Zone Fighter, known in Japan as Ryūsei Ningen 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, it was cancelled due to the oil crisis of 1973. 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 successful first superhero show, Rainbowman. The series was also notable for its guest appearance 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.
Zone Fighter (Season 1)
Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile! (Episode 1)
Writer: Jun Fukuda
Air date: 1973-04-02
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Crashing to Earth, several Garoga beings crawled from out of the wreckage and made their way towards the city.
Attack! Destro-King (Episode 2)
Writer: Jun Fukuda
Air date: 1973-04-09
Runtime: 22 min
Strike! Garoga's Underground Base (Episode 3)
Writer: Masaru Takesue
Air date: 1973-04-16
Runtime: 22 min
Invasion! Garoga's Grand Army: Godzilla Appears (Episode 4)
Writer: Shozo Uehara
Air date: 1973-04-23
Runtime: 22 min
Attack King Ghidorah! (Episode 5)
Writer: Juro Shimamoto
Air date: 1973-04-30
Runtime: 22 min
King Ghidorah's Counterattack! (Episode 6)
Writer: Juro Shimamoto
Air date: 1973-05-07
Runtime: 22 min
Zone Family's Critical Moment! (Episode 7)
Writer: Kurumi Satochi
Air date: 1973-05-14
Runtime: 22 min
Defeat the Invader of Fear! (Episode 8)
Writer: Kurumi Satochi
Air date: 1973-05-21
Runtime: 22 min
Find the Secret of the Red Spider! (Episode 9)
Writer: Juro Shimamoto
Air date: 1973-05-28
Runtime: 22 min
Zone Fighter, Destroyed! (Episode 10)
Writer: Motoo Nagai
Air date: 1973-06-04
Runtime: 22 min
In a Hair's Breadth: The Roar of Godzilla! (Episode 11)
Writer: Kazuhisa Hattori
Air date: 1973-06-11
Runtime: 22 min
The Terror-Beast Base: Invade the Earth! (Episode 12)
Writer: Norio Komata
Air date: 1973-06-18
Runtime: 22 min
Hair-Raising! The Birthday of Terror (Episode 13)
Writer: Jun Fukuda
Air date: 1973-06-25
Runtime: 22 min
Rampage! The Garoga Boys Attack Force (Episode 14)
Writer: Masaru Takesue
Air date: 1973-07-02
Runtime: 22 min
It's Sinking! Godzilla, Save Tokyo (Episode 15)
Writer: Norio Komata
Air date: 1973-07-09
Runtime: 22 min
Terrifying Attack! The Garoga Robot (Episode 16)
Writer: Susumu Takeuchi
Air date: 1973-07-16
Runtime: 22 min
Go! Fighter, Scramble (Episode 17)
Writer: Kurumi Satochi
Air date: 1973-07-23
Runtime: 22 min
Command: "Destroy the Japanese Islands" (Episode 18)
Writer: Yûji Amamiya
Air date: 1973-07-30
Runtime: 22 min
Order: "Destroy the Earth with Comet K" (Episode 19)
Writer: Yûji Amamiya
Air date: 1973-08-06
Runtime: 22 min
Fierce Fight! Can You Hear Fighter's Song? (Episode 20)
Writer: Shiro Ishimori
Air date: 1973-08-13
Runtime: 22 min
Invincible! Godzilla Rages (Episode 21)
Writer: Shinichi Kamisawa
Air date: 1973-08-20
Runtime: 22 min
Counterattack! Defeat Super Jikiro (Episode 22)
Writer: Masaru Takesue
Air date: 1973-08-27
Runtime: 22 min
Secret of the Great Terror-Beast Bakugon (Episode 23)
Writer: Masaru Takesue
Air date: 1973-09-03
Runtime: 22 min
Defeat the Needle Shooting Terror-Beast Needlar (Episode 24)
Writer: Yûji Amamiya
Air date: 1973-09-10
Runtime: 22 min
Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces (Episode 25)
Writer: Yoshihisa Araki
Air date: 1973-09-17
Runtime: 22 min
Pulverize! The Garoga Gamma-X Strategy (Episode 26)
Writer: Kurumi Satochi
Air date: 1973-09-24
Runtime: 22 min
Seasons
Episodes 26