Main Japanese leisure companies Toho, Toei, Studio Khara and Tsuburaya Productions are becoming a member of forces to launch the Shin Japan Heroes Universe, a challenge modeled on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Shin Japan Heroes brings collectively such iconic characters as Godzilla, Ultraman and Kamen Rider, in addition to the world of anime maestro Anno Hideaki’s Evangelion sci-fi franchise.
Particulars in Monday’s announcement had been scanty, however the challenge workforce has revealed an emblem and visible exhibiting all 4 “heroes” collectively, in addition to an internet site.
A place to begin for the challenge was “Shin Godzilla” (translation: “New Godzilla”), the 2016 smash hit live-action movie that Anno scripted and co-directed. It was adopted by final 12 months’s hit anime “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time,” which was additionally directed by Anno for his Studio Khara anime home because the fourth and last movie within the “Rebuild of Evangelion” movie franchise. Launched in March of final 12 months by Toho and Toei, it turned the highest-earning movie of 2021 in Japan, with whole field workplace of $92 million.
Additionally, slated for launch on Might 13, 2022 is “Shin Ultraman,” a live-action movie primarily based on the enduring Ultraman sci-fi TV present with Anno scripting and producing and his “Shin Godzilla” co-director Higuchi Shinji directing. Toho will distribute. Lastly, set for launch in March of 2023 is “Shin Kamen Rider,” which Anno is scripting and directing. Toei is the distributor.
A core firm behind the challenge is Tsuburaya, the results manufacturing home that has labored with each Toho (“Godzilla”) and Toei (“Ultraman,” “Kamen Rider”), that are ordinarily fierce rivals on the Japanese field workplace.
The brand new challenge will even embody merchandize, occasions and different tie-ins derived from the Shin Japan Heroes Universe idea.
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