SHUWATCH!

For further context, this wasn't even made as an Ultraman movie in the first place. It was made as a labor of love for the ip, but it was supposed to have Ken be a sentai/Ultraman inspired superhero. The plot would have been the same. Just like Guillermo Del Toro, it was picked up by netflix, and because they have permission to use Ultraman, it was turned into an official Ultraman movie

As someone who knows nothing about Ultraman, it's amazing how this movie manages to explain very little yet leave you with a good general idea of what the series is about.

Also it's interesting how parental absence can turn admiration into resentment in children even when what your parents do is pretty important.

Kaiju fans stay winning G Minus One’s Oscar, GodzillaX Kong’s box office success, and now Ultraman Rising being a critical hit?? Hell yeah!

basically there is no big bad in the movie, they're just fighting what they believe is right

This is kinda what I want to see Ultraman Belial as the villain for a possible sequel. Have Ken LITERALLY fight the worst traits about him.

There's so many lessons in Ultraman Rising but its very refreshing to see a movie about a young man becoming a dad, because it is EXTREMELY COMMON to have deadbeat dads or useless/negligent fathers OR just plain awkward fathers, and its EXTREMELY RARE to have movies that have GOOD FATHERS and this NEEDS to be more common in a time where there is misandry particularly in the West.

Regarding kaiju, its entirely possible that if they're earth-born what the director would end up doing is eradicating many specieses and affecting the planet's ecosystem.

this feels like into the spiderverse a great super hero movie that is also a grate movie in general that has one of my favourite heroes in it

I never realized that Emi’s little dance was a reference to Godzilla’s dance when I first watched the movie Thinking about it, it (sort of) makes sense cause she and Gigantron are the equivalents to Godzilla(s) in the world of Ultraman, but they fly

On the topic of Kenji’s relationship with his dad: I feel like their relationship is not only about understanding that our parents are human and don’t always have it figured out but for parents to understand how important it is to be present physically and keeping open and honest communication with your child is. A lot of the tension between the two men comes from the fact that Kenji doesn’t know that his father has been watching over him the whole time and had been looking for his wife just like Kenji was. He can’t get back the years of no communication or visits but he had the opportunity to tell Kenji everything and didn’t until he had no choice, instead he accepted the backlash because he understood Kenji’s pain. Your kids only know the you they see and interact with. They don’t know your past or who you are unless you tell them

Honestly, this feels like, the antithesis of Minus One: first we have a reflection of history, in all of its horror and loss, a reflection of the past deeds of humanity, and how we need to fear what new power we’ve come to harness. Meanwhile, with Ultraman, it creates an idea of hope for the future. It reflects on what it means to progress, what it means to understand monsters, both literary and psychologically. We shall never forget the past, and we can hope and work towards the future, and instead of power creating new horrors, we can create better things, and that starts in the reflections we create in our fiction. From the horrors of war embodied in the radioactive titan, to the familial and innocence of the future embodied in a mother and child.

Being adult, i need that litle spark

1:02 these kid got the best school day of their life’s they got to meet freaking Ultraman zero

Kenji sato the man that you are…

This was the perfect balance between fantasy and reality. A lot of movies get too hung up on the powers or origins of the heroes, and everything else gets underserved. This gives you just enough context so you can focus on the characters without any lingering questions.

I was questioning why was I crying with a child’s and family movie. I’m not a mom, but Ami was such a incredibly written character even though she was a secondary character 🥺. As I said before I’m not a parent, I’m a teenager but her speech really touches my heart when she says: “it would be a moment when they don’t want toys anymore”. It reminds me that we grow up so fast and sometimes this growing won’t let us enjoy those moments until we realize that childhood doesn’t have a Time Machine to come back. I also noticed that Ken has a really egocentric attitude and personality (that Ami confirmed in the second interview). Because he was vulnerable in his childhood and didn’t saw much attention from his father or after his mother disappeared. So when he “gave them something to talk about” he just wanted to show people how strong he was but in the inside he was feeling lonely. He really hates when people think he can’t handle anything, so he is scared to ask for help. When he gets it tries to act normal but he (again sorry 😭 not enough connectors) is anxious in the inside, this is showed by Ami in the interview when Ken moves constantly his leg and arm, moves things stares nervously while overthinking, like if he’s being exposed by a interviewer showed (as I said before) vulnerable or little in a big responsable world. To conclude the end of his ego and relations with others is like a symbol of maturity and mental health cure, with also factors like Mina’s being shutdown and Emi’s growth 😢 Loved this movie and the animation had me crying for days😅 (sorry for long text and bad redacted or orthographic English is not my birth language) 😖

I can’t wait due the sequel

The time for heroes is over, the time of monsters and Kaiju is now

Great analysis video! Loved the rattlesnake analogy.

I randomly watched this on Netflix not knowing anything about ultraman and I LOVED it

i didn't know a lot about ultraman when i watched this, but its great to know how much care they put into the character

if anyone like this movie I reccomend watching Ultraman Blazar, the entire season is on youtube and they also have english audio.

The aspect i love the most about this movie is that we don't have a "bad guy" the kdf serves it's purpose as a defense organisation against the kaiju not some plot to be an organisation that takes over the world. Because we see the film through the perspective of the ultras we know that the gigatron isn't bad she's just protecting her egg. Imagine if we don't get to see it through the eyes of the ultras and saw it through the kdf, we just found an egg that belongs to a horrifying monster that could destroy our city. We bring it back and think of a way to use it but then the mother attack us during transportation. Then Ultraman showed up but rather being the protector we know Ultraman suddenly protect the monster that caused pain and suffering to the people of the city. From the kdf and people in the city perspective ultraman is siding with the bad guy aka the monster. This film draw a silver lining between good and bad because you can't point to the kdf and say they're the bad guy without some pointing at Ultraman and the monster saying they're the bad guy

Seeing Ultraman being this popular to more international audiences make me tear up. I hope they can make a sequel for this movie since it really touched my heart!

7:52 yeah sure his dad ha gone missing for more than 20 years in his life and he appeared out of nowhere not even bothering to apologize and explain the reason why he left his son and his wife, tbh when I first started watching the movie his dad really made me made😭

I agree with this because I've never watched ultraman until. This movie, it made sense, it's fun, Mc was amazing gosh I wanna rewatch 😊😊😊

idk why im crying even now such a beautiful movie

Who's done watching this amazing movie👋.

Just finished the movie and I wanna read and watch whatever is cool and is ultraman

Just watched this movie and am rewatching it. I don’t think I’ve ever emotionally connected so much with the struggles of a new dad and his baby. Especially a kaiju baby. But Emi is so precious and Ken’s connection to her is so good it just MAKES the whole movie. And the characters are real and the action is awesome and again, BABY EMI IS PRECIOUS. This movie is on my top 10 list, it’s so good. I want it nominated for the Oscars it’s so good.

It was cute as hell

I feel like this goes without saying, but is the final Ultra Beam this series' version of the Father-Son Kamehameha?

I've really thought about it. But yeah, Ultra man is everywhere. Hell, he even shows up as a Ben 10 alien (Way Big).

Great vid, love it and ur background is pure awesomeness

I never watched Ultraman. But this movie was just amazing. The animation, I looked up the references and seen the love it had, and the story. Just amazing. Just as you said, I just tuned into the world of Ultraman, just seeing how Ultraman is so loved and cared for. I'm tempted to get into Ultraman and fully learn and experience what made Ultraman so ultra

It kinda looked like a Dreamkworks movie. Which has pretty great animation.

This was my whole childhood; ultraman. Glad it's back up again as a movie. I terribly miss it.

Great analysis, the movie certainly has a simple coming of age story but full of heart. I really loved the movie, it was cute and had values that both kids and adults can learn from. Only nit picks I have is that the movie can still pretty much work by replacing the ultraman characters/kaiju, wished it focused a bit more on the human characters from the KDF more regarding their feelings on the kaijus and Ultraman as Ultraman is still very much a scifi show rather than just purely a hero show. Could be due to budgeting reasons or simplicity for the family, regardless the movie succeeds in doing what it wants to do. Enjoyable for all, young, old and new fans

I watched this with my dad. We loved it!!

Godzilla : ahhuuaa Ultraman: shuwatchi

I wrote a fanfiction and it’s posted on AO3 rn with over 200 kudos (my PB), and the reception has shocked me. I know it’s a new movie so there’s very few fics to go around, I was one of the first to post for this movie alone (not counting the original anime/manga stuff). This movie made me cry and laugh so much. It was so relatable, especially that one montage where Kenji is juggling everything.

this movie reminds me of the emotions i felt when i watched into the spiderverse for the first time. it's a nice modern twist on a superhero and it portrays an amazing message that both serves a great motive for the movie AND a meta narrative for us the viewers. Miles Morales is a black teenager boy who takes over being Spiderman, from Peter Parker a white man. The Spiderman series is about how anyone could be spiderman, they just have to be brave enough to wear the mask. Kenji Sato is ultraman's son, unempathic to most things in his life, only caring about his mom and baseball. He steps up to be Ultraman, a superhero who fights Kaiju. And then he's forced to raise a kaiju as his own child, giving him something else to care about in a world where he doesn't care about many things, especially not kaijus. both of these could've just been reboots of what has already been done before. Just turn those old stories into a new animation format and they do that and SO much more. They go above and beyond just having the title of an old superhero. They use these old superheroes to create a familiar but ENTIRELY NEW story.

I loved this film ! Thank you for the recommendation

As my first foray into Ultraman I very much loved this film. It's pretty, and I didn't feel talked down to- I felt respected coming into this. I feel like from subtext and what was straight up told I was never left confused, just amazed and hyped!!

Great video review dude.

I had no idea Ultraman was its own ip before watching the film. But I think this movie was a great introduction for me, I understood everything that was going on and I have a general idea of who Ultra man is and what his duties should be. The movie felt like a love letter to monster movies to me, and now that I know there's a history of the character it's that much more intriguing to me.

nice video ps you know that titan alien in ben 10

And that's why I loved the movie and loved your recommendation!

Ultraman rising is well.. something. From an ultraman fan perspective, this is nothing like an untraman. It does not feel like it's ultraman for the most part. It even messed some of ultra warriors lore. But that didn't mean I don't like it. In fact, i adore this movie. And the end credit with his watch displaying nebula M78 hyped the heck out of me.

My only real complaint on the movie is that ultraman dyna(asuka) should of been the ultra in the movie since he has more in common with ken sato But I understand how that would not work

my husband and older brothers (twins) grew up with Ultraman and Ultraseven they liked it

cool stuff

Dude u neeeeeeed to talk about the series called: Mazinger z he is greatly known around Latin America and Japan in my opinion he one of the first founding fathers of the big Mach genre. And I heard if it wasn't for this series existing around 1972 toei probably wouldn't be here today.

1:30 SNAKES ARE EVIL One of the many reasons is that they are naturally born sociopaths also they are snakes

that KDF assistant guy is just a prick

finished watching the movie I loved this

I never thought I be interested in Ultraman or any Tokusatsu superhero but that trailer got me thinking

literally know nothing about ultraman and prefer godzilla honestly yet this is my favorite movie ever

I really hope that the success of this movie is strong enough to reach a spike that gets Toku to be adapted more in the Western lands. I would *kill* for an animated Power Rangers series by Flying Bark Productions; _think_ of the _smears!_

Ken also has 2 Dino Thunder Megazord toys, gives me joy

such a good movie

Shaaatt, I thought he just stepped on one big pile of...

Honestly if this doesn't get a sequel I'm gonna be pissed

Ironically enough this movie is making be do a deepdive into Ultraman.

I saw this movie yesterday and it’s pretty good. I like power rangers and movies like this gives me hope for a power rangers animated series

1:29 *has all the brutal ultraman kills flashing through the eyes* yeah, he never wanted to kill the kaijus

you can also see AbarenOh 4:57

I couldn't even notice that this movie was american, this one would be so good as a franchise unlike other american adaptations like the monsterverse. But at the same time, it's good enough to be a stand-alone movie and is very rewatchable because the story is heartbreaking at some parts and the art style is very enjoyable

I actually would’ve preferred if Ken and his dad didn’t make up that fast. Sure he supported Ken but he did it from afar. And it seemed like his dad didn’t really support him as ultra man, at least to me. But, that’s just me

I can’t believe Taihei Ohtani was secretly Ultraman

I fucking loved this movie

Wait what? Good movies in 2024? I never could have guessed!

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 really hated the 2 death fakeouts, like, it got so annoying, and took me out of the immersion. Also took importance from the sacrifice and buildup in the bomb scene. Either way pretty good movie.

I went and watched the movie before i finished it (I loved it)

I want a Casshan reboot

4:27 😍😍

Here how they could stop all the Kaijus easily. Make ultra man bigger

Honestly Seeing the Ultraman 2.5d anime being nothing like that original ultraman, i kinda expected rising to be just the same. Its good to know Ultraman was in good hands.

I have a fear the next movie will get rid of all his growth as a character and he has to re learn it like most shows and movies do with is dumb and ruins it

Have you seen the cut scene?

His dad looks like the lorax

I love the movie because of emi. She's so cute 🥰

Fun fact uilta man was made in 1966

I was wondering if Ken is rich why wouldn't he just hire a bunch of maids to ease his work?

Just imagine if Disney/Pixar did make an Ultraman film Tsuburaya-san must be smiling up in Heaven

Kmen you mean ka men

yay!

God bless you. Keep it up bro, Jesus loves you.

If you need explanation of who Ultraman is, We'll say stop living under a Rock ...

Wait what? Ultraman Rising going Ultraman Cosmos? Man, western ultraman fans eating good this year

why emi looks like a baby titanosaurus?

Much better than Acolyte😂

Much better than the show IMO

WAYBIG!!!!

😴😴😴

I saw this movie in Netflix and decided it looked pretty cool and watched it. Didn’t expect to cry and love it so much

It's not a reboot it's an adaptation there is a huge differance between those two thing's also that's not a suit that's his skin and yes Ultraman is naked