It shows a lot of love and understanding for ultraman and Japanese pop culture in general, while staying understandable and enjoyable to newcomers. Fantastic Movie. Probably will be my movie of the year.
Did you know this wasn't originally plan to be an ultraman movie. the original movie script was about an ultraman/sentai inspired heroes, when the movie was picked up by Netflix, it was turn into a proper ultraman movie.
You seem to be taken aback by the fact that there are Ultraman figures & toys in this movie but if you actually watched the older Showa & Heisei Ultraman shows, they also had Ultraman & Kaiju toys. In-universe, some toy companies just use Ultramen & the kaijus as source for their toys. After all, there's no right holders for Ultraman & the kaijus in their world and they won't get sued because of using their likeness (coz those Ultramen & kaiju won't even bother with legalities).
My understanding of the movie's plot in regards to Prof. Sato and Gigantron is that the big fight between the two 20 years in the past didn't have any major ramifications for Sato-- it was Ken, Emiko, and Onda whose lives were affected by it the most. Sato drove off Gigantron but Onda's families were casualties, and a later scene in the movie shows that the same very nearly happened to Ken and Emiko. I think the implications were that the battle was too much of a close call for the Sato family, so Emiko made the decision to raise Ken in America instead. Sato becoming disabled from an injury and retiring from his role as Ultraman is something that happened much closer to the start of the film's events (since the old lady said Ultraman was gone for months).
Honestly I loved this movie. Arguably more than regular Ultraman. Not to say mainline Ultraman is bad. But at least in my experience a lot of Ultraman has a very deliberate pace. Largely governed by the fact that most of the major aspects of the world work off time limits. And while that's not a bad thing- I think it gives the series a distinct identity- it does come with the side-effect of making the trek episode to episode a bit dull for me, at least compared to how kinetic Sentai/Power Rangers and Kamen Rider can be. So consolidating that down to a movie helps a lot with the pacing, especially since this version of Ultraman has a bit more fluid timer. Past that it was a very fun and cute movie with some neat ideas. Also a very cool final fight.
I wasn’t expecting to like this movie that much, I found the plot strange. But I was blown away, the family aspect, the sports, the superhero, the Kaiju, it’s all meshed into one beautiful masterpiece of a movie. Align with that the final battle was really cool and good
17:04 I don't think Kens broken arm came from the bomb because i remember him sustaining damage to his shoulder due to an energy blade from earlier in the fight with Dr Onda
I wasn't planning on watching this movie ngl I thought it was gonna be trash cause it was a Netflix movie but I wish I could go back in time in strangle myself because this movie was amazing it had a good message good animation and the action scenes had no right to be this good I was literally crying at the end because of how good this movie is also you have to watch the final fight at the end because it is so cool and such a good scene great movie definitely recommend 👍
The shaking leg detail had the same effect on me. It's such a human thing to do, but it just seems to slip up writers/animators' minds when deciding what body language to use to portray a character's personality.
I'll be real, i've never watched a Ultraman series. Always been more of a Rider fan. But holy shit this movie was amazing, and that spider-verse like animation was such a good choice. That final transformation scene when Ken gets the traditional transformation scene actually made me tear up with a little bit of joy. Also the akibaranger references were out of nowhere but a nice.
When I was looking through the end credits of the movie yesterday, I noticed that one of the people on the production team was named Hayden apparently. When I did a Google search for the cast, I couldn’t find anything, and that’s when I realized that this person was probably on the production team, so maybe I will see if that’s true or not.
Imagine if this Ultraman met the other Ultraman who got his own Netflix Show as in the guy with the robotic suit and the wannabes who's got the same suit as him?
I didn't like the baby kaiju concept Plus why did they make onda look like the bad guy when he wanted to do the best thing for humanity He literally even saved the lives of his soldiers too There was honestly no reason to keep the Kaiju except for the fact that he has no friends and he was lonely 😭😭😭
if it was a human baby, fresh out of the womb, you would just fucking leave it there because you have friends and are not lonely? sounds kinda psychopathic to me.
@@Blue_color_of_control that doesn't correlate at all I'm a human so I would keep the baby If I was a Kaiju I would keep a newborn Kaiju if I found it but neither I or the main character is a Kaiju. Plus Kaijus are threatening human lives so why would you compare an nonhuman threat to a human baby Additional fact the Kaiju baby was also like 20ft tall... You cannot compare that to a human baby in any way I think you're the one whose thought process is psychopathic if you're trying to make that argument because it does not correlate in any way
@@Blue_color_of_control I'm not a mind reader so there's no way I could have known 'that was what you meant' Still it doesn't change anything because before Ultraman I am a human so I would save a human baby still Also saving what I'm meant to be protected my ppl from as an Ultraman would be kind of contradictory. If I was a regular civilian it may be pardoned but as a hero saving what would be the end of your race is dumb
@@Whoaaaa___ My guy, did you even watch the movie? It isn't about protecting humans from kaiju, it is about keeping balance! Minimizing the damage kaiju do, while also not fucking murdering them. Also: I'm pretty sure you are baiting.
Emi ruined the movie for me she's annoying and plus I hate kids in media anyway and her design is weird her parent is cool looking she looks like a human child bruh if she looked like a baby bird she would have looked cuter
@@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh no I like emi when she's with her ultradad but did this had to be an ultraman movie I hate it when a media has there big budget movie and they get the most cliche plot ever like we could have had a normal ultraman movie a good ultraman movie our first fully 3d ultraman movie an official one and what they do make him a dad just maybe do this plot for another ultraman project that isn't important like this is our first fully 3d animated movie that's important and they made it clichéd as hell
@@Full-rider-hopperhow come u say u hate it to but u literally hands down said you liked the movie u just said emi kinda made it weird BUT THAN U SAY U HATE IT? Are u okay man?!
@@Full-rider-hopper I get you a bit I didn't like the baby kaiju concept Plus why did they make onda look like the bad guy when he wanted to do the best thing for humanity He literally even saved the lives of his soldiers too There was honestly no reason to keep the Kaiju except for the fact that he has no friends and he was lonely 😭😭😭 The plot towards the end was kinda inconsistent imo cuz the Onda guy was trying to save humanity why was he the one killed and deemed the villain🤦
What did you think of Ultraman: Rising?
Great!
It shows a lot of love and understanding for ultraman and Japanese pop culture in general, while staying understandable and enjoyable to newcomers.
Fantastic Movie. Probably will be my movie of the year.
I loved it
Solid starting off point for newcomers and enjoyable for all
you should play kamen rider craft again
This movie is probably good for beginners and might bring new fans for ultraman series
Based on personal experience, I agree. My sister who is a non-toku fan started asking me Ultraman questions after watching the film.
@@sejama6625i might say it probably bring young viewers to watch ultraman but pretty excited for the possible sequel
@@cronus555 uuh idk if this is a spoilers for you but they might make a sequel due to kens mom calling him from the land of light
@@DoctorErika i kinda want know how they do the lore of ultraman
@@cronus555 you mean rise right?
Did you know this wasn't originally plan to be an ultraman movie. the original movie script was about an ultraman/sentai inspired heroes, when the movie was picked up by Netflix, it was turn into a proper ultraman movie.
Sometimes Netflix actually does something good
You seem to be taken aback by the fact that there are Ultraman figures & toys in this movie but if you actually watched the older Showa & Heisei Ultraman shows, they also had Ultraman & Kaiju toys. In-universe, some toy companies just use Ultramen & the kaijus as source for their toys. After all, there's no right holders for Ultraman & the kaijus in their world and they won't get sued because of using their likeness (coz those Ultramen & kaiju won't even bother with legalities).
My understanding of the movie's plot in regards to Prof. Sato and Gigantron is that the big fight between the two 20 years in the past didn't have any major ramifications for Sato-- it was Ken, Emiko, and Onda whose lives were affected by it the most. Sato drove off Gigantron but Onda's families were casualties, and a later scene in the movie shows that the same very nearly happened to Ken and Emiko. I think the implications were that the battle was too much of a close call for the Sato family, so Emiko made the decision to raise Ken in America instead.
Sato becoming disabled from an injury and retiring from his role as Ultraman is something that happened much closer to the start of the film's events (since the old lady said Ultraman was gone for months).
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@@thomasjujube hi Thomas
11:12 Makes sense way the son as well as the Dad can transform into Ultraman without an transformation device
21:43 THIS IS SO CUTE MAN! BE PROUD OF IT!
… if you want me to draw a mascot, I will. 😂
Go ahead, if you’d like
@@thomasjujube Great! How do I share? XD
@@ficmatagaea7813 twitter, discord, or instagram
@@thomasjujube Gotchard! :)
@@thomasjujube Quick question, any specific traits you want on the mascot? Or would it be just Bunny?
Also, would you like it digitised?
Honestly I loved this movie. Arguably more than regular Ultraman.
Not to say mainline Ultraman is bad. But at least in my experience a lot of Ultraman has a very deliberate pace. Largely governed by the fact that most of the major aspects of the world work off time limits. And while that's not a bad thing- I think it gives the series a distinct identity- it does come with the side-effect of making the trek episode to episode a bit dull for me, at least compared to how kinetic Sentai/Power Rangers and Kamen Rider can be. So consolidating that down to a movie helps a lot with the pacing, especially since this version of Ultraman has a bit more fluid timer.
Past that it was a very fun and cute movie with some neat ideas. Also a very cool final fight.
I have to agree. This movie is my current favorite piece of ultraman media.
I wasn’t expecting to like this movie that much, I found the plot strange. But I was blown away, the family aspect, the sports, the superhero, the Kaiju, it’s all meshed into one beautiful masterpiece of a movie. Align with that the final battle was really cool and good
17:04 I don't think Kens broken arm came from the bomb because i remember him sustaining damage to his shoulder due to an energy blade from earlier in the fight with Dr Onda
I wasn't planning on watching this movie ngl I thought it was gonna be trash cause it was a Netflix movie but I wish I could go back in time in strangle myself because this movie was amazing it had a good message good animation and the action scenes had no right to be this good I was literally crying at the end because of how good this movie is also you have to watch the final fight at the end because it is so cool and such a good scene great movie definitely recommend 👍
Alr i will go watch it
The shaking leg detail had the same effect on me. It's such a human thing to do, but it just seems to slip up writers/animators' minds when deciding what body language to use to portray a character's personality.
9:23 There is some of that in Episode 7 of Trigger, but ya weird the series doesn't so that more often
Someone may have said this, but Gigantron broke Ultra-Dad’s leg. So it was defeated, but barely, and almost at the cost of Dad’s life.
I agree with the points you made. The little downsides didn’t personally bother me too much, the corny stuff is baked into the series.
0:30 ultraman Rising season 2
and a new story begins
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Amazing movie. It has a lot of heart. It is a great family movie. That after credit scene got me hooked. I hope they do a sequel
Really loved the movie. A lot more than i thought i would. Hopefully a sequel isn't too long a wait!
6:51 You ask a quesion that Bandai is making Ultraman toys?
Dude. Bandai IS ALREADY Making Ultraman toys since Ultraman Tiga!
I'll be real, i've never watched a Ultraman series. Always been more of a Rider fan. But holy shit this movie was amazing, and that spider-verse like animation was such a good choice. That final transformation scene when Ken gets the traditional transformation scene actually made me tear up with a little bit of joy. Also the akibaranger references were out of nowhere but a nice.
When I was looking through the end credits of the movie yesterday, I noticed that one of the people on the production team was named Hayden apparently. When I did a Google search for the cast, I couldn’t find anything, and that’s when I realized that this person was probably on the production team, so maybe I will see if that’s true or not.
Well, I found out that this guy was actually the visual director.
Imagine if this Ultraman met the other Ultraman who got his own Netflix Show as in the guy with the robotic suit and the wannabes who's got the same suit as him?
Is Ultraman better animated than in live action?
23:07 HOW DID THIS VIDEO GET SO HEARTWARMING
BECAUSE OF A BUNNY?
(rabbit)
@@CyanTube.OBJECT I stand by my wording /j
@@CyanTube.OBJECT his name is Bunny
Hot take: they should replace emi with Lim Eleking
Short anwser from someone who has never seen an ultraman film before this. Absolutely
I hear orb and I am very happy about it.
Yes, it's a good entry to the Ultra franchise
I didn't like the baby kaiju concept
Plus why did they make onda look like the bad guy when he wanted to do the best thing for humanity
He literally even saved the lives of his soldiers too
There was honestly no reason to keep the Kaiju except for the fact that he has no friends and he was lonely 😭😭😭
if it was a human baby, fresh out of the womb, you would just fucking leave it there because you have friends and are not lonely? sounds kinda psychopathic to me.
@@Blue_color_of_control that doesn't correlate at all
I'm a human so I would keep the baby
If I was a Kaiju I would keep a newborn Kaiju if I found it but neither I or the main character is a Kaiju.
Plus Kaijus are threatening human lives so why would you compare an nonhuman threat to a human baby
Additional fact the Kaiju baby was also like 20ft tall... You cannot compare that to a human baby in any way
I think you're the one whose thought process is psychopathic if you're trying to make that argument because it does not correlate in any way
@@Whoaaaa___ if you were Ultraman, which Ken is. That is what I meant.
@@Blue_color_of_control I'm not a mind reader so there's no way I could have known 'that was what you meant'
Still it doesn't change anything because before Ultraman I am a human so I would save a human baby still
Also saving what I'm meant to be protected my ppl from as an Ultraman would be kind of contradictory. If I was a regular civilian it may be pardoned but as a hero saving what would be the end of your race is dumb
@@Whoaaaa___ My guy, did you even watch the movie? It isn't about protecting humans from kaiju, it is about keeping balance! Minimizing the damage kaiju do, while also not fucking murdering them. Also: I'm pretty sure you are baiting.
This movie is pretty good and I really enjoyed it
Or Ultraman Sato not Ken cuz that’s Father of Ultra’s name
plz watch ultraman R/B
It's good
Honestly a really good movie
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Sounds like a very fun movie 🍿.
Wait psific rim
I liked it a lot there were a lot of tributes and they made jump and celebrate 😂😂
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The name Gigantron sounds too generic for this Melba rip-off kaiju.
Emi ruined the movie for me she's annoying and plus I hate kids in media anyway and her design is weird her parent is cool looking she looks like a human child bruh if she looked like a baby bird she would have looked cuter
Yeah I will say if u don't like cute little things it will bother you.
@@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh no I like emi when she's with her ultradad but did this had to be an ultraman movie I hate it when a media has there big budget movie and they get the most cliche plot ever like we could have had a normal ultraman movie a good ultraman movie our first fully 3d ultraman movie an official one and what they do make him a dad just maybe do this plot for another ultraman project that isn't important like this is our first fully 3d animated movie that's important and they made it clichéd as hell
@@Full-rider-hopperhow come u say u hate it to but u literally hands down said you liked the movie u just said emi kinda made it weird BUT THAN U SAY U HATE IT?
Are u okay man?!
@@warmachine9018 idk man I'm just as confused as you are
@@Full-rider-hopper I get you a bit
I didn't like the baby kaiju concept
Plus why did they make onda look like the bad guy when he wanted to do the best thing for humanity
He literally even saved the lives of his soldiers too
There was honestly no reason to keep the Kaiju except for the fact that he has no friends and he was lonely 😭😭😭
The plot towards the end was kinda inconsistent imo cuz the Onda guy was trying to save humanity why was he the one killed and deemed the villain🤦