Directed by Hajime Tsuburaya. Written by Tetsuo Kinjo. Airdate Oct. 1, 1967.
Earth is being targeted. Beings from countless stars floating in space have begun a terrible invasion.
These words from narrator Hikaru Urano, spoken over a night scene of a swarm of car headlights on a freeway, set the tone for Ultraseven. Darker than Ultraman, more epic than Ultra Q.
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Ultraseven is the last of the “original” Ultra trilogy, following Ultra Q and Ultraman. They were not intended to take place in the same universe, and Eiji Tsuburaya planned for Ultraseven to be the end of this unofficial “Ultra” series so his company could move on to different special effects programs. The trio only became part of the same continuity after Return of Ultraman debuted in 1971.
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The Ultra Project 