Both Godzilla x Kong and Ultraman: Rising are based on decades-old franchises that have explored countless stories, formats, and genres over the years. There is a Godzilla movie for everyone, with different approaches ranging from Godzilla Minus One to the Monsterverse. Similar to its predecessor, Godzilla x Kong made the most of its fun premise. One of my favorite Monsterverse movies, Godzilla x Kong delivered some great kaiju action involving not only the fan-favorite titular characters but also a bunch of other monsters. Ultraman: Rising, on the other hand, was a more self-contained movie.
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The best giant monster movies are the ones in which both the creatures and the human characters are compelling enough. Godzilla Minus One is a recent example of a kaiju film where the human aspect of the story is as interesting as seeing Godzilla, if not more. Interestingly, Ultraman: Rising was originally not an Ultraman film. Director Shannon Tindle explained (via X) that Ultraman: Rising was inspired by his experience as a parent and was not originally conceived as an Ultraman movie. Using the Ultraman universe to tell a personal story about family worked surprisingly well.
Most Ultraman properties are self-contained and can be watched on their own. The same applies to Ultraman: Rising, whose story has a clear beginning, middle, and end. The film even includes a voice-over at the beginning where Ken Sato summarizes his Ultraman history. However, while Ultraman: Rising has a satisfying ending, it leaves the door open for a sequel. The movie includes a post-credits scene that references Nebula M78, from where most Ultras in the franchise come from. The post-credits scene also confirms includes someone close to Ultraman asking to be rescued.
Had Ultraman: Rising not included that post-credits scene, I would say that the film would necessarily need a sequel. Ken learns an important lesson at the end of the movie and helps a family be reunited. However, after that major Nebula M78 tease, I hope that Ultraman: Rising2 happens. I would like to see more of Kaiju Island, which only appeared for a couple of seconds at the end of the film. An Ultraman: Rising sequel could be bigger and bolder than its predecessor, just like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire massively expanded the Monsterverse.
The film shows how members of various generations of a family will do anything to support each other. Men can be caretakers, just like women. Revenge doesn't feel good. Individuals should seek balance in life.
Ken learns humility, teamwork, and gratitude in being forced to care for another creature and put its needs above his own. He also realizes the care his parents showed in raising him, and he turns to his father for help raising the creature. The father helps selflessly. Another character wants revenge for the loss of his family. AI assistants are portrayed as caring and helpful.
The main character is Japanese American. He says he was bullied as a child for being different. The film shows some local customs, sights, and cultural products of Tokyo. A man grows to love a baby from another species formerly believed to be adversaries. Men discuss their love for their families and assume caretaking roles for children.
A giant superhero and government defense forces battle equally giant monsters known as kaiju, who appear intent on destroying Tokyo. Their skirmishes involve falls, crashes, weapons, fire, danger, broken bones, and destruction. Characters, including a baby and an elderly man, are put in harm's way and presumed dead in different scenes. At least one character is killed. A mother and wife has gone missing; her son was bullied as a child for being different. A baby vomits, poops, and has acid reflux. A beloved AI figure dies.
Parents need to know that Ultraman: Rising is a Tokyo-set animated movie about a Japanese American baseball star/reluctant superhero named Ken Sato (voiced by Christopher Sean) who learns humility, teamwork, and gratitude as the result of having to care for another creature. Other, mostly male, characters show similar traits in caring for their own families. Ken also regularly does battle as superhero Ultraman in scenes involving falls, crashes, weapons, fire, broken bones, and destruction. Characters, including a baby and an elderly man, are put in harm's way and presumed dead at different times; a mother/wife goes missing; a child is bullied for being different; and at least one character is killed. The film includes some of the local customs, sights, and cultural products of Tokyo. Language is mild overall, ranging from "hell" and "crap" to "suck," "heck," "fart," and "poopy." To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
Storyline is predictable but still entertaining. main character struggles with the loss of his Mom, and a lost relationship with Dad. Eventually he comes to terms with what and why his Dad did what he did. That part bothered me, but kids see the world through their eyes, so to him it made perfect sense, but it took him raising a orphan to do so. the relationship he builds with the orphan monster is really sweet and helps him see the world and his role in it more clearly. lots to talk to your kids about. Ken also drinks a lot of "soda" and more than once I couldn't tell if it was soda or beer.
In ULTRAMAN: RISING, Ken Sato (Christopher Sean) has returned from the US to his parents' native Japan to play professional baseball and take up his elderly father's mantle as Tokyo's giant, protective superhero. Ken loves his status as a celebrity athlete but is a reluctant Ultraman. He feels put upon every time he's called to save the day. When one particularly fierce battle ends with him in possession of a newly born creature (Tamlyn Tamita), Ken must learn to care for the giant infant. To do so, he will need the help of his estranged father (Gedde Watanabe), his caretaker AI (also Tamita), and new friend Ami (Julia Harriman).
For kids with longer attention spans and the capacity to draw parallels to their own lives, this film has some lovely life lessons built in. But Ultraman: Rising also offers a visually evocative good time. It follows on many prior iterations of the classic Japanese character, although it's not necessary to have seen any to appreciate this film. Its creators hit just the right tone for a story that's ultimately about finding your place and caring for others, putting male characters in the unusual role of caregivers. Ken also represents a bicultural character, raised between the US and Japan. The crew passed details of their animated CG Tokyo through cultural consultants for accuracy.
The relationships are exceptionally sweet, showing a reluctant superhero his own essential role not only because he must care for his traditional enemy's baby, but also because to do so well, he must rely on a support network of family and friends. He discovers that his ego-driven status as baseball superstar is much less important than his role as father, son, and friend, and he becomes a better team player as a result. All these narrative layers are complemented by memorable, jewel-toned visuals. Battle scenes, sometimes set to pumping music, may appease viewers accustomed to fast-paced violence in their animated films, but the movie wouldn't have suffered at all and could even have slimmed down its two-hour run time by editing the fight scenes. After all, they're neither the highlights nor the main point of Ultraman: Rising.
Created in the 1960s, Ultraman is said to be bigger in Asia than Spider-Man. Were you familiar with the character before this film? If so, how does this one compare? If not, where could you find more information?
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"Ultraman - do your job!" Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer for Ultraman: Rising, a brand new animated take on Ultraman from director Shannon Tindle (also of Kubo and "Lost Ollie"). This has been in development for years at ILM, with the VFX house handling most of the key animation, along side Netflix Animation & Tsuburaya Productions. Based on the classic Japanese mecha superhero of the same name, this Ultraman movie is a fresh update made for American audiences (there's already the Ultraman anime series on Netflix to watch as well). Ken Sato is a superstar baseball player who returns to Japan to become the latest hero to carry the mantle of Ultraman. His plans go awry, however, when he ends up raising a newborn kaiju monster as his own kid. Staring Christopher Sean, Tamlyn Tomita, Gedde Watanabe, Keone Young, and Julia Harriman. This is a fantastic trailer that really sets up the vibe of this movie, which is kid friendly with this adorable kaiju, but it still looks like everyone can enjoy it. Don't write this off! Dive in.
"Ultraman" is a franchise that has deep roots dating back to the mid-'60s with the original series that birthed the giant Japanese superhero. We've had several iterations of the character since but now, it's radical reinvention time: "Shin Ultraman" arrives from Toho and director Shinji Higuchi to give us an Ultraman for modern times. Much like "Shin Godzilla," "Shin Ultraman" very much succeeds in providing an update to the franchise that can stand up to modern scrutiny. But, in many ways, that's where the similarities stop with this absolutely insane, visually delightful, and downright haphazard reboot. What begins, instead, is something hard to classify but also impossible to look away from.
"Shin Ultraman" ends up feeling like a few episodes of an expensive, blockbuster-budgeted show stitched together somewhat messily into a feature film. Be it a script thing or just a straight-up conceptual choice, it's definitely noticeble, for better or worse. Though not necessarily an issue either, "Shin Ultraman" is maybe not as linear and singularly focused as it could be. It's not a "one big threat" kind of movie. It's a lot.
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