#started ultraman arc

[paperconsumption]

youpi? well i sure hope you do

[cherryamelia]

I don't know why but, the way he tilted his head just looked so cute to me

[churchydraws]

What's wrong with you (knows exactly what's wrong with her)

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

this is like. no longer 🤨🌈❓. it's just 🌈📍❗

[friendlyloveaffair]

Yuma Hize (Yuki Totsuka) and Captain Gento Hiruma (Tomoya Warabino) switch transformations! As the rest of SKIP and SKaRD teams.

Gento had to do a "take 2" in his Arc transformation (that kinda spoiled his badass start. Yuma was like, "can I help you with that?") 😅 Yuma did a good impression of Blazar 😄

To be honest, I think the Blazar Brace seems more fun to use than the Arc Ariser.

From Ultraman Arc/Ultraman Blazar online roundtable discussion (November 23, 2024)

[dandadananalysis]

DANDADAN analysis main post!

If you love Dandadan, this blog is for you!

If you love romcom anime, you are interested in occult phenomena - such as spirits/yokais and aliens/astrology - mysteries in general, this Autumn 2024 anime, Dandadan, is for you! This anime is an adaptation from the manga of the same name, whose author is Tatsu Yukinobu, the one working as an assisstant for the anime/manga Chainsaw Man, by Fujimoto Tatsuki.

[SPOILERS WARNINGS!] R17+

It's a story about a nerdy, but lonely boy named Takakura Ken (later Momo calls him by Okarun), who believes in aliens, befriends with an out-going girl named Ayase Momo, who believes in spirits & ghosts, and a great fan of Takakura Ken, a famous actor. When they first went head-to-head, both of them dared the other that if they find out aliens/ghosts are real, they will become the other's slave. And turns out, both the aliens and ghosts are real!

Okarun was possessed and cursed by a spirit named Turbo Granny, and eventually, he lost his b@lls/kintama (Japanese for Golden ball), but he gains Granny's speed and her power; while Momo was abducted by aliens who called themselves as the Serpoians/Serpos, but luckily, she unlocked her inner energy/power (?), which is her special psychokinesis ability, and escaped successfully. The two of them worked together to help Okarun find his kintama back thanks to the help with their friends, though they have to come across many spiritual situation, alien invasion... And sooner or later, y'know, they actually become close friends, love and care for each other. [ya know what ima talking abt]

[SPOILERS]

Edit/Cont: (According to the latest chapter) Now they are looking for a special cure to turn Momo back into her orginal size, as well as solving mysteries with their friends.

As I mentioned before, same as my 2nd blog, @spyxfamilyanalysis, there will be a pin post for this blog as well. There are analysis of the episodes & chapters, descriptions of the characters & relationships, facts about occults: yokais, aliens, and other stuffs in the future.

Analysis:

¬ Season 1: 3rd October, 2024 - 18th December, 2024

Turbo Granny Arc (chapter 1-8): analysis

1. That's How Love Starts, Ya Know! [pt.1.1] [pt.1.2]

2. That's A Space Alien, Ain't It?!

3. It's a Granny Vs. Granny Clash!

4. Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass

Acrobatic Sliky Arc (chapter 9-17): analysis

5. Like, Where are Your Balls?!

6. A Dangerous Woman Arrives

7. To a Kinder World

Serpo Arc (chapter 18-27): review + analysis

8. I've Got This Funny Feeling [pt.1 (review)]

9. Merge! Serpo Dover Demon Nessie! [pt.2 (review)]

10. Have You Ever Seen a Cattle Mutilation? [pt.3 (review)]

Cursed House Arc (chapter 28-33)

11. First Love (watch live) [pt.1.1 (review delayed)]

12. Let's Go To The Cursed House

¬ Season 2 (July 2025) Huge announcement!, Official trailer

Cursed House Arc (cont.) (chapter 34-50)

Evil Eye Arc (chapter 51-62)

Kaiju Arc (chapter 63-73?)

Full description of character: (not yet)

Facts: Chapter 30, love Turbo Granny Meow meow :3, Chapter 176, Chapter 177, 177 Cont.1, Chapter 178, Chapter 50, Chapter 51+cont, Chapter 52, Chapter 179, Chapter 180, Chapter 181, Chapter 182

Facebook: Discussion Turbo Granny, Woofkarun, Tatsu Yukinobu loves Ultraman

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Ultraman Rising Fans please give Ultraman Arc a try!

Good start to this Ultraman series! Love that the Ultraman/host is not part of the defense force but he's part of the safety and crowd control team that does Kaiju research. And hell yeah an Ultra powered by imagination! we love to see it! Also the camerawork for the climax was awesome seeing the battle between Ultraman and the kaiju through office buildings, behind windows, and stuff like, Also we got to see some miniatures return for this! Love practical effects like that! If you enjoyed Ultraman Rising, give the newest entry of the Ultraman franchise, Ultraman Arc a try or if you prefer a more feral Ultra and a literal dilf who is the Ultra's host, give Ultraman Blazar a shot. Blazar finished so you can binge it all, Arc just started and will debut new episodes on the Tsuburaya youtube channel with subs and dubs!

[fae-morrigan]

Okay, guys, I have to be so honest, the cyborg Jon stuff is not actually out of nowhere if you've been paying attention to the themes and ideas present in Jon's story. Actually, something to this affect has been hinted and foreshadowed all the way back in Supersons.

Jon's story, fundamentally, has always been about agency, and how being the son of a public figure like Superman hinders his ability to self-determinate. It is an idea that is present in every story, yes, every single one, starting from his debut as a character.

The cyborg stuff isn't meant to be a replacement of past traumas- it is an evolution, the thesis of what all the things he's been through have been leading up to. It is the ultimate culmination of everything Jon has been struggling with his whole life- being seen as nothing more but a tool that can be exploited.

Clark and Lois robbed Jon of knowledge about who he was for a large portion of his childhood (1). Manchester Black tried to use Jon as a weapon against his father, actively possessing him in order to do it, explicitly against Jon's wishes and opinions (2). Kid Amazo wanted to use Jon as a flesh puppet, a new healthy body that he could take over (3). Ultraman robbed years of his life and literally confined him in a place where he, literally and metaphorically, had no power. Jor El and Jon had a whole conversation about fate vs. free will in the age up arc (4). The entire central conflict of Son of Kal El was Jon fighting against a capitalist dictator who was trafficking marginalized people, altering and taking over their bodies for profit (5). Adventures of Superman Jon Kent has Jon going up against a version of his father thats a dictator, a man who has (in the words of the text) made the whole world a prison (6). In all of these situations, Jon's put in these positions specifically because he is the son of Superman, and he will forever be defined by it against his will. It is commentary on what it means to be the child of a hero, and it is an exploration of legacy that I think is very very interesting.

We've BEEN headed here! It was always going to come to some plotline of this nature. Sure, we couldn't know it'd be specifically this, him getting borged was specifically a surprise, but Mark Waid is an incredibly intelligent writer who knows what he is doing and does not just present events in a story, but ideas. The Speed Force is a love story. Absolute Power is about, well, power. And Jon Kent is fundamentally, at his core, about agency. The robot stuff isn't meant to be strictly literal!

Post Bibliography so you can check that I'm not bullshitting you. I didn't want to go look up panels because I'm laaazy, you can go see for yourself:

Superman: Lois & Clark by Dan Jurgens

Super-sons by Peter J Tomasi

Superman Rebirth by Peter J Tomasi

Superman 2018 by Brian Michael Bendis

Superman: Son of Kal El by Tom Taylor

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent by Tom Taylor

[shuishido]

This blog going foward + my thoughtso n the finale

With Ultraman Arc having come to an end i wanted to make some announcement regarding what i'll do going foward with this blog.

Ill be posting all the info we get regarding the movie and future merch, as well as events that happen in 2025 (if possible).

I also have some personal projects that are related to me rewatching the whole show more than once. Those projects are the following:

Im going to write down when each OST song is used in each episode. This is mostly because i can baerly hear the music in each episode and im interested in knowing when each song is used, itll also be fun to have all this info written down.

I also want to write down character details to understand them better (SKIP and everyone else). I want to take note of nicknames, honorifics, pronouns, historys between characters, characters interests, etc.

I want to make gifs for each episode, i want to continue my Yuma & Ishido scenes gifs i made once aswell as making other types of gifs for characters or kaijus or episodes themselfs (like with my "all the goodbyes" gifset). We'll see when we get there.

Now i dont know when i will start these projects or how much time it might take me to compleate them (especially because this year will be very busy for me) btu either way i want to work on them.

I will miss Ultraman Arc terribly, it was my first Ultraman, but this blog is not ending any time soon. This show will live with me for a long long time so you will see me here for awhile aswell <3

Okay now for a probably insanely long (and less serious) talk about the finale:

I want to preface this by saying, i spent the last 2 weeks being INSANELY anxious about episodes 24 and 25. Its mostly my fault, and thats not me blaming my mental issues, but im blaming myself for reading leaks. The leaks came out before episode 24, and even before the recap episode im preatty sure. So basically i spent like 3 weeks or so stressing over Arcs ending. Now, i think the way the leak was worded added to me being really attached to the show and also my very bad mental health, were not a good convination. And after episode 24 aired, i got insanely sick for a few days, the anxiety spike had been so big . that i just. i got sick .

The wait between episode 24 and 25 felt almost non existant compared to the wait we had till ep 24 and thankfully i did not get too overly anxious while watchign ep 25 like i had with ep 24!!

Either way, with that out of the way, let me talk about my thoughts on the finale:

It was perfect. Genuenly did not expect it to be this perfect.

As i mentioned, i read a leak about the finale so i knew Yum and Rution would both leave earth- BUT i was NOT aware of how it would happen. and thats why i had a whole anxiety thing killing me . I was really worried Yuma would leave forever or . that i wouldnt like the way the leaving earth moment was written...

But it trully exideed my expectations! The final fight is probably one of my fav fights in the whole show, and i really really liked that he defeated Sweed in his normal form.

I also really enjoyed how the fake dream and Yumas parents were handled, i was ripping my hair out yelling for Yuma to not accept the dream as reality LMAO.

I did not expect Yuma to call SKIP his family, i adored that, i was giggling and kicking my feet about it . Family forever and ever!!! Also im not even going to talk about TeaCoffee because this could go on forever and ever if i did. All ill say is, i love gay people, congrats on the engagement <3

After they said their goodbyes and Yuma left, i was already happy with how things had turned out. I was glad Yuma said he would return, if the show ended there i would have probably been okay with it. BUT . the detail of CONFIRMING that Yuma comes back 3 months later. is just perfect. genuenly straight up puts the show as my favorite tokusatsu ever. That finale just topped Den-O for me. That finale was able to dethrone the first tokusatsu i ever watched.

As i said before, this show will live with me for a long time. Im very lucky to say that ill probably be able to watch the movie in the cinema once it comes out so im exited to keep loving Ultraman Arc forever <3

Okay im going to shut the fuck up now

[wanderersrest]

An Abbreviated History of Mecha Part 2: AWAKEN! SUPER ROBOT!!! (1970-1979)

(Read in the voice of Tessho Genda) ITS NAME IS.... MAZINGER.... Z!!!!!!!!!

Welcome back to An Abbreviated History of Mecha. Last time, we covered the origins of mecha by highlighting some of the major works of the time including Godzilla and Ultraman, which are not really mecha but are just as influential to the genre as the other shows mentioned.

Today, we will be moving on to the 70's. Here we will see three extremely iconic entries to the canon make their grand entrances, known to Super Robot Wars fans as the Holy Trinity. We'll also see a lot of the classic mecha tropes become codified with a lot of these entries. So, let's MAZIIIN GO!

Kamen Rider (1971)

Kamen Rider is the second iconic series created by mangaka Shotaro Ishinomori and would be part of the reason why henshin heroes (that is, heroes who transform) would become so popular. More importantly, Kamen Rider would give us one of the most homaged attacks of all time: the Rider Kick! And in case you're wondering, yes, Ishinomori still has one more series worth mentioning.

Kamen Rider, alongside Godzilla and Ultraman, got a 2023 retelling in the form of Shin Kamen Rider, courtesy of Hideaki Anno.

Mazinger Z (1973)

Mazinger Z is one of the many iconic series created by legendary mangaka Go Nagai. If Tetsujin 28 was the original "super robot", Mazinger Z would be the series that would introduce a lot of the tropes now commonly associated with a lot of giant robot anime, including but not limited to:

A robot that has to be piloted from the inside

A chest blaster

Laser eyes

Hot-blooded pilots

The term "super robot"

And most important of all, the rocket punch

Let's just say that there's a good reason why Mazinger Z (and this is just Mazinger Z) is the first of the three pillars of the Holy Trinity. Mazinger also has, in terms of sequels and adaptations:

Great Mazinger

UFO Robot Grendizer

Mazinkaiser

Shin Mazinger Z/Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact

Mazinger Z Infinity

Getter Robo (1974)

Created by Ken Ishikawa with help from Go Nagai, Getter Robo would be the second pillar of the Holy Trinity alongside Mazinger Z. Getter Robo would be important for introducing concepts such as a robot piloted by multiple people and, more importantly, Getter Robo would also introduce us to the combining robot, which is why it requires multiple pilots to man.

Getter Robo would get multiple sequels and spinoffs including, but not limited to:

Getter Robo G

Getter Robo Go

Shin Getter Robo Armageddon!

Shin Getter Robo vs Getter Robo Go

New Getter Robo (not to be confused with Shin Getter Robo)

Getter Robo Devolution

Eventually Ken Ishikawa would pass away before he could wrap up the series with Getter Robo Arc. I will come back to Getter Robo at some point in this series though, but to give you a hint: the series does get a conclusion.

I think I'd also be mistaken not to link to Cheese GX's excellent video retrospective on Getter Robo.

Super Sentai (1975)

Because Shotaro Ishinomori wasn't content with creating two iconic series, he went ahead and made a third: Super Sentai. That's right: Ishinomori created the two most iconic versions of the henshin hero. Super Sentai is worth mentioning here due to the fact that the series would eventually start adding giant robots into the mix. This series would also eventually attract the attention of one Haim Saban, but that's a story for another day.

Microman/Microbots (1974)

Microman (the toy, not the wrestler) was a line of, and I'm not joking when I say this, "Tiny Little Guys" released in 1975 by the toy company Takara. I'm not super familiar with Microman, but I feel it is important to mention Microman here to understand that one of the biggest names in mecha is descended from this line of toys, as it would start out as a spinoff of microman. Something about transforming vehicles the micromen could pilot. Who could know?

Also fun fact, there's a wrestler named Microman.

Brave Raideen (1975)

(We'll have to settle with this clip from Super Robot Wars)

Brave Raideen is a series created by Studio Sunrise and is one of the first giant robots that is considered to be supernatural in origin. Raideen is important in the history of mecha as it is where two important figures would come into play: Yoshiyuki Tomino and Tadao Nagahama. While it is largely overshadowed by other bigger series, Raideen is still important due to it being the first stepping stone for those two directors alone.

Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers (1975)

Up next is Leiji Matsumoto's legendary Space Battleship Yamato. This series would be one of those watershed moments in anime history as Yamato would prove that there was, in fact, an audience who wanted more serious war stories. To say that this series isn't that influential would be a mistake, as we will soon see.

Space Battleship Yamato would eventually receive multiple adaptations, including a live-action film and an anime reboot in the new millennium. The success of Yamato would also help pave the way for other Leiji Matsumoto works like Space Pirate Captain Harlock and the Galaxy Railway 999.

The Robot Romance Trilogy (1976-1979)

(Pictured above: Voltes V)

The Robot Romance Trilogy is a thematic trilogy created by Toei and directed by Tadao Nagahama. These series would include:

Super Electromagnetic Robot Combattler V (V as in the letter)

Super Electromagnetic Robot Voltes V (V as in the number)

Fighting General Daimos

The Robot Romance Trilogy is known for building off of the innovations of its peers. Whereas Getter Robo combined by smashing three jets together (and thus was hard to translate into a toy), Combattler V was designed in a way where the parts of the robots actually made sense when combining to form the robot. This also doesn't even touch on the fact this trilogy would also help to popularize things like the five man band (alongside Super Sentai), mecha shows having more serious storylines with melodrama, and funnily enough, the motion capture mecha (specifically Daimos).

Voltes V is also extremely popular in the Philippines. While this isn't unheard of at this time, Voltes V was different in that it was banned from airing on television by the Marcos regime. Speculation behind its ban may be that its themes were similar to the plight of the Filipino people under Marcos, so you could say that Voltes V in particular is a symbol of rebellion in the Philippines. Heck, it was so popular that there now exists a live action Voltes V series filmed in the Philippines.

Zambot 3 & Daitarn 3 (1977 & 1978)

(Pictured above: Zambot 3)

Meanwhile, Yoshiyuki Tomino would continue to push boundaries as he got more into the groove of directing. On top of producing Voltes V (according to Wikipedia), Tomino would work on a few more series before the end of this decade. The first two would help to establish a pattern with Tomino's works, where he would follow up a more serious and depressing series with something more lighthearted and silly. Zambot 3 would help Tomino earn his nickname "Kill 'Em All Tomino," while Daitarn 3 would also show that he knew how to relax when working on a series. Both Zambot 3 and Daitarn 3 were big hits, but the next series would forever cement Tomino as a legendary figure in the world of anime and manga.

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

Mobile Suit Gundam, the final pillar of the Holy Trinity, is arguably Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise's single most important series date. Arguably the single most famous mecha of all time, Gundam would be the first giant robot to be treated less as a hero and more as a tool of war, and it would be Gundam who would kick off a new generation of mecha stories that focused more on things like war and how it affects the lives of the characters in these stories. Which is funny, because Gundam was initially a flop at first. Over time, the series would eventually become a hit thanks to its compilation movies as well as the sale of its models and, most important of all, its female fans.

Mobile Suit Gundam would also be a watershed moment in animation history, as it would be the introduction to a lot of people who would also become famous thanks in part to this series. This includes people who worked on the show like Yasuhiko Yoshikazu (the character designer), Kunio Okawara (mechanical designer, and arguably the first credited mechanical designer), and Ichiro Itano (animator, the same man who Itano Circus is named after). Gundam would also be a direct inspiration for one Ryousuke Takahashi, who would begin to really push the boundary for what one could do with military mecha shows.

Conclusion

I hope this was an enjoyable read. Next time, we'll be getting into the 80's, where we will begin to see a lot of series pop up as Japan's economy grows at an exponential rate. We'll also see how these giant machines will come to influence people outside of Japan on top of how they build off of the themes present in the first Gundam.

Will you survive?

[chernobog13]

ULTRAMAN ARC IS COMING!

The new Ultraman series starts July 6, 2024!

[asteroidarts555]

Day 14 & Day 15 of Tokucember

I came back to watching Ultraman Arc and man...i started crying.

[valtharr]

So. Which Ultraman series would you recommend for starters? Also would Shin Ultraman be a good starting point if you have never seen anything Ultraman related?

Honestly, those are both kinda tough questions 😅

Let's start with the Shin Ultraman one:

Shin Ultraman is a great movie, probably my favorite kaiju movie (sorry Pacific Rim and Final Wars), and you need no prior knowledge of Ultraman, mainly because the movie is basically an abridged version of the original 1966 series. So, as a movie, I recommend it, but I'm not sure about it as an introduction to Ultraman. Mainly because - just like Sentai and Rider - Ultraman is primarily a kids show, while Shin is aimed at a more mature audience, which is why I don't consider a great representation of the franchise as a whole. Don't get me wrong, it totally gets the themes and everything right, but the vibes are just different. So, I recommend watching it, but not necessarily as an introduction to the main franchise.

As for which actual series I recommend for a newcomer... well, I should preface this by saying that I've only really seen New Generation series (late Heisei and Reiwa era). The main reason for that is honestly that those seasons are shorter (about 25 episodes instead of the Showa and Heisei 50). But yeah, my recs are gonna be New Gen only.

I think the safest bet in my eyes would be Ultraman X. It doesn't really call back to any previous seasons, and it's pretty "vanilla" in its setup: The Ultra and his host are distinct characters from each other, the host works for an anti-kaiju defense force, etc. It sticks to the "formula" pretty closely, closer than any of the other New Gen shows I've seen... with the exception of one:

Ultraman Z is also pretty by the numbers, and has the distinct advantage of being fully legally available one Youtube, both subbed and dubbed. The main reason I recommend X over Z is that Z leans a bit more into the greater universe of the franchise, with appearances from old characters, one of which actually ends up playing a major role. That said, it was the first Ultra season I watched in full, and it wasn't like I was totally lost, but I would recommend watching Orb and Geed before jumping into Z. Speaking of which...

Ultraman Orb is actually the most recent season I fully watched, and I really like it. The main character is just really cool, and while the supporting cast starts off as kinda annoying, but they grew on me a bit over the course of the show. It's also pretty serialized, with some mysteries that slowly get revealed throughout the story.

Ultraman Geed, like Ultraman Orb, is a bit of a fan favorite. Now, technically, the main villain of the show is a major villain in the greater Ultraman lore, which at first might seem like this would be a bad entry point, but the show provides you with enough context that you can just treat as backstory. I also like that it kinda gives you a bit of "best of both worlds" when it comes to Ultras: The main character is actually an Ultra in human form, but there's also a secondary Ultra who does the more classic "bond with a human host" thing, so you get both common flavors of Ultraman in one series. Also, for what it's worth, I once commissioned a Youtuber who knew basically nothing about tokusatsu, let alone Ultraman, to review Geed, and he ended up liking it.

Finally, I'm gonna shout out Blazar and Arc, the most recent seasons, with Arc's second episode having just aired the same day I'm writing this. Blazar has some Ultraman staples, like the defense team and the human and Ultra being separate entities, but also does some new stuff with those tropes, like the Ultra not being able to properly talk, and the host actually being the head of the show's main defense team. Obviously, I can't say much about Arc yet, but it seems to go in a bit more traditional direction. Both are also available on Youtube, with Blazar having two audio tracks (Japanese and English) that you can switch between, and Arc having separate uploads for its sub and dub

Also, I should mention: Every Ultraman season prior to 2020 is available on BluRay via Mill Creek Entertainment, and from what I can tell, they seem to be region free. At least I had no problems watching them on my German PS4.

[thekaijudude]

Trademark for 2025 Ultraman revealed

Ultraman Omega

This came out of nowhere but this is confirmed by 809

Really early tho. In fact, I don't recall an Ultra trademark dropping this early

Now onto what could the theme be, "Omega" can be interpreted as the last or the greatest

In the broader context, "the last" may probably mean the last of the NG? As it is TsuPro's 60th Anniversary in 2025, so that might mean they wanna start a new era or sth? But as for what that could be, its a discussion for a whole other time.

As for "the greatest," I don't think they'll pull off another Max nonsense (the "fastest and strongest"), where his title is all but in name only. In this context, I'll at least expect some actual OP feats and actually cool af forms to match the vibe here. But at most, just be the strongest NG below Ginga?

But in all, I believe "Omega" is gonna actually be indicative of this Ultras' theme of the character itself. Hell, even the symbol for Omega could also be his color timer too.

On a seperate note, we alr got the trademarks for the Arc Movie and the 2025 series, why dont we have any trademark leaks for Arc's final boss?

Bruh dont tell me the series is gonna end in ep 23 or sth and final boss is literally just Trigelos fr i imma crashout if that happens

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

yuma reminding me i should probably go to MY local bike shop soon because i think i have a slow leak in the tires AGAIN

[friendlyloveaffair]

Early-morning rambling. 😅

Imagine how painstakingly the staff have created these realistic-looking sets that are mostly composed of miniatures (only to be destroyed once the action scenes start rolling), and I appreciate their hard work, patience, and artistic eye. Kudos to them for "unleashing their imagination" to build these amazing sets.

Except the Ultraman Ace one, the ones in this post are all small-scale film sets, which have been Tsuburaya's hallmark. They're seen not only in Ultra series but in its other shows as well.

There are sets that instantly caught my eye - beautiful, eye-catching, and iconic ones that have stuck on my mind ever since.

Here are only a few favorites (at least only from the series I've seen):

Ultraman Ace (Eps. 13-14) - On the Planet Golgotha. It's like an outer space "passion play." Classic!

Ultraman Arc (Ep. 8) - Really cute and eye-popping virtual realm, I love it! The entire episode has the makings of a modern Ultra series classic.

Ultraman Dyna (Ep. 8) - This angle in particular of the beautiful elevated rice fields - they look peaceful in contrast to the "playful" skirmish between Dyna and Bao-on haha. Goofy and silly kaiju.

Ultraman Gaia (Ep. 19) - I love those glowing colorful lights at the amusement park. Ultraman Tiga also has an "amusement park" episode but I think it would have looked better at nighttime.

Ultraman Cosmos (Ep. 8) - Cosmos battles Inculas in its dreamworld, which looks appropriately whimsical, like you're in an illustration of a fairytale book. But it has creepy vibes, too.

Ultraman Gaia (Ep. 25) - Part 1 of the two-parter episode, in particular. The vast and open outdoor space of sparse vegetation, swirling dust, and windmills - these elements somewhat remind me of Western movie fight scenes. The perfect setting for a classic showdown like this.

Sometimes, I can't help wondering whether it's easier and more economical to use the "green screen" to make these sets, citing the advanced technology today. However, I'm glad that Tsuburaya has carried on in making these sets - it's like a tradition. Nowadays, they combine the traditional physical sets with CGI, which is wonderful.

All credits go to Tsuburaya Productions.