Episode 17 of Mebius was another good one, Ryuu and Serizawa continue to be amongst the best characters in the show, Hikari left the show btw.

I love the five ultra vows, as silly as they are, they were used to great effect in this episode.

Watched Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial over the weekend. Fantastic fun from beginning to end. A little episodic as it introduces each one of Zero's allies, but you can't help but enjoy the ride.

It's a lovely movie, and Ultimate Force Zero is a great team, shame we didn't get more of their adventures subbed.
Check the Gaiden if you haven't already!

Yup, caught both of the gaidens. Helpful for being introduced to the Darklops concept, for sure.

Ultimate Force Zero is a fantastic group of characters. The problem with watching these is that it is impossible not to want to buy toys afterwards; it was a challenge not to immediately hit orders for Ultra-Acts of as many of them as I could!

I understand the feeling, I'm not much of a completist but I know if I pick one of the team I would want them all. :p

Well, none of them have Figuarts so that should've been a piece of cake to avoid! :p

You are soooo clever Mister Baltan. :p

Yeah well, pretty obvious I meant Ultra-Act, but since this board is obsessed with SH Figuarts I swapped it in my head.

What are the Five Ultra Oaths???


My favorite Ultras are the original, Tiga, Gaia, Max, Cosmos, Mebius & Ginga.

Now that I have more free time again I've been getting back into Max (and kicking myself for putting it off). I'm up through 31 now, which means only one episode left with non-Hk subs. :(

Thirty-one was another great example of how well this show did comedy, but the thing that struck me most was how great it is that the Ultra franchise is clearly full of actors who loved what they were doing and are always willing to come back for me. In Max alone we have two of the main actors from the original series as regulars, a third as a recurring character, and we've had cameos from the leads of both Ultra Q and Ultraseven. And having seen the first Belial movie, I know that this wasn't the last time we'd see Kurobe and Moritsugu. It's so nice to see these actors happily returning to the show, even decades later; especially when you compare it to the Sentai and Rider movies that are full of suits voiced by random voice actors.