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Newly Dubbed Ultraman Film Playing in U.S. Features Voice of Murray State Alum

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A Murray State University alumnus and former Paducah area resident is a featured voice in the English-language dub of a Japanese action hero movie premiering in the United States this month. 

Daniel Van Thomas stars as the English voice of Ultraman Zero in the film ‘Ultraman Ginga S The Movie,' which was released in Japan in 2015.

The film is showing in select theatres in several states, including Keystone Cinemas in Mount Washington, Kentucky, near Louisville on Sunday, January 8.

The long-running Ultraman franchise spans a series of films, television shows, novels, manga and videogames. Van Thomas graduated Murray State in 2007.

More about the film and screening locations - and Trailer

Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
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