No.20633
Watch Ultraman. Buy Ultraman blu-rays now available through Mill Creek.
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No.20634
Looks like the upcoming Ultraman Taiga movie will introduce assumingly a fusion form for the Tri-Squad called Ultraman Reiga. Least that's my approximation based on this look from a leaked catalog image.
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No.20635
Now a look at the actual suits.
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No.20690
>>20633
I can no longer endorse the Mill Creek Ultraman blu-ray releases. Ultra Q is perfect with no sub problems. However, Ultraman is full of typos. Most commonly putting 'mosnter' in the subs instead of the correct 'monster'. Doesn't help this is the most used word in the show. Then Ultraman Orb has random sentences missing words that leads to clunky broken sentences like "Obtaining incredibly power, and using it wreck everything." & "He's the very definition hero who saves the day!". Save your money. These may be the best official english releases right now but they're not up to par quality wise for the price.
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No.20714
I remembered having the DVDs.
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No.20790
Meet the next Ultraman! He'll be apprenticing under Zero himself!
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No.20818
Anyone want to explain to me what the hell is going on here? 25ish episodes later taro goes to the land of light and they act like he grew up there. He has an ultra dog and everything. What the hell is going on?
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No.20819
Honestly if this is something they retconned its so weird I wish they left it in. I mean why not have the ultramen perpetuate their race by stealing dead humans and changing their species without consent.
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No.20820
>>20818
Taro grew up in the Land of Light. He's Mother & Father of Ultra's son. Kotaro was brought to the Land of Light as a corpse then sent back to earth with new life/Taro.
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No.20822
>>20820
Thats clearly not what happened though. Right before taro first appears you hear a baby. When they say born they really mean born.
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No.20825
>>20822
No they really do not mean that. You're reading into it wrong.
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No.20826
>>20825
Then what do they mean by "this is how you were born too"?
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No.20827
>>20826
I already told you. He was brought to the Land of Light & given new life through Taro.
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No.20828
>>20827
They say born, not reborn.
And besides thats not how the other ultramen were reborn anyway. Especially seven.
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No.20829
>>20828
You're going off of subs.
Literally the first Ultraman in the first episode resurrect Hayata through merging with him. Yes they didn't have a whole ceremony through the Land of Light but this was a special occasion.
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No.20830
>>20829
Then how come we don't see taro beforehand? Why does mother of ultra say that this is the way the other were BORN too when seven never merged with anyone?
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No.20831
>>20830
You wouldn't need to. Technicalities.
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No.20833
>>20831
That's the worst explanation ever.
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No.20834
>>20833
I don't know what else to tell you. I literally explained it & you're still questioning it.
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No.20835
>>20834
You didn't explain anything though. Why have the entire ritual for taro to merge with a human when the others can do it no problem. Why again does mother of ultra say "this is the way you were born too" when seven and zoffy never merged with a human. Why do we hear a baby cry right before taro shows up if he is simply merging with a human. We've never heard that before or after. You also handwaved away why we don't see taro beforehand as well.In the first episode of Ace we clearly see Ace and there a big fanfare for him before he merges.
You also said the subs are incorrect. If they are so bad then please tell me what is actually being said.
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No.20836
>>20835
>Why have the entire ritual for taro to merge with a human when the others can do it no problem.
Because it's Taro & it's dramatic to have a ceremony.
>Why again does mother of ultra say "this is the way you were born too" when seven and zoffy never merged with a human.
It's pure semantics to point that out. Take that up with the writers themselves for not pointing out those two being special cases.
>Why do we hear a baby cry right before taro shows up if he is simply merging with a human.
On the nose symbolism of rebirth.
>You also handwaved away why we don't see taro beforehand as well.
Because this is his origin introduction. He doesn't need to show up physically if it's about Kotaro. The implications are that he fuses with Kotaro through the ceremony. That's all that's needed.
>You also said the subs are incorrect.
I said you were going off subs alone. I don't know Japanese enough to tell you how accurate they are.
Really you're not only oblivious to the obvious but are absolutely ignorant to the fact that it's simply weird artsy directing from an era of weird shit.
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No.20837
>>20836
>Take that up with the writers themselves
>Clearly the writers don't mean something that makes sense here, they must have been going for something that doesn't make sence
>The implications are that he fuses with Kotaro through the ceremony
That isn't the implication at all. Kotaro's corpse clearly transitions INTO taro inside what is probably some sort of ultra placenta rather than any sort of merging imagery.
>oblivious to the obvious
You mean like the obvious subs and what the characters are obviously saying?
>ignorant to the fact that it's simply weird artsy directing
So you're saying we simultaneously have on the nose symbolism and weird artsy direction just for the sake of it at the same time.
Look I don't care if it was retconned at a later point or whatever, these scenes are a depiction of a birth more than anything else.
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No.20838
>>20837
This is all you refusing to accept that weird directing is weird. I'm sorry if a japanese show made in the 70's doesn't make sense to you.
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No.20848
>>20838
This is you ignoring not only the subs but also every bit of symbolism in that entire scene. Also that third pic of yours seems to confirm to me that the kotaro taro merge was a retcon that they decided on later or at least something that the writers themselves couldn't decide on until the end.
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No.20849
>>20848
What the fuck… you're the one taking the symbolism literally! I'm the one say it's not that simple!
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No.20859
>>20849
All you've said is that the directors were screwing around and being weird because it was the 70s, that the babies cry before taro shows up is symbolism, and that the writers were simply being lazy or stupid when they were writing inaccurate dialogue and had the characters say its a birth.
Why do you think that any symbolism involved is merely symbolism and thats it? Are you really trying to tell me that symbolism can not be used to imply what is going on? Like the director wasn't using all the birth symbolism to get across to the audience that this is an alien birth(since its weird and not exactly like a human birth) but was actually just dumping it all in there because he just thought it looked cool? Do you think the writers and directors were just complete hacks?
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No.20860
Also just got to ep 33 in taro. Pretty good, they should pull the stunt in webm related more often.
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No.20870
If I know nothing about the series, am I able to jump right into the manga?
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No.20876
>>20870
I think so. The modern manga is something of a modern reinterpretation anyway so this should not present much of a problem.
If you should reach the end of the manga or otherwise be at a point where you are waiting for the next chapter or volume, read/watch the old material.
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