History Series / MightyJack

But regardless of what Joel and the Bots thought of Sandy Frank's film or what the executives did to the show in its second season, ''Mighty Jack'' is considered a classic in its home country, with model kits of the series' various vehicles still being readily available for collectors and hobbyists. In fact, the title sub's emblem is that of Creator/TsuburayaProductions!

* {{Retool}}: Into ''Fight! Mighty Jack'' for its second season, turning the show into a goofy MonsterOfTheWeek kiddie show with cues ripped off from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.

* Yuzuru Murakami, the resident [[MadScientist Friendly Mad Scientist]] and DemolitionsExpert. Played by Hideyo Amamoto[[note]]Better known as Dr. Shinagami from ''Series/KamenRider''[[/note]].

* Akira Genda, one of the [[AcePilot Ace Pilots]]. Played by Masanori Nisei[[note]]Who had appeared in ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and would later appear in ''Fight! Mighty Jack''[[/note]].

* Noboru Kawakami, the resident field agent. Played by Goro Mutsumi[[note]]Who would later appear as Kuronuma and Mugal in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechaGodzilla'' and ''Film/TerrorOfMechaGodzilla'', respectively[[/note]].

* Akira Genda, one of the [[AcePilot Ace Pilots]]. Played by Masanori Nisei[[note]]Who would later appear in ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''Fight! Mighty Jack''[[/note]].
* Ichijo Mali, the resident translator who can speak 26 languages. Played by Wakako Ikeda.

* Yuzuru Murakami, the resident FriendlyMadScientist and DemolitionsExpert. Played by Hideyo Amamoto[[note]]Better known as Dr. Shinagami from ''Series/KamenRider''[[/note]].

* Yuzuru Murakami, the resident MadScientist and DemolitionsExpert. Played by Hideyo Amamoto[[note]]Better known as Dr. Shinagami from ''Series/KamenRider''[[/note]].

* Toshiro Hachiro, Da Chief. Played by Hideaki Nitani.

* Akira Genda, one of the AcePilots. Played by Masanori Nisei[[note]]Who would later appear in ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''Fight! Mighty Jack''[[/note]].

The series centers around a team of eleven agents serving a top-secret international peacekeeping organization. These brave men face the nefarious exploits of the subversive terrorist/saboteur organization known only as "Q". And to do so, each agent brings their own unique skillset to the table. But more significantly, the whole team possesses a highly advanced flying submarine also called Mighty Jack. This 800-foot behemoth is a virtual flying fortress, carrying all manner of weapons and vehicles while taking its team of superspies to every corner of the world in the global struggle against Q's endless plots.

The series centers around a team of eleven agents serving a a top-secret international peacekeeping organization. These brave men face the nefarious exploits of the subversive terrorist/saboteur organization known only as "Q". And to do so, each agent brings their own unique skillset to the table. But more significantly, the whole team possesses a highly advanced flying submarine also called Mighty Jack. This 800-foot behemoth is a virtual flying fortress, carrying all manner of weapons and vehicles while taking its team of superspies to every corner of the world in the global struggle against Q's endless plots.

The first season's first and sixth episodes were stringed together by Sandy Frank Entertainment and dubbed in order to create a feature-length movie released in 1986. The result (or perhaps more accurately, butchering) was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''s KTMA season and later on its first Comedy Central season. For that version, please go to the [=MST3K=] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E14MightyJack episode recap page]].

A sort of hybrid of ''Franchise/JamesBond'' and ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', with cues taken from ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' and Creator/{{Toho}}'s ''Film/{{Atragon}}'', Eiji Tsuburaya considered ''Mighty Jack'' his MagnumOpus. While the series proved to be popular in its own right, ExecutiveMeddling was not happy enough with the series' dark tone, and ''Mighty Jack'' was given a major {{retool}} as the more kid-friendly ''Fight! Mighty Jack''. The result was a more comical tone that replaced the espionage with rampaging MonstersOfTheWeek, not unlike ''Ultraman, as well as episode lengths being cut from one hour to just half an hour and almost all of the cast being replaced.

The first season's first and sixth episodes were stringed together by Sandy Frank Entertainment (who also dubbed and distributed the Showa ''Franchise/{{Gamera}}'' movies) and dubbed in order to create a feature-length movie released in 1986. The result (or perhaps more accurately, butchering) was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''s KTMA season and later on its first Comedy Central season. For that version, please go to the [=MST3K=] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E14MightyJack episode recap page]]. But regardless of what Joel and the Bots thought of Sandy Frank's film or what the executives did to the show in its second season, ''Mighty Jack'' is considered a classic in its home country, with model kits of the series' various vehicles still being readily available for collectors and hobbyists. In fact, the title sub's emblem is that of Creator/TsuburayaProductions!

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The freeze gun is supposed to work by inducing molecular motion. Molecular motion is ''heat''.

''Mighty Jack'' (later retitled ''Fight! Mighty Jack'') is a 26-episode action-adventure series created by Creator/EijiTsuburaya (creator of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'') from his own studio of Creator/TsuburayaProductions that ran throughout 1968 on Creator/FujiTelevision. A great deal of the crew from Tsuburaya's ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' worked on this show, notably Ultraman designer Tohru "Tohl" Narita, who designed the Mighty Jack sub.

The series centers around a team of eleven agents serving a a top-secret international peacekeeping organization. These brave men face the nefarious exploits of the subversive terrorist/saboteur organization known only as "Q". And to do so, each agent brings their own unique skillset to the table. But more significantly, the whole team possesses a highly advanced flying submarine also called Mighty Jack. This 800-foot behemoth is a virtual flying fortress, carrying with all manner of weapons and vehicles while taking its team of superspies to every corner of the world in the global struggle against Q's endless plots.

A sort of hybrid of ''Franchise/JamesBond'' and ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', with cues taken from the Creator/{{Toho}} movie ''Film/{{Atragon}}'', Eiji Tsuburaya considered ''Mighty Jack'' his MagnumOpus. While the series proved to be popular in its own right, ExecutiveMeddling was not happy enough with the series' serious tone, and ''Mighty Jack'' was given a major {{retool}} as the more kid-friendly ''Fight! Might Jack''. The result was a more comical tone that replaced the espionage with rampaging MonstersOfTheWeek, not unlike ''Ultraman, as well as episode lengths being cut from one hour to just half an hour and almost all of the cast being replaced.

The first season's first and sixth episodes were stringed together by Sandy Frank Entertainment (who also dubbed and distributed the Showa ''Franchise/{{Gamera}}'' movies) and dubbed in order to create a feature-length movie released in 1986. The result (or perhaps more accurately, butchering) was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''s KTMA season and later on its first Comedy Central season. For that version, please go to the [=MST3K=] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E14MightyJack episode recap page]]. But regardless of what Joel and the Bots thought of Sandy Frank's film or what the executives did to the show in its second seasom, ''Mighty Jack'' is considered a classic in its home country. In fact, the title sub's emblem is that of Creator/TsuburayaProductions!

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''Mighty Jack'' is a 26-episode action-adventure series from Creator/TsuburayaProductions, creators of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. Episodes from the series were edited together by Sandy Frank into a movie.

An evil criminal organization called Q has plans for world domination, so a high-tech crime-fighting unit is formed to fight Q; this unit is called Mighty Jack. Mighty Jack operates out of a secret base where they can launch their super-duper submarine/jet hybrid vehicle. Q kidnaps a man named Mr. Atari because they want the secret of Mighty Jack. The MJ unit is sent out by some old guy to rescue him.

In the second half of the "movie", using stolen research plans, Q has developed a new ice that stays solid at high temperatures and also an instant-freeze gun that uses this "hot ice". Q destroys an artificial island with its instant-freezing weapons and then uses a fake iceberg made of hot ice as their new base. Mighty Jack is called in to fight Q again and the hunt is on.

For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E14MightyJack episode recap page]].

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'''''Mighty Jack''''' is a 26-episode action-adventure series from Creator/TsuburayaProductions, creators of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. Episodes from the series were edited together by Sandy Frank into a movie.

'''''Mighty Jack''''' is a 26-episode action-adventure series from Tsuburaya Productions, creators of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. Episodes from the series were edited together by Sandy Frank into a movie.