#Rising Premieres on Netflix June 14, Unveils New Visual

Netflix has unveiled a new key visual for the upcoming American CG animated film Ultraman: Rising, which will premiere on the streaming platform on June 14, 2024. The new film is based on the Ultraman franchise from Tsuburaya Productions. 

Shannon Tindle (animator for Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings) is directing the Ultraman film, with John Aoshima as co-director. Tindle is also serving as co-writer for the film with Marc Haimes. The film is based on characters by Eiji Tsuburaya (Godzilla, Ultraman), with Tsuburaya Productions and Industrial Light and Magic serving as the production companies. 

Meanwhile, the film’s main American voice cast includes: 

• • Christopher Sean as Ken Sato/Ultraman
• • Gedde Watanabe as Professor Sato
• • Tamlyn Tomita as Emiko/Mina
• • Keone Young as Dr. Onda
• • Julia Harriman as Ami

Tsuburaya previously announced a new Ultraman animated work based on the 2018 Darkness Heels project. 

Netflix also released and streamed a 3DCG ONA series adaptation of Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi’s 2011 Ultraman manga series, which was co-produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts. The first season was released in April 2019, with seasons two and three being released in April 2022 and May 2023. 

The long-running Ultraman franchise began in 1966 and has inspired many TV series, miniseries, specials, films, and comic series across the Shouwa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras. 

Netflix and Tsuburaya Productions describe the synopsis of Ultraman Rising as:

When baseball superstar Ken Sato returns home to Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman, he quickly finds more than he bargained for as he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe.

Source: Netflix Anime Official Twitter