Tokusatsu is, by its very nature, a practical medium. It’s people in Spandex and rubbery monster suits, it’s special effects, it’s models of cities being blown the hell up by Kaiju. But despite being a genre ripe with superheroic figures — from Super Sentai teams, to Kamen Riders, to Ultraman…
This week, Netflix released Production IG’s animated adaptation of Ultraman, bringing one of the most unique takes on the Japanese icon to life in a fascinating new way. Now that we’ve had time to watch the first season, here’s our roundup of what we loved…and a few things that didn’t…