Shinji Higuchi’s fantastic new film “Shin Ultraman” elicits a sensation that other blockbusters, huge and popular blockbusters, have often neglected: In these worlds where larger-than-life, godlike ...

Like the Ultraman stories told in Japanese films, television, and manga for decades, Shin Ultraman gives us a world that is suddenly besieged by kaiju and aliens with only a giant, shiny hero to fight ...

Tongue-in-cheek but never campy, “Shin Ultraman” is an object lesson in how to reboot a superhero franchise for modern times. Cannily making its CGI resemble the aesthetic of Japanese monster movies ...

The Shin Godzilla co-director talks about working with Hideaki Anno, his tokusatsu memories, and why Ultraman is finally finding an audience across the world. Ultraman has been a defining figure of ...

Oooh wee, do I love me some kaiju! I adore all rubber-suit monsters, from the immortal duo of Godzilla and Gamera to lesser-known creatures like Daimajin and even the oft-forgot Gappa, the Triphibian ...

In 2016, Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Shinji Higuchi unleashed Shin Godzilla onto the world. They took the iconic monster and made him into something absolutely horrifying.

The universe known as “Shin” is the brain child of Hideaki Anno, the man responsible for introducing the world of NERV to the world via Neon Genesis Evangelion. Taking his love of giant monsters and ...

The wait for “Shin Ultraman’s” U.S. release is finally over, but for now, you’ve got a very limited window to catch it in theaters. Following a blockbuster May 2022 debut in Japan, the reimagining of ...

People took up all sorts of new hobbies and passions during the pandemic. We had to do something to quiet the existential dread on all sides. For me, I started inhaling Japan’s long-running Ultraman ...

“Shin Godzilla” creators Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno hit the bullseye again with this lovingly crafted retro-modern refit. Reuniting after their hit 2016 reboot “Shin Godzilla” (shin translates as ...

Tokusatsu and Kaiju, what better a combination? Shin Ultraman, part of the Shin Japan Heroes Universe Project, is the third film in a series that takes classic Japanese media and brings it to the ...