It helps with the acting. Ishiguro's acting is very fresh since he's experienced, especially compared to a lot of Toku newcomers these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOXnyl_7CnA

New Trailer. Looks kind of post apocalyptic, which I'm kind of surprised Ultraman hasn't done yet outside of movies.

Can't wait, this looks so good.

Also, is Belial the antagonist and is the guy at 2:12 his human form?

They say that Belial has gone missing after causing a "crisis impact"(0:17~0:25). As for the antagonist guy he is Kei Fukuide, a Sci-fi novelist and antagonist who uses the kaiju capsules to summon fused kaijus. They do not say he is Belial's human form, though I will probably wait until they say he is. For now I say there is a 49% chance he is Papa Belial.

Anyone have any idea what he's saying during the transformation sequence? Specifically when he's activating the capsules.

I assumed he blew up an alien planet but that's a lot more interesting.

It would make sense, when the monsters fuse Belial is there and it looks like they'll gain some characteristics of Belial so I would assume this Fukuide guy has at least some connection to him.

"Yuugo! I go! Here we go! Kimeru ze! Kakugo!" to translate word for word:
"Fusion! I go! Here we go! Let's decide! Resolution!"

Thank you. What a clever little pun there.

No problemo. I look forward to it as well. Personally I am interested to see how Riku's actor Hamada carries the show because he has been in tokusatsu since he was a kid a number of times.

That post apocalyptic looking scene isn't from Earth - it's from before the series. Belial tried to destroy the universe and the event was called the Crisis Impact. After that event, Belial disappeared.

I'm not entirely sure Kei will be Belial and that's kinda cool. Neither outcome seems more likely than the other to me and I really like that idea. (though personally I think if Belial gets a human form, it'll be an older, more established actor)