Ultraman Thread

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Wow, we're dead as fuck.

I've been watching through Orb finally. I'm actually enjoying it far more than I thought I would. The cast is pretty fun and likeable and Juggler's a fantastic villain.

VTL seems a little pointless beyond making sure an Ultra show has an Earth defense team. Shibukawa looks and acts more like a regular beat cop and I feel like that's what he should have been instead.

Help me /m/. Orb's my first Ultraman and I'm having a blast. But I feel like there's a lot of throwbacks going over my head. In particular I just got to the part where some aliens said they had some kind of evil Ultraman as a trump card, and then the prescient girl saw Gai being forced to use it in the future, and I think maybe I'm missing some things.

You guys have suggestions on Ultras I should watch to brush up for Orb?

Those aliens who want to destroy the earth just sitting around their base and playing poker with their monster cards was great.

>>14988847
>You guys have suggestions on Ultras I should watch to brush up for Orb?
Find a monster you like on the Ultra wikia and watch that series. No really, there is no bad Ultra series or movie, a few are mediocre, but nothing outright bad. /m/ hates the first Ginga series for some reason though.

>>14987494
>Soichiro Akaboshi
Couldn't have picked a more glorious actor to portray such a scummy asshole.

>>14987494
where'd you get that pic?

>>14988860
>there is no bad Ultra series or movie
Music to my ears.

>>14988867
The most recent episode of Orb
>/m/ hates the first Ginga series for some reason though
Most of the series isn't very good, but the fight with Taro and Dark Lugiel is a fantastic bit of fanservice.

>Jobber slash

>>14988860

Ginga is hilariously low budget with stiff actors who are obviously in their first roles. Ginga S is a significant step up in a lot of places, but it still isn't as good as it could be.

The whole Spark Doll thing is a good example of the low budget. Ginga and Victory's transformation items are the actual toys. They aren't even using props. Sometimes you can see the battery compartment covers and screws on the Ginga Spark and they don't even try to hide the fact that Spark Dolls are just sofubis.

>>14988860
>/m/ hates the first Ginga series for some reason though.
I hate Ginga for two reason
The first is that it was pointless. None of the stories were good, or even serviceable. The characters were caricatures than characters. You can just watch Ginga S and realize how much of a difference there is between seasons.

Two is more personal. Ginga signals the official turn of the franchise from story-driven to toy-driven. I know that's the way toku has to survive now, and I know Monster Galaxy did obvious toy gimmicks years before, but for me, Ginga signaled the change, if not death, of a franchise.
X relived my worry somewhat with its tighter stories, but still.

>>14988847
Orb really doesn't have that much throwbacks in vein of Ginga and X. It does require you knowing the previous characters, but you can just as well know them by their archetypes:

Man - Face of the franchise
Tiga - Face of the franchise in Heisei
Mebius - Youthful fiery strength
Taro - Seasoned fiery strength
Jack - Dude with fancy toys
Zero - Dude with fancy skills
Zoffy - Big good (relatively, I know)
Belial - Big bad

>>14989033
>Dude with fancy toys
Jack isn't a fancy Ultra

>>14989033
>but for me, Ginga signaled the change, if not death, of a franchise.
Look at Orb and compare it to shit like EX-Aid if you think this franchise is anywhere near as bad as it could be with the over reliance on merchandise.

I'm watching Ultraseven for the first time. Why does Dan use them little capsule monsters instead of just getting big?

>>14989094
batteries barely last a year, wait until the last two episodes

>>14989080
It's the direction I'm worried about. KR's descend started with I think Den-O and ended up with what we have now

>>14989186
Nope, Ryuki. Den-O is when it go more kid-friendly

>>14988107
Ultrafags are the most autistic tokufags and tokufags are autistic as fuck and Tsuburaya was already taking too much risks with Orb so I wouldn't be surprised if VTL didn't exist on the original draft and Shibukawa was just a cop.

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>>14989033
>story-driven
Was '66 Ultraman where some episodes were just attempts at random scifi and fantasy situations with Ultraman showing up near the end as a convenient way to resolve things quickly really "story-driven"?

>>14989241
By story driven I meant Twilight Zone -esque individual episode story driven, not story arc driven like AHS

>>14989952
Even looking at episodes individually, I wouldn't praise it for story when it falls back so much on Ultraman muscling through every problem instead of actually figuring out unique solutions. I know the show eventually addressed this, but well, it was only "eventually".

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Orb lost to mama Orochi

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>>14990087
Orb gives in to darkness

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>Naomi only recognizes Orb as the giant from her dreams once he regains Origin
>despite the fact that his other forms really aren't that far off appearance-wise, especially Specium Zeppelion

I don't get it.

>>14990087
>>14990091
>24 counterattack of the super giant maoujyuu: Magatanorochi is awakening, because the earth itself serves as an energy source for Maga Orochi. The VTOL team knows of this, and decides to attack Magatanorochi before it awakens with a new type of missile; however, they were too late. Orb bravely attacks the greatest of enemies, but...
>25 the wandering sun: Orb is defeated by the fierce barrage from Magatanorochi. Meanwhile, Juggler kidnaps Naomi. Juggler tells Gai that all is lost, and what remains is darkness. Gai refuses to give up and stands up to Magatanorochi yet again. What is the ultimate maoujyuu's weakness? The greatest battle on earth is about to begin

>>14990102

Dude they still haven't figured out that Gai is Orb.

They're all kind of idiots.

>>14990102
>Jugular goes Ultra and Naomi is there to see it because reasons
>she thinks she's been dreaming about Jugular all this time

>>14988847
You don't really need to have watched anything from before Orb. Out of the Ultras used in the show I only watched Tiga and the Zero movies(on which Belial, the evil Ultraman, was the big bad). It's all explained and shown on the show itself and Gai makes an introduction to the old ultras at the end of each episode.

>>14988860
> /m/ hates the first Ginga series for some reason though.
Fights were awful, everything happened on the same set, the characters were boring, the plot was simple yet failed to do that well. It was my first Ultra series and wouldnt have gotten into the franchise at all after if it werent for the fact I read that ultrafags in /m/ also thought that it was a bad ultraman show that I was convinved to give other shows (and eventually Ginga S when it came out) a try.

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>>14987494
>black commander
>he's japanese

>>14990395
何?

>>14990395
So Amazon's Orb show will be about X?

>>14990164

>Juggler and Gai have multiple altercations with Naomi present
>she still doesn't make the connection that the sexual predator alien, the mysterious guy that's been bumming around her office, and the Ultraman that showed up the same day as both of them are related.

>>14990552
His name has been subbed in Japanese order, grammatically-speaking he is supposed to be called Commander Black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F_MxNapgrI

>>14993111

Hopefully someone rips this. Do we know if it's all being dropped at once or if it's coming out weekly?

>>14993134
My guess is weekly

>>14993134

If Kamen Rider Amazons was any indication of how these sorts of things are handled, probably weekly.

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Gamu sighted with local criminal

>>14993924

Juggler is such a fucking scumbag. I love him.

Are there any shows besides Nexus where people generally regard the Ultraman with wariness, seeing him as a potential threat as bad as the monsters he fights?

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2016/12/05/ultraman-flies-into-american-theaters-in-2017-2/

>HOLLYWOOD, CA – December 5, 2016 – Japanese studio Tsuburaya Productions Company Ltd., and their U.S. distributor William Winckler Productions, Inc., have secured select U.S. theatrical play dates for their new, English dubbed, 50th Anniversary feature film of Ultraman, titled ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE (劇場版 ウルトラマンX きたぞ!われらのウルトラマン, Gekijoo-ban Urutoraman X Kita Zo! Ware-ra no Urutoraman, 2016), along with their new English dubbed film ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE (劇場版 ウルトラマンギンガS 決戦! ウルトラ10勇士!!, Gekijoo-ban Urutoraman Ginga S Kessen! Urutora 10 Yuushi!!, 2015), as a special “Double Feature” presentation starting January 8th, 2017.

>The Chicago Music Box Theatre, Cleveland Cinemas, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, Northwest Diversified Entertainment Theaters, Keystone Cinemas, and other U.S. theaters have signed on for the special limited theatrical screenings of the new Ultraman Movie Double Feature.

Trailer with dub voices embedded at link. Nothing outstanding, but leagues better than Malaysia dubs. It's a good dub. I'm hoping even if there is no showings within driving distance, that this means a home video release is imminent.

>>14994756
Tampa, eh?
Might have to go.
Maybe we'll get more theaters between now and then like Shin Godzilla.

>>14994756
Another excuse to go back home to Chicago? Sure.
Dunno if it's worthwhile to go by myself though.


Toku dub will never not make me cringe, but it is what it is.

>>14994780
>Toku dub will never not make me cringe, but it is what it is
That's fine, it's not for you

>>14994756
>I'm hoping even if there is no showings within driving distance, that this means a home video release is imminent.
Winckler dubs are weirdly inconsistent in how they're released, so I'm not sure if this indicates anything.

>>14994756
>dubbed, but they kept the shuwachs and yahs and stuff
I can get behind that.

>>14995174
Shout did release the dubs he did for Gaiking, Dangard Ace and Starzinger on DVD, so odds are they'll distribute the X and Ginga S movies too.

>>14995390
I wonder if Winckler himself is voicing somebody in there. It'll almost be like the old days with the Ultraman '66 dub.

>>14994756
>tfw argentinian
Did they ever release the X movie subbed? If not I hope at least this gets on crunchyroll eventually.

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>>14995143
why you gotta be like that man

>>14994756

Why the Ginga S and X movies? I guess they expect Ultra fans to be the only people to show up to these screenings, but both movies are pretty thick with callbacks.

Those dub trailers were painful

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What does everyone think of the manga?

It's kind of middle of the road for me. I like the Ultra-Linebarrel-Iron-Man suit designs and the redesigned aliens, but the writing falls a little flat. It's enjoyable to a point, but it doesn't really feel like an Ultraman story.

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The ED sequence for the newest episode is nice.

>>14995409
That's just three out of however many dubs they've made, which I wouldn't say is enough to be the expectation rather than the exception.

Since neither of them have had in-game appearances yet, is it safe to assume that Storium Galaxy and Mebium Especially are probably gonna be for Ultra Fight Orb?

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>>14996429

>>14996520
Can I hug them?

>>14996429
>What does everyone think of the manga?
I wanted to like it, and to support ultra releases in the US, but it just didn't grab me. Why does old man Hayata have such a young kid?

>>14997747

It is a little strange. If Shinjiro is 16/17 and Hayata is as old as Susumu Kurobe is now, that means Shinjiro was born when Hayata was 60.

>>14997791
Except according to Bemular Shinjiro isn't Hayata's kid.

>>14998210
Yeah, because Bemular isn't a lying shitface and Ultraman-infused sperm don't count as Hayata's?

That plot is dumb. Just show me the next suit

>>14998224

Vol. 6 and his conversation with the Dada bounty hunter or whatever he is suggests that Bemular probably isn't as villainous as he seems.

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>>14998240
sasuga Linebarrel writers
I'm beginning to forget when is the last time an arching Ultraman story didn't shot itself in the foot and bled light everywhere

>>14998246
Zoffy seems to be having some difficulties.

>>14999116
They were about to become crucified popsicles

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Why is Zetton called a "Space Dinosaur" when it's more like a beetle and makes clearly mechanical noises?

>>14999195
That's what space dinosaurs look like.

>>14999195
You ever seen a space dinosaur before?

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>>14999195

Holdover from the early drafts when Zetton was intended to be a "warm up" before Ultraman faced something else, with Saigo being the monster he fought in the final episode. Tsuburaya thought Zetton was a far more memorable design and swapped the two.

>>14999220
Good thinking there. I can't imagine imagine a turtle with Down Syndrome being the classic arch-villain of the franchise.

>>14999220
>Saigo
Sasuga, Tsuburaya. Not really a fitting monster to be literally called "The End" though.

>>14998246
>>14999147
I have to wonder if the scrubber isn't caught by the subninjas.
https://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=810456

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>>15000407

>Ultraman was originally designed with a moving mouth

Thank god budget prevented that. The Type A face is terrifying enough.

>>14999220
Was this something confirmed rather than just naming-related observations? Because Zetton's name is also related to "ending" what with the Z.

>>14998246
>>14998240
What do you think the Zetton suit will look like?

>>14997321

The guy who worked on it got attention from making a Kamen Rider fan doujin so it's not THAT surprising.

If Toei hadn't sent him a C&D letter, he'd probably be making a KR manga.

>>14999220
He looks sleepy.

>>15001719
>C&Ding a doujin/fanwork
I thought that kind of thing never happened in Japan? Because I'm sure there's plenty other KR doujins floating about.

>>15001810
>I thought that kind of thing never happened in Japan?
I remember hearing that back in the Nintendo was really hard on Pokemon doujins and... one of the old girl games' makers was supposedly harsh too. Tokimemo or Sentimental Graffiti I think.

>>14988860
>/m/ hates the first Ginga series for some reason though.

I know this is days late, but I have a good reason: Chigusa

So I caught a glimpse of a commercial to Tokyo on TV the other day
Pretty sure there was a shot of an Ultraman in it.
I think it was Neos

Anyone else saw it?

Is there any significant difference between Dodgy and the official Crunchy subs for Orb?

>>15001810
Capcom went to town on the makers of Rockmen R, who thought that selling their fan game would be a good idea.

>>15003736
It's the same thing
I think

>>15003736
>>15004013

They're identical, except Dodgy has colored text for the transformation callouts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgI7UjMRtSs

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>>15004037
WEW LADS
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>Not ending the trailer on Zero and Seven
At least they aren't trying to do another huge scale movie with a 70 minute run time

>>15004021
>They're identical, except Dodgy has colored text for the transformation callouts.

WHY?

>>15004037
http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/429/1429683/

>>14993134
>>14993167

Weekly on Mondays, it was in the press release.

>>15004037
>That rotating lineup of holds
Why was that so cool.

>>14998246
>Humans are the true enemy
or
>The government is controlled by evil organization and hunting down heroes like that Kamen rider one

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>>15004037
>Naomi in a catsuit

Oh boy we are in on the ride now lads

Should I finish Ultraman X? I'm around episode 14, I think it was after that stupid soccer episode.

>>15004037

Ginga's "SHOU-YA" grunt will never not sound weird.

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>>15006391
Yes.

>>15006391
>soccer episode
>stupid
I don't think you understand comedy episodes in this franchise.

Based Shibukawa does it again

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>>15006391
>I think it was after that stupid soccer episode.
It was rugby, and it was a great episode.

>>14990552
>>14992102

Both are wrong. It's actually Black Directive. "Commander" is a misnomer.

His name in Japanese is "Burakku Shirei." "Shirei" if it was "commander" would be spelled 司令. Black Directive's name is spelled 指令.

So what is this Pacific Record SSP keeps using?
Who wrote it? Is it like the Akashic Record from Heisei Seven?

mo dubs mo problems
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2016/12/10/dub/

>>15008801
>William Winckler
Thanks to this goofball, it feeds the stereotype of Americans being intolerant to subtitles.
https://twitter.com/ptoadstool/status/805863857738698754

>>15008801
>All these literally whos
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but yeesh.

>>15009851
The dub is for fucking children you NEET

>>15010679

>moshi moshi Moroboshi

>>15001305
Yeah, "Zetton"="Zet to N"="Z"&"ん"

>>14989080
ex-aid still has an interesting story though. that easily trumps toys.

So, I'm confused, was Juggular an ex-ultra? Or was Gai not an Ultraman?

>>14993111
So should we be expecting Amazons level of grit, or not?

>>14996429
enjoyed it a whole lot better in phyical format then digital

>>14999195
Have you been to Jurrassic Universe?

>>15009851
as long as the home release will have Japanese audio, everything will be fine.

>>15010679
>D-dad?
>Are you back from getting cigarettes?

>>15000970
It's scarier when you realize he has teeth in some Type A shots.

>>15012020

Juggler is likely an ex-Ultra, considering Orb Origin the First is the form Orb had when they were still friends.

TV-Nihon just released the X movie.
Yes, the one that is liscenced and will be screened in theaters next month. These guys are dense or what?

>>15013694
But that one will be dubbed though, I would like to hear it in japanese and the dialogue subbed in english. Too bad the sub group that did the Ginga S movie that featured Ultraman GingaVictory did not released this yet.

>>15013714
>But that one will be dubbed though, I would like to hear it in japanese and the dialogue subbed in english.

I want that to! Do you really think they liscenced this movie to only release to a few theaters dubbed for a week? This is surely getting a home video release with proper subs. TVN gets a lot of shit for their subs, but the truth is they subbed a ton of shows back in the day, including ultraman shows, that no one else would touch. Very disappointing.

>>15013694
Guess it's time to bug Take to see if they'll do Amazon Orb

>>15013756
>TVN gets a lot of shit for their subs,
>but the truth is they subbed a ton of shows back in the day, including ultraman shows, that no one else would touch.
>Very disappointing.
What the hell are you talking about
What is your point here

>>15012889
But the flashback shows him gaining "origin" he is even given the "O" on his chest

>>15013756
>Do you really think they liscenced this movie to only release to a few theaters dubbed for a week? This is surely getting a home video release with proper subs.
When has a Winckler dub ever directly led to a proper subtitled home video release?

>>15013795
>When has a Winckler dub ever directly led to a proper subtitled home video release?
When has an Ultraman show been released on home video without subs?

>>15013763
>Guess it's time to bug Take to see if they'll do Amazon Orb

Orb Origin Saga is already confirmed to be getting English and German subs.

>>15013818
Why do you assume this will even be on home video for English-speaking regions? The only ones from the last several years were Shout's releases licensed from Chaiyo-affiliated UM Corp.

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>>15013818
the ones that were in English originally obviously, but other than that I think this dub of Joenis or however you spell it, THE (star) ULTRAMAN one. Not sure if this was the one packed in with the raw torrent with the Evil Emperor Barack or not

>>15013836
It was at least two dub movie compilations (which, bizarrely enough, seem to be two different localizations).

>>15013831
>Why do you assume this will even be on home video for English-speaking regions? The only ones from the last several years were Shout's releases licensed from Chaiyo-affiliated UM Corp.

Someone working at Funimation had hinted they would be releasing some of the Ultraman series that had aired at Crunchyroll. And it even if that doesn't come to pass, it will be available streaming, somewhere, because just about every Ultra show that falls outside the Chaiyo umbrella is already available. Tsubarya has been great to the fans, way better than Toei has ever been. For years before X, they had been putting episodes of Retsuden (including Ginga and Ginga S) for global viewing on youtube.

This isn't some lost show that no one can access, this is a series that is being actively promoted and licensed worldwide, that has had several home video releases, that is being picked up by Amazon for global distribution, etc, etc. It's BS for TVN to put this movie up, and I hope it doesn't get them in trouble.

>>15013836
Heh, I thought someone would mention Towards the Future, forgot about Joenius.
Let's say the exception proves the rule.

>>15013858
>Someone working at Funimation had hinted they would be releasing some of the Ultraman series that had aired at Crunchyroll. And it even if that doesn't come to pass, it will be available streaming, somewhere,
How many of the movies has the subbed streaming actually done?

>because just about every Ultra show that falls outside the Chaiyo umbrella is already available.
There's enough shows missing that "just about every" seems like an overstatement.

>For years before X, they had been putting episodes of Retsuden (including Ginga and Ginga S) for global viewing on youtube.
Without subs, so I wouldn't say this is actually related to whether or not anything is even getting subtitles, let alone for home video.

>that has had several home video releases,
Unless you count the odd Southeast Asian releases, English home video Ultraman was all very long ago from licenses that have since expired.

> that is being picked up by Amazon for global distribution, etc, etc

They also said that about KR Amazons, yet there's nothing resembling a release date.

>It's BS for TVN to put this movie up, and I hope it doesn't get them in trouble.
There's not much reason they'd be in trouble before the groups just uploading Crunchyroll rips.

>>15013863
What rule? Besides Chaiyo-related releases, subtitled Ultraman on Western/NA home video has mainly consisted of Funimation's Tiga sets and Image releasing a few crossover movies. Not exactly enough to establish a rule.

>>15013892
>How many of the movies has the subbed streaming actually done?
The Ginga theater special

>There's enough shows missing that "just about every" seems like an overstatement.
Out of the the tweleve main series that Tsubaraya is able to distribute, CR currently airs nine of them. Out of the three remaining, Dyna has aired on Hawaiian TV with subs in the last few years

>Without subs, so I wouldn't say this is actually related to whether or not anything is even getting subtitles, let alone for home video.
You're being pedantic, this was only to show that Tsubaraya has embraced their overseas fans.

>Unless you count the odd Southeast Asian releases, English home video Ultraman was all very long ago from licenses that have since expired.
Either you or someone else just mentioned the Shout/BMI releases. They are licensed via Chaiyo, but it shows that there is an audience who will buy these sets. Shout also has a working relationship with Tsubaraya for some mst3k movies, and had tried to licence Ultraseven through them.

>They also said that about KR Amazons, yet there's nothing resembling a release date.
This is actually the first I've heard that Amazon said they were releasing the KR show globally. You have a link?

>There's not much reason they'd be in trouble before the groups just uploading Crunchyroll rips.
link?

Fair enough, I'm more disappointed in them than anything.

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Anyone know where to find a subbed version of the Ultraman X movie? All I can find is Indonesian subs and Chinese subs

>>15013914
>What rule? Besides Chaiyo-related releases, subtitled Ultraman on Western/NA home video has mainly consisted of Funimation's Tiga sets and Image releasing a few crossover movies. Not exactly enough to establish a rule.

The point is that they've all had subs, Ultraseven and Ultra Q had only subs, there is a market for them in the West.

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I just watched a couple of old Ultra Q episodes and I fucking loved it! Are there rips of the whole series with subs? also, are the newer (neo and dark fantasy) series any good?

>>15013792

Ultras in the prime universe don't get Color Timers until they are chosen as soldiers for the Space Garrison (which is why Seven, originally just a cartographer, doesn't have one). I would assume it works the same way in the Orb universe.

>>15014200

Not at all. From what we can gather, Gai and Juggler found Orb's power somewhere out in space. Gai wasn't an Ultra at all until the "light" granted him its power.

>>15014076
https://mega.nz/#F!zBoQxJhC!ke16ZWYXmtdIaKYSTKeQcg

>Super Taro has only appeared once
>Legend has only appeared once
>Mebius infinity has only appeared once
>Saga has only appeared once
>Beta Spark Armor X will only appear once
Why are movie forms cursed?

>>15014470
Well Saga is a fusion of 3 ultras who normally don't hang outvor work with each other.

>>15013981
>Out of the three remaining, Dyna has aired on Hawaiian TV with subs in the last few years
Hopefully those will get the same fate as Leo's and actuallly get on Crunchyroll eventually.

>>15014076
MBE's steadily doing Neo, while RubberSubs are getting close to the end of Dark Fantasy.

I can't get over how animated Shibukawa is. He's always really physical with the others and just seems really energetic and in-your-face.

>>15015315
>No more cowboy suit
Aww

>>15015590
Well, not this week at least.

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Is there a mega or something for ultraman soundtracks? maybe i'm just dumb but i can't seem to find one.

>>15013981
>The Ginga theater special
One theater special isn't exactly enough precedent to say "they'll definitely release this particular movie".

>Out of the the tweleve main series that Tsubaraya is able to distribute,
Of course it seems like fewer are missing if you discount some others. Plus this doesn't address apparent differences between shows and movies. (Ginga's being there might have something to do with how it's only one they can present as a numbered episode).

>Dyna has aired on Hawaiian TV with subs in the last few years
Assuming you're not mistaken and thinking of the California broadcast back in 2010, Hawaii is a market unlike the rest of the U.S. when it comes to toku.

>You're being pedantic, this was only to show that Tsubaraya has embraced their overseas fans.
It was still without subs, and actually predates the big-scale subbed streaming, so using that to claim subbed streaming is inevitable is still jumping to conclusions. The YouTube channel and Crunchyroll licenses are almost certainly dependent on different factors.

>Either you or someone else just mentioned the Shout/BMI releases. They are licensed via Chaiyo, but it shows that there is an audience who will buy these sets. Shout also has a working relationship with Tsubaraya for some mst3k movies, and had tried to licence Ultraseven through them.
I was specifically referring to those, and even if we assume they'd be working with Tsuburaya in an ideal timeline without the lawsuit stuff, early Showa Ultra seems to be a different niche from current super hero toku, probably due to cross-appeal to Showa Godzilla fans and any people old enough to remember dubbed broadcasts. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason Chaiyo and co's plans for anything involving Return through Taro haven't come to anything.

>>15013981
>This is actually the first I've heard that Amazon said they were releasing the KR show globally. You have a link?
I'm not sure where the original source is, but digging around turns out that might have been a misinterpretation anyway. https://twitter.com/IgnisTL/status/737684120872968192
Although Amazons has since received an official website in English and the current speculation might be related to that, so I'm not completely sure.

>link?
There's a bunch of Crunchy-licensed Ultra shows on the usual torrent place.

>>15014002
>The point is that they've all had subs, Ultraseven and Ultra Q had only subs, there is a market for them in the West.
Q and Seven's lack of dubs is most likely more to do with Chaiyo/UM/Shout not having copies of the dubs. And the Heisei DVDs were so long ago that they're not a good indication of the home video market nowadays. The fact that they didn't lead to Funi doing later series or Image doing more movies suggests they didn't actually prove there was a market for up-to-date Ultraman on home video.

Kamen Rider fag here. What's the reason why Ultraman's CGI/special effects look miiiiiiiles better than anything Toei shits out? Better tech, better budget, Toei just being the stingy bastards they are?

>>15018342
One, history
Two, less episodes means more budget per episode
Three, it doesn't look that much better. Rider is just oversaturated with its SFX and CGI

>>15018273

>One theater special isn't exactly enough precedent to say "they'll definitely release this particular movie".
If there was only one theater special, and nothing else, you would be right. But there are nine series, a few released each year. This is part of a trend of getting more and more giant monster movies generally, and specifically more ultra shows. Can you think of any movie, even with a limited showing like X and Ginga S are getting, that did not have some kind of wider release afterwards? Why would they go to the trouble to licence and dub these movies, to show on like 20 screens and then never been seen again? Does this make sense to you?

>Of course it seems like fewer are missing if you discount some others.
>Assuming you're not mistaken and thinking of the California broadcast back in 2010, Hawaii is a market unlike the rest of the U.S. when it comes to toku.
>It was still without subs, and actually predates the big-scale subbed streaming, so using that to claim subbed streaming is inevitable is still jumping to conclusions. The YouTube channel and Crunchyroll licenses are almost certainly dependent on different factors.
You are missing the forest for the trees. There are so many ultra releases in English recent years, more than Kamen Rider, even more than Super Sentai. What is your point? You think we aren't getting a lot of shows?

Tsuburaya has been courting the Western market for decades. They aren't going to stop now, we're going to be getting more stuff, not less.

>>15018736

>I was specifically referring to those, and even if we assume they'd be working with Tsuburaya in an ideal timeline without the lawsuit stuff, early Showa Ultra seems to be a different niche from current super hero toku, probably due to cross-appeal to Showa Godzilla fans and any people old enough to remember dubbed broadcasts. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason Chaiyo and co's plans for anything involving Return through Taro haven't come to anything.

The Chaiyo stuff has always been pie in the sky. I don't know if he just expects money to drop into his lap or what. Even it did come out it would be really low quality.

>>15018736
>more than Kamen Rider
KR had zero unless you count Dragon Knight as recent and that´d require counting PR for sentai.

>even more than Super Sentai
SS had 4 seasons fully released in the west up to literally this year.

>>15018751
>KR had zero unless you count Dragon Knight as recent and that´d require counting PR for sentai.
I was thinking of Kamen Rider The First and if you want to get into the weeds, there was the Sgea CD game for ZO.

>>even more than Super Sentai
>SS had 4 seasons fully released in the west up to literally this year.

I really don't know where you are going. Are you only counting DVD releases? Just on my shelf, I have four ultra series and two movies.

>>15018786
Oh, are you hung up on "recent"? I don't really know what to say, physical media is on the decline. But historically, ultra has had a good footing in the West and I believe it will continue.

>>15018786
Technically, V3 also came out in the West on DVD, but only through Hawaii.

>>15018786
>I really don't know where you are going.
That sentai has more recent releases in the west than KR, how can you miss this?

>Are you only counting DVD releases?
I´m counting releases in general

>Just on my shelf, I have four ultra series and two movies.
>ultra

>>15019090
Yeah sorry dude, I'm talking about ultraman.

>>15019075
>Technically, V3 also came out in the West on DVD, but only through Hawaii.
It's available anywhere in the US via Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Kamen-Rider-Special-Box-Set/dp/B01HFSVSNW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1481658045&sr=8-2&keywords=kamen+rider+v3

>>15019168
I'm not sure, but iirc Generation Kikaida sells to people outside Hawaii, they just don't focus much on that market.

>>15019183
>I'm not sure, but iirc Generation Kikaida sells to people outside Hawaii, they just don't focus much on that market.

The Amazon listing is sold via GK, they just charge a few dollars more. I've actually been wavering on getting some Kikaider, they are having a sale on their website.

>>15018342
Well, for one, Tsuburaya uses cameras from the actual time they're in. That's why Ultraman looked so great. It was shot with a camera from 1966. OhRanger looks like it's from the 70s.

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>>15019200
I'm still irked that I missed when they had Rider Scout hats.

Just finished episode 9, it keeps getting better every episode.

Guess I've got a new franchise to dig into.

>>15019731
That reminds me, I wonder what happened to that anon who said he might put the official 1966 subs on the blu-rays, nothing happened yet.

The best thing about Ginga was Sugita hamming it up as the henshin device and Ginga's original voice.

>>15021233
I have to admit, his URUTORARAIBU! is quite memorable.

http://sp.m-78.jp/m78/m78_news/detail.php?rss_id=n-4346
Another Ichiro Mizuki opening

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>>15021233
>Ginga's original voice

>>15020261

Episode 9 of Orb?

Keep in mind that Orb is actually quite different from most other Ultras. We normally don't get a dynamic like Gai/Juggler and the lack of focus on the Earth defense group is unusual.

Shit, kissasian is gone

>>15022151
damn, ADC has been down too

>>15022741
This is very GARO looking

>>15022741
I see boobs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mol96hP5HM
DYNA-SAN

>>15022858
>Asuka the inter-dimensional hobo
>Musashi the inter-dimensional PETA representative
So Saga confirmed on Orb Origin?

>>15022806
It has similar backstory like Garo too.

Gai reached the peak of the Mountain of Warrior on Planet O-50, and was given the sacred sword "Orb Caliber" to become Orb.
A young Ultra warrior that fight against Galatic Demon Vezerbe.
JJ, a Snake-heart style swordsman, also reached the peak of the mountain. He didn't got picked to be the Ultraman, but stayed around to support Gai.

>>15022869
>O
>50
Cheeky

http://m-78.jp/orb/saga/cast/
Looks like Musashi and Asuka are recurring characters

>>15022858

Do Dyna and Cosmos just wander the multiverse helping out other Ultras nowadays or what?

>>15022928
Funny how neither of them showed up in X despite both of them basically being the go-to crossover Ultras.

>>15022934
One thing I don't get
Dyna got sucked through a wormhole and developed multiverse travel. That I can buy
Zero has multiverse travel first due to everyone on M78 helping him, then due to Noa OP Hax, which I also buy.

How does Cosmos do it?

>>15022939
Easy, he wants to befriend every monster he can find, so he must have done it by sheer will. He's the Ultra version of Fourze.

So what's the IRL reason, if any, behind Cosmos and Dyna returning frequently.

>>15023065
Their actors are probably the easiest to get ahold of.

>>15023085
Asuka's actor seems to really enjoy his time so he always come back
Plus he's on a kids show or something isn't he? So it make sense to have that cross platform popularity

>>15023085
I guess, but dont they ever get tired of them? Are Gaia, Ren (or Jun with some bullshit), Mebius and Daigo that hard?

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>>15023108
Shunji Igarashi is retired but supposedly hinted at returning once work at his restaurant clams down, Kawakubo (Komon) was just in X as a cameo, Daigo's actor just got married, and Gamu & Fujimiya were sighted on set with Tsuruno and Sugiura.

>>15022928
When there are Dyna and Cosmos, you know there will be Saga.

>>15022939
Cosmos is partial Legend, which has unlisted spec.

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Ultra Live!!

>>15023168
I think you might be a little late

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>>15023185
Ok. Let's put it this way.
Illusion Red and Unite Blue still not making they way to the screen.

>>15023168
>Victory Manga
nani

>>15023108
Daigo's actor is something of a high profile actor in Japan and his agency likes him keeping his "idol" status, so they charge ridiculous rates to have him appear in Ultraman these days.

>>15022741
>>15022869
>The Hero Gai Kurenai and the Mountain of Warrior

>>15023517
Orb Origin is a Yuusha Yoshihiko parody

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I downloaded the MCS v2 batch of 1966 Ultraman and found it had these motion blur thing going on.
Does v1 have this problem?

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>>15023761
DVD for comparison.

>Juggler became evil because of a magic hoop in the sky

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Ever notice that Jaco's emblem is Ultraman firing his spacium ray?

>>15022858
So if Zero + Dyna + Cosmos = Saga,
what will Orb + Dyna + Cosmos make?
Something like pseudo-Saga?

>>15023547
>Parody of a parody
We're in too deep now.

>>15023761
>>15023764
Probably just a glitchy encode, unfortunately.

>>15023886
I think plenty of people took notice already.

>>15024007
Probably a super-charged Orb fusion, since he's going straight to the tap instead of absorbing power from cards.

>>15023761
>>15023764
This would be rectified if someone could take the subs and put them on the blu-rays, but as it is this is sadly the only option to watch '66 Ultraman online besides snatching the torrent on Demonoid (which may be the dub version).

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>>15023361

So it's basically a miracle that Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers happened the way it did.

>>15024420
So good.

>>15024420
Pretty much yeah. Daigo's actor is part of a boy band that consistently score top 5 albums and singles, has appeared regularly on TV and in movies for the better part of a decade, and used to host a weekly variety show with his band. (V6)

The agency he's part of, Johnnys Entertainment, is a boy band factory that pumps out high profile mainstream music groups that often juggle music and acting.

Basically he's the most high profile person to be cast as a hero and to return to that role in all of tokusatsu.

could someone upload the trailer for the Orb Origin Saga from Amazon that came out like on MEGA, either in 720p format or smaller scale?

>>15024482
>>15023361
Yeesh, no wonder Tsuburaya are having money problems besides Chaiyo lawsuit shenanigans. That talent agency is almost as bad as Yokoyama's estate.

But hey, V6 did contribute GONNA TIGA TAKE ME, TAKE ME HIGHER.

>But hey, V6 did contribute GONNA TIGA TAKE ME, TAKE ME HIGHER.
To avex yes.
For DVD release Tsuburaya has to stick with Project DMM version.

>>15024724
Yeah what's the deal with Project DMM? Are they like Tsuburaya's in house music guys like CFO$ for WWE?

>>15024658
Is it different than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mol96hP5HM

>>15023122
>once work at his restaurant clams down
>clams
A seafood restaurant, then?

>>15023668
Nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzaH6jheKW0

Orb is pretty merciless even against sympathetic aliens. He really sticks to his "one warning" rule.

>>15026078
He was pretty patient with Bubba-Ryu

orb fusing with kaiju girls
http://sp.m-78.jp/m78/m78_news/detail.php?rss_id=n-4347#bmb=1

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>>15023668

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kaiju girls event

dark ring has good sales record
also becomes key item for upcoming movie
http://netallica.yahoo.co.jp/news/20161216-16650316-mantana

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>>15026078
Metron did nothing wrong

>Always want to see an Ultraman stage show
>TIL there is a Thomas the Tank Engine stage show

I just want to share this with you all because holy shit that show looks fun

Orb just got Tiga'd yo

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>This new episode

>CR doesn't update for daylight savings time
This is bullshit, I want to be afraid

Where can I download Ultraman X?

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Absolute Terror/10

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>>15028812

The monster itself looks goofy, but damn Gai got his shit rocked this episode.

Holy shit this episode.

Juggler is a fucking irredeemable monster, but I can't help but love him. He's been one of the best toku villains I've seen in a long while.

>>15028881

He reminds me a lot of Jinga from Garo Goldstorm.

Which is definitely a good thing considering Masahiro Inoue chewing the scenery was the best part of that series.

>>15028881
>Juggler is a fucking irredeemable monster, but I can't help but love him. He's been one of the best toku villains I've seen in a long while.
>>15028881

At first it seemed like the show was going to try and redeem him and show he wasn't all bad, but lol nope

he's just a giant shitbag who wants to destroy everything Gai loves

>>15028884

Masa doesn't chew scenery.

He fucks it.

>>15028888
>>15028881
The best part is that he clearly isn't going to pay for his crimes, he's still alive and breaking shit in the movie.

When I was a kid I remember watching Ultraman on TV in North America on Fox (I think). Pretty sure Tiga was the only one they had.

There was one episode where he was hit by a shrink ray so Ultraman was only human size but then he was shrunk again so that even Ultraman was microscopic. Does anyone remember which episode and series this was?

Thanks

>>15029562
If it's Tiga, it's probably the Crow episode, episode 13

>>15028815
It's Greeza all over again

Shit man, I thought Orochi was going to eat Orb Calibur

Wtf is a Zero show coming out?

>>15030660

Not really. It's mostly recycled footage.

>>15026354
>orb fusing with kaiju girls
EXCEPTIONALLY LEWD

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>>15030920

>>15026078
I was entertained when Hou lost the source of its powers and stopped attacking and Orb briefly hesitated before straight up murdering the defenseless beast.

>>15032945
Also RIP Kaiju Girls

>>15033055
It's over? Oh well

>>15033083
Not yet I don't think.

But Orb ends next week, right?

>>15033229
Episode 25 airs next Friday and then The Origin Saga starts two days after.

What's Orb's form in Origin Saga gonna be called? I like how classic Ultra he looks without the huge swatches of black, as well as how Gai transformed with the Orb Calibur.

>>15035374
Origin the First. They're taking the oddly straightforward route, you see.

Not sure if it's ever been brought up before, but in the Return of Ultraman torrent (and mega upload), episode 16 is a repeat of episode 15. It's the beginning of a two-parter so I can't just skip it, but I'm surprised if no one has pointed out this mistake before.

Does the correct version of episode 16 exist?

So what's the word on Origin Saga? It's here in like 6 days

>>15039065
It's been pointed out before, but it's still gone unfixed for the last longest.

>>15039492
Everything posted in this thread so far. We don't know who's going to rip it yet, if anybody chooses to.

>>15042729
Oh god are they gonna try and fucking redeem Juggler? lame

>>15042805
He's working with the villain in the movie, so it's temporary at best.

>>15042729

I can't tell if that's Orb and Juggler fighting Orochi or Orb fighting Orochi while Juggler gets cheap shots in.

Juggler did mention he only warned VTL about Orochi because he would have been caught defenseless in the crossfire, but it'd still suck if they redeemed him. I could see him helping to take down Orochi then immediately turning on Orb when it was over or using the excitement to make a getaway.

Apparently Orb has an OST out. Does anyone have it? Nyaa turns up nothing and we don't exactly have a Mega like the Rider and Sentai threads.

>>15044001
Is it the 1st one or do you mean the 2nd ost is finally out which contains the songs used during Orb Origin fight scenes?

>>15044040

The first. There's stuff on Youtube that looks like the SZ/Burnmite/HS themes, Gai's Orbnica, and a couple of other tracks.

Huh, I'm getting zero hits for ウルトラマンオーブ on PD

My boy Neos around 17 second mark

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AafV/tokyo-metropolitan-government-tokyo-wonderland-art-and-culture

>>15044968
Is that an Asian Kristen Schaal

>>15044527

>gets Zero's eyes

Man that's weird. Aside from Thunder Breaster, most forms leave Orb's eyes alone.

http://m-78.jp/news/n-4360/
For those who probably haven't heard the news.

>>15044527
Kinda weird, but I don't hate it. It's like a busier, cooler UltraSeven X.

>>15045445
>Trinity can use X's MonsArmor pieces and Victory's RedKing Arm
It seems like an obvious idea, but that's pretty cool.

>>15045452
>Orb and Dyna going ham on a kaiju
Neat.

>>15046368
Also neat. Can't wait for the raws to pop up.

>>15044968
In Origin Saga is Jugglus going to use statues of cute girls to summon monsters?

So is anyone actually watching Triple Fighters?

>>15048208
>So is anyone actually watching Triple Fighters?
nope

WAAAAHHHHHTTT
Jugglar is the one who saved Natasha back in the day

>>15049332
There is no surprise when who's her name says she also has a little darkness inside her.
Hell Juggler might be her grandfather all along.

Natasha screaming for Gai in happiness while Juggler introducing her into darkness high every night.

>>15049347
Great great grandfather that is

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And like that, Orb has ended. Like an angel's kiss

Rate the series lads? I say 7/10

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Orb will most likely be standing in the back after next year

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>>15049537

Hurricane Slash jobbed so hard that it didn't even appear

>>15049385
8.5/10 I wasn't ready to give the show up yet. ;_;

>>15049556
In the end, it got one last victory, metaphorical as it may be.

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Trinity Fusion

>>15049385
I'd say 7/10 is probably my rating as well. There's a lot I like, but it doesn't stand out in my memory like X did or Max or Nexus.

Anyone still have the scrubs that were done for the first 6 episodes of Cosmos and the first movie?

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>>15049537

is it finally over? was this the last episode?

>>15045279
Human group name XiO,
then X and Orb
foreshadowing?
>>15045449

I guess the fusion consist of eyes different than normal oval.

>>15049385

7/10?

A little low considering how badly it's crushing Sentai/KR in quality rn.

>>15049385

8-8.5/10. I'm surprised how much I enjoyed it. The new dynamics (e.g. no focus on defense team) and smaller main cast made things really tight and I ended up liking everyone. The Gai/Juggler thing reminds me of early Heisei Rider in the way they interacted with each other. The plots were pretty good and Orb himself is a neat Ultra.

>>15049385
I like the sudden UltraMAN and Tiga flying fusion flying phase. Though I wished the Juggler/Orb tag team fight lasted longer.
7.5/10