Zone Fighter

S1 · E1 · Apr 2, 1973

Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile! Episode 1

Crashing to Earth, several Garoga beings crawled from out of the wreckage and made their way towards the city.

S1 · E2 · Apr 9, 1973

Attack! Destro-King Episode 2

A mysterious red object falls to Earth. Sure enough, it is a Garoga missile, and from it emerge a new group of Garoga with orders to destroy the Zone Family!

S1 · E3 · Apr 16, 1973

Strike! Garoga's Underground Base Episode 3

While visiting Takeru’s model shop, Akira makes a new friend, Mamoru, the son of the space engineer Dr. Morita. On his way to meet his son that afternoon, Dr. Morita is kidnapped by Garoga agents and taken to their underground base. When his father fails to arrive, Takeru and Akira walk Mamoru back home, where he receives a phone call informing him his father’s car was discovered on the peak at Mt. Fuji!

S1 · E4 · Apr 23, 1973

Invasion! Garoga's Grand Army: Godzilla Appears Episode 4

While searching for an object that had fallen from the sky, Hotaru is delighted to encounter her childhood friend Sachio from Peaceland. Upon meeting the rest of the Zone Family, Sachio explains that he survived the destruction of his family’s mother ship at the hands of the Garoga as he was occupied with a surveillance flight. However, Hikaru and the others remain suspicious of him.

S1 · E5 · Apr 30, 1973

Attack King Ghidorah! Episode 5

At the Research Institute of Future Sciences, a revolutionary new invention known as the Blue-Green device has been developed, enabling the reduction of carbon monoxide pollution. Having learnt of this new device, the Garoga dispatch their super Terror-Beast King Ghidorah to Earth!

S1 · E6 · May 7, 1973

King Ghidorah's Counterattack! Episode 6

While luring King Ghidorah towards Venus, Zone Fighter loses radio contact with the Zone Family and notices Ghidorah has disappeared. Upon realizing that without the Proton Barrier the house is defenseless against the Garoga, Zone Fighter hurries back to Earth to find the family has been kidnapped.

S1 · E7 · May 14, 1973

Zone Family's Critical Moment! Episode 7

The Terror-Beast Dragon King is on a rampage, but just before it can destroy a dam and flood the town, Zone Fighter appears! After a decisive battle, Zone Fighter once again destroys the Terror-Beast. Undeterred, the Gold Garoga puts his latest strategy into effect; disguising Garoga 13 as Hotaru Sakimori!

S1 · E8 · May 21, 1973

Defeat the Invader of Fear! Episode 8

Akira and his friends are visiting Takeru’s model shop, when one of the boys notices something strange through a telescope. Peering through, Takeru sees a Terror-Beast Missile falling from the sky. Takeru looks at a map and predicts the missile is heading in the direction of Tanzawa, so he and Akira leave at once to investigate.

S1 · E9 · May 28, 1973

Find the Secret of the Red Spider! Episode 9

The Garoga have finally completed their ultimate weapon, the Garoga Spider, intent on wiping out the Zone Family and humanity once and for all!

S1 · E10 · Jun 4, 1973

Zone Fighter, Destroyed! Episode 10

Hikaru is attacked by a mysterious orb in the sky, but after transforming into Zone Fighter he is able to destroy it with ease. The Sakimori family agree the incident was most likely caused by the Garoga, but their true intention does not seem clear.

S1 · E11 · Jun 11, 1973

In a Hair's Breadth: The Roar of Godzilla! Episode 11

A car installed with a newly developed engine is entered into a race, and Hikaru is chosen as the driver. Prior to the race, Hikaru takes the car on a test run, when he discovers the breaks fail to work. Even after transforming into Zone Fighter, he finds himself unable to escape from the vehicle.

S1 · E12 · Jun 18, 1973

The Terror-Beast Base: Invade the Earth! Episode 12

Livestock facilities are being attacked one by one, animals being stolen by the truckload. Yoko, the little sister of one of Takeru’s friends, is working as an assistant at her brother’s poultry farm. Hikaru and Takeru discover the Garoga during one of their raids and attempt to fight them off. Hotaru, who is with Yoko at the time, receives a distress call from Hikaru, and leaves her to join the fight against the Garoga.

S1 · E13 · Jun 25, 1973

Hair-Raising! The Birthday of Terror Episode 13

The Sakimori family gather to celebrate Hotaru’s 16th Birthday, when suddenly the Gold Garoga appears on their television set, declaring the family will be destroyed once and for all before the day is out!

S1 · E14 · Jul 2, 1973

Rampage! The Garoga Boys Attack Force Episode 14

Akira’s friend Tsuyoshi is struggling to keep his grades up at school, and is always being bullied by the other children. After school one day, Tsuyoshi sees two men drinking a strange medicine which gives them super strength. Tsuyoshi approaches the two men, who explain that the medicine makes them smarter as well as stronger, and kindly give Tsuyoshi several bottles.

S1 · E15 · Jul 9, 1973

It's Sinking! Godzilla, Save Tokyo Episode 15

A succession of earthquakes is striking the centre of Tokyo. The epicenter is being observed by the Meteorological Agency, but the cause of the earthquakes is so far undetermined.

S1 · E16 · Jul 16, 1973

Terrifying Attack! The Garoga Robot Episode 16

A young boy, Hiroshi, spots a meteor falling to Earth through his telescope. Running off to tell his father, he discovers both his parents held captive by the Garoga. Using a special ESP transceiver, the Garoga are able to control his mind. Taking on the form of the boy’s parents, they order Hiroshi to infiltrate the Zone Family’s home and destroy the Proton Barrier.

S1 · E17 · Jul 23, 1973

Go! Fighter, Scramble Episode 17

Hotaru and Akira awaken in the middle of the night to discover they both had they same strange dream; that the Garoga had stolen Smokey. The two transform into Angel and Junior and go to find that Smokey is indeed missing. Angel suggests scanning the fourth dimension, and the two discover Smokey has been moved to Tanzawa.

S1 · E18 · Jul 30, 1973

Command: "Destroy the Japanese Islands" Episode 18

Following a successful experimental test, Professor Tanzawa’s PS73 – an all-new kind of energy with a mighty destructive power – has at last been completed. Scheduled to be used as the source of power at a radar base, the PS73 capsule is carefully transported. However the transport is ambushed and the PS73 seized by the Garoga while en route.

S1 · E19 · Aug 6, 1973

Order: "Destroy the Earth with Comet K" Episode 19

Under attack from Gundarguirus and his energy fading, Zone Fighter collapses to the ground, but the monster soon disappears. Suspecting the monster is hiding in the surrounding mountains, Hikaru goes alone with the Mighty Liner to investigate, but soon finds himself assaulted by the Garoga. Though unsuccessful in their attack, the Garoga announce to Hikaru that he only has 15 hours and 45 minutes left.

S1 · E20 · Aug 13, 1973

Fierce Fight! Can You Hear Fighter's Song? Episode 20

Takeru witnesses a young boy being kidnapped by an old man. Running over to help the child, the old man reveals his true identity – Garoga! After a brief fight, Takeru and the boy are both taken hostage.

S1 · E21 · Aug 20, 1973

Invincible! Godzilla Rages Episode 21

Godzilla and Zone Fighter do battle, in what turns out to be a friendly sparring session. Meanwhile, the Gold Garoga is visited on the Garoga space station by the White Garoga. With him, White has brought a present that will help Gold defeat the Zone Family once and for all; a small life form from the planet Jellarl which will be impervious to Zone Fighter’s Proton Beam. The creature is loaded into a Terror-Beast Missile and fired towards the Earth.

S1 · E22 · Aug 27, 1973

Counterattack! Defeat Super Jikiro Episode 22

S1 · E23 · Sep 3, 1973

Secret of the Great Terror-Beast Bakugon Episode 23

The Garoga launch a Terror-Beast Missile, and Hikaru follows it to its drop site at a scrap yard.

S1 · E24 · Sep 10, 1973

Defeat the Needle Shooting Terror-Beast Needlar Episode 24

Caught in the mountains during a storm, two men hear a strange noise and see a strange light in the distance, then witness a line of people sleepwalking through the trees. One of the men, Hiroshi, tells his story to the Sakimori family while recovering in the hospital from injuries he received in the mountains.

S1 · E25 · Sep 17, 1973

Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. the Allied Terror-Beast Forces Episode 25

The Garoga launch a series of Terror-Beast Missiles towards the Okutama mountains, unleashing a whole army of monsters. Meanwhile, Hotaru and Hikaru’s friend Mina are walking through the mountains, as Hikaru is driving nearby. Suddenly, what appears to be an earthquake strikes the area. As Hikaru runs to the rescue of Hotaru and Mina, the Garoga begin shrinking the monsters and inserting them into small capsules. As they try to escape, Mina witnesses one of the Terror-Beasts through the tall trees.

S1 · E26 · Sep 24, 1973

Pulverize! The Garoga Gamma-X Strategy Episode 26

On Earth, humans have succeeded in developing a new kind of neutron energy with a destructive power far surpassing that of the hydrogen bomb, which a new team of Cobalt Garoga intend to steal!