Ultraman Leo

Ultraman Leo (ウルトラマンレオ) is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 7th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Steve Krantz Productions, Ultraman Leo was aired between April 12, 1974, and March 28, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes. Tatsumi Nikamoto was the in-suit actor of Ultraman Leo.

Plot
Ultraman Leo comes from Nebula L77 (Leo constellation), and takes the human form of Gen Ootori. Ultraseven appears to fight a new foe, Alien Magma and his two "pets", the Red and Black Giras. Ultimately, Ultraseven is greatly overpowered and his leg is graphically broken by Black Giras. Ultraman Leo drives off the foes, but Ultraseven is confined to his human form because of his injuries and due to the Ultra Eye being damaged when he attempted to transform. Dan then maintains his role as Captain of MAC (Monster Attack Crew). Gen is a gymnastics teacher on the side and joins MAC to defend the Earth. Gen and Dan regularly train together, allowing Ultraman Leo to learn many moves in human form. In episode 34, Dan asks Ultraman Jack to take the Ultra Eye back to M78 to be restored while he heals on Earth. However, in episode 40 MAC is destroyed by Silver Bloome, a saucer monster that belongs to Commander Black. During the attack Dan asks Leo to keep defending the Earth and disappears in the conflagration. It is later shown that he was taken back to M78 to be fully healed and restored as Ultraseven. Gen is now unemployed and spends most of his time training the kids to defend themselves as well as defending the Earth as Ultraman Leo. Commander Black and Alien Bunyo capture Gen when he cannot transform completely. Gen as Leo is then dismembered, only to be brought back to life by Ultraman King. Leo would then face Commander Black's final monster, Black End, with the kids he trained, the latter of whom kill Black, and hand the sphere used to control Black End to Leo. Finishing his mission, Gen removes his Leo Ring and sets off to tour Earth, his "second home".

Episodes

 * 1) When Seven Dies! Tokyo Submerges!
 * 2) The Big Sink! The Last Day of the Japanese Archipelago
 * 3) Goodbye Tears...
 * 4) A Vow Between Men
 * 5) Don't Cry! You Are a Man
 * 6) You're a Man! Burn On!
 * 7) A Beautiful Man's Disposition
 * 8) Certain Kill! Monster Challenger
 * 9) Bridge of Friendship That Spans Space
 * 10) The Wandering Monster of Sorrow
 * 11) One Man Covered with Mud
 * 12) The Travellin' Dude Has Come!
 * 13) Huge Explosion! A Desperate Couple of Aliens
 * 14) Certain-Kill Fists! A Young Boy Who Calls Up a Tempest
 * 15) The Way to Kill in Darkness! The One Strike with Fighting Spirit
 * 16) The Woman Who Disappeared in the Middle of the Night
 * 17) Bride of the Wolfman
 * 18) Vampire! The Bat Girl
 * 19) The Revival of the Half-Fish Man
 * 20) The Strange Lad of Ursa Minor
 * 21) I Saw a Goddess in the Far North!
 * 22) The Leo Brothers vs. The Monster Brothers
 * 23) The Mischievous Alien Who Fell Out of Bed
 * 24) The Beautiful Woman of Virgo
 * 25) The Rhinoceros Beetle is a Space Invader!
 * 26) Ultraman King vs. the Magician
 * 27) You're Strong! Momotaroh!
 * 28) Return of the Bearded Captain!
 * 29) Reunion of Fate! Dan and Anne
 * 30) The Returning of a Monster's Favor
 * 31) The White Flower that Protects Earth
 * 32) Farewell, Princess Kaguya
 * 33) The Leo Brothers vs. the Evil Space Spirit Alien
 * 34) Ultra Brothers, Eternal Vows
 * 35) I'm a Monster General!
 * 36) Fly! Leo Brothers, Save the Space Base!
 * 37) Mystery! The Mirror in Which a Devil Lives
 * 38) Battle! The Leo Brothers vs. The Ultra Brothers
 * 39) The Leo Brothers and the Ultra Brothers, Time of Victory
 * 40) MAC Annihilated! The Flying Saucer was a Living Creature!
 * 41) A Flying Saucer Beast Came from an Evil Planet!
 * 42) Leo is in Danger! The Assassin is a Flying Saucer Beast
 * 43) Challenge! The Terror of the Vampire Saucer
 * 44) The Shooting Star from Hell!
 * 45) The Phantom Girl
 * 46) The Fighting Leo Brothers! The End of the Flying Saucer Beast!
 * 47) The Evil Stardust-Collecting Girl
 * 48) The Giant Monster Bird Saucer Attacks the Japanese Archipelago!
 * 49) The Red Assassin Who Beckons Death!
 * 50) The Life of Leo! The Miracle of King!
 * 51) Goodbye, Leo! Take off Toward the Sun

Cast

 * Gen Ootori (おゝとり ゲン): Ryu Manatsu (真夏 竜).
 * Shōji Ōmura (大村 正司): Yū Fujiki (藤木 悠)
 * Momoko Yamaguchi (山口 百子): Kaori Okano (丘野 かおり)
 * Tooru Umeda (梅田 トオル): Tsunehiro Arai (新井 つねひろ).
 * Kaoru Umeda (梅田 カオル): Yoshiko Tominaga (富永 美子)
 * Takeshi Nomura (野村 猛): Yukio Itō (伊藤 幸雄)
 * Izumi Miyama (美山 いずみ): Fujiko Nara (奈良 富士子)
 * Ayumi Miyama (美山 あゆみ): Kaoru Sugita (杉田 かおる)
 * Akio Kuroda (黒田 明雄): Kenzō Kuroda (黒田 健三)
 * Ichirō Aoshima (青島 一郎): Yūichi Yanagisawa (柳沢 優一)
 * Kiyohiko Akashi (赤石 清彦): Kenji Ōshima (大島 健二)
 * Atsushi Hirayama (平山 あつし): Nobuo Hirasawa (平沢 信夫)
 * Haruko Momoi (桃井 晴子): Kyōko Aratama (新玉 恭子)
 * Junko Shirakawa (白川 純子): Mieko Mita (三田 美枝子)
 * Daisuke Satō (佐藤 大介): Shigeo Tezuka (手塚 茂夫)
 * Jun Shirato (白土 純): Masaharu Matsusaka (松坂 雅治)
 * Ippei Kajita (梶田 一平): Takashi Asakura (朝倉 隆)
 * Haruko Matsuki (松木 晴子): Tomoko Ai (藍 とも子)
 * Miyako Ōtsuki (大槻 美也子): Midori Ōhara (大原 みどり)
 * Commander Tatakura (高倉長官): Takashi Kanda (神田 隆)
 * Commander Black (ブラック指令): Takeshi Ōbayashi (大林 丈史)
 * Sakiko Miyama (美山 咲子): Masumi Harukawa (春川 ますみ)
 * Dan Moroboshi (モロボシ・ダン): Kohji Moritsugu (森次 晃嗣)
 * Narrator: Tetsurō Sagawa (瑳川 哲朗)

Voice actors

 * Astra (アストラ), Imit-Astra (にせアストラ): Junji Maruyama (丸山 純二)
 * Ultraman King (ウルトラマンキング), Alien Babarue (ババルウ星人): Motomu Kiyokawa (清川 元夢), Hiroshi Masuoka (増岡 弘)
 * Zoffy (ゾフィ): Satohiro Sakai (酒井 郷博)
 * Original Ultraman (初代ウルトラマン): Shinya Nazuka (名塚 新也)
 * Returned Ultraman (帰ってきたウルトラマン): Takashi Takeuchi (竹内 喬)
 * Ultraman Ace (ウルトラマンA): Shingo Toyokawa (豊川 晋吾)
 * Ultraseven (ウルトラセブン): Kenji Nakagawa (中川 謙二)

Guest actors

 * Hideki Go (郷 秀樹): Jirō Dan (団 時朗)

Songs

 * Opening themes
 * "Ultraman Leo" (ウルトラマンレオ)
 * Lyrics: Yū Aku (阿久 悠)
 * Composition & Arrangement: Makoto Kawaguchi (川口 真)
 * Artist: Ryu Manatsu, Mizuumi Boys and Girls Choir (少年少女合唱団みずうみ) (Tokyo Records (東京レコード))
 * Episodes: 1-13
 * "Tatakae! Ultraman Leo" (戦え! ウルトラマンレオ)
 * Lyrics: Yu Aku
 * Composition & Arrangement: Makoto Kawaguchi
 * Artist: Yuki Hide (ヒデ 夕樹), Mizuumi Boys and Girls Choir (Tokyo Records)
 * Episodes: 14-51


 * Insert themes
 * "MAC no March" (MACのマーチ)
 * Lyrics: Yū Aku
 * Composition & Arrangement: Makoto Kawaguchi
 * Artist: Ryu Manatsu, Mizuumi Boys and Girl Choir (Tokyo Records)
 * Episodes: 4
 * "Hoshizora no Ballad" (星空のバラード)
 * Lyrics: Yū Aku
 * Composition & Arrangement: Makoto Kawaguchi
 * Artist: Ryu Manatsu (Tokyo Records)
 * Episodes: 1, 10, 51

Other appearances
Besides the Shōwa period, Ultraman Leo's popularity and fighting ability enabled him to make guest appearances in the following Ultra Series after the end of the original TV series.
 * Princess Comet: Guest appearances in episode 63.
 * Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle, Ultraman Story, Ultraman Zoffy: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army, Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider: All these movies used Leo's stock footage in the original series.
 * Ultraman Mebius: Appeared in episode 1, 34, and 50. Ultraman Leo returns in Ultraman Mebius episode 34, "A Man Without a Home to help", in his human form Gen Ohtori. He trained and helped Mebius to defeat Alien Reflect.
 * Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy, Ultra Galaxy Legend Side Story: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero, Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial and Ultraman Saga: See here
 * Ultraman Ginga, Ultraman Ginga S The Movie and Ultra Fight Victory: See here
 * Ultraman X: See here
 * Ultraman Geed: here

International broadcast
In Thailand, Ultraman Leo first aired in 1995 on IBC7 (now called TrueVisions).

Japan
In December 2018, Tsuburaya Productions and Bandai Namco Entertainment released the series on Blu-ray.

North America
In November 2014, the series, along with Ultraman Max and Ultraman Mebius, began streaming on Crunchyroll. In December 2017, the series was released on the streaming service Toku. In April 2018, Shout! Factory hosted a marathon event of the series on their streaming service Shout! Factory TV.

In July 2020, Shout! Factory announced to have struck a multi-year deal with Alliance Entertainment and Mill Creek, with the blessings of Tsuburaya and Indigo, that granted them the exclusive SVOD and AVOD digital rights to the Ultra series and films (1,100 TV episodes and 20 films) acquired by Mill Creek the previous year. Ultraman Leo, amongst other titles, will stream in the United States and Canada through Shout! Factory TV and Tokushoutsu.

It was released on Blu-ray in the United States on May 25, 2021 by Mill Creek.