Ultraman: The Next - Ultra Retrospective

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
  • The start of an ambitious but doomed one-off project, The Next is both a standalone film and a prologue to one of the Ultra franchise's most ambitious television entries. Is the movie itself deserving of the hype?
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    Timestamps:
    0:00 - Intro & A Brief History of Ultra N
    1:32 - The Premise
    2:30 - Production Values, Characters, Fight Scenes
    4:39 - The Next & The One
    6:08 - Connections to Nexus
    7:29 - The Next's Legacy
    8:50 - Patron Readout
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  • @ZaGorudan
    @ZaGorudan  Год назад +13

    Check out my other reviews of the Ultra series here. The Ultraman Nexus video will be coming out next week :))))))
    ruclips.net/p/PLiLVzRuysz88wWUAy5XObQ0iQaEHLVGCw

  • @sigmundschwartz6434
    @sigmundschwartz6434 Год назад +43

    8:10 So funny thing about that. This series only happened because the author and artist, of Linebarrels of Iron fame no less, had a Kamen Rider inspired series that Toei C&D'd so Tsubu came over and said "why not work for us?"

  • @cynga7035
    @cynga7035 Год назад +55

    Ultraman The Next definitely has the most radical Ultraman design, I love the biological look they gave Anphans and Junis. The theme for The Next by Tak Matsumoto definitely stuck with me, I listen to it every now and again just because it goes so hard. Can’t wait to see your Nexus video!

  • @CqmaWh1te
    @CqmaWh1te Год назад +27

    Man says Oven and uses Microwave sound effects, didn’t think we would notice? Not today my friend.

    • @ZaGorudan
      @ZaGorudan  Год назад +11

      I'm going to delete my channel.

    • @CqmaWh1te
      @CqmaWh1te Год назад +5

      @@ZaGorudan but I love your content, so don’t. 😆

  • @sirkight54
    @sirkight54 Год назад +65

    You're really feeding us good recently

  • @linseyfalls6961
    @linseyfalls6961 Год назад +24

    I really dug the transformation sequence here. The "I don't want to die" line gave/gives me chills. Good shit.

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 Год назад +23

    How can there be an Ultraman: The Next without an Ultraman: The First?!

    • @UltraGalaxyify
      @UltraGalaxyify Год назад +14

      He's called "The Next" because he's the second alien to arrive on Earth after The One.
      Meta-wise, though, it's supposed to be the next chapter in the Ultraman franchise.

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 Год назад +6

      @@UltraGalaxyify I was mainly asking this as a joke, referencing the film Kamen Rider: The Next, which was the sequel to Kamen Rider: The First

    • @UltraGalaxyify
      @UltraGalaxyify Год назад +1

      @@otaking3582 Sorry, it's hard to convey sarcasm/jokes online. I honestly thought that was a serious question, because there are people out there dumb enough to ask it.

    • @daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250
      @daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250 8 месяцев назад

      There is, but it's so obscure it's only got a snippet of mention in Ultrawiki.

  • @terrencekuruma3224
    @terrencekuruma3224 Год назад +15

    If I remember correctly, in Nexus they mentioned how the Ultraman we see in "The Next" is the same ultraman we see during Nexus. No one remembers because the aliens in Nexus wiped the memories of everyone on earth. It was something along those lines

    • @GaiusIntrepidus
      @GaiusIntrepidus Месяц назад

      I'm sure the people at TLT used the aforementioned aliens.

  • @bass746
    @bass746 Год назад +11

    during the Next's legacy segment, I would totally agree that the Ultraman manga is more kamen rider/metal hero inspired than Ultraman. there have been times in Ultraseven, Tiga, and Zett where an Ultra is in a human sized form, but the plot makes it known that such a form is very impractical do to it's own time limit.

  • @TalesZilla
    @TalesZilla Год назад +12

    This is easily my favorite Ultra movie, this movie is what got me to know (and love) the Ultra franchise. I remember as a kid I would rent this movie a lot in a DVD rent store.

  • @transformersrevenge9
    @transformersrevenge9 Год назад +8

    "You can be my Ultraman anytime."
    Also, the incomplete form of The One, kinda looks like the 98 Godzilla.

  • @UltraGalaxyify
    @UltraGalaxyify Год назад +24

    For all of its problems, it's a thousand times better superhero flick than what's coming out from Marvel/Disney and DC these days.

    • @dudududu1926
      @dudududu1926 Год назад +5

      Not a high bar to pass tbh.

    • @daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250
      @daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@dudududu1926The fact that the bar has been so low is already telling.

    • @deathmetal271
      @deathmetal271 7 месяцев назад +1

      The fact that it came out the same year as Spider-Man 2 doesn’t help matters

    • @UltraGalaxyify
      @UltraGalaxyify 7 месяцев назад

      @@deathmetal271 You mean the best of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy?

  • @Sotau890
    @Sotau890 Год назад +4

    *this is the journey and story of Ultraman Nexus the god of all Ultras*
    -Ultraman King

  • @syafii13208
    @syafii13208 Год назад +4

    The best Ultraman ever made in my opinion

  • @ShinGoji1987Official
    @ShinGoji1987Official Год назад +9

    Great review! Despite its issues I really enjoyed this film when it was first released. I liked the darker approach and the organic looking armor reminded me of the Guyver

  • @MatthewLawrence.
    @MatthewLawrence. Год назад +3

    The start of my favorite Ultraman of all time. Plus this movie actually introduced me to the franchise

  • @yellownotmellow
    @yellownotmellow Год назад +3

    First ultraman movie i saw ever, still have the dvd for it despite having no subs lol

  • @aroyofficial
    @aroyofficial Год назад +4

    Let him cook, guys
    Also would love to see you review the Anime NETFLIX Ultraman soon!

  • @alephalon7849
    @alephalon7849 Год назад +1

    I loved that movie, so I'm happy you covered it!

  • @mattr75
    @mattr75 Год назад +5

    This movie was definitely alright, though Nexus was more fully realized

  • @kevinobill4818
    @kevinobill4818 4 месяца назад

    This was my first ever Ultraman movie I watched as a kid.

  • @themangosmoothie1667
    @themangosmoothie1667 Год назад +3

    The next theme is 🔥🔥🔥

  • @daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250
    @daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250 Год назад +2

    The intro theme goes stupid hard

  • @dinoxels
    @dinoxels Год назад +3

    Matt Frank is a patron 👀

  • @aniqyuji722
    @aniqyuji722 Год назад +2

    It's RAW

  • @Slammer_1970
    @Slammer_1970 3 месяца назад

    I've been recently watching your videos on the history of the Ultraman series. I was wondering if you had any plans on doing videos on SSSS Gridman and SSSS Dynazenon, which are both part of the Ultraman universe and maybe one on Giant Robo or Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot known here in the United States?

    • @ZaGorudan
      @ZaGorudan  3 месяца назад

      It's really just a matter of time before I talk about those.

  • @J-T99
    @J-T99 Год назад +1

    There was gonna be a sequel to the next called requiem

  • @JTHMRulez1
    @JTHMRulez1 Год назад +1

    Decent enough film. Saw it recently in preparation for the Nexus watch and I liked it, but like you said it feels like it doesnt live up to its own expectations. The characters are super flat, The Next and The One are barely explored as elements and it feels like a barebones story. Functional enough but with little flavor to latch on to. I love The Next's design and is one of my favorites, but thats about what I can really praise the film for.

  • @MaxAutoAttack
    @MaxAutoAttack Год назад +1

    Haven't watched The Next but I just do not care for that design, it just makes me think "Hollywood Remake Ultraman"

  • @sedsitametadinterreteliber2937
    @sedsitametadinterreteliber2937 Год назад +5

    Mildly disappointed that shin Ultraman didn’t look like nexus or the next

    • @wzx6x6z6w
      @wzx6x6z6w Год назад +6

      Well to be fair, Shin Ultraman is just a completely remake of the OG Ultraman, everything including the Ultraman design did not try to create anything new.

    • @sedsitametadinterreteliber2937
      @sedsitametadinterreteliber2937 Год назад +2

      @@wzx6x6z6w yeah but I kinda wanted an Ultraman that looked different and wild like the next for a completely cgi Ultraman instead of a skinny Ultraman

    • @toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917
      @toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917 3 месяца назад

      To me lack of color timer and his more uncanny bottom half sale it for me, but i can't said too much about his top half as it's identical to Original​@@sedsitametadinterreteliber2937

  • @KudaGeatsune3821
    @KudaGeatsune3821 Год назад

    Yeah Nexus wasn't really well received because it cattered too hard to older fans

    • @wah3865
      @wah3865 Год назад

      Its way to radical for its own good. And by older, it was meant for the kids that watched cosmos (at least that's what the scifi japan interview said)