So all of this just got trademarked by Tsuburaya:
GUTS-SELECT
GUTS Spark Lens
GUTS Hyper Key
GUTS Falcon
Okagubila
Carmila
Golbar
Circle Arms
Satandelos
Dargon
Trigger Dark
Nursedesei Go?
Hyudram
Alien Metron Maruru

Oh boy. I know those names

Kinda find it weird neither SHF or Mafex ever gave Shin Man his Ultra ray beam...thing... Specium Ray? Almost as if it's being hidden to avoid spoilers or something.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExLDWC3V...jpg&name=small

Silhouette of Trigger in this months Televi

Also potentially a leaked concept design for Trigger, but I'll leave it as a link in case anyone doesn't want to be spoiled
https://imgur.com/a/eg4174l

Stoked for the show. :rock:

Both the jp Tsuburaya and Global twitter accounts just tweeted this out
https://twitter.com/tsuburayaprod/st...74506121637894
https://twitter.com/TsuburayaGlobal/...74502866952196

Totally. My bet is that the beam is being reinvented dramatically. Like Ultramans forearm literally tears open to emit the beam and he has to heal up to do it again.

Honestly, I can see that, since Shin Godzilla's atomic breath was a spectacle to behold (even if I was spoiled by it while I waited for it's official release) so I definitely think Shin Ultraman's Specium Ray will be something similar.

Eagerly excited for that and Ultraman Trigger.

Those are definitely some Ultramans.

I really do hope we get something as crazy as that.

I'm liking what we can see of Trigger. The arm guards remind me of some early Riders, and I think it looks like a gold/purple color scheme. Should be a cool design.

I don't know if the Ultraman and UltraSeven figures by MEGO have enthused anyone, but for the interested, I found a listing (with no image) on BBTS for another figure...from the TDG Era!

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Produ...Details/157212

It's exactly who you're probably thinking it is!

So who had "Ultra Action Figure finally gives someone an accessory AND does someone who's not an Ultra at the same time, and it's friggin' Juggler" on their prediction list?

Because I didn't!! This line is definitely starting to make improvements, I think! May release, 2420 Yen; gimme a sec I just need to go be happy

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....AC_SL1500_.jpg

Not hating it, but I'm getting some Tiga vibes from that degign.

Yep, this year is the 25th anniversary of Tiga so that is gonna factor in greatly marketing-wise.

So I goes his agency holding footage of Daigo's actor hostage is now the second biggest insult for this anniversary year.

Minoru Nakano has passed away at 82!

He was a Tsuburaya Optical Photographer and Visual Effects Technician.

The classic optical trailing/cloning effect for Alien Baltan in the OG Ultraman? That was Minoru Nakano!

http://ukiyaseed.weebly.com/ukiyasee...as-passed-away

RIP

I haven't heard people talk about but starting from episode 9 of the Ultraman Z reuploads on Youtube there now doing these quick comedy segments between Haruki and Z.

https://i.redd.it/ht7ii9uigns61.jpg

Wow! When the show gets a physical release, I wonder if these little sections will just be part of the episode or in their own little bonus menu.

Guys, it's here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8t11bHQOQg
Great news to wake up to! I'll talk more about it later. But consider me excited!

👀👀👀 I dig it... Like wow, even GUTS is back, so this really is gonna be like Tiga 2! (Technically Tiga 3 since Dyna was kinda like Tiga 2 but you get what I mean...)

I'm genuinely and pleasantly surprised by Trigger's design and his various forms. They feel a bit more streamlined in term of details and bits stuck on him compared to Z and Taiga, so he actually does look like he could have come from a 2000s era show, at least in my eyes!

WOW! I'm excited! Though I was hoping for a Gaia sequel! But this will work!

I am loving those suits, especially Power Type. Also digging the transformation device with its USB sticks. It’s nice to see a new Ultra who has his own powers and forms again. Definitely looking forward to this.

Having a hard time getting into this. It's okay, but... I dunno, something's Off. It doesn't feel like Tiga at all for one thing, and it doesn't help that this is maybe the worst DX changer voice I've ever heard. Theme is nice though

Is this just Tiga II?

Like I said in another thread, I think this is more of a Zenkaiger approach but with Tiga.

I kinda liked it because – and this will be a very niche reference – but it reminds me of the deliberately(?) cheesy narrator trailers for games developed by Inti Creates always use, and uh... I think it might actually literally be the same guy!

I didn't really know any of this until I looked it up just now, but apparently the guy in question, Maxwell Powers, is a crazy prominent Japan-based American voice actor, particularly for commercials and the like, who even voiced both Mebius and Max in The Absolute Conspiracy's English dub, and sure enough, that definitely sounds like the same voice to me. That uh, that knowledge obviously probably won't improve anyone's opinion on the dude's vocal talents, but if we're holding that dub against the actors, it would also mean saying the Mega Ulorder from Kamen Rider Ghost wasn't awesome, so let's not maybe not do that. :p

Oh, right, and there's a whole new Ultraman to be talking about, too, isn't there?

Putting the voice aside for a second, I utterly adore that gun. Very simple design, with a straightforward and striking transformation gimmick. Good stuff. I'm not a huge fan of Trigger himself right away, because I think the continued problem New Generation Ultras have with creating distinctive designs is only compounded by having one based off what I consider to be one of the all-time best toku hero designs ever – and part of what makes Tiga's design so strong is how strikingly different it was from what had come before. But you know, he still looks nice, like they always do, so I think I'll get used to it. The sword thingie is also neat for the same reasons as the gun. That's maybe about all I can say for now, especially as someone who's yet to watch Tiga.

End of the day, though, it's another New Generation Ultraman show, which essentially means it's another guaranteed home run. I have no doubts I'll be way into Trigger as soon as it premieres.

https://twitter.com/mohammadkadhim1/...09587551145986
Latest milestone has achieved. I am now done with the 6 Ultraman Brothers.

Overall, Ultraman Taro is a big improvement over Ultraman Ace. Still had its shortcomings, but I enjoyed watching it more than Ace and didn't feel forcing myself to watch it till the end. Now tonely, this felt like watching the original Ultraman, except more whimsical. I kept hearing this was the goofiest Ultra series, but it wasn't really. Unlike the goofy episodes made in the past where it clashed heavily with the series as a while, I was looking forward to the goofy side of Taro as it was made so on purpose. But to my surprise, it still had many serious and sometimes dark moments that matches the previous entries, sometimes even more serious. For example the episodes where children lose their parents actually lose them for good instead of an asspull where they turned out alive and well by the end of the episode. Didn't expect that from taro.

Speaking of being lighter, I liked there were a handful of episodes where the monsters live as sometimes I felt there was no need to kill some of the monsters when the conflict is caused by a misunderstanding which gave more personality to Taro; and Ultra willing to spare the monsters instead of eliminating them as his first instinct.

ZAT was a big improvement over MAT and TAC. Overlooking the silly looking uniforms and vehicles, they were more competent than the 2 teams combined and actually took their job seriously instead of treating every report like a joke or childish lie which was something that heavily annoyed me in Return and Ace. The members were mostly one-noted and didn't have the same dynamic that I liked in Return, but were still more memorable than TAC's members.

Another big improvement over Ace? the monsters are more creative and unique looking which was refreshing after Yapool's boring Terrible Monsters and many of them had amusing personalities to like them enough to wish them no harm.

Sadly the effects and costumes weren't that big of an improvement. It's more noticeable with returning characters with Mefilas's costume to Ultraseven missing his ears. However there were episodes where they had good explosion budget like in episode "The Phantom Mother is a Monster".

Fight scenes were severely toned down compared to Ace as Taro doesn't chop his enemies to pieces and no jaw ripping, and there were some instances of Taro reviving the monsters he killed and spared their lives. A little taste of Cosmos maybe?

The Birdon 3-parter is obviously among the best and most memorable parts of the series, so for another favorite episode, I'll go with "The Vampire Flower is a Girl's Spirit" for being one of the creepiest episodes in the series. Other favorite is the Land of Ultra 2-parter. The ending was a bit anti-climactic but fits the Fairy tale theme of the series, plus it gave us and expanded lore piece. Least favorite is sadly going to the Temperor 2-parter. I did not like how the Brothers were portrayed here as uber jerks who would let Taro die just to see if he can protect Earth on his own.

Just finished watching Ultraman Story. I know it's usually seen as just a stock footage film but it's not as bad as let's say All Monsters Attack. It can still works as a decent Taro story without them, although the discrepancies happens when they integrate Taro's footage which creates huge plot holes to the main series. Other than that, it's an okay Taro prequel story.

The Ultraman channel has uploaded Dyna Episode 1! I don't know if they intend to upload the rest of the series weekly like other seasons or if this is just a one-off for the 25th celebrations, but either way here it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNr2w5s5Eo

Not available in the US. I wonder if that has any implications for a future streaming or physical release here that would prevent it from being on YouTube.

That's... strange. I can watch it just fine in the UK, so I wonder why the US specifically would be having issues

Watched the first 10 episodes of Tiga. I liked how each episode focused on each member of GUTS instead of focusing on Daigo alone. The female members had good episodes that are way more than what the Showa shows did with their stock female roles.

The fighting choreography takes a little to get used to. The Showa fights were faster and more physically hyper. Here I feel it's a little sluggish and of course more emphasis on the mode changes.

This has been an ongoing situation with a lot (but not all of) the backlog stuff Tsuburaya uploads since around when Z started, in my experience. Like, they're still doing Gridman at the moment, right? Because I haven't been able to so much as visibly confirm that since like four episodes in.

It sounds like they are still doing Gridman based on like the Global Twitter tweeting about it.

But it's just not showing up in the US anymore.

Oh yeah, I've been following along with Gridman every week so I can absolutely confirm that one. Very strange...

A final set of Ultra Medals has been revealed.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RFfgY24HgSs

What an absolutely wild set! I was hoping for them to eventually do Emerium Slugger, Tiga Sky & Tiga Power to finish off the fusion forms or an extra DX set for an easier way to get guys like Max and Titas, but this is still a really nice surprise! Very strange to not see Astra, mind!


Mother of Ultra
Yullian
Sora
Boy
Chuck
Scott
Beth
Xenon
Ultraseven 21
Neos
NEXT
Noa

Saw this pic. The girl on the right seems to be holding her own Trigger Spark Lens (dunno the name). And she has those keys on her holster.

Can those two turn into Trigger or can she do something else as well with it?