So this is quite a change of pace from my usual Ultra reviews in that this is the first entry in the franchise and there's no Ultra being. As such, it's a very different series from its later brethren, one without even a team of specialists or a militarized force, but still with a focus on monsters and aliens.
The series began airing on the Tokyo Broadcasting Station January, 2, 1966 and took the country by storm. At the time, Ultra Q was the the most expensive Japanese Television production, and what resulted was a show that looked like nothing else on Television. The hefty investment paid off handsomely for both TBS and TsuPro, while also helping lay the ground work for Ultraman that same year...
