Ultraman Records

A wiki page for collecting miscellaneous Ultraman trivia, records, and noteworthy firsts.

Records are based only on main Japanese series (mini-series like Ultra Fight and movies don't count), unless specified. (Although you are more than welcome to add any interesting trivia about anything Ultraman-related.)

Spoiler warning: Significant plot details follow.

Things to add

First series with planes? Did Ultra Q have planes?
First series with a combining plane? Note: Not a big plane that splits up. Something like Nexus' Chrome Chesters combining into one.
First Ultraman with a final form? Was Glitter Tiga the first one?

Records

Series with most defense team deaths (excluding minor personnel like guards)

Ultraman Leo (?): MAC members are often killed and replaced at a frightening rate. To top it off, MAC's base gets destroyed mid-series, and all their members except those who were Ultramen were killed.
Ultraman Mebius (8): Four 2-seater planes were destroyed, and assuming they all have 2 crews in each, that makes 8 members killed.

Series with the most number of main team personnel

Ultraman Gaia (24): 5 members as the operation crew in base, and 6 teams of field operations crew with 3 members each, plus the part-time operator. (Note: Chiba isn't part of XIG. He belongs to the parent organization GUARD)

Series with the most number of main team combat personnel

Ultraman Gaia (16): Gamu and 5 teams of 3 each. Excluding Chief Tsutsumi because he doesn't really fight in his mothership.

Series with the most Ultraman (non-cameo) appearances

Ultraman Mebius (13): Mebius, Hikari, Ultra Father & Mother, Zoffy, Ultraman, Seven, Jack, Ace, Taro, Leo, Astra and 80

Series with the most number of humans becoming hosts to the same Ultraman

Ultraman Nexus (5): Including the movie, that makes 5.

Ultra Q

First series with no Ultraman.

Ultraman

First series with an Ultraman.
First series with orange uniforms for the defense team.

UltraSeven

First series with planes that can split up (into 3).
First Ultraman without a normal color timer on the chest.

The Return of Ultraman

First series where Ultramen from the previous series appear.
First Ultraman to utilize weapons instead of rays.

Ultraman Ace

First series to have more than 1 hosts for an Ultraman.
First series with a female host for an Ultraman.
First series to feature a family member of an Ultraman (Ultra Father).

Ultraman Taro

The only of the Showa Ultra Brothers whose human host has never made another appearance in subsequent Ultraman series.

Ultraman Leo

First series where the defense team gets completely destroyed.
First defense team captained by an Ultraman.
First Ultraman who does not come from Nebula M78 (Leo comes from L77).
First Ultra to have a sibling to appear in the series (Astra).
First Ultraman based on zodiac constellations.

The☆Ultraman

First (and only) anime Ultraman series.
First series with an Ultraman to have no continuity from the main M78 universe.
First Ultraman with a star-shaped color timer.

Ultraman 80

First Ultraman to have a female partner (Yullian).

Ultraman Tiga

First Heisei Ultraman.
First Ultraman with purple color.
First Ultraman that can change forms and colors.
First series with the defense team led by a female captain.

Ultraman Dyna

First Ultraman with blue color in his default form.
First Ultraman that can become mainly blue in color.
First defense team to take a similar name from the previous series' team (GUTS to SuperGUTS).