Premise: Kenji Sato, a famous but egotistical baseball player living a secret life as the giant superhero Ultraman, is forced to balance his career and hero duties while reluctantly adopting a baby kaiju after defeating her mother.
Ultraman Rising was full of fun.
Pros: The animation is stunning to look at. I like how they used Kenji as a father-figure to a baby Kaiju. The main villain was great. the film does explore parenthood. I enjoyed the fights in this film. I feel for lot of the emotion & the drama surrounding this film and It was worth watching today.
Cons: Some jokes didn’t work for me at times and It might be missed out from people viewing schedule.
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation, Anime
Directed by Shannon Tindle
Written by Shannon Tindle, Marc Haimes
Based on Ultraman by Tsuburaya Productions
Produced on Tom Knott, Lisa M. Poole
Starring: Christopher Sean, Gedde Watanabe, Tamlyn Tomita, Keone Young & Julia Harriman.
Cinematography: John Bermudes
Edited by Bret Marnell
Music by Scot Stafford
Production companies: Netflix Animation, Tsuburaya Productions
Distributed by Netflix
Voice cast:
| Characters | English[3] | Japanese[4] |
|---|---|---|
| Kenji Sato/Ultraman | Christopher Sean | Yuki Yamada |
| Professor Sato/Ultradad | Gedde Watanabe | Fumiyo Kohinata |
| Mina/Emiko Sato | Tamlyn Tomita | Ayumi Tsunematsu |
| Dr. Onda | Keone Young | Fumihiko Tachiki |
| Ami Wakita | Julia Harriman | Akari Hayami |
| Ami’s mother | Karen Muruyama | Hiroko Sakurai |
| Captain Aoshima | Lee Shorten | Takaya Aoyagi |
| Coach Shimura | Artt Butler | Nan Dadian |
| Ito | Francois Chau | |
| Kubo | Robert Yasumura | |
| Chiho | Mila O’Malley | |
| Mrs. Onda | Brittany Ishibashi | |
| Akiko | Veronica Lapke | |
| Bunny (Ollie) | Jonathan Groff |
Frank Buckley, Artt Butler, Vic Chao, Francois Chau, Brittany Ishibashi, Paul Nakauchi, Bret Marnell, and Jon Ohye provide additional voices.
I highly recommend watching this film on Netflix
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.