A few months ago, Hiromasa Kaneko noticed that his son Hibiki had started pretending he was characters from "Ultraman Mebius" that he said the other children at his nursery in Tokyo's Meguro Ward were all into. But rather than just let his 4-year-old son copy his friends, Kaneko figured it would be better for him to see the real show so he would actually know what was going on.
So one Saturday evening, they sat together in front of the television to watch an episode of "Ultraman Mebius" on TBS. Ever since then, every Saturday evening at 5:30, the father and son have become firm fixtures together watching the show.
Back when Kaneko was his son's age, he was a big Ultraman fan too, but he'd had no idea that the SF hero was still going strong. So, when he saw the latest version, "it really brought back memories," he said.