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is a tokusatsu science fiction/kaiju series made in the tradition of Toho's many tokusatsu sci-fi/horror films. Produced in black and white by Tokyo Broadcasting System/Tsuburaya Productions, this is actually the first of the long-running Ultra Series, and was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) from January 2 to July 3, 1966 (the final episode was preempted until December 14, 1967), with a total of 28 episodes. This series was followed two weeks later by the more popular ''Ultraman'' (Urutoraman, 1966), the second Ultra Series. ''Ultra Q'' can be described as a half-hour Toho kaiju series. Executive Producer Eiji Tsuburaya intended this series to be more like the American television series ''The Twilight Zone'' and ''The Outer Limits'', featuring all kinds of strange and unusual stories. After a survey, the TBS network convinced Tsuburaya Productions to add more giant monsters, as children were intensely interested in them, since Godzilla (Gojira) and Gamera were all the rage at the time (the first "Kaiju Boom" took off after ''Ultra Q'' became a enormous hit).〔Ragone, August (2007, 2014) ''Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters'', Chronicle Books, ISBN 978-0-8118-6078-9〕 Much like the ''The X-Files'', the series features continuing characters who investigate strange supernatural phenomena, including giant monsters, aliens, ghosts, and various other threats. The original planned title of this project was ''Unbalance'', and was subsequently rechristened ''Ultra Q'' (the English word, "Ultra" had become popular because of the Gold Medal winning Japanese gymnast during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, who used a technique called "Ultra C", which caused the word to becoming a catch phrase.) The series began production in 1964, with the premiere set for January 1966. At the time, this was the most expensive television series ever produced in Japan. The "Q" stands for "Question" and also tied with another hit TBS series, Obake no Q-tarō, an animated series based on the manga by Fujiko Fujio.〔Ragone, August (2007, 2014) ''Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters'', Chronicle Books, ISBN 978-0-8118-6078-9〕 ==Characters== *: Aviator at Hoshikawa Air Service and amateur SF writer. *: Reporter for the ''Daily News''. *: Jun's aviation partner at Hoshikawa. *: world-renowned scientist, and occasional assistance to Jun, Yuriko and Ippei in times of crisis. *: Yuriko's boss and editor at the ''Daily News''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ultra Q」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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