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Zone Fighter, known in Japan as 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 of the Godzilla series, taking place in between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.

Original Release

04/02/1973

Cast

Name

Character

Kazuya Aoyama

Hikaru Sakimori / Zone Fighter

Kazumi Kitahara

Hotaru Sakimori / Zone Angel

Takashi Sato

Akira Sakimori / Zone Junior

Yôichirô Sakimori

Tsukiko Sakimori

Raita Sakimori

Gold Garoga

Narrator

Jiro

Disguised Garoga (1973)

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!	Monday, 02 April 1973
2	Attack! Destro-King	Monday, 09 April 1973
3	Strike! Garoga's Underground Base	Monday, 16 April 1973
4	Invasion! Garoga's Grand Army: Godzilla Appears	Monday, 23 April 1973
5	Attack King Ghidorah!	Monday, 30 April 1973
6	King Ghidorah's Counterattack	Monday, 07 May 1973
7	Zone Family's Critical Moment!	Monday, 14 May 1973
8	Defeat the Invader of Fear	Monday, 21 May 1973
9	Find the Secret of the Red Spider!	Monday, 28 May 1973
10	Zone Fighter, Destroyed!	Monday, 04 June 1973
11	In a Hair's Breadth: The Roar of Godzilla!	Monday, 11 June 1973
12	The Terror Beast Base: Invade the Earth!	Monday, 18 June 1973
13	Hair-Raising! The Birthday of Terror	Monday, 25 June 1973
14	Rampage! The Garoga Boys Attack Force	Monday, 02 July 1973
15	It's Sinking! Godzilla, Save Tokyo	Monday, 09 July 1973
16	Terrifying Attack! The Garoga Robot	Monday, 16 July 1973
17	GO! Fighter, Scramble	Monday, 23 July 1973
18	Command: "Destroy the Japanese Islands"	Monday, 30 July 1973
19	Order: "Destroy the Earth with Comet K"	Monday, 06 August 1973
20	Fierce Fight! Can You Hear Fighter's Song?	Monday, 13 August 1973
21	Invincible! Godzilla Rages	Monday, 20 August 1973
22	Counterattack! Defeat Super Jikiro	Monday, 27 August 1973
23	Secret of the Great Terror-Beast Bakugon	Monday, 03 September 1973
24	Defeat the Needle Shooting Terror-Beast Needlar	Monday, 10 September 1973
25	Carnage! Zone & Godzilla vs. The Allied Terror-Beast Forces	Monday, 17 September 1973
26	Pulverize! The Garoga Gamma-X Strategy	Monday, 24 September 1973