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2017 Tokunation Toku Wrap-up
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01-06-2018, 11:37 AM
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Kiwami
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So....considering that everyone is praising geed here
I have to ask: is geed a good place to start watching ultraman?
Hard question. The thing about modern Ultraman is that they always incorporate stuff from past seasons. It starts with certain monsters making comebacks and continues with Ultraman from past shows dropping in.
That can be a bit overwhelming if you don't know anything about the franchise. Unlike Kamen Rider or Super Sentai who usually start with a fresh narrative and save cameos and crossovers for movies, Ultraman usually takes place in different times or dimensions that are always linked to the same past, and the story usually incorporates that. They do it loosely mind you, but they still expect you to know about this stuff.
All that being said, you really don't need to watch much before going into these shows if you're willing to read up on certain things. I started with Ultraman X which had many appearances from past characters and I just looked them up myself.
With Ultraman Geed, however, you might want to watch certain things first. The basic setup of Geed is that he is the son of Ultraman Belial. Plus, Ultraman Zero who fought Belial in the past appears as a regular member of the cast.
Both Belial and Zero made their appearance in movies, so you don't need to watch complete shows to catch up. They both first appeared in "Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie" which explains their origin. However, the movie also expects you to know stuff beforehand, but I feel like if you're willing to look some stuff up but focus on the parts of Belial and Zero in the movie you have a good foundation to start Geed.
If you don't want to do that, there exists an episode "zero" of Geed that is meant to advertise the show, it contains scenes from the movies to explain where Belial and Zero come from. Maybe watching that is enough for you.
So, long story short: You will face initial confusion no matter where you start with modern Ultraman, it can't be avoided. Even if you watch an older show first, chances are it isn't directly connected to a modern series aside from one cameo which doesn't help you much at all.
So I recommend starting with Geed if you want to, just be ready to look a few things up. Or just ask us in the Ultraman Geed-thread
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