[DreamSword]

Episode 1: Terzetto

I admittedly have very little knowledge for experience when it comes to the Ultra franchise. And thus I am no expert when it comes to those shows.

And yet, I can't help but feel like this is an Ultra show in disguise?

The majority of the plot for this first episode is about a duo of paranormal investigators looking into a strange Indian folk song that continually plays on repeat across town; Thinking it might have ties to aliens.

They're eventually proven somewhat correct of course, as the ending of the episode involves Rodan coming down to make a mess of the town. But it really is the investigation and all of the technobabble throughout the episode that made me consider calling this show "Ultra G."

It's also thanks to that that I can see why not many people saw Godzilla: Singular Point through to its end, and why it also has the reputation it does amongst the few who did. There's alot of technical jargon all throughout the episode, and I'd be lying if I tried to claim I didn't need to play back a few scenes due to getting a little lost along the way.

Look, all you really need to to know is that the two leads are huge science nerds who investigate the paranormal, such as fish that swim through time. Everything else just kinda seems to be fluff for how the government has somehow kept the existence of Kaiju under wraps. While there is a little bit of character stuff sprinkled throughout, this episode really is all about the setting up of the overall plot, and letting you know outright that Jet Jaguar is here to stay.

Outside of that, the animation is done well and the art style is nice to look at. The music being rather minimal and the atmosphere being so heavy reminded me alot of the opening episodes of both SSSS.Gridman and Dynazenon, making me think that Gridman ended up carrying quite alot of influence in terms of how Toku anime start their stories. And while I'm not exactly complaining, you'd think Godzilla would actually make an appearance, given the very title of the show in all.

But hey, maybe like the Gridman Universe anime, Singular Point was made with binging in mind, and as such I'm doing a disservice by going episode-by-episode like I usually do. But, only time will tell, and so for now I'll say that while I don't think that this was a particularly great intro episode, I am certainly interested in where exactly this anime is gonna go from here.