Ultra N Project

Tsuburaya Productions started the "Ultra N Project" in 2004, in an attempt to revitalize the Ultra franchise. The project consisted of three parts. The first part involved the unveiling of Ultraman Noa, the second part involved this movie, and the last part involved the airing of the then-newUltra Series, Ultraman Nexus. Ultraman the Next resembled a life-like insectoid version of Nexus (with insect-like body armor and organic tissue-like skin underneath). This was the first Ultraman ever to possess this sort of characteristic, a departure from the traditional "clean and shiny" look. BEING GIZA artists provided the theme songs for Ultraman the Next and Ultraman Nexus.