The Many References of Ultraman: Rising 

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Ultraman Rising is what happens when you license your IP to someone who actually love your IP.

the nod to Sentai with him owning a toy from Abaranger

One small easter egg that I don't see mentioned often is Professor Sato's medical pod; if you look at it from afar, it looks very similar to the original Beta Capsule, even with a big red button in the middle.

The cartoon that Emi watches is a real show for young children called "Kaiju Step Wandabada"!

My favorite part of the Ultras from Rising is that Professor Sato's Ultra form corresponds with his current age with the mustache, , awesome design choice

Damn, this movie was such a blast, i literally can't help myself sit quietly with all of the refrence it shows.

There's tons of little nods with the signs. - Opening: Agam with Belial logo, STORAGE, Tsuburaya bank - During the Neronga fight: Starseven coffee, Beta Smasher, Zetium - During Emi's "rampage": Peguila deli It was great lol

I think UltraDads glasses are a reference to Seven‘s Ultra-Eye.

when ken makes the motorcycle jump there’s a sign in the distance with tsuburaya on it, then when he lands and transforms there’s another sign next to ken with tsuburaya’s last name in kanji with a little graphic of his hair and glasses, seeing these back to back was a treat

I appreciate how much the movie is able to appeal to an older audience without having to go dark & gritty

I can’t believe how much I enjoyed this film. The second half and finale might be some of my favorite Ultra moments.

It would have been amazing if the dad is Ultraman Zoffy

I'm not shitting ,the moment you said '' from the guys behind Kubo and the two strings'' I know that was some good ass shit, and you're damn right, what a incredible movie man, legit cried and screamed from hyped, what a great love letter to the people who grown up watching those shows.

My personal favorite eater egg was one of the signs in the battle against Neronga saying "Zestium," in reference to Ultraman Z

The best reference has to be the ultraman transformation in the climax of the film. The original creator of ultraman was probably crying in nostalgic happiness.

There's tons of little nods with the signs. - Opening: Game with Belial logo, STORAGE, Tsuburaya bank - During the Neronga fight: Starseven coffee, Beta Smasher, Zetium - During Emi's "rampage": Peguila deli It was great lol

The Varan roar is like the Wilhelm Scream of the Ultraman series. You just gotta have it in there somewhere

You (or any other toku youtuber) definitely need to make a video on all the animated works based on tokusatsu, from animated series set in the franchises universe, to even parodies

I love it when films make tons of nods and easter eggs like this. Looks like a fun watch and I'll definitely check it out eventually

Yo, when I saw that abaranger toy in the background I thought it was cool they referenced sentai…. Then I realized who’s playing the captain in Ultraman Arc and everything made sense😁

I know that this isn’t Tokusatsu related but: My favorite reference is during Emi being injured in the base, professor Sato gave her a bunny plushie to her to calm her down, which is previously owned by Kenji. That same bunny is from Shannon Tindle’s other works, Lost Ollie!

I was hoping you'd make a video of this movie. I liked it a lot.

This movie made me remembered those simpler time, where i woke up and can genuinely say that i can't wait to expect what will happen today.

Ultraman Rising is a great movie, even though I didn’t grow up watching the older tv series. I also like an Easter egg that reference Power Ranger DinoThunder Magazord in the in base background.

A nod to Ultraman Dyna, both protagonist love to play baseball.

Potential reference i noticed was the fact that Ken is #7 on his team, and the 2nd Ultraman.

If you haven't realized right about now but there is actually a scene where the baby Kaiju kind of sound a little bit like the Dilophosaurus from Jurassic Park if you look back at it

One of the toys Ken has is the giant robot from abaranger/megazord from Power Rangers Dino Thunder

Great. Now we need kamen rider rising. It could be an anthology mini series recaping the riders like theres a gaim episode, a stronger episode, a ZO episode and so on

Something I caught the second time watching was during the intro, when Bemular appears on the screen, Ken says, "That's not a hero..." I think this is a sly reference to the fact that, early in the series production, the hero of the second Ultra series was going to be a Kaiju called Bemular.

Here are a couple of nods I found: -If you listen to the music at the beginning where Ultraman is introduced, you can hear a couple of notes from Ultraman The Next. -At one point Ken jokes that he is "Ultraman The Ultimate Babysitter", a reference to Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero.

They really need to start normalizing blue eyes in ultras. It just looks so cool. Also, the reason "transformation devices" exist in the first place, is because of well… toys, which I think we all know at this point. But it definitely would be cool if we straight-up got an Ultraman show where the protagonist transforms without a marketable toy, but even with Blazar in the equation, I doubt that’s ever going to be a thing.

There was a scene where emi made some Mothra sounds

If only Toho is as cool as Tsuburaya with the references, this movie could work with any big hero. But the fact that it IS ULTRAMAN after the darker approach that is Shin Ultraman, is endearing. Feel like Showa era Tokusatsu's getting their time to shine overseas with Minus one for Godzilla and various Ultraman projects.

The Dinothunder Megazord on his shelf was a nostalgia-trip for me. Those guys were my childhood

Especially Kenji Sato being a baseball player is a homage to Ultraman Dyna and the baby kaiju gave me Cosmo vibes

Just finally got around to watching rising and man I had a fun time

I don't know if this counts as a reference but the red Nissan R32 GTR since the car is also known as Godzilla

The issue with this is that it’s based on references and doesn’t actually question the film’s effort to keep true to aspects of Ultraman that are the norm.

Fun fact: In the music video for the song by Diplo and Oliver tree, they did a refrence to My hero academia when Ultraman stood as the same position as All might and the text of the lyrics where in the same format as the shows title. Also when Ken comes back from the game and the baby shows the dance she does the same dance as Godzilla

i'm glad others have recognized how similar some moments in rising were to leo!!! the only ultraman i had seen before watching ultraman rising was the first 3 episodes of ultraman leo and somehow they set me up really well for the events of rising

The one reference that caught me off guard was seeing the mega zord from power rangers dinothunder

5:21 Ah I didn't know that, I'm glad I do now though because I now know the origin of the Godzilla dance.

I expected an easy and go kids film but ended enjoying the story it was telling!

This film deserved cinema release. Cause it was really good.

That scene with the RU-vid kids ultraman series made a quick cameo made me die of laughter lol

I hope more people get into the ultra series (as a whole, not just the original ultraman) thanks to this movie

Oh so the creators of Kubo made this film!? Well that explains the excellent quality 😁.

The movie was really good the reference to invasion of Astro monsters with the dance was amazing

As a kid who grew up with OG Ultraman, I LOVED this movie.

This is one I've yet to see people comment about, but in the first baseball game you can see one of the sponsors is "Kemur", with a logo and name corresponding to the Ultra Q alien.

An amizing movie

I had no idea this movie was in the works, or released!

Great movie job 👏😃❤

The paint swirl backgrounds were awesome

Now I understand why the Ancient Aliens of Atlantis come from the M78 Nebula in Nadia: Secret of Blue Water! Hideaki Anno was making an Ultraman reference!

I like the Dino Thunder/Abaranger toy in the background

I realise that in this movie the people can hear what Ultraman is saying despite in the live action shows when a ultraman talks its either grunting or just straight silent

Many people point out the Abaren-Oh reference, but from what I've seen, it's more similar to the Jumbo Thundersaurus Megazord

Ultraman Rising was a great movie and I am a fan of Ultraman besides Godzilla, Gamera, and Super Sentai/ Power Rangers back in the day! The Toku Professor has knowledge of different Kaijus & Kaijins who appear in different shows and movies like Godzilla films, Gamera films, Super Sentai, and Kamen Rider! I find it all very interesting and funny too because his two students, Kashima-Kun and Pencil Leopard get into some shenanigans while in The Professor's class!

Damn, I've gotta watch this

Now I wanna see Ken call Nick Tatopoulos to ask for advice on raising kaiju

Additional fact: there are four-know father and son ultramans. the 1st is ultra father and ultra taro, 2nd is ultra 7 and ultra zero, 3rd is ultra taro and ultra taiga, the last is belial and ultra geed

This one is a small one, but in one of the holo projections of Ken's baseball game, there's a short cut of his shoes and it's branded with the defence force logo that worked with Ultraseven.

Ken's face and hair style is very similar to Yonezu Kenshi, who did the theme song for Shin Ultraman. Their names also has Ken too

The Dino-Thunder Megazord/Abarenoh is also part of Ken's toy collection.

Quick mention at 1:56 where Ultraman Next(movie) also doesnt need anything to transform into an ultraman

Whilst the movie was kinda of cliche, especially with the "Death fake outs", it made me actually look up other Ultraman series/movies. I'm starting to like this franchise.

Big companies need to let people who ACTUALLY car abt a franchise run it Instead of people who check the right boxes

Shoutouts to Rising for making the MCU-like moments, for lack of a better term, confined to the beginning as a way to show how incompetent and egotistical the main character is.

Loved this movie

We need a sequel!

Where Ultraman is puncing the giant robot, brios omni man and Emi was dancing like godzilla

I KNEW IT WAS MOTHRA SOUNDS

Father of Ultra's name is Ultraman Ken, and the protagonist of the series ' main focus (and the theme of the movie) is being a father

May I ask if there's a list of all the ads that use kaiju as mascots in the film? They're the ones that really stood out to me.

Here’s an extra Easter egg: Ken’s father holds a plush in front of baby Emi and that plush is actually Ollie from Lost Ollie, another show on Netflix.

Ultraseven's transformation is also homaged in the rise sequence as the light blue use is the same one from Ultraseven's. The blue use in Ace's is a darker blue

Twin tail bemular and red king are also momentarily noted to be deceased

Ultra man was a part of my childhood and im still 15

A small easter egg that is not related to the ultraman series is that ollie from lost ollie appears a few times.

Ultraman The Next also transforms through sheer will

ThankGod Amazon wasnt bright enough to be interested in Ultraman

Emi does the Godzilla moon dance

The Zeperion signboard and the Daiso shop

the Power Ranger Dino Thunder toys on Kenji's shelf (He has two). I can't remember what the Sentai was called XD

Professor Satos glasses look like UltraSevens!

I can feel that they loved making this, they planned a sequel at the end of the movie as well. Still can't my head around the origins the Ultraman in this movie though, is he still an Alien? Is Professor Sato an Alien from nebula M78???

I'm not sure if its a direct reference to DBZ but near the end of the fight really reminds me of Father-Son Kamehameha.

I'd say the design of Ultraman Rising really similar to Ultraman Powered, my opinion obviously.

I've mainly noticed alot of references to Ultraseven

RIP Hideki Goh's actor

There are a whole mess of nods in the ads and billboards in the city scenes. I'm pretty sure I saw Kaiju Booska, a character from a different Tsubaraya show (who also guest-starred on Ultraman R/B) on one of the signs.

Sometimes the spirals of the Ultra Q logo are seen behind Kenji

AbarenOh❤️💙💛

This movie is PEAK

Hetly at least Sato's dad didn't try to run him over with a jeep

Imagine if Seven decides to train Ken for a day 💀

There was a power ranger reference (a Dinozoard figure on Sato shelf)