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‘Ultraman: Rising’ Filmmakers On Graphic-Style Animation, A “Family Theme” For The Score And Showing A New Side Of The Superhero


‘Ultraman: Rising’ Shannon Tingle, John Aoshima, Scot Stafford & Hayden Jones On Graphic-Style Animation And Showing A New Side Of The Superhero

Even from a distance, the character made an impact on a young Shannon Tindle growing up in rural Kentucky, who would go on to become the writer-director of Netflix ’s animated Ultraman: Rising. Deadline had the opportunity to sit down with Tindle and Aoshima, as well as VFX supervisor Hayden Jones and composer Scot Stafford at Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM) to discuss the animation. Henson’s electric guitar made sense for the kaiju fights, but Stafford had a bit of difficulty at first in figuring out how to incorporate the 8-bit synthesizers without seeming like they were purely there for nostalgia.

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