Underplayed Gems

Ultraman 80 (1980)

Ultraman 80 poster
Original title
ウルトラマン80
Genre
tokusatsu, drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 50 episodes
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A humanoid giant named Ultraman 80 protects Earth from monsters while disguising himself as a schoolteacher. He balances his duties as a hero with his daily life in human society, forming bonds with his students and colleagues.

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What happens

Ultraman 80 (ウルトラマン80, Urutoraman Eiti; Ultraman Eighty) is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show produced by Tsuburaya Productions which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System channel from April 2, 1980, to March 25, 1981, lasting a total of 50 episodes. After going off the air in 1981, the network still aired weekly reruns of the show. It was the seventh entry (ninth overall) in the Ultra Series and began a week after the conclusion of the anime series The Ultraman. It would be the last TV series in the franchise released in Japan's Shōwa period for Japanese audiences during the following 16 years until the production of Ultraman Tiga. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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