Ultraman X TV seres garners around 400 million views overseas

Fields Corporation , the parent company of Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. , revealed in a financial presentation on February 1 that a new Ultraman series will premiere in July. The report did not mention any other information about the new series.

The report did add that the Ultraman X series (pictured at right) has received approximately 400 million views for its overseas simulcast . The Ultraman X television series premiered in Japan on July 14, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.

An Ultraman X film will premiere in Japan on March 12.

Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. streamed an Ultra Series teaser video last month as part of a project that marks the 50th anniversary of the Ultra Series . The Ultra Series began on January 2, 1966 with Ultra Q . The teaser ended with the words "What's Next…?"

In July, Tsuburaya streamed a mysterious region-locked "ULTRAMAN_n/a" video with no description, featuring a CG-rendered first-generation Ultraman fighting a kaijū in Tokyo's Shibuya ward. The video features English text on the screen, stating "In a time of destruction / He returns / The ultimate battle begins." The video ends with the text "7.7". Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. founder Eiji Tsuburaya was born on July 7, 1901.

[Via The Tokusatsu Network]