Now that Shin Ultraman has been out in Japan, new behind-the-scenes footage of the movie has been released--revealing that none other than Anno himself provided the motion capture work for Ultraman.
It isn't the most strenuous physical capture work, but it is delightful because Anno is an Ultraman die-hard himself, and the character brings him full circle to one of his earliest works as a film student. The short stars him in a costume as Ultraman, but in reality he's just wearing a jacket.
He is now part of the Ultraman legacy. Are we going to get him to do a Rider transformation?
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