Ultraman (ウルトラマン Urutoraman?) is a character featured in tokusatsu (special effects) television programs in Japan. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (ウルトラマン 空想特撮シリーズ Urutoraman: Kūsō Tokusatsu Shirīzu?), a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q. The show was produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System and Tsuburaya Productions, and was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) from July 17, 1966 to April 9, 1967, with a total of 39 episodes (40, counting the pre-premiere special that aired on July 10, 1966).
Although Ultraman is the first series to feature an Ultra-Crusader, his is actually the second Ultra Series. Ultra Q was the first. In fact, Ultraman opens with the Ultra Q logo exploding into the Ultraman logo. A major pop culture phenomenon in Japan, the show has spawned dozens of imitators as well as numerous sequels and remakes, which continued to be popular as of early January 2011.
To distinguish him from subsequent Ultra-Crusaders, Ultraman is referred to as the original Ultraman (初代ウルトラマン Shodai Urutoraman?), the first Ultraman, Ultraman Hayata (a reference to his host's surname) or as simply Man.
The Ultraman series used various monster costumes, known as ''[[kaiju]]'' in Japan, prior to other series such as ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' and [[Himitsu Sentai Gorenger]]. The principals were played by famous stunt actor [[Haruo Nakajima]], who operated the original [[Godzilla]]. His apprentice, Bin "Satoshi" Furuya, started out as Ultraman. Nakajima had a [[martial arts]] background, but the earlier episodes used mostly wrestling-style fight choreography. However, in later episodes, sequences gradually evolved into more complex fighting.
Often costumes of famous monsters like [[Godzilla]] and [[Baragon]] would be recycled and altered, sometimes with nothing more than [[spray paint]] and often while the actor was still inside. Nakajima quipped once that the staggering gait of some of the monsters he portrayed was due less to his acting than to the fumes he had to endure. Some of the costumes could not be shown fully as his feet would then have been exposed, a necessary allowance to maintain balance in the often cumbersome outfits. Also, the expense of repairing the scale cities and landscapes used for battle scenes required economy of movement and meticulous planning.
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