Jumborg Ace

50 episodes January 17, 1973

Young air delivery boy Naoki Tachibana (played by, oddly enough, Naoki Tachibana; His character's first name is spelled in katakana, however) is out to deliver a package for his grumpy boss Daisaku Banno (played by veteran actor Jun Tazaki), when his older brother Shin'ya (Toshiaki Amada), who commanded the defense force, PAT (Protective Attacking Team), was killed in an attack by a giant monster called King Jyglus (which was sent by the evil alien Anti Go-Ne of the planet Groth). When PAT retaliates against a second attack by the monster, Naoki, in retaliation for his brother's death, suicidally tries to ram his air delivery cessna into the monster, to their shock. When the monster downs the plane, Naoki and his plane are teleported into an energy dimension by an Ultraman-like alien from the Emerald Star. The Alien Emerald has instantly used his technology to completely modify the plane, as well as Naoki's wristwatch. He suddenly finds himself back in his cessna's cockpit in the real world, but he hears the Emerald Alien's voice, telling him to activate his wristwatch, and upon shouting the command "Jum-Fight!!!", his jet transforms into the giant cyborg, Jumborg Ace, with Naoki, in a VR movement-control suit, piloting the robot from inside the head with his own physical movements! He fights with King Jyglas, eventually destroying the monster. But his battle against the Groth Aliens has only just begun...

Episodes

1 A Gift From the Emerald Star Jan 17, 1973 No ratings 2 Great Counterattack! Anti Go-Ne Jan 24, 1973 No ratings 3 Destroy the Creature! Jum Fight Jan 31, 1973 No ratings 4 Danger! Jumborg Ace Feb 7, 1973 No ratings 5 Scream Naoki! Now Feb 14, 1973 No ratings 6 Despair! Jumborg Ace Sold Feb 21, 1973 No ratings 7 Stand Up! Lonely Hero Feb 28, 1973 No ratings 8 The Trumpeter Plays for the Setting Sun Mar 7, 1973 No ratings 9 Desperation! Jumborg Ace Mar 14, 1973 No ratings 10 Echo! The Trumpet of Battle Mar 21, 1973 No ratings 11 Heroic! Strike of Tears Mar 28, 1973 No ratings 12 Dead in Osaka! Jumborg Ace Apr 4, 1973 No ratings 13 Revive Now! Jumborg Ace Apr 11, 1973 No ratings 14 Terror! Hell Flower Dances in the Night Sky Apr 18, 1973 No ratings 15 Storm Call for Mad Go-Ne Apr 25, 1973 No ratings 16 Mystery! Witch Monster Arrives May 2, 1973 No ratings 17 Kain From Planet Emerald May 9, 1973 No ratings 18 Terror! Antron’s Trap May 16, 1973 No ratings 19 Danger! Atomic Bomb May 23, 1973 No ratings 20 The Great Used Car Rebellion! May 30, 1973 No ratings 21 Mystery! Monster Graveyard in Space No ratings 22 P.A.T.’s Destructive Tactics No ratings 23 Celebration! Big Change of Portable Shrines No ratings 24 Desperate Struggle! Secret Underwater Base No ratings 25 Planet Gross Reconstructs Kids No ratings 26 Jumborg Ace 2 is Born - the Name is Nine No ratings 27 Riddle! Nombirigon’s True Colors No ratings 28 Revival! Jumborg Ace No ratings 29 The Sending of Imitation Jumborg Ace No ratings 30 Punished! Ace and Nine No ratings 31 Run Fast to Ice Hell No ratings 32 Big Explosion! Mad Go-Ne’s Last Moment No ratings 33 Santa Rings the Devil’s Bell No ratings 34 Telephone Death Treats From the Grim Reaper! No ratings 35 Mystery! Atomic Golden Monster No ratings 36 Fight! Nine; Dream Call for Ace! No ratings 37 Appearance! Fear of the Strange Electric Bird No ratings 38 Destroy Cyborg Command! No ratings 39 Great Desperate Fight! No ratings 40 Screams of Fear in Skull Lake No ratings 41 Space Witch Babaras’ Robot Tactic No ratings 42 Great Counterattack of the Space Witch No ratings 43 Death Robot’s Trap is Sure to Kill No ratings 44 Haunted Robot: Hell’s Mirror No ratings 45 Insect Monster from Sand Hell No ratings 46 Satan Go-Ne: Last Great Attack No ratings 47 Desperate Struggle! Ace VS. Nine No ratings 48 Big Counterattack! Demon Go-Ne No ratings 49 Riddle! Demon’s Spell Severs Time No ratings 50 Last Day of Tokyo! No ratings