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Ultraman: Rising

is a 2024 animated superhero film based on Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman franchise. A Japanese-American co-production between Netflix Animation and Tsuburaya Productions, with animation by Industrial Light & Magic, it is the 44th film in the franchise. Directed by Shannon Tindle in his feature directorial debut, who co-wrote it with Marc Haimes, the film stars Christopher Sean as Ken Sato/Ultraman along with the voices of Gedde Watanabe, Tamlyn Tomita, Keone Young, and Julia Harriman.

Plot

Professional baseball player Kenji "Ken" Sato returns home to Japan, despite being on the verge of winning a championship in America. Reporter Ami Wakita attributes his sudden departure to rumors of unfinished family business, but in reality it is to fight kaiju as the giant superhero Ultraman, a mantle he reluctantly accepts from his father, Professor Sato. After a battle with the monster Neronga, Ken feels underappreciated after complaints from citizens, and vents that he never wanted to be Ultraman while reminiscing about his mother Emiko, who has recently gone missing.