Following its announcement in 2021, Netflix affirmed its commitment to an animated series take on the Terminator franchise with an official teaser packaged with a first look at title logo. The show hails from Netflix, Skydance and Production I.G. and creator Mattson Tomlin (The Batman), and is described as follows in the official logline read out by the Geeked Week panel on Saturday:
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 which Hayata’s teenage son, Shinjiro, learns he’s genetically inherited abilities that now live on for a new, metallic-suited incarnation of our hero.
The film will take its cues from the manga, created by Shimizu Eiichi and Shimoguchi Tomohiro, which sold more than 2.6 million copies in Japan and is currently available in the U.S. from VIZ Media. The film will also reportedly be Aramaki’s first segue into motion-capture per the film’s creative vision with Kamiyama lending his weight to the project.
With updates pending, Tsuburaya and Fields Corporation have since presented an enlivening teaser announcement to stir the hype. Take a look below with more from Sci-Fi Japan.
Beverly Hills, Calif., February 24, 2016 — Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, today announced, together with Production I.G, a groundbreaking deal that sees the upcoming original Anime series Perfect Bones to premiere only on Netflix. This marks the first ever original Anime title to debut all episodes simultaneously in 190 countries around the world.
FLOWER MOUND, Texas, Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Funimation® Entertainment announced today the North American theatrical dates for the release of “PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie.” This climactic feature film is based on the 33-episode, hit TV series of the same name and marks the return of renowned script writer Gen Urobuchi, who wrote the original story for the first season of the anime series. “PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie” will screen in more than over 100 theaters across the United States and Canada on March 15 and 16, 2016. Advance tickets for the movie will be available for purchase beginning February 18 at funimationfilms.com/psychopass.