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ULTRAMAN: Netflix Debuts The First Official Trailer For Upcoming Anime Movie

This year’s announcements from Anime Expo were some of the most enlivening back in July, including a new animated Ultraman film that some folks nearly passed off as fake news at first. Undoubtedly, it’s as true as any true news there is and the official trailer is out reaffirming this as so. Kamiyama Kenji and Aramaki Shinji, the minds behind respective credits on the Eden Of The East and Appleseed franchises who are also partnering for another Ghost In The Shell tale, directed the latest evolution of Tsuburaya Eiji’s classic 1966 property. Hailing from Production I.G and Sola Digital, Ultraman is set years after the hero’s disappearance, the new film centers on Shinjiro, who learns of his own connection to the metallic ultra suit that transforms him into the titular hero. Several years have passed since the events of the original Ultraman, with the legendary “Giant of Light” (光の巨人 Hikari […]

ULTRAMAN: Tsuburaya, Fields Take The Epic Saga To The Big Screen With A 3D-CG Manga Adaptation In 2019

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It’s amazing to see that the Ultraman franchise has stood the test of time for more than half a century. Its ability to revamp itself between its televised variations is certainly a plus along with Shogakukan’s manga launch as of 2011 among others. That succession now continues on a path to 3D CG-animated release in 2019 from Fields Corporation and Ultraman’s production mothership, Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. Kamiyama Kenji (Ghost In The Shell: SAC) and Aramaki Shinji (Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars) are pairing up at the helm with Production I.G. (who also have a new Ghost In The Shell series in the works) and Sola Digital Arts producing. Where the original series chronicled the endeavors of Hayata Shin, the deceased aviator/scientist who revives and serves host of our intergalactic hero alongside the Scientific Special Search Party against supernatural threats to Earth, the new film will follow with revelations in […]