Spectreman

Spectreman (スペクトルマン Supekutoruman) is a science fiction tokusatsu TV series produced by P Productions and created by producer Souji Ushio. The series aired on Fuji TV from January 2, 1971 to March 25, 1972 with a total of 63 episodes.

Dubbing History
The entire 63-episode Spectreman series was dubbed into English and syndicated to television stations across North America, including Superstation TBS, starting in the fall of 1978 (more than seven years after the Japanese premiere). The English dub was co-written and performed by character actor Mel Welles. While the US version is faithful to the original show for the most part, the most notable change is the new theme song created by a song writing team using the song "The First Day of Forever" from the album Awakening by the Mystic Moods Orchestra. The instrumental version was used as a substitute for the Japanese language theme song, and was played over action scenes. The instrumental version of the Japanese theme song was usually left alone. Other changes were edits to remove some of the violence considered too intense for a US children's show at the time. The dialog was sometimes altered to add some of Welles' offbeat humor. While once available on VHS, the US version has not been released on DVD.

An alternate English dub of Spectreman is known to exist, using the original character names. Little information about this dub is known.

Additional Voices

 * Corey Burton
 * Rod Dana
 * Mel Gaines
 * Linda Gary
 * Charles Howerton
 * Patricia Parris
 * Tony Pope
 * Mel Welles