[ljacone]

I love the finale of episode 1. The sense of scale that we get from the "Silver Giant" smashing the small Space Beast in one punch is excellently rendered. The suitmation, the compositing, the CGI all come together very nicely.

Speaking of the CGI, it's passable, but not great. About as expected for the timeframe. I do like that they are using the CGI only for things not really feasible with physical effects. The full scale suit introduced in episode 2 is wonderfully weird, filled with tons of great little details.

Komon is an interesting take in that he is the newbie outsider to TLT and the Night Raiders, and has to learn to be part of the team. Typically in an Ultra show, the hero might be new to the team but is otherwise very competant; seeing Komon learn the ropes is a nice touch. I really appreciated his training sequences in episode 2.

TLT and Night Raider are interesting units as well. Obviously they are plays on the old Science Patrol/Ultra Guard/Monster Attack Team archetypes, but I like this spin into the covert ops trappings. Their meka is pretty neat so far, and I like the underwater base (shades of Lightspeed Rescue, oh yeah).

So far I am really enjoying this modern spin on the old school Ultra show format. So glad this won the poll, and I hope everyone else is digging it as much as I am.