Revive! Ultraman (1996)

Original title

甦れ!ウルトラマン

Directed by

Masahiro Tsuburaya

Country

Japan

Runtime

25 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A giant alien superhero from the Ultra Series returns to fight kaiju and other monsters. The film features classic tokusatsu style action and special effects.

action-packedfunfast-pacedcolorfulretroheroicspectacularlighthearted

What happens

Ultraman, also known as the Ultra Series (ウルトラシリーズ, Urutora Shirīzu), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned and produced by Tsuburaya Productions, which began with the television series Ultra Q in 1966. The franchise has expanded into many television shows, films, comic books, and other media publications, becoming one of the most prominent productions in the Japanese tokusatsu and kaiju genres and pioneering the Kyodai Hero subgenre. The Ultraman series is centered on a fictional alien race of superheroes who often combat kaiju or other aliens. In Japan, the Ultraman brand generated $7.4 billion US dollars in merchandising revenue from 1966 to 1987. This makes it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. Ultraman was the world's third top-selling licensed character in the 1980s, largely due to his popularity in Asia. References to Ultraman are abundant in Japanese popular culture, much like references to Superman in Western culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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