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So final episode and here a couple of scattered thoughts hearing the Tri-Squad calling out name attacks in Tri-Strium dosen't feel right without Hiroyuki. I thought Taiga was going to become Reiga but the Rainbow Strium Burst is still really cool. Where probably going to get a Figuart of that just like Zero Bryond Glitter last year. Ultimate Shining got a pretty underwhelming debut. My crackpot theory is that the person we see at the end was Heisei Ultraseven either that or Trigger.

Hmm.

Yeah I've decided.

This is probably one of my least favorite Ultra-related works tbh, ending just felt really flat for me. I really only enjoyed Act 1, and like bits and pieces of Act 3.

I'll admit that The Absolute Conspiracy started strong only to poop itself asleep, but even the end has some interesting elements to it. I've yet to see Taiga, so Tri-Strium is relatively new to me and therefore amusing. I'm happy that Andro Melos joined the "final battle" and this Ultra League, but I would've enjoyed more depth. I don't mind Zero's new form, but it probably needed a bigger debut and battle. Z did very little, but I didn't expect much out of him to begin with as he was just getting his bearings. Still curious as to how Yullian truly fits into all this.

The next arc better keep the streak of obscure Ultras going.

The Kingdom is Coming... someday!

Is it just me or is that one guy Yullian is surprised to see a parallel isotope of Ultraseven?

It feels hard to judge The Absolute Conspiracy when it's essentially half(?) done. I'm honestly a little disappointed it didn't end up being more self-contained, because I think those smaller stories it was telling were its biggest strength. Despite it going in a different direction than I expected, though, it was still a lot of fun from start to finish.

Absolute Conspiracy was messy. First it had a straight storyline, then it went to random flashbacks and backstories, and then they tell us it's not even the complete story, so it kind of feels like wasted time over nothing.

True. Personally I liked it regardless and the thought of it possibly being the foundation/supplimentary material for Ultraman Trigger.

I enjoyed Absolute Conspiracy. I liked seeing more obscure characters and the Land of Light. But like others have said, it's hard to really judge it when it's only the beginning of a story.

After watching another episode of Gridman on Toonami, I suddenly had an "epiphany" of sorts, and apologies if someone already had the same idea and asked about it.

Does the "Ultraman Trigger" copyright news mean that Studio TRIGGER is involved in some capacity!?

Probably no but I do think there is room for a crossover just to milk as much money as possible and given how the Japanese language and wordplay go together like mac and cheese.

Okay so, I enjoyed this series very much despite it losing steam near the end and I have some things I'd like to dissect here.
-First: It's clear they're setting up Absolute Tartarus and The Kingdom as the new major threat for Ultraman Trigger and maybe the Devil Splinters? Either that or it'll be the premise for the Reiwa Ultra Generation.
-Second: Remember that image of Tartarus with some silhouetted figures? I think we can guess some of they're identities. The red female figure is probably Yulian, the big red one in the back might be Belial as some people have speculated, leaving the blue one unknown. Though I have some ideas for who that could be which brings me to my next point.
-Third: Yulian meets someone at the end, who appears to be a prisoner, who bears a striking resemblance to Ultraseven. Though there's also a good chance it could be Max, since recall at the start, he was almost turned into a monster and because that third silhouette in the previously mentioned image resembles him more so than Seven. Either that or we have a tease at Trigger, since I kind of doubt that's Ultraseven X since he's technically the same guy, though they might pull a Kingdom Hearts on us or something.
And finally: We have Belial and Tregear back and I'm honestly looking forward to the prospect they'll get an Absolutian makeover, since I doubt they'll keep them as they are and the red silhouette possibly being belial, or even a fusion. Plus we have all those villains Tartarus has been recruiting, so whatever they plan down the line, they're gonna have a lot to take care of, and I'm definitely looking forward to it.

The blue silhouette looks a lot like Seven, especially with the stinger reveal. I’ve seen speculation that in line with TAC bringing back a lot of obscure faces, this might be Seven’s Superior, which would be amazing.

Agreed on the Superior Theory, but I also have another thought.

We don't know a lot about every Ultra and how they got to be who they are.

What if this is a "parallel isetope" of Seven himself!?

The shadowy figure had Seven's eyes, but I don't recall seeing an Eye Slugger! I'm not saying that it wasn't there, I just don't remember it being atop the shadowy head.

Running with this theory, I'm thinking that maybe Seven was so hard on Zero in years past cause there was a time that Seven himself nearly made a mistake. A time before Seven got his Slugger and made the journey to Earth. It's obvious that Absolute Tartarus is more than willing to pull alternates from throughout the timeline, but organizing a bunch of villains who do nothing but lose can't be the endgame! There's got to be something BIG in mind here, and a twisted Seven fits the bill. Consider how the first half of the Conspiracy involved Ribut saving Max. What if that same trick worked on a younger and more psychologically susceptible Seven?

Again, just a theory.

That is another thing I was thinking myself! I've got four theories at the moment:-

A) It's just Ultraseven, which would be narratively strange and ultimately disappointing
B) It's Seven's Superior
C) It's a parallel isotope of Seven, which if so they may lean into even more by saying he's Heisei Ultraseven or Ultraseven X
D) It's a guy we've never seen before

Random Idea that hit me: an evil ultra partnered with a human, but they're actually friends and do care about each other. This makes it especially tragic when they meet their end.

Ok, I gotta say, this has to be my favorite piece of Ultra content I've seen until now, having seen Z and Galaxy Fight: New generation. Nice action, an interesting story, and, in my opinion, the best part of it, really good use of legacy content, which is kinda funny since I criticized Z for exactly that and this has way more. But I felt never lost here, just enough info to understand the basics, and Belial's and Tregia's stories were really good and made me interested in looking up more of them. It felt like it had a point. And even if this concluded with a bad end, not quality wise, more story-wise with the heores losing, it only made me more interested in where this might be heading.

I am leaning more towards Heisei Ultraseven myself, but your speculation on Seven's superior is a likely scenario too considering we hardly saw that character and given the fact that this series has been toying around with obscure characters and the concept of parallel isotopes as they like to call it.

Yeah, the ending does kinda stick like a bit of a sore thumb. Honestly, it really is just the fact that it ends with Yullian being kidnapped. Keep everything else like Tartarus explaining his plan and even early Belial/Tregear still being around, and I would be ok with it as a tease for the next UGF. As is, it makes it feel like the heroes ultimately lost at the end, and retroactively makes the events in Z feel a little weird cause now there's this huge plot point of "Yullian has been kidnapped" that's never acknowledged in the show.

Aside from that, I still really enjoyed TAC. It's very cool to see all these old and obscure characters/forms come back into the spotlight, especially at a time when Ultra is getting an increasing global presence. I'm looking forward to the next UGF though I hope it doesn't pull another cliffhanger ending. If it is going to do that, at least announce that there's going to be another installment so that we can temper our expectations.

I'll be real, I'd be more fine with Parallel Belial/Tregear on one condition. In that both of their episodes are significantly cut down and their origins are paraphrased and condensed into a single episode. While I don't mind a look into earlier Land of Light stuff, both of their episodes really bogged down the second arc for me. Especially when they did nothing in the end but flex and beat some people up a bit. What they did after Tartar Sauce took them while neat, doesn't really constitute them taking up so much runtime. Put both of their things to one episodes, trim down a lot of the fat, and have Tartar Sauce take them to end it off.

Then we'd have more runtime for a lot of other things honestly. That's my only real gripe about those two.

While it is super cool TAC was acknowledging and exploring all these facets of ultra lore that didn't have much focus before, there was always a worry, at least for me, that it would be a bit too much of a kitchen sink, and the early Belial/Tregear story is probably the stuff that suffered the most cause even with the extended 10 minute runtime, their stories still feel very abridged. Like I could easily see those stories take up a whole 30 minutes by themselves.

P-Bandai has announced an updated version of the Beliarok

https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000154403/

In addition to removing the visible screw holes, it also has lines from Haruki and Juggler, plus a mode that lets you the buyer hold a limited conversation with it.

LOL the fandom hasn't changed a bit since 1971 :lol
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Return of Ultraman episode 07 "Operation Monster Rainbow"

I want someone to do a ventriloquist routine with this thing. :lolol

A good recap of The Absolute Conspiracy is available for those interested.

https://ultramangalaxy.com/turning-p...es-everything/

I just wanted to watch Ultraman and now Bin Furuya's exposed teeth are going to be haunting my nightmares. Please help. (...and this isn't even the first time this has happened to me!)

https://i.imgur.com/sXrt6D2.png

He probably sees you as a tasty snack. :lolol

McDonalds came to Japan in 1971 so Ultraman Jack would be the one to avoid. Now if you happened to be an A&W fish sandwich during 1966 in Okinawa and Ultraman just happened to be there with that horrible look, you would be doomed since they came first to Japan during the early 1960s according to the internet. :lolol

Oh yeah, no hiding that especially with remastered footage. Heck, in some episodes you can see the wall corner during fights. And don't get me started on the wires that suspend the model planes, those stick out like thorns on a rose. :lolol

Started watching Geed recently and I'm enjoying it. It starts a little fast, but you get caught up within a couple episodes. Right now Leito is my favorite character. We don't get a lot of family men in toku, and his actor is amazing.

If you end up watching Gorenger and getting the same reaction (though I doubt you will), I will laugh my head off.

Okay, how about his tongue then?
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It's nice that Ultraman eventually found time on Earth to start applying his ultra face cream.

The Type A suit is really janky. It very much looks like Man-Nii-San’s mom made it for him out of papier-mâché.

Whose decision was to add additional explosion sound effects in Mill Creek's Return of Ultraman?

Don't look now, because you can see Hiroshi Fujioka's mouth in the Kamen Rider 1971 opening. The shot with the logo.

A Kyle Higgins interview, which does touch on his work with Ultraman.

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comi...gins-interview

lol

Seriously. Tsuburaya is smart to release their episodes after airing it in Japan. While it is great Toei is giving us all the obscure and rare shows for free, but they will not achieve Tsuburaya's success unless they follow suit. And I assume part of it is that they probably have contractual obligations with their non-Japanese partners regarding distribution of these shows but come on, step your game up Toei. Toho I don't have a say in much since it's not like they got the Choseishin series still kickin' and they already got it going on with Hollywood and Netflix.