Crossover Project Featuring Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider And Evangelion Headed By Hideaki Anno

[BBally81]

Film studio TOHO, film studio Toei, anime studio Khara, and production studio Tsuburaya Production announced a collaboration project between Shin Godzilla, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban), Shin Ultraman, and Shin Kamen Rider — all films directed or written by Hideaki Anno. The Shin Japan Heroes Universe project (named for the "Shin" prefix in all the films' titles) is planning events, merchandise, and other tie-ins between the films.

In addition to co-writing and directing the Evangelion franchise, Anno is the writer and co-director of the Shin Godzilla film, the writer of the upcoming Shin Ultraman film, and the director and writer of the upcoming Shin Kamen Rider film. Longtime collaborator and fellow Gainax co-founder Shinji Higuchi co-directed Shin Godzilla, and is also directing Shin Ultraman.

All the franchises have Anno's "Shin" prefix in their Japanese titles, which can mean many things, from "new" to "true." Anno has kept the meaning ambiguous in all titles.

Evangelion is Anno's most well-known work. It began with a landmark mecha anime series that aired in 1995, and most recently had its last installment with Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time last year. Godzilla is a long-running TOHO franchise starring the titular kaijū, created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya . Ultraman and Kamen Rider are both long-running tokusatsu ("special effects," but a colloquialism for shows starring costumed superheroes) franchises, the former by Tsuburaya Productions (founded by Godzilla co-creator Eiji Tsuburaya), and the latter by Toei (and created by manga creator Shotaro Ishinomori).

Source: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/465583

[Kinky Vorlon]

The only way this is gonna work is if lots of cocaine is involved.

[sayla0079]

I can't say for eva and Godzilla but Ultraman and Kamen Rider have crossed over before albeit briefly.
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