Their mythology is vast, convoluted, and prone to a million different retcons and reboots, so it’s best not to dive too deeply still, it’s fascinating to see the different ways Tsuburaya Productions has kept the brand alive for so long.
Of course, he’s not the only Ultraman in town: over the course of the tokusatsu series’ 50-year history, we’ve seen nearly 100 (!) different Ultra Heroes - other members of the advanced space-faring species who travel the universe battling giant rubber monsters. A direct sequel to the original 1966 series, the show (adapted from a 2017 manga) sees Shinjiro Hayata, the son of the original Ultraman, take on the mantle to fight a brand new alien invasion. This new series, Ultraman (sorry, ULTRAMAN), takes a slightly different spin on the space-bound hero. Much like Godzilla, another tokusatsu favorite is making the transition to the world of 2D via Netflix - Ultraman, everyone’s favorite fish-faced monster killer. From Castlevania to the shockingly dark Godzilla anime trilogy, not to mention the host of titles boasted by Netflix’s anime section, it feels like anime is set for another international boom. Of the many niches proliferated by the age of Netflix and other streaming services, few have gotten a greater boost than anime.
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