In the promo, Alien Wadoran Maya, voiced by Ayane Sakura, offers insight into the mindset of her alien species and how stealing the lives of earthlings is essential to their survival. Their motivations are reminiscent of Thanos in “Avengers: Infinity War” insofar as they want Earth to sacrifice half of its population.

“Ultraman” season 2 hails from directors Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki, who have a busy spring ahead of them in terms of their output. This week also saw the release of a trailer for season 2 of “Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045,” another Netflix anime series they are directing. That one will hit in late May, so if you’re a fan of their work, you’ll only have to wait a few weeks before you get your fix of it on Netflix.

Here’s the synopsis for “Ultraman” season 2 via Tsuburaya Productions:

A global mass disappearing event takes place among humanity. Rena and Shinjiro simultaneously vanish. In the wake of these events, freelance journalist Kotaro Higashi investigates this mysterious disappearance incident. The aliens behind it are the terrorist organization Dark Star. They transmit a message to those on Earth. “Give us half of the Earth, or sacrifice half of its people… make your choice.” At the same time, the recently disappeared Rena and Shinjiro are teleported to the Dark Star ship orbiting the Earth.

Learning too much, Kotaro is caught in the crossfire between Dark Star and the SSSP, and is almost left for dead … In the final battle, our heroes face off against the Golden Fortress. Facing this giant mecha destroying the city, ULTRAMAN, SEVEN and ACE are joined by ZOFFY, JACK, and TARO. At long last the 6 ULTRAMAN heroes have assembled!

“Ultraman” season 2 hits Netflix on April 14, 2022.