i love this ultra-caveman, truly the hero we deserve with his special brand of ULTRA VIOLENCE

Second episode was really good. I'm enjoying the supporting cast so far and I dig the humorous elements they bring to the show. I'm definitely enjoying both the opening and closing songs (I almost always skip the closing songs, but this one I'll keep watching). The action was again excellent and Gedos's nose tentacle is possible the most disgusting attack I've seen on an Ultraman show.

Surprisingly more comedy than initially expected. Which is okay in my book. No need to make it Ultra dark and gritty with zero levity.

SKaRD's first day... was also unexpected. It's not an up and coming high tech base yet as they usually do which usually it's used as an insult to the new guys but they handled it with good reason behind the low budget feel it had.

And Ultracaveman fishing.

The opening is great! The ending is actually really good as well but we heard that last week.

The humour in this episode really hit right with me. The whole "I'm putting together a team" bit was charmingly awkward.

The SKaRD team make a good first impression, they seem like a good bunch of weirdos.

And yes, Blazar turning his Javelin thing into a fishing rod to catch (and cook!) Gedos is great. Poor Gedos.

I haven't opened mine yet, but since I pre-ordered it, I imagine it's faulty. I sent an email via your link but I think I may just try to replace it on Amazon.

The original Ultraman holds up extremely well imo. I'm surprised by how engaging it is.

Episode 2 of Blazar is the one that introduces most of the elements of the show that really had me excited about it, and it introduces them flawlessly. The idea of Gento as a protagonist in that middle-management position especially, where he'll have to struggle as both a leader and a subordinate, that's rich with a lot of fun storytelling potential, and it also ties back into that whole "communication" theme that strikes me as a super interesting idea to spend a series tackling.

And really, that's the secret to why this episode is great -- just about everything contributes to that theme. In the opening alone, you've got the cast introduced through paperwork, followed by all different kinds of media framing much of the imagery throughout the chorus. The plot has several instances of information getting mixed up, and constantly highlights all these awkward bits of interaction between the cast, like getting a simple signature being surprisingly not simple. It's genuinely brilliant, I think, because the script is so full of sharp intent all the way through, and it uses that theme to very naturally breathe life into the characters and humor into the drama, so simply on a surface level, before even thinking about the broader picture, there's a huge benefit to the tight focus. Little things like Anri clearly being confused if "wilco" is like some official affirmative phrase for SKaRD or not for a split second before just going with a simple "roger" instead, they worked wonders to endear me to this cast after only one real episode with most of them.

And this is all before even talking about the part where Ultraman goes fishing for a monster, so like, the episode's not hurting for creative and engaging giant action either, if that side of the show was in doubt for some reason. Honestly, calling this episode "great" might still be selling it short? This humble little story is kind of staggeringly well-constructed no matter what angle you're looking at it from, and if this is just what normal looks like for Blazar as a series... pretty exciting times might be ahead!

The English dub is quite good like Z. I guess this makes JYB the first power ranger alumni to be an ultra as well?

He was also the voice of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight in a video game.

Oh yeah, you're right. He did voice work for that too. Been a while that I forgot. :lolol

the Blazar opening was such banger! love the interactions between Gento and Emi. hope a future strong familial bond developing xD
refreshing to see the ultra being the team's captain.