Hideaki Anno-Drawn First Shin Ultraman Design Sketch Revealed

Khara's official Twitter has posted a first design sketch of Ultraman to be featured in the forthcoming all-new live-action film Shin Ultraman. It was drawn by the film's planner/screenplay writer Hideaki Anno on October 3, 2018.

Bin Furuya, the original suit actor in the first Ultraman TV series (1966-1967), was body-scanned for the sketch, then the hero's iconic patterns and body lines were added onto it. The data from Furuya's feet (including his fingers) was directly used for the sketch. The new Ultraman is seemingly very different from the one appeared in the mysterious pilot PV "ULTRAMAN_n/a" posted in July 2015.

先日ツブコンでデザインが発表となった『 #シン・ウルトラマン』、
庵野秀明が2018年10月3日に最初におこしたデザイン画です。初代ウルトラマンのスーツアクター・古谷敏さんをボディスキャンし、その体型データに模様やボディラインの線を入れました。ちなみに足は古谷さんの体型データのままです。 pic.twitter.com/HYEMnCLvbh
— 株式会社カラー (@khara_inc) December 29, 2019

The first prototype figure of Shin Ultraman is now displayed in Khara's conference room.

『 #シン・ウルトラマン』「ウルトラマン第一号雛型(素体立体物による形状検証用)」は現在、弊社の会議室におります。着彩検証用は他社様のVFXチームの現場でお仕事中です。 pic.twitter.com/nliSzKwLEp
— 株式会社カラー (@khara_inc) December 29, 2019

The first visual of Shin Ultraman revealed at Tsuburaya Convention 2019 on December 14 and 15, 2019:

Takumi Saito and Shinji Higuchi on the stage:

Cinema Today's video report:

The concept of the new Ultraman's design without the iconic color timer on his chest is inspired by "Shinjitsu to Seigi to Bi no Keshin" (The incarnation of truth, justice, and beauty), the Ultraman original designer Toru Narita's drawing in 1983. Hideaki Anno said that the origin of the new design concept was his desire to somehow make the beauty of this drawing into a film.

"Shinjitsu to Seigi to Bi no Keshin" by Toru Narita: