Ike! Godman

Ike! Godman (行け！ゴッドマン) (Go! Godman in North America) is a tokusatsu tv series Kyodai Hero kaiju by Toho. It ran from October 5, 1972, to April 10, 1973. It was pulled from reruns on September 28, 1973, and it was replaced by Ike! Greenman.

Gorosaurus battling the Toho superhero Godman.

While on air Monday through Saturday, with only one or two episodes per week, each episode consisted of six (or three) parts and each part was five minutes long. The entire series ran for twenty-six episodes.

On every Monday (or Thursday), the Kaiju for the particular set of episodes would appear, with the plot for the set advancing through each successive day of the week, with the battle ending on Saturday with Godman being victorious. Each set follows a similar structure, with people calling for Godman's aid and the hero coming to assist them.

Aya Hirano, as Konata Izumi from the anime Lucky Star, sang this show's theme song on the Lucky Star music compilation CD.

List of monsters

The following is a list of the monsters from the series:

Returning Monsters

Famously, numerous pervious monsters from Toho's library of Kaiju made appearances in the series.

• 2. Gabara from All Monsters Attack
• 6. Gorosaurus from King Kong Escapes
• 10. Kamoebas from Space Amoeba
• 16. Sanda from The War of the Gargantuas
• 17. Gaira from The War of the Gargantuas
• 20. Bat People from Latitude Zero

Other Monsters

• 1. Kinga
• 3. Gosuton
• 4. Yasugon and Tsunoterah
• 5. Tsunoshirba
• 7. Madaran
• 8. Giandorah
• 9. Momondarah
• 10. Forugun
• 11. Borupes
• 12. Imgoras
• 13. Bullman
• 14. Dongorah
• 15. Skeleton Man No.1 and No.2
• 18. Tolanka and Hosuta
• 19. Green Mask and Funtorah
• 20. Katsubarge
• 21. Tieboras and Osutotamu
• 22. Tsunsuras and Elephanter
• 23. Totosaurus and Tsuras
• 24. Wolfrah and Getsurba
• 25. Torilon and Ibogirah
• 26. Sutegozuras and Akumon

Movie Monster Changes

The Toho movie monsters that appear in this series are not related to their theatrical counterparts in terms of continuity. The suits were changed since their appearances in the original movies.

• Gabara, the Gargantuas, Tieborasu, Tsunzaurasu, Totosaurus, Akumon, and Tsurazuu later appeared in Ike! Greenman.
• Gabara's suit was green instead of blue. He was also green in Ike! Greenman.
• Some of the Toho suits were in really bad shape. The Gargantuas' suits appeared to be rotting (especially Gaira), despite the fact that both suits were repainted. They were also wearing new masks (with wigs).
• The Gorosaurus suit was in such poor shape that the inner support seemed to be deteriorating. It made Gorosaurus' torso look like it was caving in.
• Kamoebas had a flatter head and darker color.

Theme Songs

These are the theme songs from the show:

• Ike! Godman (Go Forth! Godman)
  • Sung by: Yamamoto Ichiro
  • Lyrics by: Fuji Konosuke
  • Music by: Yamashita Takeo
  • Arrangement by: Hirose Masakazu

-Note: "Ichiro Yamamoto" is another professional name of Ichirou Mizuki. This song plays during the show's opening.

• Bokura No Godman (Everyone’s Godman)
  • Sung by: Yamamoto Ichiro & ‘Green Peace’
  • Lyrics by: Fuji Konosuke
  • Music by: Yamashita Takeo
  • Arrangement by: Hirose Masakazu

Movie

on May 23, 2008 toho released a short film on DVD Directed by Masaaki Tezuka Starring Ren Matsuzawa.