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Honest thoughts on Omega's lead characters?

>>23758616
Sorato is great especially when he's being a weird retard and Kosei gets better after he calms the fuck down. Ayu feels like a background character and the milf was introduced too late.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvBXUWqd54M
Episode 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgB7fbkYXY
Episode 6 preview.

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thoughts on Hokuto and Minami? i seriously think Ace before Minami leaves is seriously amazing

>>23758747
They're a unique duo that the 1970s couldn't handle unfortunately.

>>23758747
Minami basically had no character so while her being forced off the show sucked, it honestly didn't change things too much

>>23758747
Having watched Ace for the first time last year, I unfortunately disagree. The writing becomes significantly better once Minami is taken off the show and Yapool dies, but that’s because it just becomes a slightly worse Return of Ultraman.
The writers clearly had no idea what they were doing with the twin protagonist concept, which is dumb because all they needed to do was keep the pair in the same scenes and have them both comment on stuff.
>Boy Yuko, this latest string of mysterious happenings sure are strange.
>You're tiny Seiji. I can’t figure out what Yapool is up to.
They literally couldn’t handle something as simple as that.
I would love for them to take a second shot at it. A remake of Ace that properly utilizes Hokuto and Minami equally would be great and I think could be done with modern writing sensibilities.

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>>23758747
what am I supposed to think about them? Neither had any interesting traits whatsoever, neither did anything of note throughout the show. Honestly their feature episode in Mebius provided character for them than the entirety of Ace ever gave them.

>>23758940
>>23759199
It's crazy that Minami basically only got an actual backstory and goal once they were writing her off. Especially after they had just done Go in Return of Ultraman who had a pretty defined character and goals (even if this kind of gets forgotten in the last 12 or so episodes).

And, yeah, Seiji is just generic.

Aside from not using the two people into one Ultra idea well, the early episodes also often seemed to use "Yapool" as an excuse to skip putting any effort into introducing the monsters (although there were a couple of exceptions).

I liked the 2nd half more too in this sense since in spite of their original being supposedly tied to Yapool, they generally actually got proper build up/stories rather than just showing up somewhere to attack people or fight against TAC/Ace.

>>23758940
>You're tiny Seiji
???

>>23759311
Autocorrect I didn’t notice. Was supposed to say “You’re right Seiji.”

>>23759323
>>23759311
i read that the first time and thought "wow she's a little dismissive of him calling him tiny and all but i guess anon is kinda right"

>>23758614
I love Omega's design. Shame the series is meh.

>>23758616
Sorato being a goofball is the best. Kosei annoyed me and even though I love the idea, I just don't like Kosei as the Ultraman host.

Speaking of, considering that Geed and Z mentioned Kosei a lot when they watch Omega, I got a feeling the season will end with them meeting Omega and Kosei, with Omega's final episode being the last one they watch.

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https://x.com/imari_gon/status/2025743203639624141

>>23758747
I love them, I especially love how Ace's design incorporates that masculine and feminine combined into one. The show definitely changes when Minami's no longer in it but I think Hokuto basically coping vicariously through Dan and having genuine manic or depressive moments over the latter half of the show is really interesting and you can really see from that point especially the feeling of RoU shift to Taro.

>>23761953
>ultraman magic mirror van
would you let your gf/wife enter the ultraman magic mirror van?

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LMAO

>>23762329
ah yes kamen rider omega

>>23761953
why Zero and not ginga?

>>23762351
i guess Zero started the whole heisei 2 thing

>>23762351
You know why
it's because zero is more popular

>>23762351
Zero is technically the first New Gen Ultra and he's far and above the most popular Ultra in China and SEA.

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>>23764511
they should upgrade Mebius to a dad-bod already

>>23764575
from the thumbnail I thought it's the Gavv guy on the right because of the jacket

>>23762351
The first NewGen is interesting. Zero is obviously the new beginning of a brand new Ultraman, and they did state the name Zero comes from the desire to start a new Ultraman history from scratch and it was through Zero we got this whole interconnectivity among all Ultramen.

But Ginga does feel way more fitiing for the first of the new era, considering that it's also the first one to get a show. I guess a more proper way to describe is that Ginga is like Man, and Zero is Zoffy.

>>23764918
yeah Sakamoto said Zero is basically Zoffy of New Gen in one of the interviews

>>23764918
>>23764944
This reminds me: Does anyone else think they’re angling to make Z the new main character of the franchise?
I’ve noticed him being used a lot more than even Zero for crossover stuff, and he’s showing up a lot in promotional stuff. Could he be popular enough to supplant Zero in terms of position in the franchise?

>>23765410
Mamoru Miyano is getting old. They've already had to shift Zero's character from "hotshot youth" to "seasoned yet intense veteran."

>>23765410

The "crossover stuff" in this case are just recaps though. I think the Z focus is just because he's funnier for interactions (and still very popular, even if not Zero level).

It'd have more weight if we were getting original mini-series/movies focused on Z. Isn't Zero getting a new movie too in comparison?

>>23765476
I mean, Zero used to be the host of the recap stuff. Now Z has been the face of two in a row.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueCf_3pGdLE
Episode 7 preview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GndJIdSadJQ
Episode 6.

didnt they say that the Blazar in the arc crossover is a different character from the one in his show?

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>>23766220
Watching this made me realize something:
>Can revive dead kaiju
>Wants to make an army of kaiju
>Has a leadership position in their subtitle
Is Hellnarak just an updated Geronimon?

>>23766559
No, fans here assumed that due to no returning characters from SKaRD and no Firdran Armor. There was an official relationship chart posted before that treated both as the same one though.

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Just finished the Tiga series. Still gotta watch the movies but man, what a great series. Even though the ending has some corny stuff it still almost brought me, a 28 year old manly man pseudo-normie, to tears. I absolutely loved every episode. AT WORST an episode would just be kinda mid, and there was only ever one or two of those. I can't believe I held off watching it for so long. I haven't seen every Ultraman series but Tiga has got to be my favorite Ultraman series of all time, and Tiga himself is now my favorite Ultra of all time. Damn is was so good, I loved all the characters, I loved all the action, I love the special effects, I love the drama between the characters, I love the designs, it was all great. I loved the dynamic between Daigo and Rena, and I really enjoyed the episode in which she realizes Daigo is Tiga, it's all so good.

Can't wait to watch the movies and continue on to Dyna. Can I expect a similar level of kino in Dyna?

>>23767140
>Can I expect a similar level of kino in Dyna?

And more! and after that, more kino in Gaia.

Found an interview of Takesue on reddit:

"When asked about his vision for future productions, Takesue said this is something he has long considered. If a future Ultraman series could air during prime time (around 8 to 10 p.m.) and adopt a one-hour format, it might allow for a style of storytelling quite different from previous entries in the franchise."

Interesting thought there: would a 1-hour ultraman show work?

>>23767713
No. The pacing would be a slog and the disparity between monster action and the rest of the episode would become more obvious.

>>23767713
Maybe if they lean into the X-Files side of things. Or The Flash

>>23767140
Dyna is pretty much just Tiga if the entire cast was hot blooded, I do consider them equal to each other, albeit I think Dyna has higher highs and lower lows

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>>23767713
It's from this interview
>https://www.bilibili.com/opus/1174358115923001347

>>23767713
>>23767767
>>23767795
>We could do Nexus again, people would like it for sure this time around

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>>23767704
Oh boy I'm excited to finish out the heisei trilogy then!
>>23767900
Interesting, I'll give it a try

I finished the Tiga final odyssey movie last night after I made my initial post. Not that I hated it, but it does feel like it's execution is a bit wonky. Nothing was offensive, and in fact it's chock full of really good fan service...but really just for the characters and amusingly not the ultras. I found the choreography for the ultra fights to be a little bland, while the concepts at play were really good and interesting. The execution feels like they either needed to go through one more revision on everything, or they over thought everything which kinda made it not hit as hard. I did really love to see Daigo and Rena together as a couple, and getting married no less. I feel like you don't see that sorta things in shows these days, so that was nice. It was also amusing to me that they were getting married in a Christian church, meaning that there is a nonzero chance that Daigo and Rena are Christian which is sorta funny for me and I imagine annoying to other people, but ultimately I think it's actually very fitting as Daigo takes the form of a "giant of light" and the symbology there just sorta works. Regardless, good movie, doesn't feel super necessary though, and a bit like a rehash of the finale of the series but with different details sprinkled in. I don't feel like it's necessary viewing unless you wanna see more chummy stuff with Daigo and Rena, which is great, but not required

Also all the cameos of the Dyna cast were lost on me, but I'm sure I'll come to enjoy that later when I watch Dyna

>>23767713
>>23768031
I think this could work, making Ultraseries more of a general audience thing again and keeping up the less toyetic (or rather, simply having the kaiju be where Ultra's toyeticness comes from) form we've been getting the last few years. A later time slot would certainly help with the type of stories they could tell.

Only thing is, they'd need to increase the budget they give these shows so that hour runtime can look genuinely impressive and movie-like like it once did. While I personally wouldn't mind it, an hour of shows that look like Omega would not do much to move the needle in terms of new or long time viewership and we would seriously need something as expensive looking as Tiga or RoU did for its time

>>23767713
>>23768091
I would love a more serious tone and less toyetic production, but I honestly hate most hour-long shows. Feels like all that happens is that a bunch of unnecessary b-plots get added that take away from the reason you’re watching the show. If they can keep it focused on kaiju and alien attacks, great. If we’re getting a bunch of bullshit drama, no thank you.

>>23768116
That's fair, I'm not the biggest fan of hour long shows either, I think 40 minutes would be a nice sweet spot for Ultra since I feel like in that time you could better execute for example what Blazar was aiming to do in its final episodes while keeping Ultra's pace which is something I've always felt it had over both Godzilla and the Toei toku in terms of taking it slow and giving things room to breathe but not so slow that it's glacial.

It's something I'd like to see as an experimental miniseries first perhaps to see if they can manage that additional time well, but I can deal with a bit inter-defense team or even inter-Ultra drama for example so long as it's compelling and has something to say about people, the world or the kaiju/seijin in-series

>>23768079
>meaning that there is a nonzero chance that Daigo and Rena are Christian
Eiji Tsuburaya himself was, hence all Ultramen forming a cross before firing their beams and the Ultraseven crucifixation that a ton of later shows referenced. Tiga was probably referencing that rather saying anything about the characters

>I don't feel like it's necessary viewing
Well, unfortunately, Ultraman Trigger is far more based on that movie than it is the show, so if you have any interest in Trigger (which, granted, you shouldn't, it's one of the worst Ultra shows), it's important for that reason

>Also all the cameos of the Dyna cast were lost on me
I watched that movie after watching Dyna and I can't remember any Dyna character cameoing in the movie

>>23768041
Nexus in an appropriate time slot would've done fine. The issue was it was airing on Sunday mornings.

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>>23767900
Tiga-anon here, you weren't kidding about Dyna just being hot blooded Tiga. Everyone in this show is either an asshole or just needlessly amped all the time. Only on episode 3 but so far I don't really know anything about the Super GUTS(retarded name btw) crew other than Shin Asuka being a beyond cocky asshole and Ryo being vocal about not liking that but clearly wanting to be dicked down by him. It's like all subtlety and nuance is gone between the cast. Dyna himself is...alright I guess. The effects execution is better than Tiga so far which is cool, but somehow not as appealing. Dyna also just shows up randomly which I don't really like. Maybe it'll get fleshed out later but so far RN it feels like Shin got Ultraman powers because he really really wanted to and that's it.

I already see what they are trying to do with Shin but I already infinitely like Daigo better. Maybe that's an unfair comparison especially this early in but Daigo's message of "all humans have darkness within them but can become the light if they choose" was just exemplified so much better from the get go with him. Idk, not liking the crew as much as the Tiga GUTS, we'll see. I don't feel as invested as I did 3 episodes into Tiga with Dyna

>>23768123
>That's fair, I'm not the biggest fan of hour long shows either, I think 40 minutes would be a nice sweet spot
45 minutes is an hour long show due to commercials and opening/ending.

>>23768091
>>23768123
>>23768116

The Heisei UltraSeven series did have hour long episodes. So, there is that if you want to see how that would turn out.

>>23767767
Hell recent series have shorter length action scenes compared to previous ones. 1 hour Ultra would feel a huge slog.

>>23768330
>I watched that movie after watching Dyna and I can't remember any Dyna character cameoing in the movie
Super GUTS members cameo lending help as fighter pilots, and Asuka himself appears in the last scene as a maintenance worker greeting Daigo who sense that he's going to be Dyna.

>>23768797
Yeah, as much as I love Dyna, I remember thinking the first episode I thought was really on par with the best stuff from Tiga was episode 10. And that's with me really liking Asuka too. Maybe you didn't watch the entire franchise in production order like I did, but holy shit, I did not care about Daigo whatsoever and viewed him as a completely featureless cardboard cutout, easily the weakest point of Tiga. It was exacerbated by every prior Ultra protagonist except Gen being just as bland. Asuka was one hell of a breath of fresh air in comparison, finally a protagonist that felt like something other than a robot

The show in general is more comedic than Tiga, but it still doesn't pull its punches when the chips fall.There's still episodes where people die, where the team fails, etc. Hell, IIRC it still has a higher body count than Nexus despite being comedic. But it's uh, got some dumber episodes too that I imagine the director thought was funny somehow.


Anyway if it's not something you're enjoying Cosmos is also pretty similar to Tiga (Gaia isn't), and is also in some ways better (if you can put up with Doigaki). It's more consistently good than Dyna but no human characters die at any point in Cosmos, so it feels like it's lacking in edge sometimes. On the other hand it has an absolutely brilliant overarching antagonist, a really good protagonist and core cast (except for Doigaki, who is basically an infantilized Horii), and it still manages mature themes and an occasional dark tone without killing anyone to boot

I'm slowly picking away at Max still. About 20 episodes in. There have been a few memorable ones but on the whole I still think it's just "fine," which is why I'm taking so long with it. It's partially because the cast is either boring or so one note that they don't have much of a character at all beyond joke setups. Sean is a treasure though.

>>23767713
Does he not watch Omega, his own series? He should know that doing this will just make it worse

>>23768079
>It was also amusing to me that they were getting married in a Christian church, meaning that there is a nonzero chance that Daigo and Rena are Christian
Naw, Japanese people just really like Christian-style weddings. They’re largely a non-religious people, but enjoy the set up of Christian weddings more than their traditional culture’s.
I’ve been watching KyuuKyuu Sentai GoGoFive and a recent episode had someone married in a Christian-style wedding as well. It’s just popular over there, even though Christianity is a minority belief in Japan.

>>23769164
what kind of dumb question is that? there's a lot of styles to explore even if it's from the same director. obviously 1 hour episode in prime time at NIGHT isn't gonna be the same as Omega, but it will introduce ultra to a more mature opportunity of storytelling. this has been done before with Ultraseven Heisei and Seven X, hell you could even say Nexus was like this.

>>23769554
The question that ask if he realizes his show pacing already feel so slow that I'm pretty sure no sane production will trust him with an hour episode series

>>23769798
That Mefilas is such an amazing character.

>>23769798
>>23769830
Didn't shin mephilas actor get into a controversy a while back?

>>23768802
Tbf Heisei Ultraseven is on OV format

>>23770024
All I know is he made his wife (Horikita Maki) retired from showbiz on her career peak years ago.

Is 1966 watchable?

>>23771130
It isn't banned anywhere, I don't think.

>>23771130
Why wouldn't it be?

>>23770251
that's scummy

>>23771130
For some odd reason, I liked Man more than Ultraseven.

>>23771130
I’m rewatching it right now and it’s still my favorite Ultraman. Every single episode is memorable and a banger. Even its weaker entries would be top tier in other Ultra shows, and its best episodes are all-time classics. It’s clear the entire creator team was firing on full cylinders, and it’s easy to understand why it’s so loved.

>>23771207
I feel the same way. The suits look slightly cheaper in Seven (though not as bad as they start getting in Returns onwards), and the fact EVERY episode was an alien invasion made it feel way more repetitive. I liked the variety of Man, never knowing if you’re getting a mindless kaiju, an alien or a mad scientist’s creation.

>>23771207
>>23771417
The issues I have with the original is that they weren't used to giving "weight" to the Ultras/monsters yet, and some battles could get too comical after mostly serious plots. Seven in comparison has a more consistent tone. But, I also prefer the variety in stories of the original.

>(though not as bad as they start getting in Returns onwards)
I think Returns' suits look good during most of the show, it's only when you get to the 40s that they start looking cheaper, although that then goes straight into Ace. And then even in Ace you can see the monster suits looking even worse in the 2nd half and this level then goes on for the rest of the 70s shows.

>>23771417
>Even its weaker entries would be top tier in other Ultra shows
Not really, it has a lot of episodes that are just "there's a monster on the loose, the SSSP and Ultraman go take care of it, the end"
It's still a top 10 Ultra show but most of Heisei Ultra was much more consistently interesting on average

>>23771417
66 isn't in my top ten but its still overall a very good show.

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Ultraman Great + Ultraman Powered: Complete Series Combo
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPRQ6GSB

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>>23771797

>>23771496
It’s the execution though. The episodes are shot well, the characters are well acted and have their distinct personalities, the fights are entertaining. It’s all done so well.
There’s a reason the SSSP are the gold standard for defense teams. At least until Tiga, no one came close.

>>23771797
When the FUCK are they going to restock Mebius disks?

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>>23771804
>The episodes are shot well
Jumping in to agree. The cinematography is something that keeps the original show high on my list. Just before the shot in this picture, the camera was in front of the car as Arashi was talking to Isamu, then moves behind the car as Arashi walks away. The very next scene starts with an extreme closeup of a ringing phone. I'm going to assume these decisions are all made by director Akio Jissoji. But yeah, great shots everywhere.

>>23771804
I mean that still doesn't put it over Heisei. Tiga, Dyna, Cosmos, etc all had outstanding set design, direction, choreography, etc on top of having the best writing as well. The only thing Ultraman '66 objectively has over them is the charm that comes from being a little scuffed

>>23771844
I can’t really comment as I’ve yet to reach the Heisei era. I started keeping up with the modern show with Z (though I skipped Trigger and Decker) and have been working my way through the classic stuff sequentially, and I’m only up to Taro. The only stuff I’ve seen out of that sequence is Mega Monster Battle.
I am looking forward to getting to Tiga though, and have heard great things. But as it stands, ’66 remains my favorite.

>>23771797
Oh excellent. I've been checking on these routinely since we were coming up on the original release dates and I was starting to worry new ownership messed something up. Glad they're in one package as well.

>>23771816
Never.

Is anyone still keeping up with the manga? Is it anywhere close to ending or is it still just spinning its wheels?

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Trademark registration in China spells it "TEO" without the H.
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10535293869
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10535612409

>>23772198
Last I remember they are near the end stage (I think) but yeah, still spinning its wheels. Jack finally got the bracelet equivalent at least

>>23771797
>>23771799
No more preorder anymore?

>>23772311
This makes more sense. テオ is pronounced with a hard T rather than a softer T or the almost D sound that would you expect from looking at the word Theo

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>>23772311

>>23772532
That makes the pronunciation closer to the Japanese word for Emperor than it is for the Greek word for God

>>23772715
This is a deliberate attack on Ramadhan. Must be a Baltan

>>23772724
>New Generation King

>>23772489
Seems like it's back up now.

>>23771847
I liked Blazar more than the original but if that's all you've seen, yeah, you'd have a strong case for the original being the best
I also watched the series roughly in production order, and man, let me tell you, the experience of going from Ultraman 80 directly to Ultraman Tiga is how I imagine it's like for the Star Wars Holiday Special to be your introduction to the franchise and then the next thing you watch is Empire Strikes Back. The difference is mindblowing

>>23773057
TsuPro only makes kino when they are about to go backrupt

>>23773057
Like I said, I’m looking forward to it. But I’m going to have a more dramatic jump, since after 80, I’m doing Towards the Future and the Ultimate Hero. I know the first is liked well enough but, well, I’ve seen enough clips of the latter to know it’s going to be 12 episodes of suffering.
Actually, a big reason I’m doing a rewatch of the first show right now is that after Ace, I’m not looking forward to Taro. Will be worth it for Leo, but man, another mediocre 50 episodes or so doesn’t sound fun.

>>23773057
80 was good though

>>23773251
Taro is one of the best in the series imo

>>23773251
Taro is ultimately much better than Leo (and every other post Ultraseven showa Ultra for that matter) because it doesn't fuck around pretending to have an interesting premise that it eventually abandons in favor of elementary schooler of the week. Instead it's just a normal Ultra show that occasionally gets super silly and kind of unhinged

Ace is literally the worst Ultra show (I even though Trigger and Taiga were better), it's only uphill from there

>>23773405
I really liked Return of Ultraman, and honestly liked it more than Seven.
Seven had a bunch of really strong individual episodes, but the fact it was only aliens made it very repetitive. Probably the weakest MotW of the shows I’ve seen.

>>23773520
>but the fact it was only aliens made it very repetitive
not as much as Return seemed to literally repeat the episode plot over and over with no one believing anything Go said for the entire first half of the show

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the tilsonite sword music still gives me the chills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts29zsJa3BE

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>>23773677
Imagine if the next recap clipshow is hosted by Blazar

>>23773667
Not that anon but Return actually drops it after a while though.

In the beginning, it feels like they wanted to highlight the human drama, so you often got monsters with little to no origin and most of the focus going to 'drama', which like you say, most of the time came down to MAT members not believing when Go reported about monsters.

The middle and late episodes of the show though generally gave much more focus to the build up or origin of the monsters, similarly to the original series.

The last leg of the show does end up suffering due to obvious schedule/budget issues though and then that ends up making it to the writing and hurting it - like how in later episodes you can see they have less background people in MAT's base and after a certain point several episodes end up written like the named cast WERE actually the only people at MAT, which ends up leading to some rather unintentionally goofy scenes, including in the fairly weak finale.

>everyone thought blazar was gonna be new gen nexus
>instead we got caveman ultra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YKyURy4Bxw

>>23773769
anyone who thought blazar was a newgen nexus is a severely brain damaged troglodyte and blazar reflects their intelligence perfectly.

>>23773769
>everyone thought blazar was gonna be new gen nexus
It was one specific, profoundly schizophrenic autist who has admitted to being a routine /trash/ poster. Saying it's everyone is like saying everyone was interested in Highguard because Geoff Keighley kept peddling it.

>>23773966
>highguard so shit it reached /m78/
kek

Speaking of Blazar, should I watch it? Newest ultra I've seen is Orb and dropped outta Geed because instead of being an edgelord he was actually a soft spoken pussy with the design of an edgelord. I hate Blazar's design but the concept sounds cool maybe I'll grow to like it. Is the show good?

>>23774040
Watch Ultraman Trigger instead. It's much better than Blazar.

>>23774040
Yeah it's great.

>>23774040
im gonna tell you right now just so you set your expectations straight. there is no antagonist in this show no matter how ominous the show makes it out to be. none. 0 villain. just keep that in mind whenever you something that looks vaguely threatening in the show.

>>23774040
It's decent, but don't expect much from SKaRD. Earth Garon has a horrendous track record.

>>23774122
Uh, yeah, it does have an antagonist actually. It's just corrupt bureaucracy, not some kamen rider evil Ultra shit. Most Ultra shows don't have a "villain" per se regardless and except Cosmos and Orb all that ones that due fucking suck

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The last thing Belial sees before he fucking dies

>>23773427
Nice

I wished blazar kept the cinematic look it had from its first couple of episodes, along with the non-attack team soldiers like in shin ultraman

>>23774613
all the recent Ultra shows blow most of their budget on the first few episodes. Arc did it too and Omega specifically blew it all on the first episode only

>>23773732
ROU's finale is fucking awful

>>23774613
I wish SKARD and Earth Garon weren't worthless

>>23774824
I'd argue against Arc. I think it had a pretty consistant budget through the whole series

>>23774835
I don't agree. It certainly looked better than Omega on average, but even still those first few episodes were standout compared to the rest of the series, doing shit like the three minute all in one take fight scene in episode 1 and the Ultraman POV fight scene in episode 2. The stuff that came afterwards, while it still had good choreography, just wasn't as impressive or interesting

>>23774826
They weren't, relatively speaking. Refer to below:

DEFENSE TEAM EFFECTIVENESS TIER LIST (Unlisted shows do not have a defense team)

Planet Destroyer tier
JADF (Cosmos)
TDF (Ultraseven)

Multiple kills + critical support/Arguably more powerful than Ultraman tier
ZAP SPACY (UGMMB)
Crew GUYS (Mebius)
STORAGE (Z)
TLT/Night Raiders (Nexus)
GUTS-Select (Trigger/Decker)
ZAT (Taro)

Multiple kills tier
SSSP (Ultraman 1966)
XIO (X)
Team EYES (Cosmos)
GUTS (Tiga)
Super GUTS (Dyna)

At least one kill + took out small fry tier
Ultra Guard (Ultraseven)
SKaRD (Blazar)
DASH (Max)

At least one kill tier
UGM (80)
HEART (Neos)

Completely worthless/good for evac only tier
MAT (Returnman)
TAC (Ace)
GUARD/XIG (Gaia)
SRC/Team SEA (Cosmos movies)
Neo Super GUTS (Tiga Gaiden)
UPG (Ginga S)

Literally all died tier
MAC (Leo; though ironically they also seemed to be capable of destroying planets)

>>23774852
Considering that Xio actually managed to copy Zero's Ultimate Aegis and it has the same abilities(probably a little watered down but the main abilities like the dimension hopping is there), shouldn't they be in critical support/Arguably more powerful than Ultraman tier

>>23774869
I don't really remember that
I do remember them copying X's beam and putting it into a handgun but it seemed to be less effective than the real thing
Anyway X was pretty overtuned for an Ultra, so however impressive XIO was, we're comparing them against an Ultra that's on a higher tier than usual

>>23774874
X's Zero armor was made by XIO after analysing Zero's power, I think they definitely should be in critical support tier.

>>23774381
its really not. the antagonist is a nothingburger. its not the at the top. its not the aliens. its a guy who did a silly mistake and became paranoid and a group of victims. there is no true antagonist. there is no villain. its true that a lot of Ultra shows dont have a big bad. Not even Omega does. but the difference between Blazar and other villainless shows is that Blazar frames its storytelling as though something sinister is happening when in reality there is nothing and it's all just a huge misunderstanding

>>23774888
No, it wasn't just a misunderstanding, the conflict was caused because Dobashi covered up the existence of V99 and therefore no one really knew how bad the problem actually was or what they needed to do to prepare until it was too late.

>>23774900
its a misunderstanding. dobashi shot down some random alien shit. think he did what he needed to do then doubted himself a little bit, didnt tell anyone. fast forward some years and aliens send weapons and dobashi goes "oh yeah they really are evil" and goes into an "either us or them mode." its really fucking stupid and it's even more stupid how the conflict is resolved which is just a radio signal with a magic word and the aliens go "oh haha we forgive you" and fuck off from earth but left varallon or vallaron or whatsitcalled behind to destroy everything anyway. it's a stupid show

>>23774920
>how the conflict is resolved which is just a radio signal with a magic word and the aliens go "oh haha we forgive you"
I still think they're setting up something in hope for a possible follow up
>V99 returns with more weaponry because they thought 'future' was Earth saying they'll get revenge

>>23774849
I agree with >>23774835. The King of Mons fight late in the show had equally impressive cinematography, and Arc’s big final attack in the last episode was a spectacular moment that couldn’t have been cheap.

>>23775027
>Arc’s big final attack in the last episode was a spectacular moment
It looked silly as hell.

Ya know, shame they made Omega final boss a byproduct of le humans. Would have like if it was Genessians' doing since they can take human forms and have been around like how that one Genessians took care of Amnesiac Omega.

>>23775030
nah you're just a faggot. Its the best finisher in the entire franchise

>>23775068
the final boss should have been Gairyuga

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>>23774849
The King of Mons fight is possibly the best fight scene in the entire franchise, the fuck are you talking about

>>23775079
true, could have it turn red as a super form instead of being offscreened.

>>23775068
I mean, it makes sense with the theme. Humanity was going the route of the Genessians, in that they created a weapon in reaction to the Kaiju which was so terrible that it was going to destroy them. It might have worked better if the kaiju had naturally become worse as a result of them making stronger weapons, but I also understand why they went that route.
Though, now that I say it aloud, it seems really similar to Celebro’s extinction game from Z.

>>23774920
> think he did what he needed to do then doubted himself a little bit, didnt tell anyone. fast forward some years and aliens send weapons and dobashi goes "oh yeah they really are evil" and goes into an "either us or them mode.
The only part of this is that is a misunderstanding is Dobashi not getting the true nature of what the kaiju were. Every other part of it was absolutely some shady fucking shit that nearly got humanity destroyed and the show had every right to treat it as such

>and it's even more stupid how the conflict is resolved which is just a radio signal with a magic word and the aliens go "oh haha we forgive you
That's a separate matter from what we've been talking about. For me, it works because 1. I view the scene as an abstraction of what Emi really said to the kaiju done to save time and also 2. The point isn't really the content of what Emi said but rather the fact that humanity is attempting to actually communicate with the kaiju. The whole show has a general theme of communication mishaps between different peoples and groups so of course the main conflict of the show is resolved by someone overcoming one such mishap.

>>23773769
Blazar ended up becoming NewGen Max tho

>>23775186
You know it actually feels like you're kind of right about that
But it wasn't over the top with the references as Max was

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international women's day

I ended up jerking off to Ultraman Justice...

>>23775027
Is it weird that I didn't care for the fight between arc and gives vs king of mons? I feel it was just flashy with no substance

>>23775081
>The King of Mons fight is possibly the best fight scene in the entire franchise
>Wacky meaningless camera stuff
>Arc turns into gimmick form
>Everything else is basically a normal fight
meh, Orb Thunder Breaster vs Maga Orochi mogs

>>23775076
Watch more Ultra.

>>23775326
>No substance
>Arc and Givas visibly struggling against a very powerful foe
>Both pulling out every trick they have to no avail
>Givas pulling a “Goku grabbing Raditz” and Arc coming to the realization he may have to sacrifice his ally
>All of this while one of the best Ultra fight songs plays, and we get a battle made of long takes, unique camera angles, action on multiple points of perspective and with extremely creative transitions
I mean, everyone has their own tastes and whatnot, but that fight is fucking golden on a filmmaking standpoint.

>>23775293
This but jerking off to Manaka Kengo.

>>23775293
are you gay

女性キャラがゴリゴリに男性的デザインの戦士に変身するやつ好き、って言う時に出す具体例といえばウルトラマンジャスティスか暮海杏子みたいなとこありますからね

Theo leaks when

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Reminder that he maimed an innocent kaiju.

>>23775442
>innocent
Kaiju aren't innocent.

>>23775442
sounds like filthy blue talk

>>23775392
Granted, this is after the crossover with blazar, so maybe that's why i wasn't excited about this fight

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https://twitter.com/t_features/status/2030810832989569346

>>23775418
The only ones we have now are the color and the design vaguely resembling Hikari

>>23775684
Is that a toothpaste beam?

>>23775702
>the color
Green like Andro Melos or something? it's been a while since I last saw the info.

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>>23775449
>Kaiju aren't innocent.
>t.

>>23775684
Appreciate that he's white and matte to reflect that his suit is spandex.

>>23775179
>That's a separate matter
no it is not. this just shows that the aliens were never a serious threat and was easily handwaved away.
>Dobashi not getting the true nature of what the kaiju were
yeah exactly it's misunderstanding. the only thing dobashi was guilty of is trying to hide what he thought was a shot-down enemy. the show builds him up as a serious shadow government entity that's beyond any authority only for it to end up being a cover up for an honest misunderstanding. this is why the show has no villains. the only evil thing dobashi did apart from shooting down the visitors was burning Emi's dad's notebook which was mean at worst. This show has NOTHING to show for in the antagonist department

Anon still misunderstanding a children's show 3 years after it ended

>>23776068
>this just shows that the aliens were never a serious threat
you could make the argument with any faction that gets dealt with in any media ever. How it's dealt with doesn't negate the stakes or the framing it provides for the story, that's just silly.

>the show builds him up as a serious shadow government entity that's beyond any authority only for it to end up being a cover up for an honest misunderstanding.
It wasn't a cover up for a misunderstanding, it was cover up for the existence of V99 in the first place, and again this nearly caused humanity to get wiped out over some idiot's hubris. What, did you want him to start mustache twirling like a fucking snidely whiplash and deactivate Earth Garon during the final battle for no reason for him to be enough of a villain for you? I don't understand what the expectation is.

>>23776054
I wish we get a white Ultra again one day.

>>23775806
Latest rumors were saying blue which is why I brought up the Hikari comparison

>>23776110
No anon. We know you're grasping at straws at this point because the show after Blazar, which is Arc, has a clear antagonist with very anatagonistic intentions and was dealt with by having a beam shoved through their head + Arc personally left Earth to go deal with the remaining problems of the whole wormhole deal.
>it was cover up for the existence of V99 in the first place
which was shot down you fucking autist thats the whole point of the cover up because he fucking shot it down. holy fucking retard

>>23776479
>We know you're grasping at straws at this point
projection

>b-but what about Arc
speaking of grasping at straws (not to mention complete non-sequitur)

>which was shot down you fucking autist
the point of the cover up is irrelevant (other than to demonstrate that it was self-interested decision thereby marking the character as an antagonist), the more important part is the scope. If it was just "Hey guys there's this alien out there and it looks like it's being aggressive for no reason," that would have lead to a completely different scenario than "there is no alien"

>>23776545
>b-but Arc
>you could make the argument with any faction that gets dealt with in any media ever
This was you, anon. Arc is the show that immediately came after Blazar and demonstrates that the built up threat wasn't hand-waved.
>the point of the cover up is irrelevant (other than to demonstrate that it was self-interested decision thereby marking the character as an antagonist)
You already admitted it was a misunderstanding here >>23775179
You lost

What's up with Evil Tiga
>he's not evil
>and he's not Tiga!

>>23776911
You have completely lost the plot, Arc has nothing to do with this anymore than any other show does and you're trying to stage some bizarre conflict between the two shows for no apparent reason other than to avoid addressing the point that the resolution of a conflict does not retroactively erase what the conflict was

>You already admitted it was a misunderstanding
I admitted part of it was a misunderstanding. There was clearly far more to it than just a misunderstanding and you are also avoiding addressing this point as well.

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Just wanted to say I love this fandom and I'm happy that Ultraman is thriving again after years of not knowing if it was even going to continue

>>23777177
What do you love about the fandom in particular?

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>>23774585
Why do people liking making Father of Ultra a brick shithouse?

>>23777181
>people
barafags are not really what we colloquially refer to as "people"

>>23777016
you are so retarded that you cant even understand your own point. wow

>>23777181
how else is he going to protect his wife from rape-kaijus?

>>23776975
Looking back I really wish Trigger fully leaned into the concept of inverting Tiga's lore

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im not super familiar with ultraman, but my boyfriend showed me Nexus and i gotta say the nagi fakeout has to have been the BIGGEST cocktease I've ever seen in my life and I'm still disappointed
liike i could tell the last arcs were super rushed but they rlly couldn't give me more than ten seconds of her being nexus?? first they kill the first ultra dude for this TWINK and then they rob me of female nexus??? this show rlly let me down at the end lol

>>23777750
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultraman/comments/1hmojh2/ultraman_nexus_if_only_art_book_content/

Here's some concept art to show off a female version of Nexus, addintional forms, and both Noa and Zagi having wings.

>>23777750
>>23777765
I think they were possibly hinting at the Dunamist progression going Ren-Mizorogi-Nagi-Komon but they had to condense it down to just the last two

>>23777750
>boyfriend
Faggot

>started to watch original Ultraman
>feel bad for most of the monsters
Is that normal?

>>23777999
Some of them actually are innocent. That's kinda one of the reoccurring themes of the franchise: not all monsters are necessarily bad and sometimes you have to re-asses the situation.

>>23777999
Most of the Kaiju aren't even malicious. I think you can only count the bully and villain Kaiju in 1966 on one hand (not alien, Kaiju).

>>23774852
TAC got a good number of kills actually.

GUYS I don't recall being that competant tho

>>23777765
it's really a shame we couldn't see this... instead I'm forever buckbroken by the potential the show had desuuu
>>23777819
on MY /m/ board??

>>23777999
I've just started dipping my toes into Ultraman and going for 1966 as my second series. It really does feel part of the sort of "sci-fi realism" that the setting is trying to build, the monsters are not necessarily malicious but do need to be stopped. It's like if you had a rabid dog wandering a city, you can empathize with the dog but still understand it needs to be put down.

>>23778445
what was your first series

>>23778462
Ginga + S, I mainly was curious about how Ultraman as a whole is and went for something relatively short and they were meant to be entry points from what I could tell.
Found them okay as a whole but they did serve well to get me curious with Ginga's anniversary gimmick giving me ideas of where to explore from there. I really liked Ginga S's Gan-Q episode.

>>23778479
Oooof, glad you continued. Ginga is one of the weaker shows in the series. It’s mostly uphill for you.

>>23778445
>. It really does feel part of the sort of "sci-fi realism" that the setting is trying to build, the monsters are not necessarily malicious but do need to be stopped
Sometimes its also an ecological message.
There's always the one episode where some human activities like construction work or something affecting the habitat of the kaiju and resulting in the kaiju attacking the city. Its a pretty clear allegory.

>>23778445
It was unironically a more imaginative time when creators had both hope for the future and concerns about the present, plus regrets of the past.

>>23778822
??

>Voice Actress Masako Ikeda Passes Away
Maetel Role in "Galaxy Express 999"

[Full Report]
oricon.co.jp/news/2441028/f…

Maetel from "Galaxy Express 999," Reika Ryuzaki from "Aim for the Ace!," dubbing for Audrey Hepburn, Haidelin role in the game "FF XIV," and the voice of Mother of Ultra in tokusatsu. Also numerous narrations for "Ayataka" CMs and TV programs.

>>23775442
The only innocent kaiju is a dead kaiju

>>23771847
I've seen Tiga and love Tiga but I'd still put 66, Seven, and (most of) Return over it.

>>23779835
explain why. i am curious

>>23779841
Formula is less entrenched and they're a little more experimental/artful. Tiga is still far better than the vast majority of tokusatsu before and after it, though being shot on video hasn't done it much kindness.

>>23779555
awww

>>23779835
66 and Seven I can understand, though I disagree with.

Return though? Return has an excellent set of like 12 eps in the middle of the series, but the rest of the show is mostly just "Good".

>>23779236
Reiwa needs its own Godzilla clone

>>23780059
I just realized the Demaaga suit is now 11 years old and still in use.

Insane.

>>23780005
Taro is my second fav Showa Ultra series after Seven. Its got a great tone, great monsters, bonkers plots, a likeable and competant attack team, and a fantastic ending.

>>23780066
You should see Eleking. I swear the suit they use for it is from the Showa era.

>>23780072
???

>>23771834
There's a sense of trying to contribute something to television. I think modern Ultraman is still more appealing to the average cinephile than Kamen Rider, but that says as much about tokusatsu as it does Ultraman in particular. The early Ultra shows have their own issues, but I really do think the whole enterprise peaked with Ultraseven even if I like or love a lot of subsequent series (Max has some of my absolute favorite episodes, for example).

>In Japan, "ULTRAMAN MUSIC LIVE TOUR 2026" has been confirmed for June!

Please look forward to enjoying the Ultraman songs spreading globally
FUCK YES!!!!!

>>23780072
No, the current Eleking suit is from Max, definitely count as old but not that Showa old.

>>23780429
I thought they made a new eleking costume for decker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niyCaScKp_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm7L_HwXynQ

>>23780756
>MANAKA KENGO
Weren't they teasing Blazar last ep?

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>>23778070
TAC got literally zero. If they ever achieved something, it would have been something actually interesting to say about Ace, but it's the worst show in the franchise and that's part of why. The team sucks both in writing and competency, they never do anything worth talking about

GUYS on the other hand are one of the most absurdly powerful teams. They don't get too many actual kills but on the other hand they're bailing out Mebius's ass every other episode with their METEOR powers. Mebius is a very team oriented show, most episodes demonstrate how the kaiju wouldn't be defeated without Mebius and GUYS working together as one

>>23780006
I don't think Tiga really pushed any boundaries. At the end of the day it's just an ordinary Ultraman show, with the caveat that all of the execution in every single aspect is perfect and every single episode is solid gold. But conceptually and structurally it's not breaking any molds.

Anyway, I get what you mean though, 70s melodrama has kind of this raw machismo to it that you don't really feel these days. I have similar feelings with other 70s mecha shows. Compare something like Voltes V to Gundam SEED and they don't even feel in the same genre even though on paper they are

>>23781116
TAC killed 3 Choju, and got plenty of Alien kills

>>23781871
I am 100% sure that no team except ZAP SPACY got 4 or more kills unless you want to count shit like all the offscreen kills the members of SKaRD evidently got according to their files

I wonder what the theme for Theo's armors will be this time. Maybe he can wear the obligatory plane/space ship

>>23781881
>I am 100% sure that no team except ZAP SPACY got 4
Then you are 100% retarded. Ide killed that many Baltans in Ultraman episode 16 alone. If we ONLY count Kaiju-sized targets for whatever reason, just off the top of my head, Kemular, Re-Dorako, Re-Telesdon and Zetton are all SSSP kills.

>>23782060 (me)
Actually, Antlar is also an SSSP kill since Muramatsu is the one who throws the blue stone.

>>23781130
After having just finished Tiga, it's interesting how a lot of the episodes and/or monsters are actually heavily influenced by the 1966 series plotlines and monsters, just heavily remixed

>>23782060
> If we ONLY count Kaiju-sized targets for whatever reason
Yes, that's kind of the entire point. There's barely ever any Ultraman assistance for human sized targets, all teams are competent at that part. Their competency is more accurately judged by how good they are at things they normally need Ultraman to do for them
I did forget they got two kaiju at once in one episode and I'm not sure I initially counted Kemular as something they did since it just crawled into a volcano and exploded
You won't exactly find me disputing that the SSSP is one of the most competent teams, but still 4 seems to be a hard limit for most series, like I don't even think EYES got that many despite Cosmos having 65 episodes to work with

>>23781881
dude, so many Attack teams have gotten more kills then that are you retarded

>>23782162
ZAT's kaiju sized kills are Cosmo Liquid, Sheltar, Mururoa, Re Bemstar, Velokron III, Dorobon, and Alien Valky.

That's 7 fucking kills

>>23781881
Every Showa Attack team except MAC and UGM have exceeded 4 kills.

Do you even WATCH Ultraman?

>>23780749
They did.
>>23780429
They never reused Max Eleking. They used one that was from an Ultraseven commercial, and updated it for the Heisei Ultraseven movie, and kept repairing it until Decker.

>>23782685
was the suit made in the 90's/

just for some fact checking: what is the actual size of the Ultraman IP compare to other existing IPs like Pokemon and Godzilla etc?

>>23783086
Ultraman ($7.4 billion) is bigger than Godzilla ($2.6 billion) but less than Pokemon ($115 billion).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises

>>23782685
>They never reused Max Eleking
Absolutely criminal that they never reused this suit, it looks so cool. It's a shame they don't bring back more classic Kaiju with redesigns in this kind of style. Max sorta did it which was cool, nobody noticed that the Red King suit that kept being reused from it actually has jank proportions compared to the original suit because the max suit looks so good

>>23783201
I had o clue godzilla was so low

>>23781881
retard

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>>23783370
>Max eleking:

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>>23784328
I really hate how "shitty usb capture of a bad nth gen tape recorded at EP" became the idea of VHS

>>23782162
Dude, the SSSP got three kills alone in the Geronimon episode and I know they have more than that.

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Finished my rewatch of Ultraman (1966) today.
Found it absolutely as good as I remembered it, and still my favorite show. It's got the right mix of classic MotW episodes and more dramatic ones, like the Jamilia episode or Don't Shoot Arashi. Cast is also among the best of the Ultra shows I've seen.
The number of unmemorable kaiju in the whole show can be counted on one hand. I was excited for just about every episode as I remembered what happened from when I first watched it 16 years ago.
Only big criticisms are that Ide outshines the rest of the SSSP with the possible exception of Muramatsu, and Zetton's defeat is pretty weak after a stellar introduction.

>>23783201
The irony of Super Sentai being the highest grossing of the big 3 toku primarily due to Powaa Renjaa

>>23784684
Yeah, I feel like that gap is going to close as other Toku series make pushes into the West. Hell, I’m not even sure if Godzilla’s number on that article is properly reflecting the money the Monsterverse has pulled in.

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Theo teaser possibly gonna drop on either this friday or next week friday.

>>23785140
nice

>>23783201
Note the Godzilla number there only has box office and dvd/bd sales. No merch at all.

>>23785321
I know Monsterverse toys sell like fucking hotcakes

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Theo design info from Color.

Head shaped somewhat similar to Mebius/Melos, also have similar airplane-like ears, and even will have a similar head marks but in blue
Face is traditional silver, has that youthful vibe, he also have nose part similar to Leo/80
Color timer is "Y" shaped, and Theo appearance in general looks like a clean and classic Ultra design (contradict the previous rumour, which i still don't know where its actually originated from).

>>23786483
Cool shoop.

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Some additional info from Color in the comment sec

Theo color scheme is Blue & White, spread is akin to Tregear original form
Unique back spine design like Blazar & Omega
Might have more interesting looks when viewed from side profile (like blazar?)

And the big one.
Color said what defined Theo design signature isn't the face, the color timer, or the blue body, but rather the pattern around his abdomen. It might even be the most controversial part about him.

Started Ultraman Taro and while I'm only three episodes in, it already feels better than Ace. More high energy, more creative and the attack team is actually doing stuff rather than uselessly firing at the monster, even if it's mostly comedic plans. Hoping it keeps up this quality.

>>23786596
>Pattern is the most controversial part
Here we go swastika ultra!

>>23786596
Theo is going to have Larkin Love's tattoo?

>>23786596
Kamen Rider got a color timer, now Ultra is about to get a belt. I see.

>>23786611
Oh I hear Taro goes in such a unique direction compared to other installments, hold on to your color timer(this is a hint for later) because some episodes get WEIRD

I'm excited for another blue Ultraman protagonist.

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Not that weird

>>23786596
Leo and Astra has the name, 80 has the belt buckle, so it's not like there aren't any precedence.
Unless it's something really out there like a WWE belt or some shit

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https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10572241145?

>>23786634
>>23786630
Ah a "love" pattern indeed.

>>23786630
>>23786634
that looks so simple, a SHOWA simple. is Tsujimoto helming Theo?

>>23786630
>>23786634
So the main form is blue? Really looks like Melos.

>>23786630
let me guess he's a gentle ultra? who is the rumoured director again?

>>23786630
I like it

>>23786724
the previous rumour that said theo looks nothing like ultraman mentioned taguchi as the director, which is not true now because theo is straight up traditional ultra.

so no one really know the director atm, not even color have any idea. but as >>23786662 mentioned, looking at how simple and old-fashioned theo real design is also make me thinking of tsujimoto. dude is biggest fan of those styles, being a showafag he is.

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>>23786785
I loved Arc so tsujimoto sounds good to me

>>23786724
Taguchi is busy with Clevatess
Takesue just did Omega

So yeah, its either Tsujimoto or Tomonobu
Well even Ichino (taiga's director) is on the table, since he came back last year

>>23786788
I still don't like the black neck

>>23786801
its grown on me but it looks better in some shots then it does others

>>23786634
Been a long while since an Ultra with an Ace-type face

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>>23786634
Womb tattoo

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Finally finishing up Max. Overall it's fairly enjoyable, but doesn't do much to stand out. I know that was kind of the point but there are some episodes that are so by-the-numbers that they're kind of boring to get through. Kaito is probably one of the most white bread protagonists I've seen in an Ultra show. His personality doesn't go much deeper than "nice guy who's passionate about helping people." The rest of DASH isn't much better except Sean and Elly, who are gems and carry the team. The callbacks to older shows were usually great and some of the humor is definitely on point. Overall enjoyable, but I probably wouldn't feel the same way about it if it were a full 50 episode series. By episode 30 or so I was starting to feel the drag.

>>23787008
>By episode 30 or so I was starting to feel the drag.
And people still begging for Ultra to return to 50 episodes. They really don't know what they're asking for.

>>23787209
I’ve always said 35-39 is the ideal Ultra episode range. 25 is much too short, but 50 is too long.

>>23787008
Max has a stretch in the middle with some all-time greats though. I like it more than Mebius overall.

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>>23786910

>>23787008
Max is still one of my favs

>>23787246
eh, a lot of ultra series make their 50 eps average work

>>23787008
For me the callbacks were all the worst parts about the show and I felt it was much better when it was being its own thing.
It's very hit or miss, like some episodes are god-tier but most are boring/trash

Having written all this out, I realize that Max feels a lot like your average new gen show in that regard

>>23787473
and look where that led them to. life support, buyouts, budget restrains.

>>23787473
It's always the ones who uses 'eh' that got the ignorant takes

>>23786630
I really like how simple it is and definitely feels like an Ultraman that would show up in The Ultraman manga. Yet at the same time I feel like it's the most out there in terms of looks compared to all the Reiwa Ultras despite being so simple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkx7JrJTPng
Episode 9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LUlA9Yr63I
Episode 10 preview.

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"GUTS MEMBER"
Who could it be?

>>23787768
literally me

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was not expecting to see shinya hashimoto in a ultraman episode. what a great suprise

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https://weibo.com/7790031436/QxidMvI5I
Blokees making a big model kit of King Joe and it looks like it can separate. Keeppley's fuuuucked

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man, this general is just DEAD

even the reveal of a new ultra doesn't do shit here

>>23789881
Happens every time an Ultra series ends. A suit design doesn't really stir much discussion after the initial reaction. What're we supposed to talk about that hasn't already been discussed billions of times?

>>23789885
Let's talk about my fanfic, Ultraman Z, Legend of Shining Zeta Z

>>23789881
our "reveal" is a leak. if you want to go crazy over it, reddit is the other way. wake me up when they actually show the leaked design on a beautiful suit, not a toy

I'm ready to start watching another ultra show, which of these is the best:

Nexus
Max
Zero
Z
Arc

>>23789946
Max

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they all look amazing

>>23787768
It made me think of Shinjoh, Daigo's gunner in the GUTS Wing 1. Without the hair, tho.

By the way, it's been a few days since, but that 30MP Madoka kit is already out and she comes with Kyubey. Can someone recreate the infamous Tweet-X post of Ultraman Zero strangling that Incubator?

>>23789881
Welcome to the time between seasons. Wait for the official reveal/announcement. Most leaks are taken with a grain of salt unless they're from Lemon and/or Color and even they have been prone to occasionally bullshitting just to keep corporate ninjas off their backs.

>>23789946
Of those, easily Max. It's one of the most approachable Ultras because it was intentionally a white bread, back-to-basics series to course correct after Nexus flopped. Nexus intentionally subverts or otherwise plays with Ultra tradition in a lot of ways and is notably darker and more serious in tone than most of the franchise, so I honestly wouldn't recommend it as anyone's first or even third Ultra, though I would still recommend it after you've kind of gotten a handle on things.

>>23790101
>>23790474
Great, thanks for the recommendation, I'll start Max right away.

>>23790800
it was my first ultra and made me fall in love with the franchise.

I hope you have fun with it!