New Ultraman series for 2017: Ultraman Geed.

[Moonlight SY-3]

Hmmm...I guess Geed does work as a Romanization of ジード, but it sure is goofy.

[Dr Kain]

So it's pronounced Jeedo but is spelled Geed?

Well, at least it still makes more sense than My Zhime being pronounced as Mai Otome.

[MekaGojira3k]

I'm digging the gimmick here, though the device really feels like the Orb Ring without a Ring part.

[Reaper G]

[Mac]

Looks like the head-director is Koichi Sakamoto. Not super inspiring, as his work has gotten progressively worse. Someone should ask Kiyotaka Taguchi at G-Fest what projects he has lined-up.

[lhb412]

^A tad unrealistic to expect a guy to be head director of a TV series three years in a row!

It'd be great if he was doing a movie or miniseries or something with classic tokusatsu effects.

[Specium Ray]

I think Sakamoto does better work under Tsubaraya than with Toei. Ginga S went a long way towards salvaging Ginga, at least.

[kiryugoji04]

I'm torn. Aside from one or two shots, his work on X was excellent and some of the most exhilarating in the series. The Ginga S movie, on the other hand, was mostly awful.

[kiryugoji04]

This is all my girlfriend and I can think of ever since the official spelling was confirmed. XD

[lhb412]

Fresh from magazines in Japan: our cast of characters!

http://emceeingly.tumblr.com/post/161131067847

Seems an interesting bunch. I like that there are so many aliens, and after Orb failed on the female front it seems we have a course correction here.

[lhb412]

Full cast overview from production annocement:

http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2017/05/ult ... ouncement/

[lhb412]

Beware spoilers: this trailer spills the beans on apparently the first episode or two.





--- edit ---

HA! Confirmed: clips from the first two episodes! I'm proud of my reasonable guess.

http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2017/06/ult ... new-forms/

[lhb412]

[lhb412]

I'm almost positive Cruncyroll will announce this on the day it airs in Japan (as they did with Orb) but man...

Have a really good feeling about this one. I like the setup with him being the villain's son and he's mentored by Zero (who's merged with a hapless salaryman and husband/father), I like how there's a several characters who all seem pretty defined even in previews, and I like that we have two female heroes this time (Naomi's Lois Lane schtick in Orb was a disappointing step backwards).

Orb seems to be terrifically popular, and it feels like it turned some people onto Ultraman, and I like elements of the show but I found it a bit disappointing because I felt the conflict between Gai and Juggler wore a bit thin with 20+ episodes (for, say, a 13 episodes series it would have been fine) and the SSP could be rather useless and even superfluous instead of providing a human anchor to the craziness as has been done so well with previous Ultra shows.

[Specium Ray]

Awww yisssssss

http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2017/07/ult ... unchyroll/

[Specium Ray]

Apparently Tsubaraya revealed in the video description that Geed was coming to Crunchyroll... last week. No one noticed :p

[lhb412]

Woohoo!

So, how dies this work: do we get this tonight or tomorrow morning or? I wasn't a Crunchyroll subscriber when the previous shows aired.

[Specium Ray]

[lhb412]

^ Thanks!

[sentaison]

Oh yeah!

[Specium Ray]

Here's the page: http://www.crunchyroll.com/ultraman-geed

[lhb412]

It's official:



http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2 ... -simulcast

But whats this about the show starting with a 'Preview Special' ? Are they talking about the one that Tsuburaya's had on their Youtube channel for a week already?

[Specium Ray]

[lhb412]

^I doubt we'd suddenly get the show a week late. I imagine if anything we'll get both the special and episode one at the same time or maybe a day apart.

... I hope.

--- edit ---

Both episodes 0 & 1 have dropped!

[Specium Ray]

YESSS