New Netflix anime movie Ultraman: Rising comes from a nearly 25-year-old idea from its director: "I never thought there would be any way I could get the rights to the characters"

Ultraman: Rising director talks to SFX magazine about the decades-old origin behind the Netflix anime

May 16, 2024 · 1 min · 88 words · Jacob Obrien

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That decades-long history has spawned countless TV shows, movies, and video games.

“I said, ‘Well, nerd me is very excited by that.

Ultraman: Rising

But producer/ director me wants to make a movie that I want to make,'” he remembers.

Thats an incredible feeling."

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