Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Ultraman

Blu-Ray Review - Ultraman Decker: The Complete Series + Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond

When Tsuburaya Productions announced Ultraman Decker in 2022, it was clear the series would be more than just another entry in the ever-expanding Ultra franchise. Marketed as a spiritual successor to Ultraman Dyna—just as Ultraman Trigger had honored Ultraman Tiga—the show set out to bridge nostalgia with a modern sensibility. Now, with the full series collected and capped off by the feature-length Finale: Journey to Beyond, fans can see the story in its entirety, and it proves to be one of the franchise’s most balanced blends of heroics, humanity, and high-stakes spectacle. The story begins in a not-so-distant future where Earth has enjoyed relative peace since the events of Trigger. But as is tradition in the Ultra Series, that calm is disrupted when a new wave of kaiju threats emerges. Humanity once again forms an elite defense team, GUTS-Select, updated with sleeker uniforms, new technology, and fresh recruits. At the heart of this is Kanata Asumi, portrayed by Hiroki Matsumoto. Ka...

Superhero hit ULTRAMAN acquired by Cleopatra Entertainment

  Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired U.S. territory rights to the latest incarnation film from the Japanese Superhero franchise Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions. Entitled Shin Ultraman, this new Ultraman adventure was the sixth-highest grossing Japanese feature film of 2022 and will hit U.S. theaters – via Fathom Events – on January 11th and 12th, 2023.   Written by Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla) and directed by Shinji Higuchi (Shin Godzilla, Attack on Titan), the film stars Takumi Saitoh (Shin Godzilla, 13 Assassins), Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car, The Wind Rises),  Masami Nagasawa (Before We Vanish, Mother), Daiki Arioka (Innocent Curse), and Akari Hayami (Gintama, Forget Me Not).   As Shin Ultraman begins, we learn the appearance of giant unidentified life forms known as “S-Class Species (Kaiju)” has become commonplace in Japan. The Japanese Government formed a Kaiju defense taskforce known as the SSSP, led by Kimio Tamura (played by Drive My Car’s Hidetosh...