Administrivia

Administrivia:

See below for a personal note on the new thing above the Ultra-family photos.

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Information provided in this FAQ is not warranted to be at all correct, for all legal purposes. The author's best attempts at accuracy were performed prior to releasing this FAQ, however inaccuracies may creep in.

Thanks!

This FAQ wouldn't be anywhere near as complete as it is without the invaluable help of others who have Emailed contributions and information. The author would like to thank:

Eugene Glover for the original pictures used in this FAQ.
Marc Miyake for his Ultra Tokusatsu files, referred to herein.
King Wilder for help above and beyond the call of duty with Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, and for becoming a good net.friend. (King was the director for the only live-action Ultraman series produced in the USA.)
Barry S. Goldberg for providing a heads-up on Jet Jaguar & his relationship with Godzilla. (Barry is the maintainer for one of several Godzilla pages.)
Black Tauna for providing the two Ultra-Family images gracing the top of the non-frames version of this page, and the main frame of the frames version
Dennis Lee, "Mr. X", and Hidemi Yoshikawa for providing miscellaneous additional tidbits of information
Mike Schwartz for providing a link to the English Ultraman Zearth page.
Akemi Kishita for providing information on Triple Fighter. (If you're a fan of Zyurangers, or even a fan of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, check out her Zyuranger page.) She also provided, through her Extra Tokusatsu addendum page, much of the original information on Ultraman Tiga.
Ty Kroll for providing several great images of the animated Ultra-heroes and of Jet Jaguar.
Shinsuke Ohnishi for providing information and stuff above and beyond the call. I'm greatly indebted to you, Shinsuke-san! (Shinsuke-san wrote one episode of Ultraman Tiga, one of Ultraman Dyna, and one of Ultraman Gaia!)
"Emperor Cybersurfer" and Leslie Quah for mentioning one case where Ultraman changed size on his own
Joe Chotiros for providing URL's for Kimono My House & First State Comics for the merchandise section, and for providing some corrections to the Ultraman Jonias and Ultraman Powered sections, and for providing more info (including a link to a preview) on Ultraman Gaia.
William Ferguson for informing me of his company's plans to release Ultraman videos (mentioned in the merchandise section). (Note: Mr. Ferguson is no longer with the company, Expressions In Animation. However, as he was the one who informed me originally, his name remains. Please note, however, that he is no longer with the company. See the merchandise section for the current EIA contact.)
John Kwok for providing information on how Ultraman Jack left Earth.
Ahmed Feroz for a correction (also provided by Shinsuke Ohnishi) on the translation of GUTS, and for more information on Ultramen Tiga and Dyna.
Matt Thorn for providing tons of information and pictures!
"KONG" for providing the Yullian picture (he provided tons more pictures; unfortunately, even with all the extra screen names AOL provides, I don't have room for them all, but I'm working on it), as well as the Evil Dyna picture, and information on Ultraseven and Gaia.
Darran Hight for starting up the now-defunct Ultimate Ultraman Web Ring.
Fredrik Ramsberg for explaining how the "Tiga" in Ultraman Tiga relates to the number 3.
leong for providing more information on Ultra Father.
Feroz Mohamad for an interesting theory on Ultraman Tiga, and for providing more information on Ultra Father's powers, and for providing preliminary information on Ultraman Dyna. He also provided the speculative background for Tiga, and maybe the other Ultra-warriors? He also provided some of the first information on Ultraman Agul
Robert W. Yaeger for providing some extra info on Zone Fighter.
"curley howard" for providing a variety of tidbits too numerous to mention.
Todd for sending the new Ultraman Dyna picture.
"Shadow" for correcting me on the contents of The Adventures of Ultraman.
Daniel Yau and Seiji Oyasu for providing some extra info on Astra.
"Gorosaurus" for leading me back to Club Daikaiju, and for providing the link to his Ultra Monsters page.
Chan Heng Yip, for providing tons of information.
"Kibarenjaa" and "Umanout" for prodding me into including Nemesis Comics' 8-issue run of a comic based on Ultraman Great.
John Yaeger for providing some extra information on Zone Fighter.
Jim Cirronella, founder of Club Daikaiju, for explaining some things about Ultraman Zearth.
Dinko Gonzalez Trotter for providing info on the Ultra Bracelet worn by Ultraman Jack.
Brent for providing the episodes of first appearances of Ultra Father, Ultra Mother, and Ultraman King.
Steve Pau for providing a link, and some extra info on the powers of Ultraman King, and for providing pointers to the first pictures of Ultraman Gaia.
"Servo Z" for providing the Gridman picture, via her Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad page.
chia wing kar for providing some extra info on Astra's appearance.
Matt Anderson for mentioning the Japanese transliterations of the names of the Ultra-Force from Ultraman: The Adventure Begins.
Aida Mustapha for providing another instance where Ultraman Jack appeared smaller than giant-sized.
Anna Jansen for being one of the people to provide the link to the English Tsuburaya pages.
Minger for providing one of the Robot Ultraseven pictures, as well as several others.
Scott Hamilton for providing the new link to an Inframan page.
"noronha" for providing a link to Toy Japan in the merchandise section.
Mike Conwell for providing the question on what languages the Ultra-shows were in, and for providing the link to Kaiju-Fan's Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero episode list.
Daniel Bento and Zach Green for providing almost identical Spectreman pictures, as well as other pictures I'm currently unable to use.
Eugene (no last name given) for providing several pictures, including the new Triple Fighter picture and the picture of Fireman.
Gustavo LeÃo, for providing numerous tidbits of information.
Jariya SUKSUMRUN for informing me of some proof that Ultraman 80's human form was created by 80 himself.
Leong Wai Kin for providing some extra info on Astra, and on Mirrorman.
Schulhoff Tam for providing some Mirrorman info.
Kevin Derendorf for providing the initial info on Hero Zero.
Zach Green (again) for providing the info on The Great Dinosaur War Eisenborg.
Wayne Koizumi for providing the pictures of Amia, Erek, and Roto, the friends of Ultraman Jonias, and for providing a lot of info on various "Other Ultras", providing the origins behind the name Ultra Q, providing the Fake Agul and Redman pictures, and miscellaneous other corrections.
Mark Shultz for providing some extra info on Zone Fighter.
May Yin Chong for providing more info on Ultraman Taro and Zoffy.
Mohd Ariffin Tajuddin for providing a variety of tidbits.
TAKEUCHI Shouichi for posting on alt.tv.sentai clarification on the origin of Ultraman Agul.
Michael Watters for starting a Kaiju tape trading mailing list. (See the merchandise section for a link to subscribe.)
Billy Teo for informing me that the children that remanifested Ultraman Tiga in the Tiga & Dyna movie were probably the same ones that recharged Tiga during his final battle. Billy also provided several pictures, including Gaia V2, Gaia Supreme, and Agul V2.
"Tradska 69" for providing pictures of Gaia V2, and Gaia Supreme.
Dave Fullam for providing information about a previously "unknown Ultra," Jumborg 9. Thanks, too, to JD Garcia for mentioning this also.
August Ragone for allowing me to include his Ultraman episode list. (You might recognize August's name from G-Fan, Kaiju Fan, and Markalite.)
Stuart Johnson for mentioning his Zone Fighter page.
KESHIA for suggesting a link to eBay for Ultraman mechandise.
"loh daigo" for asking about the other 2 statues shown in the opening episode of Ultraman Tiga.
Brian Jenkins for providing General Kondo's name. (Kondo was the TPC officer who resented the presence of Ultraman Dyna, and created Ultraman Teranoid.)
John Cassidy for posting the "Dan Moroboshe" page URL.
Marco Anglas Ludena, for noting one weakness shared by most of the Ultramen. From this came the new topic on the Ultramen's weaknesses.
May Yin Chong, Michael Koo, and John Cassidy for providing information and picture for Giant Raine.
August Ragone and Michael Koo for providing the initial information on Ultraman Nice.
Thomas Ho for providing the Dark Tiga picture. (Thomas also provided an Ultraman Nice picture that I decided not to use just yet.)
James Holman for providing a synopsis of the movie Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey, the information from which has been condensed into the Tiga entry and the entries for Kamilla, Hyudora, and Dahram.

And special recognition goes to the following, who helped me start it all:

Ben Dunn, Douglas Dlin, and John Marshall for miscellaneous Ultraman and Zone Fighter articles published in the now-defunct Sentai magazine.
Bob Johnson, August Ragone, and Kate McMains for detailed background on the Ultra-heroes (Johnson and Ragone were behind the late, lamented Markalite magazine; McMains was public relations officer for Ultracom, Tsuburaya Productions' US affiliate, now no longer in business); much of the information that started this FAQ comes, in fact, from this source.

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