No, we’re not getting Tron 3, though Tron: Legacy is one of my favorite movies ever, that’s all up to Disney. Today I’ll be talking about, a different kind of grid we’ll be returning to.

It’s a midnight on Sunday, and as I’m about to fall asleep I peruse through Reddit on my phone, as is my usual nightly routine. It is Anime Expo weekend, so I already anticipate some exciting headlines to pop up in my feed. And then it hits, the title reads, STUDIO Trigger to announce 3 new titles. You’ve got my attention but what exactly does this mean? Now if you don’t know who they are, it’s the same studio that brought us Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann as well as Kill La Kill, both favorites of mine and many other anime fans. The first announcement shown in the post doesn’t catch my eye, but what does is Gridman.

Yeah, Gridman, you know…Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad? Remember this Lawrence brother?

Otherwise known as Jack Hunter, from Boy Meets World? Anyone?

OK, maybe you don’t, but I do! As a child, I loved browsing through Blockbuster and for at least 2 or 3 years, it became sort of a tradition to rent “The Glitch That Stole Christmas” episode VHS during Christmas.

Fun fact, the Chinese name for Ultraman translates to ‘Salted Egg Superman’

And yes, it is another Japanese tokusatsu-genre import that was localized similarly a la Saban and Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. In Japan, the series is known as Denkou Choujin Gridman (電光超人グリッドマン) and originally aired in 1993, produced by Tsuburaya Productions, also very well known for another character by the name of Ultraman.

It’s confirmed! So when will this series premiere? Perhaps a year or two from now but fear not my fellow fans, we’ve already got some footage.