Ultraman: Rising Review | A Kaiju Movie with Daddy Issues
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- The kaiju-fighting icon Ultraman has his own American animated Netflix movie called Ultraman: Rising. But instead of taking down monsters, Ken Sato now has to raise a baby kaiju. In this review, as he tries to find the balance between saving Japan and parenthood, his balance on making a Netflix movie could use some work, even with that great animation.
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#UltramanRising #Netflix #Kaiju
I don’t care what anyone says, this movie was really good.
If you're interested in more from the franchise, I'd personally reccomend:
Shin Ultraman, a 2022 movie headed by Hideaki Anno and is a retelling of the 2nd Ultra season, Ultraman with some Ultra Q sprinkled at the beginning.
Ultraman Tiga: one of the more critically acclaimed seasons with a heartful story that even got a "remake" season a few years ago. Wouldn't reccomend the Fox Kids dub; a lot of the heart was gone in place of being more Americanized.
Ultraman Z and Ultraman Blazar: the more recent seasons that are avaliable to watch on UA-cam and were given a simuldub.
I've already watched it twice, and both times were equally enjoyable
I agree, and I’m my opinion, this movie is great
There are two Ultraman origins
In the original Ultraman is an alien whose ship accidentally crashed into a human ship while chasing an alien criminal and accidentally accidentally killed the pilot Hayata. He felt bad so he merged himself with Hayata to save him. So the two are now one, and other shows in the Ultra franchise follows that too
The other one is that Ultraman is the alien who just took on a human form like Ultraseven.
As to which one the dad is I'm not sure, I think it's the second one because of when he said "she showed me what it means to be human".
Prof. Hayato Sato is an Ultra who took on a human form.
@@Godzillakingofkaiju1 And Ken is a half-Ultra... a hybrid.
It seems the second one indeed. The interesting part is when Onda, the commander of KDF calls the Satos, he mentions Emiko first, means she was the heroine/love interest KDF female member trope of Ken's dad Ultraman. Onda knew her first as his subordinate.
This movie is more like what if Ultraman ends up marrying the heroine and having a ultra-human hybrid son
Gigantron and Emi are the only Kaijus that are created for the movie
Brehhh
This movie had no rights being that good. The relationship between Saito and Emi especially was the highlight. It was very gripping.
Ken and Miles would be best friends :)
Fun fact: they are both voiced by the same actor in finnish dub
ken would definitely be like mile's adopted cool alien uncle
Fun fact
Eng va for sato also does most the voice work for night wing
Disowning Strange Magic has to be the funniest thing you ever done.
I know right, it's so cringy and terrible that Lucasfilm never made another original movie ever again
Considering what's in that film, the fact Disney was okay with Strange Magic getting made (despite being a Touchstone Pictures release), yet they tried to cancel Nimona and failed is really saying something.
Inside Out 2 9/10
Orion and the Dark 8/10
Ultraman: Rising 7/10
Kung Fu Panda 4 6/10
The Garfield Movie 5/10
The Tiger’s Apprentice 5/10
Thelma the Unicorn 4/10
Well at least ultraman rising is the top 5 best so far
I gave garfeild a 8/10
Kun fu panda 4 a 7/10
Inside out 2 a 9/10
And ultra man:rising a 8/10
7/10? Well, I guess my personal bias blinds me to quality. Nice rating
Ultraman was pretty good, 8/10
I give inside out 2 an 8.5/10
Garfield an 8/10
Ultraman Rising is a 7/10
Tiger’s Apprentice a 5.1/10
KFP 4 a 4/10
Thelma the Unicorn a 3/10
14:40 - they don't EXPLAIN per se, but they drop some heavy hints that later were confirmed by the creators in an interview: professor Sato's words about his wife "teaching him to be human" aren't a metaphor - they're LITERAL. Old man Sato didn't GET his powers, he always had them - he's a native of Nebula M78 (the one mentioned in the stinger), aka Ultra World. He's a freakin' alien - his REAL form is the giant, not the mustached dude. And the reason Ken can go Ultra is because it's in his DNA as an Ultra hybrid.
Not gonna lie, even with all that anticipation this film came out good. Maybe not a masterpiece compared to last year's Nimona, but this was an improvement from Thelma the unicorn where so many people cared about the legacy of Ultraman. While true it could've used one more rewrite and act one feels like a total downer, eventually acts 2 and 3 improves and that final battle scene left me with chills. In addition, the animation, score by Scott Stafford, and voice cast does give the feature life as what was promised. But overall, I am okay with the final results. Plus, this was Shannon Tindle's passion project for many years and he finally got to finish it all the way through. Kudos to him and co director John Aoshima for their hardworking talents!!! 🚀🚀🚀👏
To paraphrase your review of the book of life, so that’s why Thelma the unicorn stank, Netflix put some more care into this movie.
This gives off Spiderverse vibes ;)
In a way, that is true but the only difference is that the feature was animated at Industrial Light and Magic instead of Netflix's usual partner Sony Pictures Image works
Imagine Utraman is part of the Monster verse like Godzilla and King Kong/Kong?
If they could get the rights to him, he’d definitely be an awesome addition.
Ultraman is one of the only characters that is related to kaijus that could or should get there own solo movie in the monsterverse
@@yaboisanti8932 yeah he should be very distinct from Godzilla
@John-mp4qc I can imagine monarch is trying to build a machine that could handle the titans and keep people safe but the person that tests it forms a bond with the machine and literally becomes the machine it will kinda be like a symbiote I cna imagine the villain for the first movie will be neronga
@@yaboisanti8932 that would be weird consider Ultraman is an alien with their Ultraman form being their actual body
The Toku Professor has knowledge of not only Kaiju & Kaijin from the Ultraman series, but on Godzilla, Kamen Rider, Gamera, and Super Sentai/Power Rangers! It's also very funny to see two of his students, Kashima-Kun & Pencil Leapord get into some shenanigans while in his classroom! I had grown up watching these kind of shows and movies becides anime, and Disney, and I still love kaijus and Kaijins, even as an adult!
SHWAA!!!
This movie was unbelievably good :D
Although not the best animated film of the year like Inside Out 2 but still a much better improvement over Thelma the Unicorn.
7:00 *ALL RIGHT, I GET IT!!!*
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Firebreather an animated Kaiju movie with daddy issues too?
Ken looks like he belongs in Team Fortress 2. Is he Scout's long lost brother?
Yeah, especially his shoulders. They're giving off Transformers RID vibes.
@@castleguard_of_xbox360 Funny how you mentioned Transformers because the movie is animated by the same studio that did the Transformers live action movies including the upcoming Transformers One movie (except Rise of The Beast)
@@MarioMinionProduction whoa, really?? I can totally see it
As someone who’s grown up being mocked and ridiculed for liking Ultraman; simply because it looked like Power Rangers. It’s very nice to see an animated feature that actually understands a character I and many others so greatly care about.
It may have its flaws; but I absolutely love this movie and hope a trilogy is green lit!
The first time that i acknowledged of Ultraman was in the Fox Box series, Ultraman Tigra
“Shuwatch!”
I hope we get a Kamen Rider movie in the same style as well.
I really want to see an animated Cyclops (X-Men) movie with this style.
We'll make you a toku lover yet, Matt, we just need to find the right series
I can already imagine watching an Animated Movie or TV show featuring a Talking Godzilla, Gamera, Mothra, Jet Jaguar, Gomora, King Kong, King Caesar and even Angeruis.
Spoilers ahead:
I love how the main antagonist of this movie, Dr. Onda, isn't just some one-note evil villain and he's actually complex and sympathetic with redeeming qualities despite his extreme goal. When his right hand man Captain Aoshima was questioning Onda's goal, I expected Onda to threaten him into submission or straight up kill him as an example so his other men don't question him. But no, Onda was nothing but patient and rather fatherly to the captain as he explained to him why he is doing this, and he brought up the captain's kids, not as a manipulation tactic, but as a way for the captain to understand what is at stake here, as Onda genuinely believes eradicating the kaijus will protect not only the captain's family, but all of Japan. After all, Onda did lose his own family to a kaiju attack and he doesn't want anyone else to go through this pain. And in the final battle, Onda ordered all of his men to escape so they wouldn't have to risk their lives, with the loyal captain refusing to leave Onda until he insisted he leave for his safety. What makes Onda a villain is not his goal on paper, as again, he believes it is necessary to protect Japan, it's the brutal extremes he is willing to go through to achieve said goal, as he is perfectly willing to order his men to kill Ultraman despite the latter insisting that there is a peaceful solution. Not to mention that later on Onda straight up orders his men to blow up Ken's house, nearly killing his dad, and then, when Onda loses in the final battle and activates the self-destruct mechanism of his mech, he neglects to realize that the explosion will take out the whole coastline and kill the thousands of people he was trying to protect in the first place, as he was THAT far gone and consumed by his hatred and bitterness. But as soon as Ultraman uses his powers to shield Japan from the explosion, Onda just...... calmly accepts his fate. No anger, no seething hatred, just..... acceptance.
Bemular and Neronga are Ultraman mainstays, and there are a few cameos/mentions by other Ultra Kaiju like Red King, Eleking, Twintails, Gomora, Peguila, Antlar, Pigmon, and Gazort.
Gigantron and Emi are the only Kaiju made exclusively for this movie.
Wait, that's ILM?
No, seriously, they need more gigs.
Also, 14:08 It's that Godzilla dance!
12:48 - 13:58 Personally I take Ken Sato over John Dory from Trolls Band Together any day.
(6/10) The Story
(10/10) The Animation
(7/10) The Characters
I give Ultraman Rising (8/10) Not the Best Netflix Movie But a Ultra Great
The kaijus that appeared in this movie are from the original show but, gigantron is exclusive to this movie.
Heck, in the first scene we get the very first kaiju that Shin Hayata fought when he became Ultraman, Bemular
Be crazy in the next movie(hopefully there is one) we have more kaijus like gomora, heck even godzilla
Thank you for bringing this one to attention. It seems that it is worth seeing for animation alone.
Finally, AniMatt can trash the insult of computer animation that I left the animation community [AKA Despicable Me 4]
What?
How about AniMat possibly reviewing Stand By Me Doraemon in his Classic Reviews?
@@DylanLightfootOnwardFan2004 To translate: She doesn't like Despicable Me and its basically HER Hotel Transylvania (which AniMat hates)
oi!!! more respect and love to Emi, she baby!
Cool that the final boss monster is what appears to be my Favorite non ultra Q monster. King joe!
Heres a cool fact about the ultraman franchise the company tsuburaya production that owns ultraman was founded by none other then eiji tsuburaya who happen to have actuly be the one responble for the special effects for the godzilla films
Maybe we’ll learn more in the sequel, if there is one, I hope.
The defunct Disney inspired theme park in Japan aka Nara Dreamland had a licensing deal with Ultraman.
I wasn’t a big Ultraman fan yet I’m was surprised how great the movie is
We need an American live-action Ultraman movie like Godzilla with lots of monster battles!
That was a good movie. Some of the Kaijus remind me of the creatures I would draw.
And yes, I see the connection between Ultraman and Waybig from Ben 10. Same powers and everything. And now that I think of it, Baby Emi does have a similar trait to Upchuck, also from Ben 10, but with the adorable face of a barn owl. And the style, now that I see it, does remind me of Kubo and the Two Strings. Saying that, Shannon Tindle and Sandro Cleuzo worked on both films, which is a coincidence, since both animated films have a Japanese cast of characters. Oh and Andrew Chesworth, who worked on Big Hero 6 and also created the Brave Locomotive helped design Baby Emi.
To think Ultraman had a 3 Season anime series before this. It's a totally different story but I do recommend it.
Ehhh, that show always felt more like Kamen Rider with an Ultraman paint job.
@@tokuwriter2872 How so?
@@claytonrios1 the overall darker tone and focus on individual drama that you would see in a Heisei rider season. Not to mention the characters themselves feel more like a team of Riders than Ultra’s keeping a watchful eye over earth.
The only thing I can think of that makes it relate to Ultraman is the fact it’s a sequel to the original series, the SSSP, and Aliens being the main threats other than Kaiju ((which there aren’t many, don’t get me started on how they messed up Black King.))
Also not to mention the Manga for Ultraman was actually originally a Kamen Rider Doujinshi that got Cease and Desisted by Toei; only for Tsubaraya to swoop in and offer the mangaka’s the Ultraman license. Essentially a similar story to Rising’s development.
Zero: First time?
I dont have any knowledge of Ultraman, but i may have seen bits of Easter eggs though (like the Godzilla victory dance). I give this movie 10/10, hoping for the sequel to come by.
The movie is littered with Easter Eggs from the franchise, which does make it worth at least one rewatch, especially the references to the United Artists 1966 American dub of the original series by mentioning the intro in the movie.
This is the second time that Ultraman has been animated in America, the first being the doomed Hanna Barbera cartoon from the 1980s that was supposed to be a full Saturday morning series but ended up being a TV movie because the network didn’t want it. It is actually the third overall if omitting the OVA spinoffs and Ultra Nyan, the kitty Ultra., as Sunrise in its infancy before becoming the Gundam/Super Robot studio made a 1979 anime.
As a veteran tokusatsu fan since 2008, I feel the complaints about action are a little bit overblown because Ultras don’t always kill the monsters. Some entities like Cosmos were about teaching children that there are more peaceful ways to resolve a problem that don’t involve violence or to find balance with the world around us.
This franchise has been through a lot of rough patches, to see its current era where it has life on Netflix, toys displayed at Comic Con, simulcasts on UA-cam and has a crossover with the Avengers in comics is nothing short of incredible. There was a dark age in the early 2010s where Tsuburaya was too broke to even make an Ultra Series and a crooked scum bag stole the international rights to the franchise from the Tsuburaya family through a forged contract, preventing them from making money by selling DVDs of their shows to the rest of the world.
It almost seemed like the Giant of Light’s Color Timer would go dark, but then they got a new president from Disney Japan of all places and the company came roaring back to life with new lawyers to get back the rights, an aggressive push to get the DVDs available in the USA and merchandise and branding deals to make the Japanese icon known and visible to the public.
I'm pretty sure the movie was already going to be a tribute to Ultraman just with an Ultraman like character instead, there's even concept art but the people at netflix were like "Wanna make this an actual Ultraman movie" so they emailed Tsuburaya and they gave the go ahead since they've been trying to bring Ultraman to the west, with dubs of their current shows and a comic series with an upcoming avengers crossover
Dude you should go into voice acting.
Vin Diesel would love this movie.
❤️💖 This movie 🎬 marks the directorial comeback of Shannon Tindle and Marc Haimes, the same writers and creator of Kubo and the Two Strings and it been 8 years since these two worked on animated film for so long.
I was exited and optimistic for Ultraman for two reasons where one considering the fact it will be directed and written by Shannon Tindle who wrote Kubo and the Two Strings and two is going to be released in my birthday.
I do praised the Spider Verse style animation, the action scenes and the voice acting.
Although I do have criticisms would be the story and it reminds me too much of E.T., the Iron Giant, Bumblebee and maybe How to Train Your Dragon where you have the main character befriend and found his supernatural creature, makes friend with the creature but then you have the cliché generic evil government agent villains who are going after and chasing the creature either to experiment on him, caged him or doing something awful the protagonist has to protect and saved his friend and protect him at all cost from the evil corrupt government.
So yeah it's basically E.T. and Iron Giant but with kajiu. I will give this a watch. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️
Why have these animated kaiju movies that we've get getting lately been giving off "being trapped in Rumble's shadow" vibes?
Basically, everyone has family issues
*Gasp* omg! I just realized that the mini short that the one doll with long flop ear look just like the Bunny doll in Ultraman. I did watched it twice.
17:25 It still got a 7/10 though so it’s better than an okay movie.
"Many References of Ultraman: Rising" by blunova is a good video about the connections between this movie and the Ultraman series
Am I the only one who sees ken as kenji but much older from camp cretaceous?
5:07 mess
Now Despicable me 4 review
I am so scared. I really hope it won’t be like Trolls 3 where it gets the seal of garbage even though the other movies didn’t get it.
I don't know about you guys, but I don't really see the diagonal lines in this video that Animat mentioned. Maybe I'll see them better if I watch the film on my tv myself.
That’s because they aren’t there in the way he mentions. We only used scan-lines and grain in the prologue to evoke old tv footage. If he’s referring to the crosshatching, that’s a reference to manga inking techniques-not a nod to old tv shows.
So what are your thoughts on Hazbin hotel?
As a newcomer to the franchise
Story 9/10
Animation 10/10
Characters 8/10
Overall 9/10
I feel like this is a movie that people will find either just ok or incredible
Yeah for real I'm just glad we can all agree animation is a 10/10
I would say the film had a very rough start, especially with the main character being a complete hateable guy, but later when it takes progress, the film is actually really good, and that's coming from me who doesn't know anything about Ultraman, so for me, is an 8/10
Thanks again, Mat!
If anyone is interested, unlike the other Japanese Toku Series that kickstarted the whole genre, Ultraman is much more accessible, as they’re just putting all their shows on UA-cam
I just found a Godzilla reference. 14:09
A better movie to watch is Shin Ultraman. It's more faithful to the original 1960s television show as it is essentially a modern retelling of it. All the monster fights are spot on and the message in that movie is something greater than being a parent. It's pretty much your typical superhero movie without the parent-child element. And might I add, it does things that Man of Steel fails at in terms of showing the more vulnerable side of a superhero. Shin Ultraman successfully demonstrates the more superhero and eastern cultural aspect of the character in ways I think Ultraman Rising lacks at. Still this was a pretty good movie.
Now for anyone who doesn't know a lot about Ultraman, it is essentially like what we have here in the West with Superman and the Lantern Corps, where Ultraman has other members of his kind called the Ultra Brothers. They are all alien humanoids from a far away region of stars called Nebula - M78. The Ultraman series was the first to do a long running tokusatsu series where every new season or series follows a new character and theme but it's just the same repetition of giant superheroes fighting Kaiju monsters, long before Super Sentai (aka Power Rangers).
Every new series follows a new variation of Ultraman sometimes given certain surnames like Ultra seven, Ultraman Jack, Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, and so on. Just like the Power Rangers and Kamen Rider, Ultraman is still running with new TV shows and movies to this day. One of the OGs of Tokusatsu (Japanese practical and special effects) right next to Godzilla.
RIP Eiji Tsuburaya (1901 - 1970).
This is the best animated movie this year
My big problem is the typical stereotype of Japanese with cliches
These videos are crap. There isn't enough runtime to form an opinion and validity into actual points, no room to say what you liked and didn't like about the movie because there's no time to elaborate into the specifics without being biased. we're here to know what you thought about the thing. we'd appreciate it if you added to the video instead of filler title cards with The Story in a generic font that adds to the already short runtime of the review
Next is Despicable Me 4. Oh boy is this gonna be the seal of garbage time? Like Ice Age 5 and Trolls 3 since their previous movies didn’t get that seal but the newest one will. I really hope it will get a high score though.
Yes, it will get the seal of garbage. Just like the wild robot will too.
@@JeremyMasterson938 why do you think that?
@@DylanLightfootOnwardFan2004 Inconsistency. That’s why.
So it’s definitely a case of fans getting more mileage out of the movie than a non fan. Well I still want to check this out cause I do like the Kaiju movies.
Do I need to keep count of how many times someone Insults Lightning McQueen?! 😡
Definitely giving spiderverse
I have not watch it but it was released between inside out 2
Hideki Kamiya.
If he likes it - it’s great.
I loved it
The movie is good, but you are right about one thing. It's kinda generic, especially when it comes to those tiresome messages about the importance of family in all the shows and movies you've seen before. Another issue is that they don't explore the Ultraman mythos very deeply since no one outside of Japan is a fan of this series. And don't get me started on Kamen Rider, since it got its chance after Saban's dreadful adaptation back in the mid-90s. Speaking of which, why didn't they think about making an animated movie of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers since they want Japanese superheroes fighting giant monsters ? Not to mention, both live-action movies from the past were... well, flops.
3:06😮Omg Dino Thunder Megazord easter egg on the very right!!
I repeat, there's a Power Rangers easter egg in an Ultraman movie!!
Best Power Rangers ever 😎
Fun fact: there was an Ultraman inspired MotW in Abaranger (Dino Thunder) and in Japanese, the MC is voiced by AbareRed (the suit that would be used for Dino Thunder Red)
I’ve seen this movie before and it’s good
Are you goanna review megamind vs the doom syndicate
Next is Despicable Me 4. Oh boy is this gonna be the seal of garbage time? Like Ice Age 5 and Trolls 3 since their previous movies didn’t get that seal but the newest one will. I really hope it will get a high score though.
It got a better rating than Kung Fu Panda 4 and Orion And The Dark
I thought this movie was going to be bad
It got a better rating than Kung Fu Panda 4 but lower than Orion And The Dark
STORY: 4/10
ANIMATION: 10/10
CHARACTER: 6/10
TOTAL: 7/10
FOR me
Story: 6/10
Animation: 9/10 for just being the popular 12 fps spiderverse Style
Characters 9/10 ebby or Abby IS so cute and has two Godzilla references with the larva mothra Sounds and godzillas Astro Monster Dance
My favorite animated movie of the year ladies and gentlemen
I never watch this film because I started to hate it when I watch the first trailer. I knew it had to be stupid, ridiculous, and too American (with its comedy and writing). I also hate the art style for the characters and kaiju because it looks creepy and ugly.
1:21 the only good parts tbh
This film is a great film.
I hate daddy issues!
I am just remind of Batman Beyond 🦇
You should not review ultraman
I loved this movie
今年公開された洋アニメで私が楽しめたのは『オリオンと闇』、『ハズビン・ホテル』、『インサイド・ヘッド2』だけです。
Please Review The Loud House Now.
Dude Animat has like minimal knowledge about The Loud House
I love so much this movie and i admit this movie is basiclly Ultra Daddy Issue 😂
No, that would be the first Ultraman Zero movie
@@tokumillennium5162 oh ok my bad
My mom asked me if I could watch this movie because she used to watch it as a kid, it was a nice movie, but i honestly could’ve like to see more kaiju stuff more than the Emi stuff.. T-T
Such a disappointment
I’m an Ultraman Diehard and I wasn’t disappointed.
I’m getting a feeling this film and Transformers one will be better than both Despicable me 4 and the Wild robot. So that’s all the more reasons why despicable me 4 and the Wild robot should get the seal of garbage.
No they won’t get the seal of garbage
Why would The Wild Robot get the seal of garbage?
@@erichfiedler1481 and Despicable Me 4 since he’s a fan of Despicable Me. Unless they ruin it like Ice Age Buck Wild or Trolls 3.
@@erichfiedler1481 because they have a track record of Inconsistency.
@@JeremyMasterson938 the fact that you think The Wild Robot is gonna get the Seal of Garbage seems pretty weak since it's another original animated movie from Dreamworks and it's got trailers months in advance compared to Ruby Gillman last year
I would like to see a Japanese dub of this movie
Pretty sure they already have one
Actually, there is one. You just needed to scroll down on the audio settings to get to them.