Robo Luchador

So recently I reviewed the 1st volume of the new manga ULTRAMAN on this blog (you can read that post here ). Now as a tokusatsu fan I deeply enjoy the Ultraman franchise. I discovered it when i was young and just getting into the whole giant robo and kaiju thing. The show instantly pulled me in and kept me entertained. Now as an Adult Collector you would think I jump at the chance to collect high quality figures of the franchise. Now you would be right with one exception the Ultra-Act figures by Tamashii Nations are far too numerous and had fast collector price mark up than I have ever seen. So I stayed away sadly however when Tamashii Nation announced that Ultra-Act and S.H. figuarts  would be crossing over for a Ultraman figure based on the manga I was all on board.

Welcome to a new blog called Cover to Cover where we will be talking about everything related to printed media like books and comics. This entry is a review of Viz Media’s new manga ULTRAMAN. ULTRAMAN is part of the Viz Signature publication and is written Eiichi Shimizu and drawn by Tomohiro Shimoguchi. The manga serves a sequel to the 1966 Ultraman show, ignoring the other shows, and follows  Shinjiro Hayata, son of Shin Hayata, as he take up the mantle of Ultraman.