It was revealed today that the anime of Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi's Ultraman manga has been greenlit for a second season on Netflix. The announcement was made during the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France by directors Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki.
The first season premiered in the service's catalog on April 1st of this year and the animation is from the studios Production IG (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East, Napping Princess) and Sola Digital Arts (Appleseed Alpha, Starship Troopers: Invasion, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars).
Get ready to armor up once again, Ultraman is coming back for Season 2. pic.twitter.com/34Bsn0MRMt
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) June 11, 2019
Netflix described the anime's story:
Several years have passed since the events of Ultraman, with the legendary "Giant of Light" (光の巨人 Hikari no Kyojin) now a memory, believed to have returned home after battling the many giant aliens that invaded Earth. Shinjiro, Shin Hayata's son, seems to possess a strange ability, and it is this ability, along with his father's revelation that he is Ultraman, that leads Shinjiro to fight the new aliens invading Earth as the new Ultraman.
Ryohei Kimura starred in the first season as Shinjiro Hayata, and other cast members included Takuya Eguchi as Dan Moroboshi, Megumi Han as Seiji Hokuto, and Hideyuki Tanaka as Shin Hayata.
Other cast members include:
Sumire Morohoshi as Rena Sayama
Ken Uo as Mitsuhiro Ide
Shigeru Ushiyama as Edo
Ryota Takeuchi as Jack
Eiji Hanawa as Yosuke Endo
Hirokazu Sekido as Kurata
Kenjiro Tsuda as Adad
Minoru Shiraishi as Shiraishi
Kaiji Soze as Bemlar
Motion actors include:
Katsuyuki Yamazaki as Shinjiro Hayata
Shinji Kasahara as Dan Moroboshi
Haruka Shibai as Rena Sayama and Seiji Hokuto
Teruaki Ogawa as Shin Hayata and Edo
Kaiji Soze as Mitsuhiro Ide and Bemlar
The first anime season premiered globally on Netflix on April 1.
The Linebarrels of Iron team launched their manga series based on Tsuburaya Production's most famous live-action special effects hero in Monthly Hero magazine in 2011.
Source: ANN
