They've already released some videos of the Blazar Brace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXDQd059LrQ

It uses a spinning LEDs system similar to the DriveDriver, but is now advanced enough to create a unique pattern for whichever Ultra's Blazar Stone inserted into it. The patterns themselves seem to be based off the Ultra's portal/background that appears when they transform and grow.

The dx brace seems to only come with Blazar and Zett's, so perhaps Tsuburaya is going super classic with the show and not giving Blazar any side forms.

Sevenger has finally reached pop culture status
https://images2.imgbox.com/ce/08/TcXHRfwn_o.jpg

None of the other DX items we've seen so far indicate form changes either, it's just more stones of other Ultra.

Could be a Taiga-kinda situation where the Ultra uses the powers of his predecessors for special finishers instead of transformations. So we might get another Ultra in this show who uses a different transformation item altogether?

I am not a roleplay toy person, but that thing has me oddly mesmerized.

Not just that, but Blazar's named origin point of M421 is most likely a reference to Markarian 421, an actual named blazar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markarian_421

Anyways, I haven't put all thoughts on the Blazar stuff yet, I think it all looks really cool and exciting. It's really interesting to see something so tonally and aesthetically different, especially for something that is marking the 10th anniversary of New Generation. I'm hoping it's a risk that'll payoff

UltraFest is now a thing in July at San Francisco. Will be showing select episodes of the original Ultraman in 4K & Shin Ultraman. More detail will be announced in the future.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FubAlTDa...pg&name=medium

https://www.scifijapan.com/ultraman-...ncisco-in-july

I'm never really interested in Roleplay toys, but I preordered this. It looks rad.

We got the synopsis of the new Netflix Ulteaman animated movie.

"Baseball superstar Ken Sato returns to his home country of Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman. He soon finds more than he bargained for when he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe.

ULTRAMAN is coming in 2024."

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fuj8sbpX...pg&name=medium

Netflix Geeked

aw heck yeah, Ultraman Mandolorian

Oh, good find. :rock:

Wait, who's behind this? Trigger?

Watching Ultra Q Dark Fantasy.

No it?s Industrial Light & Magic y?know the guys who do the visual effects work at Star Wars

Watched episodes 35 and 36 of Ultraman Ace just the other day.

I'm thinking of getting into Ultraman more but my Shout dvds seem to be somewhat damaged. TsuPro has Seven and Ace fully on youtube though and I found a way to watch Nexus which has held my curiosity for the longest time, maybe I can use that to pass the time on my day off tomorrow

I don't know how your level of access works, Annuga, but the series released by Mill Creek are available on the SHOUT! Factory TV app and on Tubi. Some might take longer to stream than others after their corresponding disc release. I think Neos and Mebius were two of the most recent releases as far as streaming is concerned.

P.S.: Both apps follow the "free-but-with-ads" model. There is no workaround for this.

I believe we've known this for a while.

This was apparently released at Anime Japan though:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fumwwj4W...jpg&name=large

Interesting, I'm down. Who knows, right? It could be the next Spider-verse-ish thing to be released if done right. :rock:

Regulos getting a release in May. It'll be available on both Ultraman Connection and the Tsuburaya youtube channel
http://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/6076
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOfWvMHcvVQ

Here's the release schedule for Regulos and the First Mission special

First new cast announcement for Blazar
https://twitter.com/TsuburayaGlobal/...58789937606660

Sounds like they're dubbing this like the past UGF shows?

It looks awesome though!

Is Dias supposed to be a young Diavolo? Seems like he has a different voice though.
Our female lead!

So a serious and stoic undercover operative...who also loves cosplaying. Can someone say Gap Moe?

Favorite comedic and horror episodes of Dark Fantasy so far:
https://images2.imgbox.com/df/11/VXmZmCCR_o.jpg https://images2.imgbox.com/fc/bf/a9kTmom4_o.jpg

Ultra Q Dark Fantasy did not live to the expectations, but it's not a terrible show. If Ultra Q was a horror series, Dark fantasy would be a J-Drama with horror elements.

The horror in this series is majorly mysterious phenomenons with very few aliens and kaiju appearances. Don't go to this series for the kaiju, otherwise you'd be disappointed. Special effects were still early 2000s quality. CGI is dodgy and some costumes didn't look convincing. Suspense varies from episode to another, but for the most part it landed well.

Favorite episodes:

• Who Are You?
• The Puzzle Woman
• Temptation at 2 AM
• The Eyes of the Totem <- Top
• Komachi
• Tonight, The Fog...
• Alice in the 360 Degrees to the Right
• Doll

I have just finished watching the English dubbed version of episode eight of Ultraman Z and I am seriously enjoying this show a whole lot and I am looking forward to watching more. I think Z might even become another favorite Ultraman series of mine since Ultraman Mebius if this series keeps it up with its overall quality.

Been getting into the original Ultraman series after really enjoying Shin Ultraman. It's been a fun change from Ishinomori style Showa toku. I can only watch so many episodes of "scientist who developed weapon of mass destruction to be used for peace shocked that evil organization wants to use it for mass destruction" Kaiju and seijin present a very different sort of threat. Curious about something though. The actor who plays Ide, was he mixed race? I swear he looks almost white. I'll admit I'm hella face blind though, so I might be talking nonsense

Next Blazar cast announced
https://twitter.com/TsuburayaGlobal/...95512798474242

This dude is pretty shredded!

Checked out the opening episode of Z on Switchblade's recommendation and I honestly really liked it. Giant toku isn't really usually my kind of thing, but I think they did a good job here of blending the traditional elements of these kinds of productions with more modern sensibilities.

Also, as much as I love Rider's flying around carparks shooting lasers at each other, I did enjoy the feedback and thrill of seeing people getting smashed through buildings. I think they handled this well, too, as they integrated the world around these events to enhance the feedback, as I remember so many sentai mecha fights which just seemed to take place in weird cardboard void dimensions where no human life was in danger despite whole cities being flattened.

Ultraman, in principle, always coped with the effect of gigantism better than Sentai. Partly because of the shorter shows, partly because the human-sized action is secondary and optional to him.

Thoughts about the Ultraman parody being in the Treehouse Of Horror ?

Ultraseven 55th anniversary concept movie. Basically, a hypothetical what if episode of the original Ultraseven
https://twitter.com/TsuburayaGlobal/...07449022496769
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nTLV2CkLnVI

Dear Tsuburaya, please take my money.

It looks cool. A good reason for me to get acquainted with the show.

Here?s a subbed trailer on their Twitter

https://twitter.com/TsuburayaGlobal/...C8lcz5g_wtAAAA

Juggler’s Evil God Sword gets the Tamashii Labs treatment.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8V7uQOJ46As

You know I was wondering if Japan would ever use the digital de-aging technology but I never expected they'd use it to have Moritsugu as Dan in his prime while also featuring him at his current age as the guy Dan based his face off of.

Also a follow up from the Alien Pegassa episode that also features time travel and modern FX for the Ultra Guard vehicles? I am here for it!

Curious how Ann will look.

New Week, New Blazar cast member
https://twitter.com/TsuburayaGlobal/...32221192896513

The Ultraman anime released it's final season on Netflix.

The show had it's issues, but ultimately I thought it was a good ending and wrapped things up fairly well in it's final season. I think it was an enjoyable and different interpretation of the franchise and the Showa Ultras.

I've just started watching Taro now and watching Kotaro in action made me realize Taro is probably the least changed characterization-wise of the Ultra Brother revamps in the show.

I will miss seeing Shinjiro and Rena but I guess the manga is currently ongoing.

Anyone watching New Generation Stars? So far it's been a nice little watch, giving moments with each of the New Gen Ultras (the ones with R/B were especially full of gold), but this week was pretty cool, seeing Orb and Z interacting and talking about Juggler.

Started Nexus. So far I like the narrative they went with.