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Anno, Higuchi and others on Ultraman -

If Mahiro Maeda (Heisei Gamera, Evangelion, Giant God Warrior, Shin Godzilla, etc.) is involved designs could possibly reflect his work on Ultraman Powered, perhaps with better execution this time...

It sounds like Higuchi has something he didn't have with Shin Gojira. Time. Hopefully that allows for more his style than shoe-horning in a bunch of CGI at the last minute.

Design reveal!



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Like Shin Godzilla, they've gone back to the early concept art, although this time the look is much closer to the classic Ultraman everyone remembers from 1966. He looks an awful lot like the original A type suit (lanky and not overly muscular), though the wide mouth reminds me of the final C type suit.

The most radical change, really the only radical change, is the absence of the color timer -which was a last-minute addition back in the day. Although the timer makes sense on a half hour TV show I understand the inconvenience of it in a movie - and whenever Ultras make the leap to the big screen they play fast and loose with the time limit, anyway.

Pretty happy with how classic he looks.

Nice classic design. I would have been happy with the more organic alien look from the Ultraman N/A proof-of-concept video, but I like this too. The high-sheen chrome is an interesting choice, though it will be a technical challenge for the CG team to deal with those reflective surfaces in a convincing way. Probably the most impressive aspect of that image is how embedded he looks in the scene. The lighting, colour and contrast of the CG elements match up well with the live-action plate.