40 Years of Ultraman

jonerik writes "The Japan Times has four articles covering the events surrounding this year's 40th anniversary celebration of the Japanese superhero Ultraman — along with Astro Boy probably the most iconic Japanese hero of the post-war era. The Ultraman...Forever article follows the history and development of the series over the last 40 years, and its appeal not only to the original generation of fans, but to the current generation, who are now the children or even grandchildren of the series' original audience. The Ultrabonding article explores this in further depth, crediting the series for strengthening the bonds between fathers and sons, both of whom grew up — or are growing up — watching the series. The Ultracollecting article looks at the toy collector side of things, and Ultrasuccess in Print interviews Tatsuya Miyanishi, the author of a series of Ultraman books — including 1996's 'Daddy is Ultraman' — which have proven popular with both young and old fans alike."

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Ultraman reminds me

[Centurix]

of Ultramon. Nice multi screen desktop management utility.

-1 Offtopic.

Re:Ultraman & Astroboy Were Part of My Childho

[Seraphim_72]

What kind of god would have allowed the brutality that is my father?

Your continuum needs fixing. It runs from God to the father who was the asshole that you got. It should run from God to the father that would have done more than beat you. As much of an asshole as he was it could have been much, much worse. Why though would God even allow that? I don't know, the other side of that coin is thanking God for making sure it wasn't much, much worse, as bad as it was, it could have been worse. There are many places to get help. Please I beg of you, never try to take your life. You are special to many people, most that you don't know. I think you are special. I will gladly help you. The world is truly a better place because you are here, and the world will be less if you are gone. I am sorry your Dad was such a shithead. I cannot change that, but I can help change your life today. seraphim_72 (at) yahoo.com - I will gladly help you. You are a person who recognizes right from wrong, you know what was done to you was wrong, that means you have grown from that, you have the seeds to be a good person. email me, I will try to help.

Sera

what does this mean?

[Anonymous Coward]

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hmm???

Re:Ultraman & Astroboy Were Part of My Childho

[Anonymous Coward]

Relax. 1982 was 24 years ago. I have grown past my miserable childhood.

The principal side effect of my childhood is that I am an atheist.

Well, it's not a us national site.

[krischik]

This is "slashdot.org" and not "slashdot.or.us". You may not know it but sites with 3 and 4 character top level domains (.org, .net, .com, .info etc pp) are for international use.

National sites end with a 2 character top level domain - in the case of the USA it would be ".us".

Martin