Grew to like Gomora as time went on, Baltan, Eleking, Golza, Red King, Demaaga from X became a fast favorite, Galberos from Nexus.

Hello,

I've heard of UM (forum won't accept my post with UM spelled fully for some reason), but haven't felt the urge to watch it yet. For a newcomer, which UM show would you all suggest I should start with to get into the series?

The ones on Crunchyroll are nice starters. Max and X I think are good starters from the recent stuff(though Max is from almost 12 years ago).

Thank you. Age doesn't really bother me that much so 12 years ago is fine...unless it's in black/white, then my eye starts to twitch a bit lol jk.

Ultra Seven as you can buy it on DVD or watch it on Shout!'s website. The original series is great too and you can pick up the DVD for like $7.

For newer stuff, start with Orb.

Max. It's a great show with really likable characters and it does a good job of encapsulating what an Ultraman show is while paying homage to the past but still doing its own thing. X and Orb are also really good shows and I'd definitely recommend Gaia, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYFDdbFgqL4

Check out what was just uploaded to the Tsuburaya channel. I think its an advertisement for a Kaiju themed bar but I can't read Japanese so... That being said, I'm very pleased with myself for recognizing most of the Kaiju and Seijin that appeared, even if I don't remember their names.

So I'm trying to figure out all of the series Crunchyroll does not have available outside of the original and Seven. Tell me what I'm missing:

Taro
Return
Ace
Tiga (licensed by Funimation)
Dyna
G (American made)
Ultra Seven X
Ultra Seven Heisei

and then some Australian series, right?

There's also the Ultraman anime from the late 70s and Ultraman Cosmos from 2001. I'm not surprised that the shows that are part of the Chaiyo legal debacle aren't there, but I'm a little surprised that Dyna isn't on the site still, especially since they've had Gaia for over a year now (and I need to finish watching it).

Not familiar with the anime. Is it actually part of the show's canon?