Akio Jissoji's Ultraman – Favorite Episodes

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The Pearl Defense Directive (ft. Gamakugira)
0
No votes
Terrifying Cosmic Rays (ft. Gavadon)
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10%
Overthrow the Surface (ft. Telesdon)
2
10%
My Home Is the Earth (ft. Jamila)
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38%
A Gift from the Sky (ft. Skydon)
5
24%
The Monster Graveyard (ft. Seabozu)
4
19%
 
Total votes: 21

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Akio Jissoji's Ultraman – Favorite Episodes

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The late Akio Jissoji directed six wildly creative episodes of the original Ultraman series. Which ones do you like best?

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- The Pearl Defense Directive (ft. Gamakugira)
- Terrifying Cosmic Rays (ft. Gavadon)
- Overthrow the Surface (ft. Telesdon)
- My Home Is the Earth (ft. Jamila)
- A Gift from the Sky (ft. Skydon)
- The Monster Graveyard (ft. Seabozu)

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It's hard to argue with "My Home Is Earth," but personally I have a big soft spot for "The Monster Graveyard[" as well.

I'm also a pretty big fan of "A Gift from the Sky," but it doesn't quite reach the same tier as those first two I listed.

The only one of his I'm not a particular fan of is "The Pearl Defense Directive." It's certainly not a bad episode, but I find it a little generic relative to his others (more down to the script than the direction).
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Cosmic Rays and My Home is Earth are my favorites. Favorite Jissojis, favorite Ultraman episodes, - heck - they're two of my favorite episodes of television, period.

If I was programming a kaiju film festival those are the two TV episodes I'd insist must be on the program.

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Imagine if Akio Jissoji directed a Godzilla film.

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Jissoji also has done a few episodes of Tiga & Max.

When it comes to Jissoji's work on Man, "My Home Is The Earth" & "The Monster Graveyard" really strike the sadness chords and makes the viewer ponder a lot. These two episodes really show the bizarre yet enticing style of shots that feels "wonderfully depressing" at times. Those two would have to be my favourite of his from the original show, but "A Gift From the Sky" is so much fun. I adore seeing the SSSP use everything they got before resorting to using.... a dirty method to kill Skydon :lol: :lol: And Ultraman just failing to defeat Skydon the first time is hilarious, and we can't forget the spoon gag with Hayata.

But my all time favourite Jissoji episode thus far would have to be "The Targeted Town" from Ultraseven. His direction really sells the rageful hysteria the Metrons were deploying into humanity.
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Overthrow the Surface has some of my favorite shots out of this list.
It would be cool to rework this list to include all of his Ultra -related works though, because his Tiga episode absolutely slaps, as does Ultra Q the Movie
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I've been slowly getting through the original Ultraman series in bursts of episodes, and "My Home Is Earth" was one I finally got to last night. What an incredible episode. Truly blew me away. I kind of sat there staring at the screen for a few moments to absorb it all. I haven't gotten to Monster Graveyard, from what I've heard I suspect I'll love it, but so far "My Home is Earth" is by far my favorite of this batch.
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