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Kris Brady Unleashes “Ultramega Kaiju Klash!” Short Film

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Paris-based director/designer/animator Kris Brady, whose credits include Black Panther and Love, Death + Robots, pays homage to American comics artist James Harren and his Ultramega IP with this intensely kinetic personal film.

Kris Brady: “Sometimes an artist comes along whose work goes beyond inspiration. To me, James Harren is one such artist. His incredible style, energy and artistic vision shines through on everything he does.

“Beyond the craftmanship in the comic series is an incredible sense of energy throughout. It was really important for me to continue that thread as much as possible.”

“The forms and shapes he makes speak directly to that part of my brain that makes my imagination run wild. When I discovered Ultramega, I knew instantly that I wanted to make something in tribute to it.

“Beyond the craftmanship in the comic series is an incredible sense of energy throughout. It was really important for me to continue that thread as much as possible, both in the way things were designed and presented, but also in the pacing and the use of color and sound.”

Making-of

Images

Four pages of a notebook filled with rough sketches, storyboards, and handwritten notes for Kris Brady’s short film Ultramega Kaiju Klash. Drawings include monsters, eyes, and dynamic scenes, with scattered arrows and text throughout the pages. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A humanoid figure in a purple and black suit with glowing red eyes and a red mouth stands in a dramatic pose amid a dark, smoky cityscape, evoking the intense atmosphere of Kris Brady's short film, Ultramega Kaiju Klash. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A close-up of a grotesque, yellow-green finger with a red, circular eye at the tip. In the background, SCREEEEE is written in bold red letters—a scene from Kris Brady’s short film Ultramega Kaiju Klash. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A glowing blue-armored character slashes a large, green monster in Ultramega Kaiju Klash, causing blood to spray against a dynamic orange background with motion lines and stylized text—an epic scene from Kris Brady’s short film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Silhouette of a person runs up a slope toward a massive, bright, pixelated explosion in the Ultramega Kaiju Klash short film, surrounded by dark, digital-looking terrain and streaks of orange, purple, and white light. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Credits

Director/animator: Kris Brady

Sound: CYPHER
Music: Joris Van Grunsven
Sound Design/Mix: John Black

Stephen Price

Stephen is the co-founder/CD of Stash Media Inc. and the executive editor of Stash Magazine and the Stash Permanent Collection.
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Category: Animation, Anime, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Short Films · Tags: Cypher Audio, John Black, Joris van Grunsven, Kris Brady