The Ultraman shows have been sold to over 50 countries, and translated into 10 different languages. Likewise, Ultraman toys are sold to dozens of countries, and variations of these toys are in the hundreds.  So who is Ultraman and where on earth (or elsewhere) does he come from? A somewhat complex question, and the answer originates from way back - all the way back to the 1960´s.
The original Ultraman was created by Eiji Tsuburaya, who worked for the Toho studio that created Godzilla. He was an alien …