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I finished Ultraman Gaia!
I want to start by saying that I really liked this show and thought it was full of innovative ideas! But to me the biggest highlight of the whole experience was probably Gamu, who's now my favorite Ultra hero. Youthfully naive, yet genuinely wanting to do the best for humanity, and as the show goes along even other lifeforms he can save. If fact, he might become even gentler as the show goes along and he tries to save monsters more often. His actor did a really good job, his behavior and body language just exuded a gentle yet slightly awkward charm that really worked wonders for the character! I also really loved that he was the team's analyst, not some kind of frontline fighter or ace pilot (even though he might also be the first Ultra hero who doesn't constantly crash his jet). Even when he goes to the frontlines he's still usually doing analyst stuff! Very refreshing. Fujimiiya is also an interesting character, who I think predates the widespread popularity of these sorts of darker rival characters in tokusatsu. He's a bit like a prototype for Ren from KR Ryuki, someone who sees himself as a more brutal person than he can actually bring himself to be. I also thought the trio of reporters was like an Ultra Q throwback, which was a fun idea. To be honest though, the character situation in the show is a mess overall because there are just so many characters and the focus gets spread much too thin. Like, sure, some of the characters are more relevant than others, but even someone like Kajio, who is probably among the best developed team members, is still pretty underdeveloped by the end. So while I really enjoyed Gamu, I think the overall situation with the characters made it a show I didn't like quite as much as Tiga in the end. I do think this is the first truly modern feeling Ultra show I've seen in a lot of ways though. Gamu actually does a pretty decent job covering his tracks so people don't suspect he is Gaia, and he still gets figured out by the commander partway through the show. Gamu even makes his own transformation device as opposed to being given a cool toy by the universe! I think the Radical Destruction Bringer is pretty underdeveloped, but he treatment of the monsters across the course of the show is also given proper thought, and I really liked the reveal that many of the attacking monsters were essentially panicked animals that were dumped on Earth, not mind controlled or anything. Then the later reveal where the Earth-native kaiju are like some sort of planetary defense system and humanity was seriously in the wrong for attacking them? Super cool. It was a show that rethought genre conventions while also being respectful of what makes Ultraman appealing. The narrative was overall good. The show's overarching theme of how humanity fits into nature and whether we are beyond saving is frankly very lofty, but I think the show was able to create a positive tale out of it while not turning a blind eye to all of the harm people can do to the world around them. Really great episodes like the ones involving the ground penetrating missiles to attack hibernating monsters and the subsequent environmental fallout were just fantastic. At the same time, the show was able to show how humans are still fundamentally a part of nature, not disconnected from it. I was really nervous the way the story would handle it would leave me feeling cynical, but it was well balanced and managed to avoid that! On an episode-by-episode note, I rather liked how a lot of the monsters fell into distinct subgroups, so stuff like the planetary environment modifying robots come up multiple times, which gives a nice sense of continuity while also allowing the episodes to be varies due to the wide variety of backgrounds for kaiju the writers could choose from. Some episodes were definitely on the weaker side, my absolute least favorite has got to be that one about Akko's nonsensical childhood backstory that is never relevant to anything else and generally feels disjointed. But hey, can't win everything! Overall I was very satisfied with the show and am going to give it a high B rating! At this point I feel like I've grasped the heart of the Ultra series and I've been really struck by how consistently good it is? So far, while there haven't been as many entries that just bowl me over with how good they are as Rider, there have also been very few that I don't like! Curious to see if this trend holds as I watch more. Anyways, I've finally gotten enough confidence to add an Ultra tier list to my signature! This was uh... pretty wordy for me. I've been working on taking notes as I watch shows recently so I don't forget things I want to post and it might be working TOO well. |
Currently watching some episodes of Ultraman Geed. 15 episodes down, 10 to go.
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I am now 5 episodes away to finishing up on Ultraman Geed and I seriously love this series and it is also becoming another of one of my top favorite Ultraman shows of all time. I also inexplicably started on watching Ultraman Ginga.
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After almost a whole month of unintentional meandering, I have finally watched the final two episodes of Ultraman Geed and I practically love everything there is about this show and it's one of those Toku series that, for one reason or another, just simply clicks with me on a personal level. It's another Ultra series where I officially get why, like Orb, Geed is considered as a major fan favorite especially for a New Gen era Ultra Series.
I am also officially a little more than halfway through Ultraman Ginga and so far, the series itself is just meh. |
Finished Orb. It was a fantastic series. A good mixture between classic Ultraman and Ultra Q, The New Generation embracing more civilian-level characters, and Juggler... here's to see how he develops in the next installments until we reach Z.
Favorite episode is The Imposter Blues, followed by Hard-Boiled River. |
So that Kaiju Decode project that's a collaboration with Toei Animation apparently came out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Yo-6_ljGI Interesting setting, with a fun little surprise tossed in and one really good joke. Not at all what I was expecting, but I'm curious if there's anything more to this, since this was announced years ago. |
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I wasn't sure how this was connected to Ultraman beyond generic "Kaiju" until I heard the Attack Team music. So many questions...so is this ostensibly some virtual world people play into to collect the Kaiju Eggs? But it might actually be the real world and the girl is a genuine human? Or has she already transformed into a Kaiju? How screwed is the MC at the end? What is the Abyss? Also, here's naked Aya Yamane who was apparently playing Nobunaga Shimizaki's character the whole time! The real twist! |
I am up to the first few episodes of Ultraman Ginga S and I am kind of liking what I am seeing so far.
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Just finished watching Ultraman Geed’s post-series movie and I think this might be my favorite among the New Gen era Ultraman films so far.
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Did anyone read the Ultraman novel based on the original series they put out a couple of months ago? I have a copy but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I only bring this up because Ultraseven is getting the novel treatment nexthttps://www.scifijapan.com/ultraman-tsuburaya/ultraseven-the-official-novel-of-the-series-coming-this-june-from-titan-books Apologies if this was already posted.
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Like father like son, Zero gets his own anniversary movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTLDxAxL8i0 |
Finished Ultraman Neos! (Listen, I'm sick right now, so I've been hitting the tokusatsu pretty hard.)
Odd little miniseries. I think it makes more sense knowing that Neos was originally conceived as a fully-fledged show before Tiga was released. Neos never really got off the ground, but did get the direct-to-video treatment several years later, after Gaia. I'm honestly not sure it had a POINT getting released then, but the show makes for a short, amusing tribute to older Ultra shows like Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven. Of course, being such a short show, there isn't much to get invested in and being direct-to-video it also feels notably lower budget too. Fine, but left no real impact on me. Giving it a C. |
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I managed to finish Ginga S, its post-series movie, and the Ultra Fight Victory special not too long ago. Now this just leaves everything related to Ultraman R/B before I can finally jump into Taiga and thus be able to complete the entirety of the New Gen era (at least in terms of main series until the new one crops up later this year) of the Ultraman franchise.
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I saw something recently which suggested that Cosmos was a response by those at Tsuburaya who saw a trend of violence amongst young people.
Does this adhere to the mission statement/principle idea behind the series and those who were involved in its inception? It would definitely fit the bill, given the peace and kindness themes at the heart of Cosmos. Also, what did they actually see which concerned them at the time? Yes, tokusatsu has been viewed as part-and-parcel with the often-criticized otaku culture, but was it more than that? |
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As of today, I have finally started watching Ultraman R/B.
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I decided to take an animated breather and watch Ultraman Kids: 30 Million Light-Years in Search of Mother.
This show is definitely aimed even younger than Ultraman already is, and the general "feel" of the show isn't what I would associate with the Ultraman series (even if some of the tributes to classic Showa kaiju were very deep cuts). Overall though, I thought it was a cute little series. I think the varied planet-hopping adventures were fun and the show, while visually simple, was well animated. The show doesn't really have particularly loft storytelling ambitions or anything though. Characters aren't all that complex and the show ends on a really weird note, choosing to not show Maa meeting his parents even though all the characters needed to do at that point was wait it out. Still, I think the show set out to make a lightweight space adventure and succeeded. Anyways, I think it would be really funny if they made some chibi-looking suits and stuck these guys in a modern crossover. Tsuburaya has done stranger things before! |
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I guess it also helps that we do ultimately get to see the Land of Light in later Ultra shows, but the Ultraman Kids series ended here. Perhaps the creators were hoping they would get to create further animated adventures following these characters, which is why they left the ending so open. |
I kind of wish they'd done more with the kids that stayed behind like Ace and the OC Ultras who didn't seem based on any specific ones.
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I am slowly but surely getting through Ultraman R/B on which I rather liked from what I'm seeing of the series so far.
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I couldn't get into R/B when it first aired, but I came back to it a few years later and really enjoyed it. It has two of my all-time favorite Ultra villains.
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R/B definitely has it's own unique vibe leaning more into comedy/Slice of Life stuff but that's also it's strengths, as well as the family dynamic.
Also I'm watching Max right now and I can't believe it took me until the episode where Ide shows up to realize Dr. Yoshinaga was Akiko/Yuriko. They even did an Ultra Q tribute episode with the original trio! |
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First new cast announcement for Arc: YouPi, the AI Robot. Voiced by Yuya Hirose , who has previously Yuta from SSSS.Gridman
https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/7234 |
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