According to what I read the reason that Kaoru was killed off was that the parents of the actress who played Kaoru wanted to have her leave as her grade began to slip.
In the same episode, which aired on Jan 10 1975, MAC member Matsuki Haruko (Tomoko Ai) and Gen's friend Takeshi (Yukio Ito) were killed off. Their actors, once their schedule was freed, would appear in Terror of Mechagodzilla (released in April) and Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (first aired in March), respectively.
Here's how I would've worked around Dan being the way he was in this show : Maybe have it be at least semi-justified with Gen starting out as a spoiled prince with little respect for authority and in serious need of discipline. He has tendency to casually insult Dan, which of course pisses him off, leading to him amplifying the intensity of his training sessions. When Gen does do a good job at training, Dan gives him praise and further encouragement. Over time, the two come to develop a mutual respect for one another, with Dan becoming more like his traditional self and Gen becoming more selfless over the course of the series. I would also have Leo mention Astra early on in the series rather than just out of the blue halfway when he actually does show up. I have been waiting a long time to post this message.
Isn't Leo and Asta royalty from their home planet? This helps with your take. A spoilt prince with a raw talent for martial arts (and probably never lost a single fight back home) faces reality on earth and has to face with a veteran Ultraman losing patience with his poor attitude.
Kohji Moritsugu has said that he disliked the way Dan treated Gen, although he's added that he understands Dan's intention to strengthen Gen. He was also not fond of the infamous jeep training scene and tried to get the director to stop after a few takes because he feared he might accidentally hurt Ryu Manatsu.
I really love the Giras brothers from the first two episodes. They look so cool. They were very formidable, which I felt made them very memorable opponents for Leo. I also really love Nova, mostly because he became a recurring monster in later Ultra Series entries.
Some fun facts: 1: The design of Ultraman Leo is actually inspired by Alien Valky, the villain from the last episode of Ultraman Taro. 2: The actor of Commander Black was a huge fan of Ultraman Leo show back then, then the TV crew agreed to let him act as a super villain for the rest of the show. He named his son Tooru, his daughter Kaoru, and his dog Leo. 3: The show had some real budget issues, as you can see in the second half of the show. That's also why Leo doesn't have much laser attack, a lot of his finishers are physical. However, many fans appreciate that because Leo is more of an actual fighter to them after being trained harshly by Dan and suffering through so many stuffs. Personally, I think Leo's fights/choreography is the most professional and enjoyable to watch. Ultra Leo has some sweet moments, but overall it's a much darker story comparing to Taro. I watched this show when I was soooo little, but in fact as growing up I found this show more and more inspiring to me.
In Mamoru Uchimaya's Manga of Leo has an episode where Kotaro returns, transform into Taro and helps Leo with a double Storium Kousen Kind shame this didn't happened in the show itself cause Taro does exists in Leo's Manga
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork not really cause in the end of the episode in the Manga Kotaro decide to go back to his Human life and never see Dan and Gen again but Taro still appear in the Manga later on in the babalou episode.......
The song that Toru sings in the Nova episode is the Teruterubozu song, which is a cloth doll who has a legend that they were used to stop the rains for having a sunny day. But if the rain didn't stop the doll's head would be chopped of. It's a very mess up terrifying song/story.
About the instrumental music, it was nearly all Tohru Fuyuki's original work, with some themes from Ultraseven (mostly Dan-related), the theme of Return of Ultraman (not originally written by Fuyuki, from the Sevengar episode), and even Mirrorman (in the two-parter with Babalou). The songs (with the possible exception of "Ballad of the Starry Sky" sung by Ryu Manatsu and music by Fuyuki) were written by other people.
You forgot to bring up how the leader of MAC was meant to be a different character only for Dan’s actor to say that audiences would confuse him for Dan which lead to the character’s appearance in this show.
Well i remember i comment in your Ginga review tha Ginga was the Ace of the Heisei period and was going to comment that Leo was the R/B of the Showa period because you said that Leo was not one of your favorites. But i’m glad that you enjoyed the show better this time. I hope 80 comes soon because i really want to see your opinion on that one.
Fun fact: Ultraman Leo is Koichi Sakamoto's favorite Ultra Series. And considering Leo was Zero's teacher, and the first fight in Episode 1 of Geed was a visual reference to the first fight in Leo, he clearly has a passion for the L77 Survivor. Also, Ultraman Regulus, the new Ultra appearing in the upcoming Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad is clearly an L77 Ultra.
The reason why MAC and Gen’s friends died in episode 40 was because of the slump in viewership and the oil crisis in Japan. It prices skyrocketed, affecting production and measures had to be taken to reduce production costs, such as cutting back on regulars. Also, the reason why MAC doesn't seem to helpful is because Leo's enemies are set up in such a way that there is nothing humans can do about them. This was also written in Leo's proposal.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork No problem. Yeah, Leo is one of the most controversial show in the series. I heard that Leo's Dan was criticized quite a bit even when it was aired. Sure, I think he was pretty bad in the episode 6 and 14.
Been slowly starting to collect and watch the Ultra series. Decided to jump to Leo since it was the Showa era series that grabbed my attention first. Am I going to be lost on anything if I jump straight to Leo? Only Blu-Rays of Ultraman I have before that or ones that are on the way are Ultra Q, Ultraman and Ultraseven. (Might get Return, Ace and Taro at a later date)
I didn't see Dan as a bad portrayal. I just thought Protecting earth is very important to him considering Seven can't be deployed giving the responsibility to an Inexperience Ultraman such as Leo, the responsibility to protect Dan's beloved planet earth. Dan is like a father that seems super strict but he was only that way because he wanted to protect you/ good intention.
As for Ultraman Leo I love the idea that he is known for his skill in martial arts, does not really rely on beams to finish of foes too much. This also great for showing the character needing to train intensivly and adapt to the enemy. If not, if Leo looses earth is doomed. Leo doesn't want to loose another planet. I loved the idea that a Ultraman can't rely on just having a strong beam to finish off a strong enemy. You have to train real hard.
If Dan is a father, then he's the abusive drunkard that beats their kids for the sake of beating their kids. I do agree with the concept of Leo even though that was only due to cost reasons. :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Don't worry Gen is not a kid anymore he can take a beating from Dan. Gen is not a child but a warrior that has the power to protect people. We can't have a weak push over worrior, Gen even acknowledges the responsibility the cost of failure means the cost of peoples lives. sadly the tone of this is not consistent in the show. Thats episodic for you. :-(
I watched Ultraman Leo in 2015 on Crunchyroll, I considered it to be the Kamen Rider Black of it's time. The darker tone is a good touch this was made to counter the child oriented nature of Ultraman Taro to help the struggling ratings at the time. The mid 1970's was a bit a rough time for the Ultraman series and the giant monster movies in general due to the first oil shock in late 1973, the production giant monsters was becoming less popular, more animated (anime) was being produced (prior before Japan's anime boom in the early 1980's.) Competition was such as the Kamen Rider series getting the upper hand and the debut of Super Sentai in 1975. And the Japanese cinema crash in mid 70's. Leo is considered to be the last of golden age of Ultraman series. Overall it is a great entry. Mr. Kaiju no Kami I have a few questions to as about the Ultraman series. Please excuse me if this has been ask. 1. Will mill creek release The Ultraman aka Ultraman Joneus next or go straight to Ultraman 80? 2. In most of the 2010's the Ultraman series 2010's episodes where mostly 25 episodes. Why is the Ultraman series right now mostly 25 episodes? 3. Will the series return to the 50 episode format? 4. Are you planning to do a review on the Showa era Kamen Rider series before Black? Such as the first Kamen Rider, Amazon, Stronger, Super 1 for example.
1. Mill Creek hasn't said, but given 80 doesn't come out on BD in Japan until later on this year, I wouldn't expect it from MC any time soon. 2. I believe the reason Ultra series these days are 25 episodes is due to budgets. Plus, it allows them to have more time to work on them. 3. No idea, but I hope not. I like it as is. 4. I'm waiting to see what Shout! Factory does before I tackle any more Kamen Rider. When I was planning to do the original series Shout! announced the license for it, which put an end to that plan.
I think the explaination on why seven is so stern in leo is because, he cant fight and that era is where many monster attacks arise, so he has to be strict to leo in order to get him in shape quicker.. And leo also always loses to the monsters so thats why dan was so harsh
While it could be, they still turned Dan into an unlikable jackass in my book and that for me is worse than anything else. And Leo losing all of the time definitely one of this show's weakpoints.
I think Leo should've kept Alien Magma as the overarching villain and the dark tone, until he reunites with Astra and has defeated Magma. Then the show would take a lighter tone now that the two brothers are together once more and Leo has avenged his people.
Yeah, that would have been much better. Hell, they could have made it that Magma is the one who hired Black Commander to come to Earth to get rid of leo.
Ah Ultraman Leo ... not to diss the Showa fans but I find it funny when people say that the New Generation or/and Heisei Ultra series are sillier compared to the Showa series. I’m like have you not seen Taro or have you not seen how Taro affected Leo mid season and onward. Though I will say this season came out in a wrong timing because of the oil shock at Japan at time.
It can go both ways though as the shows these days are very tame in the violence aspect compared to those back then. Like back then they weren't afraid to kill people. Nowadays, characters or random bystanders tend to be fine once the monster is defeated unless an individual is killed specifically for story reasons, but even that seems to not matter anymore.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork At least for most of the time Ultraman is still keeping the anthology aspect that can be found in Ultra Q to Ultra Seven era. While I don’t hate Nexus, I think that’s why Nexus didn’t do so good originally because it was missing that small aspect which was brought back in Max and Mebius.
When Tsuburaya Productions cast Kohji Moritsugu as captain of MAC, his character was meant to be a new character named Tetsutaro Kawakami. However, Kohji Moritsugu was concerned viewers would confuse Kawakami with Dan, so the character was changed, which probably explains the complete change of character.
Funny how after Leo we get The Ultraman(1979) or ultraman joneus thier first attempt at a animated ultraman only to go back to live action with Ultraman 80.
And thus the OG Ultra shows are finally out! Now for 80 and onwards, which is where I plan to jump in (though I did grab X and Orb and am enjoying X right now). Gridman is my most hyped of the entire license, so I'm praying to god they make new subs for it since the TokuHD subs are beyond parody (stole a US fansub for episodes 1-3, then they subbed it into spanish for the rest of the show, and literally google translated those SPA subs to english. I am not exaggerating, that's how TokuHD subs most of their stuff)
Given that the Gridman subs were fine on their UA-cam channel when they were showing it, I wouldn't worry about them being the same as whatever this TokuHD subs are I keep seeing people complain about.
Ultraman Leo was... interesting. I can’t say I dislike it, nor can I say it’s among my favorites. I really Did like Gen and how unlike most Ultras he fails to get the Monster and Alien the first time and has to do some sort of training to get better. And I didn’t really mind Dan being a tough mentor to him. Though sometimes they make little sense. The music I thought was pretty good though I think the 2nd opening theme for Leo was used a bit to much for my liking. The effects and monsters aren't too bad. Though it has probably my least favorite roster out of the showa era since many of them felt kinda similar or didn’t had that much creativity. Compared that to Ace which has my favorite roster since it’s among the few shows to have the monsters based of different motifs like animals or yokai. I didn’t really felt the episodes where too formulaic as they did change the style like with the Horror series and the Saucer aliens. And there were Episodes that I did like though there were some episodes that I felt where way to silly that they kinda clash the tone of the series. Though for me I felt the weastest aspect was MAC as I barely remember most of them due to how very limited their roles where as it was mostly centered around Dan and Gen. easily the weakest as far as Monster Teams go. Overall I did enjoy this series though not as much as Return, Ace, Seven, or even Taro. but I am curious if we’ll get a release of Ultraman 80 anytime since there is aot I like to talk out that.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Not for me, If anything I found it really refreshing and I tend to rote for characers that have a harder time when dealing with something that seems imposible. which was why I really enjoyed the early episodes of Gen haveing to go through tough training. plus by the second half he is able to fight off monsters without losseing the 1st time. and since Leo also gains more moves as the series progressed it actully felt like he only gotten stronger and stronger as the series progressed easily manking him among my favorite Ultras. And alot of my favorite stories are based off of that premise.
I thought that was intentional. UltraSeven was a very dramatic series. The writers seem to have taken the final UltraSeven episode as a blueprint for Dan's character. At the end of UltraSeven he had to return home due to all of his injuries, leaving his love interest and his comrades. So at some point before Ultraman Leo he got back to Earth, joined a new Defense Force only to get injured all over again and trapped in his human form (again) forcing him to rely on the Ultraman equivalent of a untrained civilian to do his job for him. After that the Ultraman Leo series even makes a plot point about Dan/Seven's failure to find his love interest after his return to Earth. Ultraman Leo feels to me like a continuation of UltraSeven where you get to find out that Dan/Seven got to suffer even more later.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork True. I took it as Dan/Seven being completely embittered by his current situation and taking it out on Leo, trying to make him the invincible Ultra that he himself never quite managed to be. Which I could buy because, good grief, Seven's luck in this show is awful. But it's not who the character was in his own show. At all.
I imagine because maybe Seven lost someone dear to him and did not want Leo to fall into the same fate. Most likely it was his wife, not the love-interest from the UltraSeven show, but his actual wife who is an Ultra, and the mother to Ultraman Zero. I assume his wife died in a war when Zero was still a baby, and it hurt Seven really bad. Realise that he could not raise Zero because of the psychological trauma, he gave Zero to Father of Ultra and Seven left the Land of Light for the time being to recover from his inner pain. That was my theory.
Here is something I realized. Looking at the training the Ultramen do on The Land of Light, it seems to involve combat…. Like with this show. Maybe that’s was Seven was trying to do but since he couldn’t transform he had to improvise. Pretty interesting huh. That is the only explanation for Dan’s portrayal here. Even though I don’t mind it.
I didn't see Dan as a bad portrayal. I just though Protecting earth is very important to him considering Seven can't be deployed giving the responssiblity to a Unexperience Ultraman such as Leo, the responsibility to protect Dan's beloved planet earth. Dan is like a father that seems super strict but he was only that way because he wanted to protect you/ good intention.
Knowing that Kaoru's actress would go on to have a voice acting career, it would have been funny had they gotten her to voice someone in Kaiju Girls and had that character eaten by that version of Silver Bloome for shits and giggles.
I compared the 3rd episode of Leo on Amazon Prime to the one on the bluray and they both have shaking issues. So no fault on Millcreeks part there. They are inherent of the masters from Tsuburaya sadly. I always enjoy your reviews, they are always very well done and insightful. You also do your research. Which is more than i can say for other content creators that talk about Tokusatsu on youtube. Keep up the good work!
Yeah, I figured that wasn't Mill Creek's fault, rather the fault of the source material. And thanks for the compliments. I try to always do some research, thought I do occassionally screw up my info.
00:00 They were killed for singing the Ring Ring song 00:54 They say "first wave" so I guess The Ultraman and 80 don't count? 03:37 All the brothers were already assholes in Taro, but Dan's new personality it seems like the only one they remember as seen in the manga series where he's basically the asshole one/Asshole mentor character. 05:20 Still better looking than ZAT's clown cars 08:37 So basically doesn't do anything? 09:58 It seems like every ring after Jack's bracelet gets more useless abilities. 10:52 Alien Magma? More like Alien Metal Speedo. 13:37 An octopus alien with that face? Yeah, the joke writes itself. 14:30 That boxing match... 16:07 While some monster roars do get recycled for newer ones, at least they usually change them a bit instead of just copying them (Looking at you Toho and your recycled Varan and Rodan roars) 16:50 They gave Leo two theme songs but didn't bother to change Ace's theme post-Minami? 17:54 Excuse me? 22:53 I know what this is... 23:36 If this was Taro I'd give it a pass since it's fairy tale-based along with having his mother, but here? No. Just no. 24:03 Good point
Just finished watching the whole series yesterday. Here's my thought: The first few episodes seem too formulated to me; Leo got beaten by a monster => Seven brutally trained him => he got a new technique to beat a monster. Then we get into the horror series, which are pretty good in my opinion. Not as good as horror element in Ultraseven, but above my expectations. After that, we get into the following episodes and Japan Masterpiece Folklore. These episodes are mostly somehow childish, contrary to the series which supposed to be in a darker theme. For the Terror of the Saucer Race episodes, I found them kinda repetitive and boring. It feels like these episodes were an addition that the producer made to met the episodes count. Even the monsters look like they were lazily made. And now it comes to the kid name Tooru that I felt like he's a depressed, angsty Kenny of the franchise and Gen becomes a babysitting version of Gamera. I mean, there are a lot of episodes which have Gen attempt to cheer him up, then he got depressed and angsty again in the few episodes later. Why can't he be as competent as that kid from Ultraman Jack?
As far as I can tell, yes. They have the mistimings I remember and the mispellings like Friendshop from Space instead of Friendship. Toru is spelled with two Os in two episodes. And stuff.
Imagine we get one of the most effective Attack Team(ZAT) and got debuff so hard that MAC doesn't have any kills count and incompetent. I like Leo, but it was inconsistent, unlike Taro who keep consistent despite their actors are either gone for while or replaced and the series is not really messy like Ace
While I myself like the show, I certainly agree that it's not for everyone (and if your thumbnail is of any indication, I'm guessing upon rewatching it your sentiments haven't changed much, lmao). That said, I'm happy that through your reviews, older toku shows like these are getting more exposure.
Actually, I didn't hate it like I did initially, it's just that it still has a lot of issues that make it hard to keep things positive, especially when it comes to Dan.
Understandable. I think to an extent a darker tone with a higher body count can work, and the episode with Silver Bloome is extremely underrated in that regard, as Silver Bloome's the only kaiju in the franchise's history to single-handedly kill off an entire science-military group, along with many other prominent characters up to that point. But with that said, there are points where the darker tone can go overboard and leave several episodes with a mean-spirited aftertaste. Dan's treatment of Gen as a mentor is often uncharacteristically harsh and almost Full Metal Jacket-esque, such as the several instances of verbal abuse and the infamous jeep chase.
SPOILER WARNING: My issue with the Silver Bloome episode is everything feels forced as if shock value is the only thing it has going for it. It doesn't help that right out of the blue Gen and Toru are living with some lady they apparently knew for a long time and there was no real transition to get to that point. It's just they see the names of their loved ones on the board as confirmed dead and then it jumps to some time later and they're living happily as if nothing happened at all. Also, why does no one bring up Gen's previous job working as part of MAC? It's like MAC never existed at all. I preferred the way they killed off Go's girlfriend in Return as at least it had more depth to it even if the ending to the story kind of ruined it.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork You didn't like the end of Return of Ultraman? I agree though they totally made episode 40 so pointless everything is fine like 5 minutes later. Also spoilers don't bother me but I hate when they do that. I actually read about what happened in episode 40 before watching the series but not from the book. Ace is my favorite lol always like to see the differences with people's favorites and preferences.
I think I like this Dan, he's really serious in his work because the fate of the earth is on his shoulder but he can't do anything other than seeing his friend (Gen) get beated by his poor combat experience.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork i think it's smt of a culture difference. Many audiences in Japan and East Asia doesnt have any issued with Dan in this series.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Maybe it is because of the cultural reasons that makes me not dislike Dan at all. I'm Asian and he is just a typical extremely strict Asian parent in my eyes, a halfass compliment is the most they could utter. The day you don't get scold is the day he trusts that you could overcome obstacles yourself. Secondly, often at work the most competent team player is not the best team leader. Managerial skills is different from skills to complete tasks. One common trait is that they are extremely harsh because they expect everyone to be on their caliber, or that they forgot that they once were rookies too. This then make them extremely harsh and unforgiving, a.k.a. the toxic boss. But it doesn't mean he aint a hero though. From the first few episodes till Silverbloom, he was still a badass hero
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Also, from where I used to grow up in, the Leo story just resonates with me. People can get punished from voicing out their beliefs, even if those were meant to be lawfully granted rights. Hometown is no longer the same, some people never being able to see some friends and family. No one could really help you. With multiple insurmountable hardships coming wave after wave, people understandably bend and twist to their own survive/benefit. Leo is like a fantasy world/alternative reality where justice is served and in reality there ain't much any. One thing in common is that despite mulitple hardships, some people would continue to hold on their beliefs/morality where others have already given up. That is why it is my most loved Showa. For me it was inspiring, don't give up and continue to be a good person despite hardships. As for favourite episodes, it would be the Alien Magma episodes or Silverbloom. The rain fights are just lovely. Also the fighting scenes are more realistic and brutal as they adopted a more martial arts style which I enjoyed a lot.
I actually like ultraman leo listen Ultraman leo has a fake smile because he lost everything and still has hope he was supposed to show kids to never lose hope in your darkest hours and leo being headstrong is because he doesn't want the monster to destroy his new home like his old one and leo trys to end monster quickly and the reason he gets sad is because he wasn't able to destroy the monster and he was a trash fighter bit through all the hardship he grows up to be one the greatest ultras and the member of the ultra brothers and seven is not an asshole yes he hurts leo but that's because he wants him to be better then seven and that's because he lost so horrible that he doesn't want leo to be the same way to have the same fate and he has a short lifespan now when ever he uses his powers he's lifespan shortens so it's reasonable he's so angry and brutal at the new guy and seven does grow out of this behaviour and leo grows up to train the next generation like mebuis okey and that's why I love leo show he thoughts kids and adults to be brave at your darkest hours and have hope so yes ultraman leo did nothing accept have annoying children's and side characters well that's every other ultras weakest point lol bye kami hope to meet you in the ultraman tiga review
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork episode 1 is cool it had seven almost dieing and is it just me or the other ultras never help there friends always senting newbies just me okey
I do not. They don't usually send out emails with those announcements until after they have been revealed. I wouldn't be surprised if it is Ultra Seven X though because the world hates me right now.
0:55 And then Ultraman 80 show up in 1980, and a year before that, The☆Ultraman anime, which I hope you will review that soon, eventhough it's not a live-action tokusatsu. Also, I hope that if you do a review of Ultraman 80 one day, try to think of the missed opportunities that Ultraman 80 did not used. For me, it is they dropped the side-plot of Takeshi interactions with his students in the first 13 episodes later, and that Ultraman Leo never appeared in the show at all, not even once. One pro I like to add for Ultraman 80 are the designs of the attack vehicles from UGM. They look pretty solid compare to the previous series. They look less like cheap toys, and more like good miniature models. Five years of hiatus did do something good for Tsuburaya.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I does not have to be every series, and you can update it when need be. It would be a quick list, rather than going over hours of reviews that you did Master Kami. Same goes for KR and Sentai.
I know you decided not to mention that infamous episode (possibly to avoid spoilers) but I feel it needs to be mentioned due to the trivia that came after the episode aired. SPOILERS to anyone who doesn't want to be spoiled. There was this infamous episode where the entire MAC were killed off after MAC's Space Station was destroyed by a monster called Silverbloome unleashed by Black Commander (in fact it was Black Commander's debut episode). Gen/Leo was the only survivor while Seven/Dan's fate is left ambiguous, although we find out later he survived however how he survived is never explained. According to the Ultraman Mebius novel, During Silverbloome's attack, he was teleported to the Land of Light by the Mother of Ultra as she healed the wound he suffered from Giras Brothers' attack and presented him the fixed Ultra Eye, allowing him to become Ultraseven once more. However In Mamoru Uchiyama's Leo manga series, which is part of Uchiyama's long running Ultraman manga franchise he was doing in the 70s, Ultraseven was killed during the genocide in his human form and stayed dead for quite a while. Eventually, he was revived sometime later in the Battle of the Ultra Brothers arc from the manga series "The・Ultraman" when the Ultra Warriors launched an all out attack against the Alien Jackal army, with Seven revived alongside his Ultra Brothers comrades that were killed by King Jackal as they fired their finisher rays and ended his reign of terror. If that sounds familiar that's because an abridged version of that arc adapted into the 2015 animated Ultraman short," The・Ultraman: Jackal vs. Ultraman".
Yeah, I avoided all that due to spoilers. Never heard about this Jackal army thing, that's kind of cool. I found it annoying that they never did anything with Seven giving Go his Ultra Eye to be repaired. I just figured there was a movie or something that explained it or they did something with it during 80.
Badre Bally and Kaiju no Kami; - curious if you guys might be familiar with the more recent ULTRAMAN STORY 0 manga series credited to Kazuo Mafune - I never found any other reference to LEO/Gen having come from 'the royal family of L77'......the implication in THESE comics being that, as sons of the King, Prince Leo and Astra could have been part of a specific 'hunting down' plot by the Magma to kill their entire family bloodline, ending in the destruction of their kingdom as we saw in the TV show? I think it was the Magma who kidnapped Astra just before the end of L77......I have NEVER seen an English translation of ANY of the volumes of ULTRAMAN STORY 0...........LUV the art!!
@@kaijuu.ggrays9500 I've read about that manga though I'm slightly more familiar with the Zoffy chapter where it revealed that Zoffy was the Ultra who protected that ancient Middle Eastern kingdom that erected a statue in his honor as we saw in the original 1966 Ultraman series though that has retconned recently why Tsuburaya as actually being Ultraman Noa from Nexus.
One of the best openings in any of your reviews. But I’m surprised you didn’t do the one with the bubble monster who the kid thinks it’s his friend…this whole show is on crack, god help us. Also the “first wave” thing is super ( or should I say…ultra sorry not sorry )wrong because of 80 they probably just said it was the final one because tsubaraya did not have the blu ray masters. (Well 80 is Showa in my opinion because of the campiness)
80 is a Showa era series, but the first wave of Ultra shows is considered to be Q through Leo since they all have continuity with each other. From my understanding, 80 was meant to kick off a new storyline.
Well I'm not sure what you are trying to say about the guy who danced in the opening but whatever I guess. As for the show it looks about average. But I've never been a huge fan of Ultraman outside of Tiga so the fact that my honey bunny Mao is going to be in Trigger and it looks like it's going to be a sequel to my show I think it really makes my heart race God I love that woman. But for this the killing really threw me for a loop.
I was saying the show is very chaotic. Sometimes it's over the top serious and other times it's over the top silliness as if they weren't sure what direction to go in.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I never saw a Blu ray release for THE ULTRAMAN come out of Japan.....I have the special EMOTION THE BEST OF release for that one...no English subtitles and, of course, it is region 2, and with several episodes having been dubbed in English for that one disc that came out in the U.S. I have been wondering anxiously how Mill Creek will release THIS one! By the way, they told me that 250 ULTRAMAN ZERO movie sets went out with the wrong sleeve so they are encouraging those of us with those to return those for a proper set with ULTRA GALAXY (which SUCKS for those of us that didn't buy those directly from them, but with ULTRA GALAXY being another favorite of mine, TV show AND movie, I'll just have to grin and re-purchase I guess....worth it for those!!)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Leo: "Well I fought the who Ultra Brothers" Seven: "But you didn't fight me" Leo "Well in human form but you can break a rock with just your cane" Seven: "Fair but you didn't fought Taro" Leo: "Damn it!" Taro: "Hey you called?" Leo: "Taro, I can destroy a planet with the Leo beam, can you're stream beam do that?" Taro: "Hey, at least I won my fights!" Leo: "Well at least I didn't have to get mommy to fight my battles." Taro: "Says the guy who gets his ass beat on a daily basis." Leo: "Well my human form knows karate" Taro: "And my host killed an alien by himself, not bad for an ametour boxer." Leo: "...." Seven: "Jealous much?" Leo: "Fuck you Taro!" Taro: "In your dreams."
I finished Leo and I did enjoy it mostly. After episode 20 it really became a lot better. I still don't like what they did in episode 40 and the way they just never followed up with some of those storylines. I thought the last arc with the Saucer creatures was really good. I think Gen's new family turned out to be a nice addition to the show as well better than I thought it would.
The use of Ultraseven in this show has always bugged me. He's my favorite Showa Ultra and it feels like they just threw him into this role becuase he was available. Thinking it over I realize now there was an obvious alternate solution: have the mentor character be Zoffy instead. Seriously, Zoffy is established as the older superior in rank to the other Ultras AND is an underexplored character compared to the rest. Making him this broken drill Sergent would have been a reasonable direction for that character. He could have even had a human actor established for future appearances.
They didnt character assassinate Dan. Considering what happened to him in the beginning, and what they were facing, their was really no other way to get Leo ready quick enough by being soft.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I can see that. But considering what happened in the first episode, he doesn't want to possibly lose a protoge as well when the monsters are brutalizing the Ultramen like they did Seven.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork why Taro tho? Just curious. Is it because Taro (mostly) wins all his battles on his own while Leo loses a lot, or anything else?
One missed opportunity for Ultraman Leo is that Ultraman Taro never appeared in the show. At all. Not even once. Not even in the show's story arc that involves Japanese folklore, which Taro was infamous for.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork By the way my favorite episode is the one with Blizzard that starfish like monster because it was really emotional and heartbreaking episode seen Toru remember about Kaoru. And Blizzard's design is really cool and it's power reminds me of Todoroki fro Boku no Hero Academia
What is that song at the beginning of the video that the kids are singing? It sounds familiar like it's in other shows? They sing it a few times during Leo.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I like episode 50 because of how useless black was lol that he had to hire an alien to beat leo after he wasted all his stuff
Why not see it like this? Ultra seven is a great warrior but he's not winning father of the year award anytime soon and he's not a good leader at all. He has flaws and is not good at everything. Place him on the front lines he excel. Putting him in a leader or teacher position it becomes problematic.
SOoooo..............I have to wait 30 hours for MY #1 special favorite ULTRA series/Ultraman to get............dissed? Even though I've seen the entire series several times, I still can't watch THIS one and NOT go back!! Got the sets and STILL wind up re-watching certain episodes over and over again.....ESPECIALLY the first four episodes! Gotta put this out there about the booklet, though...........WHY ON THIS EARTH would they give credit to officer Suzuki, murdered in the only episode we see him in, but NOTHING on officer Aoshima (Yuichi Yanakizawa), who appears about as regularly as they get/survive in THIS show! Ichiro Aoshima ALWAYS made my eyes pop because of his antagonistic yet brotherly relations to Gen.....THE one too quick to say, 'How can we work with THIS guy!' He was a cornerstone of the doomed MAC for me! ESPECIALLY in episodes 10 and 14! Just learning NOW that Mill Creek WILL bring us the original GRIDMAN in a set in August! DOUBLE WOW!!!!
The booklet is very annoying in its presentation. Too many spoiler moments talked about in the character and monster sections. As for Aoshima, sorry, but the TAC members became a rotating door for me that I don't even know who that was. The only one I knew was the girl who played Katsura in Terror of MechaGodzilla, but she doesn't do anything significant in this show at all. However, if it helps, I did enjoy this show a lot more this time around than when I watched it on Crunchyroll a few years ago. :-p
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork You mistook MAT for MAC in your Ultraman Ace review, and now you mistook MAC for TAC. Why must the 70's Ultraman shows all have defense forces that sound alike?
I know, right? Fortunately, I did not do that in the Leo review. At least, I don't think I did. Now you've got me wondering and I've watched this review like 5 times over.
“Ultraman Leo, the series where Dan Moroboshi is an asshole”……. Actually now that i think about it, Moroboshi in the manga series and Netflix anime is just as big of an asshole so it makes me wonder if the author took this Dan’s personally and gave it to the manga/anime version………. Either that or the author just wanted Dan to be a stereotypical anime by the books asshole character
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Either Tsuburaya forgot about Sevenger, or maybe the Sevenger suit is actually falling apart. Like that suit look like it was hastily made and just slap the parts together with just glue or tape. Since you mentioned the oil crisis back in the 70s, Tsuburaya may not have enough time and money to fix and improved the suit.
@@Electro21964 Not to mention, had Alien Magma survive up to the end of the series; and the arrival of the UFO Kaiju, Black Star and Commander Black, Alien Magma and Commander Black would work together and Alien Magma requested Black Star to create UFO Kaiju of his liking.
From the video, it seems that Leo is not the Japanese Blu ray source, but the HD source repaired many years ago. You can see that there are many black lines beating on the screen. This is not in the Japanese version of Blu ray film source. If this is true, it will reduce points. Of course, it can also be said that this is not Blu ray.
Basically ultraman looks like half tcm movie and half red ranger fighting kaiju That looks like they stole the characters from some godzilla film/Franchise from the 60s
According to what I read the reason that Kaoru was killed off was that the parents of the actress who played Kaoru wanted to have her leave as her grade began to slip.
And that's fine, but the way the show played it off as weird.
In the same episode, which aired on Jan 10 1975, MAC member Matsuki Haruko (Tomoko Ai) and Gen's friend Takeshi (Yukio Ito) were killed off. Their actors, once their schedule was freed, would appear in Terror of Mechagodzilla (released in April) and Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (first aired in March), respectively.
Here's how I would've worked around Dan being the way he was in this show : Maybe have it be at least semi-justified with Gen starting out as a spoiled prince with little respect for authority and in serious need of discipline. He has tendency to casually insult Dan, which of course pisses him off, leading to him amplifying the intensity of his training sessions.
When Gen does do a good job at training, Dan gives him praise and further encouragement. Over time, the two come to develop a mutual respect for one another, with Dan becoming more like his traditional self and Gen becoming more selfless over the course of the series. I would also have Leo mention Astra early on in the series rather than just out of the blue halfway when he actually does show up.
I have been waiting a long time to post this message.
That's definitely a better outcome than what the show did. It would have made more sense. Hope it was worth holding out on typing up. :-)
Isn't Leo and Asta royalty from their home planet?
This helps with your take. A spoilt prince with a raw talent for martial arts (and probably never lost a single fight back home) faces reality on earth and has to face with a veteran Ultraman losing patience with his poor attitude.
I don't recall them ever saying they were royalty, but I guess it is always possible.
I've seriously have been waiting a long time for this video. It felt like ages.
It's felt like ages since I started watching this show.
Me too 🤗
Funny thing about Sevenger is that he was added because a fan letter asked why doesn't Dan just use his capsule monsters to help Leo.
lol
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork If Dan gave his capsule monsters Gen's training regiment they might stand a chance.
Kohji Moritsugu has said that he disliked the way Dan treated Gen, although he's added that he understands Dan's intention to strengthen Gen. He was also not fond of the infamous jeep training scene and tried to get the director to stop after a few takes because he feared he might accidentally hurt Ryu Manatsu.
I really love the Giras brothers from the first two episodes. They look so cool. They were very formidable, which I felt made them very memorable opponents for Leo.
I also really love Nova, mostly because he became a recurring monster in later Ultra Series entries.
They were definitely an interesting pair of villains to premier with.
Some fun facts:
1: The design of Ultraman Leo is actually inspired by Alien Valky, the villain from the last episode of Ultraman Taro.
2: The actor of Commander Black was a huge fan of Ultraman Leo show back then, then the TV crew agreed to let him act as a super villain for the rest of the show. He named his son Tooru, his daughter Kaoru, and his dog Leo.
3: The show had some real budget issues, as you can see in the second half of the show. That's also why Leo doesn't have much laser attack, a lot of his finishers are physical. However, many fans appreciate that because Leo is more of an actual fighter to them after being trained harshly by Dan and suffering through so many stuffs. Personally, I think Leo's fights/choreography is the most professional and enjoyable to watch.
Ultra Leo has some sweet moments, but overall it's a much darker story comparing to Taro. I watched this show when I was soooo little, but in fact as growing up I found this show more and more inspiring to me.
I can see the resemblance to Valky.
That's cool about the actor.
Wait, didn't he use laser attack more frequently in the 2nd half?
I honestly can't remember.
To borrow from Chris Titus: Dan Moroboshi could punch a nun and I’d say, “Hey, what did that nun do to Dan Moroboshi?!”
lol
In Mamoru Uchimaya's Manga of Leo has an episode where Kotaro returns, transform into Taro and helps Leo with a double Storium Kousen
Kind shame this didn't happened in the show itself cause Taro does exists in Leo's Manga
That would go against the ending to Taro though.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork not really cause in the end of the episode in the Manga Kotaro decide to go back to his Human life and never see Dan and Gen again but Taro still appear in the Manga later on in the babalou episode.......
The song that Toru sings in the Nova episode is the Teruterubozu song, which is a cloth doll who has a legend that they were used to stop the rains for having a sunny day. But if the rain didn't stop the doll's head would be chopped of. It's a very mess up terrifying song/story.
Yeah it is.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Oh as for the song and sound effects. thats a lot of toku shows that reuse tracks from the previous show
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork And just to know what were your thoughts on the last episode?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Oh and say goodbye to the story arcs until Tiga, because 80 has no arcs.
About the instrumental music, it was nearly all Tohru Fuyuki's original work, with some themes from Ultraseven (mostly Dan-related), the theme of Return of Ultraman (not originally written by Fuyuki, from the Sevengar episode), and even Mirrorman (in the two-parter with Babalou). The songs (with the possible exception of "Ballad of the Starry Sky" sung by Ryu Manatsu and music by Fuyuki) were written by other people.
Thanks.
You forgot to bring up how the leader of MAC was meant to be a different character only for Dan’s actor to say that audiences would confuse him for Dan which lead to the character’s appearance in this show.
I actually did not know that because the booklet never said anything about it.
Makes you wonder why they made such a stupid decision of not casting a different character to become Leo's mentor.
@@Isaac-gh5ku because Seven was so popular back then just like his son in heisei era, so they though it was a good idea
Well i remember i comment in your Ginga review tha Ginga was the Ace of the Heisei period and was going to comment that Leo was the R/B of the Showa period because you said that Leo was not one of your favorites. But i’m glad that you enjoyed the show better this time. I hope 80 comes soon because i really want to see your opinion on that one.
From my understanding, 80 isn't coming out on BD in Japan until later on this year, so it will probably be a while before Mill Creek releases it.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Ok then. And seriously if Ace was that bad why did you gave it a 3 star then?
I guess I was being a tad generous. Plus, it wasn't bad enough where I suffered getting through it.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yeah Ace has a lot of redeming qualites. Not as much as Leo, but it has.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Like you did R/B?
Fun fact: Ultraman Leo is Koichi Sakamoto's favorite Ultra Series. And considering Leo was Zero's teacher, and the first fight in Episode 1 of Geed was a visual reference to the first fight in Leo, he clearly has a passion for the L77 Survivor.
Also, Ultraman Regulus, the new Ultra appearing in the upcoming Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad is clearly an L77 Ultra.
So I've heard. I hope it is better than The Absolute Conspiracy turned out to be.
Finally Ultraman Leo. By the look of the thumbnail i don't expect more than 3 or 2 stars
Guess you'll find out tomorrow. :-)
Tomorrow's Leo is your's
The reason why MAC and Gen’s friends died in episode 40 was because of the slump in viewership and the oil crisis in Japan. It prices skyrocketed, affecting production and measures had to be taken to reduce production costs, such as cutting back on regulars.
Also, the reason why MAC doesn't seem to helpful is because Leo's enemies are set up in such a way that there is nothing humans can do about them. This was also written in Leo's proposal.
Oh I know why they did it, but it doesn't make it any less poorly executed with why they did it. :-) Thanks for the info though.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork No problem. Yeah, Leo is one of the most controversial show in the series.
I heard that Leo's Dan was criticized quite a bit even when it was aired. Sure, I think he was pretty bad in the episode 6 and 14.
Damn I can just sense the blandness of the show just by you reviewing it.
lol
Been slowly starting to collect and watch the Ultra series. Decided to jump to Leo since it was the Showa era series that grabbed my attention first.
Am I going to be lost on anything if I jump straight to Leo? Only Blu-Rays of Ultraman I have before that or ones that are on the way are Ultra Q, Ultraman and Ultraseven. (Might get Return, Ace and Taro at a later date)
You should be fine jumping in as I watched Leo before I watched Return, Ace, and Taro and had no issue following it.
I didn't see Dan as a bad portrayal. I just thought Protecting earth is very important to him considering Seven can't be deployed giving the responsibility to an Inexperience Ultraman such as Leo, the responsibility to protect Dan's beloved planet earth. Dan is like a father that seems super strict but he was only that way because he wanted to protect you/ good intention.
As for Ultraman Leo I love the idea that he is known for his skill in martial arts, does not really rely on beams to finish of foes too much. This also great for showing the character needing to train intensivly and adapt to the enemy. If not, if Leo looses earth is doomed. Leo doesn't want to loose another planet.
I loved the idea that a Ultraman can't rely on just having a strong beam to finish off a strong enemy. You have to train real hard.
If Dan is a father, then he's the abusive drunkard that beats their kids for the sake of beating their kids.
I do agree with the concept of Leo even though that was only due to cost reasons. :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Don't worry Gen is not a kid anymore he can take a beating from Dan. Gen is not a child but a warrior that has the power to protect people. We can't have a weak push over worrior, Gen even acknowledges the responsibility the cost of failure means the cost of peoples lives. sadly the tone of this is not consistent in the show.
Thats episodic for you. :-(
I watched Ultraman Leo in 2015 on Crunchyroll, I considered it to be the Kamen Rider Black of it's time. The darker tone is a good touch this was made to counter the child oriented nature of Ultraman Taro to help the struggling ratings at the time. The mid 1970's was a bit a rough time for the Ultraman series and the giant monster movies in general due to the first oil shock in late 1973, the production giant monsters was becoming less popular, more animated (anime) was being produced (prior before Japan's anime boom in the early 1980's.) Competition was such as the Kamen Rider series getting the upper hand and the debut of Super Sentai in 1975. And the Japanese cinema crash in mid 70's. Leo is considered to be the last of golden age of Ultraman series. Overall it is a great entry.
Mr. Kaiju no Kami I have a few questions to as about the Ultraman series. Please excuse me if this has been ask.
1. Will mill creek release The Ultraman aka Ultraman Joneus next or go straight to Ultraman 80?
2. In most of the 2010's the Ultraman series 2010's episodes where mostly 25 episodes. Why is the Ultraman series right now mostly 25 episodes?
3. Will the series return to the 50 episode format?
4. Are you planning to do a review on the Showa era Kamen Rider series before Black? Such as the first Kamen Rider, Amazon, Stronger, Super 1 for example.
1. Mill Creek hasn't said, but given 80 doesn't come out on BD in Japan until later on this year, I wouldn't expect it from MC any time soon.
2. I believe the reason Ultra series these days are 25 episodes is due to budgets. Plus, it allows them to have more time to work on them.
3. No idea, but I hope not. I like it as is.
4. I'm waiting to see what Shout! Factory does before I tackle any more Kamen Rider. When I was planning to do the original series Shout! announced the license for it, which put an end to that plan.
I think the explaination on why seven is so stern in leo is because, he cant fight and that era is where many monster attacks arise, so he has to be strict to leo in order to get him in shape quicker..
And leo also always loses to the monsters so thats why dan was so harsh
While it could be, they still turned Dan into an unlikable jackass in my book and that for me is worse than anything else.
And Leo losing all of the time definitely one of this show's weakpoints.
So how would you combine and balance the lighthearted nature of Taro with the darker nature of Leo.
Not sure, i'd have to think about how to go about it.
I think Leo should've kept Alien Magma as the overarching villain and the dark tone, until he reunites with Astra and has defeated Magma.
Then the show would take a lighter tone now that the two brothers are together once more and Leo has avenged his people.
Yeah, that would have been much better. Hell, they could have made it that Magma is the one who hired Black Commander to come to Earth to get rid of leo.
Lately I just found out Leo's suit actor, Tatsumi Nikamoto, directed the fight choreography for Tiga and Dyna. That's so cool.
That is cool. I did not know that.
That resurrection ability just like force heal, nowhere mentioned in star wars lore and extended media. Even force ghost are given deep lore on it.
lol
Ah Ultraman Leo ... not to diss the Showa fans but I find it funny when people say that the New Generation or/and Heisei Ultra series are sillier compared to the Showa series. I’m like have you not seen Taro or have you not seen how Taro affected Leo mid season and onward. Though I will say this season came out in a wrong timing because of the oil shock at Japan at time.
It can go both ways though as the shows these days are very tame in the violence aspect compared to those back then. Like back then they weren't afraid to kill people. Nowadays, characters or random bystanders tend to be fine once the monster is defeated unless an individual is killed specifically for story reasons, but even that seems to not matter anymore.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork At least for most of the time Ultraman is still keeping the anthology aspect that can be found in Ultra Q to Ultra Seven era. While I don’t hate Nexus, I think that’s why Nexus didn’t do so good originally because it was missing that small aspect which was brought back in Max and Mebius.
It's hard to say because I prefer the way Nexus did it by having continuous story lines, though Nexus dropped the ball in the long run.
It would’ve been a good opportunity to say “Perhaps Dan is taking from his old boss.”
Sure, if his old boss beat him relentlessly when he failed a mission.
When Tsuburaya Productions cast Kohji Moritsugu as captain of MAC, his character was meant to be a new character named Tetsutaro Kawakami. However, Kohji Moritsugu was concerned viewers would confuse Kawakami with Dan, so the character was changed, which probably explains the complete change of character.
Funny how after Leo we get The Ultraman(1979) or ultraman joneus thier first attempt at a animated ultraman only to go back to live action with Ultraman 80.
What's funny about it? :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Went from decent showa style to voltron animation than back to showa style.
At least Sevenger has made other appearances. He even got his own Ultra Fight like show.
I just find it funny that Sevenger became such a popular character despite being on screen for like 40 seconds.
Leo as a story, was just super brutal.
Too brutal that it felt pretentious.
And thus the OG Ultra shows are finally out! Now for 80 and onwards, which is where I plan to jump in (though I did grab X and Orb and am enjoying X right now). Gridman is my most hyped of the entire license, so I'm praying to god they make new subs for it since the TokuHD subs are beyond parody (stole a US fansub for episodes 1-3, then they subbed it into spanish for the rest of the show, and literally google translated those SPA subs to english. I am not exaggerating, that's how TokuHD subs most of their stuff)
Although Neo-Ultra Q didn't have the TOKU HD subs.
Given that the Gridman subs were fine on their UA-cam channel when they were showing it, I wouldn't worry about them being the same as whatever this TokuHD subs are I keep seeing people complain about.
Ultraman Leo was... interesting. I can’t say I dislike it, nor can I say it’s among my favorites.
I really Did like Gen and how unlike most Ultras he fails to get the Monster and Alien the first time and has to do some sort of training to get better. And I didn’t really mind Dan being a tough mentor to him. Though sometimes they make little sense.
The music I thought was pretty good though I think the 2nd opening theme for Leo was used a bit to much for my liking.
The effects and monsters aren't too bad. Though it has probably my least favorite roster out of the showa era since many of them felt kinda similar or didn’t had that much creativity. Compared that to Ace which has my favorite roster since it’s among the few shows to have the monsters based of different motifs like animals or yokai.
I didn’t really felt the episodes where too formulaic as they did change the style like with the Horror series and the Saucer aliens.
And there were Episodes that I did like though there were some episodes that I felt where way to silly that they kinda clash the tone of the series.
Though for me I felt the weastest aspect was MAC as I barely remember most of them due to how very limited their roles where as it was mostly centered around Dan and Gen. easily the weakest as far as Monster Teams go.
Overall I did enjoy this series though not as much as Return, Ace, Seven, or even Taro. but I am curious if we’ll get a release of Ultraman 80 anytime since there is aot I like to talk out that.
The problem is Gen loses practically every episode, which got boring after awhile.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Not for me, If anything I found it really refreshing and I tend to rote for characers that have a harder time when dealing with something that seems imposible. which was why I really enjoyed the early episodes of Gen haveing to go through tough training. plus by the second half he is able to fight off monsters without losseing the 1st time. and since Leo also gains more moves as the series progressed it actully felt like he only gotten stronger and stronger as the series progressed easily manking him among my favorite Ultras. And alot of my favorite stories are based off of that premise.
While I enjoy this show, I still feel like it did Seven dirty by making him a bitter asshole.
it kind of fits him tbh plus he's kinda a serious dude
mans was slicing and dicing heads every week in his own show
I thought that was intentional. UltraSeven was a very dramatic series. The writers seem to have taken the final UltraSeven episode as a blueprint for Dan's character.
At the end of UltraSeven he had to return home due to all of his injuries, leaving his love interest and his comrades. So at some point before Ultraman Leo he got back to Earth, joined a new Defense Force only to get injured all over again and trapped in his human form (again) forcing him to rely on the Ultraman equivalent of a untrained civilian to do his job for him.
After that the Ultraman Leo series even makes a plot point about Dan/Seven's failure to find his love interest after his return to Earth.
Ultraman Leo feels to me like a continuation of UltraSeven where you get to find out that Dan/Seven got to suffer even more later.
Dan was not an utterly unlikable asshole like he comes across here though.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork True. I took it as Dan/Seven being completely embittered by his current situation and taking it out on Leo, trying to make him the invincible Ultra that he himself never quite managed to be. Which I could buy because, good grief, Seven's luck in this show is awful.
But it's not who the character was in his own show. At all.
I imagine because maybe Seven lost someone dear to him and did not want Leo to fall into the same fate.
Most likely it was his wife, not the love-interest from the UltraSeven show, but his actual wife who is an Ultra, and the mother to Ultraman Zero.
I assume his wife died in a war when Zero was still a baby, and it hurt Seven really bad. Realise that he could not raise Zero because of the psychological trauma, he gave Zero to Father of Ultra and Seven left the Land of Light for the time being to recover from his inner pain.
That was my theory.
Here is something I realized. Looking at the training the Ultramen do on The Land of Light, it seems to involve combat…. Like with this show. Maybe that’s was Seven was trying to do but since he couldn’t transform he had to improvise. Pretty interesting huh. That is the only explanation for Dan’s portrayal here. Even though I don’t mind it.
There's a lot of ways to interpret what he was doing, I just don't like the way they protrayed him period no matter what. :-)
I didn't see Dan as a bad portrayal. I just though Protecting earth is very important to him considering Seven can't be deployed giving the responssiblity to a Unexperience Ultraman such as Leo, the responsibility to protect Dan's beloved planet earth. Dan is like a father that seems super strict but he was only that way because he wanted to protect you/ good intention.
I knew this was coming soon 😎.
On a side note, 6/14 is the anniversary of Noriaki Yuasa’s passing.
Is it really?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork It is. 17 years later, to be exact. I have a tribute prepared for him that will premiere tomorrow morning.
also Leo's backstory is almost similar to Superman's origins as in alien got his home planet destroyed then stayed on Earth and defends it.
It is, isn't it. :-)
Knowing that Kaoru's actress would go on to have a voice acting career, it would have been funny had they gotten her to voice someone in Kaiju Girls and had that character eaten by that version of Silver Bloome for shits and giggles.
Kaiju Girls? o_O
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yeah that anime exists.
The tumbnail is, perfection.
lol
I hope the look on your face means it's good
Guess you'll find out soon enough.
Maybe that’s the way the actor actually smiles.
:-)
I compared the 3rd episode of Leo on Amazon Prime to the one on the bluray and they both have shaking issues. So no fault on Millcreeks part there. They are inherent of the masters from Tsuburaya sadly. I always enjoy your reviews, they are always very well done and insightful. You also do your research. Which is more than i can say for other content creators that talk about Tokusatsu on youtube. Keep up the good work!
Yeah, I figured that wasn't Mill Creek's fault, rather the fault of the source material.
And thanks for the compliments. I try to always do some research, thought I do occassionally screw up my info.
3:46 Dan Moroboshi gives the whiplash guy a run for his money.
:-D
00:00 They were killed for singing the Ring Ring song
00:54 They say "first wave" so I guess The Ultraman and 80 don't count?
03:37 All the brothers were already assholes in Taro, but Dan's new personality it seems like the only one they remember as seen in the manga series where he's basically the asshole one/Asshole mentor character.
05:20 Still better looking than ZAT's clown cars
08:37 So basically doesn't do anything?
09:58 It seems like every ring after Jack's bracelet gets more useless abilities.
10:52 Alien Magma? More like Alien Metal Speedo.
13:37 An octopus alien with that face? Yeah, the joke writes itself.
14:30 That boxing match...
16:07 While some monster roars do get recycled for newer ones, at least they usually change them a bit instead of just copying them (Looking at you Toho and your recycled Varan and Rodan roars)
16:50 They gave Leo two theme songs but didn't bother to change Ace's theme post-Minami?
17:54 Excuse me?
22:53 I know what this is...
23:36 If this was Taro I'd give it a pass since it's fairy tale-based along with having his mother, but here? No. Just no.
24:03 Good point
lol
The Ultraman and 80 are the second wave because they didn't share continuity initially with the previous series.
True about the roars.
Just finished watching the whole series yesterday. Here's my thought:
The first few episodes seem too formulated to me; Leo got beaten by a monster => Seven brutally trained him => he got a new technique to beat a monster. Then we get into the horror series, which are pretty good in my opinion. Not as good as horror element in Ultraseven, but above my expectations. After that, we get into the following episodes and Japan Masterpiece Folklore. These episodes are mostly somehow childish, contrary to the series which supposed to be in a darker theme. For the Terror of the Saucer Race episodes, I found them kinda repetitive and boring. It feels like these episodes were an addition that the producer made to met the episodes count. Even the monsters look like they were lazily made.
And now it comes to the kid name Tooru that I felt like he's a depressed, angsty Kenny of the franchise and Gen becomes a babysitting version of Gamera. I mean, there are a lot of episodes which have Gen attempt to cheer him up, then he got depressed and angsty again in the few episodes later. Why can't he be as competent as that kid from Ultraman Jack?
Yeah, the saucer series was just way too repetitive for its own good and the monsters definitely took a turn for the worst in the design department.
Interesting thumbnail you got also are the Leo Mill Creek subs the same as the crunchyroll ones?
As far as I can tell, yes. They have the mistimings I remember and the mispellings like Friendshop from Space instead of Friendship. Toru is spelled with two Os in two episodes. And stuff.
Imagine we get one of the most effective Attack Team(ZAT) and got debuff so hard that MAC doesn't have any kills count and incompetent. I like Leo, but it was inconsistent, unlike Taro who keep consistent despite their actors are either gone for while or replaced and the series is not really messy like Ace
Taro is my favorite of that trio.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yeah, me too
So Leo is one of those 20th century shows that have a ton of character and story potential, but misses out on them completely?
It does.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork classic 20th century
Can't wait to dive into this one. I heard this one was pretty dark. And the notion of Seven being Leo's mentor is actually pretty cool.
It's dark, but it's kind of a forced dark.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork oh so kinda dark for the sake of being dark when it isn't necessary to do so then.
While I myself like the show, I certainly agree that it's not for everyone (and if your thumbnail is of any indication, I'm guessing upon rewatching it your sentiments haven't changed much, lmao).
That said, I'm happy that through your reviews, older toku shows like these are getting more exposure.
Actually, I didn't hate it like I did initially, it's just that it still has a lot of issues that make it hard to keep things positive, especially when it comes to Dan.
Understandable. I think to an extent a darker tone with a higher body count can work, and the episode with Silver Bloome is extremely underrated in that regard, as Silver Bloome's the only kaiju in the franchise's history to single-handedly kill off an entire science-military group, along with many other prominent characters up to that point.
But with that said, there are points where the darker tone can go overboard and leave several episodes with a mean-spirited aftertaste. Dan's treatment of Gen as a mentor is often uncharacteristically harsh and almost Full Metal Jacket-esque, such as the several instances of verbal abuse and the infamous jeep chase.
SPOILER WARNING:
My issue with the Silver Bloome episode is everything feels forced as if shock value is the only thing it has going for it. It doesn't help that right out of the blue Gen and Toru are living with some lady they apparently knew for a long time and there was no real transition to get to that point. It's just they see the names of their loved ones on the board as confirmed dead and then it jumps to some time later and they're living happily as if nothing happened at all. Also, why does no one bring up Gen's previous job working as part of MAC? It's like MAC never existed at all.
I preferred the way they killed off Go's girlfriend in Return as at least it had more depth to it even if the ending to the story kind of ruined it.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork You didn't like the end of Return of Ultraman? I agree though they totally made episode 40 so pointless everything is fine like 5 minutes later. Also spoilers don't bother me but I hate when they do that. I actually read about what happened in episode 40 before watching the series but not from the book. Ace is my favorite lol always like to see the differences with people's favorites and preferences.
I wasn't a fan of the ending itself to Return as it seemed quite rush.
I guess nobody's gonna mention how the soundtrack would sometimes echo during an episode.
I only noticed it like two times and never even thought about mentioning it. Oops.
I think I like this Dan, he's really serious in his work because the fate of the earth is on his shoulder but he can't do anything other than seeing his friend (Gen) get beated by his poor combat experience.
You're one of the few. I am not a fan.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork i think it's smt of a culture difference. Many audiences in Japan and East Asia doesnt have any issued with Dan in this series.
Surprisingly Leo was the one that i enjoyed the most out of all showa Ultras. I dont hate Dan in Leo too.
Do you not see Dan being completely out of character as how he was portrayed in Seven though?
Also, what was your favorite episode of Leo?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Maybe it is because of the cultural reasons that makes me not dislike Dan at all. I'm Asian and he is just a typical extremely strict Asian parent in my eyes, a halfass compliment is the most they could utter. The day you don't get scold is the day he trusts that you could overcome obstacles yourself.
Secondly, often at work the most competent team player is not the best team leader. Managerial skills is different from skills to complete tasks. One common trait is that they are extremely harsh because they expect everyone to be on their caliber, or that they forgot that they once were rookies too. This then make them extremely harsh and unforgiving, a.k.a. the toxic boss.
But it doesn't mean he aint a hero though. From the first few episodes till Silverbloom, he was still a badass hero
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Also, from where I used to grow up in, the Leo story just resonates with me.
People can get punished from voicing out their beliefs, even if those were meant to be lawfully granted rights. Hometown is no longer the same, some people never being able to see some friends and family. No one could really help you. With multiple insurmountable hardships coming wave after wave, people understandably bend and twist to their own survive/benefit.
Leo is like a fantasy world/alternative reality where justice is served and in reality there ain't much any. One thing in common is that despite mulitple hardships, some people would continue to hold on their beliefs/morality where others have already given up. That is why it is my most loved Showa. For me it was inspiring, don't give up and continue to be a good person despite hardships.
As for favourite episodes, it would be the Alien Magma episodes or Silverbloom. The rain fights are just lovely. Also the fighting scenes are more realistic and brutal as they adopted a more martial arts style which I enjoyed a lot.
I actually like ultraman leo listen
Ultraman leo has a fake smile because he lost everything and still has hope he was supposed to show kids to never lose hope in your darkest hours and leo being headstrong is because he doesn't want the monster to destroy his new home like his old one and leo trys to end monster quickly and the reason he gets sad is because he wasn't able to destroy the monster and he was a trash fighter bit through all the hardship he grows up to be one the greatest ultras and the member of the ultra brothers and seven is not an asshole yes he hurts leo but that's because he wants him to be better then seven and that's because he lost so horrible that he doesn't want leo to be the same way to have the same fate and he has a short lifespan now when ever he uses his powers he's lifespan shortens so it's reasonable he's so angry and brutal at the new guy and seven does grow out of this behaviour and leo grows up to train the next generation like mebuis okey and that's why I love leo show he thoughts kids and adults to be brave at your darkest hours and have hope so yes ultraman leo did nothing accept have annoying children's and side characters well that's every other ultras weakest point lol bye kami hope to meet you in the ultraman tiga review
Nothing wrong with liking Leo. Do you have a favorite episode?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork episode 1 is cool it had seven almost dieing and is it just me or the other ultras never help there friends always senting newbies just me okey
Nice video. Which Ultraman serie will be release by MillCreek after the Ultraman Zero Collection and Gridman? Do you know ?
I do not. They don't usually send out emails with those announcements until after they have been revealed. I wouldn't be surprised if it is Ultra Seven X though because the world hates me right now.
While this was one of my favorites in the showa era it did have it's problems especially with seven they just made him absolutely unlikable
Agreed.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork You didn't mention how MAC literally being killed off in episode 40
Is there any echo in the audio mix? The Shout Factory streams have it, especially Episodes 1-4. Crunchyroll's audio was fine.
I don't recall hearing an echo.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Thanks. May get it from Best Buy soon.
0:55 And then Ultraman 80 show up in 1980, and a year before that, The☆Ultraman anime, which I hope you will review that soon, eventhough it's not a live-action tokusatsu.
Also, I hope that if you do a review of Ultraman 80 one day, try to think of the missed opportunities that Ultraman 80 did not used. For me, it is they dropped the side-plot of Takeshi interactions with his students in the first 13 episodes later, and that Ultraman Leo never appeared in the show at all, not even once.
One pro I like to add for Ultraman 80 are the designs of the attack vehicles from UGM. They look pretty solid compare to the previous series. They look less like cheap toys, and more like good miniature models. Five years of hiatus did do something good for Tsuburaya.
Don't spoil the aspects/plot of Ultraman 80.
I haven't seen 80, so I have no idea what you are talking about right now. :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Just a heads up.
9:42 At least Z managed to put Sevenger into pretty good use in most of its appearances in that show.
Yep.
We need an Ultraman list from you. While not a #1 fan I would like a list of what you think is the best to the worst.
I haven't seen every series yet though.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I does not have to be every series, and you can update it when need be. It would be a quick list, rather than going over hours of reviews that you did Master Kami. Same goes for KR and Sentai.
I gotcha. I guess I could do like a clipless ranking video.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork That will work. And Remember you can update when need be.
I know you decided not to mention that infamous episode (possibly to avoid spoilers) but I feel it needs to be mentioned due to the trivia that came after the episode aired.
SPOILERS to anyone who doesn't want to be spoiled.
There was this infamous episode where the entire MAC were killed off after MAC's Space Station was destroyed by a monster called Silverbloome unleashed by Black Commander (in fact it was Black Commander's debut episode). Gen/Leo was the only survivor while Seven/Dan's fate is left ambiguous, although we find out later he survived however how he survived is never explained. According to the Ultraman Mebius novel, During Silverbloome's attack, he was teleported to the Land of Light by the Mother of Ultra as she healed the wound he suffered from Giras Brothers' attack and presented him the fixed Ultra Eye, allowing him to become Ultraseven once more.
However In Mamoru Uchiyama's Leo manga series, which is part of Uchiyama's long running Ultraman manga franchise he was doing in the 70s, Ultraseven was killed during the genocide in his human form and stayed dead for quite a while. Eventually, he was revived sometime later in the Battle of the Ultra Brothers arc from the manga series "The・Ultraman" when the Ultra Warriors launched an all out attack against the Alien Jackal army, with Seven revived alongside his Ultra Brothers comrades that were killed by King Jackal as they fired their finisher rays and ended his reign of terror. If that sounds familiar that's because an abridged version of that arc adapted into the 2015 animated Ultraman short," The・Ultraman: Jackal vs. Ultraman".
Yeah, I avoided all that due to spoilers. Never heard about this Jackal army thing, that's kind of cool.
I found it annoying that they never did anything with Seven giving Go his Ultra Eye to be repaired. I just figured there was a movie or something that explained it or they did something with it during 80.
Badre Bally and Kaiju no Kami; - curious if you guys might be familiar with the more recent ULTRAMAN STORY 0 manga series credited to Kazuo Mafune - I never found any other reference to LEO/Gen having come from 'the royal family of L77'......the implication in THESE comics being that, as sons of the King, Prince Leo and Astra could have been part of a specific 'hunting down' plot by the Magma to kill their entire family bloodline, ending in the destruction of their kingdom as we saw in the TV show? I think it was the Magma who kidnapped Astra just before the end of L77......I have NEVER seen an English translation of ANY of the volumes of ULTRAMAN STORY 0...........LUV the art!!
@@kaijuu.ggrays9500 I've read about that manga though I'm slightly more familiar with the Zoffy chapter where it revealed that Zoffy was the Ultra who protected that ancient Middle Eastern kingdom that erected a statue in his honor as we saw in the original 1966 Ultraman series though that has retconned recently why Tsuburaya as actually being Ultraman Noa from Nexus.
One of the best openings in any of your reviews. But I’m surprised you didn’t do the one with the bubble monster who the kid thinks it’s his friend…this whole show is on crack, god help us. Also the “first wave” thing is super ( or should I say…ultra sorry not sorry )wrong because of 80 they probably just said it was the final one because tsubaraya did not have the blu ray masters. (Well 80 is Showa in my opinion because of the campiness)
80 is a Showa era series, but the first wave of Ultra shows is considered to be Q through Leo since they all have continuity with each other. From my understanding, 80 was meant to kick off a new storyline.
Oh i see. Thanks kami. Also, I thought I should mention that I love nova and I had no idea that seventeenth wasn’t in just z but that’s cool to know
Well I'm not sure what you are trying to say about the guy who danced in the opening but whatever I guess. As for the show it looks about average. But I've never been a huge fan of Ultraman outside of Tiga so the fact that my honey bunny Mao is going to be in Trigger and it looks like it's going to be a sequel to my show I think it really makes my heart race God I love that woman. But for this the killing really threw me for a loop.
I was saying the show is very chaotic. Sometimes it's over the top serious and other times it's over the top silliness as if they weren't sure what direction to go in.
I do wonder which Ultraman will be released first the animated one or 80?
I believe the animated one was already released on BD in Japan while 80 hasn't come out yet, so I expect the anime one will be first.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I never saw a Blu ray release for THE ULTRAMAN come out of Japan.....I have the special EMOTION THE BEST OF release for that one...no English subtitles and, of course, it is region 2, and with several episodes having been dubbed in English for that one disc that came out in the U.S. I have been wondering anxiously how Mill Creek will release THIS one! By the way, they told me that 250 ULTRAMAN ZERO movie sets went out with the wrong sleeve so they are encouraging those of us with those to return those for a proper set with ULTRA GALAXY (which SUCKS for those of us that didn't buy those directly from them, but with ULTRA GALAXY being another favorite of mine, TV show AND movie, I'll just have to grin and re-purchase I guess....worth it for those!!)
I respect your opinion and agree that most of this show is still massively flawed, it’s still my personal favorite.
Nothing wrong there. There's many things out there that I love despite having flaws.
When I saw this my excitement increased dramatically
For watching it?
No just because it is another ultraman review
Gotcha. :-)
19:49 Dan "Taro did it."
Gen "W-What."
Dan "Yeah the horror thing Taro did it."
Gen "Fine I'll do Mamotaro."
Dan "Taro did it."
lol
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork
Leo: "Well I fought the who Ultra Brothers"
Seven: "But you didn't fight me"
Leo "Well in human form but you can break a rock with just your cane"
Seven: "Fair but you didn't fought Taro"
Leo: "Damn it!"
Taro: "Hey you called?"
Leo: "Taro, I can destroy a planet with the Leo beam, can you're stream beam do that?"
Taro: "Hey, at least I won my fights!"
Leo: "Well at least I didn't have to get mommy to fight my battles."
Taro: "Says the guy who gets his ass beat on a daily basis."
Leo: "Well my human form knows karate"
Taro: "And my host killed an alien by himself, not bad for an ametour boxer."
Leo: "...."
Seven: "Jealous much?"
Leo: "Fuck you Taro!"
Taro: "In your dreams."
I finished Leo and I did enjoy it mostly. After episode 20 it really became a lot better. I still don't like what they did in episode 40 and the way they just never followed up with some of those storylines. I thought the last arc with the Saucer creatures was really good. I think Gen's new family turned out to be a nice addition to the show as well better than I thought it would.
Episode 40 is odd because it just feels so forced and the second half with Geno just living with a random stranger (to the audience) makes no sense.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork it's almost like a reboot new show that we jumped into.
The use of Ultraseven in this show has always bugged me. He's my favorite Showa Ultra and it feels like they just threw him into this role becuase he was available. Thinking it over I realize now there was an obvious alternate solution: have the mentor character be Zoffy instead.
Seriously, Zoffy is established as the older superior in rank to the other Ultras AND is an underexplored character compared to the rest. Making him this broken drill Sergent would have been a reasonable direction for that character. He could have even had a human actor established for future appearances.
Agreed. I feel like he was just there for fanservice.
They didnt character assassinate Dan. Considering what happened to him in the beginning, and what they were facing, their was really no other way to get Leo ready quick enough by being soft.
I disagree because I feel they turned him into an unlikable asshole.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I can see that. But considering what happened in the first episode, he doesn't want to possibly lose a protoge as well when the monsters are brutalizing the Ultramen like they did Seven.
Who'd you think would win in a 1v1 fight Taro or Leo
Taro.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork why Taro tho? Just curious. Is it because Taro (mostly) wins all his battles on his own while Leo loses a lot, or anything else?
I just think Taro is a more competent character. PLus, Taro beat an alien without his powers while Leo couldn't even save his friends.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork now I understand. Thank you
One missed opportunity for Ultraman Leo is that Ultraman Taro never appeared in the show. At all. Not even once. Not even in the show's story arc that involves Japanese folklore, which Taro was infamous for.
Well that makes sense though given how Taro ended.
Yeah comander Black really sucks in the final episode. I liked him in the first episodes of the final arc but his death was really humiliating
It was.
But despite that i think his a better villain then Yapool because he at least did somenthing to the earth defense force and he was very scary.
Definitely.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork By the way my favorite episode is the one with Blizzard that starfish like monster because it was really emotional and heartbreaking episode seen Toru remember about Kaoru. And Blizzard's design is really cool and it's power reminds me of Todoroki fro Boku no Hero Academia
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork And what where your other contenders for your favorite episode?
For the Showa series, I'll better stick with Ultraseven then.
Ultar Seven is the best in my book.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Totally agree. IMO, it has better production quality and storyline than Godzilla films at the time.
What Is Your Favorite Part About Ultraman Leo
The introduction to the Black Starr commander.
What is that song at the beginning of the video that the kids are singing? It sounds familiar like it's in other shows? They sing it a few times during Leo.
It's from Taro.
@@redking1907 thanks.
Yeah, as Red King said, it's from Taro. In fact, I used it as part of my opening joke to my Taro review. :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I've watched so many back to back they all are starting to blend together I think lol.
Yeah, I know that feeling.
After Leo,are you planning review Ultraman 80
I will whenever Mill Creek releases it, which probably won't be for a while.
Do any of the Mill Creek releases have all the Redman shorts?
Nope.
I don't know why but it looked like you're going to motorboat the two Blu-ray boxes in the thumbnail. I don't think I'll ever truly grow up.
I would laugh, but I have no idea what that means.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork ua-cam.com/video/BQJxxMpUnOg/v-deo.html
The last 10 episodes are definitely way too forced to be grim. But it's different I like that
Agreed on that aspect.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I like episode 50 because of how useless black was lol that he had to hire an alien to beat leo after he wasted all his stuff
Why not see it like this?
Ultra seven is a great warrior but he's not winning father of the year award anytime soon and he's not a good leader at all.
He has flaws and is not good at everything. Place him on the front lines he excel. Putting him in a leader or teacher position it becomes problematic.
I think the problem is just how they turn him into this abusive dick. Like being a poor leader is one thing, but he's down right abusing Gen.
SOoooo..............I have to wait 30 hours for MY #1 special favorite ULTRA series/Ultraman to get............dissed? Even though I've seen the entire series several times, I still can't watch THIS one and NOT go back!! Got the sets and STILL wind up re-watching certain episodes over and over again.....ESPECIALLY the first four episodes! Gotta put this out there about the booklet, though...........WHY ON THIS EARTH would they give credit to officer Suzuki, murdered in the only episode we see him in, but NOTHING on officer Aoshima (Yuichi Yanakizawa), who appears about as regularly as they get/survive in THIS show! Ichiro Aoshima ALWAYS made my eyes pop because of his antagonistic yet brotherly relations to Gen.....THE one too quick to say, 'How can we work with THIS guy!' He was a cornerstone of the doomed MAC for me! ESPECIALLY in episodes 10 and 14! Just learning NOW that Mill Creek WILL bring us the original GRIDMAN in a set in August! DOUBLE WOW!!!!
The booklet is very annoying in its presentation. Too many spoiler moments talked about in the character and monster sections. As for Aoshima, sorry, but the TAC members became a rotating door for me that I don't even know who that was. The only one I knew was the girl who played Katsura in Terror of MechaGodzilla, but she doesn't do anything significant in this show at all.
However, if it helps, I did enjoy this show a lot more this time around than when I watched it on Crunchyroll a few years ago. :-p
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork *MAC
lol Yeah, MAC. I was thinking of TAC because MAC is just as useless. :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork You mistook MAT for MAC in your Ultraman Ace review, and now you mistook MAC for TAC. Why must the 70's Ultraman shows all have defense forces that sound alike?
I know, right? Fortunately, I did not do that in the Leo review. At least, I don't think I did. Now you've got me wondering and I've watched this review like 5 times over.
Uh oh, looks like you weren't that impressed with the show if you're making a face like that, lol
Hahahahahaha.
"Not as good as Taro." Oh, boy.
Yeah, Taro was a great show. Leo was an okay one.
My favorite Ultraman
What makes it your favorite?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I guess the theme song
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork and the monsters
At least this release has subs for the opening theme songs.
Well that I wasn't surprised at since the other Showa era Blu-Rays have done that.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork This was the Crunchyroll release, since it didn't have subs. Same with Shout release of Leo before the Milcreek.
My favorite monsters from Leo were Tsuruk (from Episode 3 and 4), Black End, Nova, Silver Bloome, and the Gira Brothers.
Good list.
Damn that Tsuruk arc & antler episode are so good.
“Ultraman Leo, the series where Dan Moroboshi is an asshole”……. Actually now that i think about it, Moroboshi in the manga series and Netflix anime is just as big of an asshole so it makes me wonder if the author took this Dan’s personally and gave it to the manga/anime version………. Either that or the author just wanted Dan to be a stereotypical anime by the books asshole character
It wouldn't surprise me if he did.
Oh the fact about Mac is they were all killed
lol Spoilers. :-)
I get a good series is one where it doesn't hold your hand, but JESUS CHRIST!
lol
9:24 Another missed opportunity for Ultraman Leo. Sevenger is used once, and he was never used again... 🤦♂️
Yeah, that was annoying based on how much work Go had to do to get him into Gen's hands.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Either Tsuburaya forgot about Sevenger, or maybe the Sevenger suit is actually falling apart. Like that suit look like it was hastily made and just slap the parts together with just glue or tape. Since you mentioned the oil crisis back in the 70s, Tsuburaya may not have enough time and money to fix and improved the suit.
The biggest missed opportunity is not using Magma as the main villain of the show, and never getting to see Leo and Astra exact revenge on him.
Agreed.
@@Electro21964 Not to mention, had Alien Magma survive up to the end of the series; and the arrival of the UFO Kaiju, Black Star and Commander Black, Alien Magma and Commander Black would work together and Alien Magma requested Black Star to create UFO Kaiju of his liking.
From the video, it seems that Leo is not the Japanese Blu ray source, but the HD source repaired many years ago. You can see that there are many black lines beating on the screen. This is not in the Japanese version of Blu ray film source. If this is true, it will reduce points. Of course, it can also be said that this is not Blu ray.
According to Tsuburaya, this is the same version out on Blu-Ray in Japan.
Let The Bodies Hit The Floor
But it's Taro was that was childish. 😛
So is Ultraman 80 next?
Nope. Mill Creek won't be releasing that one for a good while. My next Ultra review will be for Mega Monster Battle.
Mega monster battle heck yeah!
Sees thumbnail: lol.
:-D
Basically ultraman looks like half tcm movie and half red ranger fighting kaiju That looks like they stole the characters from some godzilla film/Franchise from the 60s
Ultraman is from the 60s...
Be prepared for the saucer kaijus
HA!
I’m serious, they look hilarious
I'm so tired of the Momotaro story... makes it the whole theme of Donbrothers lmfao
lol
2:39 MY LEG!!!
lol
Alien Magma is so cute 😎
lol
Judging by the Thumbnail I'm guessing you didn't like Leo that much
You'll just have to wait to find out. :-)