Ultra Series
Ultraman, more commonly known as the , is the collective name for all media produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad Ultra Monsters. Debuting with "Ultra Q" and then "Ultraman" in 1966, the Ultra Series is one of the most prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan, along with the Toei-produced series "Kamen Rider", "Super Sentai" and the "Metal Heroes". The Ultra Series is also one of the most well-known examples of the "daikaiju" (大怪獣, "giant monster") genre, along with Toho's "Godzilla" series and Daiei Film's "Gamera" series. However, the Ultra Series also falls into the "kyodai hīro" (巨大ヒーロー, "giant hero") subgenre of tokusatsu TV shows.