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Just finished the first season. Probably one of my favorite toku shows now. I hope seven is as good.

>>15813856
>I hope seven is as good.
It's better

>>15813856
>>15813926
Where do you guys got Ultraseven? I still trying to find it to download.

Just finished ep 4 of Geed. I'm finding the fights to be very slow and bland. Do they get better?

>>15813968
>Where do you guys got Ultraseven?
I got my copy off amazon, don't know about other dudes.

>>15813856
Do you recommend downloading Ultraman 66?

>>15814009
nyaa

>>15814009
Yes, it's fantastic.

>>15813968
https://nyaa.si/view/464950

>>15813982

Things get a bit more varied as Riku gets his other forms.

>>15813995

Yeah I got the Shout Factory DVD release

>>15814131
Thanks, anon. Love you.

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>>15814161
yeah I got the same set, it was like $8 when it was new. I think Seven was around the same

If I didn't know Zero Beyond was Zero himself, I'd almost think he was a totally different Ultra. The only real features he carries over are his distinctive eyes and the lines on his body matching his normal form's.

So will it be the final episode or the movie where Zero combines Zero Beyond with the Ultimate Aegis?

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What's the consensus on this dude and his show? I honestly forgot he existed until yesterday.

>>15814421
X is fantastic.

>>15814421
I liked it. Yuichi nakamura makes good ultra sounds

>>15814421
it starts out pretty good but takes a nosedive after he gets the Exceed power up.

>>15814421
I liked it a fair bit, but felt that they put in too many cameos from other Ultras. I get why they did it, due to toy reasons, but it still bothered me a little.

The final fight was real good though. Felt like it took a lot of inspiration from Evangelion.

>>15814421

Has some of the best episodic plots in the franchise as far as I'm concerned. It's just too bad the main plot and Daichi himself are both really fucking boring.

>>15814538
the 24hours at xio was my favorite ultraman episode
it was so much fun

>>15814421
Is that another Chaiyo Ultra?

>>15814412
Probably the final episode. The movie will do something newer to sell more toys.

>>15814421
Is X a good show for a beginner to watch? I haven't watched any other ultras, but I have a basic understanding of how these shows work.

>>15814873
Just do it

>>15814873
I would suggest the original, Seven, Tiga, Nexus or Mebius before X to be quite honest.
Unless you're a /krg/ migrant who shits his diapers over shows made before 2000 in which case this isn't the franchise for you.

>>15814873

Yes, it's newbie friendly, but does have a few cameo appearances by other Ultraman characters, and a crossover with Ginga early on. You don't need to be familiar with any of those older series to enjoy it though.

Really, you can watch just about any Ultraman series as your first one. Just pick something that looks interesting and jump in.

>>15814901

Fuck you buddy, I'm a /krg/ migrant and Ultraseven was the first Ultraman series to make me a fan of the franchise.

>>15814923
You're aware your peers would consider you a "nostalgiafag" and a simpleton with shit taste right? You willingly associate with these people.

>>15814892
>>15814905
Done. X it is.

>>15814901
I am, but I have a love and respect for Showa-era stuff.

>>15814940
you must not fit in too well over there in that case

>>15814941
And that's why I usually only lurk. I enjoy a lot of the new stuff too, but I'm not gonna shit all over the stuff that came before it. Hell, if we didn't have the old shows, the new ones wouldn't exist.

>>15814941
Stop trying to make general wars.

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So what happened to him? Asuka keeps coming back recently, but we haven't seen Daigo since that 2008 movie

>>15814974
He doesn't need the money I guess.

>>15814974
maybe he gets good royalties?

>>15814974
He's been wanting to come back for a few years now but apparently he's incredibly busy

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Got back from Japan World Heroes con lads. Met Bin Furuya and got star struck a little. The man is absolutely a treasure. He shared some good stuff with us:
>The lights for Ultraman's eyes and timer have the battery under the armpits. Furuya got eletrocute from it
>The face of Ultraman is actually made from a face mold of Furuya
>He almost drowned during filming once because water got inside the suit. The suit had no other openings so the water filled all the way up his nose and almost drowned him
He also really liked posing with little kids.

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>>15815208
>The face of Ultraman is actually made from a face mold of Furuya

I KNEW IT!!!!

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>>15815215
The man was teaching us proper technique for posing the Spacium Beam

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>>15815223
oh man this is fucking cool, does he come to America often? I feel like the most frequent toku personalities who come to the US are often older generation like Akira Takarada, Hauro Nakajima etc.

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>>15815235
I heard he went to G-Fest this year but I didn't go. Kiriyama was also here at Japan World Heroes.
Furuya was visibly sad talking about Nakajima and how much of a senpai he was to Bin.

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>>15815246
Damn...

>>15815308
The man is great indeed. Shame we didn't have time to do any Q&A

>>15813968
I bought mine off Amazon for around $30. Don't think there is any good version to download unfortunately.

>>15815208
how fluent in english is he?

>>15815363
I think he understands basics. He didn't speak any, but he did understand some of the question the guy from MAT who asked in English

They really upped the aliens want to take over earth thing in seven

>>15815246
>Only feasible way to meet Furuya is G-Fest
>It's infested with manchild cunts
I might just have to suck it up one year because I'd hate to lose the opportunity forever like with Nakajima.

>>15814974
Agency don't allow him to.

What's the point of turning into different Ultras?They all have the same powers.

>>15815962
Brand Recognition.
They all have varying strengths and weaknesses and techniques, especially among Ultras with various mode changes. Cosmos' calming/healing attacks, Max's speed, ect.

>>15815962
they've never had the same powers literally since Seven

>>15815363
I met him at G-fest and was overjoyed by how cool he was. His politeness and sincerity is like how you'd expect a real super-hero to act. He was hilarious, talking about how Nakajima (whom he called sempai to my amusement) scared him shitless all the time because he would actually hit Bin in most of their fights.

>inb4 G-fest is full of mouth-breathing autists

And that's why I was so impressed with how nice he was there.

>>15817483
Whoops, meant for >>15815235

What's the point of Geed having multiple forms if all of them have access to the Geed Claw, which all of its finishers are way stronger than any form could ever do and even got said weapon fairly early?

At least with Orb, only Orb Origin could use the powerful Orb Calibur and was the way to go when he faced the final episodes enemies.

>>15817303
>Size change
>Flight
>Cross beams
>Some kind of slicing attack

>>15817491

Selling toys.

I just find it funny how Geed Claw immediately was rendered ineffective against Galactron the episode after its introduction. I'm a little disappointed we didn't get to see it with Solid Burning this week, but I guess they wanted to give some attention to Hikari as thanks for literally dropping Zero's power-up out of the sky.

14 episodes into seven and the kaiju fights are pretty weak. It almost feels like they were trying to move away from giant monsters. I do like the larger emphasis on aliens always trying to invade though.

>>15817483
wtf nakajima

>>15817821
most of seven is like that

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Today is the anniversary of Akiji Kobayashi's death. It's funny this guy was there for both the birth of Kamen Rider and Ultraman, albeit I think Tachibana was a much better role.

https://twitter.com/TIMETUNNEL3/status/901701405374742528
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>>15817853
He said the reason why was that Nakajima was very serious. He sounds like Christian Bale, honestly. He laughed saying (or was rather translated), "Yeah, people think Nakajima is just this old man who politely signs autographs, but he was tough!" Bin pretty much saw him as a superior, but not an asshole it seems.

>>15817869
I always thought he was badass in Ultraman. I remember watching some Hesei Godzilla films as a kid and seeing his actor in them too and getting hyped about it. He was a cool motherfucker.

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>>15817869
I really liked Capu

>>15817903

I remembered spotting him as a victim of the week in Ultraseven. At that point I was JUST starting to get into Ultraman and had no idea he was in the original series, so I just thought it was cool to see Tachibana motherfucking Tobei again.

>>15817821
>It almost feels like they were trying to move away from giant monsters.
Well, they never really got to, thanks to fans wanting more Ultraman.

How do Ultramen like Ginga, Victory and X fit into the M78 world? If they have no relation to the Land of Light where did they come from? This is really confusing to keep track of.

>>15818487
They don't. That's why they're not in the M78 universe.

>>15818487

They're all in different universes. Multiversal travel becomes much more of a regular thing after Zero.

Japan World Heroes second day, notable Ultraman panel was with Dore Klaus, the guy who played Jack Shindo in Ultraman Towards the Future aka Ultraman Great
Things of interest:
>The production was troubled from the start. Japanese production and Australia production were apparently at odds. When production ended, the nips left with the show and the strayans were left with millions of debt literally. As a result Great never actually aired in the down under
>Dore thought he was applying for the suit actor but ended up as the lead. The first guy they hired for the suit was a firefighter, who ironically quit because it was too hot in the suit
>Dore didn't quite get along with the female lead Gia at times. One time during a scene where Jean was covered in slime and Jack had to carry her, Dore kept dropping Gia on the ground because it was slimey
>Dore didn't get to take any prop home. Apparently each one of those plasma spark necklaces cost 600 bucks. He didn't get to wear the suit iether

>>15818655

>the strayans were left with millions of debt literally

wtf I hate Tsuburaya now

>>15818655
>a firefighter, who ironically quit because it was too hot in the suit
wow that must be really hot

>>15818655
that's a shame. I quite like Towards The Future

>>15818732
Dore said he didn't enjoy filming for Great. The entire filming process was quite difficult for everyone involved, but he doesn't regret doing the show.
I asked him about the plot and he said:
>The show was constantly being written and rewritten on the fly. One time Dore had a scene where he had one line, but that got changed to two lines, then four lines, then a full page. When he finally memorized the full page and went to the shoot, they reverted back to just one line again

>>15818855
That's pretty disturbing looking in all honesty

>>15818855
after Redman ran out of kaiju to slaughter he moved on to bigger game

>>15818855
>And this is our son Mebius' room...

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What is fucking wrong with this asshole?

https://twitter.com/kazumaufo/status/902016950699569152

>>15818855
>two pairs of silver boots
In case you needed to dress up as two Ultras at once?

>>15818943
Maybe he stole the Chinese Ultraman's boots.

>>15818940
Is it wrong that he might be my favorite Ultra?

>>15818940
I absolutely love Nice's design.

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/cool/17/monsters.html

Where did Geed Claw come from and how did Zero revive again ? I feel lost, are there explainations or they are just pulling stuff out of their ass ?

>>15819028
Geed Claw is literally an unambiguous asspull, there is no way justifying it
Zero came back because Leito was thinking good guy thoughts and revived him.

>>15819028
"When the time comes" says Rem.
Geed is gaining levels by getting little stars.
Just like games at certain point something or some memories will be unlocked.

Hey look what I found!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETBGsWX8NvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31eqng7HhWY

>>15819247
This sub is pretty bad actually, the guy subbed this clearly isn't English native. A lot of typos, grammar errors and some questionable choices. Like, he just put Okaerishimasu after "Lend me the power of Light". I would say just wait for TV-Nihon

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>Slugger for horns and crest
hey that's pretty good

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>>15819387
accidentally checked the spoiler box. mb

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>>15819388

>>15819387
>>15819388
>>15819390
Geed Magnificent

>>15819406
Oops accidentally push the submit button.

Geed Magnificent, Fusion Rise of Father of Ultra and Zero

>>15819028

Riku is slowly regaining more of his powers as an Ultraman.

And Ultraman heroes are literally powered by shit like courage, hope and heroic willpower.

>>15818855
I want them.

Also, which one would you fug

>>15819390
>>15819388
>horn thunder
I'm sold

>>15819037
>asspull
>happened near the beggining of the show as part of Geed's initial power set

Zero is an asspull

>>15819388

Is that a King Joe-Zetton fusion

Damn

>>15818855

What gets me about this isn't the abundance of Ultra costumes so much as it is the fact that they have both Multi Type and Power Type Tiga suits.

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What the FUCK is that monster? Galactron x King Joe and ???

King joe is my favorite

>>15819804
Yup, Pedanium Zetton. Ever since we got the toy catalogs, it's been the one thing I've most looked forward to.

>>15820053
http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/King_Galactron

>>15819388
What's with Geed fusions like this and Solid Burning getting these strange armors that neither Ultra has?

Really getting tired of these overlong transformations...

You go! I go!

Colour me surprised but is this another pun games by a Toku series?

>>15820484
Solid Burning was clearly based on Seven's armor

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>>15820501
Seven only has armor on his shoulders. Where did all this tacticool come from?

>>15820513
Fake Seven.

All Geed's initial forms are based on Fake Ultramen.

>>15820513
I guess it was a reference to the fake seven in his show that was a robot

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>>15820516

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>>15820540

So every Heisei Ultra except Mebius, Zero, Orb and Geed are in alternate universes?

>>15820555

Orb was in its own universe as well, I thought.

>>15820555
Think of it this way, when you can travel between universes like Ultramen the term "alternate universe" is relative.

>>15820540
>>15820542
Did Cosmos or Hikari have a fake?

>>15820555
Max is also in an alternative universe.

>>15820579
They do, but using the same suit for the base form.

How is Hikari featured in Geed? Did he get a stand-alone series for himself? I don't really remember.

>>15820599

Hikari first was introduced in Mebius, but he had a three-part side story that fleshed out his backstory and development alongside his appearances in the main series.

In the events of Geed, he's the one who first created the Ultra capsules, but they were lost following the Crisis Impact. Zero comes to Earth trying to track them down. Hikari himself made a brief "BUY OUR TOYS" appearance this week in Geed to drop off the New Generation set for Zero to use to make his Beyond fusion form.

>>15820599
In addition to what >>15820620 says
Hikari basically the DHL guy who was supposed to deliver the Knight Brace to Mebius, as King has already foreseen the danger in the future.
Since the time wasn't right Hikari got to keep the Brace for a bit longer.

I like how Geed takes over the old Ultras and Zero takes on the recent Ultras.

Now waiting for any Tiga fusion form.

When is Ultra King introduced? Cause I remember back when I was a kid, Father Ultra is the badass Ultra there has ever been.

Like the time he taught child Taro how to fight by making him watch his brothers fight. You know, that movie with Taro playing on glittering sand.

Annnd yes, it was a recap movie sort of.

>>15820760
We had two Tiga fusions with Orb. Give me a Max fusion.

>>15820787
Oh shit, tells you that I never watched Orb. Guess I'll add it to my backlog.

>>15820784
>When is Ultra King introduced?
He appears in Leo as some sort of ultra space-hobo. just a fuckin weirdo god being who wasn't part of the land of light.

>>15820784
Shit anon, that movie! I watched that too, when I was a kid.

>>15820791
He was. Said to be one of the inventors of the plasma sun and many other miracle gadgets.

Zoffy fusions when? More obscure older Ultras please.

>>15820812
It's my favorite part of King lore. He's just a space hobo who happens to have godly powers.

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>>15820816
>Zoffy fusions when?
Thunder Breaster

>>15820817
Problem is they didn't explore nor hint of the others. To me King seemed to be too powerful to a point that he is not a single entity, but rather a fused super being like other Super Ultramen.

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>>15818858
>>15818943
>>15819895
https://twitter.com/white4311book83

>ウルトラマンフェチです。
>It is Ultraman Fetishism.

>>15820579

Chaos Ultraman and an Alien Babalou disguised as Hunter Knight Tsurugi.

>>15820893
Probably can't sleep unless all suits has been sniffed.

>>15818940
H-HAYAI

>>15820516
Huh.

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>>15820893
that's something that exists
i guess

I've bee wanting to get into ultraman does anyone have that old guide that was posted a few threads back?

>>15820893
I feel a little violated

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>>15821173
Always do, friend. I do have to add in a recommendation for Max, too, because the list doesn't.

>>15821173

Easiest way is to see what looks interesting on Crunchyroll and go with it.

Shout Factory also has the original 1966 Ultraman and Ultraseven available as physical DVD sets, and they're both well worth watching too.

>>15821437
wat dis

>>15821571
Belial Atrocious, which is probably the last boss of the series

Why is ultra q much higher quality audio and video than all the showa ultra.

>>15817869
Wasn't he also in a few Godzilla movies too?

>>15821821
>starting strength

>>15821821
>Zogu and Golza
How fucking big is this fusion gonna be?

>>15821828
5 King

>>15821830
3 Big 5 King?

>>15821821
who's that next to him? Do we have the full image?

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New Ultra 6 brothers

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Idol in kaiju girls

>>15821846
>Geed is the son of Belial
>is also their brother
That's super awkward.

>>15821857
>Be Belial.
>Find out your son is hanging around the one guy that thrashed ya good.

>>15821846
6 of them yet the only number that matters is 0.

>>15821828
Apparently only 17cm

>>15821821
Smol

>>15821875
>you're not my real dad
>Terror dopant is

>>15821856
I though zero beyond was going to use for big threats.
And I also don't see much of Five King in that fusion.

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Is the Land of Light seriously the most aesthetic planet in toku history?

>>15820784
I don't understand that movie for the life of me, because Taro is still a little kid but already Ultraman and Seven are fighting on earth, so did he grow to adulthood in the short number of years between their shows and his own? But he's supposed to be 12 thousand years old, so did he stay a kid for all those centuries?

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>>15822507
I like it

>>15822507

Ultras in general are aesthetic as hell.

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>>15822551
yeah really, a lot of these helmets are legit art

>>15822565
Confirmed to be the man's actual face
>>15815208

>>15822584
No joke I remember watching Ultraseven and everytime I got a good look at Amagi I thought, "damn this guy looks like a humanized Ultraman." This is before I knew it was the suit actor.

https://nyaa.si/view/952687

What the hell is this

>>15822811
The Orb film, subbed by a bunch of ESLs so it's not worth dling at all.

>>15822818
They have no fucking business subbing something in English then. Fuck. >sorry for using broken english

Literally what was the point

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>>15822827
Well I mean, you can ask the same of TV-N.

>>15822945
TV-N knows English, they just choose not to use it.

>>15822016
That's for the toy most likely

>>15823069
You don't sound entirely sure.

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>>15821857
>>15822278

>>15822507
Everything being a single color, and a bright blinding one at that, has to be boring for anyone living there.

>>15823108
Why did you think it was called the Land of Light?

And perhaps Ultras have different senses than us earth-invading seijin.

>>15823111
>Why did you think it was called the Land of Light?
What does that have to do with being single color? Light can be any color.

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>>15823108
>>15822507
There was a time when it was Greek / Roman styled.

>>15823099

So the only good Ultra dads are Ultra Father and Nice, right.

I mean, Seven neglected Zero for his entire life until he almost died and needed him to fight, and Belial is... er, well, Belial.

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>>15822507
What I'm curious about is how the average Joe Ultra lives on M78. I know for a fact they have some of the same jobs we have like school teacher and traffic controller. 80 mentioned stuff like part-time jobs and music culture, also their currency. I want to see it all.

>>15823154
well Zero was exiled, not much Seven could do. What's more worrisome is who and where the mother is.

>>15823155

I want to see a side-story about the Silver Cross order, the nurses/healers that Ultra Mother heads up.

>>15823160

He didn't know about Seven being his dad at ALL though. Zero being exiled to be trained by Leo I understand, but I always thought it was pretty shitty that no one told him who his dad was before that point.

>>15823161
When every Ultraman seems capable of resurrecting and healing one another I wonder how much those guys do

>>15823154
While Belial is evil, do we have evidence that he's a bad father as well? Maybe he's a cool dad when he's not destroying the entire universe.

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>>15823167
We've seen nothing yet or him and Geed (assuming Geed really is even his son and not his good half or something along those lines)

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>>15823172
I'm wondering how long until we get a Belial prequel web series or movie at this rate.

>>15823165
Any excuse for giant alien women in nurse outfits.

>>15823165
healing, yes, resurrecting though?
Jack did it to himself, Leo has that power, Mom does, King does, Cosmos ironically can't resurrect, who else?

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>>15823192
Zoffy could in his first appearance, he even "brought" two lives with him to help Ultraman and used one on Hayata

>>15823199
I wonder what the extra life was for originally. Zoffy was going to let Hayata die until ultraman refused to be separated if that happened.

>>15823199
Sadly he forgot to bring another one against Birdon eh?

>>15823200
Sort of surprising to me on how Ultraman's final episode (1966 series) basically has him lose against the "final boss".

>Hikari just shows up, drops off the toy, and fucks off
Stay and help out you nerdy faggot
Half of this is your fault

>>15823210
I'm sure at the time it was not only shocking for Ultraman to fucking die but for this other crazy alien to show up. I guess it was really the first step from Tsuburaya to make the world of Ultraman seem larger.

>>15823220

Look he just gave Zero an upgrade that shoves the power of FIVE ULTRAS together. I'm pretty sure he's not needed for the fight.

>>15823220
>Half of this is your fault
He's Kei's dad?

>In the finale he gets tired of watching Geed beat up his son and he shows up to help Kei out

Can ultras even be dismembered? No spoilers pls

>>15823252
Yes

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>>15823247
Gomora was the first to beat Ultraman. Shit was shocking

>>15823252
well

>>15823251

He made the Ultra capsules

>>15823256
Which poor ultra is that?, can't even tell in that state.

>>15823336
Jack

>>15823490
Where is that from?

>>15823600
Not them but I wanna say that Ultraman: ZERO manga from a bajillion years ago.

I think a key distinction between the "New Generation" Ultras (ie Zero onwards) and the older Ultras is how vocal they are now. Ultras frequently speak to each other and call out attacks, and their hosts/human forms are shown controlling from within now. Before it was just grunts and yells and they almost never casually spoke in Ultra form.

>>15823917

Yeah, I wonder what the thought process was behind changing that so radically.

>>15823936
to compete with sentai and kamen rider probably

>>15823917
Another key distinction is TOYYYZZZZZ

>>15823959

Well if it wasn't for that sweet, sweet Bandai money, we might not even still have Ultraman on TV right now.

>>15823936
Well, Zero was(and is) pretty popular and talks. I guess they wanted to replicate that(but without the popular VA part).

>>15823917
Zero keeps talking while Seven grunts and hollars like a drunk

https://twitter.com/Redtyrant1215/status/902534216029691908

>>15823917
Another key distinction is that older Ultra's had to use their wits and training in order to defeat some kaiju while new Ultra's just get given power ups whenever the plot demands it.

>>15815308
Two fucking legends.

>>15824184
Yeah but unlike old Kamen Riders the way Tsuburaya depicts the old Ultramen isn't disrespectfully or like they're weaker or lesser, the Ultra Brothers still face the same threats as the new guys, Zero has even been outmatched in sparring by Jack and Seven.

>>15824138
That's hilarious

>>15824184
Be fair, there were plenty of random power-ups as the plot demanded in older series. They just weren't marketed as toys.

Here trailer for Chinese CG Ultraman.. animation is stupid fast... and Ultraman is evil?

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av13751641/

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>>15824794
I tossed a backup over at
https://mega.nz/#F!QvwRCaSI!C-8rTHkM-wAlwJt2tY9X3A

>>15824794
>>15824826
what the fuck

>>15825108
chink bootleg + rights from Chaiyo
A match made in hell itself

>>15823917
>>15823936

Did Zero started named his attacks in the 2009 movie or after it cause depending on the answer he may or may not fit into the same era as Mebius and Max.

There's the "Showa Era" which started with Ultraman (1966) and ended with Ultraman 80 (1980) or Ultraman Zearth (1996) if you count all foreign and non-M78 canon.

There's the "Heisei Era" starting with Tiga (1996) and ending with Mebius (2006) or Zero as said above depending on the answer.

And than there's the "Post Fields era" where the slot-machine company Fields Corporation bought out TYO's 51% stake in Tsuburaya Productions in 2010, with Bandai retaining the remaining 49%. If your wondering why there's such an increase in TOYS focus, nostalgia pandering and similarities to KR and SS this is probably why.

It started with either Zero or Ginga(2013) and continues to the current Ultra in this case Geed (2017).

>inb4 autism

>>15825173
Calling out the name of attacks started with Ginga
I know this because I still don't know what any of Saga's moves are called

>>15825176
doesn't calling out attack names go back to Taro with STORIUUUUM KOOOSEEN?

>>15824230
>when your inferiority complex is so high you have to make up an unnecesary criticism about Kamen Rider to make a point about Ultraman

>Zero has even been outmatched in sparring by Jack and Seven.
Wasn't Zero supposed to be stronger than them in his first movie?

>>15824680
Like when King gave Leo his cape and fucked off.

>>15825173
>>15823917
Orb movie promotion used the term new generation Ultra and started with Ginga (with Seven making a cameo in the movie).

The poster that was used in an event(which was used as an OP pic in one of these threads but I dont have it now) also used Ginga.

Though given Zero is a regular in Geed and he has a new form you could argue he's now part of the new group.

So, why the fuck don't all Ultras have one of this and use it properly?

http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Bracelet

>Reform: If ripped off or dismembered, Jack's Bracelet can help him reform back to his usual self.
>Recharge: By aiming the face of the bracelet at sunlight, the user can recharge themselves.
>Anti-gravity Beam: Emits a green spiral of light rays from the Bracelet, Capable of lifting an enemy into the air while Ultraman lifts him into space
>Lazy Energy Absorption Capacity: Used to absorb the energy of laziness and shrink the target.

It's literally Ultramen's Sonic Screwdriver/Omni-Tool or whatever the fuck you want to call it. Shit is broken as fuck, and Seven just casually gave one to Jack and fucked off like no biggie

Is Geed better than Ginga and X? I hated Ginga and I dropped X early on as I didn't like the MC.

>>15825232
>""""""""" unnecesary criticism"""""""""

You're aware even returning Heisei Riders get treated like shit in crossover stuff right? Some of them are killed in one hit. Kabuto was killed by Skyrider. Often they don't speak of exhibit any kind of personality that justifies them even being there. Rider fans know this shit is annoying better than anyone so I don't see your problem.

>>15825279
PRIDE.

Same deal when Ultra Dad said Orb is qualify for some stars for his work for protecting Earth, while the others didn't get any.

>>15825308

Geed's been pretty awesome so far. Likeable cast, and the overarching plot has more interesting hooks than X did.

>>15825215
And it went away after that, so Taro was the exception rather than the rule

>>15825315
skyrider defeated anything?
i thought that he was the biggest jobber in the franchise after his show ended

>>15825176

Zero calls out attacks in his movies, though.

>>15825436
Which one? I remember him started doing it during Ultra Zero Fight

>>15825279
You have to enter a sweepstakes in order to get one. You don't enter, you don't win.

>>15825315
>""""""""" unnecesary criticism"""""""""
Yes it is, you can praise the way the Ultraman franchise treats the older heroes without mentioning Kamen Rider at all.

>You're aware even returning Heisei Riders get treated like shit in crossover stuff right?
That's more about the crossovers themselves being shit, not them shitting exclusively on the returning riders.

>Some of them are killed in one hit. Kabuto was killed by Skyrider.
You do know Skyrider is older than Kabuto right? Not to mention more often than not these are either non canon, or AU versions. Specially in crossovers.

>Often they don't speak of exhibit any kind of personality that justifies them even being there
Saving the world isn't enough for supposedly heroic characters I guess.

>Rider fans know this shit is annoying better than anyone so I don't see your problem.
There was no need to attack the KR franchise other than your own insecurities. Unless a comparison was asked for, discuss Ultraman in the Ultraman thread.

>>15825308
>better than Ginga
Pretty much anything is. Unless you take Ginga S in a vaccum.

>better than X
No, but the MCs are different. I like Daichi more though.

Which season is supposed to be the dark edgy black sheep of the franchise if there is one?

>>15825582
Nexus.

It gets a bad rap. It's not the worst but it's ratings were bad at the time so it kept getting moved around on it's airing times so it was hard to follow.

It will always hold a special place to me for being a series that had some Ultraman fights human sized instead of giants.

>>15825588
>It will always hold a special place to me for being a series that had some Ultraman fights human sized instead of giants.
Mind you its not the only one.
Though we haven't seen one of those in a while have we?

>>15825594
No it's not the only one but it was my first time seeing it.

I thought for sure it was going to happen in X but I don't think it ever did.

>>15825582
Ultraseven X.

>>15825588
you're thinking of Ultraseven X

TVN release Orb Origin 02
Catch up to the shitshow if you want lads

>>15825588

Nexus is definitely the odd one out compared to other Ultraman series, but it's got a lot of fans regardless. It's a really good season.

>>15825712
Also, Eiyuu best theme.

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>>15825732
>best theme

>>15825752
It's definitely top 3

I watched 2 episodes of Mebius and wasnt hooked, and caught up on Geed and kinda enjoying it.

How do I get in to the franchise

>>15825781
see
>>15821188

>>15825781

Keep watching Geed. Watch the episode 0 preview if you haven't already, and consider backtracking to watch the Zero movies yourself, as they're good and fill in that backstory more.

Mebius gets REALLY good, and the plot kicks in more about half a dozen episodes in.

>>15825732

I keep going back between it and Take Me Higher.

I am REALLY loving Geed's OP theme though.

>>15825830
I got a little shivers during the first episode when he fired Wrecking Burst for the first time and the song kicked in

>>15825781
You must have adhd if you're expecting a 50 episode show to hook you in two.

>>15825732
Not even the best theme in its own show. Aoi Kajitsu is better

>>15825830
Take Me Higher is king as well.

Everyone fucking knows that 80's theme is objectively the best one in the franchise.

>>15825935
its one of the best, to be sure

>>15825732
I'm pretty sure Mebius has the best op.

>>15825639
What do you mean?

Nexus had abysmal ratings. It then got a rerun at a 3am time and had really good ratings. That's all.

But it was reduced from a 50 episode series to a 37 episode series due to it's shitty ratings.

>>15825638
>>15825639
Nexus was literally created to target adult demographics. It's very edgy.

Both it and Ultraseven X are super edge.

>>15826005

Nexus gets pretty fucking dark at times, but it's not edgy. It just makes its heroes fight a lot harder for a happy ending.

I feel like Ginga, X, and now Geed are all responses to Mebius.

Mebius is in my opinion the epitome of Ultraman. It is a perfect series. The characterization is fantastic for everyone. The fights are great. The cameos mean something and aren't just there. The only issue is the toys sales were bad. There just wasn't enough material.

Ginga, X, and now Geed seem to be responding to this by making as many things to make toys out of as possible. I feel they might be missing the point though.

>>15826001
I mean the small fighting. Nexus had no small fighting scenes.

>>15826014

Geed promotes its toys pretty hard, but so far it's done a good job of balancing that, and connecting it with really good character development too.

Ultraman ain't ever going to go back to older levels of toy shilling. It'll be here to stay as long as its profitable. So either it'll be obtrusive, or incorporated well into the actual writing, like what we thankfully have now.

>>15826018
That's wrong. It's either episode 7 8 or 9, there is a small fight with Nexus and Dark Faust.

>>15826024
Orb and Geed are really well done toy inclusion wise. X was really weird with it, some of them were included well, but then you had random Ultra cameos just to shill a new toy that added nothing whatsoever to the show.

>>15825588
Didn't Gaia also have one human sized fight when Agul tries to raid the skybase?

I hate blue Ultramen. You should too.

>>15826036
But I really like Hikari.

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>>15826036
I wonder who can be behind this post

>>15825732
Orb no Inori is best OP

>>15826035

Tiga had at least one human-sized fight too.

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The concept of Dunamist is quite interesting.
We only see human Dunamists. I suppose kaiju and aliens can also be Dunamists.
I can imagine one of those civilians became a Dunamist in the early days, and paid a visit to Earth in ancient times.

>>15826094
Refresh my memory on the first image.

>>15826001
Nexus got bad ratings because some fucking genius decided the show that's meant to be a dark and edgy adult-oriented Ultra show should be aired at 7am on weekdays for the little baby Japs and their mamas.

>>15826094
I mean, Gai is probably an ayy when you think about it, like a Kryptonian style ayy

>>15826102
Ultraman
Episode 7

>>15826102
Basically the Science Patrol was helping some lost civilazation defend a mcguffin that they said was given to them by a being that protected them, and at the very end of the episode it was revealed that being was an Ultra. Not Ultra*man*, mind you, just another Ultra. IIRC it was originally meant to be Zoffy but later retcons changed it to being Noa

>>15826107
Not just probably, Orb Origin explicitly states him and Juggler are from the planet O-50, or at least were investigating there.

>>15826112
Which is kind of odd if the ancient people left out the color timer, for it is like an ID to all members of the Space Garrison.
But who knows what the staff were thinking at the time.

>>15826112
I'm still iffy about this since I'm just coming back into Ultraman after being gone for years.

It's my understanding that Tiga Dyna etc were in other Universes but now everything is connected as one whole?

Also, this means somehow Ultraman Nexus predates everything in the entire timeline?

I'm really iffy on everything post Ultraman Zero as well.

>>15826107

Gai and Juggler both are aliens, albeit ones that look and act exactly like human beings.

>>15826094
I don't recognize any of these characters.

>>15826133
Ultra universes are a confusing mess on a good day, throw in universe hopping and AUs whenever a film crossover is called for and you have a recipe for hitting the bottle.

>>15826133
All you have to know about Ultraman Zero is that he is a walking Gary Stu.

>>15826133
>It's my understanding that Tiga Dyna etc were in other Universes but now everything is connected as one whole?
It's even weirder because beings with completely different origins or species from other universe are called "Ultras" and recognized as such by other Ultras like Zero just because they have similar appearance and powers.

>>15826144

Zero's willingness to jump straight into fights with little to no thought fucks him over. He has some actual development between his movie appearances and him now in Geed.

He's a hilariously archetypical hot-headed shonen protagonist, but he's not a flawless Gary Stu.

>>15826152
The definition of "Ultra" has changed in time.
Ultraman -> Those guys from M78 -> some guy that looks like Ultraman -> Forces of Light

>>15826157
In his original movie he was definitely a Gary Stu. He beat every enemy alone, something every other ultra couldn't do together.

>>15826133
It's basically like those DC Multiverse deals.
Everything exists in one giant multiverse. In the multiverse are the individual universes where each universe has its Ultraman and lore and whatnots. We have:
>classic Showa + western ones probably + Max + Mebius + Zero
>Tiga + Dyna
>Gaia & Agul
>Cosmos & Justice
>Next + Nexus
>Ginga + Victory
>X
>Orb
>Geed
Plus all the various miscellaneous ones where movies take place

Basically just watch Revenge of Belial and it's about as good an explanation as you'll gonna get

What's your favorite Henshin? I'm really digging Geeds with the You go I go Here We Go thing but Ace will always hold a special place in my heart.

>>15826167
Hikari

>>15826167

Whichever ones involve loudly screaming their own name

>GAIAAAAAAAA
>MEBIUUUUSSSSSS

I like Salaryman Zero. It suits him.

>>15826180
It's the perfect handicap. Take the most powerful being and stuck him in a scaredy cat meat suit

>>15826182

Leito is slowly learning how to keep up.

Really, his character was just as much the focus of this two-parter as Zero.

>>15826167
This:
>>15826175
>DYNAAAAA
https://youtu.be/WTQvEtiAAZI
Geed is good too.

>>15826189
Leito is the perfect contrast to Riku.
Riku is the son with given power finding out what it means to protect something
Leito is the father with things to protect being given power to finally do so

>>15826202

I REALLY like how both of them learn from each other. It's a really interesting dynamic.

>>15826205
Simple archetypes are the best sometimes

>>15826209

Riku's actor himself is still a little rough, but holy hell whoever they cast as Leito has been doing a fantastic job acting CONVINCINGLY for two completely characters

>>15826225
completely *different* characters, I meant

>>15826225
The only major issue Riku's actor has is when he's supposed to either yell or sound angry.

>>15826225
He really does the whole Clark Kent/Superman thing really well. That fight scene (on episode 3 I think?) sold me on the character instantly. He also reminds me of Bruce Lee for some reason.

>>15826031
>Main device is given by a base conveniently made for Riku
>Main plot is conveniently about little stars who let Riku access new forms
>Geed claw is willed
>Zero beyond items are asspulled

Now, the first three are acceptable but not particularly good. I agree Orb is pretty good but not Geed.

>>15826163
Isn't Max on X's universe?
And I though Geed was on the Showaverse too given the first episode shows all of the ones n the Showa universe.

>>15826286
The thing about Geed being in Showaverse is that the Zero movie is in the Showaverse and it is in the future, with mankind in space.

The sword girl in Geed is so random. What's her purpose? She hasn't done anything.

>>15826286
All the verses get screwy after Ginga

>>15826304
She's there to make my dick hard.

>>15826304
Extra waifu

>>15826304
Token Sakamoto sweaty kicklegfu. She's also training Riku but eh.

>>15826304
Isn't that what the next episode is about?

>>15826304

Sakamoto's fetish fuel

but she's also getting her backstory fleshed out this next episode, so hopefully that helps.

>>15826304
Female Ultra. We haven't had one in years right?

>>15826326
X wasn't that long ago.

>>15826329
I admittedly skipped X.

>>15826329

I don't get it.

>>15826386
The female deputy cap turns into Nexus

>>15826394

Yeah but what does that have to do with Ultraman X?

>>15826135

They're all random citizens of the Land of Light seen in Ultra Galaxy Legends.

>>15826511
The female deputy cap from X becomes Nexus for an episode

Did Mebius get a second opening?
https://youtu.be/ZBgQSbNDSRI

>>15826693

Ah shit my bad I seem to be mistaking the deputy cap for someone else.

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>>15826775
That's from the Mebius movie's credits. The second op for Mebius was just the second half of the song.

Why Noa usually doesn't appear as Noa? Wasn't it his true natural state instead of being a hyper mode for Nexus?

>>15826888

It is, but Noa was depowered after landing on Earth after its initial fight with Dark Zagi. The TLT didn't help matters by erasing people's memories of the fight with Next, so it wasn't until those memories were restored, along with people's hope in Ultraman, that it could reach its full power again in the Nexus finale.

Why is it Tak Matsumoto's orchestral performance of the Ultraman theme isn't on youtube?

>>15826888
They probably don't want to make him look too op in crossover stuff

Are 50 episode Ultraman series done for? Orb and X were really short.

>>15826776
Probably mixed it with the Nexus heroine who becomes Nexus in the Nexus show.

>>15826302
Ah, I see.

>>15826888
Noa requires a Dunamist body as host.
If the Dunamist refused to enter the capsule/pod/whatever that is after the calling Noa cannot show up in that world.

>>15827637

Half-seasons seem to be the norm now, but that may change if Ultraman has an upswing in popularity or profitability.

On one hand, I like the increased focus on the main plot a shorter season gives, and an opportunity to use the budget more effectively. But on the other, I really miss the sci-fi anthology format of older Ultraman series.

New bread >>15827978