As we all know, the original article boasted "over 1,100 episodes and 20 films to be released", as we begin the 3rd year of these releases, lets evaluate what has been released, and what we know is eventually coming to see how that claim stacks up:
Lets do films first, because that will be a relatively short list:
1. Ultraman Zearth (1996) (To Be released)
2. Ultraman Zearth 2: Superman Big Battle - Light and Shadow (1997) (TBR)
3. Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light (1998) (Released)
4. Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace (1999) (R)
5. Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001) (TBR)
6. Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (2002) TBR)
7. Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003) (TBR)
8. Ultraman: The Next (2004) (TBR)
9. Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (2006) (TBR)
10. Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (2008) (TBR)
11. Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends (2009) (R)
12. Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010) (R)
13. Ultraman Saga (2012) (R)
14. Ultraman Ginga S The Movie (2015) (R)
15. Ultraman X The Movie (2016) (R)
16. Ultraman Orb The Movie (2017) (R)
17. Ultraman Geed The Movie (2018) (R)
18. Ultraman R/B The Movie (2019) (R)
A couple short by my count, unless MC considers the OVA specials that came with T/D/G/ as "films", then we are at 21. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on that one.
How about TV Episodes:
All 9 Showa Era TV Series (7 on BRD and 2 on DVD) have been released totaling
423 episodes
Gridman is out
39 episodes
T/D/G are all out adding
154 episodes
Ultraman Neos (2000–2001) (TBR) 12 episodes
Ultraman Cosmos (2001–2002) (TBR) 65 episodes
Ultraman Nexus (2004–2005) (TBR) 37 episodes
Ultraman Max (2005–2006) (TBR) 39 episodes
Ultraman Mebius (2006–2007) (TBR) 50 episodes
Ultraseven X (October 2007–December 2007) (TBR) 12 episodes
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (2007–2008) (Released) 13 episodes
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey (2008-2009) (R) 13 episodes
Neo Ultra Q (January 2013–March 2013) (R) 12 episodes
Ultraman Ginga (July 2013–December 2013) (R) 12 episodes
Ultraman Ginga S (July 2014–December 2014) (R) 16 episodes
Ultraman X (2015–2016) (R) 25 episodes
Ultraman Orb (July 2016–December 2016) (R) 25 episodes
Ultraman Orb Origin (R) 12 episodes
Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle (January 2017–June 2017) (TBR) 25 episodes
Ultraman Geed (July 2017–December 2017) (R) 26 episodes
Ultraman R/B (July 2018–December 2018) (R) 25 episodes
The total of episodes from Neos-R/B (that only include series as part of the release schedule) is
419
So... that brings our Grand Total to
1035... there are maybe a dozen or so "specials" in all of these series, however I will be generous and make that number
1050...
The last *unknown* is the the animated series:
Ultraman Kids: 30 Million Light Years Looking for Mama (1991–1992). I am not familiar with this series at all, and I couldn't really find much about it online. Historically, Ultraman kids anime segments are pretty short. But if there are in fact 50 or so half-hours of this, then the 1100 number is pretty much spot on.
All of this is not to say I am not extremely glad for what we have been getting/will be getting before it is all said and done, and you can be sure I'd love for MC to make a new updated contract with TPC to get the newer series, and fill in some of the missing gaps of older series. I just thought a breakdown would be nice to see.