The hit half-hour episodes [which became known as 'a monster of the week' series] starred Kenji Sahara as journalist Jun Manjome with Yasuhiko Saijo and Hiroko Sakurai plus lots of guest stars and - of course - a truckload of monsters.

Crafted in the style of the American OUTER LIMITS and TWILIGHT ZONE, ULTRA Q was the most expensive television series produced in Japan at the time. It would cost nearly three times as much as the average Japanese TV show.

The 28 Ultra Q episodes:

DISC ONE
DEFEAT GOMESS! "Gomesu o Taose!"
GORO AND GOROH "Goro to Goro"
THE GIFT FROM SPACE "Uchu kara no Okurimono"
MAMMOTH FLOWER "Manmosu Furawa"
PEGUILA IS HERE! "Pegira ga Kita!"
GROW UP TURTLE! "Sodateyo! Kame!"
S.O.S. MOUNT FUJI "Esu O Esu Fujisan"

DISC TWO
TERROR OF THE SWEET HONEY "Amai Mitsu no Kyofu"
BARON SPIDER "Kumo Danshaku"
THE UNDERGROUND SUPER EXPRESS GOES WEST "Chitei Chotokkyu Nishie"
BALLOONGA "Barunga"
I SAW A BIRD "Tori o Mita"
GARASDAMA "Garadama"
TOKYO ICE AGE "Tokyo Hyogaki"

DISC THREE
KANEGN'S COCOON "Kanegon no Mayu"
GARAMON STRIKES BACK "Garamon no Gyakushu"
THE 1/8 PROJECT "Hachibun-no-Ichi Keikaku"
THE RAINBOW'S EGG "Niji no Tamago"
CHALLENGE FROM YEAR 2020 "Nisen-niju-nen no Chosen"
THE PRIMORDIAL AMPHIBIAN RAGON "Kaitei Genjin Ragon"
SPACE DIRECTIVE M774 "Uchu Shirei Emu Nana Nana Yon"

DISC FOUR
METAMORPHOSIS "Henshin"
FURY OF THE SOUTH SEA "Nankai no Ikari"
THE STATUE OF GOGA "Goga no Zo"
THE DEVIL CHILD "Akumakko"
BLAZING GLORY "Moero Eiko"
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FLIGHT 206 "Ni Maru Roku Bin Shometsu-su"
OPEN UP! "Aketekurel!"

   

A Japanese TV series of 28 episodes with English subtitles
on 4 extended discs; fullscreen, (28 half hour episodes = 838 minutes total)
DVDs encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any American DVD machine