“The Ultraman” Anime Short Incoming

Earlier this year Studio Khara head and Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno held a Japan Animator Expo in association with media company Dwango. As you may or may not remember, among the shorts that were produced by various studios was the return of Denkou Choujin Gridman.

However the Japan Animator Expo is once again underway and it was recently announced that its 30th short will be based on The Ultraman manga by Mamoru Uchiyama. It will helmed by Hisashi Mori, who previously served as character designed on Digimon Adventure: Bokura no War Game.

The plot is described as follows:

In the spring of 1975, peace returned to the universe once more. But then members of the Ultra Brothers started being murdered by someone, one by one. The perpetrator was Jackal the Demonic Space Overlord.

Jackal was an alien defeated by Ultraman King and banished to spend an eternity in a black hole. Having returned, Jackal sent his armies to Earth to uncover any Ultra Warriors that may be hiding in humanoid form there. Jackal’s minions resorted to threatening to kill human beings held as hostages in order to force Ultra Warriors to reveal themselves.

Just when it seemed all hope was lost, a mysterious warrior wearing a suit of armor that obscured his identity appeared from the heavens…

The Ultraman is set to debut on Japanese streaming site Niconico this Friday!