Let’s be honest, it was because of the time-slot it aired on. You’ll also notice the finale itself was a big cliffhanger in a way and I assume it was because that’s how far the network would let them go.
@Emam100 Well we know for a fact that it was originally supposed to run for at least 50 episodes. And we were also supposed to get a sequel to the movie ULTRAMAN titled Ultraman 2: Requiem.
@@tseh3true, and they don't just shortened the episodes but the original plot were also changed beyond recognition. One of the thing is actually Dark Lucifer, who was supposed to be the main villain in the series, not Dark Zagi.
Honestly I still love this season and I have no regrets watching it. Maybe this is just me but I still think even with the darker tone this show still is Ultraman. It's just sad that the older audiences didn't give it a chance just because of the morning time slot. But then again why did you put it on a morning time slot in the first place!
I love this series so much. It’s like as you get older, you appreciate and understand what the director of Ultraman Nexus has in minds, to teach the kids not to give up, stay true to their own ideals, and to the older audience, a strong motivation toward both sexes. Also how they incorporate how real world politics would do if such cases of monsters appear.
i really love how they use a new concept and make it into some plot in the series. the meta field, (i heard that they made the meta field for budget reason) it is a really cool concept that not only look sick but really useful to minimaze environmental damage. then experimenting on nexus to upgrade the night raider equipment, the logic and the ethic of that really hit, like nexus will be reborn why not do it. then the passing of dunamyst, jun see it as a punishment for his life that set him to unending quest to destroy space beast and ren see it as opportunity that he use to leave a useful life. the writing is just that good. the acting is not a 10 but the writing just carry the whole show. and its a really sad how the series got cut off and showing nagi be a dunamyst while she does not have pure heart.
Originally, Nexus would have also included a Time Travel arc where Komon and Nagi will go back in time to reveal who saved Komon when he nearly drowned as a child during Nagi's times as a Deunamist. However, the arc was not being filmed due to the series being cut short.
Ultraman Nexus by far still my favorite Ultra Series to this day, and I think eventhough it is not the first Ultra Series I ever watch, but Nexus made me hook to the Ultra Series. My love for the Ultra Series solidifies when Ultraman X was simulcasted in RUclips.
Oh boy, where do I start? Overall I didn't hate Nexus but you can see the lost potential all over the place, especially by the second half. The Next movie had good action but was just kinda there IMO, and in the end didn't feel too connected to the series itself. As far as being a 'dark and edgy' series it definitely felt like Nexus was trying to be Tsuburaya's answer to Kamen Rider Kuuga and more, at least that's how I felt. Agreed, I liked Jun, and Ren was a total downgrade. Hell, the entire second half of the series was a real let down compared to the first half, and I know it's because of the cancellation but still. Lastly, I won't spoil it for people who haven't seen the series yet but man was that final villain completely out of left field. At the end of the day it is a little sad, I give them credit for wanting to try something new, and the potential was there, unfortunately it's a case of just too many factors working against them, and as an end result the final product suffers. *Thanks SEED Destiny (I hate Shinn and Rey so much)😡
I watched Ultraman: Nexus around the early 2010s. I consider it to be the Kamen Rider Black and Jetman of it’s time. The dark and gritty tone was a good fit for it to make it standout a from the previous Heisei era Ultra series. Ultraman Nexus has a good smooth complex design that is good unlike some of ridiculous designs of few of Showa Ultra’s like Taro and Leo. I heard the show was supposed to have 50-55 episodes in plan, but due to struggles due Japanese audiences not liking the new twists and being placed on morning children channel later half the shows run, it was force to end sooner. Overall a good entry probably the top three Ultra series of 2000s. Mr. no Kami. I have couple of questions. 1. What if Nexus actually did better in ratings and got acclaim response from fans and critics on par to Ultra Seven and Jetman and what if of Ohranger(Had they didn’t change and kept the dark tone)? What impact would it had on Ultra series of the 2000s and would it’s successor Ultraman Max for example been a dark entry as well? 2. On Kamen Rider Black dvd it is released by Discotek Media. Just curious. Why is Kamen Rider Black release from Discotek instead Shout Factory? Is there some collaboration between Shout Factory and Discotek for future releases of Rider series from both Showa and Heisei era entry’s?
I'm sure if Nexus had been popular, it would have lived out its entire run. I also don't think Max would have happened. As for your KR question, Toei licenses each Kamen Rider series separately. Therefore, anyone and everyone can license a different series.
Well you not liking any of the Nexus OPs certainly tells us that you have song taste that go against the grain sometimes 😁. A lot of people like/love Eiyuu & (to a less extent) Aoi Kajitsu to the point where the songs drew people who never even watched tokusatsu. Heck, many reactors who are used to Kamen Rider OPs always reacted the most to these songs whenever they did "all Ultraman OPs reaction". I myself always felt hyped for the episode whenever the OP played.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Wait, you like orchestral but didn't like Ultraman Great's orchestral OP back then? 🤔 That music was pretty good. It's like Ultraman's (TV budget) answer to Superman theme.
Hey cool! You reviewed my favorite Ultra series second to Mebius! Though in contrast to your input on it, I actually enjoyed the openings for the show cuz they are epic to me, and I thought the last half was pretty okay and that half hit me personally than the first half of the show. Plus, I’m pretty sure it was written like that because of tv executives. All in all, very entertaining to me especially when I first watched this show between middle school and high school
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yeah, I’m with you on the plot twist in the finale. It felt rushed and very out of nowhere. But luckily Nexus’s final form made it up for me
This is actually among my favorite Ultra Series, I love the music expecially the first opening , the atmosphere, the tone, the overarching story, and a break away from the usual mold compared to other seasons. Mabey not exactly in my top 4 but easily my 5th Favorite. also I'm not sure if your aware of this but I've resently have gone back rewatching Old Sentai shows and just finished Denziman for the first time and have just got into Sun Vulcan. my thoughts on rewatching them are in the Denziman video in case your wondering.
Regarding the movie, There were plans at one point to make a sequel movie to this film, titled ULTRAMAN 2: Requiem, and two costumes created for the film - however, the film was cancelled due to the poor ratings and subsequent cancellation of Nexus itself. These suits were later reused for Space Fear Demon Z and Ghost Sorcerer Reibatos; at one point in production, the latter was even named Requiem. At one point the production team considered making Ultraman simpler instead of more complex in an attempt to be realistic. In designer Maruyama's own words: "He ended up looking like Pepsi Man, and that was no good, so we went in the opposite direction."
Before being Screwed by the Network, the producers had actually planned another 12 episodes centered on Nagi Saijyo. Artbooks also reveal the designs for Dark Lucifer, Dark Zagi's proposed Super Mode born from a fusion of all the Dark Ultras in the series.
Despite the flaws, I'll add it to my favorite Ultra series. One thing I like about Ultra series is that they went into dark/horror and serious theme sometimes (I rarely see Godzilla franchise went on this direction). Still, it seems like Tsuburaya got cursed; everytime they made a serious show, shit happened (e.g. the company went bankrupt after Seven X). If this show was aired on the right timeslot, I believe it would be a huge success. For the DVD glitch you mentioned, it is quite strange to me as digital media production (especially DVD) was already common at the time. It shouldn't supposed to have any problem with remastering the series.
despite the misgivings it is one of my favorite ultraman series and I still would like to know the name of that red sweater that ren always wore under his orange jacket
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Me too the trailer looks promising especially with the Ultra host being a captain, and the Dynazenon vibes with Earth Garon. I just hope they can last without a filler episode. Seriously for every interesting plotline there's a filler episode in between *Cough* *cough* Ultrman Trigger. *Cough* *Cough* Ultraman Decker.
In my country Indonesia, Ultraman Nexus is very popular and got lot of Ultra Fans due to he is the strongest Ultraman. Not only that, Ultraman Noa got nickname by Indonesian fans. His nickname is "Dewa Turu" [in English Sleepy God]. Due to he always sleeping [yeah actually he sleeps for regenerate his powers]. He never intervened everyone's problem, except if the enemy is Dark Zagi.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork It is. And there is a motto for Ultraman Noa by Indonesian Ultra Fans: "No Zagi, No party." It means if Zagi was there, Noa would intervene and fight against his rivals whoever the enemies are beside him. And if Zagi wasn't there, he wouldn't intervere and continue to sleep/hibernate.
Nexus is that one cousin that no one likes but when you actually get to know him he's not actually that bad he's actually quite the office chat quite the opposite he's a pretty good guy and is a better person then you ever be but he still encourages you to be the better version of yourself and pretty much sums up nexus doesn't it lol don't ask me what the other ultra shows would be if the were human because already know who's the annoying and who's the boring one lol
so this series almost became a masterpiece if it weren't for the executive meddling sending everything down the drain, it is always the dumb decisions of the higher-ups that ruins a good series.
Honestly in my opinion the best show I ever watched, the lore was amazing, my favorite eps is the last one (despite being rushed), and the characters are amazing despite Rey for the most part, I also love the Next movie tho it didn't dive THAT deep into the lore, but what I'm trying to get is the novel, yeah there's a novel showcasing Ultraman Noa going up against Dark Lucifer, I wanna see it so bad but I don't know where to get it! I overall love Nexus
Awesome review and I do agree with where you're coming from in regard to Nexus. This is a show with INSANE potential to be much better but had to sadly be bring down by other factors. This had to do with how in the past, shows would spend like shit ton of money and by tons I meant alots. The old spending habits had no real set budget per episode and an entire show could cost at least 52 million USD to over 100 million USD (Source: Nexus Production History). You can guess, how ridiculous it is and Nexus and The Next movie did got hit hard by this. I do liked TLT and how they operate which added to the realism of them needing a memory police to deal with situations in regards to the Space Kaijuu like. Their ship remains one of my favorite designes and still is today, and them having cloaking tech is a good for secretcy. The heroes are great to me, I liked the developement of Komon which is where it shine. Komon is a call back to those old Ultra Protagonist but got thrown cruelly into a decidedly not-Ultra world. Not help that Komon faced lots of tragedy and sadness (Riko death, Almost kill an innocent child, and his friend Himeya passing), he still managed to be a good person in the end sealed it for me. Nagi is an example of a person so consume by rage and vengeance that it bite her back hard in the final episode when this flaw reach it conclusion in allowing Zagi to return to fullpower. I dont know why but I liked Night Raider Captain. He is a great captain with actual morals in a Not Ultra World and his action when rescuing Ren is heartwarming to me. As for two other members, if Nexus had allow to gone on for much longer, we would have got more backstory for Shiori and her character arc in the main story not in EX Episode. Ishibori too not having one is a foreshadow to his reveal, my guess is that they would eventually shows us his dark deeds in the Night Raider in a quick several shot of flashback. This would be him deleting Ultimate Vanisher, offering Mizorogi power, killing Nagi parent, and of course summoning Space Beasts. I like Matsunaga due to his connection to The Next, his manipulative side and drive to have Ultraman power against Space Beasts. The show actually made me sympathize with him when it reveal his other side like being a caring father to his daughter and mourning feeling towards his decease wife. Now let's get to our Dunamist, I truly loved Himeya and his character arc in the show. His arc is all about forgiveness and redemption, he saw Ultraman power as his own punishment for the death of a little girl named Sarah. But at the end, he earn his salvation after learning the reason why he was given Nexus power. I want to say that Jun himself is already a veteran who had to harden himself with his emotion way before lest he be driven to self-harm. Ren is a good dunamist and would have been better if the show didnt cut itself so short, and more developement was given to him. I believe you have misinterpret Ren and his arc, he is like that because he is hiding the fact that he is going to die soon and doesnt seem to care about his own life. May I remind you that the guy went from being an innocent kid to literally grabbed and choking Komon in one episode. And how he doesnt seem to care for his own life to the point of not avoiding damage, in a way he is suicidal by his own genetic defect. Nexus design and form are awesome to me since it look so good! Their fighting style also fit their form too, as one youtuber put it best: "Junis Red is built for strength and Himeya himself was a lot more cautious and perceptive in combat, a trait that shows in his fighting style. Junis Blue on the other hand is built for speed, while its user Ren was young and inexperienced, coupled with the more "I'm going to die in a year" mindset he had, his fighting style was a lot bolder and reckless." Meta-Field is an awesome concept that I never see another Ultraman used ever again to a great degree which is a shame. This is one of those time where even though the idea is to save money only made Nexus more unique. I say this is the first time that an Ultra ever care about collateral damage. Other than Dark Ultra being great to look at. The monster to me represent how a deep space monster should be: very scary and "lovecraft" enough to where I surely would shit my pant and runaway than taking picture since after all they are Space Beasts. They actually did more with the Space Beasts which gave them more reason to be around and I cant help but applaud them for that. Aside from decent effect and CGI, I loved the Sountrack to dead. It even remain in my heart for so long that I still remember it. I too liked second ending song the most due to how the beginning and ending of it just makes me wanna dance with it. I want to say that regardless of what happen to Nexus and its episode and story flaws due to factors outside of its control (Which I can say, does excuse it). I loved Nexus as a show and what it offer and it still hold a special place in my heart, I dont think other ultra shows had such impact on me as much as Nexus did when I first saw it. Nexus is still an ultraman show regardless of its darker theme and realism, because it also shows that you can still have hope and goodness even in a place where there is darkness and despair. It's also because of those darkness and despair that we can find hope in our life and in the world.
Nexus as a whole was a nice experiment that I am glad happened. I wish it had been allowed to reach its full potential, but it still stands out as being very unique.
I too agree with what you said about Nexus. I am glad to have the experience of watching and experience it. The show situation reminds me of Seed Destiny with it second half situation, which made me very sad that Seed Destiny even with it bad second half still succeeded while Nexus, a better show than it, get the short end of the stick. I still loved the idea behind Meta-Field and the atmosphere that Nexus exude with it soundtrack and the tone that accompanied it. If only we can get an animated version of Ultraman Nexus like the Showa one then they can probably try Nexus again to achieve it full potential.
Got both Ryuki and Dekaranger in the mail today. Dekaranger's code is over 23000. So Dekaranger (and any future Sentai releases) were NOT in the pipeline in 2019!
Personally THE series that I liked the most. I won't deny it has flaws though. I DO like Ren's arc, but if given more episodes the second half would be better. Nagi deserved SO MUCH better. Give her a Junis form (Junis Rouge from the concept art would fit her personality the most, and compared to normal Junis, Rouge would be more feral and aggresive, and I headcanon it's attack to be Burst-Ray Schtrom (think of the attack as basically similar to Dyna Strong's Gulnate Bomber).) Ishibori/Zagi's reveal... COULD have been better. Problem is is that he's rather forgettable. I say make Ishibori someone who is close to Komon and Nagi so that his betrayal would actually hurt and the reveal would be more impactful. The final battle against Zagi honestly COULD have been better, show more feats to show WHY Zagi is a threat and why Noa is powerful and considered a God-like Ultra, possibly even surpassing King. Ginga had the right idea for that. I DO like that we see Komon going from Anphans to Junis, Junis Blue, and finally Noa, THAT should be kept. Overall, Nexus is good, but with tweaks it could be perfect for me. And I LOVE Nexus' designs, my personal favorite. Helps that I sorta imagine different Junis colors.
Depends on which dub you are watching. If it's the Pioneer dub, definitely. If it's the Streamline dub, not really. However, the Japanese version is superior, but you can't go wrong either way.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I thought with how the show has a more serious tone it might have some J metal like Ultraseven X's ending song honestly I wish that song was Nexus's opening.
You are incorrect to say they changed the tone because of ratings. They scripted out the entire show beforehand and planned for the tonal shift from the beginning
Also, Nexus selects Ren because the light is passed on to fundamentally broken people that need healing. Ren is too carefree and regards his life as not worth defending due to his impending death, and is kind of suicidal in this way. Each of the other 4 hosts are broken because of something in their past
That's what they say, but as I mentione din my review, I don't buy that. The entire focus shifted from Komon to Ren, Komon's plot about his childhood trauma was dropped, the UFO conspiracy people completely disappeared without any resolution, Jun's formers coworkers just having their memories wiped out without their story going anywhere, rendering everything they had done in the first 24 episodes moot, and Ishibori being the actual villain was random without any development to back it up, make all of that way too hard for me to believe it was planned out from the getgo.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork it was, it was just that the show was cancelled. What was actually supposed to happen was that Ren would have a few more episodes dedicated to him to better resolve his storyline, and then nexus would jump around from different female hosts like Shiori, Ren's love interest, and then Nagi to avoid dark Zagi. Nagi would be nexus for a mini arc and would end up saving komon from drowning in the past and thus learn the source of his motivation, then giving him the ability to be nexus, where he would face off against dark Lucifer. I suspect the twist with Dark Zagi being there the whole time wasn't planned and everything was changed due to cancellation because the show was planned out at 50 episodes
You can tell it was planned out for this arc because if you look closely the arm of the person pulling him out of the water is wearing night raider gear, so it's Nagi
No, episode 4 showed a shadowy figure. there was nothing that signified it was Ishibori. In fact, it could have been The First from The Next for all we could have known. There was no development at all for Ishibori to be the villain.
good show, though I do think the 'dark and edgy' thing is good as a rare experiment only, not as a foundation for the Ultraverse. I wasn't surprised of it's lack in popularity at the time (despite the scheduling mistake)
@@alexstrang9823 It's stil better than NewGen Ultra shows. For example, the most recent Decker show only had 2.5 kaijus which are completely original mold in all of *25* episodes 🙄. They are Spheresaurus, Mother-saurus & Terraphaser. The rest are just old kaiju Suits & recycles Suits with a little modification.
@@androyus I agree definitely. Things are getting more grim regarding kaiju count. I think Tsubs has forgotten that new kaiju (yes, every episode) is a big part (perhaps the biggest part) of what built the franchise, including toy sales! If a series has 50 new monsters, thats 50 new toys to collect. There are only so many 'forms' the heroes can have. (of course Kamen Riders are getting more and more forms every second....ugh)
is call meta field it will not destroy all the building the nexus can fight the monster and space beast too but other ultraman can't not allow the meta field it will lose the ultraman energy or it can help nexus fight monster together like ultraman x did
to people who say that nexus would've still failed even if nexus got the right broadcasting time during original airing , just a reminder "Garo (2006)" a toku for adult is a big success because they got the right broadcast time during their original airing
Tsupro was still in financial dire straits and even if Nexus was a commercial and ratings success in its intended time slot that means no Seed destiny, it still would have been a one-time thing, those last few episodes were originally to be made into a movie instead once the series got canceled before that got scrapped too. They trusted the wrong show at the time it's creator well, I guess JNN didn't want to lose the Gundam series back to ANN (UC and first three alternate timelines) or Fuji TV (Turn A) after airing nothing more than more than a over glorified gunpla CM. (And don't get started on it, Brought back the franchise It only brought interest in the model cuts because it was the directors intention to have people be interested otherwise it contains the same bad stuff from the '90s model kits.)
When I say '90s kits, I mean all the timelines had this problem when the economic bubble burst, frankly, if I Sunrise I would have let MBS lose Gundam but not go back to ANN or Fuji TV but try another network like Nippon TV/Yomiuri TV or TV Tokyo to compete with the Ultra Series, and to high definition and wide screen, if Mitsuo Fukuda and Chiaki Morosawa want to do a sequel to that series, let it be an OVA it doesn't have to be a full television series. The only reason why JNN picked up Gundam in the first place is because they lost the rights to air Kamen Rider When they misheard they were developing a show for the year 1999 or even 2000 when Toei and Ishimori Productions were developing Kuuga in 1998, thinking they were going to have a Ultraman series only for Tsuburaya were not going to have another show for another or two when they were developing Cosmos. TV Asahi picked up Kuuga and you can tell that the show had to be rewritten for the 8:00 AM hour, but the rest they say is toku history. JNN has a history of choosing their cash cows instead of taking risks. Back then it was Ultraman, today it's now MSG, someday it could be a different property, That could be a revived property, the Brave series (Sunrise), Galaxy Express 999 (Toei), or even Cobra (TMS) and it gets picked up by JNN and it exceeds not only current Gundam numbers but Seed sales numbers. Maybe I'm wrong maybe it's a brand new property that is a commercially successful prospect. MSG would not be in a good place.
Max would have still happened but much different circumstances, the kid friendly tone would have been still there but I think they would have been much better casting, much better writing, tighter direction. There is actually a lot more to the Max and Mebius productions, But yes, I do think those shows would have happened under much better circumstances.
Shinta is not going to like this, and I'm not a fan of most of UC either since most of Seeds crimes come from that part of the franchise but done worse.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Also F*** JNN/TBS/MBS This is why I prefer the TV Ashai Gundams and 00 (I haven't seen IBO But I am enjoying WfM), This is why Takara left you and this is why Tsupro Left you in the dust, you are the most stupidest station in Japan.
@@androyus I know I'm in the minority but SEED is one of my personal favorites, SEED Destiny on the other hand is truly horrible. It's a terrible sequel that takes everything I liked about SEED and completely ruins it in terms of both characters and story.
27:00 Hum...you played "Danger Zone" which the theme song of Top Gun, a movie about Navy pilots as a joke about a pilot who's in the AirForce... I'm sorry but, your joke didn't work
Oh I hate the show. Until I saw AGE, it was the worst Gundam show for me. Like I didn't mind the first half, but the moment they got rid of the Extendeds and brought in Kira full time, it lost itself. Plus, too many damn clipshows.
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I find it cool that in this series anyone can be an Ultra, and each of them has there own fighting style.
Agreed.
Ultraman Nexus is one of those things where it was a failure but should have been a success! 🕶
Agreed.
Also agreed
Even though it was a financial failure, it's personally one of my favorite Ultra Series.
It had a lot of potential.
Let’s be honest, it was because of the time-slot it aired on. You’ll also notice the finale itself was a big cliffhanger in a way and I assume it was because that’s how far the network would let them go.
@Emam100 Well we know for a fact that it was originally supposed to run for at least 50 episodes. And we were also supposed to get a sequel to the movie ULTRAMAN titled Ultraman 2: Requiem.
@@tseh3 agreed 😊
@@tseh3true, and they don't just shortened the episodes but the original plot were also changed beyond recognition. One of the thing is actually Dark Lucifer, who was supposed to be the main villain in the series, not Dark Zagi.
Honestly I still love this season and I have no regrets watching it. Maybe this is just me but I still think even with the darker tone this show still is Ultraman. It's just sad that the older audiences didn't give it a chance just because of the morning time slot. But then again why did you put it on a morning time slot in the first place!
Agreed. It was actually the first Ultra I saw while it was airing.
I still have to question though if Nexus could ever have a permit human host.
Doubtful and that is one of the best things about Nexus. I loved the X episode that also had Nexus in it.
Me too. The Nexus episode in X is one of my favorites.
Mainly because TsuPro think that Ultraman is for kids.
Honestly, Nexus is one of very rare cases when cutting episodes isn't ruin my enjoyment (one more example is metalder)
Cutting the episodes isn't the issue to me, it's how messy the story is in its last bit.
There is an expanded edition of episode 29 as well as a special episode focusing on Shiori.
I know.
I love this series so much. It’s like as you get older, you appreciate and understand what the director of Ultraman Nexus has in minds, to teach the kids not to give up, stay true to their own ideals, and to the older audience, a strong motivation toward both sexes. Also how they incorporate how real world politics would do if such cases of monsters appear.
Agreed.
i really love how they use a new concept and make it into some plot in the series.
the meta field, (i heard that they made the meta field for budget reason) it is a really cool concept that not only look sick but really useful to minimaze environmental damage. then experimenting on nexus to upgrade the night raider equipment, the logic and the ethic of that really hit, like nexus will be reborn why not do it. then the passing of dunamyst, jun see it as a punishment for his life that set him to unending quest to destroy space beast and ren see it as opportunity that he use to leave a useful life.
the writing is just that good. the acting is not a 10 but the writing just carry the whole show. and its a really sad how the series got cut off and showing nagi be a dunamyst while she does not have pure heart.
It was a neat idea and the Meta Field was a clever way to save money while adding something new to the franchise.
Originally, Nexus would have also included a Time Travel arc where Komon and Nagi will go back in time to reveal who saved Komon when he nearly drowned as a child during Nagi's times as a Deunamist. However, the arc was not being filmed due to the series being cut short.
Ultraman Nexus by far still my favorite Ultra Series to this day, and I think eventhough it is not the first Ultra Series I ever watch, but Nexus made me hook to the Ultra Series.
My love for the Ultra Series solidifies when Ultraman X was simulcasted in RUclips.
It was the first Ultra series I watched as it was airing, though, I never finished it back then.
Oh boy, where do I start? Overall I didn't hate Nexus but you can see the lost potential all over the place, especially by the second half. The Next movie had good action but was just kinda there IMO, and in the end didn't feel too connected to the series itself. As far as being a 'dark and edgy' series it definitely felt like Nexus was trying to be Tsuburaya's answer to Kamen Rider Kuuga and more, at least that's how I felt. Agreed, I liked Jun, and Ren was a total downgrade. Hell, the entire second half of the series was a real let down compared to the first half, and I know it's because of the cancellation but still. Lastly, I won't spoil it for people who haven't seen the series yet but man was that final villain completely out of left field.
At the end of the day it is a little sad, I give them credit for wanting to try something new, and the potential was there, unfortunately it's a case of just too many factors working against them, and as an end result the final product suffers.
*Thanks SEED Destiny (I hate Shinn and Rey so much)😡
Yeah, the reveal of the final villain made no sense at all.
it's a shame they didnt include the special episode. It was great (and needed)
I never even knew one existed until I was told on here about it since it wasn't on Crunchyroll either.
I watched Ultraman: Nexus around the early 2010s. I consider it to be the Kamen Rider Black and Jetman of it’s time. The dark and gritty tone was a good fit for it to make it standout a from the previous Heisei era Ultra series. Ultraman Nexus has a good smooth complex design that is good unlike some of ridiculous designs of few of Showa Ultra’s like Taro and Leo. I heard the show was supposed to have 50-55 episodes in plan, but due to struggles due Japanese audiences not liking the new twists and being placed on morning children channel later half the shows run, it was force to end sooner. Overall a good entry probably the top three Ultra series of 2000s.
Mr. no Kami. I have couple of questions.
1. What if Nexus actually did better in ratings and got acclaim response from fans and critics on par to Ultra Seven and Jetman and what if of Ohranger(Had they didn’t change and kept the dark tone)? What impact would it had on Ultra series of the 2000s and would it’s successor Ultraman Max for example been a dark entry as well?
2. On Kamen Rider Black dvd it is released by Discotek Media. Just curious. Why is Kamen Rider Black release from Discotek instead Shout Factory? Is there some collaboration between Shout Factory and Discotek for future releases of Rider series from both Showa and Heisei era entry’s?
I'm sure if Nexus had been popular, it would have lived out its entire run. I also don't think Max would have happened.
As for your KR question, Toei licenses each Kamen Rider series separately. Therefore, anyone and everyone can license a different series.
Ultraman Nexus is honestly a masterpiece of a show.
What as y our favorite episode?
Also, I forgot that Ultraman the Next’s main protagonist was in Godzilla vs Mothra 92.
Was he the dad in GvsM?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yes he was. He was trying to be Indiana Jones in the beginning of the movie.
Well you not liking any of the Nexus OPs certainly tells us that you have song taste that go against the grain sometimes 😁. A lot of people like/love Eiyuu & (to a less extent) Aoi Kajitsu to the point where the songs drew people who never even watched tokusatsu. Heck, many reactors who are used to Kamen Rider OPs always reacted the most to these songs whenever they did "all Ultraman OPs reaction". I myself always felt hyped for the episode whenever the OP played.
I definitely do. I'm more of an industrial, electronic, orchestral, classical person when it comes to music.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Wait, you like orchestral but didn't like Ultraman Great's orchestral OP back then? 🤔 That music was pretty good. It's like Ultraman's (TV budget) answer to Superman theme.
Hey cool! You reviewed my favorite Ultra series second to Mebius! Though in contrast to your input on it, I actually enjoyed the openings for the show cuz they are epic to me, and I thought the last half was pretty okay and that half hit me personally than the first half of the show. Plus, I’m pretty sure it was written like that because of tv executives. All in all, very entertaining to me especially when I first watched this show between middle school and high school
I liked the show a lot, I just wish it hadn't dropped the ball in the end.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yeah, I’m with you on the plot twist in the finale. It felt rushed and very out of nowhere. But luckily Nexus’s final form made it up for me
Ren was suppose to have longer story arc, but was cut short due to cancellation. Which is a shame because he would've have more character development.
Yeah, I'm sure things would have been better had it actually been fully fleshed out.
It must've been wild jumping from a series about saving monsters to a series about hating monsters
Not really.
This is actually among my favorite Ultra Series, I love the music expecially the first opening , the atmosphere, the tone, the overarching story, and a break away from the usual mold compared to other seasons.
Mabey not exactly in my top 4 but easily my 5th Favorite.
also I'm not sure if your aware of this but I've resently have gone back rewatching Old Sentai shows and just finished Denziman for the first time and have just got into Sun Vulcan. my thoughts on rewatching them are in the Denziman video in case your wondering.
Denziman is such a good show. Sun Vulcan, not so much.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork currently 39 episodes in and I might have to agree on that, but I share more once I finish it.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Theres always a playlist of some of the heisei era ultraman on youtube.
Regarding the movie, There were plans at one point to make a sequel movie to this film, titled ULTRAMAN 2: Requiem, and two costumes created for the film - however, the film was cancelled due to the poor ratings and subsequent cancellation of Nexus itself. These suits were later reused for Space Fear Demon Z and Ghost Sorcerer Reibatos; at one point in production, the latter was even named Requiem.
At one point the production team considered making Ultraman simpler instead of more complex in an attempt to be realistic. In designer Maruyama's own words: "He ended up looking like Pepsi Man, and that was no good, so we went in the opposite direction."
Before being Screwed by the Network, the producers had actually planned another 12 episodes centered on Nagi Saijyo. Artbooks also reveal the designs for Dark Lucifer, Dark Zagi's proposed Super Mode born from a fusion of all the Dark Ultras in the series.
Despite the flaws, I'll add it to my favorite Ultra series. One thing I like about Ultra series is that they went into dark/horror and serious theme sometimes (I rarely see Godzilla franchise went on this direction). Still, it seems like Tsuburaya got cursed; everytime they made a serious show, shit happened (e.g. the company went bankrupt after Seven X). If this show was aired on the right timeslot, I believe it would be a huge success.
For the DVD glitch you mentioned, it is quite strange to me as digital media production (especially DVD) was already common at the time. It shouldn't supposed to have any problem with remastering the series.
Well that time they actually deserved it for making such trash like Seven X. 😛
Which DVD glitch?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Those compression artifacts and jitter you mentioned at 30:30.
despite the misgivings it is one of my favorite ultraman series and I still would like to know the name of that red sweater that ren always wore under his orange jacket
I'm sure someone online has it.
I hope Ultraman Blazar fill's Nexus's shoes when it comes to a Ultraman with edge.
I just hope it's good.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Me too the trailer looks promising especially with the Ultra host being a captain, and the Dynazenon vibes with Earth Garon. I just hope they can last without a filler episode. Seriously for every interesting plotline there's a filler episode in between *Cough* *cough* Ultrman Trigger. *Cough* *Cough* Ultraman Decker.
I'm not really into Ultraman but Ultraman Nexus was the first ever Ultraman series I watched.I found it to enjoyable.
It was one of my earliest series.
Oh i almost forgot about this. Hope this was good.
You'll find out. 😛
In my country Indonesia, Ultraman Nexus is very popular and got lot of Ultra Fans due to he is the strongest Ultraman.
Not only that, Ultraman Noa got nickname by Indonesian fans. His nickname is "Dewa Turu" [in English Sleepy God]. Due to he always sleeping [yeah actually he sleeps for regenerate his powers].
He never intervened everyone's problem, except if the enemy is Dark Zagi.
That is a pretty funny nickname.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork It is. And there is a motto for Ultraman Noa by Indonesian Ultra Fans:
"No Zagi, No party."
It means if Zagi was there, Noa would intervene and fight against his rivals whoever the enemies are beside him. And if Zagi wasn't there, he wouldn't intervere and continue to sleep/hibernate.
Do you prefer the idea of Ultras being asexual or are your okay with them being gendered?
I couldn't care less, honestly. They're alien beings.
Nexus is that one cousin that no one likes but when you actually get to know him he's not actually that bad he's actually quite the office chat quite the opposite he's a pretty good guy and is a better person then you ever be but he still encourages you to be the better version of yourself and pretty much sums up nexus doesn't it lol don't ask me what the other ultra shows would be if the were human because already know who's the annoying and who's the boring one lol
Interesting description. lol
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork i know right lol
so this series almost became a masterpiece if it weren't for the executive meddling sending everything down the drain, it is always the dumb decisions of the higher-ups that ruins a good series.
Pretty much.
Honestly in my opinion the best show I ever watched, the lore was amazing, my favorite eps is the last one (despite being rushed), and the characters are amazing despite Rey for the most part, I also love the Next movie tho it didn't dive THAT deep into the lore, but what I'm trying to get is the novel, yeah there's a novel showcasing Ultraman Noa going up against Dark Lucifer, I wanna see it so bad but I don't know where to get it! I overall love Nexus
I would have loved to have seen what the show would have been like had it not gotten canceled.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yeah, especially with Dark Lucifer who's pretty much one of my favorite Villains of all time
Awesome review and I do agree with where you're coming from in regard to Nexus. This is a show with INSANE potential to be much better but had to sadly be bring down by other factors. This had to do with how in the past, shows would spend like shit ton of money and by tons I meant alots. The old spending habits had no real set budget per episode and an entire show could cost at least 52 million USD to over 100 million USD (Source: Nexus Production History). You can guess, how ridiculous it is and Nexus and The Next movie did got hit hard by this.
I do liked TLT and how they operate which added to the realism of them needing a memory police to deal with situations in regards to the Space Kaijuu like. Their ship remains one of my favorite designes and still is today, and them having cloaking tech is a good for secretcy.
The heroes are great to me, I liked the developement of Komon which is where it shine. Komon is a call back to those old Ultra Protagonist but got thrown cruelly into a decidedly not-Ultra world. Not help that Komon faced lots of tragedy and sadness (Riko death, Almost kill an innocent child, and his friend Himeya passing), he still managed to be a good person in the end sealed it for me. Nagi is an example of a person so consume by rage and vengeance that it bite her back hard in the final episode when this flaw reach it conclusion in allowing Zagi to return to fullpower.
I dont know why but I liked Night Raider Captain. He is a great captain with actual morals in a Not Ultra World and his action when rescuing Ren is heartwarming to me. As for two other members, if Nexus had allow to gone on for much longer, we would have got more backstory for Shiori and her character arc in the main story not in EX Episode. Ishibori too not having one is a foreshadow to his reveal, my guess is that they would eventually shows us his dark deeds in the Night Raider in a quick several shot of flashback. This would be him deleting Ultimate Vanisher, offering Mizorogi power, killing Nagi parent, and of course summoning Space Beasts. I like Matsunaga due to his connection to The Next, his manipulative side and drive to have Ultraman power against Space Beasts. The show actually made me sympathize with him when it reveal his other side like being a caring father to his daughter and mourning feeling towards his decease wife.
Now let's get to our Dunamist, I truly loved Himeya and his character arc in the show. His arc is all about forgiveness and redemption, he saw Ultraman power as his own punishment for the death of a little girl named Sarah. But at the end, he earn his salvation after learning the reason why he was given Nexus power. I want to say that Jun himself is already a veteran who had to harden himself with his emotion way before lest he be driven to self-harm. Ren is a good dunamist and would have been better if the show didnt cut itself so short, and more developement was given to him. I believe you have misinterpret Ren and his arc, he is like that because he is hiding the fact that he is going to die soon and doesnt seem to care about his own life. May I remind you that the guy went from being an innocent kid to literally grabbed and choking Komon in one episode. And how he doesnt seem to care for his own life to the point of not avoiding damage, in a way he is suicidal by his own genetic defect.
Nexus design and form are awesome to me since it look so good! Their fighting style also fit their form too, as one youtuber put it best: "Junis Red is built for strength and Himeya himself was a lot more cautious and perceptive in combat, a trait that shows in his fighting style. Junis Blue on the other hand is built for speed, while its user Ren was young and inexperienced, coupled with the more "I'm going to die in a year" mindset he had, his fighting style was a lot bolder and reckless."
Meta-Field is an awesome concept that I never see another Ultraman used ever again to a great degree which is a shame. This is one of those time where even though the idea is to save money only made Nexus more unique. I say this is the first time that an Ultra ever care about collateral damage.
Other than Dark Ultra being great to look at. The monster to me represent how a deep space monster should be: very scary and "lovecraft" enough to where I surely would shit my pant and runaway than taking picture since after all they are Space Beasts. They actually did more with the Space Beasts which gave them more reason to be around and I cant help but applaud them for that.
Aside from decent effect and CGI, I loved the Sountrack to dead. It even remain in my heart for so long that I still remember it. I too liked second ending song the most due to how the beginning and ending of it just makes me wanna dance with it.
I want to say that regardless of what happen to Nexus and its episode and story flaws due to factors outside of its control (Which I can say, does excuse it). I loved Nexus as a show and what it offer and it still hold a special place in my heart, I dont think other ultra shows had such impact on me as much as Nexus did when I first saw it. Nexus is still an ultraman show regardless of its darker theme and realism, because it also shows that you can still have hope and goodness even in a place where there is darkness and despair. It's also because of those darkness and despair that we can find hope in our life and in the world.
Nexus as a whole was a nice experiment that I am glad happened. I wish it had been allowed to reach its full potential, but it still stands out as being very unique.
I too agree with what you said about Nexus. I am glad to have the experience of watching and experience it. The show situation reminds me of Seed Destiny with it second half situation, which made me very sad that Seed Destiny even with it bad second half still succeeded while Nexus, a better show than it, get the short end of the stick. I still loved the idea behind Meta-Field and the atmosphere that Nexus exude with it soundtrack and the tone that accompanied it. If only we can get an animated version of Ultraman Nexus like the Showa one then they can probably try Nexus again to achieve it full potential.
I love Nexus
What was your favorite episode?
Got both Ryuki and Dekaranger in the mail today. Dekaranger's code is over 23000. So Dekaranger (and any future Sentai releases) were NOT in the pipeline in 2019!
Nice. I did too.
Personally THE series that I liked the most.
I won't deny it has flaws though.
I DO like Ren's arc, but if given more episodes the second half would be better.
Nagi deserved SO MUCH better. Give her a Junis form (Junis Rouge from the concept art would fit her personality the most, and compared to normal Junis, Rouge would be more feral and aggresive, and I headcanon it's attack to be Burst-Ray Schtrom (think of the attack as basically similar to Dyna Strong's Gulnate Bomber).)
Ishibori/Zagi's reveal... COULD have been better. Problem is is that he's rather forgettable. I say make Ishibori someone who is close to Komon and Nagi so that his betrayal would actually hurt and the reveal would be more impactful.
The final battle against Zagi honestly COULD have been better, show more feats to show WHY Zagi is a threat and why Noa is powerful and considered a God-like Ultra, possibly even surpassing King. Ginga had the right idea for that. I DO like that we see Komon going from Anphans to Junis, Junis Blue, and finally Noa, THAT should be kept.
Overall, Nexus is good, but with tweaks it could be perfect for me. And I LOVE Nexus' designs, my personal favorite. Helps that I sorta imagine different Junis colors.
I know I keep asking these kind of questions, but should I watch Akira subbed or dubbed?
Depends on which dub you are watching. If it's the Pioneer dub, definitely. If it's the Streamline dub, not really. However, the Japanese version is superior, but you can't go wrong either way.
Honestly I was expecting Ultraman Nexus's opening to sound like Ultraseven X's another day gone.
Why's that?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I thought with how the show has a more serious tone it might have some J metal like Ultraseven X's ending song honestly I wish that song was Nexus's opening.
You are incorrect to say they changed the tone because of ratings. They scripted out the entire show beforehand and planned for the tonal shift from the beginning
Also, Nexus selects Ren because the light is passed on to fundamentally broken people that need healing. Ren is too carefree and regards his life as not worth defending due to his impending death, and is kind of suicidal in this way. Each of the other 4 hosts are broken because of something in their past
That's what they say, but as I mentione din my review, I don't buy that. The entire focus shifted from Komon to Ren, Komon's plot about his childhood trauma was dropped, the UFO conspiracy people completely disappeared without any resolution, Jun's formers coworkers just having their memories wiped out without their story going anywhere, rendering everything they had done in the first 24 episodes moot, and Ishibori being the actual villain was random without any development to back it up, make all of that way too hard for me to believe it was planned out from the getgo.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork it was, it was just that the show was cancelled. What was actually supposed to happen was that Ren would have a few more episodes dedicated to him to better resolve his storyline, and then nexus would jump around from different female hosts like Shiori, Ren's love interest, and then Nagi to avoid dark Zagi. Nagi would be nexus for a mini arc and would end up saving komon from drowning in the past and thus learn the source of his motivation, then giving him the ability to be nexus, where he would face off against dark Lucifer. I suspect the twist with Dark Zagi being there the whole time wasn't planned and everything was changed due to cancellation because the show was planned out at 50 episodes
You can tell it was planned out for this arc because if you look closely the arm of the person pulling him out of the water is wearing night raider gear, so it's Nagi
No, episode 4 showed a shadowy figure. there was nothing that signified it was Ishibori. In fact, it could have been The First from The Next for all we could have known. There was no development at all for Ishibori to be the villain.
good show, though I do think the 'dark and edgy' thing is good as a rare experiment only, not as a foundation for the Ultraverse. I wasn't surprised of it's lack in popularity at the time (despite the scheduling mistake)
also the whole 'metafield' and low number of kaiju (too many lasted too long IMO) made the show feel 'cheap' as in lower effort than the norm
I think the low Kaiju count made it stand out personally. I don't need a new monster every episode in every series.
@@alexstrang9823 It's stil better than NewGen Ultra shows. For example, the most recent Decker show only had 2.5 kaijus which are completely original mold in all of *25* episodes 🙄. They are Spheresaurus, Mother-saurus & Terraphaser. The rest are just old kaiju Suits & recycles Suits with a little modification.
@@androyus I agree definitely. Things are getting more grim regarding kaiju count. I think Tsubs has forgotten that new kaiju (yes, every episode) is a big part (perhaps the biggest part) of what built the franchise, including toy sales! If a series has 50 new monsters, thats 50 new toys to collect. There are only so many 'forms' the heroes can have. (of course Kamen Riders are getting more and more forms every second....ugh)
Well then i guess this was the Next Kamen Rider Hibiki or Kabuto here. Wait this came a year before those…
Well at least this wasn’t a Ace or Dyna. Wasn’t it? Hope Max and Cosmos are better
Oh I really like Nexus, I just don't like the direction it went in nor the ending.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Ok. Thats a thing that both Ace and Hibiki suffered but it still better than those two.
I'd probably still take Hibiki over Nexus. 🙂
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Ok then
I'd like you to do a review on mashin Sentai Kiramager.
I'll eventually get to Kiramager.
Nexus series is basically saying "even a hero can cry"
Everyone can cry though. 🙂
From the writer of Devilman Lady come Ultraman Nexus the Devilman of ultra series.
lol
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork It true I love Devilman Lady anime.
This was a interesting series in my opinion but its potential wasn’t utilize in the last act.
Yep.
i like the openings to this show, they kick ass for me
Nothing wrong with that. Which one do you like more?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork dont make me choose
is call meta field it will not destroy all the building the nexus can fight the monster and space beast too but other ultraman can't not allow the meta field it will lose the ultraman energy or it can help nexus fight monster together like ultraman x did
Yep.
to people who say that nexus would've still failed even if nexus got the right broadcasting time during original airing , just a reminder "Garo (2006)" a toku for adult is a big success because they got the right broadcast time during their original airing
Agreed.
Tsupro was still in financial dire straits and even if Nexus was a commercial and ratings success in its intended time slot that means no Seed destiny, it still would have been a one-time thing, those last few episodes were originally to be made into a movie instead once the series got canceled before that got scrapped too. They trusted the wrong show at the time it's creator well, I guess JNN didn't want to lose the Gundam series back to ANN (UC and first three alternate timelines) or Fuji TV (Turn A) after airing nothing more than more than a over glorified gunpla CM. (And don't get started on it, Brought back the franchise It only brought interest in the model cuts because it was the directors intention to have people be interested otherwise it contains the same bad stuff from the '90s model kits.)
When I say '90s kits, I mean all the timelines had this problem when the economic bubble burst, frankly, if I Sunrise I would have let MBS lose Gundam but not go back to ANN or Fuji TV but try another network like Nippon TV/Yomiuri TV or TV Tokyo to compete with the Ultra Series, and to high definition and wide screen, if Mitsuo Fukuda and Chiaki Morosawa want to do a sequel to that series, let it be an OVA it doesn't have to be a full television series. The only reason why JNN picked up Gundam in the first place is because they lost the rights to air Kamen Rider When they misheard they were developing a show for the year 1999 or even 2000 when Toei and Ishimori Productions were developing Kuuga in 1998, thinking they were going to have a Ultraman series only for Tsuburaya were not going to have another show for another or two when they were developing Cosmos. TV Asahi picked up Kuuga and you can tell that the show had to be rewritten for the 8:00 AM hour, but the rest they say is toku history. JNN has a history of choosing their cash cows instead of taking risks. Back then it was Ultraman, today it's now MSG, someday it could be a different property, That could be a revived property, the Brave series (Sunrise), Galaxy Express 999 (Toei), or even Cobra (TMS) and it gets picked up by JNN and it exceeds not only current Gundam numbers but Seed sales numbers. Maybe I'm wrong maybe it's a brand new property that is a commercially successful prospect. MSG would not be in a good place.
Max would have still happened but much different circumstances, the kid friendly tone would have been still there but I think they would have been much better casting, much better writing, tighter direction. There is actually a lot more to the Max and Mebius productions, But yes, I do think those shows would have happened under much better circumstances.
F*** Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny!
-Nexus and 00 Gang
lol
Shinta is not going to like this, and I'm not a fan of most of UC either since most of Seeds crimes come from that part of the franchise but done worse.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Also F*** JNN/TBS/MBS This is why I prefer the TV Ashai Gundams and 00 (I haven't seen IBO But I am enjoying WfM), This is why Takara left you and this is why Tsupro Left you in the dust, you are the most stupidest station in Japan.
Nah, SEED is good. It was Destiny that's bad.
@@androyus I know I'm in the minority but SEED is one of my personal favorites, SEED Destiny on the other hand is truly horrible. It's a terrible sequel that takes everything I liked about SEED and completely ruins it in terms of both characters and story.
Ultraseven X: Hold my beer.
lol
What is Your Favorite Part About Ultraman Nexus
The serialized nature of it and it's focus on the Night Raiders for the first 25 episodes.
Into the nexus
🙂
OH MY GAWD
😀
Love ultraman ⚽️😎
27:00
Hum...you played "Danger Zone" which the theme song of Top Gun, a movie about Navy pilots as a joke about a pilot who's in the AirForce...
I'm sorry but, your joke didn't work
A pilot is a pilot, so the joke worked. Not sure why are you taking it so seriously.
"just another reason to hate Gundam SEED Destiny"
really? i dont mind it
Oh I hate the show. Until I saw AGE, it was the worst Gundam show for me. Like I didn't mind the first half, but the moment they got rid of the Extendeds and brought in Kira full time, it lost itself. Plus, too many damn clipshows.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork i can see how thats a bit bad
This Is The New Ultraman Movie?
What do you mean?
SCP Foundation meets Ultraman.
SCP?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I took a peek at the SCP stories rabbit hole ever since Sam O Nella referenced it in the skeleton video.
Ultraman Nexus The Edgy Ultra
But a good kind of edgy.
The review of the most fail project ultraman ever ultra n project or ultraman nexus and next
(And one of ambitius project)
Which is a shame because it deserved better.
Ultraman Nexus Is Like Kamen Rider Faiz
How so? I think of it as more like Hibiki.
Ultra N Project Next Noa And Nexus