Ultraman: The Next

Ultraman: The Next
Directed byKazuya Konaka
Written byKeiichi Hasegawa
Produced byKiyoshi Suzuki
StarringTetsuya Bessho
Kyoko Toyama
Nae Yuuki
CinematographyShinichi Ooka
Music byTak Matsumoto
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • December 18, 2004 (2004-12-18)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget$6.3 million[1]

Ultraman: The Next, released in Japan simply as Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman) is a 2004 Japanese superhero film directed by Kazuya Konaka and produced by Tsuburaya Productions. It is a reimagining of the Ultraman character and franchise, and is part of the "Ultra N Project", a three-phase experiment aimed to reinvent the franchise for an older audience.[1] Ultraman: The Next was released in Japan on December 18, 2004 and had its American premiere at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on June 25, 2005.[2]

  1. ^ a b Ballard, James. "Tsuburaya Productions, 2004: A Year In Retrospect". Scifi Japan. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Ultraman: The Next Press Notes". Scifi Japan. May 15, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2015.