Ultraman Mebius (2006) - Ultra Retrospective

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The final show made by the original, mostly independent Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Mebius (ウルトラマンメビウス) was as good a tribute series could've been. Is it perfect? No, nothing is. Let's talk about it!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Premise & Characters
6:05 - Kaiju!
8:18 - Presentation & Production Values
10:25 - Tone
12:33 - Connections to Other Shows
17:39 - Huh? The Power of Friendship??
20:23 - Highlights (Spoilers)
34:16 - Conclusion
36:00 - Legacy
37:55 - The Last of its Kind
39:22 - Patreon
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@ZaGorudan Месяц назад

GIG.

@realpoopypants 25 дней назад

"GUYS is Green!" I think it's green, as in green means "go".

@ZygardeYT 25 дней назад

We need our Mirai Comeback.

@Kepin151 25 дней назад

Amigo

@michelleportelli5487 25 дней назад

Ultraman ginga and ultraman ginga s is underrated I don't care what anyone says about it

@michelleportelli5487 25 дней назад

Same goes for ultraman ace and ultraman 80

@legionbeast 25 дней назад

The famous "Look around you! You didn't save anything!"

@TheJawadAbdullah. 25 дней назад

'Mebi-" Mirai getting cut off

@Rain-dz4tf 25 дней назад

Sakomizu transforming into Zoffy is one of my favorite scene and rise in the whole Ultraman franchise. RIP Minoru Tanaka

@BloxyLmao 20 дней назад

Damn man I did not know he passed.

@r1zq_ 19 дней назад

@@BloxyLmao he committed suicide in 2011

@Marker264 10 дней назад

Rip

@venomouslizards 25 дней назад

I have so much nostalgia for this show. This and Ultra Galaxy were the first things I ever saw of Ultraman back in 2007. Hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago.

@gavinlucas9761 25 дней назад

Same here! (Only for me it was around 2009.)

@steampunk1610 25 дней назад

God Mebius meant something to me back in high school. The episode where Mirai fought the imperalizer for the first time and the twist with his origin lives rent-free in my mind.

@MemeLordVape 25 дней назад

Mebius is such a great show and one I usually recommend to friends who aren't really well versed in Ultraman or tokusatsu. I watched it when I was relatively new to Ultraman as a whole so it holds a special place in my heart for that.

@thehwguy4293 21 день назад

Man, same.

@kzilla8864 25 дней назад

For me, this was always my favorite Ultraman show imo. The way they paid tribute and respected the past showa era shows was heartfelt and beautiful. From bringing back past actors and characters as well as continuing plotlines from previous shows, you can tell how much of a love letter this show was for Ultraman.

@Oliverfan2005 25 дней назад

I watched this show a few months back in the middle of a deep dissociative depression and the show helped me through it all and helped me smile again. I’m watching this review in Japan now, in a way better spot mentally. This show means a lot to me, and I’m endlessly grateful for the production staff, crew, writers and actors for making such a life affirming show. GIG

@franciscobrisolladeoliveir9596 25 дней назад

Really hope Goldn never changes his MS Paint avatar because I legit love it. Also Mebius is legit one of the best seasons and a proper milestone celebration that feels like TsuPro poured everything into it

@duckgooseyswan 25 дней назад

The moment I saw this video thumbnail on my dashboard, I just burst into tears. Max may have been my first Ultraman show, but Mebius was the one that got me invested about the Ultra series and I get to connect with some family members who watched Ultraman Ace. I truly cherish this show.

@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258 25 дней назад

29:00 the funniest thing is that there are 2 versions of how Seven revived. The first is that Animator Expo Jackal vs Ultraman shortfilm, when Zoffy revived his brothers and they do the combo beam finisher. The funny thing about this is that Seven presence here is very random, he was already dead prior to the events of the short, so he has no relation to the conflict whatsoever, so it's like he just tags along. The second is from an Ultraman Mebius Novel, where as Silverbloome ate the base, Mother of Ultra teleported him away to the land of light where she finally healed him up. Why she didn’t save the other people on the base I have no idea. Both are really stupid, but hey, good to have him back, right?

@GaiusIntrepidus 25 дней назад

Mebius is for sure my favorite, it's just so infectious and earnest, it felt like something I needed whenever I was going through something, outside of that it's just such a fun and bombastic show that goes all out without looking back. Watching Mebius Phoenix Brave's final battle against like Empera is like the closest I've ever felt transcendance, it's just so climactic.

@Ad1tputra 25 дней назад

I grew up watching the Heisei era and i think Ultraman Mebius is definitely my top 5 favorite Ultraman shows ever. Love the characters, the soundtrack, the callbacks and references to the showa era, everything in the show is almost perfect. It's also considered to be the last "traditional" Ultraman shows by the fans simply because there's barely any toy gimmick. It's definitely a show that appeals to both Showa and Heisei era fans. Currently I'm rewatching Ultraman Mebius for nostalgia and wow it's aged like fine wine. It's still a really good show :D

@michaeldeak5727 20 дней назад

32:26 It's Also worth mentioning that they had the actor who voiced Mefilas in the original Ultraman reprise his role 40 years later.

@giganoterror2500 25 дней назад

29:04 It's actually explained in a Mebius novel that Mother of Ultra saved him before he was consumed by Silverbloom

@michaeldeak5727 20 дней назад

Also, it was kind of implied at the end of Leo that Seven survived as Gen saw him in his dreams.

@JBOboe720 28 дней назад

"GIG" is likely a reference to the callsign from Captain Scarlet, "SIG", short for "Spectrum Is Green". So it's probably "GUYS Is Green".

@JOEmega64 12 дней назад

FAB!

@chimpkinglich1637 23 дня назад

Mebius was my first ultra show and I'm so glad it was, I had so much fun with it

@rickychen3360 22 дня назад

honestly didn't know that the original voice for mebius left, but strangely for his recent appearances..... it really does fit for me thinking about it because it kinda shows his growth from a young ultra into a more experienced one able to teach others

@USSMariner 21 день назад

What's dumb is that Fukuyama *can* sound more like Igarashi (he's done many characters that could pass as an Igarashi impression), but for whatever reason, his voice doesn't even feel like the same *kind* of character. I'm used to it now but it's definitely bizzare.

@foldabotZ 20 дней назад

@@USSMariner I feel it's because Mebius, by the time of the two Ultra Galaxy Fight miniseries he appeared in, has already matured and become a veteran much like the Showa Ultras were in his show. It's like how Joseph Joestar matured and grew between Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures

@DexisyAwNiNg 24 дня назад

11:35 Jasyuline made the best line of dialogue in anything ever.

@LUCAS_ONG_GAOLE_AK 25 дней назад

30:53 he uses it in the UGF:The destined crossroads

@zuju6884 20 дней назад

What make me love mebius is taht the series always give me that warm feeling in my heart. The tribute episode for ultraman 80 and alien mates are some of the best one.

@trustygodzilla 25 дней назад

Can’t wait for the Ultraman Geed Retrospective!

@TheRealARTHR 25 дней назад

5:31 Silly Mr. Gldn, it *clearly* means “Geed is good”

@BigDumbMedia Месяц назад

Oh boy, another lengthy video on an ultraman show I'll re-watch a dozen times before I convince myself into actually watching the series. GIG!

@HughAverageHomoMan 25 дней назад

that aid is gonna catch some fucking hands for handling Eleking like that.

@joshfriedman7099 25 дней назад

I firmly believe the Mephilas in this series is the same one from the original.

@josh-qj2zu 25 дней назад

Just writing to say, your ultra retrospectives are always incredibly insightful, fair, and nuanced. It really feels that no matter what ultra show it is you at least understand the show and I think that’s incredible

@ZaGorudan 21 день назад

I do my best, thank you 🥲

@thehwguy4293 21 день назад

FINALLY! I love this show so much, it was _the_ show that introduced me to the entire Ultraman series as a kid.

@LamangoKaijura 25 дней назад

Konomi, too pure for this world.

@foldabotZ 20 дней назад

Let me shatter that perspective... Her actress is a Gravure idol.

@LamangoKaijura 19 дней назад

@@foldabotZ And....that's a bad thing? 20 dollars is 20 dollars.

@arcdraconis9579 23 дня назад

I personally loved the attack team dynamics. It really sold them as genuine friends not jist coworkers. Their interactions along with showa episodes was the icing on this delicious cake

@genericweeb7300 19 дней назад

Apparently the Ultraman Brothers movie was filmed way before the actual 1st episode of Mebius, which might explain why the first half of the show suffered. They were probably struggling to find a sweet spot between progressing the story and not showing too much until the movie comes out. On a different note, finding out that Shunji Igarashi's mainstay replacement is Jun Fukuyama, one of my favourite voice actors, is quite the blessing in disguise.

@ZygardeYT 25 дней назад

Sakomizu legit became Zoffy, that's Hella Cool

@bk1ng22 11 дней назад

Mebius and shin ignites my old memories of ultramans Thanks to them, i'm restarting my ultraman collection which i can never had it when i was child

@DantheManIamIam 25 дней назад

An Ultraman video with a Samurai Cop reference. Officially my genre.

@sigmundschwartz6434 25 дней назад

24:36 Oh hi Kusaka

@ZaGorudan 25 дней назад

Y’know, I had a feeling that guy was in other things because the hair was really specific. I wasn't wrong I guess, lol.

@shinyanakagawa8241 25 дней назад

@@ZaGorudan It's not his hair, man. It his face and that exact expression.

@woundedzilla1517 14 дней назад

This was the first ultraman show I learned about as a kid so it has a special meaning for me. So much so it’s actually the first ultra show I personally watched to completion.

@ShinGoji1987Official 25 дней назад

Great review man! I think that's so cool that a heisei era show was a sequel to the showa era and ended with a obscure epic final villain. As someone who's not too familiar with Ultraman and doesn't have the time to watch all these series I really appreciate your retrospectives. Keep up the great work and congratulations on 30k

@l.abuddy23 25 дней назад

Let's go!!!!! I've been waiting for someone to review or retrospect this series. This and Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle were the shows I'd watched as a child.

@voyagerkamen1386 7 дней назад

My favourite Ultraman show, no contest. It is genuinely phenomenal.

@udhayveersingh1855 25 дней назад

As a Indian who watched ultraman mabius on tv a decade ago, it was the only ultra show that aired on tv and I love it along side ryukendo and other few toku shows like power rangers.

@CheeseHater05 24 дня назад

This still remains one of my favorite Ultraman Series only behind the original and Orb.

@aliencicada2985 24 дня назад

My thanks for you making this video cannot be fully appreciated. I am so grateful for not only this video, but also for Mebius for introducing me to this beautiful franchise.

@MrApil301 19 дней назад

tsuburaya just said:"ya'll we're going bankcorrupt. So let's make a super expensive ultraman series starring the showa era ultraman, even if it's a flop we are filing for bankcorrupcy anyway" and it work..... SO GOOD acttualy that it made the series so memorable to every single person that had ever watched it

@AndryGoldmann 25 дней назад

8:59 - I identiΦ'd that actor.

@paulrubens776 25 дней назад

I love this show so much, thank you for the review!

@lordasian8476 21 день назад

Mebius is my all time favorite Ultra Series. The character, the plot, the drama, the action and the design. VERY GOOD

@TheToaprimezilla 24 дня назад

Ultraman Mebius is my all time favorite Ultra Hero and series. It helped me get into the Ultra Series and know so much about the franchise. I got into it back in the fall of 2010 during a time I entered the Kaiju community. The four RU-vidrs who did the whole Four Heavenly Kings made me get into the franchise. But Mebius for me is what I feel made the Ultra Series so special and I wish that a lot of the new gen series recaptured that spark. But for now Mebius holds a special place in my heart as my number one.

@HugeRatRadicalVideos 24 дня назад

Thanks for another great video. GIG!!

@itsarin2166 15 дней назад

About Mebius Infinity usage in the series, the form did appear again in Ultra Galaxy Fight The Destined Crossroads. But yeah, for a long time that form only appeared once in Mebius and the Ultra Brothers movie and never ended up being used again. At least Infinity can still be used again, can't say the same for Phoenix Brave.... since pretty much everyone except for Hikari are most likely passed away in canon due to old age.

@brendenmiles8564 25 дней назад

I'm a newcomer to the Ultra franchise, and this was the show that really got me into it. Great attack team, cool secondary Ultra with Hikari, going down the rabbit hole of the Showa timeline & some of the great stories it has to tell, and Mirai/Mebius is my absolute favorite Ultra (right alongside Zero) for his awesome design, attacks, and personality. G.I.G.!

@GUSYROSA-qj2pk 18 дней назад

Mebius was one of my first entries to the franchise trough the movies I got on DVD, now recently I started watching the show due to respect and nostalgia for him and finished it these last weeks and it will be hard to take him from the top, really loved watching Orb and Z but the pure respect for Mebius is enough to make him the ultimate peak.

@tykamen5588 24 дня назад

9:59 how the hell did I never notice that? And now that I noticed it, I can never not see it so thanks.

@Ariff_Playz 25 дней назад

I remember watching Mebius when it aired in my country as a kid. It was the first show that introduced me to Ultraman and I am still watching it every now and then. I associate myself with the show a lot because the fact I was born in the year when it aired and still proud about that.

@exknight39 25 дней назад

Mebius is hands down my ffavourite ultra series, the best contender to it is between Tiga and Cosmos. I just love that they went with the nostalgia route and as a kid I was super surprise to see many familiar faces, both Ultras and Monsters, to be in one series. The most shocking thing that got me was that Mirai's identity as Mebius was revealed halfway within the show, and kid me was going nuts about it. To this day, I'd go back to RU-vid to see if I can find any videos of full episodes of Mebius and remember the good ol' days of childhood, and this series being the end of my Ultraman obsession has a special place in my heart.

@magnumbreakz 25 дней назад

mebius base form has the coolest ultra design in the entire franchise history

@Ad1tputra 23 дня назад

It's a really cool design. It's a perfect mix between Showa and Heisei design 😀

@charlieni645 25 дней назад

The nostalgia centric show is nostalgic now 😢

@Soloyologaming. 25 дней назад

I was waiting for this❤

@RobertChisholm 21 день назад

GIG is likely a reference to Gary Anderson shows. They had phrases like SIG in Captain Scarlett, FAB in Thunderbirds, or PWOR in Stingray.

@Shuji_the_great 25 дней назад

The 80 episode holds a special place in my heart. One of the best episodea from the series.

@DocLantern85 25 дней назад

Isana was played by Kohei Murakami. He was most famous for playing Masato Kusaka/Kamen Rider Kaixa in Kamen Rider Faiz. If you think Ultraman Agul was a bastard, whoooooo boy! Check out Faiz.

@justsomerandomguy654 24 дня назад

This is one of my absolute favorite ultra shows only being matched by Geed, Gaia, Orb and Nexus and every time I look back on Mebius I just feel really happy like you said this show is just so positive that it is infectious

@Dew2u 25 дней назад

Still haven't watched any ultra media but I love your videos all the same, thanks for another good one

@AMWmyu00 19 дней назад

24:38 This is Kohei Murakami. fun fact He did the *"Legendary Smile of Sand Creep"* only in the "next ep CM featuring his cameo", but not in the run of said ep.

@OldStank 25 дней назад

I feel like the problem with previous monsters returning is that they don't do any variety. There are so many monsters that can be reused like I would personally love to see new stories with Seabozu and Jamilla.

@sir_coma60 24 дня назад

Dyna was where I started, but Mebius was the 1st ever show i finished, start to end. It was gorgeous, and introduced me to showa all in one go.

@farrisyhakimi1727 25 дней назад

41:21 you thought I was gone I'm still here

@HenchmenNo616 23 дня назад

It's finally here!

@darryllee1808 24 дня назад

Great Video man, Mebius is truly one of the absolute best ultra show IMO. And that monolouge about being the last of it's kind truly touched my heartstrings. as for the next retrospective. maybe Dyna or Gaia.

@TrejoDuneSea 24 дня назад

Even though this show is one of the first two Ultraman series I've watched (the other was Nexus) many years ago, it somehow managed to make me feel nostalgic for series I'd never actually watched. Maybe I just really liked the idea of older heroes showing up to teach Mebius. I recently finally watched the Armored Darkness film, and that made me feel nostalgic all over again, but this time for a series I actually did watch.

@boommage314 25 дней назад

I do think there is a fifth type of Ultra fusion where the Ultra is treated as a power obtained and has no personality or agency, like Tiga, Gaia, and Orb as examples, but yeah a really good video, good job.

@ZaGorudan 25 дней назад

I count those under "Fusion." They may have been an entity before the fateful first episode, but for the next 50 episodes they may as well be the same person as the protagonist.

@raveastjennifersandy9220 23 дня назад

Mebius is my favourite Ultraman. I've watched it since i was Elementary School.

@matthewsfilmzone9691 25 дней назад

I'm in the middle of watching Tiga and Max, I'm deciding what my next watch should be. Probably ether Dyna or Nexus.

@SpicyPsyDuck 24 дня назад

As showa guy who watched all of them when they aired my country in the 90s, the show is the best thing ever

@David315842 25 дней назад

GIG An old Italian toy company. :D Fantastic job as always on this retrospective video. :) Very informative. :)

@Zap0saur 25 дней назад

I've only been an ultraman fan for like a year. Haven't even finished a single showa Ultra series but when I first watched Mebius (It was my 4th Ultra show I think) I thought it was so fucking solid, Despite only watching minimal showa stuff I can tell so much love was put into this show and the more I watch more showa Ultraman. My appreciation for Mebius just continues to grow and is my top 3 favorite Ultra and Ultra show in general despite it's flaws

@GoddessWhoUsedToKnowToMuch 15 дней назад

You're convincing me to watch Ultraman.

@docbaker3333 24 дня назад

Ah yes my first Ultraman alongside Ginga so many happy memories with this show.

@raysytaccount 24 дня назад

41:06 it even says 0% fruit lmao great video :D

@dfsengineer 24 дня назад

The real strength of this show to me is the characterization. In previous shows, you could hardly tell most members of the defence force apart. There was Ultraman, the Captain, the girl, and a bunch of interchangeable guys. Right from the start for Mebius they clearly define who everyone is, and everyone has their strengths, weaknesses, and character arcs.

@ZeroBusterXX 25 дней назад

Mebius got me throw some lame times in my life. It's a very special show to me.

@gem8132 20 дней назад

Lol the dog actually explode

@jedozz__3719 21 день назад

Mebius did use Infinity form again in one of the Ultra Galaxy Fights

@pmillionpercent 21 день назад

I’ve never noticed that Ultra Father moved his mouth in that scene @9:59 , wow that’s creepy

@cookieninja_1396 25 дней назад

This show was my fav sunday morning show like literally the only one

@yellownotmellow 24 дня назад

mebius was spectacular, my 3rd ultra after taro and gaia im pretty sure and i absolutely love this show

@daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250 25 дней назад

This Ultra series means so much to me, back when I was a kid I tuned in to this show from the beginning to end. The end made my kid self bawl in tears.

@daigoji5445 23 дня назад

7 years ago when I started Ultra series I was realy interested about Mebius but decided to watch showa series first. It was worth it. Mebius handled fanservice and cameos better than many other shows. I think it's the best anniversary tokusatsu series.

@wisterianyx 20 дней назад

Omg mebius is where that crying gif comes from 😂

@randomentertainment470 25 дней назад

Long awaited episode

@DanDaFreakinMan 23 дня назад

30:50 Funny. Mebius did use this form again once in Destined Crossroad or whatever it called.

@garnthegalaxy 20 дней назад

I'm quite sad that Mebius got nerfed and overshadowed by Zero. I agree that Zero is cool and helped revive the company, but my boy Mebius got nerfed so bad. 😢 He always has a place in my heart.

@mlgodzilla4206 25 дней назад

I never even watched the show fully until recently but I still feel nostalgic for it. It has that feeling of nostalgia If I remember Georgie is from Spain that’s why he’s speaking Spanish.

@UltramanUltimo 24 дня назад

Surprised you didn't include the clip of Mebius randomly exploding mid henshin. Overall enjoyable retrospect though!

@hentisenti 22 дня назад

Terrible Monster is the term because they're Kaiju that are beyond worse foes than regular types of Kaiju. Ace says to not even see them as living things as they lack any sort of fear or sense of pain. They're not Super as in "superpower"

@sonofhades57 25 дней назад

Lovely retrospective, as always! Tiga was my jumping-on point, but I feel like this could've been it if I hadn't seen that 4kids dub as a wee babe.

@hsquidreviews 24 дня назад

So this is where the fish flip is from

@CaralisTrevorum 25 дней назад

5:20 I suspect GIG is another reference to Captain Scarlet (Eiji Tsuburaya was famously a fan of Gerry Anderson's work) - the catchphrase for the heroic team Spectrum in that show was "SIG" - which meant "Spectrum is Green".

@kagephenex 24 дня назад

30:51 that form was actually recently used again in Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad

@HordikaNate3821 24 дня назад

When watching Mebius I had only seen the first Ultraman show, yet not only did the references hit hard regardless but it made me want to watch the older series more, on top of having a fun cast and having really nice episodes. I'm really glad it wasn't the finale, but if Mebius had been the end given what Tsuburaya went through the series would've gone out with a big bang. I hope Toei one day makes an anniversary show like this for Kamen Rider, since the Showa Riders had a continuity similar to Ultraman even if thats wishful thinking