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The Reboot Crew is on a job-seeking tour of the only game left in Hollywood: Streaming services! But as we arrive at the legendary Skywalker Ranch, our pool of leads is running dry. It's do-or-die time as Uncle George asks us to activate the Beta Capsule and plot his first foray into the world of superhero cinema with one of the world's biggest heroes: Ultraman! Ultraman aka Urutoraman aka the secret identity of kaiju-busting Science Patrolman Shin Hayata, was Japan's first homegrown superhero - a bona fide cultural phenomenon which grew out of the success of Godzilla and swept the East as Adam West Batmania was sweeping the West. Ultraman is a utopian science fiction character, meant to appear, in the words of designer Toru Narita, as the "Incarnation of Truth, Justice, and Beauty." The Ultra Series is the progenitor of all Japanese tokusatsu shows, including Kamen Rider and Super Sentai/Power Rangers. The franchise holds a Guinness World Record for most spin-off shows (37 and counting), and has an impenetrably deep lore and roster. Beloved, mimicked, constantly reinvented and damn near milked dry, Ultraman should be a franchise that's easy as pie to reboot, right? ... Right? Guys?
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