SINGAPORE – Look, it is a chook… it is a airplane… it is Ultraman flying in direction of Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands.
The Japanese superhero might be seen battling a Godzilla-like monster at Gardens by the Bay, in a brand new tourism film produced by Japanese particular results studio Tsuburaya Productions.
The three-minute movie, the primary episode of a collection titled Ultraman: A New Energy Of Singapore, was launched on Tuesday (Dec 7). Within the collection, the favored character faces off in opposition to monsters that threaten the peace in Singapore, in line with a write-up on Tsuburaya’s web site.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who shared a clip of the primary episode on Fb on Wednesday, mentioned he loved the enjoyable and entertaining video.
“Relieved to know that certainly one of my common jalan jalan spots is secure below the safety of Ultraman!”
He mentioned he seemed ahead to seeing the place Ultraman will seem subsequent in Singapore.
Going by the teaser for the subsequent episode, the Merlion and Changi Airport may very well be making an look.
Tsuburaya wrote on its web site that the films will characteristic sightseeing locations reminiscent of Jewel Changi Airport and Sentosa Island.
The director for the brief motion pictures is Kiyotaka Taguchi, the primary director of the collection Ultraman Z (2020) and Ultraman Orb (2016).
Episode 2 of the tourism collection shall be launched on Dec 14, with the finale launched on Dec 21.
The collection is a part of a digital marketing campaign by the Singapore Tourism Board in Japan to maintain the Republic on the prime of customers’ minds as the 2 nations mark 55 years of diplomatic relations. Coincidentally, the Japanese superhero can be celebrating its fifty fifth anniversary this yr.
