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Ultraman: Rising Is What We Call a Parents’ Movie
Ultraman: Rising’s canniest trick is the way it sustains narrative momentum while staying true to the realities of new parenthood.
The buzzier animated family release of Father’s Day weekend may be Pixar’s Inside Out 2, but Ultraman: Rising(out today on Netflix) intimately understands the baby- kaiju connection. Rising introduces Ken Sato, an initially self-centered Ultraman whose life and family are radically changed when a tiny (errr, truck-size) kaiju baby hatches in his hands and immediately imprints on him. The movie makes nerdy references to baseball, Akira, Pac-Man, Tindle fave Hayao Miyazaki, and Ultraman lore, obviously, but it also speeds through topics parents encounter almost as soon as they meet their infant: the five S’s, spit-up, neglect, attachment theory, and developmental milestones.
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