Shin Ultraman Flies to U.S. Theaters on January 11 and 12, 2023

 

U.S. release dates were revealed for Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Ultraman film during the Ultraman Connection panel at Anime NYC today. The live-action tokusatsu feature is gearing up for a two-night engagement in partnership with Fathom Events, with dates lined up for Wednesday, January 11 and Thursday, January 12, 2023.

 

The official logo was also unveiled as a surprise within the Shin Ultraman trailer shown at the panel.

 

 

Shin Ultraman will be available in US theaters on January 11th and 12th, 2023!

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— ULTRAMAN Global (@TsuburayaGlobal) November 19, 2022

 

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The reboot film based on Tsuburaya Productions’ first Ultraman TV series in 1966 was released in 362 theaters across Japan on May 13, 2022, then dominated Japan’s weekend box office for two consecutive weeks, until it was defeated by Top Gun Maverick in its third weekend.

 

Japanese trailer:

 

 

Tsuburaya Productions describes the story of Shin Ultraman as follows:

 

The continued appearance of giant unidentified lifeforms known as “S-Class Species” has become commonplace in Japan.

 

Conventional weapons have no effect on them. Having exhausted all other options, the Japanese Government issued the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol and formed an enforcement unit, known as the SSSP.

 

The members chosen for the unit are: Leader Fumio Tamura (played by Hidetoshi Nishijima), Executive Strategist Shinji Kaminaga (played by Takumi Saitoh), Unparticle Physicist Taki Akihisa (played by Daiki Arioka), and Universal Biologist Yume Funaberi (Akari Hayami).

 

In the midst of a Kaiju threat, a silver giant appears from beyond Earth’s atmosphere.

 

Analyst Hiroko Asami (played by Masami Nagasawa) is newly appointed to the SSSP to deal with this giant and is partnered with Shinji Kaminaga.

 

In Hiroko’s report, she writes—

 

“Ultraman (tentative name), identity unknown.”

 

Source: Tsuburaya Productions

 

 

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