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Ultraman

Title card reading, "Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series"

 Tokusatsu
Genre
 Kaiju

 Superhero

 Science fiction

Created by Eiji Tsuburaya

Written by  Tetsuo Kinjō

 Masahiro Yamada

 Mamoru Sasaki

 Shinichi Sekizawa

Starring  Susumu Kurobe


 Akiji Kobayashi

 Hiroko Sakurai

 Sandayū Dokumamushi

 Masanari Nihei

 Bin Furuya

Opening theme Ultraman Theme by the Misuzu

Children's Choir

Composer(s) Kunio Miyauchi

Country of origin Japan


Original language(s) Japanese

No. of episodes 39

Production

Running time 24 minutes

Production company(s) Tsuburaya Productions

Release

Original network TBS

Original release July 17, 1966 – April 9, 1967

Chronology

Preceded by Ultra Q

Followed by Ultra Seven

Ultraman (ウルトラマン Urutoraman) is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction television


series created by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is a follow-up to Ultra Q, though not technically a sequel or spin-
off. Tsuburaya Productions made 39 episodes (40, counting the pre-premiere special) that aired
on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) from July 17, 1966 to April 9, 1967. Its premiere topped the
average rating set by Ultra Q and kept climbing each week, marking the show as a success.[1]
Although Ultraman is the first series to feature an Ultraman character, it is the second installment in
the Ultra Series, after Ultra Q. This is signified in the show opening by the Ultra Q logo exploding into
the Ultraman logo. Ultraman and its titular hero became major pop culture phenomena in Japan,
spawning dozens of sequels, spin-offs, rip-offs, imitators, parodies and tributes.

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