Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Shin Ultraman" in English language version.
Typically the word shin in Japanese is used as a prefix to mean "new", however, instead of using the traditional Chinese character for "new"("新") which conveys both meaning and sound, each of these titles write shin using a purely phonetic alphabet called katakana . Because of this, the meaning of shin can be interpreted by Japanese viewers and fans in a variety of ways, for example it could mean "true/truth"("真") or "god/god's"("神").
Typically the word shin in Japanese is used as a prefix to mean "new", however, instead of using the traditional Chinese character for "new"("新") which conveys both meaning and sound, each of these titles write shin using a purely phonetic alphabet called katakana . Because of this, the meaning of shin can be interpreted by Japanese viewers and fans in a variety of ways, for example it could mean "true/truth"("真") or "god/god's"("神").