Zone Fighter, known in Japan as Ryūsei Ningen Zone (流星人間ゾーン, Ryūsei Ningen Zōn, lit. "Meteor Human Zone"), is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes. This was Toho's answer to not only the popular Ultra Series, but the Henshin Hero phenomenon started by shows like Kamen Rider and Android Kikaider. The previous year, Toho had just made their first successful superhero show, Rainbowman. The series was also notable for its guest appearances by Toho's own Godzilla, as well as two other Toho monsters, King Ghidorah and Gigan. Supplementary materials published by Toho have confirmed Zone Fighter to be part of the Showa-era Godzilla series, taking place in between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
Plot[]
The evil Garoga aliens plan to take over Earth with their army of giant Fearbeasts. They are opposed by the members of a family from a planet called Peaceland that was also destroyed by Garoga. They use a variety of exotic vehicles and weapons but their primary weapon against Garoga is the oldest child Hikaru, who is able to transform into the giant Zone Fighter.
Zone Fighter is sometimes aided in his battles by Godzilla (who at the time was portrayed as a heroic kaiju).
Characters[]
| Zone Fighter | Hikaru Sakamori |
| Zone Angel | Hotaru Sakamori |
| Zone Junior | Akira Sakamori |
Allies[]
| Godzilla |
to be added
Villans[]
Garogas
Baron Garoga
Silver Garoga
White Garoga
Red Garoga
The Garoga X Squadron
Monsters[]
- Red Spark
- Jikiro
- Destro-King
- Dorola
- Wargilar
- Spylar
- King Ghidorah
- Dragon King
- Gilmaras
- Super Jikiro
- Geldorah
- Garoga Spider
- Spider Uros
- Garoga Gorilla
- Jipudoro
- Shadorah
- Gigan
- Barakidon
- Garoborg
- Dedragon
- Zondolla
- Moguranda
- Barugas
- Gondargilas
- Goramu
- Jellar
- Kastam Jellar
- Bakugon
- Needlar
- Kabutogira
- Grotogauros
Godzilla shaking hands with Zone Fighter
Cast[]
- to be added
- to be added
Notes[]
- Besides the hero occasionally teaming up with Godzilla, he also fought other famous Toho monsters such as Gigan and King Ghidorah.
External Links[]
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_Fighter
- http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/11/14/zone-fighter-series-guide/
- http://www.tohokingdom.com/tv/zone_fighter.html
- http://robojapan.blogspot.com/2007/11/ryusei-ningen-zon-1973.html
- http://web.archive.org/web/20100222171606/http://www.henshinhalloffame.com/zone/
- Zone Fighter on Wikizilla