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Netflix's Ultraman: Rising Will Have Limited U.K. Cinema Release From Next Friday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
London Picturehouse Central; Curzon Victoria; Curzon Camden; Curzon Aldgate; Curzon Oxford; Curzon Sheffield; Curzon Knutsford
The film will have its world premiere at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Wednesday June 12, ahead of its June 14 streaming debut.
Shannon Tindle (animator for Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings) is making his feature directorial debut with this film, with John Aoshima as co-director. Tsuburaya Productions and Industrial Light and Magic are credited as the production companies. Tindle also co-wrote the film with Marc Haimes. Tom Knott and Lisa Poole are credited as producers. The film is based on characters by Eiji Tsuburaya (Godzilla, Ultraman).
The voice cast includes Christopher Sean, Gedde Watanabe, Tamlyn Tomita, Keone Young, and Julia Harriman.
Tsuburaya describes the film:
Baseball superstar Ken Sato returns to his home country of Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman, but quickly finds more than he bargained for when he's forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe, a newborn Kaiju. Struggling to balance the roles of teammate and new father, Ken must confront his own ego, his estranged father, and the conniving Kaiju Defense Force to rise up and discover what it truly means to be Ultraman.
Netflix previously debuted an Ultraman CG anime based on Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi's Ultraman (manga 2011) in April 2019. Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki directed the anime at Production I.G. The anime's final season Ultraman Final had a worldwide Netflix debut in May 2023.
Grateful thanks to Jordan Scott for the heads-up.
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