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>60 years>hasn't had a good show in 20 of those
>>23699511Better than Kamen Rider's years at least.
I’ve started rewatching the original Ultraman for the first time in about a decade to celebrate the 60th. God it’s shocking how much better its production values are than other Showa stuff. Even Ultraseven looks notably worse than Ultraman.
>>23699519>>23699511stop responding to yourself
>>23699707?
>>23699439i miss the 50 episode shows bros...i don't hate the new stuff but they sorta just blur together with how short they are
>>23699519Kamen Rider has only been in a decadence for 6-7 years, Ultraman has been in one for 13 years and counting.
>>23698033>Sevenger kicks assThat's like saying a Labubu looks badass.
>>23699742being 50 episodes didn't make showa Ultras any better
>>2369974239 episodes would be the right count for us. 50 is too much, but 25 is too little.
>>23699742>>23700035>>23700072Agreed. Heck, just somewhere 30 and up without going into 40 would be enough. Been years and they Bandai still doesn't give tsupro higher budgets.
Started watching Max. I know it was a hard course correction and was made as safe as possible after Nexus failed, but so far I actually kind of appreciate how "bread and butter" it is, especially when you stack it up against New Gen/Reiwa Ultras. Kaito is kind of bland though and I'm still not sure if I like DASH as a group yet.
>>23700035It made them better than New Gen Ultras though.
>>23700383Max was my first Ultra show and is still one of my favs. Its great.
>>23700383Max is a weird show for meI really want to hate it because of its bland cast (outside of Sean), being the origin of all the over the top nostalgia pandering that Ultra got stuck in for two decades, and for handling its nostalgia pandering through constant obnoxious winks and nodsAt the same time though, almost everything in Max that isn't nostalgia pandering is really fucking good. Episodes 15 and 37 are some of the best Ultra episodes of the Heisei era (and by extension some of the best episode of the franchise as a whole). Those episodes don't look particularly safe compared to the shit we get today
I wonder what's the reception of the recent ultra shows for the japanese side. Like from 2chan or just forums out there in general. Curious if they still follow the franchise.
>>23700440The only nostalgia pandering show that ever actually worked was Mebius because it felt like an actual celebration of Ultraman's legacy rather than cheap memberberries.
>>23700383I just started watching it as well, 3(4 technically) episodes in and I really like everything I've seen so far. The DASH team are charming, Max is cooler than I imagined in action, and the way the episodes pan out are pretty good. I like that the new guy in the group is just one guy and is Max's host, so he's not a total one beat character. I also like how well DASH gets along with each other, they seem a lot more playful and fun than other teams, but also highly effective. The only thing I don't like is how long the launching sequences are for the DASH jets tho lol
>>23700635Kaito is one of the blander Ultra protagonists though. His character doesn't go much farther than "nice guy who likes to help people and can get a little hotheaded."
>>23700661He's not though, most other Ultra protagonists aren't any better than Kaito
>>23700661You've described almost every Ultra protagonist.
Apparently the Millcreek Mebius disks are getting hard to find.Rebranding from the buyout? A Bluray re-release now that Tsuburaya has done one? Or are they going out of print?
now that we're on the topic of max, do wish they would make this form a reality some day. I'm not sure if I will watch Max for now but this design looks clean and elegant for a final form.
>>23701308Wait, why didn't it become a real suit during Max's run?
>>23701308>>23701311IIRC this was still during the concept stage where Max would do monster fusion forms. By the time they got to actually making the suits and all that they had decided on a more Showa style of Ultra who didn't have form changes, just a bracelet with the Max Galaxy.
>>23701311Apart from what anon below me said, it was also during the time where the financial situation for tsupro was really in the red, so they opted to go for a safer approach, hence the leaning towards showa style presentation.>>23701314Arent these suppose to be kaiju armors rather than new suits? Like what we got today.
>>23701329The monster fusions were integrated with the undersuit far more than Omega's Meteokaiju.
https://ultrablogdx.wordpress.com/2020/08/05/ultraman-max-production-history/Does Ultraman still air on TBS? They really did tsupro dirty during Max's run...
>>23700661The DASH members are remake of SSSP except maybe Elly.
>>23701357>Does Ultraman still air on TBS?No but they're supposed to have a new project airing there but still no update about that.
>>23701433I think Mizuki is the one who surprised me the most. Your first impression is that she's going to be a hardass no-nonsense type who's going to be scolding Kaito all the time, but she softens up almost immediately and is just as much of a goofball as the rest of the team most of the time.
>>23701433SSSP basically codified the standard team archetype so you can argue every team is a remake of SSSP in so way>the hero>the captain>the brain>the brawn>the girl>the kidSome times the roles get mixed and/or duplicated but it's the same archetype
>>23701497Not at all. Most of the other Heisei era teams don't feel anything like DASH or the SSSPYou could make an argument for Cosmos and Mebius, but even they have characters like Fubuki and Marina that don't fit neatly into of the archetypes you mentioned
>>23701511Heisei just broke the captain role into two roles but the archetype is still there>captainIruma and Munakata, Hibiki and Koda, Ishimuro and Tsutsumi, Hiura and Shinobu >brainHorii, Nakajima, Gamu and Alchemy Star, Doigaki >brawnShinjoh, Ryo and Kariya, The XIG fighter teams, Fubuki >girlRena, Ryo and Mai, Atsuko and Georgie and the bridge bunnies, Ayano >kidYazumi, Mai, KCB, Ayano Even TLT fits this with Shiori the brawn, Ishibori as the brain, Nagi both the brawn and the captain. The only Heisei one that broke the formula is Gaia and that's because the show has a massive roster, but even then the fighter teams fit the archetypes>captainFalcon>brainLightning>brawnHercules>girlCrow>kidSeagull and MarlinIn fact, GUTS is almost a copy of SSSP personality wise with Horii basically being a modern Ide and Shinjoh being the designated punching bag just like Arashi
>>23701584You're only really looking at things in terms of team role rather than personality, relevance in the show, etc. which is a shallow and ultimately pointless way to look at itNo one would say TLT is in any similar to the SSSP in any meaningful sense regardless of your autistic need for categorization
>>23701497I'd argue more Showa teams take after the Ultra Guard than they do the Science Patrol. A lot of the later teams have generic members who don't really stand out much outside of having one episode dedicated to them, whereas the SSSP had really strongly defined characterizations.
>>23701610Every Showa show after the OG focused more on the main character than the side characters, with Leo being the worst offender where everyone not Dan and Gen were cannon fodderHeisei did the characterization better by having more character focused episodes, but even then Daigo is kinda weak compared to everyone else. It seems to be the case for every first show of the era. Hayata, Daigo, Hiroyuki are all blandy blands
>>23700633>Mebius>the first nepo ultra
>>23700633>only nostalgia pandering show that ever actually workedCosmos was also a good anniversary show.
>>23701889Cosmos didn't do the O MY HONORED SENPAI-TACHI thing though. Mebius gets a free pass only because it was the first to do it, but it's been plaguing the series ever since.
>>23701892>it was the first to do itReturn did it first. Mebius did it the way it was because Showa couldn't stop doing it.
>>23701892The reason Mebius gets a pass is because it wasn't just doing references, it was a literal sequel and a sendoff show. There was actual meaning behind its celebration of the past, it wasn't just doing cashgrab toy gimmicks or trying to boost ratings off the back of a underperforming season or whatever
>65 episodes and three moviesWhy was Cosmos such a long runner? Was it really that popular?
>>23701314Maybe they were scared that people wouldn't get the reference to Leo
>>23701930apology to the actor
I'm honestly surprised they haven't done a season where the Ultra combines with the defense team's vehicles or something.
>>23702172X if you stretch the definition of "vehicle or something"
Is there a possibility of another high concept era with this franchise in its current form?>>23702172Reminds me of gridman. I think that would be cool. Weird how they never tried that with ultraman.
>>23702172>>23702360I think Gridman getting revived pretty much killed the chances of that happening if anything.
>>23702172That's what's airing right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W1DGrP3jOYHow was Omega's penultimate episode?
>>23703871Thank god it's almost over
>>23703871Very excited for the finale for Sorato. I liked that scene with him and Kosei.
>>23703871Honestly this episode was kind of cool. Granted, I'm not too happy with "lol they made a super monster offscreen" but I thought that first sequence of Omega super cold and clinically fighting with the spooky ass tribal ambient playing was genuinely pretty unsettling. Also yeah, the scene with him and Kosei at the end was genuinely great.Show its ultimately gonna be whatever to me, but I've never been upset watching it so I'll take what I can.
>>23703871>be Ultraman Omega (2025)>first few episodes come out>tokufans think youre a nothingburger>fastforward 20 episodes>now youre the most engaging and captivating Reiwa show in Ultra. never judge an Ultra show by its first few episodes however you can always judge them by their finale and in that sense Omega isnt off the hook yet., as we know how blazar and arc turned out
>>23704006Maybe your glazing of it is performative to generate hype for something clearly made to keep UMC goons happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs-W57-OvTkFinal episode preview.
>>23699439>Ultraman Omega currently airing on ULTRAMAN official Channel.>Ultraman New Generation Stars Season 4 to premiere January 24, 2026.>Selected library available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video>ULTRAMAN and Mirrorman 2D currently releasing new chapters periodically on Comiplex and simulpub on Viz Media>Ultraman: Along Came A Spider-Man currently serializing in CoroCoro magazine>S.H.Figuarts News: SS Tiga Star of Ultra version, SS Ultraman re-release, Rekiness, Omega Rekiness Armour, Birdon, SS Tiga Sky Type, Shin Ultraman (Special Edition), Z Original (Special Color Ver.), Ultraman Saga, Nexus Anphans, Hyper Zetton Imago, Kaiser Belial, Ultraman (60th Anniversary Edition), Zetton (60th Anniversary Edition), Alien Baltan (60th Anniversary Edition), Zearth>FigZero 1/6 Ultraman Suit Jack to be released 2025 Q4, threezeroX Masayuki Gotoh Ultraman Regulos to be released 2026 Q1.>Ultraman Omega Blu-Ray Box II be released on March 25, 2026.>Ultraman Mebius Complete Blu-ray Box to be released March 27, 2026.>Ultraman Zero Movie Trilogy to be redubbed for Zero15th.>Darkness Heels anime, Hollyhock "School Girl X Ultraman" drama and Kaiju Decode: Ring of Aidara anime all currently in production>Ultraman celebrates its 60th anniversary>A new Ultraman Zero movie for the 60th anniversary currently in production>The first Ultraman Card Game world tournament to be held in Tokyo in May 2026>ULTRAMAN Volume 21 to be released by Viz Media on February 17, 2026
>>23703871I hope the upcoming anniversary series lives up to the hype.
>>23704006Fuck that. An actual good series can hook you from the start. It's not a cover, it's the first chapter.
>>23704013>>23704097You're replying to Duel.
>>23704013you are not intelligent, and your nonsense is getting worse. take your meds>>23704097if you want hype and aura moments go watch solo leveling or similar garbage. Ultra isnt for you. You wouldn't know what good writing looks like even if it was in your face. Go back to watching One Slop or some other key-dangling slop
>>23704085When will we be free of Zero?
>>23704178Nu-uh. Ultraman Omega? More like, Ultraman Ohmygodsopretentious
>>23703871>le human cause problem for the second timeStill no Geness final boss.There gonna reveal the Geness was behind the researchers huh?
>>23704178>if you want hype and aura moments go watchUltraman zero? Waiting for sequel!
>>23703871So, what happened to this guy?Did they just forget about him? Or did they kill him offscreen to save budget?
Isn't it weird that Taganular exists in Omega's universe? The dude is an anti-alien mortar which doesn't make sense as an evolutionary path with the Space Gazers around.
>>23704257yeah, I was thinking what happened to it. Like, I thought I blinked and missed omega firing his kousen and killed it two weeks back.
>>23704237calling omega pretentious when the show is only about good fun characters is hilarious. if you want a pretentious ultraman show you can watch vomitslop like nexus
>>23704197When China no longer exists and/or Mamoru Miyano dies.
>>23704257it's implied that Zomera absorbed him, which is why he had the beam. I'm guessing Ayumu's revelation is also figuring that out
>>23704310I think that's what Ayumu noticed during the episode
How has Omega been so far? Haven't watched an Ultraman since Orb I think. Would picking up with Omega be decent?
>>23704512omega is good.
>>23704512The first half is boring. The second half is better but it doesn't make up for the first.
>>23704512Outstandingly whatever. Your enjoyment of the first half will heavily rely on how much you like the two leads (and even then it'll probably drag a bit).Second half is noticeably better but it's not some grand redemption.
>>23704512It's fantastic. Intriguing start, several good standalone episodes, and it's all culminating into a good finish.
>>237045121st half is a slog, mostly kousei going EEEEEEEHHHHHHHH2nd half ramps up when the MILF appears, but it's a retread of the "team formation" phase you see in the early part of other ultra shows (blazar, decker, etc.)Final arc's pretty interesting now that Omega's true nature is revealed, but then again you already know that it's going to end with kousei annoying the humanity back into Sorato.
>>23704512It's more or less this >>23704530The only really great episodes it has are the first episode and these last few ending arc episodes, everything in between is extremely skippable (alright there was one other good one about a time traveling kaiju but that's it)If you want to watch something after Orb, Z, Decker, Blazar and Arc are all better than Omega
>>23704512do not listen to >>23704554 's recommendation. Arc and Blazar are utter dogshit. do not watch these shows if you dont like your time being wasted. Orb and Z is good you can watch these. Decker shares the same director as Omega
>>23704006Eh, while I’d agree Omega has improved, I still feel like Arc is overall the stronger show. I mean, it had one of the best final Ultra fights I can think of.
>>23704512A perfect 5/10. It's almost impressive how incredibly middle of the road it is.
>>23704512The lows are low but the highs are very fascinating. There are moments that definitely feel closer to early Heisei Ultra.
>>23704535>>23704585Samefag
>>23704528>>23704530>>23704553>>23704554>>23704657Retards
>>23704512Bland. The second half is better than the first but only just.
Ultraman The-O is gonna be a crazy good series.
>>23704766The way things are going it may be the last Ultra series.
>>23705312>new series sells slightly less than the highest selling new gen series>ITS ALL OVER GUYS THE FRANCHISE IS OVER
>>23704675nice try FAG
Sex with Sorato.
So how does simply 'gazing inside' help to protect when they can only interfere if the threat is from outside? Do the appointed gazer move somewhere if the planet got fucked like Geness' planet? The gazer already can be beaten by just one of Geness' creation.
Crazy how m78 practically has no shitposters while shitposters make up 90 percent of krg and ssg. How do you guys do it?
>>23705534Ultra Series is more niche nowadays, there is more downtime with recap series in between and fewer over-the-top characters in comparison.
>>23705534What is there to shitpost about even
The series that Omega should've been.
>>23705597You mean the show with the biggest production misfire of New Gen and the final result basically being Powered 2.0 i.e something completely outclassed by the show its based on? Yeah no thanks
>>23705597I just started watching the original Tiga last night. It's very good, can't believe I held off on it for so many years. I can't imagine a new gen would be any good as the effects and most importantly the camera of Tiga looks so good
So did they seriously butcher the Zugugan suit for this Nigga who doesn't even appear in the series as a suit and is entirely CGI?
>>23705500they just preserve a planet's natural workings. so far everything is a natural phenomenon native to earth so there's no reason for gazers to do much. gazers aren't benevolent, just indifferent unless a foreign threat is bothering their observations. its just them being selfish. assuming Genessa still has activity on it, that gazer is probably still there until the planet gets sucked into its star. it's interesting if you think about it, do gazers get appointed to the planet? or do they get appointed to the planet's intelligent species?
>>23705534there's not much posting to begin with.>>23705597omega is infinitely better than this dogshit just by the show not having Ignis in it. Trigger could've been good if that retard ignis stayed a comedy relief and didnt take up so much screentime of him being an absolute fucking jobber
>>23705871Kengo is the character all of Tiga's GUTS wished they were.
>>23705890Uh yeah, they all died on the base Omega blew up. It's a stupid brainless bug, not an end-of-series threat.
>>23706067Why TF did they make a suit even?!?
>>23705871Trigger isn't even really trying to be Tiga, it's basically just wearing Tiga as a skinsuit while vaguely following the plot of the Tiga movieI don't think Tiga had good effects (at least not the computer generated ones), but it was excellent in practically everything else. Writing, direction, set design, music, literally everything was firing on all cylinders. It's crazy how it's pretty unanimously considered the best show by both western and Japanese fans, you barely ever see that kind of agreement in any franchise
>>23706153The generally accepted three best series in the whole history of Ultra are Seven, Tiga, and Mebius. What does that say about Ultraman as a whole?
Gotta say, Zomera's music was really threatening. Though, kinda weird he's considered a separate kaiju and not just an evolution of Eldeghimera.
>>23706353Kinda like how mules are not considered the same species as a horse or donkey
>>23706372Horses or donkeys don't naturally have the ability to absorb and replicate the abilities of other species.Feels like it's just an Eldeghimera that consumed and adapted based off Zomera. Sure, the way he did it was different than usual. But how different would it be if an Eldeghimera ate Zomera the usual way?
>>23706144They always make suits no matter what for Ultra Kaiju for Live events and promotions. Even anime Gridman and some Kaiju from it have suits despite the medium not being live action like Ultraman.
>>23705915not much gazer lore except they are just watchers. Does the movie answer anything on it?
>>23706864i dont think we're getting a movie
>>23706864I have some theories on the reason the Gazers are the way they are. A.) The Gazers had their own kaiju awakening and solved it by making peace with their kaiju and taming them. This is why Omega has the Meteor Kaiju, which he doesn’t seem to mind control them like Zomera does. We know the harder you fight back against kaiju, the stronger they get. So maybe they watch to see if any other species figures out the same enlightened solution they did. B.) The Gazers or some other entity is responsible for the awakenings and they observe the results as some kind of science experiment. Possibly it’s a test for a species’s worthiness or seeking out powerful kaiju to tame as Meteor Kaiju.
https://x.com/green_mitori99/status/2010684878493237601
I think I like where this is headed but I kinda want them to commit to Omega's stoic, calculating personality being his true self, even when he ends up accepting the emotional weight of his time with the earthlings and decides to keep being a hero.It's kind of hard to imagine him going back to being a jolly airhead after remembering everything, and it would really minimize the impact of this story revelation.
>>23707335Well most new gen shows end with return to status quo, so that's probably what will happen
What is this from?
>>23708036Regulos miniseries remember regulos??
so when can we expect leaks for Theo? February?
