Japanese industry titans are teaming up for a new cinematic macrocosm based on iconic properties. Toho, Toei, Khara, and Tsuburaya Production have announced the forthcoming launching of the Shin Japan Heroes Universe, which will include representation from the Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Evangelion franchises.

Toho is the company that initiated Godzilla, Toei is behind Kamen Rider, Tsuburaya displays Ultraman, and Khara is the animation studio founded by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno. Tsuburaya Productions’ founder, the late tokusatsu special effects colonist Eiji Tsuburaya, did effects work for movies in both the Godzilla and Ultraman series.

Toho liberated the Anno-directed Shin Godzilla in 2016, and Anno…

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