2nd Netflix Ultraman Trailer Released Online!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbRBOq8jajg

The action scenes do look nice, but man that CG-look just isn't doing itself any favors when it comes to the characters. They look so wonky and unappealing.

Interesting to note though, they apparently switched Red King for Black King. Huh.

I hate the CG thing that seems to be the trend with anime these days.

But this trailer did sell me on it at least

Yeah, hand drawn 2D images, especially the anime kind, don't translate all that well into CG animation IMO. Being bound to the source material robs you of the freedom necessary to bring a 3D animated being to life and sticking to it gives you shallow puppets that make the viewer wish it was 2D instead.

The Ultraman suits and monster designs look good, mostly because they remind me of videogame cutscenes more than anything, and that I can live with.

But considering what kind of emotions were prevalent in the manga at times - I doubt this style can capture them well.

Still, I'm going to give this a chance because why not, it's on Netflix after all.

I think it's the frame rate which is really off-putting. I need to see how this'll look on a bigger screen once the show comes out.


I don't think it's really an issue when they're fighting, but any clips where the characters are talking definitely looks odd.

Looking better and better.

Makes me want to go read the manga and hope for a live adaptation film series.

why does the first major ultraman release in the us in a long while have to be based on one of the worst pieces of ultraman media

It's animation in general. Japan is behind times with CG when America had CG animation for decades. I think the trailer looks fine and American CG shows are not much different with Japanese CG shows.

I'm not a CG fan, but I do think it can be done right when people know how to use it.

The talking doesn't match because it's narration. Not the dialogue to the scenes being spoken. It's trailer framing dialogue layered onto different scenes for dramatic effect. Common trailer practice.

That's why it looks odd or doesn't seem to match. Because it doesn't and isn't supposed to.

I dont' really like animation much but this doesn't look terrible, and it's Ultraman so I'll at least give it a shot.

At least unlike the Godzilla Netflix Anime it seems to have a lot more of the title character. I bet if you added up all the Godzilla footage from the Three Netflix Animes it probably isn't even 15 minutes of Godzilla footage combined.