2018 Ultraman teased in Telebi-kun

[lhb412]

If it goes to Toku I guess that means I'll subscribe (for long enough to watch the series and there other exclusive Tsuburaya shows).

[Moonlight SY-3]

Not sure this is the proper thread for this, but I watched R/B over the weekend, and sadly, was not very impressed. Pretty juvenile levels of humor, SFX only so-so, and the gaudy designs of the two Ultras put me off. The kaiju design was pretty cool, but I don't even remember its name. With two Ultras having multiple forms, an inordinate amount of screentime goes to transformations...that gets boring pretty quickly. Also, kaiju combat was only out in the woods, which to me always signals a low budget. Moreso than previous shows, R/B just seems like one long toy commercial for the Ultra forms and henshin devices. Too bad, since we were on a roll with X, Orb, and Geed, all of which I thought were fantastic. We're only one show in so far, so I can't say R/B is Ginga levels of bad, but so far, it ain't grabbing me. Or my 8-year-old son for that matter...he gave it a big "pfffft," too.

I'll keep watching, of course, and hopefully things will pick up. Has anyone else seen it? I'm interested in hearing what others think.

[klen7]

The Geed transformations got shorter after they had done the particular fusion previously, so hopefully with double the sequences they are mindful of that. AstoundingBeyondBelief posted the math and 11% of the episode was transformations sequences

[Dr Kain]

[klen7]

They just picked up Gridman and Mirrorman. I think they have some overlap with CR like Orb, but they also have Cosmos, Mebius Gaiden and some others. They seem to have more on their channel than they have streaming though, which has kept me from jumping on until i finish out CR's series

[lhb412]

Tsuburaya hosts the episodes on YouTube (I'm not sure how long) and apparently users have added an English subtitle track listed under captions. So... official release with fansubs!

--- edit---

Tsuburaya apparently leaves the captioning option of their videos open to user generated additions, so bilingual Ultra fans have stepped up! I'll watch the episode later today.

[Dr Kain]

Hold on, the series premiered already? I thought it wasn't coming out until the end of the month.

[Moonlight SY-3]

[Dr Kain]

I watched the first episode and I wasn't all that impressed. Part of it might have just been the subtitle translation as I felt lost at times other part might have just been because the characters didn't grasp me. Either way, I'm not feeling like I need to keep up with it on a weekly basis.

OH yeah, forgot to say the weird designer dude is totally going to be the villain!

[lhb412]

Tsuburaya disabled the subtitles 2/3rds through me watching the episode!

Show looks totally cheap, shades of Ginga, but the dynamic between the two brothers is great. Also, the light comedy tone could make the dramatic moments pop that much more when the evil Ultraman Orb shows up or whatever (still convinced this is gonna end up as a stealth Orb sequel).

[lhb412]

[Dr Kain]

This might mean they finalized their licensor for US distribution.

[klen7]

Fingers crossed!!

[sentaison]

They do seem to be putting a lot of stuff on Toku.

[Dr Kain]

[lhb412]

Good to hear that Taguchi's doing some episodes (and the bump in quality of the practical effects that entails).

[lhb412]

Something of a spoiler, but it seems Ultraman Orb Dark character represents older Ultra fans, criticizing the two young heroes and via that the newer shows. I think this dynamic sounds delightful. I can't wait to see the show!

[lhb412]

New female Ultra to appeae in the R/B movie.

I'm excited.