AMONG superheroes, Ultraman is just as well known as his cape-wearing, wall-crawling and armour-wearing Western counterparts.

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Prefecture--The Seibuen Amusement Park here will offer visitors an immersive virtual experience to fight an enormous “kaiju” monster alongside Ultraman. Set to open on ...

One highlight is an event that encourages participants to look for 48 photo panels of “kaiju” monsters featured in the original “Ultraman” TV series, which started in 1966. When ...

Netflix’s “Ultraman: Rising” serves as a reinvention and a reintroduction of the classic monster-battling character who first debuted on Japanese television in 1966. In the years since ...

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Serpo Aliens in Dandadan are inspired by Ufology and Ultraman, with a costume that resembles a former Thai prime minister. The Flatwoods Monster in Dandadan refers to a real-life cryptid with ...

but giant monsters (better known as kaiju) are also a key element of the series, seeing as it contains a multitude of references to Tsuburaya Productions’ classic Tokusatsu franchise, Ultraman.

Labubu monsters have become as desirable as art, sneakers, handbags, watches and luxury goods. Will the craze last? Here’s ...