I'm currently up to episode 16 of the original Ultraman series myself.

Looks like it's a 3 way run with the 1st Rider Series , Gavan , and the 1st Ultra series together. I'll need to rotate depending on. The Rider Episodes will be a while. Not sure how much Ultra is up.

I believe every ultraman season is on YouTube as well as the movies. The content that I know isn't easy to find or not on YouTube are the shows from the past that are similar to how the current episode D shows are.

So I've hit the halfway mark with R/B and I'm definitely glad I gave the show a second chance. It's not a new favorite, but it's really solid all around. Some of the standalone episodes are much better than I remember and I'm looking forward to getting more into the mystery of what's up with the sister.

I want to single out the villain, though. Aizen is just fantastic. I love the fact that he's a huge goofball and that his entire motivation is just so incredibly petty. He's easily my favorite villain of the New Generation era after Juggler.

Had some time, so I caught the last episode of Ginga (no S) on TokuSHOUTsu and had a plethora of questions regarding Dark Lugiel and the background of Spark Dolls:

- Has the conflict which precipitated the conversion to Spark Dolls ever been revealed in full?

- Was the entire Land of Light involved or just a select number of Ultras and Kaiju?

- What was the purpose of turning Kaiju into Spark Dolls anyway? Ultras are the enemy from Dark Lugiel's perspective, so wouldn't it make more sense to leave Kaiju to terrorize the universe?

- Why do TDG Ultras appear alongside Showa Ultras during the conversion? Aren't they alternate universe Ultras?

- Where the hell is Zero during this?

- In relation to the Zero Question, is this the OG Jean-Nine or is this an alternate version or is this an "unexplained-for-the-past-9-years" thing!?

- Isn't Belial supposed to be technically alive during this time? Wouldn't he really love to get in on this or at least manipulate events to his ends?

- Despite Father and Mother's explanation, it still doesn't make enough sense for Taro to remain conscious as a Spark Doll! Shouldn't someone like King also be conscious (assuming that he was turned into a Spark Doll as well)?

Lugiel dragged everyone out of their home universes into his own.

Every Ultra and every monster from every universe were involved.

Lugiel is goal is stop progression altogether be freezing anyone or anything that can induce change. Form his perspective, EVERYTHING is the enemy.

It is the original. He was just corrupted by the Dark Spark, similar to Ultraman, Severn and Tiga becoming Ultraman Dark, Seven Dark and Tiga Dark

Again, refer to my above answer.

The power of the Dark Spark is to completely seal away the host’s awareness and free will while freezing their bodies in the shape of a doll.

I am now a little over two-thirds through the original Ultraman series. It took awhile for the show to hit its stride but it has been growing on me. Really not a bad series for what it is.

It’s Dyna’s turn for the 25 anniversary treatment https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...84DAE5F37.jpeg

Time to celebrate Dyna both in terms of merch and a New Generation series!

I hope Asuka shows up in Decker.

Finished the original Ultraman series today and I even just started on the first episode of Ultraseven.