Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider

is the name of a television special that aired July 21 1993 featuring a meetup between Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman and Toei Company's Kamen Rider.

Plot

The main characters, Ultraman and Kamen Rider 1 appear on scene separately, each fighting an original kaijin and kaiju. When the two monsters are going to be destroyed, they merge into a more powerful kaiju. Ultraman experiences trouble and calls for Kamen Rider 1's help. Kamen Rider 1 is then able to grow to enormous size to fight alongside Ultraman. Combining their powers, the two were able to successfully destroy the monster.

Production

The series featured no real actors or voice actors, only suit actors, and only used recycled sound bits for both the voices of Ultraman and Kamen Rider 1.

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*Producer: nihongo|Hiroshi Butsuda|佛田洋|Butsuda Hiroshi
*Suit actors
**Ultraman: nihongo|Toshiyuki Kikuchi|菊地寿幸|Kikuchi Toshiyuki
**Kamen Rider 1: nihongo|Hiroshi Maeda|前田浩|Maeda Hiroshi
**Kaijin, Kaiju: nihongo|Takeshi Miyazaki|宮崎剛|Miyazaki Takeshi

Music

;Theme song
*nihongo|"The Soldier Born to Fight"|戦うために生まれた戦士|Tatakau Tame ni Umareta Senshi
**Lyrics: nihongo|Hirō Takada|高田ひろお|Takada Hirō
**Composition: nihongo|Asei Kobayashi|小林亜星|Kobayashi Asei
**Arrangement: nihongo|Takeo Suzuki|鈴木武生|Suzuki Takeo
**Singer: nihongo|Hironobu Kageyama|影山ヒロノブ|Kageyama Hironobu