Hideaki Anno’s Hero Movies Are Crossing Over for… Something

The "Shin" movie iterations of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Evangelion Unit 01 and Godzilla stand ready to battle.

It’s Hideaki Anno’s universe, and we’re simply blessed to change into orange tang in it.
Image: Mahiro Maeda/Shin Japan Heroes Universe Project

When he’s not been busy making an attempt to wrangle a definitive new ending for Neon Genesis Evangelion this previous decade, legendary director Hideaki Anno has been off dwelling his nerd desires, serving to carry to life cinematic takes on Godzilla, Ultraman, and now even Kamen Rider subsequent 12 months. So he’s naturally taking the subsequent step: smashing them collectively for a brand new collaborative undertaking.

Announced in a single day, Anno’s studio khara will work with Ultraman’s Tsuburaya Productions, Godzilla’s Toho, and Kamen Rider’s Toei to develop Shin Japan Heroes Universe, a four-way crossover uniting the director’s work on the Evangelion “rebuild” film saga—dubbed Shin Evangelion Gekijōban in Japan—along with his work with Shinji Higuchi on 2016’s Shin Godzilla, the newly rescheduled Shin Ultraman set to launch in Japan this 12 months, and his upcoming 2023 solo undertaking Shin Kamen Rider. Little is understood about what the undertaking really is, aside from the web site describing it as being “large-scale,” and a “dream collaboration” representing 4 of Japan’s most iconic heroes.

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Image: Yutaka Izubuchi/Shin Japan Heroes Universe Project

It may very well be merely a merchandise marketing campaign, using the gorgeous art work for the brand new web site designed by Mahiro Maeda, seen above, or Yutaka Izubuchi’s new emblem for the undertaking. It may very well be a collection of tie-in occasions within the run as much as Shin Ultraman’s May 13 launch this 12 months, and Shin Kamen Rider’s personal in March 2023. Or Ultraman might tag in Unit 01 to stab Neronga or a zillion different Kaiju in a brief film, or we might get 50 years of Kamen Riders exhibiting up by means of portals like Avengers: Endgame on steroids to beat up Gendo Ikari. Anno and his collaborators on the undertaking are, for now, staying quiet on simply what Shin Japan Heroes Universe will grow to be, aside from very massive (we’d hope so, not less than if Godzilla’s invited to the social gathering!), and that extra particulars can be introduced quickly.

We’ll carry you extra on Shin Japan Heroes Universe as and after we study it.


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