Line #6 Trivia/ShinUltraman


1	* AscendedFanon:
2	** [[spoiler:The decision to reimagine Zetton as a KillSat much larger than Ultraman is influenced by a scientific analysis of Zetton's [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale trillion-degrees fireball]] by Japanese sci-fi writer Rikao Yanagita, who concluded that a trillion-degree fireball would wipe out life within 200 lightyears, and Zetton would have to be many times larger than Earth to have enough fusion material to fire it.]]
3	** Ultramen have been called 'giants of light' for a long time, and many people assumed that meant they were EnergyBeings, and their ability to fire beams from their hands came from the elements named (spacium, elerium, etc) already existing inside their bodies. Shin Ultraman just has an alien explain that Ultraman's body is completely composed of Spacium, and every weapon or ability he has is utilizing Spacium in some way.
4	* DescendedCreator: Creator/HideakiAnno is the primary mo-cap actor for Ultraman.
5	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Soko Wada and Koji Yamamoto previously acted together in ''Film/KamenRiderReiwaTheFirstGeneration''.
6	* LateExportForYou: Besides the Release and English dub on North America, the movie got officially released by Cinépolis on selected Latin America countries both subbed and dubbed on Spanish on November 23th.
7	* MilestoneCelebration: This movie was intended to be in theatres in the 55th anniversary of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' as a whole, before being delayed. However, the film's promotion with UsefulNotes/McDonalds would end up doubling as one for the 50th anniversary of ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', whose protagonist was once called Shin Ultraman before becoming Ultraman Jack.
8	* NoExportForYou: In Latin America, as with any film released exclusively in cinemas by Cinepolis, the film is not available in Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, Dominican Republic and Venezuela because the company doesn't offer services in those countries.
9	* ProductionPosse: Not only the filming crew behind it, but the movie also utilizes some of the actors of ''Film/ShinGodzilla''. For example, lead actor Takumi Saitoh portrayed tank captain Ikeda, a minor character involved in the defensive against Godzilla.
10	* PromotedFanboy:
11	** The lead actor Takumi Saitoh. In addition to be [[https://m-78.jp/news/post-5367 confirmed]] portraying the person who transforms into Ultraman, he also mentioned to have fond memories of watching ''Series/UltramanTaro'' and had met the late Akio Jissoji, one of the many directors of the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. An exclusive Fathom Events interview revealed that Saitoh's father was involved with the production of ''Series/UltramanTaro''.
12	** Creator/ShinjiHiguchi was already a fan of Ultraman, but Creator/HideakiAnno made a Tokusatsu fan film based on ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' during the 1980s! Anno portrayed Ultraman in his fan film and was the primary motion capture actor for Ultraman in this film.
13	** Creator/ChrisHackney and Creator/MattShipman are both huge Tokusatsu fans (being very vocal about their love of ''Franchise/KamenRider''), and were overjoyed to lend their voices for the English Dub.
14	* ReleaseDateChange: This film was supposed to be released in summer of 2021. But unfortunately, like many other films around this time period, the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic had slowed production to the point that Tsuburaya had to move its release date to May 13, 2022.
15	* RoleReprise:
16	** According to [[https://youtu.be/tP8F9umDbAM?t=154 behind-the-scenes footage]], Bin Furuya, Ultraman's suit actor in the original series, is Ultraman's mo-cap actor in the scene where he transforms and confronts his impostor (portrayed by Hideaki Anno).
17	** [[spoiler:Creator/KoichiYamadera reprised his role as Zoffy after voicing the character from the Anime/JapanAnimatorExpo's ''The Ultraman'' short film.]]
18	* YouLookFamiliar: Kyusaku Shimada, who portrays the Prime Minister of Japan in this movie, was once TheLeader of a BadassCrew in ''Series/UltramanNeos''.

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