Ultraman
Seen it?1966 | 1 seasons | 25 min | Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved My Adventures with Superman, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 16 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-PG: scary moments. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1966: an older pace and style.
Hayata is a member of the Science Patrol, an organization tasked with investigating bizarre anomalies. He is mortally wounded when accidently encountering an alien being from Land of Light, who grants Hayata new life as the two are merged into one. Now, whenever a threat arises that is too great for the Science Patrol to handle, Hayata activates the beta capsule and becomes the hero known as Ultraman.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 79K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Susumu KurobeShin Hayata / Ultraman
- Akiji KobayashiCaptain 'Cap' Toshio Muramatsu
- Sandayuu DokumamushiDaisuke Arashi
- Hiroko SakuraiAkiko Fuji
- Masaya NiheiMitsuhiro Ide
- Akihide TsuzawaIsamu Hoshino
- Akihiko HirataDr. Iwamoto
- Koji IshizakaNarrator
- Hikaru UranoNarrator
- Bin FuruyaUltraman