[ljacone]

Ultraman Episode 22 -- Surface Destruction Maneuver. Fun episode with the Underground People and their monster Telesedon trying to conquer the surface world. The daikaiju effects are really strong, with the model Tokyo Telesedon destroys being superb. There's a great sequence of Captain Muramatsu and Arashi battling Telesedon win the VTOL while Hayata is trapped and thus Ultraman cannot help.

Only downsides were the unconvincing makeup for the Underground People (essentially adhesive bandages over their eyes -- a scary look but not pulled off effectively) and the subtitles being way out of sync with the dialogue on my Mill Creek DVD for this episode, meaning I had to watch the dub. The subtitles have been fine so far so hopefully this is an isolated incident.