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06-25-2020, 12:02 PM | #1601 |
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You know, I feel like Max should've been in Mebius & Brothers movie. It kinda sucks that it took Ginga S movie to pay tribute to Max.
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06-25-2020, 03:29 PM | #1602 |
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Max occupies a weird space in Ultra continuity. The show is sandwiched between the failure of the Ultra N project and the start of the nostalgia-focused era that began with Mebius. It doesn't fit with either one and there aren't any similar series to help form a small pocket continuity like we got with Tiga/Dyna/Gaia. It's just this wonderful little gem of a show that has mostly existed on its own until fairly recently. Before showing up in Ginga S and X, all Max had going for himself was a background cameo in the first Belial movie.
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06-27-2020, 03:34 AM | #1603 |
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Elly is still one of my favourite supporting characters in any toku (I'll go ahead and say she is better than Kamen Rider's Izu...!)!
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06-27-2020, 03:58 AM | #1604 |
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Max occupies a weird space in Ultra continuity. The show is sandwiched between the failure of the Ultra N project and the start of the nostalgia-focused era that began with Mebius. It doesn't fit with either one and there aren't any similar series to help form a small pocket continuity like we got with Tiga/Dyna/Gaia. It's just this wonderful little gem of a show that has mostly existed on its own until fairly recently. Before showing up in Ginga S and X, all Max had going for himself was a background cameo in the first Belial movie.
Since Max in his original series was stated to come from an 'alternate M78'
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06-30-2020, 10:12 PM | #1605 |
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Thanks to the Double Feature release, I have finally seen the Ginga S Movie, but the subtitles on the disk left a lot to be desired! I just feel as though Mill Creek didn't give this the attention it needed.
I assume that the multiple villains Etelgar used were all "dark fear clones" as opposed to the originals, right? What the hell is the etymology for a guy named "Etelgar" anyway? Just prior to watching the movie, I did the first episode of Nexus more or less on a whim. After seeing the Ginga S Movie and its depiction of Nexus VS. Dark Mephisto, I'm wondering if maybe I should keep going with Nexus! The Double Feature release does have the English Dub and I'm also wondering if that would make the experience more worthwhile. |
07-03-2020, 09:40 PM | #1606 |
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Information on Anime Ultraman, Season 2... cause someone somewhere said that we wanted and/or needed one!
https://ultramangalaxy.com/special-u...roducing-taro/ |
07-05-2020, 04:21 PM | #1607 |
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Tatsuhisa Suzuki will play Ultraman Taro in season 2 of the Netflix ULTRAMAN show. He is no stranger to toku having voiced Kit Taylor/Dragon Knight in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Zack Taylor/MMPR Black Ranger in the MMPR reboot movie, and Usada in Go-Busters. Also he was Atsushi Domyoji/Green Hippopotamus in the Go-Busters V-Cinema film.
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07-06-2020, 07:14 AM | #1608 |
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Oh ShyGuy, Tsuburaya's YouTube channel is going to stream Ultraman Max episode 1 tomorrow (based on Asia's timezones), so that might be a good place to start.
Although I think it's raw, not subbed.
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07-06-2020, 08:04 PM | #1609 |
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I'll probably write up my thoughts in more detail when I've finished it, but a few quick notes for what I've seen so far: I don't know how this compares to other Ultraman shows, since this is my first one, but it has significantly heavier themes than I anticipated. The overall tone is light, but the show constantly hammers in a strong environmental message and is very explicit about it, it's not just there as a generic theme and it's not treated as just a side concern to facilitate the plot. It takes its message extremely seriously, and almost every episode is asking questions or making points about the relationship between humans and earth. And the things its saying are nuanced and articulate, its far from just the basic "we need to take better care of the environment" message you usually see in things like this. It pointedly acknowledges humanity's responsibility for its poor treatment of the environment, while also holding out hope that humans can be convinced to do better and maybe things can turn around. So that's been really interesting to me, because I was not expecting the level of thematic depth that I found, and definitely wasn't expecting the show to handle it so gracefully and intelligently. I'm very impressed by it so far and can't wait to see how it continues to develop!
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07-06-2020, 10:03 PM | #1610 |
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Thank you for the heads up! I actually started watching it a few days ago, I'm up to episode 15 so far and really enjoying it!
I'll probably write up my thoughts in more detail when I've finished it, but a few quick notes for what I've seen so far: I don't know how this compares to other Ultraman shows, since this is my first one, but it has significantly heavier themes than I anticipated. The overall tone is light, but the show constantly hammers in a strong environmental message and is very explicit about it, it's not just there as a generic theme and it's not treated as just a side concern to facilitate the plot. It takes its message extremely seriously, and almost every episode is asking questions or making points about the relationship between humans and earth. And the things its saying are nuanced and articulate, its far from just the basic "we need to take better care of the environment" message you usually see in things like this. It pointedly acknowledges humanity's responsibility for its poor treatment of the environment, while also holding out hope that humans can be convinced to do better and maybe things can turn around. So that's been really interesting to me, because I was not expecting the level of thematic depth that I found, and definitely wasn't expecting the show to handle it so gracefully and intelligently. I'm very impressed by it so far and can't wait to see how it continues to develop!
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