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Post your final verdicts on Ultraman Omega.

>>23722779
I will completely forget everything that happened in it by next month

>>23722779
6/10 easy. It was hamstrung both by the reduced budget and the bland first half. The finale was decent and the twist was interesting, but it was a slog to get there.

>>23722779
kino

>>23722779
Another R/B
Nothing offensive ultimately. Some neat ideas that weren't executed well, but also nothing that shat the bed majorly

>>23722779
First half: 6/10
Second half: 7.5-8/10 (Depends on the episode)
Probably the one recent Ultra series really in need of a movie. Though I suppose Arc could have used one too, but more focused on the whole civil war that didn't get explored much.

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At this point I can safely say Arc is the best of the BAO trilogy

>>23723225
It isn't a trilogy. Using that logic Z forms a trilogy with Trigger and Decker because there was a crossover episode with Z and Trigger.

>>23723225
I thought Arc had some really strong individual episodes, but Blazar was the overall stronger show. I will maintain that the episode in Arc with the NEET and his ham radio alien girlfriend is one of the single best episodes of an Ultra show in recent years though.

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>>23723225
I've yet to watch Blazar, but Arc rocketed into being one of my all-time favorites, so I can see that holding true.
Not quite my top-tier Ultra show (that actually goes to original Ultraman) but definitely one I recommend for people new to Toku and the franchise.

>>23723292
>It isn't a trilogy.
Yet

>>23723225
How? Arc is the shittiest show as of late and in got an axed ending.

>>23723429
That's assuming Theo won't be another Blazer/Arc/Omega style show.

>>23723292
Calm your tits anon. If Theo ended up being another 'muh honored isolation', the trilogy term will be dropped

>>23723295
>that fakeout first episode that tricked people into thinking it was going to be something darker and more mature only for the rest of the show to be typical New Gen stale bread
>SKaRD is fucking useless and all the characters are as deep as a puddle
>Earth Garon is fucking useless
>the entire ending arc
Blazar was shit

>>23723225
I kind of liked hat episode where they were being 'erased', felt very showa. Though ultraman didn't get much to do.

Can somebody enlighten me? They never did green Ultraman primarily because of green screen, but Andro Melos and now Omega's new armor gets a pass. Why is that?

>>23723720
>They never did green Ultraman primarily because of green screen
Which retard tells you that? That has never been an issue, green primary is Mirrorman and related characters' color (like Mirror Knight), not Ultras'.

>>23723733
Makes sense, but maybe they should do green Ultras sometime in the future.

I like Ultraman and it's always strange how many people post here that don't

>>23723750
Much like /krg/, /m78/ don't like their franchise and only shitposts on it.

>>23723750
I always post this because it always ends up being true. The Toku generals are like a spectrum.
/krg/ is full of anons nitpicking and bitching about the show
/m78/ is in-between
/ssg/ were bootlickers up until the recent news.

>>23723750
We got a whole board about comic books filled with people who aren't too keen on the whole comic books thing.
That's just internet for ya. Some people like everything, some people like some and dislike others, and some people dislike things.

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>>23723720

>>23723225
>>23723292
BAOfags are retarded redditors ignore them

>>23722776
>Ultraman New Generation Stars Season 4 currently airing on ULTRAMAN official Channel.
>Selected library available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video
>ULTRAMAN and Mirrorman 2D currently releasing new chapters periodically on Comiplex and simulpub on Viz Media
>Ultraman: Along Came A Spider-Man currently serializing in CoroCoro magazine
>S.H.Figuarts News: Rekiness, Omega Rekiness Armour, Birdon, SS Tiga Sky Type, Shin Ultraman (Special Edition), Z Original (Special Color Ver.), Ultraman Saga, Nexus Anphans, Hyper Zetton Imago, Kaiser Belial, Ultraman (60th Anniversary Edition), Zetton (60th Anniversary Edition), Alien Baltan (60th Anniversary Edition), Zearth, Omega Valgeness Armour
>FigZero 1/6 Ultraman Suit Jack to be released 2025 Q4, threezeroX Masayuki Gotoh Ultraman Regulos to be released 2026 Q1.
>Ultraman Omega Blu-Ray Box II be released on March 25, 2026.
>Ultraman Mebius Complete Blu-ray Box to be released March 27, 2026.
>Ultraman Zero Movie Trilogy to be redubbed for Zero15th.
>Darkness Heels anime, Hollyhock "School Girl X Ultraman" drama and Kaiju Decode: Ring of Aidara anime all currently in production
>Ultraman celebrates its 60th anniversary
>A new Ultraman Zero movie for the 60th anniversary currently in production
>The first Ultraman Card Game world tournament to be held in Tokyo in May 2026
>ULTRAMAN Volume 21 to be released by Viz Media on February 17, 2026

>>23723972
Naah, you're retarded.

>>23723348
You should check out Blazar. I also think it's better than Arc, and it's definitely one of the most unique new gen shows for ironically realistic it feels. I really enjoy how the team in Blazar treat kaiju response like a job and their teammates like co-workers they don't even think about when they're off duty. The way the main character sighs and rubs his forehead with a "not this shit again" expression every time the alarm goes off always makes me laugh

I wonder, if tsuburaya closed up shop instead of being bought out by Bandai, would Ultraman ever continue? would any other company try and continue the franchise?

>>23723902
When the entire scene is CG what color things are is irrelevant.

>>23724233
>closed up shop
>would ultraman ever continue
you just answered your own question. no ultraman will not continue. it will just be a cheap license for toys. you'll never get any shows or movies. toho wont buy it, they cant even make consistent godzilla content. if toho wont do it, there's no studio on earth with miniature expertise that will do it

>>23724278
Counter-point: Toho always wanted their own Ultra-equivalent but never made anything as successful. They might buy it up just so they don’t have to work with imitations anymore.

>>23724253
But also it doesn't matter what color the suit is because green isn't the only key color. Blue screen was default for decades before green became popular.

>>23724278
they can barely make godzilla, let alone a semi consistent ultra

>>23724233
>would Ultraman ever continue?
Definitely. Ultraman is a billion dollar IP. We're going to have Ultraman for the rest of our lives.

>>23723720
green can be used a little bit. i mean fucking mirror knight is green and he appears in a CGI fest of a movie. the real reason for the lack of a green ultra is simply because green is fucking ugly most of the time. having it on armour is fine but a whole body being green? eugh

>>23724628
It's a billion yen IP. You're off by a few digits
I don't even know that there's any billion dollar IPs outside of like Pokemon or Star Wars

>>23724689
>You're off by a few digits
I'm not sure how to argue the IP valuation so I'll just point to this list and drop the subject:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises

>>23724278
>>23724498
>>23724625
What's going on with Toho as of late? The only last thing I know is Shin Godzilla. I have yet to watch most of the monster movies, really want to but forgot the place to watch them.

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>>23724824
They helped with Shin Ultra and also made Godzilla Minus One. There's an anime coming out that's basically Heroic Age.

>>23723636
They built it up as something completely different, I'm not sure what they hoped to accomplish by misleading audiences
Also doing a "primitive" Ultra and NOT having an "evolved" form?

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>>23724824
Oh man, check out Minus One if you haven't yet. Easily a top 3 Goji movie.

>>23724855
Really unsure about this. Was hoping for Singular Point Season 2. I love me some high concept science fiction.

>>23724990
The only real direction I could see SP2 taking is the origins of how Godzilla became "IT", how he actually turned into a metaphysical God of destruction and entropy

>>23724724
Huh, Sentai is higher than Ultraman, though primarily because of Power Rangers. And Ultraman grossed higher than Gundam.

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>>23724724
>>23724689
Honestly, how does Pokemon maintain its unmatched number 1 position for all these years?

>>23725055
Worldwide acclaim.

>>23724990
Japan hated Minus One. The only reason it's getting a sequel is because it was a huge success literally everywhere else.

>>23725069
"Successful due to its high levels of success"

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>>23725119
Ah yes, they hated it so much that it received 12 nominations at the Japanese version of the Academy Awards and won eight of them, included Best Film.

>>23725055
I miss kanata. He had a great first episode

>>23725055
Probably by its sheer variety of formats, all of which launched early on.
Pokémon isn’t just video game. It’s video games, manga, anime, card games, toys and more.
Sure all franchises dabble in such fields. By Ultraman has mostly just been the shows and toys. Bee a while since we had a proper Ultra video game.

>>23725401
He was honestly how you write a passionate MC. He has his doubts, and it wasn't just resolved after one arc. He go through it again.

I really want to see him again. His personality on stageshow kinda show him as a pretty cool senpai

>>23724233
It'd be bought up for the license anyway, which is why we're here.

If it ended up in a situation where the studio completely fell apart and Bandai just had the license, they might try to go for anime series (as in, mainline Ultra as anime, not "specifically unique concepts as Ultra anime").

>>23725668
he was your typical dumbass toku MC

>>23725055
First major creature collector to see mainstream success.
Complaints about quality aside, the actual monster design and concepts are still way better than all of its competition within that niche. They tend to be more creative and better at giving individual mons substance, and the art style has a solid balance of cutesyness and coolness to make it really marketable.
They have a huge set of skews that are supported regularly. And it's very easy to be a casual fan of the franchise. Like you could see some normalfag with a keychain of a Pokemon and they couldn't tell you its name but just have gotten it because it's cute, whereas something like toku, even in Japan having a keychain might be considered risky if you're a hidden otaku.

>>23724233
I could see Toei buying it

>>23725668
>it wasn't just resolved after one arc
because they weren't ever resolved. He was easily the most frustrating MC in the franchise because they just did not allow him to express the extremely obvious motivation that the show set up for him. It was completely fucking retarded how he never talked about his parents being trapped on Mars at any point and kept saying he didn't know what he was fighting for

https://x.com/Ultraman_AI/status/2015801907105898616
nftslop in 2026??

>>23726069
And I think that's what make him fun. It feels like his journey is still ongoing even after the series ends

I do agree on that not knowing what to fight for, though. I don't know what Naoki Hayashi was smoking

>>23725119
>>23725215
Minus One did worse than Shin Godzilla in Japan by itself, but aside from Shin, it's still higher than any other Godzilla movie after the 60s.

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I don’t know if this has been posted already but supposedly all the New Gen Ultras got their own brooch/cape from Zero off screen and Arc is gonna appear in Ep 5

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So like.....are Zero and Taiga's mothers dead? I know Ultraman is a boys franchise, but I still feel like they could atleast AKNOWLAGE the moms of those two

>>23726622
They can't finalize the best design for the stacies that tamed Seven and Taro

>>23726637
>inb4 zero's mom is Anne

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>>23725401
I like how chinks had fun with Kanata through meme

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>One space was left empty on New Gen photo banner
https://x.com/mochi_740/status/2015762708701081842

>Tsuburaya making Ai Slop NFTs now
Holy shit its over. This is fucking disgusting and goes against the companys original vision and the SOUL of Tokusatsu.
https://x.com/abstractchain/status/2015807392949096506

>>23727433
I just heard.... but didn't they already been doing something like this before? I don't think i've heard anything about their NFTs at all at this point.

>>23727144
RIbut before he got copyrighted

>>23727433
>NFT
That's still a thing? Well, they'll cave at some point. Even OpenAI admit they're losing money

>>23727471
Huh? There's a copyright issue with Ribut now? But alas maybe it's reserved for Theo. I mean even Grigio whom they'd often include is not in it, and Regulos as well.

>>23727433
>a pachinko corporation taking on shitty business ventures
Never thought I would see the day

>>23727433
tsuburaya isnt the one making AI NFT slop you fucking retard. it's a licensee abusing their NFT license.
>tsupro has license for ultraman NFT
>cryptofag buys the license for those NFT rights
>cryptofag also partners with NFT platforms that also happen to be deep into AI
>cryptofag and partners makes shitty AI promo
In other words, Tsuburaya isn't using AI for the Ultraman shows you fucking retard. Their ACTUAL sin here being fucking retarded and having 0 supervision on what their licensees are doing. AI being dragged into this is a consequence of letting cryptofags use their license and them not giving enough of a shit to pay attention at what the lincesees are doing. Make no mistake, these cryptofags are hellbent on going full AI and THEY WILL scam people

>>23727460
Its like the third or fourth time by now.
>>23727895
Yeah, the big company can do no wrong.

>>23728113
>Yeah, the big company can do no wrong
right I shouldve known i was talking to a xe/xer

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https://twitter.com/t_features/status/2016315552772538609

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>>23728195
Have they fixed the cracks issue?

>>23728206
I heard that they fixed the issues with the material since Power Type and newer releases don't have cracking issues anymore, but rubbery parts are bound to perish eventually regardless

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https://weibo.com/7790031436/QptzN4EgW
Blokees making Power armor Ultras, separate from their regular Ultraman lines.
Isn't there only 8~9 suits in the manga/anime?

>>23730432
There's Man, Zoffy, Seven, Ace, Jack, Taro, and Marie from the main series, but there are a bunch of armors based on other Ultras that are in side materials. I wouldn't doubt if they also did at least Tiga and Zero since both of those have official figures/models.

>>23730512
There are also 2 Zoffy suits, 3 Man suits, Astra and Leo and up to 3 Seven's variants (2 different equipment kits and one with the outer armor removed).

>>23730512
Sounds like they have enough 2 or 3 waves at least, especially if they cover the aliens and non-canon suits.

>>23728194
>>23728195
>>23728200
Really need to get around to watching Tiga so I can appreciate this more.

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>>23730520
>>23730545
They could very easily pull from the mobile game that was supposed to get an international release and never did. Zearth has a giant toothbrush lance.

>>23730226
Power Type didn't fix the issue with the material, they avoided using it entirely.

>>23730720
I mean if you want to get technical about it removing the source of the issue entirely is fixing it.

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https://twitter.com/t_features/status/2016720484600336911

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKSvK9oT0oo
Episode 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grv8bGPshPM
Episode 3 preview.

>>23730432
Is that series any good?
i'm guessing it is since they shilled the fuck out of it.

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>>23731436
>Is that series any good?
It's decent and has hot alien babes. I seem to remember the finale was pretty exciting. It's a completely different take on Ultraman though, to the point where it mostly just shares the name. Better than some regular Ultra shows.

>>23731436
Its pretty decent.
Ultraman still exists, but the series is more about how humanity deals with the legacy of Ultraman and the aliens.

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>>23730432
Yeah they are also making the aliens.
https://weibo.com/7790031436/QpD0hCKjd

>>23731463
It's also significantly better paced than the manga it's adapted from.

I never able to get into this ultra mecha show thing. It just doesn't feel like ultraman at all. Just some ironman expy with ultra paint.

>>23731903
Yeah I feel the same. It feels more like a Kamen Rider or Metal Heroes show.
I’ve noticed anime of Tokusatsu tends to be really different than the series they’re based on. The Godzilla anime has all been very unconventional (though I did like Singular Point).

>>23731998
I'd say the one exception is Fuuto PI since it's a direct sequel written by W's original writer, but being an anime allows for more extravagant action and effects that you just can't do on a live action toku budget.

>>23732086
They should give Orb a proper continuation like that too.

>>23731903
retard alert

Late to the party, finished ep 22 of Omega. And idk why but the concept of Space Gazers reminds me of Three Body Problem in some ways and it made me want an Ultra series that has the same vibe aka cosmic horror and dread.

>>23732192
Wouldn't Arc be closer to 3BP? Aliens from a dying system trying to take over Earth.

>>23732149
Thanks for announcing your arrival.

>>23731436
>Is that series any good?
No.

Have they explained why Omega didn't get a movie? Has anyone even asked or is Omega just that boring, even the nips didn't realize

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>>23732714
They're giving the movie spot to Zero.

>>23732721
Well, where's that announcement?

>>23732721
wonder why they never make a movie of OG man instead, that is set in the m78 universe, for the 60th anniversary.

>>23732222
Yeah that's a lot more closer.

>>23732911
Because of the China rights issue

>>23731903
>>23732149
go back to your containment thread, fag

>>23731689
>Shot through the heart, and you're to blame...

;-;

>>23733148
yjk

>>23732721
This isn't until 2027, which means Theo also not getting a movie.

⊙皿⊙

>>23733390
Blame the chinks who comprise most of Zero's fanbase.

>>23733390
Theo better get 30+ episodes then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRtmeSQSHo
Tiga.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCXCQRLzd8
30th anniversary ver.

>>23734164
>>23734357
i watched all of Tiga last year. what amazing timing. anyone else love brave love tiga more then take me higher?

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they've been posting these on instagram pretty cool

>>23734393
>brave love tiga
This live version makes me cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ghKYIgBdWg

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>>23734448
that was beautiful thanks for posting

>>23734164
>no form change
>barely any powers shown off
>Golza and Melba looking rough(probably stage suits)
Grim, but I mean I'm glad to at least see my boy Tiga do something. Doesn't really hold a candle to him in his actual show though. Thanks for sharing anon

>>23734666
there's no way they're gonna put form change for such a short video.

>>23734393
It's one of the rare instances I love and have nostalgia for both on equal amount. I rarely have OPs and EDs being both clicked on me this past decade.

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can someone explain twin tails sudden popularity?

>>23735614
just look at him

>>23735614
Google ツインテールの日.

>>23735646
kek that's funny

Has Nexus had a Western DVD release yet?

>>23735951
Yeah, Mill Creek did a release. However, it’s getting hard to find now. Milk Creek got bought out recently and some of their releases are now becoming rare (especially Mebius, which they released right before the buyout). Hopefully they do a new print run soon.

>>23736244
Oh shit. I was holding off on getting their Decker release until it's on sale. Should I get it now?

>>23736284
The New Gen shoes seems safe for the moment, but I’d still snatch it up when you can. Especially since the New Gen stuff tends to be very cheap.

>>23736244
Damn, I should probably snag them while they're still cheap. Looks like Mebius isn't available right now on Amazon, but I see Max and Cosmos. How's the sub quality for those?

>>23733992
Oh but the monkey paw curls its finger and 5 of those episodes are recaps, not including the 13th episode recap of course so that's 6 recaps!