AMONG superheroes, Ultraman is just as well known as his cape-wearing, wall-crawling and armour-wearing Western counterparts.
Produced by Tsuburaya Productions since 1966, the popular Ultraman series of live-action and practical effect-centric (tokusatsu) media features the titular silver and red giant (and his ilk) dealing with monsters, aliens and other fantastical creatures, usually by blasting them into non-existence using beams.
