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Netflix Reveals New Trailer, Visual, Main Cast & Crew For CGI Ultraman Anime

Written By Samantha Ferreira

The Specium Ray is charged, and ready to deliver an info-burst!

Earlier today, Netflix hosted their “Netflix Anime Lineup Presentation” at Tokyo’s Akiba Theater. During the event, the publisher revealed a new trailer and visual, as well as the main cast and crew for their upcoming Ultraman CGI anime series.

We break the details down below.

Trailer

The minute-long, subtitled teaser offers a brief look at the series in action, with Ultraman facing off against a dark doppelganger.

Key Visual

The image features Ultraman, posing against a white background as he prepares a devastating attack.

Ultraman Anime Visual

Staff

Kenji Kamiyama (Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01) will direct the project at studios Production I.G. and Sola Digital. The team of Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi is scoring the soundtrack.

Cast

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Ryohei Kimura
  • Takuya Eguchi
  • Megumi Han
  • Hideyuki Tanaka

Ultraman CGI Anime VisualNone of the roles were credited in the announcement.

Ultraman will stream worldwide on April 1, 2019.

Netflix describes the series as:

An action drama centered around a man possessing the spirit and DNA of the legendary hero “Ultraman” as he wears a metallic ultra suit and fights against evil.

The Ultraman anime was first announced in November 2017. The title will adapt the ongoing manga by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi.

Ultraman launched in the pages of Monthly Hero’s in October 2011. The ongoing title currently spans eleven collected volumes, with the most recent shipping to stores on December 5, 2017.

Viz Media currently holds the rights to the Ultraman manga in the west.

Sources: Netflix (Email Communication)

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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