The Rise of Ultraman (2020) / Ultraman Rising (2024)
As much as I love seeing the iconic Ultraman 1966 returning and gaining popularity in the west, I think it's a wasted opportunity not to remake Ultraman Powered which was meant for western audience.
Ultraman : The Ultimate Hero (1995) to me is underrated and has the potential to be better. It wasn't popular at the time as it was overshadowed by the popular Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
It deserves a modern remake just as Ultraman 1966 had its remake in Shin Ultraman (2022). Ultraman Powered is iconic in its own way, being the only Ultra that I know of, with coloured eyes.
Bandai Namco has provided comic stores participating in Free Comic Book Day (that's tomorrow, May 4) with Ultraman: Rising posters and trading cards to hand out.
The first trailer for Ultraman Rising is here, and it has a surprisingly talkative Ultra, and a cute baby kaiju. This is from Shannon Tindle and the folks at ILM with a 2024 release.
Ken Sato returns home to Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman but quickly finds more than he bargained for as he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe.
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Interestingly, the Father of Ultra real name is also Ken. Could this be an alternate universe showing a young Ultraman Ken? Although here in the animation he looks like the original Ultraman of 1966.
just watched the ultraman rising trailer. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. i love the image of him rising out of the water. like
spoilers ig for the most recent trailer
(there’s a TLDR at the end)
this ENTIRE SCENE LOOKS SO GOOD
and the thing at the beginning is like he’s talking to his bad, like asking for advice. i also came help but feel like he might be resentful of his dad, I saw someone on Twitter say that his dad used to be Ultraman and that he like inherited the mantle.
pretty sure this movie is gonna be ALL ABOUT found family and loving eachother no matter the differences . and i’m gonna eat it UP and probably cry.
I found more screenshots that are just beautiful 
I love the purple look on him. whoever did the color work and animation for this movie deserve the world because these are beautiful. the final two shots that i got LOOK AMAZING and like they belong to something they should use for advertising.
TLDR: this movie is going to eat. the people who did the art direction, color and animation deserve the best, these are beautiful. i’m probably gonna end up crying watching it.