[GoldenXtreme]

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I like that the show managed to really capture the vibe of an Ultra show and all the usual trappings of one in animated form wayyyyy before the Gridman anime universe was a thing. It may not have captured it as well but the effort was there and it kind of made me want more Ultraman-style anime in traditional form compared to the Netflix show which was basically just Kamen Rider.

Mutsumi is one of the best Showa girls...

It was also one of the first times we saw a host and their Ultra really communicate with each other on an ongoing basis alongside Jack Shindo and Great.

I did find it kind of funny how they had like a Captain transition like you'd expect from a live-action show replacing actors (like what happened with the Captains in RoU) only to come to replace a normal captain with a more anime captain.

Now that you mention it I think Tobe only got like two focus episodes, one of which involved that crazy professor that was always getting them involved in stuff.

It was pretty interesting how close it was to a tokusatsu in animated form, though it was a bit of a double-edged sword, I admired their clear love for the source material and tokusatsu genre but also wished they shook things up more at times.

Mutsumi was alright. She got a decent amount of focus but didn't leave me wowed. I was sort of thrown off by how blatantly thirsty the show was for her, I guess it's a lot easier for an animator to do something like that vs having to ask a real person to casually act out your fetish! I think my favorite member of the team in The Ultraman was Marume, he's an abrasive hothead, but has moments that show his kinder side too. I think my favorite Showa girl was Anne from Ultraseven, but I also rather liked Jono in 80. Ironically, those are my two least favorite shows from the era overall.

I did like that Hikari and Joe actually communicated properly a lot of the time. A sign of things to come judging from my limited knowledge of the more modern shows!

The captain switch was so strange! Maybe the voice actor got too busy... I didn't like the second captain as much, I often felt like his leadership skills were lacking. At times I thought they were going to do a proper character arc with him about how he feels inadequate for the role at times, but it didn't happen... Oh well.

And then there's Tobe. A character who gets so little attention I kept mixing his name up and calling him Kobe. I honestly think his defining character trait is his sheer terror every time that wacky professor guy shows up.