The Complete History of Ultraman Part 1 (1. Whenever the phrase “Japanese super- hero” is mentioned, Ultraman is usually the first thought that comes to mind. And for good reason: he’s arguably the most recognizable pop culture icon from the land of the rising sun that wasn’t originally an manga character, since his legacy spans half a century at the time of this writing. Realistically speaking, it’s not feasible to publish a full account of Ultraman’s history in an online article such as this. This kind of topic deserves a coffee table book at the very least to do it justice. Are you listening, Insight Editions?) So consider this my attempt at chronicling the major details from each installment in the Ultraman TV and film franchise until something more comprehensive comes along. The creation of the Ultramantelevision series was overseen by former head of Toho Studio’s Visual Effects department, Eiji Tsuburaya, who reshaped the landscape of special effects- heavy cinema.

His work has influenced everything from disaster flicks to B- movies to hand- drawn animation to popcorn blockbusters to Saturday morning TV shows. As a child, his life was changed by seeing King Kong on the big screen. He dedicated the rest of his life to inspiring that same sense of wonder in others, which lead to the creation of Godzilla,Mothra, and an entire film genre. Ultra Q (TV Series, 1. The first official installment in the Ultra series doesn’t even have Ultraman in it. Intended to emulate Western paranormal TV shows like The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, Ultra Qended up being a late night drive- in precursor to The X- Files instead. Originally titled Unbalanced, the show was renamed Ultra Q partly due to a parallel bar technique called Ultra C that won gymnast Yukio Endo three gold medals (plus a silver one too) at the 1. Summer Olympics. Bunya Suzuki, a sports announcer for NHK, would shout “Ultra!” each time Endo scored high marks, and thus the word became an ear meme. The Q suffix was Tsuburaya’s idea to designate “question” and "quest", but this was most likely influenced by the suits at TBS, since Ultra Q’s lead- in was the immensely popular anime Obake no Q- tarō, affectionately known as Obake Q at the time.

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Ultra Q turned out to be the most expensive television series ever produced for its time. Toho was cranking out the equivalent of one short special- effects heavy blockbuster a week, something practically unheard of during the black and white era.

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The storyline of the series followed the weird adventures of renowned pilot and author Jun Manjoume, his apprentice Ippei Togawa and journalist Yuriko Edogawa. Over the course of 2. Tetsuo Kinjo, acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, helped Eiji develop these strange new visions into the living rooms of unsuspecting families in Japan. If some of these kaiju look familiar, it’s because Toho gave Eiji Tsyburaya free reign over their props department to help create his own studio’s first episodic monster series. Remember that giant octopus from King Kong vs. Watch Midnight Express Putlocker on this page. Godzilla? He goes by Sudar now. Okay, what about King Kong and Godzilla from King Kong vs.

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Godzilla? Just making sure! Well, now they go by Goro and Gomess, respectively. Oh, and don’t mistake Litra and the accompanying Larugeus for tiny Rodans; you might offend someone. Repurposing these familiar creatures taken from previous installments in Tsuburaya's ouevre was a fortunate sign of things to come, if not a symbolic way to pass the tradition from the silver screen to the small one. As Ultra Q is technically a horror anthology series that doesn’t contribute anything meaningful to Ultraman’s already overcrowded continuity, I recommend that any completists out there watch it as a companion series only. Yes, there are meta- references to Ultra Q sprinkled throughout future Ultra series, like the reappearance of certain notable kaiju in Heisei era pay- per- view seasons which we’ll get to later on.

But recognizing these easter eggs aren’t essential to understanding the overarching narrative of the franchise, if one actually exists. Ultra Q should be viewed on its own merits, as a far- out love letter to matinee monster mayhem from one of its progenitors, and a groundbreaking piece of crossover entertainment that was ahead of its time. Even if it stars no giant alien hero, Ultra Q has its own legacy that still lasts to this day. Tsuburaya Productions would go on to realize the original vision its founder had for Ultra Q when Horror Theater Unbalance aired on Fuji TV in 1. Ultraman (TV Series, 1. The idea for Ultraman came about when three different concept pitches that Tsuburaya and Kinjo were working on for TBS fused together into one iconic symbol of intergalactic protection.

The first, known as Wo. O, was a Doctor Who like series about the adventures of a young girl and a funny looking monster with big eyes. This would later be reimagined as Bio Planet Woo in 2.

Ultraman- ish flavor to it. The second was Scientific Special Search Party: Bemular. It followed the adventures of a group called the Science Patrol who disguised themselves an art/photography team by day and tracked monsters and aliens by night. One of its members obtains the power to transform into Bemular, a giant winged monster who can fight other giant winged monsters, and keeps it a secret from the rest of his friends. Bemular’s appearance in early concept art is noteable for being similar in design to the eponymous creature from 1. Gappa, the Triphibian Monster.

Because the prospect of one good monster fighting an evil monster was deemed too confusing from a visual storytelling perspective, a third concept was then developed: Redman. The show would feature a superhero more akin to Devilman than Superman - a horned giant who would hunt down and kill the evil aliens who destroyed his distant home planet here on ours. Although this concept morphed into what we now all know and love, the idea of Redman would later be recycled as a notorious short- form toku series consisting of nothing but ridiculously sloggy kaiju wrestling footage. When a fourth pitch was in order, artist Toru Narita took his concept art of Redman and came up with a new hero that was never seen before - one that looked new and unusual yet marketable enough to western audiences according to input received from the TBS execs. Coming up with a look that balanced friendly and weird proved to be a massive undertaking for Narita, as he himself described in his journals. Being a passionate sculptor, Narita dropped the pen and paper after a while and switched to sculpting Ultraman’s face with both hands. Because of this, there is no final concept sketch of it anywhere. The design process for Ultraman was so trial and error, in fact, that the iconic Color Timer was added on at the last minute, clashing with Narita's intent to keep the costume simple - which is why he hated it.

Ultramandebuted on July 1. Japan. It introduced us to Hayata Shin, a member of the Scientific Special Search Party (SSSP), who was sent to investigate a mysterious blue sphere that landed at Lake Ryomagori. But when an equally mysterious red sphere flies onto the scene and strikes his aircraft, Hayata is left close to death in the accident. Ultraman, who emerges from the red sphere, feels such a great deal of remorse about this accident that he bonds their lives together to in order to save Hayata, sensing his pure heart.

Thus the original Ultraman is born, and ready to throw down with Bemlar, the pilot of the blue sphere: an alien monster loosely based on Narita’s concept artwork for the original pitch of the series, except more reptilian. Eiji Tsuburaya still had access to Toho’s effects department, so he’d bring over props whenever he needed to on a case- by- case basis during Ultraman’s legendary run. The most notorious of these instances is from Episode 1. The Mysterious Dinosaur Base!”, where Ultraman fights a giant lizard named Jirass, a kaiju that was kitbashed from the Godzilla suit featured in Mothra vs.