[Kurona]

It seems they will be putting it up on Imagination and Connection

[Kiwami]

The current state of Ultraman for me:

I keep being entirely unfazed by Decker. There is some good stuff in there, for sure, but I just cannot muster myself to care for it. I get nothing out of watching this show. It's not bad, but I don't feel entertained watching it either. The thought of the next entry faring similar to it and Trigger makes me sad. Ultraman was an absolute blast for me until 2 years ago, every show was so much fun, but the "Remake Trilogy" is just not for me. I hope for something creative, refreshing and new after the inevitable Gaia remake finishes.

Ultra Galaxy Fight on the other hand continues to be mindless enjoyment that makes me smile. It's simple, but that's all it needs to be. And I adore the Absolutians as villains, establishing a race that gained similar powers to the Ultra but use them for conquest instead of protection was a brilliant move. And designing them in primarily gold and black colors as opposed to the Ultra's silver and red is such an easy but effective visual sign to establish both as opposites, I love it.

Still haven't seen Shin Ultraman, still hoping it will come to my local theater eventually.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Rabbitman

Everytime Kengo shows up in Decker I?m, like, ?Wait a minute. Do they think we liked Kengo?!? Then by the end of his appearance I?m loudly proclaiming to everyone ?I always knew that guy was awesome!?

I?m kind of having the same reaction, but I think I?ve figured it out. I was watching the new episode last night and I realized that one of the few issues I have with Decker is that Kanata is kind of a sucking void of charisma. He?s not unlikable, but he?s not especially likable, either. He?s just kind of there. Compared to characters like the Minato brothers, Haruki, Riku, or hell, even Kengo, he?s just incredibly bland.

[Frontier]

I appreciate Kanata's enthusiasm and vulnerability as a protagonist.

[Rabbitman]

Ooh. I?m rubbing my hands together deviously if we are discussing Ultra protagonists. I?ll just stick to new gen as I have only seen Showa Ultra Q, and Ultraman (human host is an absolute dud in OG ultraman. Ide forever!!!) and Tiga (his name was madoka, right? Poor guy was a boy band mafia hostage. He probably was not allowed to be cool. He kinda sucked, lol).

Ultraman X - he was fine. The best part of that show, though, is that they let the team shine and carry focus in addition to the human ultraman host.

Ultraman Orb is, like, the coolest man who ever lived. A top tier human protagonist in Ultraman

Geed is fantastic for a good boy Ultra protagonist. A good shonen anime protagonist
(Leito Zero is the best ultraman host. Don?t come at me. That dude is literally perfect!)

I have to admit. I stopped watching R/B midway through. I think Rosso was better than Blue, but I really did not care one way or the other. Not when my man Aizen was shining like an absolute star, lol.

Taiga and Ginga I have not watched.

EDIT: oh my god. I forgot to put Z in here. That dude is the perfect ultra host. Haha, and I forgot him in my list. Wow. Haha. Don’t tell the police or they’ll arrest me for being a fraud here. (End EDIT)

Trigger - oh boy. I hated that guy. Thankfully they had an absolute Stud come in to be Trigger Dark.

Decker - he is fine. The show overall is good, but just missing something to make it must watch. Same can be said for the protagonist. But it?s a damn beautiful looking tokusatsu show.

Should have put a hot take warning at the start. Look, if I said anything too controversial I will admit I am full of it and don?t understand what makes a show good or not, and nothing I said here is objective truth. Thank you for your time.

[GuardianAngel87]

I finally watched my copy of the Superior 8 Ultra Brothers movie on Blu-Ray yesterday and I got to say that its release is nothing short of fantastic and it is a pretty solid movie all around. Even watched a few more episodes of Ultraman Mebius as well with only seven episodes to go plus its two specials. I might even finish this series soon.

[GrandComplete]

Ultraman Decker Form Theme Mini Album comes out on December 7th.

1. Dazzling FLASH

2. Discover STRONG

3. Definitive MIRACLE

4. Decker DYNAMIC

[Kurona]

More Shin Ultraman UAFs! Mefilas, Imitation Ultraman and Ultraman Landing Version. Come with a Beta Box, an Ultra Wheel effect for Ultraman and a Spacium Beam effect respectively. Release at retail on January 14; 2750 for the Ultras and 3520 for Mefilas

[ShiShiLeo]

We're getting a DX Beta Capsule from Shin Ultraman and honestly its the first time I've been excited for an Ultraman transformation device in a long while



https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/1760022/

Nice and simple

[Frontier]

That Ragon jump scare tells me this would've been a great episode to air around Halloween. The scream even carried into the Opening!

It's fun getting a monster investigation episode with just the girls! Ichika with that youthful enthusiasm and Kaizaki the weary maturity of age. Of course Ichika says Kaizaki is still "young" when she's still feeling being 30...

Ragon comes to "beautiful young women with pure hearts?" So basically Ragon is a Kaiju of culture? I love how Ichika took the compliment and Kaizaki felt so insulted she was excluded. She's plenty beautiful thank you very much!

So Ragon worshippers are "Ragonites?" Good to know.

I love how we're just establishing that every legend of a fish-like humanoid being is basically Ragon.

I kind of want to see Ichika ride a bike.

An unmasking!? Has this suddenly turned into Scooby-Doo!? I didn't think we'd get in-universe Kaiju suits...

Man, Ragon looked kind of adorable in that flashback.

So sealing up the ancient sea creature because he wouldn't fit in the current era...ends up releasing him in an era where he fits in even less and he's steaming from having been sealed up in the first place. Great job, Ragonites!

Ah, classic Ultraman where the protagonist only really shows up just to transform and fight a Kaiju. I feel like the Ichika episodes are where Kanata takes a backseat the most.

Ragon is so slippery Decker just can't get a bead on him. Although he's surprisingly powerful. He tanked an Ultra Beam and fired back like it was nothing!

I get where Ichika is coming from, but I don't know if growing old and outliving all your loved ones is comparable to being separated from your loved ones because of a planet-wide quarantine. Also, what about what Ragon wants? And isn't Miss Urasawa liable for assaulting several people?

I love how Decker saves the day with Miracle Type and we don't even explain what he did because Miracle Type.