History Trivia / UltraSeries

*** ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/film/unmadekaiju/ultramanhero.html Ultraman: Hero From The Stars]]'', penned by book writer Don Glut (who also wrote for ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'') in 1983: The plot would have involved highly evolved dinosaurs attacking the Earth after years of waiting, and a new Ultraman inhabits the body of a Earth Defense Soldier to fight back. Notably, this script featured the death of Ultra Seven during the film's climax. [[http://www.videojunkie.org/2012/09/the-never-got-made-files-76-79-glut-of.html?zx=67aaa898984f3bf7 More details here]] which even includes concept art of Ultraman and the dinosaurian monsters he'd have battled.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: A very, ''very'' controversial case. Until 2017, the first six shows (''Series/UltraQ'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/UltraSeven'', ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', ''Series/UltramanAce'', and ''Series/UltramanTaro''), as well as ''Jumborg Ace'', were the subject of a serious copyright dispute between Creator/TsuburayaProductions and the Thai company Chaiyo (who co-produced ''Film/HanumanVs7Ultraman'' and the infamous ''Space Warriors 2000''), as Chaiyo's president Sompote Sands attempted to steal the foreign distribution rights for them with forged documents. This legal nightmare was responsible for the lack of distribution the Ultra series had for the longest time. [[https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Ultraman_Series/Licensing_Disputes Full story here.]]

* Of the four major Tokusatsu TV series,[[note]]the other 3 being ''Franchise/KamenRider'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', and ''Series/MetalHeroes''[[/note]] the ''Ultra'' series is the only one that has not had Creator/JasonDavidFrank audition to play a role in an American Adaptation[[note]]Although this is mainly due to the fact that no {{Foreign Remake}}s have been made[[/note]] - aside from ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', Frank originally auditioned to play the lead in ''Series/VRTroopers'', and almost got the part of Len in ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight''; however, both cases were unsuccessful due to his involvement with ''Power Rangers''[[note]]In the case of the former, Tommy Oliver was so popular that the decision was made to bring Tommy back as a new ranger instead of giving Brad Hawkins a new character as originally planned; in the case of the latter, it was because the producers of ''Dragon Knight'' did not want people to associate the show with ''Power Rangers'' - ironically, the same year ''Dragon Knight'' finished airing, the then-currently-airing ''Kamen Rider'' series, ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', pulled off the first ''Rider''/''Sentai'' crossover with ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.[[/note]].

* TheWikiRule: No less than two Ultraman Wikis: [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultraman_Wiki ultra.wikia.com]] and [[http://ultraseries.wikia.com/wiki/Ultraman_Wiki ultraseries.wikia.com]]. Also the [[http://ultrafan.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra-Fan_Wiki ultrafan.wikia.com]], a flourishing wiki for fanfiction run by several of the admins on the first Ultra wiki.

* NewbieBoom: Thanks to the ease of streaming on sites such as CrunchyRoll and YouTube, many of the New Generation shows attracted international audiences than Tsuburaya ever did in comparison to earlier attempts.

* NamesTheSame: Franchise/{{Superman}} has an EvilKnockoff also named Ultraman, who preceded the original series by about two years. Hilariously, the Ultras and their enemies are sometimes called "Superman", most notably Robot/Imitation Ultraseven an EvilKnockoff first seen in ''Series/UltraSeven'' with the BossSubtitles of "Robot Superman".

* TheWikiRule: No less than two [[NamesTheSame Ultraman Wiki]]s: [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultraman_Wiki ultra.wikia.com]] and [[http://ultraseries.wikia.com/wiki/Ultraman_Wiki ultraseries.wikia.com]]. Also the [[http://ultrafan.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra-Fan_Wiki ultrafan.wikia.com]], a flourishing wiki for fanfiction run by several of the admins on the first Ultra wiki.

*** ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/film/unmadekaiju/ultramanhero.html Ultraman: Hero From The Stars]]'', penned by book writer Don Glut (who also wrote for ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'') in 1983: The plot would have involved highly evolved dinosaurs attacking the Earth after years of waiting, and a new Ultraman inhabits the body of a Earth Defense Soldier to fight back. Notably, this script featured the death of Ultra Seven during the film's climax. [[http://www.videojunkie.org/2012/09/the-never-got-made-files-76-79-glut-of.html?zx=67aaa898984f3bf7 More details can be read here]] which even includes concept art of Ultraman and some of the dinosaurian monsters he'd have battled.

*** ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/film/unmadekaiju/ultramanhero.html Ultraman: Hero From The Stars]]'', penned by book writer Don Glut (who also wrote for ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'') in 1983: The plot would have involved highly evolved dinosaurs attacking the Earth after years of waiting, and a new Ultraman inhabits the body of a Earth Defense Soldier to fight back. Notably, this script featured the death of Ultra Seven during the film's climax. The screenplay was said to be pretty bad however, and it's said it ripped off too many cues from ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' (At one point of the story, the new Ultraman even tries to impress his girlfriend with his gigantic super-powers!).

* FlagshipFranchise: For Creator/TsuburayaProductions, serving as their most popular and iconic works and vastly overshadowing any non-Ultraman works they've made.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Common in English-language media due to the lack of non-Japanese information out there. The most frequent is that any and all series and their title heroes will just be called ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' under the assumption that they are all the same show and character as the original, which would be like saying Franchise/{{Superman}} and Superboy are the same character or referring to [[Franchise/StarTrek Captain Picard as Captain Kirk]]. Even Wiki/ThisVeryWiki does it.

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/UltraSeriesUltramanBelial Ultraman Belial]]
** [[Characters/UltraSeriesUltramanTregear Ultraman Tregear]]

** Because some higher ups in the studio had the bright idea of approaching Johnny's for talent in a bid to revive the Ultraman franchise with a bang (which sorta worked, but came at a hefty price and without the bang), Ultraman Tiga cannot be streamed online, period, due to Johnny's policies. This also applies to the two-part series finale of Ultraman Dyna which is a crossover with Ultraman Tiga. Also, due to Johnny's meddling, the theme song had to be re-recorded by a cover artist named Tatsuya Maeda for the soundtrack and export version of the show, and thus countries who used ''Take Me Higher'' got said cover instead of the V6 one (in addition of having to wait a quite a bit longer for Tsuburaya to consult their lawyers for possible solutions, audition new talent and record the cover). It was also the reason Daigo does not appear in the Heroes Odyssey compilation as well as other specials that features Ultraman Tiga.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: A very, ''very'' controversial case. Until 2017, the first six shows (''Series/UltraQ'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/UltraSeven'', ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', ''Series/UltramanAce'', and ''Series/UltramanTaro''), as well as ''Jumborg Ace'', were the subject of a serious copyright dispute between Creator/TsuburayaProductions and the Thai company Chaiyo (who co-produced ''Film/HanumanVs7Ultraman'' and the infamous ''Space Warriors 2000''), as Chaiyo's president Sompote Sands attempted to steal the foreign distribution rights for them with forged documents. This legal nightmare was responsible for the lack of distribution the Ultra series had for the longest time. [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Series/Licensing_Disputes Full story here.]]