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Ultraman Anime Trailer Introduces Mysterious New Alien Hero

Netflix reveals a new trailer for the second season of the Ultraman anime, introducing the new character of Maya, an alien from Wadoran.

a new ultraman trailer released.

The latest trailer for the second season of the popular CG anime introduces the character of Maya, an alien from Wadoran. While the new trailer doesn’t indicate many concrete details about the character, she is shown walking alongside Seiji Hokuto, the third Ultraman in the series, and she doesn’t appear to be an outright villain. It is unknown if she shares any connections or was inspired by the past. ultraman characters to carry the name “Maya”; characters with that name previously appeared in ultra seven, ultraman three and ultraman orband they were all aliens who infiltrated as human women to live on Earth.


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Ayane Sakura, who anime fans will likely recognize as the voice of the gravity-defying Ochaco Urakawa in my hero academia, will play the new alien character. Sakura is the latest addition to the Season 2 cast, which will also include veteran voice actors Junichi Sawabe (Fate/stay night, Jujutsu Kaisen) as Alien Pedanto and Maaya Sakamoto (Vision of Escaflowne,) as Izumi, a reporter who becomes Kotaro’s new love interest.

The second season of ultraman is scheduled to premiere exclusively on Netflix on April 14. The season will have six episodes. In addition to new alien characters, the new season will add some new heroes to the roster to recreate the classic Six Ultra Brothers team that appeared on classic live-action shows.


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The anime is based on a 2011 manga written by Eiichi Shimizu and drawn by Tomohiro Shimoguchi. The series tells the story of Shinjiro Hayata, the son of the original ultraman protagonist Shin Hayata, and serves as a direct sequel to the classic 1966 live-action series. While it continues the story of the original show, it takes place in a different continuity that ignores the events of all subsequent sequel series and spin-offs. the franchise. The anime adaptation was produced by ghost in the shell‘s Production IG and Sola Digital Arts, a studio specializing in CG animation. Production on the series is headed by directors Kenji Kamiya and Shinji Aramaki, a pair of frequent collaborators who are best known for their work on Ghost in the Shell – Self Contained Resort and who also recently came together to lead the new Bounty hunter animated series, black lotuswhich aired on Adult Swim and Crunchyroll last fall.


Shimizu and Shimoguchi’s original manga is available in English on VIZ Media. The first season of the anime is still available to stream on Netflix.

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