Everything you need to know about crossover manga “Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man”

By - Che Browndon
Written-on - July 28, 2024

In some ways, I would say manga followers and those who follow comics (Marvel and DC) have a lot in common. Recently, Marvel and DC have taken a liking to comics and anime. This can be seen in the rise of characters from different Marvel and DC IP’s getting either a manga or an anime adaptation for instance the Suicide Squad anime, the X-Men anime and much more. Western companies have realized how big anime and manga’s are for several reasons. In my case I love anime because it’s simply beautiful and I can easily access manga as opposed to Marvel and DC comics. An important crossover between manga and comic has been announced which will be talked about

Ultraman: Along came a Spider-Man

"Ultraman: Along came a Spider-man" will be getting a manga and there’s so much excitement from both (Ultraman and Spider-man) fandoms. This is going to be a major crossover between manga and comic. This information was revealed three days ago (July 25, 2024) at Tsuburaya Productions official website. This crossover is expected to bring together Japan’s greatest hero Ultraman and Marvel’s iconic Superhero Spider-Man. Ultraman is an old manga which was released in the 1960s and it was huge in the past. Created by Eiji Tsuburaya, the story is about a race of sophisticated aliens known as “the Ultras”. One of this Ultras arrive on Earth working with a member of Science patrol known as Shin Hayata to defend Earth against Kaiju’s(giant monsters similar to those in Kaiju No 8). Several other Ultramen eventually show up in Earth across the “Ultraman Franchise”

Premise

A manga description was revealed giving us a glimpse of the shows premise. The story takes place on Marvel Earth. Spider-Man join forces with the Avengers to battle Doctor Doom in New York City which led to the loss of life of several civilians as a result of a building collapse. Spider-Man becomes demoralized and later finds himself whisked away in a strange spacecraft called the Interdimensional Train. Doctor Doom was also in this Interdimensional Train. The train takes both of them to Tokyo in Ultraman’s Universe were they witness Ultraman battle a giant Kaiju. Doctor Doom sees this as an opportunity and join forces with Ultraman’s arch-nemesis Alien Mefilas along with his horde of Kaiju’s from the Monster Graveyard to take on Spider-Man and Ultraman. Doom joined forces with Alien Mefilas because he craves the Giant of Light’s power

Team behind it

“Ultraman: Along came a Spider-man” manga is an original story commemorating the cross-cultural comics event this August is going to be a collaboration of Japanese publisher Shogakukan, Tsuburaya Production( in cooperation with Shinji Oishi) and Marvel comics. It was written by Shigenobu Matsumoto and Art was done by Tomo Hirokawa. Marvel Comics Executive Director Tom Brevoot and Tsuburaya field’s media & Pictures Entertainment Transmedia Producer Jeff Gomez will serve as creative consultants for the series

Official Statements

In order to celebrate this crossover, we got statements about this upcoming manga which was revealed in Tsuburaya Production’s website.
Ken Minamitani of Tsuburaya Production said:

Release date and platform

Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man will be available on August 14, 2024 and it will kick-off with the release of chapter 1 and 2. The manga series will be launched digitally by Viz on the Viz Manga App were fans will be able to read it for free. It’s going to be weekly releasing every Tuesday. Viz will also be in charge of publishing a print edition of the complete manga set to hit retail in summer 2025. Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man will release on the same day as the Ultraman x Avengers crossover which is a four-issue crossover event.

Closure

I’m excited to read this manga although I’ve never read manga on Viz Manga App. I usually use Mangaplus or Shounen Jump App. I might also follow more Ultraman content before the release just to be much more “aware” so it don’t accidently get lost reading the manga. In order to get more information about this crossover, you can check Tsuburaya Production Official website by clicking here.

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