Netflix will be releasing a 3D CG anime series based on Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi's Ultraman manga in Spring 2019.
According to ANN, the information was revealed in the most recent Japanese book volume of the Ultraman manga on Thursday. The anime will be released simultaneously worldwide on Netflix. The anime adaptation was announced in December in Shogakukan’s Monthly Hero magazine. The 3D CG anime series will be produces by Production I.G. and Sola Digital Arts. Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Harlock: Space Pirate) are directing.
VIZ Media began publishing the Ultraman manga in the U.S. in 2015 (see "Review: 'Ultraman' Vol. 1 TP (Manga)") and released Volume 10 in May.

Based on VIZ Manga
Posted by Nicole Bunge on July 6, 2018 @ 3:25 pm CT

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