Ultra Sonico

News and context
Super Sonico is an 18-year-old OC created by Tsuji Santa for NitroPlus. She has her own anime series, a manga, video games, figures, and more.

The official Super Sonico Twitter account announced the third volume of their sci-fi series Ultra Sonico. Broadcasting would start on April 4, 2016. Super Sonico would transform into the tokusatsu hero Ultraman’s successor, Ultra Sonico.

Her official website was themed in Ultra Sonico images. There was also a preview video uploaded to Niconico and YouTube, but have now been removed.

In a series of tweets on the morning of April 2nd in Japan, Sonico stated:

“Good morning! Manager says Ultra Sonico was an April Fools joke. Even so, I was shooting and a preview video was prepared! I thought it was really true. To everyone looking forward to it, I’m sorry! It was a pity because I was looking forward to it. I would have made lots of new experiences shooting tokusatsu! If I have another chance, I definitely want to try it. Oh… I’m still surprised, but I’m about to head out soon. Everyone, I’m sorry again! I hope to see you soon!”

Video (re-uploaded)
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Original sources

 * http://daisukitoku.com/2017/04/02/tokusatsu-april-fools-day-announcements/
 * http://supersonicrocking.tumblr.com/post/159073720905/nitro-have-announced-a-number-of-ultra-sonico
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20170401113436/http://supersonico.jp/