[Frontier]

I didn't expect us to start off an Ultra show in media res with the Ultra already active and fighting Kaiju, complete with battling against Not!Zetton, Gomora, and Red King in found footage!

Definitely some mystery to explore with why our dedicated and affable protagonist Yuma ended up bonded with Ultraman Arc and exactly what he is besides childhood scribbles Yuma came up with. Are we going to see an origin episode and possibly what happened on K-Day?

The OP is pretty fun and upbeat, fitting the vibe of this show, and interesting touch to actually feature footage of the episode during the OP along with all the usual Ultra OP stuff like the new Kaiju, form changes, etc. I really like the ending with SKIP dashing forward alongside Arc.

There were seven Kaiju that appeared on K-Day? Are they all dead? It sounds like the Space Kaiju is and the only thing left of it is the monohorn.

Imagine biking right past a news broadcast that's technically about you!

SKIP is not an Attack Team, they are not meant to be fighting Kaiju, merely respond to, investigate, and handle the fallout of Kaiju. Which I guess is Attack Team-ish, but more supportive than offensive. Plus, we have a robot that answers phone calls!

I wish I had a boss that was also Abare Red. Ban seems like an easygoing but committed boss and Rin also seems like a cute and nice senior member.

Shagong, The Armored Kaiju (I was worried for a second he wasn't going to get the typical Kaiju intro)! I almost felt bad for him that it was the Oo-ze that was driving him to attack and not of his own free will, though it sounds like Shagong's are normally problems. Watch out for that popping head, acid, and armor spikes!

PiBody having it's tongue out when YouPi is YouBot is...something. Is it supposed to be like a dog waiting for it's master...?

Ishido is a professional and serious GDP official...and he also takes his coffee VERY seriously. Honestly I was as surprised as he was that they didn't have ANY kind of coffee. Dude looked like he was about to have a panic attack.

I sense some friction between SKIP and the GDP...which I guess Ishido is meant to resolve.

Are those actual bonafide new tank miniatures!?

Ah, the classic "somebody around the protagonist gets knocked unconscious so they can transform." They even did the "Oiiii!" when the protagonist runs to his team after the fight is over!

Arc has a very pleasant voice.

I like how the transformation device just pops up out of his chest and Arc embraces him when they transform.

Imagine an Ultra fight told entirely through camera footage ala the 24/7 Xio episode in X. Some of the camera angles were a little...impossible, but still cool. I also like how there were actually people in the miniature buildings for once.

That's using your imagination! Breaking the barrier and stabbing Shagong with it to open it up for an Ultra Beam and then finishing Oo-ze off with the sword! Arc/Yuma have definitely got style!

Z flew off with a Z, Arc flies off with an arc! That's how he got his name! One of the rare instances where someone other than the protagonist names their Ultra identity.

I KNEW Ishido was going to be bringing the coffee maker with him.

The ED is pretty fun and makes you want to bust a move. I also like how instead of just doing the usual ED recap they have YouPi come out to show footage to justify the recap.