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The rest of the body of each suit was a painted wetsuit, a design choice that was previously used for the Kemur Man from Ultra Q, the series that preceded Ultraman. The Type C suit was nonetheless an improved variant of Type B, which featured slight changes in the facial positions of the eyes, mouth and ears. Type B was also bigger compared to Type A and according to Furuya "it was better fitting, and had padding so it looked like Ultraman was more muscular". The Type B mask even had its jaw feature more narrow and sharpened compared to the Type A design. Some of the staff in the series were not made aware of the changes that were made and were surprised by Ultraman's face having the sudden change from an alien-like face to an "iron mask" looking face.
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Its mask removed the mouth-opening mechanism concept and latex coating, opting instead for a full FRP cover. Followed by the deterioration of the Type A suit, Type B was made later on. Bin Furuya mentioned that Type A fitted him poorly and it forced him to hunch a bit. The mask was originally intended to have a mouth-opening mechanism but the latex-coating prevented such functions. The Type A suit had its mask created from fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) and coated with latex, giving Ultraman a "wrinkled" face. The first suit was known as Type A (episodes 1 to 13), followed by Type B (14–29) and finally Type C (30 and subsequent episodes). A lot of improvements to Ultraman's design were made during the series' progression. Three Ultraman body suits were created for the show, all of which were based on the size of suit actor Bin Furuya. Ultraman's memorable design was done by Tohl Narita and clay sculptor Akira Sasaki, with the grey alien concept in mind. The creature could grow in size to 164 feet, with the design being a cross between Garuda and Tengu. Writer Tetsuo Kinjo originally envisioned an intergalactic reptilian creature named Bemler to be the character that would become Ultraman. Ultraman's suit variations in 1966: Type A (left), Type B (middle) and Type C (right) Ultraman was the world's third top-selling licensed character in the 1980s, largely due to his popularity in Asia. The Ultraman brand generated $7.4 billion in merchandising revenue from 1966 to 1987, equivalent to more than $17 billion adjusted for inflation. Although Susumu Kurobe did reprise his role as Hayata or provided the voice of Ultraman himself at times (though his grunts were still reused from the late Masao Nakasone) but there are other occasions where he was voiced by other voice actors. Ultraman appeared in later works of the Ultra Series played by various voice and suit actors. He would later go on to portray Ultra Guard member Amagi, one of the characters in the later series, Ultra Seven. Ultraman's suit actor was Bin Furuya ( 古谷敏, Furuya Bin) during the original season. In subsequent appearances, Ultraman reuses Masao's grunt while his voice being provided by Susumu Kurobe (Shin Hayata's actor) or just simply being speechless during the screen time. His dialogue in episodes 1 and 39 were provided by Hisashi Kondō ( 近藤久, Kondō Hisashi) while in episode 15, he was voiced by Koji Ishizaka ( 石坂 浩二, Ishizaka Kōji), the narrator of episodes 1 to 19.
In the series, Ultraman's grunts and his iconic shout "Shuwatch" were provided by Masao Nakasone ( 中曽根雅夫, Nakasone Masao), who would later voice him as an actual character in episode 33 during his fight with Alien Mefilas. Apart from that, he also has a lot of popularity trademarks which make him memorable to this day: his Color Timer, the Specium Ray stance and his famous cry "Shuwatch" ( シュワッチ, Shuwatchi).
The original red-and-silver giant hero himself enjoyed a long series of popularity and has continued to appear in various works in the Ultra Series. This event cemented Tsuburaya Productions' decision to have the Ultra Series continue to follow the trend of focusing on an Ultraman with each new entry.
It was not until The Return of Ultraman was created four years later in 1971 that both Ultraman and Ultra Seven came together into the same story. While both series shared the same genre with very similar heroes, there was originally no relations between the two.
Following Ultraman's success, Tsuburaya created another Kyodai hero series still as part of their Ultra Series project, Ultra Seven. Ultraman first appeared as the titular character alongside his human host Shin Hayata in the 1966–1967 Japanese television series, Ultraman which ran for 39 episodes. His appearance in the entertainment world helped spawn the Kyodai Hero genre with countless shows such as Godman and Iron King. Ultraman ( ウルトラマン, Urutoraman) is a fictional superhero and is the first tokusatsu hero launched by the Ultra Series and by extension, Tsuburaya Productions.