Shin Ultraman (May 2022)

[no3Ljm]

Shin Ultraman (Summer 2021)
https://shin-ultraman.jp/
https://twitter.com/shin_ultraman

From Polygon:

While the recent Godzilla vs. Kong trailer may have sated kaiju fans’ hunger for computer-generated monsters beating the stuffing out of each other, one thing it was light on was the panicked, excruciatingly bureaucratic response of the Japanese government — the very thing that made 2016’s satirical monster movie Shin Godzilla so memorable.

Good news: The chief creators behind Shin Godzilla, Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, have teamed up for another kaiju-battlin’ movie, Shin Ultraman, based on the classic tokusatsu superhero. And it appears that Anno and Higuchi are approaching Ultraman in a similar fashion, based on a brief teaser trailer released Thursday.

The trailer shows a kaiju attack on Japan, namely from Ultraman nemeses Neronga and Gabora. Science Special Search-Party (SSSP), an organization that investigates and responds to alien and kaiju threats, immediately launches a heavily militarized response. Only at the end does our big boy Ultraman appear, towering over power lines.

Shin Ultraman was announced in 2019. The film was planned and written by Hideaki Anno, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and co-director of Shin Godzilla. Anno’s co-director on Shin Godzilla, Shinji Higuchi, is the primary director on Shin Ultraman, and frequent collaborator Shiro Sagisu is composing the film’s soundtrack.  

Shin Ultraman is slated to hit Japanese movie theaters this summer.  

Edited April 15, 2022 by no3Ljm

[TangledThorns]

So in addition to my Godzilla/Pacific Rim crossover fantasy I'd like to add Ultraman too please

[Tking22]

I had no idea this was a thing, but I'm totally in, Shin Godzilla was fantastic! That Ultraman design is quite classic, I like it, definitely not the big redesign Godzilla got in his Shin movie.

[mikeszekely]

I mean, I'm in, I wanna watch it. But what happened to the Ultraman anime?

[no3Ljm]

Sharing Borgified’s post here:

ThreeZero FigZero 6in Shin Ultraman Figure
4th Season of 2022 (This is as per Google Translate. Not sure if that's Q4 of 2022.)
Y5500 / US$49.90

 

Edited July 2, 2021 by no3Ljm

[no3Ljm]

Released was moved to May 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

[mikeszekely]

For some reason when I saw this thread I thought it was about a new season of the anime. When I realized it's not I was disappointed.

Then I realized the new season is already out. Then I felt better

After that I realized that this is possibly set in the same universe as Shin Godzilla. Now I'm back to disappointed that I have to wait another month for Shin Ultraman. 

What a rollercoaster five minutes...

[no3Ljm]

1 hour ago, mikeszekely said:

For some reason when I saw this thread I thought it was about a new season of the anime. When I realized it's not I was disappointed.

Then I realized the new season is already out. Then I felt better

After that I realized that this is possibly set in the same universe as Shin Godzilla. Now I'm back to disappointed that I have to wait another month for Shin Ultraman. 

What a rollercoaster five minutes...

Sorry for making you confused, @mikeszekely. On the other hand, we do have a separate thread for the Netflix Ultraman Series.  

 

[mikeszekely]

7 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Sorry for making you confused, @mikeszekely. On the other hand, we do have a separate thread for the Netflix Ultraman Series.  

 

No, it's entirely my bad. It's what I get for reading the boards at 2:00 in the morning.

[no3Ljm]

 

[Dynaman]

Looking forward to this to get a subbed or dubbed release.  Now all they need to do is remake the Giant Robots show.  

[Bolt]

Awesome! And season 2 of the anime is out !