Ultraman

Ultraman is a Japanese superhero hailing from a technologically advanced civilization. He first appeared alongside his human host Shin Hayata in the 1966–1967 Japanese television series, Ultraman. The series is one of the most prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan and one of the best examples of Daikaiju or “giant monster” genre. References to Ultraman are abundant in Japanese pop culture, much like references to Superman in U.S. culture.

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