As Superman confronts public mistrust, the charismatic but dangerous Lex Luthor plots behind the scenes, unleashing his own Kryptonian counterpart, Ultraman, challenging everything Clark stands for.

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Ultraman has been a prominent media franchise in Japan since the television series Ultra Q first premiered in 1966. Even from a distance, the character made an impact on a young Shannon Tindle growing ...

Director Shannon Tindle and ILM VFX supervisor Hayden Jones geek out about creating dazzling impact frames when landing punches and a stylized water design inspired by "Porco Rosso." It all comes ...

‘Ultraman: Rising’ is a Netflix animated feature based on Tsuburaya’s ‘Ultraman’ franchise. The story finds baseball sensation Kenji “Ken” Sato as he moves back home to Japan to face the onslaught of ...

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Ultraman is one of the most recognizable superheroes in history — just not in the United States. Since the character’s debut in the eponymous 1966 series, Ultraman has been a pioneer of the “kyodai ...

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Ultraman has one job: to defend the world from kaiju. Across countless manga, video games and movies, Ultraman’s core duty has been to fend off ferocious land and sea monsters — which, of course, have ...

“Ultraman” is one of the most iconic and popular characters in Japanese history, running since 1966 with countless reboots and sequels across different mediums. Though it hasn’t really broken out in ...

One of the most storied franchises in contemporary pop culture, Japan’s “Ultra Series” has generated 44 movies, nearly 100 video games, countless pages of manga, and an endless parade of TV shows ...