“Ultraman” is one of the most iconic and popular characters in Japanese history, running since 1966 with countless reboots and sequels across different mediums. Though it hasn’t really broken out in ...

One of the most storied franchises in contemporary pop culture, Japan’s “Ultra Series” has generated 44 movies, nearly 100 video games, countless pages of manga, and an endless parade of TV shows ...

The Netflix animated feature, directed by Shannon Tindle and co-directed by John Aoshima, offers a new take on a classic Japanese series created in the 1960s. By Jordan Mintzer For millions of ...

Ultraman has one job: to defend the world from kaiju. Across countless manga, video games and movies, Ultraman’s core duty has been to fend off ferocious land and sea monsters — which, of course, have ...

Like their close cousins in the kaiju subgenre, kyodai hero films and TV shows – with their giant, costumed defenders of humanity – tend to be over-the-top action extravaganzas whose flimsy stories ...

A superhero raises a baby monster in this animated film. But the action is dragged down by talky sequences about parental responsibility. By Amy Nicholson When you purchase a ticket for an ...

One of the most storied franchises in all of pop culture continues with a vibrant and heartfelt animated movie that starts over from scratch. Tempting as it is to demonize this movie as a test-run for ...

An attractive, original take on the Ultraman legend privileges a heavy-handed parenting lesson over the kind of monster mania fans expect from the franchise. If I understood “Ultraman: Rising” ...