[Byg42]

Taiga is the point where I've started feeling that the current 25 episode count has started to hamper aspects of New Gen Ultra. I do still enjoy most of the shows that came after but my consistent feeling has been "I wished it had more episodes". I think just an extra 5 would be a good sweet spot.

Anyways, I personally really loved Taiga. I felt the show was really bold in terms of what themes and subject matter it decided to tackle. However I do feel its biggest issue and perhaps the reason I've seen it get a bit of a meh reception, is that the aesthetics of Taiga doesn't fully communicate what the show is about, in worst case it sets up false expectations of what the show will be. Taiga being the son of Taro and being in a team of Ultras would make you think that the show is going to be a Taro tribute, with maybe a Den-O like dynamic with the Ultras. However most of that remains a background setting that mostly explored in side materials. The real focus of Taiga is exploring its setting of aliens secretly living amongst humans. And again, I really love all that stuff but I suspect a lot of people went into Taiga expecting it to be about something else.