Ultraman

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Ultra Series
Official logo
Created by	Eiji Tsuburaya[1] Tetsuo Kinjo[1] Tohl Narita[2] Kazuho Mitsuta[3]
Original work	Ultra Q (1966)[4]
Owner	Tsuburaya Productions[5]
Years	1966–present
Print publications
Book(s)	List of books
Films and television
Film(s)	List of films
Television series	List of television series
Games
Video game(s)	List of video games

The Ultra Series (Japanese: ウルトラシリーズ, Hepburn: Urutora Shirīzu), also known as Ultraman, is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned by Tsuburaya Productions, which began with the television series Ultra Q in 1966 and became an international pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into many television shows, films, comic books, and other media publications, becoming one of the most prominent productions in the Japanese tokusatsu and kaiju genres and pioneering the Kyodai Hero subgenre. The Ultraman series is centered on a fictional alien race of superheroes who often combat kaiju or other aliens.

In Japan, the Ultraman brand generated US$ 7.4 billion in merchandising revenue from 1966 to 1987.^[6][7] This makes it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. Ultraman was the world's third top-selling licensed character in the 1980s, largely due to his popularity in Asia.^[8] References to Ultraman are abundant in Japanese popular culture, much like references to Superman in U.S. culture.^[6]