2018 Ultraman teased in Telebi-kun

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No name yet, more info is promised next month. I had considered wether or not this is fake, but the Japanese fans are discussing as if it is real: http://cgi.2chan.net/g/res/1950813.htm
They also seem to think the trademark will show up next Tuesday.

I saw someone say it looks like he has cat ears and now I can't unsee it.

[lhb412]

I'm all for distinct head shapes for Ultras.

[klen7]

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[Dr Kain]

So much for "Geed will be the last Heisei series."

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Way back when Geed was first coming out. Someone translated that on Henshin Justice's forums.

[Dai]

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Huh, when I looked it up the other day, I got ルピー. I stand corrected.

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[lhb412]

So, these two fellas?

[klen7]

Interesting, a tag team. I liked Geed and Zero playing off each other (but I really like Zero, so theres some bias) so this could be a good dynamic

[lhb412]

Keeping my fingers crossed for a female human host, if not a female Ultra.

Thought the female roles of the last two shows suffered, and it was acutely felt because of all the kickass ladies in Ultraman X.

[lhb412]

This fella (translating from magazine scans) says these two fellas, Russo and Blu (Bull?), are brothers:

https://grandpa-bird-zone.tumblr.com/po ... t-this-all

... and Orb is back, with a surprising new look.

[klen7]

The new Basser looks like a cool color update

[lhb412]

In awe at the size of these lads. Absolute units.


(sideburns!)

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So, somehow, ルーブ is R/B...Rosso/Blu. Sure, why not.

Those are indeed nice ‘burns.
Rosso has a bit of a Cell thing going on there.

[klen7]

i've enjoyed a lot of the Ultraman series, especially some of the newer ones, but aside from Zero and Cosmos, I really haven't liked any of the character designs from Zearth onwards. (Derivative character designs like Ultraseven X and CG Demo Ultraman I really like as well) - for this series I'm hoping they really take advantage of the two Ultras, in Geed it often played like a tag team, but coordinated attacks could make for some really fun fight choreography. C'mon Crunchyroll!

[lhb412]

Huh, when you look at the circle behind the logo and then the "R/B"... as folks have already pointed out; it looks like an intentional subliminal "ORB" !

I suppose Orb will be rather important in this show.

[lhb412]

Sadly, Crunchyroll hasn't announced a simulcast of the new show. It's not unusual for them to announce a show a few days after its Japanese premier, but it's not what happened for the last three shows.

Of course, maybe Tsuburaya has another service in mind? Or maybe they've given priority on securing the international releases for their Ultraman and Gridman anime, so they didn't give R/B the same push?

[klen7]

I'm a little worried about it going to Toku, I don't want to pay for Toku and CR at the same time