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[tales-of-snaktooth]

5000 years ago there were some gayass muppets

[destroyer-of-monsters]

Ultraman Arc

• Episode 3: "Unleash Your Imagination!" GIFs

[funkbun]

snaktooth island year 280: a very normal and peaceful meeting between the island's leaders

[gallusgalluss]

Portraits of the last Stone Era Snaktooth Island matriarchs (before Queen 1 came in and basically destroyed this whole system).

Below cut is some information about these grumps

Captain Seaside (this is the title she goes professionally, she uses her actual full name in more casual spaces) ruled The Coast, or where present day Boiling Bay would be. The two grumpuses next to her are her subordinate brothers. She's the youngest matriarch of this era and was the most likely to take risks and challenge her superiors (the other matriarchs) if it's to help her communities. She doesn't consider herself a bugsnak "worshiper", but she does acknowledge how important they are on the island. The only bugsnak she'd consider "worshiping" would probably be a Megamaki, as she considers it the most powerful (and coolest) bugsnak in the area.

Olsa Patchfern was the matriarch of the Falls Valley, or where present day Garden Grove and Flavor Falls would be. She's the complete opposite of Seaside, being the oldest matriarch of the era and was very insistent that the word of superiors and the islands practices must be upheld at all times, even if it may lead to the harm of hers or other communities. She worships the bugsnax and believes they're mystical beings with unimaginable powers (which is sorta true?). She was the matriarch of Alabee Smoothpebble, the grumpus who became the first Queen of bugsnax, and they were both very close and respected on another... until Alabee got sacrificed and like. Everything happen. She also has a very close relationship with Elass in the past but shhh don't worry about that right now.

Lentha Breezeblow (or more commonly known as Monohorn) ruled The Peak, or where the Frosted Peak would be. She and her communities are very powerful, but due to living on the literal top of a mountain, communications with the other island grumpuses is difficult. She doesn't particularly view the bugsnax as something that should be worshiped (seeing how there's no snax imagery in her portrait), but just as a very convent food source. And while she's very physically strong, she's incredibly timid and prefers being a more passive grumpus in the face of difficulties. She typically leaves more difficult work to her subordinates to deal with.

Elass Dunecuts ruled the Desert, or where Sizzlin' Sands would've been. She's a more mellow matriarch, being more of a listener compared to a talker. She has mixed feelings on bugsnax, and just being a matriarch in general. She's aware of the importance of bugsnax in her society, but she can't seem to shake off the concerning aspects about them. Yes, grumpuses have been living on the island and eating snax for centuries, but Elass still hasn't gotten over how weird is was that bugsnax transform limbs, or how you need to eat them raw or else they'll turn to mush, or how some fully snakified grumpuses would seem to disappear from their communities for no reason. She frequently asked about these at a young age, which just lead to "Oh don't worry about it!" types of responses, so she'd given up on asking others her questions. Still, those concerns never went away, even if she regularly eats bugsnax. She was very close to Olsa at a younger age, with the two of them meeting up in secret frequently, they really loved each other a lot. But they've grown distant after becoming matriarchs. And while Olsa is still very kind to her, Elass just doesn't feel that old connection anymore. Zereh Quickcuts (Queen 2) is one of her very distant relatives (from one of her sister's sides, but still related either way).

[thekaijudude]

All things considered, I don't think any of us expected such a tragic origin for Yuma's catchphrase...

Also, it might be just me speculating at this point, but the odds seem VERY high that Lution/Rution/Arc took a page from the original Ultraman's book and fused with Yuma as a child to save his life during K-Day, after having failed to save his parents. It also adds a bunch of context as to why he embraces Yuma during the Rise sequence; it seems as though he's attempting to be a source of comfort and strength for him in spite of how limited their interactions are, and acting as a guiding force in times of difficulty.

Now I'm not explicitly saying Lution's trying to be a guardian for Yuma in multiple contexts, but I can't help but feel like it might be leaning towards an angle where they're trying to fill the void left behind as a result of Yuma's parents' untimely deaths, which was a direct result of their own incompetence when fighting Monogelos.

Ngl I alr had a good idea of the potentially sad origin of his catchphrase considering the synopsis

But you and I definitely agree that it seems that based on what we've seen of Arc, he definitely feels guilty of not being able to protect Yuma's parents, especially when we saw that he did saw the 3 of them run and attempted to protect them. And he most definitely saved Yuma as we saw the Monohorn was headed his way before he blacked out.

Also the way he talks to Yuma as well is a pretty telling sign that he's definitely trying to gently guide Yuma as well

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Weeks in Review (March 31-April 13, 2024)

It took forever (maybe they were waiting on the returns for Godzilla x Kong), but Apple TV+ has finally greenlit season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. According to its listing on the WGA site, it'll run from 2024 to 2025. Multiple spinoffs are also in development at Apple; no details on those yet.

Speaking of Godzilla x Kong, it continues to do well, staying #1 at the domestic box office in its second weekend and falling to #2 (behind Civil War) in its third. Current totals are $158 million domestic and $437 million worldwide. It'll soon pass the domestic gross of Kong: Skull Island and the total gross of Godzilla vs. Kong.

Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II #1 promises more of everything: more heroes (the White Ranger joins our heroes from the first comic), more villains (including Psycho Ranger Ghidora up there), and more alternate universes. Godzilla gets a bit buried in all the Ranger antics though.

A couple of kaiju series debuted on TV too: Kaiju No. 8 and Season 2 of Chibi Godzilla Raids Again. The former followed the manga very closely, and as such didn't really keep my attention; hopefully it innovates a bit more going forward. Chibi Godzilla's as irreverent as ever.

Tsuburaya Productions has released preliminary information on the next installment of the Ultra Series, Ultraman Arc. The logline:

A town called Hoshimoto City... On Mt. Shishio, there is a gigantic object towering above the city. Named "Monohorn," (モノホーン, Monohōn) it is actually a kaiju’s horn stuck in the ground since an incident 16 years ago. After the incident known as "K-DAY" in which kaiju appeared all over the world at the same time, monster disasters have become commonplace. In Japan, the Global Defense Force (GDF) uses force to deal with them, while SKIP works closely with the community in scientific investigations and evacuation guidance to prevent the occurrence and aggravation of kaiju disasters. SKIP has also been investigating the Monohorn, the horn of the galactic beast Monogelos (モノゲロス, Monogerosu) that appeared on K-DAY. Yuma, then only 7 years old, was camping with his parents in Mt. Shishio when Monogelos attacked. After miraculously surviving unscathed, he decided to pursue research into monster biology. Despite his traumatic past, he has not lost his ���power of imagination” to dream. As a rookie investigator, Yuma joined SKIP and was assigned to the Hoshimoto City Branch. Not long after, another large-scale monster disaster occurs in Hoshimoto City. As Yuma sees the desperate people in front of him, a strong will springs into his mind — “I want to protect them!” At the moment when this strong and straightforward desire welled up from the bottom of his heart, Yuma hears the voice of Rution  (ルティオン,  Rution) a being of light that he once saw as a child: “You and I are one and the same… Unleash your imagination!” When a mysterious light appears in Yuma's hand and envelops his body, the unleashed power of imagination unites light and man and he transforms into Ultraman Arc, the Giant of Light who protects the future! Alongside his precious friends, Yuma, as well as Ultraman Arc, races towards his everlasting dream!

Yuma is played by Yuki Totsuka, while Takanori Tsujimoto is the lead director. He's directed for the series since Ultraman X, but this is his biggest assignment to date.

After beginning to release select Movie Monster Series figures in the States, Bandai America is now fully back in the Godzilla game, with articulated figures, 5-inch vinyls, blind box figures, and transforming eggs all up for preorder at the Godzilla Store and other toy sites. The eggs come from the 2014 Godzilla-E.G. line and the rest is all-new. Not much of a selection so far, but with how big Godzilla is right now, I'm sure there'll be more to come.

SRS Cinema has opened preorders for its War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs. Goura Blu-ray, due in late July or August. Shinpei Hayashiya's latest epic, it'll come with behind-the-scenes footage and maybe a commentary track, which would be nice given how little information is available about his films online.

[toku-explained]

ChocoDan

Arc: Ishido meets with his superior, Nibuya, who confirms the results of analysing Givas' green beams, it had detected the high-energy body in the Hoshimoto area and was trying to find it, Space Sciences have now determined this thing, codenamed Onyx, is in Kitsuneganori Forest. At the Monohorn, a figure transfigures energy at it. SKIP have detected resonance at the Monohorn, similar to during the Digelos incident, so Yuma and Ishido go to check it out, Ishido came straight from his meeting with Nibuya, which he keeps secret. As they approach the Monohorn, Yuma hears a voice calling to Rution, before an energy cube attacks them, they're only saved by Arc putting a barrier around them and then transporting them away. The cube merges with a currently invisible Kaiju, and the figure manifests. Yuma awakens next to a still unconscious Ishido in a theatre Yuma's grandmother used to take him to, Arc appears and pulls Yuma into the mirror again, explaining he's having to excessively expend energy to do this. Arc, properly introducing himself as Rution, shows Yuma a film of his history. Rution is from a highly advanced sar system in a distant galaxy. Their sun, Sonia, started to expand, and if it continued it would consume every world their. The scientist, Ze Su, proposed the use of his experimental wormhole the Ze Su Gate to dissipate the excess energy, but there was a problem. As Ishido wakes up the enemy finds him and forcibly scans his mind, learning that like herself he is seeking Onyx, but she needs more than the general location he provides. She enters the theatre, and sees Rution and Yuma are in the Mirror version. Rution explain that earth was right in the path of one of the predicted dispersal points for the Ze Su Gate, and would be absolutely destroyed by the dispersed heat, and even for their own survival the government refused to sacrifice another world. When Ze Su activated the gate anyway, Rution was sent to protect earth and Ze Su send Monogelos after him. Rution managed to seal the exit point in a sphere, preventing the energy from dispersing, but was attacked by Monogelos, leading them both to the battle that killed Yuma's parents, Rution barely saved Yuma from being crushed by the Monohorn, but has always regretted failing to save his parents. When Yuma asks what will happen with Sonia with the gate sealed, Sweed interrupts. A followed to Ze Su, she believes the Ze Su Gate is the only way, Sonia at the moment is still expanding, and rejects Rution's faith his allies will find another way. They escape to the normal world, but Sweed grabs Arc from within Yuma and, having seen from Monogelos' memories that Rution dropped the seal in their battle, finds from his memories where it is and starts pulling it up remotely. Yuma breaks free.and becomes Arc, Sweed calls her Kaiju, Zadime. Arc has already used a lot of energy, and uses Luna Armour to no avail. Ishido awakens and comes out to see the battle, firing on Zadime, which then falls back. Arc, exhausted, collapses and vanishes. Rushing to that point, Ishido find the unconscious Yuma, and is notified by Nibuya of an emergency, as Onyx has appeared from below ground, and crater formed.

Gavv: Gavv approaches Valen on a roof. Shoma barely noticed ChocoDon on the ValenBuster, Hanto hides it while panicking Gavv will have noticed the thefts, but coolly introduced himself as a kouhai. Shoma believes Valen is the result of the same modification as him, Hanto makes the same assumption about Gavv, Hanto thinks Gavv has had a Granute organ implanted, and Shoma thinks Valen has had surgery hiding his Gavv and has his own minions. They agree not to pry and with assurances the other won't harm humans, they finally name themselves and split. Nyelv has had a part timer called in, aiming to do a new mod as a test. Sachika brings Shoma to the home of her great-aunt, Takarayashiki Masako. Masako needs them to housekeep for her until she can find a new one, and introduces two artists she supports, sculptor Tatehori Tamaki and and painter Egawa Suetsugu. They get to work, but Shoma's inexperience gets in the way, and he then accidentally tears an arm off Tatehori's sculpture, only for that to actually inspire her. Jeeb and Shita visit another checkpoint, still safe, only to be invaded by Glotta, come to put the pressure on them over the lack of Pressed lately, she decides to pressure the Part Timers. Hanto speaks with Suga, asking if he knows of any other Granute researchers, refuses to bring Gavv to him, and accepts the flash frozen ChocoDon Suga snatched. At the mansion, an art curator, Iwashizu, approaches. Shoma and Sachika return to the agency. Sachika tells him she'll handle the work tomorrow, promising to train him properly when she can. Shoma is called over to Dente, who has made a new item for him, the Gavv Phone, which aside from normal functions can project images of and inserted Gochizo's memories, they see images of Valen, and Shoma learns Dente isn't responsible for him. Back at the mansion, Sachika learns from Masako about Tamaki being scouted to go to Paris, unaware of Egawa's resentment. Shoma has just made Maison Gochizo as a hiding place for them when Hanto stops by looking for Sachika. After consulting the ledger to learn the job, Shoma panics think Hanto wants to learn his identity, and enquires, causing Hanto to panic that further research may expose his own. Each play things off, and after Hanto leaves to look into artists disappearing a Gochizo grabs Shoma. At a gallery Shoma finds Iwashizu, and uses the Gavv Phone to show he knows he Pressed Tamaki. Gavv engages the aquatic Granute. Sachika witnesses Suetsugu freak out. A short time later, Hanto also comes, finding the gallery a mess and Tamaki's ID, only for Grotta to pop in looking for the worker. She kicks him the realises he's human, leading him to realise she's a Granute, and they can have human faces. Gavv cannot handle the Granute shooting until a ChocoDan forces itself into the Gavv, the ChocoDan form is gunslinger based, the ChocoDanGun enabling him to actually fight his foe. Sachika tries to support Suetsugu, instead he lashes out and throws paint at her, and she can only apologise. Gavv defeats the Granute and recovers the Pressed Tamaki, while Hanto, swearing to destroy all Granute, becomes and Valen and challenges Grotta.

Boonboomger: The Boonboomgers are battling the Sanseaters Kurumajin Stone brothers, a Yam cooking and Brick wall pair, while ByoonByoom Mach Robo battles Mad Rex. Genba watches, pondering Mad Rex's words. ByoonByoom Mach Robo Toq Custom drives Mad Rex off, and the others force the villains away, Disrace meanwhile is annoyed stuff he needs isn't coming. Genba approaches Mad Rex, demanding to know why he's faking memory loss, and when he says he isn't returning Mad Rex lets Genba know Disrace is manipulating him just as much as himself, and reminds Genba he's already dead and needs to look out for the Sanseaters, but Genba can still reclaim his wheel, and wanders off to the Sanseaters. At the Garage, Jou, Mira, Boonboom and Shirabe discuss Disrace's control of Mad Rex, Shirabe notes the ISA spotted Genba nearby, Sakito telling ByoonD and Chassiro he reckons Genba wants to come back, Taiya says nothing. The Sanseaters beg Disrace to restore Mad Rex's memories, he says he'll consider it if they do well, then contemplates making them puppets as well, then seeing Mad Rex's reaction knows he's awakens, chains him and demonstrates his control with a talisman. Genba enters the Garage, only Shirabe is present, when he says he has a message for Taiya she reveals the others are fighting Mad Rex as they speak, BunViolet handling the Stone Brothers. Shirabe tells Genba Taiya's belief he can reclaim his dream, take hold of his destiny, Bundario agreeing, as Taiya escaped him despite his flaws, Shirabe offers him his team jacket. Breaking down at the realisation they will still accept him, Genba decides to take the wheel. Mad Rex has overpowered the Boonboomgers, his killing blow is blocked by a certain manhole cover. Genba explains the Number Displate being used on Mad Rex, overcoming all limiters by taking full control of the enemy, he informs Taiya of Mad Rex's request, and confirms today's procurement is himself, and hands over the newly completed Champion Changer. They transform, and use the Champion Changer to equip their new Jackets, the Champion Boonboomgers are born. Able to use Boonboom Car powers by touching their emblems. As Bun Violet defeats the Stone Brothers, the others finish things, destroying the Free Displate. Mad Rex is annoyed at not being killed, but is told to take his own wheel. His energy exploding as Disrace's final trap, Mad Rex says they might just be able to reach his boss, and rides off. The Sanseaters vow to continue trying to restore Mad Rex, unaware their commander is flying into space ready to explode.

[cultfaction]

Preview: Ultraman Arc Ep. 14: Flash of the Past

In Ultraman Arc Ep.14: Flash of the Past, once again something strange is detected while monitoring the Monohorn! As Yuma and Shu head down to investigate, they hear mysterious words  and then followed by a sudden attack?! Creeping in the shadow is a mysterious pursuer from space. ​Then, Arc appears in front of Yuma and tells him the truth of 16 years ago. The danger Earth is facing will soon…

[expfcultragreen]

🤔 so unicorns went extinct because...................their fluids have some kind of medicinal properties and people didnt manage the resource properly? And then what, maybe they ground up and ate all the bones 🤷 maybe it was always an extremely limited number of like, some kind of horselike goat with a monohorn? a heavily engineered/domesticated species to begin with, essentially extinct in the wild as soon as their one breeding population was disrupted for trade in exotic animals/animal parts

Someone told me in my head at one point that they were human actually, a hyper inbred population of albino slaves from france

So then i kind of was like well, its funny to lean into "you can totally see how ian mckellen had one in the family, like a castle dungeon tryst with a maid situation"

Atm I tend to think that was bullshit, because of the kirin (the same animal on the absolute other side of eurasia) which implies that year, its definitely some kind of ungulate type critter.... with a monohorn

[2022f]

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[gotojobin]

#MONOHORN MONOHORN a single creature born with the purpose of finding its counterpart and destroying it. this is the shadow to the unicorns light, the unicorn must stay one step ahead of the monohorn if its powers are to stay in this realm. once united the two will decide the fate of our world.

[tales-of-snaktooth]

So, who are y'all exactly?

The main gals (and Ehsel)! A bit more information about them and a few other grumpuses that'll show up can be found on the blog's Characters page!

[destroyer-of-monsters]

Ultraman Arc

vs

Monogelos

• Ultraman Arc Episode 3

[funkbun]

girls who love standing around

[mercurialbadger]

Mhhmm...

Concerning the Ogres’ evolutions in the anime...

Monohorn... decreased.

Floof... decreased.

Ikemen x 2... obtained.

Am I really supposed to be happy for their evolutions?

[thekaijudude]

This technically counts as an implicit main plot episode disguised as a filler

Since now there are more mutated Shagongs here, no one seems to point out that this means more Ooze parasites have came out of dormancy from the Monohorn and started to infect more native kaiju species at a faster rate

Which makes it especially weird since Arc decided to let this particular infected shagong leave peacefully rather than eliminate it immediately before the Mother Ooze within him starts producing even more Ooze parasites

Does this hint that some kind of redeeming quality of the Ooze parasites?

Or has the essence of the main plot been lost to production at this point

Very questionable development here