What a delightful episode. I really liked how the children nearly 60 years ago and on the other side of the world had the same hobbies as me when I was in elementary school: Drawing monsters from my favorite tv show and inventing my own. Very relatable.
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I came to this planet oh I don’t know, 28 years ago for one purpose, to serve as the last line of defense against those “Ultras” ever since they became more lenient on what they consider harmful to the universe.
Don’t really care for this place’s inhabitants that much, I mean it’s a beautiful place really but the people are little more that hicks, it’s only a matter of time till those Ultras deem them harmful too.
Shin Hayata however is a truly a wonderful case study, the first ever case of fusion between two species, on top of being fused to the only Ultra that’s been proven helpful, I mean I was hesitant at first don’t get me wrong I was trying to get that Capsule away from him any chance I could, but that conversation with Zoffy really flipped my view of things
(I tell ya must of been hell being hit by a giant alien, dying, and then going to work the next week like nothing happened. Probably the reason why Bemular made a B-line towards the city, he sensed the Ultra was lying dormant there)
However that conversation did prove the rumors, they’re forming Zetton. When we got those satellite photos a while ago it really was the worst day in the office I tell ya, Baltan that next day freaked out and entered the human level HQ in a panic. I mean we were making progress on Saturn Z but not enough to stop that thing, Zarab panicking as well didn’t help much.
But we finally have a trump card, and I’ll be talking to Mr Hayata in a moment.
May is the month of Mother's Day! Let's celebrate with an event!
Details!
Event Period: May 7th to 12th
Event Tag: #tokumothers
Any medium of creation is allowed (GIFs, Drawings, Collage, Video, Writing, etc.) preferably not explicit.
Any Tokusatsu from any region is welcome! This is not limited to (Major) Japanese Tokusatsu series.
Prompts!
Favorite Tokusatsu Mother(s)
Favorite Tokusatsu Grandmother(s)
Favorite Motherly Figure(s)*
Favorite Mother/Daughter Moment(s)
Favorite Mother/Son Moment(s)
Favorite Mother/Father Moment(s)
Bonus: Favorite Tokusatsu Father (I'm not doing Father's Day for June, so just going to include it here for anyone who wants!)
*- these are characters that posses motherly qualities, despite not actually having children.
For prompts 4-6, feel free to also do Grandmothers, or any other kind of female parental figure.
Complete as many prompts as you’d like/can!
I'm posting this early in case anyone wants to get a head start on their posts! If there are any questions please send them to the [ask box] and I will update this post accordingly.
Reblog so this event reaches more people! I hope to see your posts soon!
It's that time of year when Tumblr celebrates Easter by posting pictures of crucified anime characters, and inevitably somebody in the notes will pop up to helpfully explain that crucifixion imagery has no cultural significance in Japanese media because Japan is only about 1% Christian, which bugs me because it's completely wrong.
It's true that in the majority of cases, crucifixion in Japanese cartoons isn't meant to be conveying any specific theological message, but something Western audiences are likely to miss is that a large portion of those random crucifixion scenes are referencing Ultraman.
Ultraman's creator was a devout Roman Catholic who explicitly intended the titular hero to read as a Christ figure, and consequently, various Ultramen have been crucified on multiple unconnected occasions throughout the franchise's history. Crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons are often directly name-checking particular crucifixion incidents from Ultraman, right down to emulating the compositions and camera angles of specific shots. It's like an especially morbid version of the Akira slide.
The upshot is that, while it's true that the inclusion of gratuitous crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons typically has no (intentional) theological message, stating that they have no cultural significance is incorrect. A large chunk of the Japanese viewing audience are going to see them and immediately go "hey, that's an Ultraman reference".
Anyway, as an image tax, have a shot of four crucified Ultramen miraculously resurrecting a fifth Ultraman by shooting laser beams out of their hearts:
Captured Flash asked that one question. "And what is with that boy?" He looked outside where they seem to fight him.
Ultraman:" That is Phantom, a Hero of this World."
Flash:" Hero? I thought you all killed them."
Power Ring:" Not this one. He is too strong, and we kind of have to fight him all the time."
Flash:" Wait all of you…"
The Crime Syndicate:"Yes, all of us. And he pranks us all the time, as he doesn't kill and can't arrest us."
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Flash as he was kidnapped/saved by Phantom and meets that young Hero boy.
Flash to himself. ' If we are villains here? Does that mean our world has a counterpart?'
Just learned that some of the concepts for Shin Godzilla's final omnipotent god form would have been its flesh sloughing off and revealing a giant ethereal lady.