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Guinness Certifies Ultraman as TV Show With Most Spinoffs

The Guinness World Records committee recognized Tsuburaya Production's tokusatsu (special-effects) program Ultraman as the television series with the most number of spinoffs in the world on Thursday. The first Ultraman series premiered in 1966, and the most recent series, Ultraman Ginga (Ultraman Galaxy), just debuted in July. The 27 spinoffs are:

1. Ultra Seven (1967)
2. Ultra Fight (1970)
3. Return of Ultraman (1971)
4. Ultraman A (1972)
5. Redman (1972)
6. Ultraman Taro (1973)
7. Ultraman Leo (1974)
8. The Ultraman (animated, 1979)
9. Ultraman 80 (1980)
10. Andro Melos (1983)
11. Ultraman Kids' Proverb Stories (1986)
12. Ultraman Kids: 30 Million Light Years Looking for Mama (1991)
13. Ultraman Tiga (1996)
14. Ultraman Dyna (1997)
15. Ultraman Gaia (1998)
16. Ultraman Cosmos (2001)
17. Ultraman Boy's Ultra Coliseum (2003)
18. Ultraman Nexus (2004)
19. Ultraman Max (2005)
20. Ultraman Mebius (2006)
21. ULTRASEVEN X (2007)
22. Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (2007)
23. KANEGON (2008)
24. Ultra Galaxy Monster Battle NEVER ENDING ODYSSEY (2008)
25. Ultraman Retsuden (2011)
26. Ultra Zone (2011)
27. Ultraman Galaxy (2013)

Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, Tsuburaya Station via JEFusion