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01-13-2024, 04:27 PM | #4091 |
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Alright, I've wrapped up The☆Ultraman! There's no denying that this show has truly unfortunate subtitle quality, but if you can deal with that then it's an interesting little experiment for the series. I think the show was at it's best when it played to its strengths with the more "galactic-scale" episodes revolving around big space conflicts, which would be hard to depict in a more traditional tokusatsu show. A lot of the more standard tokusatsu show. A lot of the smaller scale episodes tended to vary between boring and mildly interesting for me, many of them felt like traditional episodes from Showa toku, but stripped of a lot of their typical appeal and crazy energy. I do think that this show had a few innovative aspects that were cool though! Hikari seriously struggled with the secret identity he had to keep up, and he was often seen as a bit of a flake by other members of the team because he was constantly disappearing in fights. Marume in particular had a lot of tension with Hikari that I thought was interesting. The cast in general was pretty well characterized for an older show, though this makes Tobe's near complete lack of focus even more jarring. Not to much to say on this one, it was a pretty good attempt at converting the series into animated form, even if in the end I doubt it'll be the kind of show I regularly think about.
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01-14-2024, 04:59 PM | #4092 |
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Alright, I've wrapped up The☆Ultraman! There's no denying that this show has truly unfortunate subtitle quality, but if you can deal with that then it's an interesting little experiment for the series. I think the show was at it's best when it played to its strengths with the more "galactic-scale" episodes revolving around big space conflicts, which would be hard to depict in a more traditional tokusatsu show. A lot of the more standard tokusatsu show. A lot of the smaller scale episodes tended to vary between boring and mildly interesting for me, many of them felt like traditional episodes from Showa toku, but stripped of a lot of their typical appeal and crazy energy. I do think that this show had a few innovative aspects that were cool though! Hikari seriously struggled with the secret identity he had to keep up, and he was often seen as a bit of a flake by other members of the team because he was constantly disappearing in fights. Marume in particular had a lot of tension with Hikari that I thought was interesting. The cast in general was pretty well characterized for an older show, though this makes Tobe's near complete lack of focus even more jarring. Not to much to say on this one, it was a pretty good attempt at converting the series into animated form, even if in the end I doubt it'll be the kind of show I regularly think about.
Mutsumi is one of the best Showa girls... It was also one of the first times we saw a host and their Ultra really communicate with each other on an ongoing basis alongside Jack Shindo and Great. I did find it kind of funny how they had like a Captain transition like you'd expect from a live-action show replacing actors (like what happened with the Captains in RoU) only to come to replace a normal captain with a more anime captain. Now that you mention it I think Tobe only got like two focus episodes, one of which involved that crazy professor that was always getting them involved in stuff. |
01-14-2024, 07:47 PM | #4093 |
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I like that the show managed to really capture the vibe of an Ultra show and all the usual trappings of one in animated form wayyyyy before the Gridman anime universe was a thing. It may not have captured it as well but the effort was there and it kind of made me want more Ultraman-style anime in traditional form compared to the Netflix show which was basically just Kamen Rider.
Mutsumi is one of the best Showa girls... It was also one of the first times we saw a host and their Ultra really communicate with each other on an ongoing basis alongside Jack Shindo and Great. I did find it kind of funny how they had like a Captain transition like you'd expect from a live-action show replacing actors (like what happened with the Captains in RoU) only to come to replace a normal captain with a more anime captain. Now that you mention it I think Tobe only got like two focus episodes, one of which involved that crazy professor that was always getting them involved in stuff. Mutsumi was alright. She got a decent amount of focus but didn't leave me wowed. I was sort of thrown off by how blatantly thirsty the show was for her, I guess it's a lot easier for an animator to do something like that vs having to ask a real person to casually act out your fetish! I think my favorite member of the team in The Ultraman was Marume, he's an abrasive hothead, but has moments that show his kinder side too. I think my favorite Showa girl was Anne from Ultraseven, but I also rather liked Jono in 80. Ironically, those are my two least favorite shows from the era overall. I did like that Hikari and Joe actually communicated properly a lot of the time. A sign of things to come judging from my limited knowledge of the more modern shows! The captain switch was so strange! Maybe the voice actor got too busy... I didn't like the second captain as much, I often felt like his leadership skills were lacking. At times I thought they were going to do a proper character arc with him about how he feels inadequate for the role at times, but it didn't happen... Oh well. And then there's Tobe. A character who gets so little attention I kept mixing his name up and calling him Kobe. I honestly think his defining character trait is his sheer terror every time that wacky professor guy shows up.
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01-14-2024, 10:28 PM | #4094 |
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I have finished Ultraman Orb today and it is a very well done Ultraman series from start to finish and as such as, it is now among my top five favorite Ultraman series right alongside Mebius, Tiga, Z, and Ultraseven. After I watch and finish its post-series movie and the special/miniseries. Ultra Fight Orb, I will finally start watching my copy of the Blu-Ray set of Ultraman Geed and yes, I will watch Ultraman Orb Origin Saga eventually.
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01-15-2024, 12:20 AM | #4095 |
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Mutsumi was alright. She got a decent amount of focus but didn't leave me wowed. I was sort of thrown off by how blatantly thirsty the show was for her, I guess it's a lot easier for an animator to do something like that vs having to ask a real person to casually act out your fetish! I think my favorite member of the team in The Ultraman was Marume, he's an abrasive hothead, but has moments that show his kinder side too. I think my favorite Showa girl was Anne from Ultraseven, but I also rather liked Jono in 80. Ironically, those are my two least favorite shows from the era overall.
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The captain switch was so strange! Maybe the voice actor got too busy... I didn't like the second captain as much, I often felt like his leadership skills were lacking. At times I thought they were going to do a proper character arc with him about how he feels inadequate for the role at times, but it didn't happen... Oh well.
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And then there's Tobe. A character who gets so little attention I kept mixing his name up and calling him Kobe. I honestly think his defining character trait is his sheer terror every time that wacky professor guy shows up.
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01-16-2024, 06:54 PM | #4096 |
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I have finally started on Ultraman Geed today and the show is already off to a pretty good start.
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01-19-2024, 03:41 AM | #4097 |
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I finished Ace today...I still think the last episode is the best ending of the first few series so far
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01-19-2024, 05:50 AM | #4098 |
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Nice. I hope you enjoy it.
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01-19-2024, 08:07 PM | #4099 |
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Not often you see the Attack Team need to pick up the Ultra's unconscious body and carry it back to Earth...and then lose it in the atmosphere, but points for bringing him back!
Well, things are looking grim. Vallaron has arrived on Earth in his final form and is attacking Japan, Dobashi is non-plussed about the possible destruction of everything, Emi is in handcuffs and locked up...and SKaRD is barely holding it together. But luckily all the relationships in the military that Gento has formed come through and re-supply the team so they can send Earth Garon back out there! It pays to form relationships! HE SPEAKS!!! And he used Gento's catchphrase! I'm crying like Gento's crying! And then they do the hand reaching out moment for the final transformation!!! It's beautiful!!! Teruaki being given captaincy felt so right, and of course the first thing he does is defy CCP so that Earth Garon can fight Vallaron with Blazar. That's exactly what Gento would've done. I like how Anri and Yasunobu are the last Earth Garon combination and not just because I ship them. Nobody puts Retsu's niece in handcuffs! Or distorts the truth about what happened to his close friend. Nice of Blazar to start out with the Firdran armor, not that it does any good. With a V99 invasion force facing the Earth, the truth comes out...there was never really an invasion, an exploratory vessel was assumed to be one and destroyed, with the tech harvested to build up the Earth Garon and the wormhole tech that went awry. But there were never any weapons and they killed innocent aliens for nothing, leading to the retaliatory action of V99. For once this isn't a problem that can just be solved by an Ultra overpowering a Kaiju, it has to be solved with communication and laying down of arms, as Emi tries to convey to V99 that they don't want to fight. And, conveniently, Earthy made from their tech can actually communicate with them. And it works! Of course...could they not command Vallaron to stand down or stop attacking? Do they have like no control over the Space Kaiju after they release them? I guess we still needed to finish the fight. Is there anything more amazing than the power of Gento's son cheering him and Blazar on and his bracelet powering Blazar up to finally finish Vallaron off by finally unleashing HIS ULTRA BEAM?!?!?!?! I like Blazar honoring Earth Garon and his efforts while Earth Garon gives him a thumbs up before Blazar flies off. I'm kind of surprised the show ended with A. Gento still fused with Blazar and B. the team not knowing he was Blazar. Guess they'll handle that in the movie. Still, a good ending for SKaRD, Dobashi giving credit to the next generation, hope for the future of V99 beyond the blazar, and seeing Gento back with his family! |
01-19-2024, 08:07 PM | #4100 |
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Shabeta!!!
Truly a wonderful ending to a wonderful season. Communication was absolutely the heart and soul of the theme through and through, granting us a nice resolution to the conflict. I do feel like V99 abandoning Earth to deal with Varallon was kind of an odd move, but we got to see Blazar fire a beam out of it! Not only that, but the Kaiju all played a part in preventing the bombs from going off. Good stuff. Overall, I'm happy with how this series went, sure there are some things I feel weren't done as great as they could have been, but I quite enjoy the show overall. Now to await when the movie arrives to see SKaRD again, but in the meantime, the road to Arc begins.
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