A new anime movie dropping on Netflix imminently, Ultraman: Rising, has managed to garner a top score on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of release.
As of now, Ultraman: Rising is sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Reviews of theanime moviestarted arriving this past weekend, and so far they’ve been extremely positive, boding well for the film. (You can check out ourUltraman: Rising reviewfor our thoughts.)
That’s a strong start for such an ambitious project. It might be the biggest Ultraman superhero movie to ever get a global release. Despite being around for almost 60 years, the hero has never quite broken out of Japan, where he’s been hugely popular since his first introduction.
Meanwhile, it’s also a directorial debut by Shannon Tindle, who co-directs with John Aoshima. They’re both animation veterans, working on a variety of franchises, from Static Shock toGravity Fallsand Kubo and the Two Strings.
Tindle co-wrote the latter, and he co-wrote Ultraman: Rising with Marc Haimes, from an idea he’s been developing for almost 20 years. There’s a lot of history soaked into thenew movie, and so far, it seems to have been worth the dedication and wait.
In the film, we meet a new Ultraman, Ken Sato, who inherits the job from his absentee dad. Now an arrogant pro baseball player, Ken isn’t keen on walking in his father’s footsteps, but minding a baby kaiju teaches him a thing or two about being a family man.
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Anthony McGlynn is a Senior Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. An expert on animes like Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, he also has over 10 years experience covering games and pop culture for outlets such as Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PCGamesN, PCGamer, The Digital Fix, and many more. You can contact him at: anthony.mcglynn@dexerto.com
