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13 unusual facts about Ultraman


Akira Maeda

Maeda's interest in martial arts developed as a schoolboy while watching the Ultraman television series.

Arao, Kumamoto

Recent hopes to pull in tourists are in its two big amusement parks, Mitsui Greenland and Ultraman Land.

Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix

He gives Ben a brand-new form to use: Way Big, a skyscraper-sized alien modeled after Ultraman, who easily repels Vilgax's army of drones and angrily tosses the villain into space.

Brad Warner

After the financial failure of his Dimentia 13 albums, Warner got a job in Japan with the JET Programme, and then later in 1994 with Tsuburaya Productions who made Ultraman.

Bullmark

Bullmark's vinyl Godzilla and Ultraman toys are extremely popular among Japanese toy collectors; some currently retail for thousands of dollars.

Ferg Hawke

He has competed in several ultra-triathlons, including the Ultraman World Championships in Hawaii.

Haebaru, Okinawa

Haebaru is the birthplace of Ultraman, a fictional television character that grows to a giant size and wrestles with giant monsters.

Hawai Mare oki kaisen

There are special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya who would later co-create the widely popular Godzilla franchise and fully create the also widely popular Ultraman series.

Hoshi no Yō ni...

Misia's involvement with the Ultra Series came about in September 2009, when the main character Ultraman became a sponsor for Misia's charity organization, Child Africa.

Invincible Super Man Zambot 3

Armed with fire balls from the mouth, can use the pedal like dish can form into a horn while protecting the head in a similar fashion to Gabura from the original Ultraman, a thick shell that can deflect regular laser attacks and projectiles as well as break the Zambo Cutter, can launch missiles from the cannons on its shoulders, and emit electrical pulses from its body.

Lai Chi Wo

In the middle of the fruit, you may find a carinate tuber which makes it look like the Japanese Ultraman.

War of the Monsters

After defeating two Ultra V robots at "Tsunopolis", the lead monster is abducted by a UFO that takes it back to the mothership.

Yoshikazu Takeuchi

Takeuchi's book Ultraman Visits the Grave is about a young boy who happens to be a fan of Ultraman.


Amazing Comics

Amazing Comics quickly focused on "SF & Horror" manga series, and famous were published including Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (manga) (launch title), Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos Panzer Cop (first publication), Ultraman or Godzilla (海辺のゴジラ).

Ark Diecast

This toy was nicknamed "Yojimbo-Kaiju", meaning roughly "Bodyguard Monster"; the nickname derives from his role in Return of Ultraman, where Black King acted as a bodyguard to Nakuru Seijin).

Carta Brava, Jr.

Carta Brava, Jr. participated in the tournament along with second generation wrestlers Bestia 666, Hijo del Canek, El Hijo de L.A. Park, El Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, El Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Kung Fu, Jr., Bobby Lee, Jr., Trauma I and Ultraman, Jr. Carta Brava, Jr. lost in the first round to El Hijo de L.A. Park.

Corinne Orr

Her television credits include the English versions of several 1960s-1990s Japanese series such as Marine Boy (voicing Marine Boy as well as Neptina and Cli-Cli), Star Blazers (voicing Mariposa and Nova in the third season), Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga.

Eiji Tsuburaya

In 1966 alone, this company aired the first 'Ultra' series for television, Ultra Q beginning in January, followed it with the highly popular Ultraman in July, and premiered a comedy-monster series, Booska, the Friendly Beast in November.

Heisei Ultra Seven

This episode features cameos from members of the Science Patrol from Ultraman, namely Susumu Kurobe, Hiroko Sakurai and Masanari Nihei.

Hoshi no Yō ni...

The music video for "Hoshi no Yō ni..." features the original Ultraman and several popular Ultra Monsters.

Japanese popular culture

The most popular Japanese films is the giant monster films (Kaiju Eiga) of Godzilla, Gamera, and the Ultraman Series.

Jumborg Ace

He will be joining forces with updated versions of Fireman (Glen-Fire) and Mirrorman (Mirror-Knight), in addition to Ultraman Zero.

Keiichi Hasegawa

Since first beginning his work on the Ultraman franchise with the 1996 series Ultraman Tiga, Hasegawa has gone on to write more material for the franchise than any other writer.

Mighty Jack

Reportedly, Eiji Tsuburaya considered this series his masterwork because the focus was on the people rather than on the vehicles and special effects (the show never had any monsters or aliens, as his more famous shows Ultra Q, Ultraman and Ultra Seven did.) This focus on the people was similar to the works of Gerry Anderson, of which Eiji was a big fan.

Ultra Series

Chaiyo also created a TV series he called "Project Ultraman," un-aired as of late March 2008, a joint project in China featuring his own Ultraman and attaching Hong Kong star, Ekin Cheng to the project.

Ultra Seven

Ultra Seven is sometimes incorrectly called "Ultraman Seven" by many sources outside Japan (or in the case of KHON/Honolulu, Hawaii, Ultra7, as listed in TV Guide when it ran in 1975).

Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3

This is also the first game of the Ultraman Fighting Evolution series to feature Ultramen and Ultra Monsters from the Heisei era with the addition of Ultraman 80.

UltraMantis Black

As UltraMantis, his original red and green attire was based on the main protagonist from the Kamen Rider series, while his ring name was derived from another Japanese television program, Ultraman.

Wonder Momo

Wonder Momo is a loose parody of a typical Ultraman-style superhero series, utilizing a then-rare female protagonist.

Z Densetsu: Owarinaki Kakumei

The sentai genre (the word sentai means literally "squadron") evolves around a team of costumed superheroes fighting villains and includes such popular television shows and franchises as Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (remade into Power Rangers for the US), Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Metal Hero.