For 55 years, “Ultraman” has been one of Japan’s A-list superheroes — defending the planet from alien kaiju and inspiring all manner of global pop culture, from the “Power Rangers” to Paul Rudd’s “Ant ...

More than 50 years ago, Eiji Tsuburaya's Ultraman capitalized on the success and popularity of Japan's tokusatsu style of storytelling, something that made Tsuburaya's other co-creation Godzilla world ...

If ever you needed to know how influential Hideaki Anno is in Japan, look no further. The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and its many reboots has more recently ushered in a new, unprecedented ...

Ultraman has been a prominent media franchise in Japan since the television series Ultra Q first premiered in 1966. Even from a distance, the character made an impact on a young Shannon Tindle growing ...

“Ultraman” is one of the most iconic and popular characters in Japanese history, running since 1966 with countless reboots and sequels across different mediums. Though it hasn’t really broken out in ...

At one time, all of the Ultra warriors, along with the monsters and aliens, were turned into Spark Dolls by the mysterious Dark Spark. Time passed, and the youth Hikaru Rido got hold of the mysterious ...

An alien force makes its way to Earth in The Rise of Ultraman #1's first pages...but maybe not the one you’re expecting. Image: Francesco Manna, Michael Cho, and Gurihiru It’s been a great time to be ...

Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2 encompasses the entirety of Banpresto's licensing and development philosophy in a single package. It is an extremely bad game, bad enough to give Grappler Baki a run for ...

We’ve seen Ultraman in a bunch of games recently, but usually the tokusatsu series is tied up with Gundam and/or Kamen Rider. Ultraman All-Star Chronicle is all Ultramen and aliens from different ...

For 55 years, “Ultraman” has been one of Japan’s A-list superheroes — defending the planet from alien kaiju and inspiring all manner of global pop culture, from the “Power Rangers” to Paul Rudd’s “Ant ...