#Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers

[harveybwabbit92]

Taro: What if people had food names and food had people names?

Jack, to Man: Hey, Lasagna, we're having Ace for dinner.

Man: Thanks, Whiskey. I'll bring the Mebius.

Zoffy: Ah...Everyone I know is fucking insane.

Seven: Shut up, Durian.

[redsamuraiii]

The Superior 8 Ultra Brothers (2008)

The best Ultra Movie I've ever watched. So much nostalgia!

[chernobog13]

The Ultra Brothers and Mebius in their human forms, from the film Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers (2006).

[thekaijudude]

Ultraman Rising's rise scene inspirations

Upon closer inspection, you can tell that Ultraman's (in Rising) rise scene background references all of the Ultra Brothers' own

Recall that Seven dosent have a rise scene and Zoffy only transformed once back in Mebius so him being excluded is understandable

(Tho one can argue that the blue backdrop on the 3rd pic for Taro could be Seven)

[dangerouscommiesubversive]

Before he leaves for Earth, Mebius goes to each of the six Ultra Brothers to ask if they have any advice for him. Of course, he's been given every possible briefing, every informational course, but education isn't the same as wisdom, and the Brothers more than anyone else have that.

He goes to Zoffy first, because Zoffy's very busy and probably won't have much time to talk, and Zoffy looks at him for a long moment and then says, "Accept help when it's offered. Don't assume that you're ready to do everything entirely by yourself."

Ultraman says nothing. Ultraman almost never says anything. He just reaches out and presses his hand to the center of Mebius' chest and nods encouragingly. Mebius doesn't entirely get it, but he does feel encouraged.

Seven makes a face for a moment, stares off into the sky, and then says, "Make sure to get plenty of sleep and drink a lot of water. Try any food you're offered. If you see Anne, tell her I say hello."

Jack makes a different kind of face than the one Seven made. "Keep an eye out for cars around any humans you know. And make sure to watch the sun rise at least once."

Ace grins. "Relax! Try to make some friends. Talk to lots of children. Learn to dance."

Taro is last, because he knows Taro best and finds him sort of less intimidating than the others, and Taro looks at him very closely for a moment and then says, "You're going to have a moment, probably very early on, where you're holding a human in the palm of your hand and you'll be able to feel them breathing and it's going to strike you how small they are, and how fragile. And you'll probably panic and think, why am I the one doing this? What makes me qualified to help these people?"

Mebius nods seriously and tries to turn that thought around in his head. "All right. What do I do then?"

"You save them. Like you were already going to do."

"But what does make me qualified? I mean, I've had all this training–"

"The training's not that important." Taro shrugs. "Training's just training. The only thing that actually makes you qualified to do it is that you're the one there to do it. Everything else comes after that." He claps Mebius on the shoulder. "Just keep that in mind and you'll be fine."

[blairelythere]

Hiiiii, I’m curious about your Ultraman collection. Care to give me an info dump about all your cool stuff?

I'd love to! Here's a very brief overview of the collection thus far.

This is the henshin/transformation device shelf. Starting from the top left and working across, there's the Dark Z Riser (from Ultraman Z), Saki's Gyro (Ultraman R/B), D-Flasher (Ultraman Decker), the Sparklence (Ultraman Tiga), and the Reiflasher (Ultraman Dyna). Those last two are tv-prop quality.

The next shelf down is entirely Ultraman Trigger stuff, including the Ancient, Dark, and GUTS Spark Lenses, and a bunch of Hyper Keys.

Below that is the Orb Ring and the Orb Calibur (From Ultraman Orb), and then the Geed Rizer, Ultra Capsules, King Sword, and the Neo Zero Eye (from Ultraman Geed).

This is the old Ultra Monster Series shelf for figures 2012 and back. I have some vintage figures from the 70s mixed in there, all with the tags.

This is the new Ultra Monster Series shelf, holding all of the smaller, less detailed figures from the new UMS line starting in 2013.

Here is a big shot of the SH Figuarts shelves + the new and old Ultra Hero Series lines. The very top has New Gen DX-scale figures. The lower shelves have all the new Blazar stuff as well as some rarer boxed UHS figures.

This one is kinda messy, I have to work on reorganizing them soon!

Left to right: Techtor Gear Zero, Ultrawoman Grigio, Ultraman Orb Thunder Breaster, Ultraman Geed (Royal Mega Master. Galaxy Rising, and Magnificent), Ultraman Regulos, Ultraman Ribut, Zetton, Gomora, Twin Tail, Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Decker (With Baltan hiding behind them).

The Ultraman Z Shelf!!!

Left to right, back then front: Sevenger, Windom, King Joe Storage Custom, then Ultraman Z Delta Rize Claw, Z Alpha Edge, Z Gamma Future, and Z Beta Smash.

Darkness Heels, a team of villains and anti-heroes.

Jugglas Juggler, Camearra, Evil Trigger, Belial Atrocious, and Absolute Tartarus in the back.

New Gen base form lineup!

Left to right:

Ginga, Victory, X, Orb, Geed, Zero, Taiga, Fuma, Z, and Trigger. (Missing Rosso, Blu, and Titas ;_; )

The Ultra Brothers shelf ✨️

Ultraman, Zoffy, Seven, Jack, Taro, and then Astra, Leo, and Mebius in the back. (WHY DID I MISS ACE'S RELEASE GODDAMNIT)

Bonus Hanejiro!!

That's just a lil slice of it all. Thanks for asking! 💛

[denebsapphic]

Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers (2006) by Kazuya Konaka

5/5, Tokusatsu, Adventure, Action

Only took me 3 days into 2025 for the first I watch to make me cry and multiple times.

[friendlyloveaffair]

The Things I Like About Ultraman 80

Still on the occasion of Ultraman 80's 44th anniversary, here are the things I like about the series.

1. 80s fighting style - quick, agile, and acrobatic.

2. 80 was never defeated in his own series. There were a couple of times he almost lost, most notably in the penultimate episode where he fought the two brother kaijus Plazma and Minazma.

His "defeat" by mother-and-child Zandrias doesn't count. He pretended to lose so that the son would be convinced to go home with his mother. So to those who think that 80 is a weak Ultraman should think otherwise (I defended 80 on TikTok against some comments who said he is the weakest Ultraman 😭)

3. As 80 was undefeated or didn't die, he was never crucified, impaled, or turned into a metal or stone.

Unlike other Ultras, 80 needed help only once, and it's from the Father of Ultra.

4. The coolest and most realistic-looking fighter jets for me - the Sky Higher, the Silver Gull, and the Space Mammy - they don't look like toys. Even the base, the hangar, the runway, with the control towers and all that, they also look realistic, even 44 years after. It's even better than the CG effects today. It makes you think that UGM was a real organization!

5. The coolest Ultraman henshin for me - Yamato throwing his fists before raising his Bright Stick and shouting, "80!".

6. The coolest opening and end themes (at least the first ones).

7. My most favorite "wandaba", even though it is pretty similar to TAC wandaba.

8. The school setting in the first few episodes, and the Ultraman being a teacher. That setting was discontinued, unfortunately, due to several reasons. The series should have stuck to its guns. Even so, there were still the presence of kids throughout the series.

Unlike other Ultraman human hosts who are usually cool, suave, etc. that befits the hero type, Takeshi Yamato is often clumsy and absent-minded. And oh, he often runs late for class 😂 But that makes him very charming and relatable.

9. First female Ultra other than the Mother of Ultra: Yullian.

10. UGM finally managed to defeat a kaiju on their own without 80's involvement.

11. The most handsome captain (other than Captain Dan Moroboshi), Captain Ooyama. 😍

12. I realized that Ultraman 80 series has the most beautiful women, whether they were cast regulars/semi-regulars or guest actresses.

13. 80 fought Ultraseven... Delusion Ultraseven that is 😂

14. The most beautiful soundtrack of all the Ultraman soundtracks I've listened to. Even though composer Toru Fuyuki did great music for the previous Ultraman series, he outdid himself this time in Ultraman 80.

15. The series has many of the coolest- and most badass-looking kaijus from the Showa era - Crescent, Argon, Noiseler, Guwaganda, Fire-Draco, Plazma and Minazma, Margodon, etc. Those Minus Energy monsters. Only Hoe and Jihibikiran look funny to me, tho. Hoe reappeared in Ultraman Mebius.

16. Probably influenced by women's lib at the time, 80 is the first Ultraman series to empower girls and women, making it the most progressive compared to the other Showa-era Ultraman series.

If you think I missed something or if there are errors, let me know! ☺️

[ultramantr1gger]

there are 2 types of fusion in the ultraman series. one is the type you think of when you hear the word 'fusion' where the ultramen literally combine into one making a whole new ultra. examples being ultraman legend (cosmos+justice) ultraman saga (zero+dyna+cosmos) and ultraman gingavictory (ginga+victory). theres no one way to do it, sometimes theres a separate collectible or item made from multiple powers, and sometimes its an upgrade, and in gingavictorys case he has a fusion brace but the way to fuse is actually touching the ginga spark and victory lancer together in an ultra touch. weirdo

the second type is one ultraman recieving the power and strength of multiple other ultramen(and humans in some cases). these make fusion forms instead of fusion ultras. examples are super ultraman taro (taro+ultra brothers) ultraman mebius phoenix brave (mebius+hikari,GUYS) and ultraman taiga tri-strium (taiga+titas,fuma,hiroyuki). i wonder if normal forms made with the powers of other ultras could technically count? i guess thats just to keep the title of super ultra special cuz new gen ultras use other powers to make forms all the time but you only get Super Fusion Ultra title if tsuburaya productions thinks you deserve it

there seems to be no limit to how many ultras can fuse as reiga is a fusion between ELEVEN ULTRAMEN. its also not really explained how this works so whoo give a shit lets make a fusion out of every ultraman that has ever existed

[grantgfan]

last of the bad monsters, the genie team faced in season 4

Galberos from ultraman nexus

King Silvagon from Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers

King Goldras from Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers

MechaGodzilla (Showa) from the godzilla series

King Joe from ultraseven

king joe black from Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle

gudon from the return of ultraman

twin tail from the return of ultraman

Giga Chimera from Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers

zarab seijin from ultraman

Alien guts from ultraseven

orga from godzilla 2000

Bagan from a scrapped godzilla movie

Super Grand King from ultraman ginga

iris from gamera 3

hyper zetton from ultraman saga

U-Killersaurus from Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers

[lucksea]

i finished ultraman mebius today!! the main show, anyways. i still have one more side quest consisting of two episodes (apparently it was the thing released right before the mega monster battle saga started ...? the first of which i have still not seen. sorry rei), but then im done for real. i absolutely think it is objectively the best ultraman show ive ever seen. incredible characters and a gripping plot, not to mention a beautiful way to tie the chaos of the showa era into a nice complete bow. it was beautiful i just loved it...... my friend mebius. i loved all of the ultra brothers appearances sometimes it really felt like i was back in the world of ace and taro truly just a great show. i dont think its the best one to start off with just because by virtue of being an anniversary show it has a lot of callbacks to the showa era ultra shows that newcomers will miss. but if you watch the main episodes of those and then watch mebius you will get the full experience

[harveybwabbit92]

[Everyone has been trying to get Zoffy to look away from his tablet, Seven tried to get him to dance, Zoffy threw a paper weight at him, Mebius tried to tell him Melos died, Zoffy pulled out a party popper from his desk, only to put it back when Mebius backpedaled. The other brother tried everything else- Until....]

Zoffy, looks away from his tablet eyes wide: Taro are you serious?

Taro: Changed my relationship status it's complicated, pony up y'all! (Laugh)

Ultra brothers, reach for their wallets: Argh...

[Taro suddenly stops laughing looks scared.]

Taro: Uh...Tregear is hollering at me...*pulls his phone out of his pocket space* And R/n is texting and calling- *eyes widened* Oh boy...Ah, I think I need to go home! (runs out of the office)

[Everyone looked torn between wincing or laughing at the dog house Taro's put himself into.]

(You wanna know what's scarier than one pissed off spouse? Two pissed off spouses! Yeah... Taro was sleeping on the couch for a while.)

[tokusongs]

"Future" (Mirai), from Ultraman Mebius and the Ultra Brothers (2006). Performed by Hikawa Kiyoshi.

[chernobog13]

Ultraman Arc striking a very familiar pose.

I love the costume that harkens back to the original Ultra Brothers. From what little I've been able to find out about the upcoming series, it does not take place in the original M78 universe (where Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultraseven, The Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Taro, Ultraman Leo, Ultraman 80 and Ultraman Mebius took place). The retro styling may have more to do with director Takanori Tsujimoto's fondness for The Return of Ultraman series.

I'm still hopeful that Tsuburaya will return to the original M78 universe in time for the franchise's 60th anniversary, which is only two short years away.

[thekaijudude]

How do you feel about the Canceled Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers 2 movie?

It was going to be the actual sequence to Mebius & Ultra Bros instead of Superior 8 with Taro being the main character and having Higashi Kotaro Returning as he didn't returned in Mebius series neither the Movie.

The complete script actually does exists and it's AWESOME but it just wasn't turned into a Movie cause of Chaiyo problems, Budget and etc so they decided to go with Superior 8 which in my opinion is inferior

Yeah thanks for sharing the link with me!

Ngl I never heard of this but it seems that this came from the 2009 Mebius Super Complete Works

This was definitely a love letter to the Showa era with just a shit ton of references to various episodes in the Showa series with the antagonist being Grand Tyrant, which I'm sure every veteran ultra fan has seen before:

I can definitely vibe with the whole plot since Taro was my first series I watched when I was 5 and he's my favourite ultra of all time as well so ik what happened with Kotaro and this plotline definitely did him justice

It definitely seems like it would've made a better movie than Superior 8 indeed (it felt so random iirc, not to mention it taking place in a parallel world).

Just certain aspects of the plot seemed too extreme like Marie getting the Hipporito treatment (tho it did somewhat made it into UZF s2 lol), Ken being kinda hands off, Leo, Astra, 80 and Hikari being not as involved etc as well as it seemingly having too much content to fit into a 2h movie (which tbf, made sense since they are trying to fit bascially a homage to 9 series into a single film while weaving a homage-based plotline, which is very difficult anyways)

Probably the only thing Superior 8 did better was the Giga Chimera's design lmao (I love the figure so much), Grand Tyrant just seems so cluttered

For those interested in the complete plot, here's a link to it:

Just activate the auto-translate and it'll translate the entire webpage automatically as you scroll

But also yes, the whole Chaiyo drama with the UB and Showa series lasted for 12 whole years before it was resolved, staggering TsuPro's progress greatly during that decade+, but thankfully TsuPro seems to have recovered from that but they're still facing some issues with BlueArc in China as well as the last bits of resistance from Chaiyo

Thanks for the question!

[kainsword17]

From Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers.

U-Killersaurus Uキラーザウルス https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/U-Killersaurus

U-Killersaurus is a powerful Terrible-Monster, probably among Yapool's strongest, it later evolves into U-Killersaurus Neo Uキラーザウルス・ネオ. At the beginning of the movie, U-Killersaurus is seen fighting against the Ultra Brothers; Ace, Ultraman, Ultraseven, and Jack on the Moon. However, U-Killersaurus is able to overpower the four Ultra Brothers with its strength. When the Ultra Brothers combined their beams into one, U-Killersaurus takes flight and dodges their combination beam and flys towards the Earth. While fighting on space, as the Ultras tried to use their Ultra Beams, Ultraman warned them if it misses, it will directly hit Earth. As a result, U-Killersaurus took the chance and grab the Ultras with his tentacles until Ultraman uses his Ultra-Slash to free them. After Ultraman and Seven weakened the Terrible-Monster, Ace and Jack blast it down towards the sea of Earth with their Metalium Beam and Spacium Beam respectively. The four Ultra Brothers then sealed Yapool and U-Killersaurus with their Final Cross Shield. Twenty years later, the seal of U-Killersaurus become undone thanks to Alien Guts and Alien Nackle. Yapool revived as well, later U-Killersaurus killed Alien Nackle, which is supposedly their ally but Yapool revealed they are nothing than just pawns. The Terrible-Monster then proceeds to evolve into U-Killersaurus Neo and overpowers the Ultra Brothers and Mebius. Until Taro and Zoffy arrival to restore the energies of the Ultras, they managed to fight on par with the Terrible-Monster by using their beams and slash attacks. When Mebius about to use his Mebium Shoot, Yapool shows that he kept Aya prisoner within U-Killersaurus's forehead in an unconscious state, and then blasted the latter with his Killer Eye Ray and holding Mebius on the ground with mandibles and prepares to use his ultimate attack on Mebius. Though suceeded in using his ultimate attack, the Ultra Brothers then fuses with Mebius and transforms into Mebius Infinity. U-Killersaurus Neo then crumbled to dust after Mebius Infinity uses his Cosmos Miracle Attack and dashing into his body and saving Aya.