MAO, Kōji Ishii to join Balkyua, Mephisto in spring season on Netflix
Kodoani.com – The official website for the 3D CG anime adaptation of the manga Ultraman by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi revealed a new teaser trailer for the anime’s final season on Friday. The video reveals two new characters Balkyua (character names are not official) and Mephisto, voiced by new members MAO and Kōji Ishii, respectively.
The anime will premiere on Netflix in the spring of 2023.
Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East, Napping Princess) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Harlock: Space Pirate, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars) will return to direct the final anime season. 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) are continuing to produce the anime in 3D. CG. Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi will return to compose the music.
Several years have passed since the events of Ultraman, with the legendary “Light Giant” (光の巨人 Hikari no Kyojin) now a mere memory, as it is believed that he returned home after Fight with many giant aliens that are invading the Earth. Shinjiro, the son of Shin Hayata, appears to possess a strange ability, and it was this ability, coupled with his father’s revelation that he was Ultraman, that led Shinjiro to battle the newly invaded aliens. Earth as the new Ultraman.
The first anime season premiered globally on Netflix in April 2019 and has 13 episodes. The series then premiered on television in Japan in April 2020. The second season of the anime premieres on Netflix worldwide in April 2022.
Kamiyama, Aramaki, Production IG, and Sola Digital Arts are back from the first season for the second.
Tatsuhisa Suzuki was slated to play the new Ultraman character Kōtarō Higashi/Ultraman Taro in the second season, but he offered to give up the role due to his interruption of “all entertainment industry activities”. ” last year. Instead, Tomoaki Maeno will voice this character. Suzuki performed the opening theme songs for the first season as a member of OLDCODEX.
