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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

A unique thing about the Ultra Series is that there will always be something you aren't immediately aware of! You never stop learning.

Between this and stuff like Sora from Absolute Conspiracy, I'm becoming very aware not so much of all these obscure Ultra characters, but of the general fact there will always be somebody somewhere out there who is extremely happy to see them get so much as a shout-out.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

At this stage, I suddenly started thinking that I kinda feel bad for Kaburagi, or rather his actor! At the beginning, he was the 'face' of Celebro, even got his own mechandise and transformation scenes. But then he almost never showed up, barely interacted with the cast, and now he's been completely phased out in favour of Wajima- I mean the Director.

I might complain about this once the series ends too, but yeah, Kaburagi got done real dirty. Every single show since Orb has had a rival/mastermind kinda character who has a pretty great presence (even the weaker ones were good, and the best ones were Orb Dark Noir Black Schwarz), and yet poor Kaburagi gets almost all his thunder stolen, ironically in a show also starring Juggler, the guy who started this whole archetype to begin with.

It's good that Celebro is still important in the end, but I can't help help but feel it's a bit of a shame Kaburagi's actor didn't get to do more. I thought he handled what little material he was given quite well; Wajima's dictator generalissimo shtick right now doesn't even compare.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

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Huh?!

Who's saying this?!

This has always been my impression of the reception of both shows, and I'm someone who loves Ginga's first season way more than S.

S just had a bigger budget and brought a more familiar, more exciting Ultraman flavor back with a more-or-less proper defense team and everything. I think Ginga was viewed as a bit of an odd duck by existing Ultra fans, and the low-key vibe of it didn't exactly impress newcomers who were fans of Rider or Sentai or whatever at the time and expected to see a revival of Ultraman on TV that would convince them this franchise was some great thing worth their time. S was way more of attention grabber for both parties.

I don't know how widespread those sentiments are, or if that's been toned down over time (which usually happens), but I definitely remember hearing things along these lines years ago.