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 22
       1979 TV special "Immortal Kamen Rider" introduces the 8th Kamen Rider,Skyrider
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 32, "Homeland Village Massacre"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 28, "Look At The Wondrous Fortress"

September 9
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 76, "Three Electric-Generating Demon Seadragons"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 24
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 7, "Friendship Shinging In the Starry Sky"
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 9, "The Hour Of Death! Phantom Bird Red Condor"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 30, "Reunion With a Traitorous Father"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 23, "Ocean Waves of Time"

September 10
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 23, "Dark Monster Spit Out the Stars!"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 24
       1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 24, "Smash The Pin-Spitting Needlar!"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 11, "Dragon Goes Missing"
       1974 Inazuman Flash episode 21, "The Deceased Squad - Route 047"
       1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 22, "Red Big Reversal!! Attack the Suicide-Bomb Corps"
       1979 Megaloman episode 19, "The Secret of the Scales"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 45, "False Rider's Last Days"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 29, "The Secret Inside Story Of The Mother And Child's Tears"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 32, "Obstacle"

September 11
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 9, "Lightning Operation"
       1968 Takayama Tetsuo is born in Koutou-ku, Tokyo, using the name Kurata Tetsuo played Minami Kotaro in Kamen
                Rider Black (1987-1988) and Kamen Rider Black RX (1988-1989)
       1971Kamen Rider episode 24, "Deadly Poison Demon Kinogomoru's Sortie"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 60, "Blue Inland Seal! The Floating Secret Fortress"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 48, "The Beach's Flower of Remembrance"
       1992 Eiji Go who played Baron Fang in "Kamen Rider V3" (1973) died

September 12
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 11, "The Beautiful Assassin"
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 50
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 31, "Big Tokyo Numbing Ondo"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 45

September 13
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 24, "The Grosbeak* Siblings"
       1973 Robot Detective episode 24, "Bakuraiman's Burning Scheme!!"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 23, "The Mischievous Alien Who Fell Out of Bed"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 24
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 22, "Yellow Air Raid! The Atlantis Nightmare"

September 14
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 24 "This Is the Land of Ultra!"
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 50, "The Bullet That Went Insane"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 31, "Stand-Up! King Dark!!"
       1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 24, "Fight! Topple Zabougâ! Death Gunder"
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 10, "Cannibal Walls? The Secret Of The Stereo"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 30, "The Sadness Between Life and Death" (delayed a week by repeat of episode 5)
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 24, "The Red Panther"

September 15
       1959 Yukii Kitazume is born, played Shishido Takeshi/Megaloman/Captain Dagger in "Megaloman" (1979)
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 24
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 24 "Behold! Midnight Transformation"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 31, "The Cursed Executive - Baron Fang's Appearence"
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 23
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode episode 18, "History Unparalleled!! The Android Great Explosion"
       1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 23
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 33, "Cossack Dies"; last episode for Itou, Yukio (Green Ranger in "Goranger"); Ban, Daisuke
                takes his place as Battle Cossack

September 16
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 77, "Demon Newt Gesu - Duel at the Hellish Stock Ranch"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 25
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 10, "Scorpion Brown Maddened By The Human Bombs"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 8, "The Cruel Ape Hunt"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 31, "Behold!! A New Shogun
       1995 Gamera: Giant Monster Midair Showdown [aka Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe] opens in movie theaters
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 24, "The Return of Yapool"

September 17
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 24, "Horror! Mansion Monster's Birth"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 25
       1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 25, "Bloodbath! Zone & Godzilla V.S. The United Terro-Beast Army!"
                (Godzilla's Last episode)
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 12, "Shadow's Invitation To Death"
       1974 Inazuman Flash episode 22, "Kill the Burdensome One, Geisel's Supereme Command"
       1979 Megaloman episode 20, "The Great Invasion of Monsters"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 46, "The Riders' All Out Charge"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 30, "The Deadly Fast-Talking Worker"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 33, "Cooperation"

September 18
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 10, "The Mysterious Dinosaur Base"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 25, "Throwing Down Kinogomoru"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 61, "Pink KO Punch! End of the Ball Game"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 49, "Fierce Battle - The Death of Dalom"

September 19
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 12, "Putting Bet Your Life on One Shot!"
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 51
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 32, "Arrest the Face-Thief"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 46

September 20
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 25, "Demon Bells"
       1973 Robot Detective episode 25, "Evil Gatlingman's BAD Virus Strategy!!"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 24, "The Beautiful Woman of Virgo"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 25
       1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 23, " Great Green Dogfight! End of the Mysterious Airship"

September 21
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 25 "Burn On! The Six Ultra Brothers"
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 51, "The Cross of the Mission"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 32, "Confrontation! King Dark vs. X Rider"
       1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 25, "Mystery Ninja Robot Janin"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 31, "Resolved! The Culprit is Leader L", guest stars Chiba, Jirou

September 22
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 25
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 25 "Pyramid is a Terrible-Monster's Nest"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 32, "Strange Will-o'-the-Wisp Swamp -- Rider Troop Annihilation!?"
       1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 24
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode episode 19, "The King Indian Certain-Death Spell!"
       1975 Last episode (24) of Condorman - Symbol of Justice, "King Monster's Total Destruction Of Japan!"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 34, "Shogun Of Darkness Laughs In Hell"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 29, "Dance! The Invasion Cram School"
                (skipped a week)

September 23
       1950 Kusumi, Kin'ichi is born, under stage name Kusumi, Mamoru was the suit actor for Mirrorman, Zone Fighter, Zoffy (in Ultraman Ace) and Astra (in Ultraman Leo)
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 78, "Terror of the Poison Sea Urchin and the Ghost Demon"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 26
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 11, "Gold Wolf Howls In Hell"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 9, "The Devil Castle of the Gavanas"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 32, "Don't Lick Me, Face Thief
       2003 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Collector's Edition Vol. 5 DVD is released in Hawaii by JN Productions
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 25, "The Poisonous Moth's Program"

September 24
       1954 Tsuzawa, Akihide is born, played Hoshino, Isamu in Ultraman: A Special-Effects Fantasy Series (1966-1967)
       1968 Masaoka Kunioin is born, played Yotsukaichi Shouhei/Ohgreen in Super-Power Task Force Ohranger (1995)
       1971 Return of Ultraman episode 25, "Leaving My Home Planet Earth"
       1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 26
       1973 Last episode (26) of Meteor Man Zone, "Pulverize Operation: Garoga Gamma-X"
       1974 Fight! Dragon episode 13, "Dragon;s Great Escape"
       1974 Last episode (23) of Inazuman Flash, "Farewell Inazuman, Geisel's Death Ray"
       1979 Megaloman episode 21, "The Heroism of Mary"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 31, "Again, A New Hero Appeared"
       1989 Last episode (47) of Kamen Rider Black RX, "A Shining Tomorrow!"

September 25
       1966 Ulltraman Episode 11, "The Rascal from Outer Space"
       1971 Kamen Rider episode 26, "Horror In Hell", introduced Colonel Zol
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 62, "White Mystery! Trap of Death God's Mansion"

September 26
       1973 Super Robot Red Baron episode 13, "10 Minutes Until 5 Cities Are Obliterated"
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 52
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 33, "The Hateful, Stylish Thief"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 47

September 27
       1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 26, "Big Explosion"
       1973 Last episode (26) of Robot Detective, "BAD Dies on Mars"
       1974 Ultraman Leo episode 25,"The Rhinoceros Beetle is a Space Invader!"
       1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 26, " Look!! the Great Chief's True Colors"

September 28
       1973 Ultraman Taro episode 26 "I Can Conquer Monsters Too!"
       1973 Last episode (52) of Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love, "The Rainbow Soars - Warrior of Love"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 33, "Fear - King Dark's Revenge"; guest stars Sasaki, Takeshi as Ichimonji, Hayato and
                Miyauchi, Hiroshi as Kazami, Shiro
       1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 26, "Robbery! Mad Dog Robot - Bull Gunder" (introduces Zabougâ-Head Base)
       1976 Super Human Bibyun episode 11, "Cannibal Walls? The Secret Of The Stereo" (skipped a week)
       1977 Last episode (32) of Swift Hero Zubat, "Farewell 'Big Dipper' Sky", guest stars Chiba, Jirou

September 29
       1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 26
       1972 Ultraman Ace,episode 26 "Annihilation! The 5 Ultra Brothers"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 33, "V3 In Danger! The Return of No. 1 and No. 2" (guest stars Fujioka, Hiroshi as
                Hongo,Takeshi and Sasaki, Takeshi as Ichimonji, Hayato)
       1973 Kikaida 01 episode episode 20, "The Grand Outrage -- Shadow Big Boss' Identity Revealed"
       1973 Last episode (25) of Storm Cloud Lion Maru, "The Fall Of The Empire"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 35, "Hunger Panic"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 30, "The Earth is Snoring"
       2009 Mill Creek Entertainment having purchased BCI Eclipse video library rereleases Ultraman (1966) on DVD

September 30
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 79, "Hell Ambassador! True Meaning of Fear?"
       1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 27
       1972 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 12, "The Ruthless Sorceress Silver Cat"
       1978 Message from Space: Galactic Wars episode 10, "Destroy The Planet Earth"
       1994 Ninja Task Force Kakuranger episode 33, "The Village Of Amanojaku"
       2006 Ultraman Mebius episode 26, "Flying to Tomorrow"

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