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TV-Nihon has done a couple of releases for Ultraman's 50th anniversary so I finally got to see a movie I've wanted to see for years now: Superior 8 Ultra Brothers (or however you want to translate the title). I think the big transformation scene from this was possibly the first Ultra anything I'd ever seen, back around the time I was first getting into tokusatsu - I'm not even sure if I'd seen Decade yet. I was really impressed by how many of the original actors came back to reprise their roles, even though I really couldn't tell you who any of them were. I actually still haven't seen most of these shows, but I know enough now to really get most of the references.

As for the movie itself, I freaking loved it. All of the returning actors did a great job and I really want to see more of their original shows, especially Return and Dyna, which I've seen nothing from so far. I really liked that Daigo and Rena were such important characters, but having so many supporting characters from all of these shows was also cool (I've been watching Gaia recently, so the cameos at the end totally clicked for me). The plot was also a lot of fun and the moment when they started remembering their other lives was a brilliant pay-off to all the build up. I really loved the whole thing and would recommend it to any Ultra fan.