Watch for Limited Time the Short “THE ULTRAMAN,” directed by Akitoshi Yokoyama
The legendary short animation project “The Ultraman”, a short animation released at the Japan Animator Expo, will be distributed for a limited time!
It will be held to commemorate the big hit of the movie “Shin Ultraman” and the release of “The Ultraman’s first recording & masterpiece selection”!
The short will be based on the manga The Ultraman by the late Mamoru Uchiyama. The manga is based on Tsuburaya Production‘s Ultraman live-action tokusatsu (special-effects) franchise. Hisashi Mori (Digimon Adventure: Bokura no War Game) is designing the characters and serving as animation director for the short.
“The Ultraman”
・ Director: Akitoshi Yokoyama
・ Character design/animation director: Hisashi Mori
・ Voice appearance: Koichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara
・ Manga: From “The Ultraman” by Mamoru Uchiyama
© Tsuburaya Productions © Color
In 1975, the universe was regaining peace.
At that time, the Ultra brothers are killed one after another by someone.
The name of the criminal is Jackal, the Great Demon Lord of the Universe.
A long time ago, he was an alien who was defeated by Ultraman King and was banished to a black hole.Eventually, the Jackal army that invaded the earth tries to execute the captive humans in order to burn out the ultra warriors hiding in human form.
When I was about to give up, a mysterious armor warrior appeared above him …