Ultraman

• Name — Ultraman • Genre — * Science fiction • Superhero • Tokusatsu • Creator — * Tsuburaya Productions

• Type — manga • Author — Eiichi Shimizu • Illustrator — Tomohiro Shimoguchi • Publisher — Hero's Inc. • Magazine — * Monthly Hero's (October 1, 2011 – October 30, 2020) • Comiplex (November 27, 2020 – present) • First — October 1, 2011 • Volumes — 22

• Type — ona • Director — * Kenji Kamiyama • Shinji Aramaki • Hiroki Uchiyama (Season 2) • Producer — * Mitsuhisa Ishikawa • Joseph Chou • Writer — * Kurasumi Sunayama (Season 1) • Harumi Doki (Season 1) • Ryō Higaki (Seasons 1–2) • Kento Shimoyama (Season 3) • Music — * Nobuko Toda • Kazuma Jinnouchi • Studio — * Production I.G • Sola Digital Arts • Licensee — Netflix • First — April 1, 2019 • Last — May 11, 2023 • Runtime — 23–25 minutes • Episodes — 31

• Portal — yes Ultraman (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Eiichi Shimizu and drawn by Tomohiro Shimoguchi of Linebarrels of Iron fame. It was published in Hero's Inc.'s Monthly Hero's magazine from October 2011 to October 2020, and was later transferred to the Comiplex website in November 2020. It is part of the Ultraman franchise and a manga sequel of the 1966 television series. The series has been collected in 22 tankōbon volumes as of November 2025. A 3DCG original net animation (ONA) adaptation co-produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts was released on Netflix in April 2019. A second season was released in April 2022. A third and final season was released in May 2023.

Decades have passed since the events of Ultraman, with the legendary "Giant of Light" now a memory, as it is believed he returned home after fighting the many giant aliens that invaded the Earth. Shin Hayata's son Shinjiro seems to possess a strange ability, and it is this ability, along with his father's revelation that he was Ultraman, that leads Shinjiro to battle the new aliens invading the Earth as the new Ultraman.

The series began serialization in the first issue of Monthly Hero's magazine, published on November 1, 2011. The magazine ceased publication on October 30, 2020, and the series was transferred to Comiplex website, starting publication on November 27 of that same year. The first collected tankōbon volume was published on September 8, 2012. As of November 5, 2025, 22 volumes have been released. In August 2025, it was announced that the manga would enter hiatus and is set to resume in Q2 2026 with its final story arc. Viz Media licensed the series for English language release in North America in February 2015, and the first volume was released on August 18, 2015.

To celebrate the fourth volume of Ultraman, Monthly Hero's announced the launch of Mōshon Komikku in March 2014, which features the manga itself being partially animated with colors and voice actors. The first release was all six chapters from Volume 1 of the manga, with Ryōhei Kimura was the first cast to be announced and voicing the main character Shinjiro Hayata. Soon, more casts were added as well while the Motion Comic in progress. Two special Motion Comics were bundled alongside a special release of Volume 8 of Ultraman manga alongside the ULTRASINGLES.

An anime adaptation of the manga was announced in November 2017, which was later revealed to be a 3DCG anime co-produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts. The anime was co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki and it was the 33rd series (3rd animated) in the Ultra Series. The music score was composed by Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi. The series was released on Netflix on April 1, 2019. Oldcodex performed the series' ending theme song "Sight Over The Battle." During the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Netflix announced that a second season is in production. The staff are returning to reprise their roles, with the addition of Hiroyuki Uchiyama as series director. A kickoff event for the second season occurred on August 24, 2021. Japanese voice actor Tatsuhisa Suzuki was originally announced to voice the new character, Kotaro Higashi, but eventually stepped down in August 2021 after he decided to suspend his activities in voice acting for the time being. Tomoaki Maeno replaced Suzuki for the role. The second season was released on April 14, 2022. A third and final season was released on May 11, 2023.

On January 10, 2020, an Ultraman mobile game based on the manga has been announced for released on iOS and Android devices. The game, titled Ultraman: Be Ultra, launched in early 2020 in Japan.

On April 30, 2016, a 1:1 scale FRP version of Dan Moroboshi/Ultraman Suit Version 7.2's Spacium Sword was announced to be released at August 2016 and pre-orders were made available at 55,000 Yen (59,400 Yen if tax is included) in Eikoh. In October 2015, an articulated action figure of Shinjiro Hayata in his Ultraman Suit, which was made by a collaboration between Ultra Act (Tsuburaya's own figure line) and S.H. Figuarts. The figure is sold under the price of 6,840 Yen and pre-orders were made from October 23, 2015, while shipping started in May 2016. In 2016, Gecco Corp. produced a 1/6 scale diorama of Shinjiro Hayata in his Ultraman Suit, which has a removable head to switch between either Shinjiro or Ultraman Suit helmet. Another collaboration merchandise was made with Pioneer SE-MX9-K in releasing headphones themed after Shinjiro's Ultraman Suit helmet.