#ultimate shining ultraman zero

[toku-explained]

Sparkin' Gummy

New Generation Stars: Zero takes a moment to respond to the light, recalling how many people have brought him to this point. His father, Seven, stopped him from trying to claim the Plasma Spark, and his mentor, Leo, trained him into a true Ultra. He also got to see first hand how he could have turned out, in the form of Belial, who left the Land of Light after failing and was made a Reiyonix, Zero now recognising their first match was himself confronting who he could have become. The light understands being saved from your mistakes, as Zero saved it from it's own stemming from not understanding bonds. Zero recalls another bond, how he came to Another Earth and merged with Taiga Nozomu, who eventually accepted him, fighting alongside Cosmos and Dyna against Hyper Zetton, and how when things were at their bleakest Asuka and Musashi encouraged Taiga, enabling the six of them together to become Ultraman Saga. He further recalls how he then went to the Kaiju Graveyard, seeking to reflect and learn why he had been given Dyna and Cosmos' power, and there encountered Bat Seijin Gurashie, who held the life of the Pigeon Moroboshi ransom, paralysing Zero until Moroboshi's own willingness to be sacrificed helped Zero realise how to win and save him, and he recalls how the Ultimate Force Zero supported him at his darkest moment, enabling him to acquire the power of Shining Ultraman Zero. He wants Z to understand the strength of these bonds, entrusting the light to convey this. Back on Ialim, Z wonders what the item is, when a voice informs him it is the New Generation Ultraman Cape, and taking on it's robot form, Ediom introduces itself. Z recalls it from the previous incident, as Ediom explains Ialim is where the records it gathered at that time now lie, and passes in Zero's message, to learn about the Bonds of the Ultras to earn the New Generation Ultraman Cape's approval.

Gavv: Shoma attempts to explain himself, but Hanto now doesn't trust him, convinced as a Stomach he teamed up with Vram to make Dark Treats while he was unconscious, and leaves. Lakia also insists Shoma explain himself. Both Shoma and Lakia's Gochizo watch the conversation, and while Lakia does accept the truth, he doesn't particularly care about humans, and can't see himself working with Valen. Hanto returns to Suga's, still trying to understand things, and Suga admits he suspected Gavv was a Granute, but claims to have had no idea he was a Stomach, and lets slip Vram was behind the mass disappearances, which Shoma told him, and now Hanto starts seriously thinking Shoma has been on the Granutes side the whole time. The seeds of doubt sown, Suga turns to his work on cell development. Glotta submits a report to Lango and Nyelv on Lakia, Nyelv checks the records on Comel Amalga, and they all question how none of them noticed what he was up to during the recruiting and modification, before all of them get back to work, having to improve security and procurement in the wake of the break in. Sachika sits alone until Shoma finally returns, having got some food to celebrate Takeshi turning up. As they eat some Macarons, Shoma is more concerned with whether he should have explained to Hanto earlier, and realises Hanto will tell Sachika, so he should tell her the truth first, the loses his nerve recalling Hanto's anger. The Gochizo's seems confused no new ones are spawning, as Sachika asks what happened, as he's not his usual happy self while eating. Shoma panics and leaves, Sachika upset her attempts to cheer him up scared him off, but Shoma now thinks Sachika has become suspicious of him, as he tries to think, he suddenly collapses. Hanto looks at messages from Sachika reporting Takeshi's return, and wonders if Shoma got him back, and then sees the mass disappearance victims also came back, and starts seriously thinking, and realises considering everything that happened he has to hear him out properly. He then spots Shoma, his demeanor off and different clothing, but can't catch up to him. "Shoma" raids a food cart and attacks the owner, but unsatisfied with the food trashes it. Hanto goes for breakfast, only to find the police talking to the staff over an attack last night, a bystander shows footage of "Shoma" being responsible. Hanto is now confused again and goes straight to HapiPare looking for Shoma, and when Sachika asks if he knows where he went he shows her the image, and tells her Shoma is a Granute in anger, and not to trust him. Lakia cannot use his phone anymore, so can't snoop on other workers ,and realises how much work Shoma was putting in. "Shoma" robs a candy store and assaults the owner, finding the sweets give him the taste he desires, and producing a new Gochizo, then more. Hanto arrives and interrupts, furious Shoma is now acting like this just because Hanto knows, "Shoma" decides to test things out, using the Gochizo in his now Black Gavv to become Kamen Rider Bitter Gavv. His body is misshapen as he attacks Hanto, so becomes Valen, and fight back and forth, the moment Bitter Gavv is on the ropes he produces the Bitter GavvBlade to gain the edge. Lakia spots the battle, and noticing something interesting about Bitter Gavv, becomes Vram and launches an attack on him. Hanto is surprised as Vram approaches, while Bitter Gavv eagerly charges the new opponent.

Boonboomger: Mira is naturally against marriage, but Genba breaks down how shrewd it is, to the public it will mean peace, to help Hashiliens it will mean the Boonboomgers surrender and Mira is a hostage, and if they refuse the Boonboomgers will be the villains, with the Killer Robo hijacking by the Sanseaters blamed on them, and the Hashiliens will continue to break them down. Mira shocks everyone by declaring she will get married, stressing to Taiya this is how she takes the wheel. As Maimi watches, Mira surrenders her Boon Changer to Chasshiro, telling him the others have split, Jou wanders incognito, Genba uncloaks the remains of his ship, Sakito and ByunD resolve to clean up as they watch the Killer Robos, and Taiya continues working on Bundario, Shirabe approaches somewhere. Tokoyari informs Spinder the proposal was accepted, and noting Grantz has the second wave of Yarucars en route, Spinder compliments him, Grantz expressing his own appreciation for Spinder raising him up. The Sanseaters are being hinted by Nejitettas, but find themselves saved by BunBlack, directed to them by children who still believe in the Boonboomgers. Senji tries to persuade his uncle, Naito Raita to speak in support of the Boonboomgers, even as Raita tries to convince him they were deceived by the Boonboomgers, before he can press more he's informed Killer Robos the world over are being destroyed by Mach Robo. Tokoyari is unconcerned, it's just more terrorism charges for the Boonboomgers. Mira claims no involvement, and demands from Spinder a wedding gift, the BBG. Amused, Spinder tells Grantz to inform the owner Mira now runs it. In private he confirms to Grantz he recognises Mira is aiming to reform the Hashiliens from within, but it's futile, as his intended wedding ring is a mind control gem that will make her his puppet the instant she wears it. Jou recognises Spinder abandoned the Sanseaters, but they argue they ditched him, they've still got their pride. Jou sympathises, having had to quit the police to keep his pride. As the commiserate, more Nejitettas show up, Jou starts fighting but more show up, Dekotread on reflex shield the kids, and their sincere appreciation convinces him to fight. ByoonByoom Mach Robo keeps fighting Killer Robos, more arriving every moment. Raita starts directing all units to be sent to battle, when Senji stuns him by calling out in support of the Boonboomgers. An officer spots BunBlack's battle, but when he tries to call in support the kids interrupt, refusing to let him go against the Boonboomgers, and call out in support as onlookers take notes, a slight glow appearing. Taiya finishes his work, entrusting the rest to Shirabe, and goes to work. The wedding ceremony of Wild Spinder and Shifuto Mira is suddenly interrupted as the ring is to be placed by a deliveryman. The two quickly attack Spinder, kicking his Monkey away, and Taiya throws Chasshiro his Boon Changer, he uses it to summon Marine to destroy the monkey, a Gyasoline Tank that keeps Spinder fueled. Mira agreed to help marriage to create an opening to destroy it, and Chasshiro already undid the reprogramming putting the Boonboom Cars under ISA control. Grantz tries to reassure the weakening Spinder more Gyasoline is coming, but unfortunately for them, Genba has used his spaceship to block off Highway Space, keeping the Yarucars from from getting any closer, and Grantz's summoned Nejitettas are destroyed by Jou, vowing to protect the people, even those who see them as evil, as crowds watch this event being broadcast live. Tokoyari orders Raita to send the Killer Robos, but the Cleaners have already destroyed the last one. Tokoyari recognises the Hashiliens are done and lets Maimi lead him away, Spinder, still amused despite it all, orders Grantz forwards. The Champion Boonboomgers are ready to oppose him, it's the Final Lap.

Gozyuger: Super Sentai's final battle. Boonboomger Robo, RV Robo, Shinkenoh, Daizyujin, GokaiOh, Senpuujin, GaoHunter, Tenkujiin, Mega Voyager, Shurikenjin, Kakure Daishogun, Gouraijin, GoseiGround, Time Robo Alpha, KishiryuOh, Don Onitaijin, LupinKaiser, Victory Mars, King-Ohger, GaoIcarus, Great Five, Great Five, DaiBouken, ByoonByoom Mach Robo, Five Robo, Tarantula Knight, Varidorin, Dekabase Robo, King Caucasus Kabuto and King Pyramider assembled. This Universe War against an existential threat was fought by these titanic warriors gathered across universe's, fighting to dispel the calamity, but unfortunately, the Universe Robos were overwhelmed and swallowed by darkness. The people begged for light, and awoken the final titan, the Tega Sword. The last titans, Boonboomger Robo, Daizyujin, RV Robo, Shinkenoh and GokaiOh entrusted their power to Tega Sword's rings, and and so it cleaved through the darkness, bring salvation and destruction. This is but a prelude to The final titan's, story, that of Number One.

[magical-characters-tourney]

ROUND 2 BRACKETS

The winners of each bracket will face each other in one final match to discover who is the ULTIMATE magical boy.

Criteria used to decide who got in: 1) Use magic, or 2) Have a transformation sequence, or 3) Fight with the power of friendship (and sometimes that gun they found on the sidewalk over there) or any of the above combined.

Matchups under the cut. (and oh, some of these are gonna hurt!)

Schubert (Classicaloid) vs Kousuke Nitoh (Kamen Rider Wizard)

Black Pepper (Delicious Party Precure) vs Taishi Manza (Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss)

Cure Lock (Dancing Star Precure The Stage) vs Saiga Arata (Dear Magi -Mahou Shounen Gakka-)

Dark Magician (Yu-Gi-Oh) vs Mozart (Classicaloid)

Chiaki Nagoya (Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne) vs Garnet Heart (Magical Warrior Diamond Heart)

Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura) vs Kairi Sanjo (Shugo Chara)

Viperpace - Viperion+Carapace (Miraculous Ladybug) vs Yumoto Hakone (Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!)

Merlin (The Sword and the Stone) vs Qu Le (Magical Boys)

Peter Grant (Rivers of London) vs Cure Break (Dancing Stars Precure The Stage)

Superman (My Adventures with Superman) vs Mamoru Chiba (Sailor Moon)

Rio Kuroki (KiraKira Precure A La Mode) vs Ge Jiuzhong (I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl)

Atsushi Kinugawa (Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!) vs Shining Spiral (Elsword)

Ukiyo Ace/Kamen Rider Geats (Kamen Rider Geats) vs Vivi (Final Fantasy)

Magolor (Kirby) vs Qifrey (Witch Hat Atelier)

Takara Utashiro (Fairy Ranmaru ~Anata no Kokoro O-tasukeshimasu~) vs Visare Nightfall (Vampire Magicka)

Ayumu Aikawa (Is This a Zombie?) vs Ryuu Zaou (Cure High Earth Defense Club Love!)

Yakumo Katou (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger) vs Kirby (Kirby)

Henri Wakamiya (Hugtto Precure) vs Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Mephisto (Lolirock) vs Blue Knight (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Ranmaru Ai (Fairy Ranmaru ~Anata no Kokoro O-tasukeshimasu~) vs Antonio Madrigal (Encanto)

My Cat Stormy (real life) vs Tsukasa Tenma (Project Sekai)

Harry Dresden (The Dresden Files) vs Haruto Souma (Kamen Rider Wizard)

Cure Soul (Dancing Star Precure The Stage) vs Tadase Hotori (Shugo Chara)

Hikaru (Mahou x Shonen x Days) vs Daisuke Niwa (D.N.Angel)

Shining Astro (Elsword) vs Kirio Karasuma (Kamichama Karin)

Felix (Star Warrior Cosmos Leo) vs Howl (Howl’s Moving Castle)

Daichi (Mahou x Shonen x Days) vs Uru Seiren (Fairy Ranmaru ~Anata no Kokoro O-tasukeshimasu~)

Beethoven (Classicaloid) vs Saiki Kusou (The Disasterous Life of Saiki K.)

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) vs Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug)

Bright Marine (Elsword) AND Ultraman Zero (Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends) vs Emerald Heart (Magical Warrior Diamond Heart)

Mugendou Niki (Dear Magi -Mahou Shounen Gakka-) vs Kukai Soma (Shugo Chara)

Kuranushi Rin (Dear Magi -Mahou Shounen Gakka-) vs Kyoutarou Shuzenji (Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss)

[thankyoumskobayashi]

Video description: A youtube video titled "Ultraman Zero All Transformations (Base form - Ultimate Shining)" which requires an eyestrain warning for flashing lights and has this direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8fUdpkuZ60

EDIT TO ADD: I thought this was originally MCT's post and that somehow his Elsword Tiesweep buddy Bright Marine got banished to the shadow realm and got annoyed bc I thought I had already made propaganda for him. I didn't realize this was a different blog entirely.

This is Ultraman Zero, son of UltraSeven and inheritor of Ultraman Leo's fighting style. His transformation sequence and forehead laser and telekinetic forehead knives (called Sluggers) are also inherited from his dad, along with probably at least a little of his smug attitude. A lot of his journeys involve the power of friendship and getting to understand your friends to better fight alongside them.

This is his second movie, Ultraman Zero The Movie II: The Revenge of Belial, and the one that's easiest piece of media to start watching him with. The rest of them require at least one previous series' watching to understand who tf else is there, but the 2nd movie is the best as a standalone. And his production company Tsuburaya Productions simply let this random person sub it on youtube! Warning for eyestrain from 0:09:32 to around 0:11:52 and I'll link the regular song below for those who still want to listen to it. Plaintext link to The Revenge of Belial Movie below for screen readers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY31IcivSMk

Link to the song Susume! Ultraman Zero! for screen readers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_YYmNzydy8

I'm gonna close out by tagging all the shows and movies I remember him being in. Oh yeah he's also voiced by Mamoru Miyano, the guy who made everyone obsessed with Light Yagami from Death Note? Perhaps you've heard of him. He's also personally contributed some songs to the Ultra Series. Have you heard Legend of Galaxy? You should. Plaintext link here because for some reason certain videos just do not appear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=223zxyUJuxI

[gojira-ekkusu]

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

[kenro199x]

[ULTRAMAN] Episode 9 ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE ABSOLUTE CONSPIRACY

This stuff is pure joy.

[toku-action-figure-news]

Ultra Action Figure Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero revealed

Having now been featured in two Ultra Galaxy Fight online miniseries, Bandai have revealed that the newest final form of the popular Ultraman Zero - Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero - is to receive a release in the Ultra Action Figure line. 

A combination of his Ultimate and Shining forms, the figure is able to remove the Aegis Armour in order to recreate the Shining form on its own; though there is currently no information on if the separated Aegis Armour can attach to standard Ultraman Zero or Ultraman X. That aside, the figure features the usual 18 points of articulation for the line.

Ultra Action Figure Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero releases at general retail on March 25 for 3,080 Yen.

[magicalblerdpenn]

Rewatched the movie Ultraman Saga before watching the Ultra Fight Zero movie for the first time. It was SO good and I love Zero's Ultimate Shining form.

[cina-full-moon-xanadium]

think the most annoying things about zero’s super forms is how they like. Get used later without the context that made them important and just make them mundane.

Shining Ultraman Zero is probably the biggest example of this. Zero Fight may not have resonated with me as much as it did others, but I get the strong emotional pull of it -- it’s the absolute apex of his dedication and love for his friends; his statement of who he is and how far he’s come; how he’s everything Belial never could be. Even the odd name, ‘Shining Ultraman’, is perfect for it - it’s the embodiment of how he’s become Ultraman. And so strong and mighty is this power that it can turn back time to save his friends, so powerful a force that he forgets about it after using it to literally reverse the deaths of said friends.

But later he just, y’know, fuckin uses it like it’s just another thing in his toolbox and he can just reverse time for whatever the fuck he wants. Like yeah sure only by a few minutes but fucking hell the actual disparity here between “the expression of his willpower and bonds to do the impossible” and “oh this is how he gets out of bullton” is so annoying

Ultimate Zero also suffers from this. It’s a similar “expression of bonds” power-up but he literally just uses it as his taxi as if it was nothing. It’s a miracle he doesn’t like, pull Cosmos and Dyna out of the aether to become Saga in half his appearances  

[fivzen]

When was I going to be told about how incredible Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero looks?

[toku-explained]

PuruJelly

New Generation Stars: Zero observes a light descend in a blue world. It descends on Planet Ialim, revealing itself as Z, called by Zero. Observing an enormous stone pillar he comes to the top, wondering why Zero has called him there, and pondering if Zero has started to accept him as a pupil. He recalls the battle with the Zetton Army, and how it taught him to work with his allies, but he then got ahead of himself in pursuing Genegarg when it stole the Z Riser and Medals, embarrassed he ran off after the lesson, but concluded meeting Haruki meant it worked out. A light appears, and touching it causes video to play of Zero asking Joneus to train him, then showing why, Absolute Tartarus defeating Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero when Joneus matched him, and the intense training as Zero, in Tector Gear, was made to fight Joneus, Leo and Seven, to remind him of why he fights so he could achieve his Wild Burst state. He then sees how in the rematch, Zero was now able to drive Tartarus back. Z questions why this footage is here, but gets distracted by the Ultra 6 Brothers battling the revived Juda and Mold, then Zero and Leo battling the Imit-Ultra Brothers (SR). Z admires his strong seniors and their Mantles, before again questioning what's happening. Another light appears, and from it an item appears to then equip Z with a half-mantle, to his confusion. As Zero stands at a distance, a light approaches, reports Z has received the item, questioning if this is a last test for his disciple.

Gavv: Shoma returns to Suga, who shows him Hanto has healed even if he hasn't woken up, and they discuss the disappearances stopping. Lage9 contemplates when Nyelv visits him, presenting a new Gochizo, secretly a couple of Shoma's are watching him. Takeshi hasn't returned, Sachika still wants to find him. Shoma plans to keep seeking distribution points, until he's told where Vram is, going to him and dragging him to witness Sachika and the missing people's families begging for help. Lage9 is initially indifferent, he didn't know humans existed before being recruited, but then is reminded very directly if his desperate seeking info on Comel, and being reminded of his brother dying with guilt over his own actions, and supposing he was killed because he wanted to stop abducting humans, breaks down, and resolves to help recover the people he captured from Stomach before they can be processed, he introduced himself properly as Lakia Amalga. Neither of them actually knows how to get back to the Granute World, so they scope out one of Lakia's designated collection points for when an Agent is about to make a delivery, and follow it but the door is only active for a second. Shoma does manage to trigger it though, but it takes a while to get from the crossroads to the road back to the Stomach Building. Once inside Shoma knows the route to the Underground factory, and even knows the passcode, Lakia does note Shoma knows an awful lot. When they're about to stumble on an Agent Lakia grabs him, the grabbing plus the location triggers a memory of Shoma's childhood, trying to find his mother and a woman he recognises as Hanto's mother offering to help look, before he can question more they have to defeat the Agent, and fight through as the alarm is raised. Hanto awakens, and realising Shoma brought him to Suga demands to know if Suga did anything, Suga plays coy, but has hair and blood samples. Shoma and Lakia reach the factory, Shoma grabs a few presses including Takeshi, before they're interrupted by Glotta, who recognises Lage9, when Lakia declares his reasons she is dismissive of Comel, and considers the addicts decline their own fault, angering him into becoming Vram to attack, while Shoma gathers up the Presses, before fleeing, running through a door as crashing. Music performance, Glotta following and unveiling her Granute form. Hanto sees the news on social media believing Vram to be fighting with Glotta and the Agents, rushes. Gavv uses CaKing, having the Whips rush the Presses out, and battles Glotta while Vram battles the Agents, using his new PuruJelly form, the invisibility powers of which put a strain on him. Hanto arrives and is about to join the battle, only to realise Gavv and Vram are fighting together against Glotta. The battle is tough, Glotta maintaining the advantage, Gavv unleashes a desperate attack, managing to damage her weapon, amusing her enough to complement her youngest brother, stunning both Lakia and Hanto, and leaves. While Lakia is processing, Hanto is furious, demanding answers and then punches Shoma in anger.

Boonboomger: When Taiya found the crashed Bundario, it included a glowing sphere Bundario didn't recognise, but they kept it, Bundario sensing warmth from it. From the story, Taiya recognising what Nicola showed, Genba guesses it may be a crystallisation of the planet's energy, Taiya hopes it is the key to saving Bundario. With Bundario's body collapsing rapidly, ByunD offers to use his parts to abate the decomposition. With Sakito accepting his partner's decision, Taiya entrusts Genba with retrieving the item from his home, when Jou and Mira ask to come with, Genba insists Mira stay with Taiya. In the wake of the Spinder discarding Disrace, Dekotread is starting to doubt whether the leaders think anything of them. Yarucar and Itashar want to still work to claim earth, when Yarucar is suddenly called by Grantz' ram, able to control all the Yarucars, an army or which is enroute to earth, the overwhelming desire to consume Gyasoline was implanted in all the Yarucars by Spinder, but thanks to Cannonborg's modifications Yaiyai is now unique, so Grantz forcibly turns him into a Kurumaju, and scolds the Sanseaters for their failures, giving one chance to defeat the Boonboomgers, only Yaiyai seems enthusiastic. Work seems to be abating Bundario's decomposition, and ByunD agrees to see his parts used if needed. Shirabe contacts all the Boonboomgers, informing them that Killer Robos are being adopted worldwide, and Chasshiro mentioning the world accepting the convenient lie of the Boonboomger's evil. Mira is frustrated Taiya isn't getting angrier, Shirabe certainly is, and declaring herself a Boonboomger, prepares her own offensive, knowing she can't get to Tokoyari, she's going for Naito Raita, who is currently discussing the army of Yarucars with Spinder. Police under the ISA, including Jou's partner, are guarding all routes into the Hando residence. To give Genba an opening, Sakito and Jou begin to disrupt them, but everyone gets restrained as Maimi arrives, threatening Jou's career, as he calls out this is more important. Thanks to the distraction Genba enters the garage to find the crystal, only to have Chasshiro hold him up. Maimi argues those in power decide what is just, Jou saying if the police will turn their eyes from the truth he won't be one of them, he'll fight for what he knows to be truth. Before thing can get further the Sanseaters arrive, Yaiyai has Gyastomisations for all the defeated Kurumaju, Jou and Sakito act to defend the police officers despite everything, Maimi orders the police to leave the battle to the Hashiliens. BunBlack and BunViolet battle, as Genba and Chasshiro struggle, Genba runs, leaving a tripwire to stop Chasshiro. The Sanseaters press the advantage, but Yaiyai starts overflowing with energy and losing control. Genba arrives, entrusting Sakito with the crystal, and joins Jou in Champion in fighting, but soon they realise the Gyasoline will overflow and explode Yaiyai, taking a large area with it. The crystal in hand, Taiya hopes to use it to energised Bundario. Dekotread and Itashar are in fear, begging Yaiyai to stop before he explodes, but it takes BunBlack and BunOrange together to immobilise him and defeat him, leaving the two grateful he's alive. The Gyalosine left over is a fine beacon for the arriving Elite Yarucars, who all rush into it and merge to form a giant Yarucar Kurumaju. Taiya implants the crystal, and Bundario movies, but only for a moment before collapsing, nothing seems to work. Seeing the Yarucar, Genba and Jou realise without the Boonboom Cars, Bundario or ByunD, they have nothing that can stop it, which is when the Sanseaters appear in Boonboom Killer Robo, and grab the Yarucar, driving into space with it to explode. Grantz apologises for the failure, but the second wave of Yarucars is coming. Tokoyari makes contact to cover up the incident, and offering a suggestion on how to deal with the Boonboomgers amicably. Chasshiro calls them out, passing on the message, that to seal peace in a way the public accept, they will be having Spinder and BunPink marry.

[thekaijudude]

Team MLV vs the Ultra Brothers: Who will win?

Either way, let’s also set up 3 basic rules. The first concerns both sides, the second concerns only the Ultra Brothers, and the last only concerns only Team MLV, because if they have this, they WILL win.

—1: No enhanced forms or fusions.

—2: No reality manipulation or dimensional manipulation or whatever you were talking about in my last qn. I don’t know where Taro and Ace showcased this, but even if it was in their shows, it’s clearly considered non-canon now. I mean, why wouldn’t they have just used that to find the Kingdom in UGF3 if it was canon? 

—3: No elemental abilities, ‘cause if Team MLV has this, even if Vylcan’s the only one using them, the Ultra Brothers have no shot, especially given the other rules. I mean it, if their elemental abilities were allowed, Vylcan could probably just amplify himself enough to destroy any one of the Ultra Brothers with only a few punches.

Anyway, I’ve sent you a doc with all of the abilities of each member of Team MLV. (Btw, recall that Ultraman Adam is my name for the OG Ultraman).

Point 2 is gonna rub some feathers tbh cause the reason why they dont use those abilities anymore is the same reason why main series ultras dont just show up and instantly annihilate Tier 2 kaiju even tho theyve shown very clearly that they could, same reason why Tartarus dosent also instantly destroy US Zero since it was clearly shown in UGF3 ep 10 that even the upgraded US Zero barely makes him flinch (recall that Seven was also involved in that fight thus I can say that AT's damage was due to Seven rather than him, consistent with the fact that he took a hit from Shining Ultimate Zero and was still standing AFTER getting a beatdown from the Leo brothers), same reason why PI Belial didnt also instantly dissipate Geed and Z as well despite the vast difference in power and why can Deathcium Ray Burst knock down PI Belial as well

Its all to make a good show, otherwise fights would end in under a few seconds, and the entire displayed conflict between the Ultras and the Absolutians would also end in a single ep since I pointed out that there simply isnt enough Elite Absolutians to handle even the entire cast of UB-level Ultras

Otherwise by your rationale, the infamous Ginga S episode 12 meme where the Zoa Muruchi that solo'ed both Ginga and Victory would be universal level

There are fans that are for and against those feats still being considered canon or nah. Personally, considering the other ridiculous feats of power we've seen beings other than Ultras have protrayed, as well as how powerful Ultras get as they grow older, Im of the opinion that those hax are canon, and they only reason why they dont showcase those abilities anymore is as said, to have a more interesting fight sequence

(Additionally as I also answered before, TsuPro wouldnt want to have to address a situation of "Hax vs Hax" regularly cause it inevitably introduces an extremely convoluted system, iirc i talked in depth about this in the Chaos Darkness vs Sphere ask)

And with good reason too, as the franchise has tried its best to shift away from delving into higher and higher powerscales beyond New Gen Ultras (Movie form++ like US Zero is the current cap) or else theyll eventually encounter the same problem like Dragonball by writing themselves into a hole whereby the in-universe/multiverse/omniverse scaling cannot keep up with its inhabitants (unless they would have a do a metaversal level of retconning every few years just to avoid this issue, which is an absolute pain in the ass to do due to its implications like what Marvel and DC comics do from what I can understand), which was something they alr did up till Taro which was why u saw that they toned it down so much up till now, with the exception of rare occurences of Legendary Ultras and High Tier fusions obviously

(Note that we're currently not even vibing at Multiversal scales mind you, low multi-universal at best with the current UGF plot, expect things to stay this way for the foreseeable future until TsuPro decides to shift their target audiences to young adults)

Thus Im vibin with this canon, and by removing those abilities, youre bascially nerfing them as far as Im concerned

But again, this has too many characters in a single ask, recall I told u max 2v2 yo, unless u can generalize 2 groups in a short summary via numbers or sth within the ask itself (or summarize and highlight the main attributes like base power, multipliers or sth, not just a reference scale to yet another OC which we dk the scaling for) cause I sure as hell aint gonna read all that in the link u sent just for an AU ask

[shadowwrath264]

New Ultra Medals available (Updated)

New Ultra Medals available.

New Medals

Ginga Strium

Victory Knight

Exceed X

Geed - Royal Mega Master

Ruebe

Taiga - Tri Strium

Ultra Brothers

80

Justice

Hikari

Zero - Luna Miracle

Ribut

Glenfire

Mirror Knight

Jean-Bot

Jean-Nine

Zero - Shining

Geed

Ginga Victory

X - Beta Spark Armour

Orb - Trinity

Geed - Ultimate Final

Gruebe

Reiga

Now that's neat. Well, it looks like TsuPro planned ahead and had two specific Robots as well as two specific non-Ultras to be part of the Ultra Medal Collection today. And it would also appear Ultraman Geed has his own Ultra Medal and Ultra Rise Medal Counterparts. They even had the New Generation Final Forms and everything. Now that's interesting... really interesting.

Hmmm.... since they don't have a name, I think for now I should call them; Ultra Super Medals. Yeah. Ultra Super Medals would work nicely for now till we get an official name from TsuPro.

Looking forward to see many more fusions and fusion finishers to come for either in the series or in UFFZ for Ultramen Z, Zero and Geed.

Good collection here. Really good collection of new Medals here. I would like everyone to thank @mythsaber02 for sharing me these images with me as info. He's a really good friend and ally if mine.

[gojira-ekkusu]

[kenro199x]

I want an SH Figuarts of Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero ASAP!

Shining Zero is my favorite alt form, but man, I love how this one looks like! 

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S.H. Figuarts Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero revealed for release

Commemorating the 55th anniversary of the first ever episode of Ultraman, S.H. Figuarts has revealed a new entry of theirs for the franchise -- Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero; the form Ultraman Zero took on in the recent Ultra Galaxy Fight miniseries which combines two of his final forms.

The release is largely a recolour and slight retool of the two releases; meaning the figure is also able to take off the Aegis Armour to represent his original Shining Ultraman Zero form, and said Aegis Armour is able to be used by the previously released X and Zero figures. Both the Aegis Armour and Shining Ultraman Zero are cast in brighter colours than their original releases. The figure also comes with alternate arms and a red colour timer.

S.H. Figuarts Ultimate Shining Ultraman Zero releases as a Premium Bandai exclusive in December for 8,800 Yen; with pre-orders to begin on Monday.

[kaijusaurus]

In the kaiju circles I usually run in, we tend to refer to the period between (and including) 2007 and 2012 as the “wilderness years”, i.e., a time when the output of new, original kaiju media reached a significant low. That’s not to say there wasn’t anything new – independent films like Deep Sea Monster Raiga and Geharha, the Dark and Long-Haired Monster gained attention in 2009, while the omnipresent Ultraman franchise quietly but steadily beat on against the popular current. Perhaps the perceived lack of output is not the reason we refer to these years the “wilderness” – there was almost at least one new production for each of the aforementioned years. Rather, the wildly varying quality of this period’s output is a more likely explanation. An even bigger contributing factor may be the lack of a big name franchise to anchor this period, with Godzilla having gone on self-imposed retirement in 2004, and a new Gamera franchise failing to take off after 2006’s Gamera the Brave.

In the 1960s, the presence of Toho and Daiei’s mega-franchises allowed competing studios to throw their hats into the kaiju ring – Nikkatsu offered up Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967), Toei introduced us to The Magic Serpent (1966), and crashing down to Earth came The X From Outer Space (1967), from Shochiku. With Godzilla and Gamera raking in mega-bucks at the box office, these alternative offerings were able to bask in reflected glory. However, between 2007 and 2012 no such big franchises existed, and while Ultraman persisted, his popularity and box office draw was the lowest it had been since the franchise was resurrected with Ultraman Tiga (1996). During Godzilla’s Millennium series (1999 to 2004), Japanese filmgoers became fatigued with the varying quality of each successive production, and eventually grew tired of giant monster action on the big screen. Gamera’s attempted resurrection in 2006 never stood a chance – the climate simply rendered it moot.

The “wilderness years” nonetheless represent something relatively unique in the history of the kaiju genre: a surprisingly high number of kaiju comedies were produced in this time. Much like the spaghetti-western in the ‘70s, perhaps kaiju filmmakers sought to keep the genre alive by introducing over-the-top comedic elements to the traditional genre structures in the search for something fresh and new. The first of the big kaiju comedies was Hitoshi Matsumoto’s Big Man Japan, released in 2007. Something of an absurdist deconstruction of the “giant hero” genre, the film features Matsumoto himself as a deadbeat loser with no friends, strained relationships with his few family members, and a lifestyle just above the poverty line – and who can transform into a giant to combat kaiju attacks. In a highly surrealistic ending – even by this film’s standards – Big Man Japan even manages to make a statement about Japan’s uneasy relationship with its superpowered ally, the United States. Acting as something not unlike a kaiju play on This is Spinal Tap!, Big Man Japan is perhaps not the most accessible kaiju comedy for Western viewers, but is certainly at least something entirely new for the genre during a time when it desperately needed exactly that.  However, for every This is Spinal Tap!, there’s sure to be a Superhero Movie, or Epic Movie, or…

Minoru Kawasaki’s Monster X Strikes Back! Attack the G-8 Summit – a satirically flaccid attempt to parody the leaders of the free world – could not have come at a worse time. Resurrecting the monster Guilala from The X From Outer Space after an absence of 41 years on the screen, the film makes two tardy fundamental errors: coming along after Godzilla and Gamera were both discharged from active duty, and reviving a one-shot monster that hadn’t been seen on the big screen (in any non-stock footage cameo capacity) for four decades – even then, that was during what was practically the complete opposite of the wilderness years: the “Kaiju Boom” of the 1960s. 2008 also saw the release of Great Decisive Battle! Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers, the 20th theatrically released Ultraman movie. Featuring return appearances from characters that spanned 40 years of the franchise, the film is a very fine one, but ultimately falls into the pitfall that so many Ultraman features do: overdependence on the audience’s familiarity with the franchise’s rich history. This problem is especially highlighted by the fact that the film largely takes place in an alternate universe with equally alternate versions of otherwise familiar characters.

2009 was somewhat kinder to the kaiju genre, with a generally more favourable slew of features seeing release. Shinpei Hayashiya, responsible for the legendary fan-film Gamera 4: Truth (2003), released the second film in his Reigo/Raiga series, Deep Sea Monster Raiga. A sequel to 2005’s Reigo: The Deep Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato, the film – to put it lightly – is an uneven one, and suffers from a wildly irregular tone and some flat attempts at humour. Nonetheless, Hayashiya’s adoration of the genre shines through enough to make the film at least an enjoyable one. An even more affectionate tribute to the genre shines through in the 20-minute short Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster. Featuring direct homages to the likes of Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) and The Mysterians (1957), Geharha benefits from a brisk running time and breakneck humour, all the while being careful not to mock the genre itself, but just affectionately have fun with it. Director Kiyotaka Taguchi would – very deservedly - go on to anchor the Ultra series’ return to glory, working on the television productions Ultraman Ginga (2013), Ultraman X (2015), Ultraman Orb (2016), and their movie counterparts.

The same cannot be said for Tomoo Haraguchi’s Death Kappa (2010). Produced with noble intentions – to film a new, original kaiju film created entirely through the use of traditional tokusatsu effects techniques – Death Kappa is nothing short of a trainwreck of a movie. Much of the humour is detrimentally absurd, and some jokes commit the cardinal sin of actually making fun of the genre and techniques it claims to be paying homage to. Haraguchi’s intentions were certainly commendable, but the finished product ranks among the very worst of the kaiju genre and – somewhat dishearteningly – is a film that betrays its own modus operandi. Haraguchi’s efforts (or lack thereof) are doubly disappointing considering he previously worked on the outstanding special effects of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), and Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996). Aside from cameos from future Shin Godzilla directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, Death Kappa is ultimately a film best left forgotten about, and most likely will be.

The “wilderness years” saw the release of two further Ultraman films: 2009’s Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends! The Movie, and its direct sequel Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial in 2010. Both films are among the very best of the theatrical Ultra series, and thrust the franchise’s visuals lightyears forward by heavily combining traditional tokusatsu effects with substantial helpings of green-screen and CGI. While gratuitous green-screen photography can look ugly when used in excess, the vast space opera-esque lsndscapes richly brought to life in these two Ultra-films are a testament to Tsuburaya Productions’ willingness to try new things to ensure their most iconic franchise remains relevant, fresh, and most importantly, fun, without ever betraying or abandoning the core dynamics and conceits of the franchise.

Among these uneven times, however, emerges a diamond in the rough: 2009’s Demeking, the Sea Monster, a theatrical adaptation of a popular 1991 manga by Takashi Imashiro. Despite what could be argued a misleading title, Kotaro Terauchi’s film is a quietly beautiful meditation on the importance and inevitability of accepting the responsibilities that come with growing up. The sea (in actuality, space) monster of the title only appears in a magnificently shot dream sequence – something the film has received frustratingly undeserved scorn for from the wider Western kaiju community – and this is absolutely to the film’s benefit. Demeking becomes a coming-of-age subversion of the genre itself: a kaiju movie without a kaiju, or at least the literal physical appearance of one within the film’s internal world. While certainly not for the average viewer who is simply looking to enjoy a traditional kaiju romp, Demeking is a woefully underrepresented movie that stands out as the crowning jewel of a difficult period in the genre’s history.

It’s worth mentioning that these “wilderness years” also saw Heisei Godzilla special effects director Koichi Kawakita release his short film The God of Clay, while in 2009 the independent feature Daikaiju Eiga “G” saw release. All was not quiet on the Western front with the highly-secretive release of Cloverfield, while on Japanese television, Tsuburaya Productions released Ultraseven X, two seasons of Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle, and the compilation clip-show Ultraman Retsuden. 2010’s Daimajin Kanon reintroduced Daiei’s stone idol in a serialised television format, with mixed degrees of success.

The wilderness ended in 2013, which saw the seeds of the current kaiju renaissance being planted. Guillermo Del Toro’s mechs-against-monsters epic Pacific Rim paved the way for Legendary’s MonsterVerse, the Ultra franchise returned to television and begun its current successful streak with Ultraman Ginga and Neo Ultra Q, with each subsequent series proving more successful than the last. Minoru Kawasaki also released his second kaiju feature, Earth Defence Widow – but the least said about that, the better. As previously posited, these “wilderness years” can be defined not by their lack of kaiju productions, but perhaps instead by the absence of a steady ongoing franchise to anchor the period, and the inconsistent quality of the content these years did produce. However, regardless of the value of the period as a whole, the ragtag group of productions that formed the “wilderness years” kept the flame of the kaiju genre burning long enough for it to be rekindled with the widespread genre resurgence enjoyed today.