[Kiwami]

Oh, the fusion gimmick again. Lovely. At least we had one season without it for once. It could've stayed that way as far as I'm concerned.

Especially since the suits bear little to no resemblance to their individual components. Like, who's looking at Beta Smash and immediately thinks: "Oh yes, of course, Taro, Ace and the original Ultraman!“. Instead everyone rightfully thinks its the lovechild of Ultraman Zearth and Redman.

Gamma Future is way too busy to make anything out except Tiga because of the purple, and Alpha Edge just looks like a worse version of the base suit.

And Geed - oh no. What's this even supposed to be? A combination of Ginga, X and Orb? How? None of this makes me think of those characters, and without the obvious Geed head poking out of it I wouldn’t even guess it's supposed to be an Ultraman.

So the suits - not a fan so far, at all. Massive step-down form Taiga.

That being said - if the show is only half as good as Taiga it's still going to be the best Toku show on air this year. Ultraman is on an absolute roll the past years. R/B was a bit rough, but aside from that? All of the shows were awesome. If Z can deliver on that front and give us gorgeous miniature work, effects and action scenes with lovable characters in between, then it doesn't matter much how the suits look. Or rather, I will grow to love them regardless. Plus, Geed is in this, that’s fantastic!

Also, even though the gimmick is uninspired, the Ultra Z Riser is actually kind of cool. How it moves the trinkets through the scanning area. And the voice of it is quite nice as well.

All in all I'm very much looking forward to this, just because its Ultraman and Ultraman rules.