[Daikaijuman54]

Okay, I've been away for a while since the initial reveal (the Ultraman Discussion Thread) and now here to present my thoughts:

First off, I love that transformation device. A gun that transforms into something reminiscent of the Tiga Spark, which is a great callback. Although, I'm not a huge fan of the voice, someone brought it up in the other thread, but this could also be a way for them to market this series overseas, or at least that's just me. Also, looks like the W influence people were joking about turned out to be somewhat true.

The designs are simple, yet has a modern feel to them. I especially like the patterns on the gold parts. And the other forms, as someone already pointed out, having a resemblance to Tiga's fellow Ultras. The weapon is interesting, love the bow, and the sword looks neat, not sure how I feel about the scissors, unless those aren't scissors for whatever reason.

Having the story set on Mars is something I'm all for, seeing an Ultraman series on another world is something I've been dying to see since Ultra Galaxy. Guts is somewhat back, the brief action scenes shown look amazing, and as a spiritual successor to Tiga, it looks rather promising, despite that I've yet to finish Tiga (saw maybe half of it, but never found the rest). And this is making me want to actually finish it, and given how it's the 25th Anniversary, Mill Creek will probably bring that out pretty soon. Now we'll have to wait and see how The Absolute Conspiracy ties into this, but even if it doesn't, I'm still very excited to see this, as with any new Ultraman show.