



The film is a reimagining of the Ultraman character and franchise, part of the ' Ultra N Project', a three-phase experiment aimed to reinvent the franchise for an older audience. Ultraman: The Next, released in Japan simply as Ultraman ( ウルトラマン Urutoraman) is a 2004 Japanese science fictionsuperhero film directed by Kazuya Konaka and produced by Tsuburaya Productions.
