Zone Fighter 1973
Zone Fighter, known in Japan as Ryūsei Ningen Zone, is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes, it was cancelled due to the oil crisis of 1973. This was Toho's answer to not only the popular Ultra Series, but the Henshin Hero phenomenon started by shows like Kamen Rider and Android Kikaider. The previous year, Toho had just made their successful first superhero show, Rainbowman. The series was also notable for its guest appearance by Toho's own Godzilla, as well as two other Toho monsters, King Ghidorah and Gigan. Supplementary materials published by Toho have confirmed Zone Fighter to be part of the Showa-era Godzilla series, taking place in between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
- Released: 1973-04-02
- Runtime: 22 minutes
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Stars: Kazumi Kitihara, Kenji Sata, Sachiko Kouizuki, Kazuya Aoyama, Shoji Nakayama
- Director: Ishirō Honda, Jun Fukuda, Kengo Furusawa, Akiyasu Kikuchi, Masao Minowa
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1. Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile! 1973-04-02
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2. Attack! Destro-King 1973-04-09
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3. Strike! Garoga's Underground Base 1973-04-16
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5. Attack King Ghidorah! 1973-04-30
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6. King Ghidorah's Counterattack! 1973-05-07
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7. Zone Family's Critical Moment! 1973-05-14
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8. Defeat the Invader of Fear! 1973-05-21
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9. Find the Secret of the Red Spider! 1973-05-28
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10. Zone Fighter, Destroyed! 1973-06-04
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13. Hair-Raising! The Birthday of Terror 1973-06-25
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14. Rampage! The Garoga Boys Attack Force 1973-07-02
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15. It's Sinking! Godzilla, Save Tokyo 1973-07-09
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16. Terrifying Attack! The Garoga Robot 1973-07-16
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17. Go! Fighter, Scramble 1973-07-23
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18. Command: "Destroy the Japanese Islands" 1973-07-30
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19. Order: "Destroy the Earth with Comet K" 1973-08-06
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21. Invincible! Godzilla Rages 1973-08-20
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22. Counterattack! Defeat Super Jikiro 1973-08-27
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26. Pulverize! The Garoga Gamma-X Strategy 1973-09-24
