[Kiwami]

Just watched the first episode, it was amazing.

First of all, before we get into the show itself, I'm a huge fan of Belial, I like this dude a lot. Simply because he's an evil Ultraman with a kick-ass design. So when I heard that we would get a Belial-focused show with his son as the protagonist I was already on board 100%.

And I admit, I was a bit afraid my high hopes would dampen the experience, especially after the last two Ultraman shows were as good as they are and the slight fear that they could lose their touch now, but after watching the first episode of Geed... this is another great show in the making.

I really like the protagonist Riku, he's the sort of clumsy and friendly hero Tokusatsu features a lot but I think the actor makes it a lot more believable than some of the other characters with these traits. And to be honest, as soon as Riku switched on a Toku episode for lunch I was like "Yeah this dude is alright, he knows what's up"

Can't say much about Pega yet, but I like him so far and I'm sure he will get a focus episode sooner than later.

And then the monster waltzes in and they finally made the logical step-up from the Ultraman fusions and have the monster merge too, with Belial DNA as a core it seems. And it looks awesome, fantastic suit. And of course, the model work is on point as always, but we get into that later.

So Riku stumbles upon the base, gets his stuff, transforms and man... the Geed suit is gorgeous. Those blue eyes with the silver, black and red body, so good. And the action is amazing. They really did their best to impress us from the very start. Battles at night are always great, but how they played with the environment and this lake, that was very cool.

And then you really start to appreciate all of the model work, the miniatures are fantastic. So yeah, the action already has me drooling and from what I've seen of Solid Burning, it will only continue to blow me away.

Character-wise I like them all so far, I've seen a bit more of the side characters through the promotional stuff and I think I will like them just fine. Even the ditzy agent lady.

And the catchphrase of Riku is cute, I mean how he chose the name Geed. Plus, he totally borrowed the "Here we go!" - phrase from his own Toku hero, Donshine, I love it. I honestly can't wait for the "Beware the Gray Ghost"-kinda episode were Riku meets Donshine's actor. That has to happen, right?

So yeah, I could go on like this for a long time, but to make it short: Episode 1 was amazing, I hope they can keep this up but I'm not a tiny bit worried about that to be honest, Ultraman is at its best for the past few years now, and it will only continue to get better!