late 1972 for  children to come up with a new hero for them to use (to capitalize  on the many tokusatsu and anime superhero and super robot shows that  were all the rage at the time). The winner of the contest was an  elementary school student, who submitted the drawing of a robot  called Red Arone, which superficially resembled both Ultraman and  _"Majingâ Zetto" (1972)_ (qv) (both of which were very popular at  the time). The robot was renamed "Jet Jaguar" and was set to star in  a film vehicle for him, titled "Jet Jaguar vs. Megalon," which  pitted him against Megalon (a previously unused Godzilla enemy  design). However, Toho figured Jet Jaguar would not be able to carry  the film on his own, either in screen appearance or marketing value  (which was very important to Toho), so they shut the project down  during pre