Official Sites:https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jphttps://www.ultramanconnection.comhttps://m-78.jp>YouTube OFFICIAL Channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/tsuburaya/>Official Ultraman Connection Discordhttps://discord.com/invite/my9CTFpYVV>Ultra Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/ah9W9vPu (embed)>Fuck your news bitch I ain't doing all thatPrevious Thread: >>22925543
Why is the card game commercial so ominous?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574XVTYdRIoHow was Arc's 19th episode?
>>22947985Disappointing
Why do dark ultra's look so much cooler?
>>22947985Bad, as usual.
You get two wishes for Ultraman Omega.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6H6wSrFTpkEpisode 20 preview.
>>22947987>>22947987Why?
>>22947999Wish 1: have a competent kaiju defense force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea4M7YoFp_I
>>22948005I was hoping for more team action for the climax instead of this Your Voice shit
>>229479991. Vagabond MC like Gai/Riku.2. Espionage defense team that also serves as the antagonist to the MC
>>22947999I hope it does well and I hope I like it
>>22947985Loved seeing a Blazar again. Just the wild man grunts get me excited. But then he threw Arc out so quick it felt like too little. Arc getting that Blazar power isn't all that interesting to me either.
>>22947848
>>22947999I hope that it's the worst Ultra series in history and that it ends the New Gen era.
It's gonna be Arc with a VFX filter like Deathcium Rise Claw
>>22947985Shouldn't have given the episode to Takesue.
>>22948027>>22948030Ze Su?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWgDWLPnQiE
>>22948027>>22948030well at least we got the form change now
>>22947985They were hyping up Hellnarak like he was going to be a huge villain, not just a dangerous kaiju. Then they just beat him with... a simulated combo attack in base form. Yeesh. Makes it feel like Hellnarak was weaker than Zadine after all that. Also what was that absolute nothing of a crossover? Even this parallel characters thing feels poorly done, because apparently no one in the main cast is Blazar OR piloting Earth Garon.
>Arc pulls off the team attack better without Blazar actually being there, while Blazar struggles to beat the first kaiju of his series again. wtf
>>22947985There's a different between not being too fanservicey and being a disservice. This episode leans to the latter.I can understand not wanting to bring back the Blazar cast (frankly, aside from Gento and Emi, the rest of them weren't that memorable) but they could have explored more on the SKiP variants. Something like the salesman episode and highlight the different divisions of SKaRD and their duties. Then of course; the 'team-up'. All that build-up for nothing. So what if Arc can do Spiral Burrade, I prefer to see something more creative like a combination of Blazar caveman logic and Arc's imagination shield hax. The episode has so much potential, and they squandered it. A shame when the Zangil parts were amazing
>>22948169He was clearly weakened from the fight with Hellnarak or some shit.
What the fuck was that??I am not an Arc hater. I actually thought episode 17 was awesome. It made it feel like Zangill had to pass on his wisdom on to Arc for him to even begin to approach Helnarak's army. it seemed like Arc had crossed a huge new threshold, showing off amazing tricks we have never seen before, and Zangill sees this and is reminded of Blazar's majesty....Then they finally fight Helnarak together, and they just had to use their basic base form finishers in quick enough succession. That's it. Hell, Blazar didn't actually need to be present for it to work.
I wonder if the reason they didn't have any of the Blazar cast is because Arc filming was quite early, sorta like how Gotchard and Gavv filming clashed.But even then Blazar was also filmed earlier, the entire filming was done by the time the press conference was livestreamed.
>>22948306>But even then Blazar was also filmed earlier, the entire filming was done by the time the press conference was livestreamed.See that's the thing. I doubt the cast were that booked either so it's very likely this was a creative choice.
Where abouts do people download series music from these days now that hikarinoakari is gone?
>>22948407Youtube.
>Blazar that appeared on today's Arc is not the real Blazar and just another multiverse varianthttps://m-78.jp/character/arc-19-3/
>>22948478Where does it say that?
>>22948488It has a separate character page from the 2023 Blazar.
>>22948492So just your cope, ok.
>>22947999Design is unintentionally new-gen Agul
>>22948494NTA but they really separate Blazar character page
>>22948496NTA either but so what?
The crossover was absolutely pointless. All that buildup for an utter wet fart.
>>22948494>>22948498do you have bad day, anon?
>>22948533I'm fine, what about you?
>>22948478Kind of obvious, alternate Shu talks about him as if he's been fighting with his version of SKaRD for a while, not like he was a visitor.
Wait, so is King of Mons appearing or not?Thought it would be one of Hellnarak's spawn.
>Blazar not appearing on Arc movie
>Zangill enchanted the Galaxy blade so it could fuck up ghosts >Arc doesn't use it to beat the ghost boss >Zangill previously enchanted the Tilsonite sword to fuck up ghosts>Blazar doesn't use it to be the ghost boss.All it took was hitting him with two finishers in base form at once? We literally saw Arc crate copies of his armored forms just two episodes ago.What happened? The build up was so much better than the actual crossover.RIP Zangill, guess it's good he didn't see this disappointing encounter.
Welp, today I learned Eiji Tsuburaya's grandson was a Space Sherrif, Shaider.
>>22948006Granted! But now their show's Ultraman is a complete jobber, and his host is the most bland, unlikeable character yet!
>>22947999I want the science team's vehicles to attach to Omega like armor.
>>22949042>and his host is the most bland, unlikeable character yet!That's just Nexus.
>they're going for the "the Chief's daughter" episode againNothing can top X's captain's daughter episode.
>>22949042We already had Trigger.
>>22949054But we can have him... again!Because in show business, there's no such thing as good writing!
I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt disappointed with the Hellnarak arc. That shit felt weird.
>>22950140The Zangir two parters were good. The Arc communication was just fine but it's the finale that ruined it.All the setup and for nothing. Hellnarak didn't even feel that threatening
With how hot these fuckers are, I imagine we'll see Bandai doing the same for Ultraman in the future; collectibles that also serve as cute mascots
>>22950406We already have spark dolls
>>22950406Yummy yummy corn syrup Rider. We can have a seed oil Ultraman and a Sentai series based on pesticides and vaccines.
>>22950649Spark Dolls were the most genius collectable Ultra has ever done because they required almost zero effort to implement and people already bought them anyway.
>>22950406>>22950756I could see them doing keys like Gokaiger
>>22947999No mechUltraman's identity is known from the get go
I was honestly expecting something like this more than... Arc learns how to copy Blazar at home.
>>22950406Ultraman has already been here, they just dialed back the presence in Blazar.
>>22950756I loved spark dolls. But I can understand why the characters literally holding the exact produced for economy toy you can buy at the store, instead of a nice prop, can take people out of the show.
>>22950140I like the show, but you can't really ignore the fact that the Zangil episodes were more exciting and interesting than the actual two parter they were setting up.
>>22948230Why write it so they get such lopsided priority though?
>>22950406Bandai has always been pretty conservative with the type of collectibles in Ultraman. Even when they were going full in, they weren't doing stuff like Fruit Ultramen or Videogame Ultramen.
>>22950842You say that, but two of the shows canonizing kaiju vinyls being in the shows themselves as major plot points is pretty extreme, just in the other direction.
>>22950783That would have made them money, but they're in their anti-profit subversive era
>>22947999Strong writing and an actual final form to signify growth.>>22950956Yeah, I know they are being experimental. At least it worked well for Blazar but it doesn't catch the same lightning for Arc, which worries me.
I hope Omega is good
Man, I usually give Ultraman credit for having some of the best crossovers in long running Toku series. But that was so half hearted. Arc goes to an alternate version of Blazar's world which we aren't even familiar with, to learn how to do Blazar's first finisher, so he can beat the multi-arc big boss monster without Blazar helping directly? This felt so disrespectful to Arc in several ways. It also just feels weird after Zangill taught Arc that cherry blossom slash move, only for him to not actually use it on the Kaiju that Zangill was preparing Arc to fight.
>>22951061>But that was so half hearted.That's arc in a nutshell.
>>22951061there had to be some behind the scenes shit
>>22951131Orb will always be a weird outlier because his "final" form is technically his base normal form and has been treated as such since the end of the series. They count Trinity more as his final form even though it's a movie form.
>>22947979How’s the blazar movie anyways?
>>22951449The plot is really bad, even by toku movie standards
>>22951454That ain’t good, what’s wrong with it?
>>22947991They always look like low-tier repaints or reskins to me.Imagine a child seeing a lineart of Ultraman or Gundam, and coloring it as he likes, even though he has never watched the show. This is how I feel.
>>22951449It felt like the most "New Gen" compared to Blazar episodes.
>>22951131I actually really like Royal Mega Master, probably more than most of the other forms here. But it's so weird as the final form of the TV show, cause it just feels like any other fusion form, just happens to be stronger components.
>I’m not interested in arc but I might check out the blazar episode>none of the cast returns, blazar just jobs repeatedly and it’s not even the real blazarI give up
I would accept it better if they're just done with the Zangill 2-parter. It's weird that Zangill just went to afterlife but leaving Hellnarak's problem to a new Ultra?
>Blazar crossover hits Arc>nearly all except one episode is midIs this Blazar's curse or something? The moment we get the Blazarslop, the writing completely goes down hill. It's the same thing that happened with Decker. At least we're back to kino next week now that we got Blazarslop out of the way
>>22951740That part's ok. Zangill on a timer adds to the tension and the coffee-like bittersweet ending.
>>22951749>DeckerDecker is ten times better than Blazar at its worst. I watch seething Agams over trying not fall asleep with SKaRD
>>22951131Shouldn't Ginga Strium be included? Sure it debuted early but for all intents and purposes it's Ginga's powerup.>>22951435While I like the twist on the final form formula, I kinda hate not that Origin complete replaces as Orb's default look, but that Spacium Zeperion is 'abandoned' post show. I feel like Z Original and Alpha Edge is a remedy of that.
https://twitter.com/M_YuKa0219/status/1860965402370781490Ichika's actress is going freelance. This usually means semi-retirement, where she'll still appear for Ultraman related stuff but overall just off doing her own things
>>22951776What I meant to say was that Decker suffered from a drop in writing quality during the Trigger crossover. O should've been clear about that. Decker had a superior villain to Blazar and Dynamic is a satisfying upgrade compared to Blazar's armor
>>22951904>superior villainNow that I kinda disagree. I like how different Dobashi was, and was very happy they didn't force him to carry around a toy to shill.
>THIS IS WHAT I THINK ABOUT ARC CUBES!
The Blazar-Arc crossover we deserved
>>22951131Blazar works with the semi changes since he is already complex enough. Arc is they try to get the same effect with blazar but it feels...messy to put it in a way.>>22950956Are they trying to put themselves on the red again??
>>22951131Ruebe was actually a decent design. Just didn't like that it pretty much removed the main gimmick of the series.
>>22951777I never liked that both Orb and Geed get to a point where they feel like they outgrow the fusion forms, with Origin and Ultimate Final, only for them to get bigger fusion forms later anyways, with Trinity and Galaxy Rising.Galaxy Rising in particular feels like it's supposed to be a side form, due to changing transformation devices, but they straight up show it having and easier time fighting Gillvaris than Ultimate Final.
>>22951777>Shouldn't Ginga Strium be included?No, that's not a final form but the titular form.
>>22951911dobashi was complete dogshit. he did all this cover up all because he was too retarded to admit he made a mistake and shot down a harmless ship and then going all gangsta on emi like this shadow board of directors for absolutely no reason. v99 is equally retarded because all it took for their retaliation to stop was one fucking word. meanwhile agams was a man hellbent on revenge and changing destiny but ultimately lost to the absolute law of time travel and the speres magically show more sentience as a villain than v99 ever did (v99 left vallaron to die while they happily turned back)
>>22951473>>22951449Nothing really important happens besides SKARD meeting Gento’s family
>>22952068That and it's just a power-up form.
Man, I would have went easier on the SKIP members if they had went all in and it turned out the chief was the AU Blazar, and we got to see who was piloting Earth Garon. But it just amounts to SKIP wearing body armor and holding guns.
>>22951911The conspiracy was way too simple for me to think much of him. It wasn't even about some grand ambition or him committing to personal convictions, he just fucked up and kept doubling down, and didn't really seem to have a long term plan that made sense. Like, If Blazar wasn't around, he would have been taken out with the planet. If the V99 were just a little more malicious and didn't fuck around, he gets taken down with the planet. Even if he got his doomsday weapon, there's no reason to believe the remnants couldn't just send more Varallons. Taking him down with the planet.He feels like he would have been a corrupt big wig that gets like a single episode of focus in a Heisei ultra. Not a main antagonist.
>>22952333>he just fucked up and kept doubling downAccurate to real life politicians/government officials
>>22951749>implying arc’s writing is good and superior to blazar’s
>>22951911Dobashi, like a lot of things in Blazar, was good on paper but fell short in execution
>>22952818You can ignore anyone obviously trying to force buzzwords
So like.....do scans just not happen anymore?
>>22952917No, I ate it
>>22952917You get monthly episode previews on Cinematoday website.
After Helnarak arc, I have a very low expectations for King of Mons. I'm guessing it will take one episode at most and no guest Ultra.
Bring back Regulos.
>>22953113Why would it need more than that?
>>22953129He's too chinky so he's getting sanctioned from appearing on screen
>>22953141Because Arc is fucking boring. Bring back Zero
Looking back, I like Blazar as an Ultra, but the show was an utter disappointment. It was not at all what the previews and first episode suggested it would be and that ending was such a wet fart.
>>22952031Sometimes I feel like Galaxy Rising was meant for Zero but considering he not only has Beyond but also a huge role in Geed, they gave it to Geed instead. If Omega is related to Zero I can see Z taking on similar role.
>>>/wsg/5743513
>>22953193I don't like how the show, by all accounts, never really directly addresses that Gento is a poor leader due to the circumstances that leave him unable to lead. I really thought they had some plan for that.
>>22953912The idea of captain being the Ultraman alone would naturally make people think there will be a plot point of people questioning why he always disappears and whatnot, but nope. Gento is practically no different than a Sentai leader.
>>22953941I really thought they gave him precognition so could properly lead through planning way ahead, and could actually accommodate for unexpected changes with contingency plans, making his absence as an active leader less of bid deal.Instead he uses it like two times, and his team constantly suffers and gets shat on cause their leader is larping that he's constantly getting knocked out or whatever.
Taiga Tri Strium but with Mebius and Ginga
>>22953946Even Juggler was able to find a way to use his position and make excuses for Riku, Haruki and himself to disappear by issuing commands to isolate themselves when the time comes. Gento's tactical genius is just one of the many things that writers forgot about. Just like them forgetting what Blazar's finisher is or how they forgot that Jobbergaron is a killing machine or even how they even forgot to set up and actual final threat/villain for the show.
>>22951131Trigger was the best because it was the first one to not have stupid weapon.
So what IS the Attack Team with the highest kill count?
>>22954798Night Raiders from Nexus.
>>>/wsg/5744128
>>22954844I can already tell the King of Mons episode is going to be disappointing. Also, no recap till end of Dec?
>>22954888Its sole purpose is to shill Galaxy armor, despite that being poorly received due to resembling Grimace-puke
>>22954888Apparently, there are no Cubes for the TDG aside for Gaia and Agul Supreme. If they want to push it as one last P Bandai, this episode should work
More UNFIX soon (?)
Hellnarak was so bad, it still doesn't have a wiki page on Ultraman wiki. It's officially shit.
From TV-kun & TV MagazineThe final boss monster is Gilbug, with a pig-like face.Creepy creatureThe pillar is a mysterious device that allows a man in a white mask to interfere with people's minds.The three-horned monster's name is TrigerosA life-sized Zandrias appears in the King of Monsters episodeAppearanceThe name of the blue-bodied monster that appears in the movie is unknown.The film will also feature new monsters with designs that resemble Shiba Inu and foxes.The Blazer manga will be published as a book in Terebi-kun Legacy and will come with a soft vinyl semi-human figure
>>22956126Kaiju wiki's in general are trash as seen with Wikizilla
>>22956688what the FUCK
Magazine scans
>>22956739
>>22956740
>>22956741
>>22956552>life-sized ZandriasWhat? Like human-sized? Or a 40m tall prop?
>>22956775>>22956742Top right
>>22956688that actually looks badass as a final boss. he looks sentient
>>22956742jinkies, the new kaijus on bottom page look really like something out of the showa era
>>22956742Mu-chan kaiju debut???Tsujimoto you madman.
>>22956739>scans
>>22956688I like this guy quite a bit
I have finished watching Ultraman Z. It's a good show.
>>22956985The best New Gen show, personally
The period pre Ginga felt Soo weird, it's like a limbo featuring zero all around
>>22957064It's a look into what Rider would've been like if there was a period of just ZX
>>22957081I think Black RX as Rider representation in the early 90s like in those Compati Heroes games is the better comparison.
>>22956688PIEEEEG>>22956742Is that a hornlessgelos?
>>22956688>>22956742You know what, I kinda dig it after seeing it.After so many vicious and gnarly looking final bosses, a wacky looking one is not a bad idea, at least on paper
>>22957142Could be cool if he's like Pressure where he's just an Evil Wizard who causes Problems On Purpose For No Reason
>>22957261>Look up Alien Pressure to get a reminder of his gimmick>Only footage of him on YouTube is a fetish videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykZS-zNfpbI
>>22956688Acceptable if it makes freaky distorted pig squeal noises.
>>22957268
>>22957268>he doesn't have a local copy of every show so he can pull up any episode on a whim
>>22957818With how bad arc is, don't count on it.
Leaked Kaiju from Omega.https://files.catbox.moe/dg4cl2.jpg
>>22957923fuck you
>>22957818going by Ultraman release pattern since Taiga it alternates between good and bad. >Taigabad>Zgood>Triggerbad>Deckergood>Blazarbad>Arcgood>Omegaunfortunately it will be bad
>>22958142>blazar bad>arc goodWhat dimension do you come from
>>22958142>Blazar>bad>Arc>bad>Omega>unfortunately it will be badFixed
>>22958181>implying the reverseare you sure you're not from the retard dimension?
>>22956688It's him
>>22958594is that mf ganon
>>22958724yehhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIJiuBMj_0
>staff member keeps sneaking his dog into the show>one of the kaiju coming up is literally his dog
>anti-gravity not!GomessSure why not
>Fuck this, I'm out.And then Gomess flew away.
What is this, Pris-Ma?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBKHDqh034EHow was Arc's 20th episode?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59epn5RkcP8Episode 21 preview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAqW7q3Hk-w
Its cool how this Gomess ended up being a new kaiju entirely
>>22959768This might have been them retiring the suit. It's old as fuck now.
>>22959691Is this Pelops 3?>>22959724Zandrias becomes King of Mons?
Didn't the trademark drops mentioned Kingsaurus? I wonder if he was supposed to be for this episode
>>22959837Arc's director said Kingsaurus was supposed to be in this show. He must have gotten cut.
>>22959917I guess the suit wasn't ready. Perhaps in Omega
Arc is kino again after the past 2 eps
So besides the final boss, do we have any other new kaiju appearing in the series?
>>22959720Really good. They should bring in more guest directors for character episodes like this, each character only has one anyway might as well give them a drama director. Pair them with a good special effects director ofc, like this episode.
>>22959720kino. as expected from Arc's non-crossover episodes
So The consensus on Arc so far is that.....its good? Nothing really special, but overall a fun entry in the series. Pic unrelated
>>22960166It's solid but lacks any reason for me to rewatch it
>>22960166It's a solid C grade compared to Z's A grade and Trigger's F grade
>>22960217I'd rate it a solid B
>>22960217Nah, Arc is way better than Z. Z only really has spectacle and that's it, its actual themes and messages are rather basic and underwhelming for an Ultra show. Arc meanwhile has more subtances and depth to its messages.
>>22960250And it's boring. People watch show for entertainment, so that comes first. It doesn't matter what theme or messages you have, if you executes it terribly, no one will care
>>22960250Arc has better standalone episodes but Z has better characters. i see decker somewhere in the middle.
>>22960268>and its boringsounds like a you issue. Arc is plenty entertaining. if you want mindless slop, /krg/ is the other way.
>>22960275Which speaking of, Yuma being a boring MC doesn't help either. Just because he doesn't shout a transformation chant, doesn't mean he shouldn't have personality >>22960278>to be fair, you need to have a high IQ to enjoy ArcAnd you can go back to whatever pretentious website you're from, which I assume is plebbit
>>22960268I agree completely. I've stopped and restarted watching twice already and have seen no uptick in story or characters. It just plods along.
>>22960166Arc is currently a solid B. It doesn't have a standout episode yet, but it makes up for it with having a varitey of good episodes, with the only mid ones being the Blazar two parter, and bringing back more old school Ultra violence. Could get bumped to an A.
>>22960283>Arc not being mindless slop means it's pretentious high IQ shityou just have low IQ, anon. /krg/ accepts you wholeheartedly
>>22960298>i said to the class "YouP!" and one person in the back laugh, it was Albert Einsteinyou're not getting any updoot here, anon
>>22960291>no standout episode yetI beg to differ: episode 10
>>22960268The problem with that assessment is that this is Ultraman. To me, what's special about Ultraman is that it has always been more than just "big guy fights monster". Ultraman always had something that it wanted to say, a message that it wanted to tell. I don't mind the occasional spectacle heavy episode every now and then, but my problem with Z is that as I was watching it, it often gave me nothing to think about and reflect on after I watched an episode.
>>22960319I don't deny that but Ultraman is a first and foremost is an entertainment show. It caught the heart of the people with 1966 and Seven for being a special effect masterpiece, with the deep themes being attached to it.Arc has the spirit to try that, yes. But the execution leaves a lot to desire. Even Orb did it better back then
>>22960315DAh, fuck. You're right.Still a solid B for the mid Blazar two parter tho.
>>22960324Yeah that crossover was bizzare to say the least in terms of execution and whatever that built up for it just didn't come to fruition (the sword technique stuff from zangill).
>>22960324by default all crossover episodes are trash so its only fair to pretend they aren't part of the main show. really even geed in Z was offputting and rushed (devil splinter storyline completely stops)
>>22960319dont try to reason with low IQ riderfags, anon. they need subway surfers clips under any ultra series epsiode to properly pay attention
>>22960335>unlike me, who plays newspaper sudoku, because I don't believe in smartphonesNaah, you're far worse than a plebbitor. You're on Linkedin
>>22947979Is there a tsubucon in decemeber?
>>22960380That only happens once every two years, so it's next December
>>22959720High kino just like other Uchida's Arc episode so far. Really beautiful as well.>>22960059>guest director Uchida isn't a guest director at all. He's like Tomonobu Koshi, a long time crew (mainly assistant director) at TsuPro who climbed up and debuted as an episode director recently. Both have a great track record for being a new director. Uchida especially got a beast debut. Arc ep 9, 10, and now 21.>>22960324Yea. Can't believe the Zangill 2-parter are actually better than the main Blazar 2-parter. Tho i didn't really hate it, it had neat fresh concept, lacking in execution.
>>22960397Uchida is the special effects director, episode's director is this guy.https://x.com/akitakeyusuke/status/1860129796220682654Both Uchida and Tsujimoto even tweeted about it before the episode.
>>22960404Oh you right, i misread the credit roll. Eps 9 & 10 are Yuasa, while Eps 20 & 21 are Yusuke. Uchida is the main special effect director for all 4.
>>2296041021 & 22* i mean.
>>22960291It's fine, like a solid 7-7.5/10. Overall it's honestly nothing special, but it's had a few fantastic standout episodes like the one with the neet and his shortwave radio alien girlfriend. The problem is that it's dragged down by a fairly bland cast and some real stinker arcs like the recent Blazar crossover.
You know, I'm more of a Godzilla guy.
>>22960621INFLATES YOU BIG AND ROUND
>>22960291>>22960315I would add the first couple episodes are weak also that Episodes Six and Eight are standouts.
>>22960334>by default all crossover episodes are trashThe crossover with Zangill THEY JUST HAD was a million times better though.Yes, Arc meeting a friendly Blazar monster then fighting a bunch of ghost Blazar monsters counts as a crossover. yeah, you do have to judge crossovers by their own metric, but you shouldn't pretend they are all equal.
>>22959720Really thought they wee going to say the crystal entity was like a nu-Pris-ma from Return of Ultraman.
>>22960909Pris-Ma is one of my favorite kaiju. What do you mean one of the strongest enemies in Ultraman which rivals Pressure, Belial, Rayblood, and Empera is just a pile of shiny rocks that screams in agony? We need so many more threats like that.
>>22960981why is Pressure considered a top tier sejin
Just watched the Sweed 2 parter of Arc. Best eps of the series so far. I hope Sweed comes back for the finale.
>>22961021Because Ultraman King got involved. Obviously it's production issue, but think about it; he didn't step in when Belial stole the freaking Plasma Spark but Pressure bullying Leo? Oh, shit is real for him for some reason which implies that in universe, Pressure was THE MENACE
>>22961021Pressure is one of the few outright magical aliens in the setting, and I don't mean strong telekinetic or something, he is straight up a wizard. He can do magic on par with Dyna Miracle's bullshit. King was needed to deal with him.
>>22960334>geed in Z was offputting and rushedI never liked that it essentially made the Geed movie feel pointless, since they apparently had Geed's movie monster beat him in a rematch in a flash back, having him defeat the same form that dealt with him in the movie. I thought maybe they were implying the movie monster was getting stronger, but he didn't seem nearly as powerful and Geed seems to take him out fairly easily in his new Z form.
>>22961397at least he got a rematch. man-san is forever cucked by zetton
>>22961528They made a special just for that though (Revive! Ultraman)
When does Ultra seven get good? I've watched 11 episode and maybe 3 where memorable
>The SP in Gomess (SP) stand for singular point\...Is that a Godzilla reference? I already know about the original being made by using the old Godzilla suit.
>>22961552Ultra Seven ramps up when it finds it's footing. It'll still have it's mid episodes, but when Seven hits, it fucking hits. Keep watching.
>>22948026It felt like this was supposed to happen at the start of the series.Just learning to do Blazar's first finisher after the absolute fiasco Arc pulled off in the previous two parter, literally making copies of himself and destroying an actual army, makes no sense.Now it seems like he would have defeated Hellnarak fairly easily if he fought him the way Zangill told him to, and that his ability to summon an army was more dangerous than the kaiju itself.
Zoffy was a real reacher's pet and Seven was fucking STUPID (So we know where Zero got it from)
>>22962997
I feel like Arc's lasting legacy is going to be that it's a really well made and competent series that ultimately doesn't stand out.It lacks the sauce and real attention drivers the previous "post new-gen" shows had. It's not even a bad show and has some great one-offs but overall there's no "check this out for X"
>>22963443I'll always remember it for having a ridiculous hype teaser for the Blazar crossover, only for the actual crossover to be a wet fart.
Ultraman & Emi are out as DLC fighters for GigaBash.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ9HuKZhWgQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnEUwA8D--s
>>22963443It sucks because unlike X or Decker, both well made shows that unfortunately didn't stood out because of the overshadowing from the series after it, you don't really have a reason to see it againX is a team up seasons and Decker is for Dyna fans. Arc is on his own. Even with the cinematography, you can find that on other shows, and I have no doubt future shows would have what Arc has if not better
>>22963486I'd argue that Decker nails its atmosphere and plotting really well especially as the "covid season".Like it never fully drops that feeling of as desperate struggle and Agams aside, the influence of the Sphere and how the isolation is affecting people remains pretty persistently. And it's all assisted by several scenes of boots on the ground fighting against an alien threat and backing up Decker.
>>22963468I like how this game plays and I love the roster at this point, but it feels like there's nothing to really do but go through a very barebones arcade mode and maybe play a few casual couch matches with your friends. It's strange that they continue to support it with more characters when it honestly had more than enough already, proportional to it's lack of content in other fields.
>>22963493Oh, I agree. But coming before Blazar didn't do it any favor to being overshadowed.
>>22963493>>22963501Decker is overshadowed by Blazar? Blazar seemed like it was constantly bleeding hype to me. People didn't even care about the movie.
>>22963508People still put Blazar in pedestal because it's return to root gimmick, while Decker was just another New Gen format. But the hype is definitely fading now that people are realizing one thing; they miss the New Gen format because deep down, a lot of these people started or returned to the franchise with New Gen, and it's what they're accustomed to
>>22962997>>22963041kek
>>22963496>it feels like there's nothing to really do but go through a very barebones arcade mode and maybe play a few casual couch matches with your friendsThey've slowly but surely been adding more content to the game with each update. There's a survival mode now, as well as several mini-game-type challenges, and while it's not a new game mode, they did add the game play mechanic of being able to lock beams and beam war with opponents.>It's strange that they continue to support it with more characters when it honestly had more than enough alreadyI think the developers are aware that they have the unique opportunity to not only have a fun game with GigaBash, but also turn it into a "Kaiju Super Smash Bros," assuming the owners of the various kaiju are willing to play ball. Obviously Toho and Tsuburaya are, from what I've heard they're still trying to manage a deal with Kadokawa (from the rumors I've heard, Kadokawa wants them to use Rebirth Gamera, while the Passion Republic Games want to use either Showa or Heisei, so they haven't been able to agree on a deal yet), and King Kong, Evangelion, Power Rangers, Pacific Rim, and Attack on Titan are all on their radar.
>>22963513Blazar was put on a pedestal because SEAfags somehow convinced themselves it was related to Nexus. The show itself, genetically, is the same as any other new gen show. There is no "return to root" gimmick here. It didn't return to showa, heisei, or any other "root." The only gimmick it had was that Blazar was a turbo retard. The things that Blazar as a show did differently was ultimately what held it back. Jobbergaron, underdeveloped characters, the lack of an actual evil villain and the Ultra himself being a turbo retard manchild who forgot about his own signature move halfway through the show is what ultimately killed the hype.
>>22962997you know it makes about seven knowing the dude abandoned his job just because he thought earth looked a little too pretty.
You know how Power Rangers RPM has post apocalypse as a setting and manage around it by having the city background to be a holographic projection dome? I feel like Ultraman series can use the same concept to a better extent
I'm enjoying Arc. Its fun and Rin is hot
Those Takashi Miike episodes of Max are excellent.
>>22947999Episode directed by Takashi Yamazaki
>>22963982I don't see how that would really apply.If it's not being used as an excuse to recontectualize reused footage, I feel like most post apocalyptic settings would just proudly display the post apocalyptic setting whenever possible.
>>22960334That was a problem between both Geed crossovers in Z. Why did they introduce the devil splinter plotline before the Geed crossover even happened, then essentially write it off when he shows up? Why did they make Geed's movie villain seem less powerful than X's TV villain? Why even bring back the X villain if it was to introduce a Belial themed power-up?
On the second part of the Blazar 4 parter in Arc, this is really good so far, shame it goes to shit in the final ep from what I hear
Ok whats all this stuff about Earth Garon not getting any kills? I just finished the series and he gets a LOT of kills?
>>22965935I only remember it killing some of those snake things... that are revealed to just be part of Gebalga. It ALMOST got to kill the bomber version of Deltandal, but then they have Blazar kill steal it for some reason. Which seemed really weird, like it was mandated. Which is odd because Cyber Gomora, Sevenger and King Joe Storage all got kills without any sort of caveat.I genuinely don't remember it getting any other kills.
>>22965934It less goes to shit, and more just fails to actually land any of the hype it set up. Arc fighting Hellnarak's army after Zangil teaches him seemed way more cinematic and flashy than Arc actually fighting Hellnarak. And the choice to not have Blazar actually be there to help was very weird.
It's out.https://nyaa.si/view/1907469
>>22965935>he gets a LOT of kills?list these kills then retard
>>22965935He doesn't.
https://x.com/FunKaijuFacts/status/1864097932099948785
>>22967416>>22967449A good amount of Illudo's, joint kill with Blazar on Guigass and Red King, helped Blazar land the finishing blows on Brood Gebalga, kills a ton of Zugugan Larva, kills the giant Deltandal as well as two regular ones later on
>>22967761>joints killsin other words not jobbergaron's killsthe closest he got to killing anyt real kaiju was deltandal B and it got robbed by blazar. the only thing he actually killed are like 2 or 3 irugo larvae and thats it. i don't know when you say jobbergaron kills 2 regular deltandals because Blazar killed both deltandals at the start of ep 23
i feel sad that Orb never got a sclupt update (apart from his face) because Orb trinity has the update hip/leg joints and a bulkier sculpt overall.
>>22968250Is there a difference between the nornal and New Generation Stars rerelease? But yeah, OG ones are prone to loose legs
>>22968561The youtuber that I got this screenshot from did point out differences in the head. I also noticed when he put them side by side that the new gen stars version has deeper grooves in the pattern behind the head. you can also notice the end of his head crest is pointier. hard to tell but the mouth and eyes might also be different
>>22967761That's just normal support vehicle tier participation. Hell, even this human scale hand gun got to kill a main monster, by taking out Alien Zarab.Generally people hold the actual bipedal mecha to a higher standard, especially after Z. They assume they will get to take out a full fledged monsters at least once during the course of the show. Even Sevenger got to take out Guigass, and Sevenger was mostly played for laughs.Earth Garon's performance feels most similar to Windam's in Z, and Windam also has reputation for being the awkward middle child who gets no respect, in the context of Storage.
>>22968561Better comparison.
>>22968662the head is definitely newer. I wish we at least got the new leg joints an updated chest sculpt
https://nyaa.si/view/1907469If anyone cares, here's Blazar the movie subbed
>>22968713Thanks I've been patiently waiting.
>>22968768Hope you aren't expecting too much
Been out of Ultraman since Z. What’s the verdict on Arc so far? Should I catch up on it or go back and watch Blazar instead?
>>22971317I like it, the science team being a non-military non-profit gives it an interesting premise, albeit low-stakes until the mid-season multiparter.
>>22971317Just watch Blazar and wait till Arc ends.
>>22971317if you enjoy edging and ruined orgasms, watch blazar. if you enjoy kino standalone episodes, catch up on Arc but skip the blazar crossover
>>22971317Skip both and watch Trigger instead
>>22971317It's thoroughly average. Blazar was substantially more interesting.
>>22968627>>22968662Makes me wonder if other NewGen Stars have differences as well. Hopefully Ginga ones would have sturdier joints.
>>22968713It couldn't be more obvious that they have nothing else to tell about Blazar. Honestly, they should have made another big Ultra movie like the Zero trilogy in its place. Something that takes them out of Tokyo
>>22972465zero movies were made in a time when we had 0 weekly shows
>>22972475Thank you Captain ObviousMy point is that, instead of making a movie for Blazar, they should have made different Ultra movies, something at the scale of the Zero trilogy. They could have made one for Z since he obviously has a lot of stories to tell. Blazar felt like they did the movie out of obligation and reused a dropped script
>>22968657Did Windom got any kills in Mebius?
>>22972611One of the Insectus.
>>22972611Windam actually did a lot better in Mebius compared to Ultraseven.
>>22972499are you retarded or something? let me say this again.zero moviesare madewhen there were 0 weekly showsdo i really need to spell out what that means? its means there is BUDGET left for that SCALE of movies you fucking RETARD
>>22972623They showed that they could have done movies out of town like Geed and not to mention all those tech they've used for UGF and such. It can be doneBlazar movie is meaningless and shouldn't have existed, that's the main point
>>22971317Arcfags will tell you it's good and blazar sucks, but the opposite is true.
>>22972612How many kills did GUYS get
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNRts3NMW1s
>>22972652t. Blazar SEAfag
>>22972465I was hoping they'll have enough money to churn out two Ultra movies, but honestly ever since Taiga movie these movies have been seemingly lower budget than usual, they even straight up dropping new forms for the Ultras and with Blazar and Arc, nothing new at all.
>>22971317Blazar was super disappointing to me. All the right elements for what should have been a fantastic show are in place, but they were sorely mishandled. Arc on the other hand hasn't done much to really wow me or stand out bar a couple of really good episodes, but it's overall decent enough. Blazar was fine when it came to the action, but fumbled the ball when it came to its characters and story. Arc has some great characters and a lot of charm, but I feel like the action sequences frequently fall short.
>Shows up to upgrade your Ultra>Refuses to elaborate>leaves (going by the Arc crossover)
>>22972964Was it a robot? You barely get to see it past it's flame effects in the show, but the toy seriously makes it look robotic.
>>22972964>>22972972probably the most whatever character ever introduced in ultra in any significant capacity. like they just farted this one out and said "yeah lets make this the recurring upgrade"
Why was Guts Select 2 so fucking competant
Arc is good. There, I said it.
King of Mons tonight!
>>22973401because they had to train to join. wasnt it like 2 years or something? meanwhile OG guts select didnt even knew each other>>22973429i hope its actually king of mons and not a switcheroo of some kind. would be interesting to see to see how the explain king of mons existing
>>22973418And you are wrong.Again.
>>22973429Let's not get too excited. Blazar already showed how incompetent Arc story can be>>22973570The way I see it, it's going to be an evolution of Zandrias somehow
>it's just GivasMeh
>>22973868Better than gaia showing out of nowhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLn61d2TLXgHow was Arc's 21st episode?
Couldn't be assed to give King of Mons a mouth mechanism, huh?
>>22973878It was ok, final fight was kind of a rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e2RcMeftqsEpisode 22 preview.
>>22973870Nope. It's boring. The Imagination thing would have made it work regardless of which Ultraman >>22973878Wasted King of Mons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE1x69csn4k
Another excellent fight. Why was the Hellnarak fight such a bummer, but sandwiched between two great elaborate fight scenes that actually delivered? Either way, loved Givas not only getting to come back, but getting to kick ass.
>>22973117It's weird too, because Blazar had good set up for his sword (built from Garmon, to destroy Gebalga), and the rainbow buzzsaw (whole backstory with the old professor). But then his actual suit upgrade just shows up and you have to fill in the blanks yourself.
I am not familiar with King of Mons, other than it being a movie villain. And don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty lame when they treat movie villains like MOTW. It made me made when they did that with Zaigorg in Geed. That said, in a vacuum, I thought this episode was great. My only complaint was there not really being any lead up to Givas showing up again.Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he DID show again. And him showing up seemed to literally be the result of a wish, so it being sudden makes sense. But he's essentially Yuma's robot friend and Yuma didn't do shit but fight in this episode.
>>22973947>Why was the Hellnarak fight such a bummerBecause it's directed by Takesue, the director with the worst track record with fight scenes in New Gen.
>>22973891Now this looks like an actually interesting episode
Any rumors about the next recap series after Arc ends?
>>22973878Peak
>>22973878Better than the Blazar crossover.Givas proven to be more competent than Earth Garon.
>>22974185Recap series stopped being a clue for the next series since New Generation Stars in 2023. We're likely getting just a general New Gen recap with previous characters as the main cast like Z's Yuka and Trigger's Ignis this year.I can see them get one of the Blazar cast just so they can talk about Arc appeared in their world in one of the episode.
>>22974212I was wondering because I think we got information about the next recap series around this point in the last year
>>22973878yet another kino heartfelt episode. the fight was insane too with the transitions and Givas coming back. I suppose that might mean we're getting his SHF. I also thought it was funny when Arc tried to catch his sword but it despawned lmao
>>22973878Great. Arc fucks.
Givas is quickly becoming my fav Arc kaiju
>>22973878 This felt very showa
>>22974342Everything felt very Showa with Arc, and that's why it's mid
I really feel like this enhances the Givas storyline considerably. That two parter almost made it feel like Givas was choosing to reject reality and banish itself to an eternity alone on the moon, all for the sake of it's dead master's wishes. Now, even if a wish is what woke him up, this episode implies Givas has enough stake in this world that he considers it worth defending. Shame there's not really anyone who can probably repair him to be combat ready again, but at least he was a great help.
>>22973878>Noooo, Dreams came true because of hard work and stuff>Said by someone who's Pretty and have connectionsAoi's right...
Absolutely insane listening to Rin immediately jump in to start guilting her supposed childhood friend for cheating to achieve her dreams, when the worst she did when she was using wishes without realizing it was... bringing a pet to work... and getting a tiny bit of recognition that apparently wasn't even enough to get her out of her deadend job yet.I mean yeah, her summoning King of Mons was over the line, but Rin was scolding her childhood friend before she actually did.
>>22973878I like it, better than Hellnarak. Only problem is the sudden Givas coming to help. Not like Arc is having a problem since he's still not use Galaxy.
>>22974369Galaxy is too goddamn powerful. The portals mixed with him being able to make copies of himself, mixed with the firepower we saw it use to take out thousands of full sized kaiju at once, really makes it feel like the only tension here is because he can't (or refuses to) use it unless he's at low HP. Which just makes it seem like Hellnarak simply wasn't enough of a threat to push him this far in the first place.
>>22974360I think one factor for Rin's apparent "success" is that Rin pretty much specialised into kaiju studies, a niche field, which essentially meant she(and the others in the same field) are literally the only folks that SKIP/GDF would hire for kaiju research teams. If one wants to do kaiju research work in the GDF and studied kaijus in their university/etc, unless they're a huge fuckup the GDF or organisations like SKIP would 100% take them. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if in-universe everyone that's in the kaiju research field in their school days were automatically given a job offer from either GDF/other research organisation right after graduation.
Weird change, Arc spoke with Yuuma's voice during the "plz sub" endcard
>Be part of SKaRD, a heavily armed elite task team with a unique kaiju sized mecha>episode where you dad who's having trouble on his farm is skeptical about your career is a better choice than what he has going onContrasted with...>Be part of SKIP, a modest local research division with a robot they apparently give to everyone>episode where your childhood friend assumes you've officially made it in life.How did SKaRD get such a bad rep in-universe... It's sad.
What the fuck is wrong with Rin?Shouldn't making sure the apparently friendly kaiju doesn't get shot be more important than preaching to her friend? This is a series where multiple friendly MOTW have been established already. And the twist revealed the red orb was benevolent after all.
Feels weird when Arc doesn't just use Galaxy right off the bat
>>22974434i assume its because SKaRD is an organisation that is placed in way more dangerous situations like direct combat compared to SKIP who, at best, leads certain kaiju research operations and evac procedures. it's like your son decided to join the military instead inheriting your business or any other profession that he qualifies for.
>>22974480there's this common saying "save the best for last" and it applies to Ultra. It's the same reason why Ultraman doesn't just spacium beam the shit out of kaiju the moment he appears.
>>22974480In like three episodes now, It seems like it genuinely only comes out when he's hurting. I'm not sure if it's Yuma being theatrical or if it's an actual limitation. It also seems to essentially reset his color timer.
>>22974695> it genuinely only comes out when he's hurting.Cause that is his gimmick. The armors can only emerge when his color timer blinks
>>22974404pretty much, compared to the abundance of writers
>>22974434You've seen SKaRd's actually battle record. Imagine if the air force fighter jets constantly falls out of the sky
>>22974434Fuck off Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultraman/comments/1h8uqhh/saw_this_and_it_got_me_thinking_what_do_you_guys/
I'm happy the Blazer crossover was just a misstep, Arc was fucking good this week, next episode looks really interesting.
>>22974799That's what blows my ass about SKaRD. They're supposed to be these elite badasses but I could count their actual victories and successes on one hand. I don't remember a single fight where Earth Garon didn't get its shit pushed in.
They really should have saved Givas for the finale or something
>>22971317I hate how most replies to this post are talking about the main story of these two episodic shows.How many episodes of Blazar were even dedicated to the main plotline? 6 or 7 throughout the whole season? Meanwhile I think the show has some really good episodes. The Cicada Man is imo the best New Gen Ultra episode.Then there is stuff like the Nijikagaguchi 2-parter, Zangil, Gavadon and the insurance guy episode.
Hasegawa approves this Arc episode.https://x.com/dinahasegawa/status/1865327024912650578He wrote the Gaia movie.
>>22976154Of course he will. He's also a writer and probably heard the same shit Rin gave to Aoi
>>22976154Arc confirmed KINO. Arc haters on suicide watch
>>22976375Hasegawa wrote Gotchard, so no
>>22976400its hard to make modern kamen rider good. any writer getting a kamen rider job is gonna have to work 5x harder
>>22976412I guess he was paired with an incompetent production
>>22976412Nobody is gonna bat a .90 over a 30 year career, let alone in the most money driven era of toku it has ever been in.
Ultraman toy shills aren't even Rider level bad so I don't get why Hasegawa isn't returning
>>22976846I don't know those Ultra space segments pre-blazar where pretty bad even if there was less toys to shill
>>22976862It's not like the show suffered that bad. Orb and Geed were amazing
>>22976846He technically still write for TsuPro, the SSSS Gridman series are by him.
>>22976980He also wrote Ultraman Armor spinoffs with Tiga, Zero and Nexus.
>>22976846Maybe TsuPro can't afford him any more. I'd imagine his contract is a lot higher compared to 10 years ago when he wrote Ginga
>>22976415He is and the fact that producer favored the other writer. Hasegawa mentioned he wanted to make Gotchard more serious but was vetoed.
>>22977275If Toei can afford him, I don't see why TsuPro/Bandai would struggle
>>22973878Amazing
>>22977709Toei actually has money compared to TsuPro. Bandai money goes to the top merch maker after all
>>22977275>>22977709I think it's more to do with him wanting to do non-Ultra stuff.
>>22977784>Toei has moneyThey don't look like they do, if their production shows. It's definitely nothing to do with contract
>>22976846>Ultraman toy shills aren't even Rider level bad it might as well be with how long some of the transformations used to be
All of you are just old
>>22978630I mean the Ultras are thousand year olds.
>>22978630your mom is old lmaoooo
>>22978630Yes. And?
>>22978881>>22978971>>22979382They're gonna return to the New Gen formulae after Omega. Let's just be ready to get upset again
>>22979389the fuck you mean "return" to new gen formula after omega? are we not already in the new gen formula? or are you guys tricking yourselves into thinking omega will somehow be different like you guys thought with blazar?
>>22979528It means going back to muh senpaitachi power. Omega would have already been filmed by now, so Arc toy sales wouldn't have the chance to influence it. Also it's the 60th anniversary, which means senpai power will be the focus
>>22979543>senpaitachitheres actually a word for it and its fusion. there's only 3 shows that do that vs the 8 other new gen shows that we have
How come teams like GUTS and DASH and GUYS are loved when they're just as incompetant and have a lack of kills as SKARD?
>>22979628That's why I ain't talking about fusion, but using senior power as a whole >>22979811Longer episodes provide them with more rooms to be showcase as competent Also nostalgia
Goodbye, page 10 /m78/.
>>22980487Well?
