One thing the series has going for is having one best minor character in the franchise. A secretary complaining about how much money the defense team is wasting.
Yeah that's something that puts you in the mind of the viewer. Every time one of those planes get shot down you think to yourself that things got to cost a ton of cash and they are just blowing them out of the sky week after week
I think the mushroom dinosaur is legitimately one of my favorite designs in the series. It's grotesque, intimidating, creative, and an original creation. Hits all the high points for me.
Even before the New Generation stuff, I think Neos makes a good argument for keeping the individual series' shorter in length. Even simple, episodic/formulaic ones like this have a harder time wearing out their welcome, while also giving more story-oriented entries a tighter focus, and even really good ones like Mebius feel rather bloated at 50+ episodes and specials a pop. I understand the need to drag things out as part of the franchise slavery to the toys, but still, I think that with an all-original kaiju roster, a compromise can be made.
You don't mention it in the video (understandably), but I think the thing most notable relating to Neos that stuck with me is that he shows up as the featured Ultraman in a music video for the Taiwanese band MAYDAY which was uploaded to the Tsubaraya RUclips channel that was released back in 2017 (looks like it was also uploaded to a channel relating to the band too). It's got a pretty simple narrative, but I really like the song and I rather enjoy the visuals and miniature work they did for it. Has Baltan in it as well, which is fun. Finding the video led me to listen to listen to the album associated with the song in the video every so often. Really solid video though, just thought I'd mention it. In case anyone is curious the song is called "Life of Planet", should be pretty easy to find. All that said, a good video!
13:25 Regardless of that sentence, you showed how this show is better than Ginga. So, that's an achievement. You remind me why why I loved Ultraman in the first place.
I think the standout elements of this show to me are the unbalance zone concept as an explanation for the start and end of the Kaiju wave and the Alien Zamu arc acting as a more nuanced and sympathetic 2nd stab at the Baltan concept. Oh, and its rocking opening and ending themes
Great review! Showing the process of disposing of a dead kaiju in that one episode is so cool indeed! Then only to have it return as a zombie from the abilities of another kaiju is since a neat plot twist. Lol at the commercial, man that copyright mess with the chio company is so ridiculous too
I believe the Zamu-Seijin stories were a direct way to course correct for the infamous Baltan-genocide storyline from Ultraman episode 2. I liked Neos but wish it had been much longer, so it could have evolved like the previous Showa and Heisei series.
Glad to see we share a similar outlook on this show from our respective reviews. Short n sweet, not the best but not bad either. One thing I mentioned in mine however was Neos’s existence in Mayday’s music video for “Life of Planet” for the possible same reasons he was in the State Farm commercial. Happy to see Neos is finally getting more attention these days, I have a soft spot for the guy.
ngl part of me really lowkey wanted neos to be part of heisei brothers, i mean he deserves the recognition. plus the costume design itself, while paying homage to original, it's also very modern and fit with other heisei ultras during their era
Firstly, you know damn well what you're doing with that bit. Everybody who does that bit knows what they're doing with that bit and it works every time. I'm also really glad that you called out the completely banging theme song at the end because that is a fantastic ending theme. When we reviewed the series on the science patrol podcast we also pointed out how great the end theme was
The lead was kamen rider tiger in ryuki, the captain was a main government official in shin Godzilla, and Shinjoh's actor from tiga is there too lol (he was in literally every show from 1994-2008)
@@Enecororo97 Except they don't pronounce it like that in the show, hell it's NOT even pronounced like that in the theme song! It's pronounced like 'Nee Ous'.
Out of curiosity, will you ever do a Retrospective/Gaiden on the two Chaiyo movies that technically were officially co-produced?(aka Hanuman and 7 Ultraman and Jumborg Ace and Giant)
You forgot something about Neos appearing in the public and it's a song from "Daily Life of Planet" by Mayday this song is so much interesting take from him
Sorry....first time poster here. Usually we're just a lurker who enjoys your videos, but we noticed you didn't mention NEOS being the ultra used for the "Life of Planet" Music Video by the band MAYDAY. ....um, as you were
Hey Gorudan, you said you don't remember the last time the Ultra series showed people dealing with the dead kaiju after the battle, right? Back in Ultraman Z, in the very first episode, some employees were shown cleaning and collecting Genegarg's pieces scattered through the city after Z blew him up. That even was how Celebros got to infect that guy.
and Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White and Monty Python and the Holy Grail's Black Knight and Benito Mussolini and the Blue Meanie and Cowboy Curtis and Jambi the Genie, Robocop, the Terminator, Captain Kirk and Darth Vader, Lo-Pan and Superman and every single Power Ranger, Bill S. Preston and Theodor Logan, Spock, The Rock, Doc Ock and Hulk Hogan? Next year. Probably.
I think this might be my least favorite Ultra series. It's this or the 2nd half of Ultraman 80. Nothing clicked for me. Didn't like the team. Didn't care for the Ultras. Found the fights rather mid. It just disappoints all around for me. It lacks the regular charm the series is known for.
It's September somewhere. Had time to make English captions for this one. Enjoy.
Thank you so much for the captions! The auto captions always suck when discussing anything using a foreign language
Ok so I sent you a link of the one million bc movie on your community please check this movie out also I sent you the colorized version
guess Cosmos next, right?
Not in the foreseeable future.
One thing the series has going for is having one best minor character in the franchise. A secretary complaining about how much money the defense team is wasting.
Yeah that's something that puts you in the mind of the viewer. Every time one of those planes get shot down you think to yourself that things got to cost a ton of cash and they are just blowing them out of the sky week after week
Neos is that middle child who many forget about that was delt a bad hand in the family but still came out relatively ok
I think the mushroom dinosaur is legitimately one of my favorite designs in the series. It's grotesque, intimidating, creative, and an original creation. Hits all the high points for me.
Um, ackshually, his name is Backacoon, for your information
One of the most underrated ultra shows. I swear to god that as a kid, I went through most of them, and yet I barely even noticed that Neos exists....
Sooooo..... what i got out of this is there IS going to be a Cosmos retrospective video.
That's all i needed to hear Za.
I like Neos' design. adding a green light on his head is so simple but it helps differentiate him from Man/Jack/Zoffy. The intro is nice too
Even before the New Generation stuff, I think Neos makes a good argument for keeping the individual series' shorter in length. Even simple, episodic/formulaic ones like this have a harder time wearing out their welcome, while also giving more story-oriented entries a tighter focus, and even really good ones like Mebius feel rather bloated at 50+ episodes and specials a pop. I understand the need to drag things out as part of the franchise slavery to the toys, but still, I think that with an all-original kaiju roster, a compromise can be made.
You don't mention it in the video (understandably), but I think the thing most notable relating to Neos that stuck with me is that he shows up as the featured Ultraman in a music video for the Taiwanese band MAYDAY which was uploaded to the Tsubaraya RUclips channel that was released back in 2017 (looks like it was also uploaded to a channel relating to the band too). It's got a pretty simple narrative, but I really like the song and I rather enjoy the visuals and miniature work they did for it. Has Baltan in it as well, which is fun. Finding the video led me to listen to listen to the album associated with the song in the video every so often. Really solid video though, just thought I'd mention it. In case anyone is curious the song is called "Life of Planet", should be pretty easy to find. All that said, a good video!
That song was one of the best things I have seen
13:25 Regardless of that sentence, you showed how this show is better than Ginga. So, that's an achievement.
You remind me why why I loved Ultraman in the first place.
I think the standout elements of this show to me are the unbalance zone concept as an explanation for the start and end of the Kaiju wave and the Alien Zamu arc acting as a more nuanced and sympathetic 2nd stab at the Baltan concept. Oh, and its rocking opening and ending themes
Great review! Showing the process of disposing of a dead kaiju in that one episode is so cool indeed! Then only to have it return as a zombie from the abilities of another kaiju is since a neat plot twist. Lol at the commercial, man that copyright mess with the chio company is so ridiculous too
Still can't believe Neos's host also played certain "hero" character in Ryuki 💀
I swear to god there's always a Kamen Rider connection in these 2000's era shows that goes straight over my head.
"The moment someone tries to become a hero is the moment they fail at it" -Kamen Rider Zolda
I believe the Zamu-Seijin stories were a direct way to course correct for the infamous Baltan-genocide storyline from Ultraman episode 2.
I liked Neos but wish it had been much longer, so it could have evolved like the previous Showa and Heisei series.
Glad to see we share a similar outlook on this show from our respective reviews. Short n sweet, not the best but not bad either.
One thing I mentioned in mine however was Neos’s existence in Mayday’s music video for “Life of Planet” for the possible same reasons he was in the State Farm commercial.
Happy to see Neos is finally getting more attention these days, I have a soft spot for the guy.
Proof how short my attention span has become: I started Neos 2 months ago and have seen 1½ episodes
an early Ultra Retrospective?.. a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
ngl part of me really lowkey wanted neos to be part of heisei brothers, i mean he deserves the recognition. plus the costume design itself, while paying homage to original, it's also very modern and fit with other heisei ultras during their era
Yo Elemental Hero Ultraman Neos goes okay.
I heard it can fly i the air
We might call it air ne-
This post have been arrested
He also appeared in music video for a taiwanese band called mayday where the song have him being the main focus.
Goldn letting a bit just fall apart always gets a laugh out of me~🤭
This review has some sauce on its bones. Anyway yeah that was a cool idea with the fungus kaiju bringing back that cricket one. Spooky!
Ngl this series is very entertaining and an interesting out look on the history of ultraman
Firstly, you know damn well what you're doing with that bit. Everybody who does that bit knows what they're doing with that bit and it works every time.
I'm also really glad that you called out the completely banging theme song at the end because that is a fantastic ending theme.
When we reviewed the series on the science patrol podcast we also pointed out how great the end theme was
You forget to mention the music video by Mayday, Life Of Planet, which features Neos, if you didn't know
I always look forward to this and Ultra Gaiden.
The lead was kamen rider tiger in ryuki, the captain was a main government official in shin Godzilla, and Shinjoh's actor from tiga is there too lol (he was in literally every show from 1994-2008)
Ultraseven 21 is a Futurian confirmed. Also confirmed mispronunciation of "Neos" as 'Nay Os' for some reason?
it's pronounced that way in the Japanese so I guess that's what Gorudan prioritizes
@@Enecororo97 Except they don't pronounce it like that in the show, hell it's NOT even pronounced like that in the theme song! It's pronounced like 'Nee Ous'.
The Chaiyo Speedrun goes crazy!
I like ultraman Neos it was a good good show
Yesss Finnaly
Out of curiosity, will you ever do a Retrospective/Gaiden on the two Chaiyo movies that technically were officially co-produced?(aka Hanuman and 7 Ultraman and Jumborg Ace and Giant)
There's also Space Warrior 3000 that made by Chaiyo...but it's made without Tsubaraiya permission so..
Don't give up, Don't give up, oh neos! Don't stop, Don't stop, oh neos! Hitarashi noakeyo, shisuzukame, daremeno makenai, gingino hero! Ultraman, Ultraman, oh neos!
Great video!😊
You forgot something about Neos appearing in the public and it's a song from "Daily Life of Planet" by Mayday this song is so much interesting take from him
Sorry....first time poster here. Usually we're just a lurker who enjoys your videos, but we noticed you didn't mention NEOS being the ultra used for the "Life of Planet" Music Video by the band MAYDAY.
....um, as you were
Neos appeared in a Taiwanese music video called “Life of planet” and that song is so fire 🔥.
I knew today would be a good day
Everyone! Please keep aakkng them to review the 4kids Ultraman Tiga English adaptation!
An addendum, I will put it off two extra months every time someone asks me to.
Why i never heard of this..? 🤔 Anyway thanks for letting me know. 😃
Hey Gorudan, you said you don't remember the last time the Ultra series showed people dealing with the dead kaiju after the battle, right? Back in Ultraman Z, in the very first episode, some employees were shown cleaning and collecting Genegarg's pieces scattered through the city after Z blew him up. That even was how Celebros got to infect that guy.
Ultraman Gaia retrospective when?
Next year.
Woo!
Ultraman neos will never be loved see's ultraman neos being loved
Aghh
Where are the other 19 ultrasevens?
Stuck in traffic
18. Don't forget Seven's Superior.
@@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258 oh yeah
Understandable that comos respective will come few years later lol since it got a damn 65 ep like man
"The Land of light supports Trans rights!"
-Ultraman Neos
"Living on direct to DVD money"
Well, wasn't that time period a great era for japanese Original Video Productions?
the Ultraman version of the Literary who meme. that what I thought.
the only ultraman intro without the ultraman , instead the astronaut ( i think its refrence from dyna ??? )
Will Ultraseven ever get his ears back?
Do Ultraman Rising
Who up watching neos on gubila
It's time for Gaia mate
Gubila? Got it.
@@ZaGorudan You know what? I would watch a video about the 200 times Gubila showed up in the New Generation series.
Next Ultraman Cosmos 2 the Blue Planet movie 2002 please
hey ZaGorudan are you gonna plan to do a video about Ultraman Nice
He probably won't since Nice never got a show unlike Neos
when will you do the last part of tdg
Woo first 100 omg i love all your videoss
was that a fucking fat Albert reference?
why is Seven 21 looking at us in the thumbnail.
You did something wrong.
@@ZaGorudan probably didn't get any figure or S.H.Figuarts for that reason
If you think Powered is bad you should watch Ultraman Great lol
I have bad news about which one I consider better.
I hate how you skipped Geed ☹️
When are you going to talk about ultraman dyna an ultraman gaia an ultraman cosmos an ultraman geed an ultraman r/b an ultraman taiga an ultraman z
and Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White and Monty Python and the Holy Grail's Black Knight and Benito Mussolini and the Blue Meanie and Cowboy Curtis and Jambi the Genie, Robocop, the Terminator, Captain Kirk and Darth Vader, Lo-Pan and Superman and every single Power Ranger, Bill S. Preston and Theodor Logan, Spock, The Rock, Doc Ock and Hulk Hogan?
Next year. Probably.
5:00: You said children but subs said 'younglings'
are we unable to write children down now or you intentionally making a Star Wars ref?
Do ultramam zero
Do Dyna review
Next year.
I think this might be my least favorite Ultra series. It's this or the 2nd half of Ultraman 80. Nothing clicked for me. Didn't like the team. Didn't care for the Ultras. Found the fights rather mid. It just disappoints all around for me. It lacks the regular charm the series is known for.
Max was basically neos as cosmos Nexus and mebius actually follow a story line for example chaos header bogal and unknown hand